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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1918
Page
2
The speaker notes relief from governmental food controls and celebrates Arizona not facing meat shortages. Tucson residents reportedly benefit from Union Market’s abundant supply and variety of cuts, highlighting local food security and market reliability.
World War II era dispatch reports German soldiers killed 100 officers in a single assault amid a disorderly crowd. The article cites widespread violence from the Rhine to the Volga, with Allied powers pledging to restore order and civilization. It notes a related Warsaw pogrom report and evolving military upheavals in Mackensen’s Romanian forces, Holland, and Swiss strike developments.
Plan reports from Brussels via Nieuwe Courant in Rotterdam urge orderly German troop withdrawal. Soldiers told not to harm officers or Belgian civilians and urged fraternizing with local population amid WWI turmoil.
German army deserters who formed a flying division at Bremen plunder German towns. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports 36 were arrested in Berlin with three executed at once. A court martial sentenced about twenty four to death while marauders were driven from Hanover station and others captured for shooting.
Judgment for 825000 ordered in a foreclose suit over property of the Las Guijas Tungsten Company and National Tungsten Company. Mortgage dated April 20 held by Harold Whitecrot as attorney. Kitkan Campbell represent plan Me. Mines were promoted by Meo Whiteomb. later price declines hurt operations.
Washington reports extension of Christmas parcel mailing to members of the American expeditionary forces in France. Post office and War departments announce acceptance dates and related procedures amid ongoing war efforts. Also notes Spanish influenza check in army camps and celebrations for Victor Emmanuel’s arrival in Rome.
Fragmentary OCR recounts deaths and wrecks involving Norway and allied ships, with references to Verdarbines and Vermarn abrarines. It notes Americans, secretary of state, and navy department actions, mentioning a British liner Euronean waters incident and a survivor count around twenty five, amid wartime casualty reports.
Illness narrows into influenza at home of Mrs Fo Kent but she improves soon. Moffat departs for Salt Lake City after days in Hayden. Mrs M Smith returns from Idaho Utah and California. Mrs Albert Saintsbury dies of pneumonia after influenza. burial in Salt Lake City. Draftees return. Drey exits after Hayden draft wave. Local crime notes include a $100 fine for a laundry brambling incident and a burglary case bound for superior court.
The Government Censorship Board announced new controls affecting cable postal telegraph and telecommunication lines to take effect in November. The measures target information flow and require compliance from service providers and users nationwide.
Washington dispatch reports American air squadrons in France used radio telephones to issue voice orders from squadron commanders. Johan D. Ivan announced the device, long kept secret, was developed after months of testing and had entered active service.
London November 16 Lieut Gen Jan Christiaan Smuts hosts American editors and urges unity between Murane and America. He says old Europe is dead and a new world order with America is forming, led by Wilson's vision of a League of Nations and a fight against hunger. He warns of dangers to civilization and calls for international cooperation and rationing of raw materials in postwar reconstruction.
President Wilson and dignitaries view the first American built Handley Page bomber on the Mall grounds. The giant craft with twin wings towers over spectators as the plane taxis, takes off, and sails in a looping display above the crowd. Mrs. Wilson observes from the flier’s cabin hatch as the aircraft circles and returns.
Sixteen influenza cases were reported to the city health office in Tucson on Friday, up from ten the day before. A physician reported 11 Thursday cases from his practice, mainly among Mexican residents, with weather factors blamed for the outbreak. The state health officer notes a quarantine lifting plan may hinge on a seven-point community program and epidemic subsidence before churches theaters and schools reopen.
Martin, president of the Arizona Consolidated company, is linked to a possible reorganization of Daily Arizona Co. He has visited Tucson and the Col Properties, arriving Thursday at the Santa Ha Hotel.
William O'Conner, 34, secretary of the American Knights of Columbus, dies in Paris from pneumonia. In Mexico, George Keen, 21st battalion US Guards, arrested for attempting to sell grenades, sent to Fort Bliss for absence without leave while tequila seizure is cited. Andrés Ortiz named governor of Chihuahua state by Mexican President Carranza after a clash with Gen Murguía, as Ignacio Enríquez leaves Chihuahua City.
Mexican customs officers on November 15 seized a quantity of silver at the international bridge. The contraband was shipped from Chihuahua City and smuggled in an automobile. Mexican Consul General Vg. Oves Cares aided El Paso authorities in the seizure.
Continued from at German headquarters at Spa to arrange details for bringing these men back to this country. The Politiken quotes the British military attache Colonel Wade saying German armistice terms omitted six or seven articles including food provision. Twenty one hundred Forte Ryock laborers arrived and were to be sent to Camp Drage Fayetteville to do construction work but were redirected to Porto Rico by the United States government.
A grand Alsace Lorraine celebration will march from the Arc de Triomphe to Concorde Place on Sunday. President Poincare and top officials will observe as soldiers, Alpine battalion, bands, and civic groups participate. Two thousand pages will carry addresses and a Marseillaise pantomime will be staged.
JS Cabrera a Spaniard born in the Canary Islands and resident of Tucson for seven months telegraphed congratulations to Secretary Baker from the War Department end of war. He toured the southwest gathering a Latin enlistment census of 2000 volunteers at his own expense. Cabrera, a former British Army sergeant major in the Boer War, hopes to become an American citizen.
Financial notes show mixed early gains in stocks including United States Steel and American Car & Foundry with war demand and lower corn acreage cited as bullish factors. Prices fluctuated through the day with steel, petroleum, and copper stocks leading activity while several commodities and food prices faced shifts amid broader market volatility.
Mercantile paper and sterling rates held steady with demand unchanged. Mexican dollars remained stable as money market calls and loans stayed strong, reflecting a quiet trading day in New York.
Fragmentary ledger notes list several convertible items with prices such as 90.00 266.50 896.00 44 98.70 897.80 97.80 45.05 98.00. No clear dates or entities identifiable from the text.
Thousands of waiters and cooks returning to New York City after wartime restaurant layoffs, plus many strikers seeking to resume work and women replacing strikers, have ended the hotel restaurant employees strike, according to the Hotel Association of New York City.
We wish to thank friends especially those of the Boor Kh P E for kindness and sympathy during our recent bereavement Mrs JG Counter Mrs JM Stosby Mr A PR Counter.
Market notes from Chicago Kansas City and Denver show cattle prices easing as trend remains slow. Western feeders and calves move slowly with mixed demand while sheep receipts stay strong with higher bids in parts of the region.
Cotton futures in New York closed firm with December at 27.18 cents per pound, March at 27.80, May at 27.69, and spot prices exhibiting nominal movement as trading ended.
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