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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
2
Five people were injured in a collision of a Colorado Southern passenger train and another vehicle north of Cheyenne as details reached local offices. The cause of the crash was not yet determined.
In New York on February 5, nineteen of twenty one U S aircraft makers formed an airplane association and offered services to the United States. The Aero Club sent a resolution to Washington urging a congressional appropriation for army aerial preparedness increased to 50 million dollars.
John Burns a 75 year old Civil War veteran applied to enlist in the U S Army in Chicago. He protested age limits but was informed his file would be kept on record for consideration.
San Diego reports Lt. W A Robertson who, with Lt Col Harry G Bishop, was rescued after eight days lost in the Sonora desert last month, flew today for the first time since recovery. He has resumed active duty at the North Island school.
Albert E. Stith, head of a major film company, told a legislative investigating committee in New York that unless top stars accept salary reductions, producers may go out of business.
The Carranza authorities report 62 cars loaded with Mexican soldiers and equipment from La Colorado and Hermosillo area. About 2000 troops, some mounted, will advance from Sonora into the Chihuahua region abandoned by General Pershing.
Fighting rages for a second day between San Andres and Santa Isabel in Chilean territory. Government agents report 150 wounded returned to Chihuahua City as Francisco Villa leads a large force in a decisive flank strike that overran Carranza cavalry near San Andres.
Benjamin May of Dothan Alabama was court martialed for criticizing camp conditions in a letter to his brother. He received six months in prison and a $60 fine for the alleged offense as a member of the First Alabama Infantry machine gun company.
The Amsterdam Handelsblad reports a powerful nail and glass loaded bomb exploded on the exchange steps at 11 o'clock last night. No damage or casualties were reported.
Mrs Samuel Sipe a longtime Carlisle resident and friend of Molly Pitcher born in Switzerland died at 104. She had lived in Carlisle for a century and was part of the local community.
The Federal Reserve Board pledges to assist any member bank facing a run by foreign born depositors and would discount nearly all of a bank’s paper into currency to maintain stability, with nationwide support.
Government orders were given to double torpedo output at the Newport, Rhode Island base. The move aims to fund additional equipment and expand station capacity for increased production.
German consul Kurt Ziegler will depart Denver tomorrow to accompany Count von Bernstorff, the former ambassador, back to Germany.
A man lurking in shadows at the New York pier near berthed steamships St Louis St Paul and Lapland was arrested. He claimed to be Joseph Leliar, 2 years old, a German marine formerly with the Hamarg American Uner. He was held without bail for examination.
Figures released by the Secretary of State show 16 674 packages of liquor shipped into Denver in December 1916 for personal use. Importation for sale was prohibited. November shipments to allied parties totaled 9 228 packages.
A Reuters report from Budapest says three revolver shots rang out from the gallery during a speech by Count Theodore Batthyanyi in the Hungarian Diet. No one was hurt and an apparently intoxicated man was arrested after a brief confusion.
French forces captured a German patrol near Bonzee in the Verdun sector. Patrol counters occurred during the night in other parts of the front.
West Point sent six siege guns to New York City for port protection. The move frees the academy’s remaining armament for other duties.
The Commercial Cable company says cablegrams to the Philippines China and Japan are accepted only with a delay due to heavy traffic and increasing delays lingering on transpacific routes.
Report from Rio de Janeiro states Peru and Chile plan protests to Germany regarding German naval warfare actions.
Albany February 8 Governor Whitman signed a bill appropriating one million dollars for military preparedness rouses. The measure aims to strengthen state readiness and supply resources for defense.
At Nicheroy on the Bay five miles east of Rio de Janeiro a wireless telegraph station was discovered today. It was set up to communicate with German ships being detained in the harbor, marking a breach of Brazil's neutrality.
Washington February 3 The senate finance committee accepted an amendment to the revenue bill proposed by Senator Underwood to tax oleomargarine at two cents a pound paid by the manufacturer, replacing the existing ten cent per pound tax.
The American tank steamer Gold Shell, owned by Shell Company of California, leaves Philadelphia with a petroleum cargo for Rouen. She had delayed departure and carries a crew of 47, including 12 American citizens, aboard.
The Minnesota railroad commission urged railroads to favor coal shipments as fuel famines struck many towns. In Mankato heavy snow blocked traffic until a rotary snow plow opened the way for two coal cars.
Washington announces March 5 inauguration will be held as planned despite foreign situation. The ceremony aims to be impressive and provide a spontaneous display of patriotic feeling nationwide.
The Studebaker corporation has purchased the Staver Carriage Campus plant in Chicago for car assembly. The four story facility spans blocks between Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh streets and will be used to expand West and Northwest dealer service once equipment is installed.
The Western engine is guaranteed absolutely in every way by Schweltzer Machine Co of Tucson.
Market opened with declines across most issues as government bonds receded and German submarine activity spurred selling. Bethlehem Steel dropped while United States Steel and equipment shares showed late improvement, with Canadian Pacific and other rail stocks wavering and international bonds easing.
Kansas City market prices for cattle and hogs show receipts and bids. Prime fed steers near 12.25 to 12.40 per hundredweight with various categories listed. hogs and sheep prices noted with fluctuating bids and totals across receipts.
Chicago prices and receipts show mixed movement with cattle and sheep firm. Native beef cattle around 67.90 to 12.25, western steers near 7.90 to 10.30, cows and calves lower, lambs around 1.40 to 14, and ewe figures incomplete.
Market notes from Chicago indicate higher creamery prices with receipts at 3 074 cases and 12 410 exes, while ordinary firsts and the 40 4te mark show changes. Potato receipts stand at 4090 é2e with 55 years unchanged. poultry alive remains unpriced with one maker.
Fresh declines in wheat led the Chicago grain market today with prices slipping from yesterday's finish. July oats and corn followed the trend as oats dropped to lower levels and corn eased, while overall grain weakness weighed on the provision market.
The report lists May and July futures across Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, Lard, and Nhs. Prices show May figures such as Wheat 654, Corn 81.01, Oats 44, and Pork 82.47 with July adjustments including Wheat 144, Corn 60, Oats 53, Lard 18.42, Nhs 15.57, and related variances.
In New York metal trading copper remained firm with electrolytic prices around 831.00 and 33.00 for second and third quarters. Tin stayed firm spot at 54.450 to 55.50. Lead and spelter quoted with East St. Louis delivery and London premium levels noted.
Mercantile paper quotes 4 percent. sterling 60 day bills at 84.72. commercial bills at 84.714. deanana 4 75 percent. cables 4 76 7 16. government bonds irregular. railroad bonds heavy. Time loans and car money firmer with ruling rates at 2 to 3 percent. last loan 3 percent. closing bids 24 percent offered at 3.
Mrs. Amanda Gierhart of Waynesville Ohio writes that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been used in her family for twenty years and has never failed to cure a cough or cold. Obtainable everywhere.
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