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The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
SPORT.

: Lieutenant Immeimann, the famous
German aviator, is reported to have
been killed.
The Argentine aeronauts, Captain
Zuloaga and Engineer Bradley, have
succeeded in crossing the Cordilleras
Andes in balloon.
Miss Olga Dorfner of Philadelphia,
national swimming champion at 100
yards, left for San Francisco, where
she will defend her title on July 4.
Harvard won the freshman two-mile
race, the opening event of the annual
e-Harvard regatta, on the Thames
at New London, Conn, under ideal
weather and water conditions.
An offer of $4,000 for a fight on
Labor day, between Fred Fulton ami
Jess Willard, has been tentatively ac-
cepted by Wizards manager, Tom
Jones. The offer was made by Harry
Sherman and James Connolly of Min
neapOlis.
Should Troop d, cavalry, be kept in
the field for more than three months,
the chances of the University of Col
orado at Boulder to stage a come
back in conference football next fall
will be materially weakened. Edwin
" Evans, the only four-letter man in
the Silver and Gold institution, and
Gerry Chapman, both regulars last
fall, are in the service.
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New M exico.

All the mines in the MogollOn dis
trict are active.
The Shiprock Oil and Gas Company
has been incorporated at Pennington.
The cleanup by the Socorro Mining
Company at Mogollon for the last
half of May yielded twenty-five bars
Of gold and silver bullion.
A period of soil exploration and de-
velopment is opening in New Mexico
and development work will be active
in San Juan and Eddy counties.
George E. Moffett, of Alamorgordo,
a we'll known Otero county mining
man, has originated the Zoro Gold
and Copper Mining Company to take
over and operate gold-copper proper
ties that he has been working for sew.
eral years.
The quantity of gypsum quarried in
the United States in 1915 was 2,447,-
Gil short tons, valued at $6.59G 893,
about per cent less in quantity than
that in 1914, and decrease in value
of about per cent Arizona, Colo
rado, New Mexico and Wyoming are
listed in government bulletin as
among the producing states.
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FROM TELEGRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPo RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
western NewspaNeF tnI"n IVFWN SerV1ce'
ABOUT THE WAR.

Italians claim to have driven back
Austrians at several points.
Italian auxiliary cruiser and French
destroyer sunk by submarine.
Turks claim important successes
against Russians in the Caucasus.
Turks claim to have driven Rus
slams out of Paitak Pass on Persian
frontier.
Russian advance in Galicia and Vol
hynia apparently checked by Germans
and Austrians.
Russians capture Kimpolung at foot
Of Carpathians, completing conquest
Of all Bukowina.
In Bukowina, Russian successes con-
tinue, the Austrians fleeing west and
southwest. Prisoners taken by the
Russians total 172.484.
American troops are preparing to
occupy Juarez, Aqua Prieta, Mata-
moros and other evacuated towns
along the Mexican side of the border.
French claim to have regained some
lost ground in village of Fleury and
west of ThiaumOnt at Verdun, but
Berlin asserts all attacks were re-
pulsed.
Violent and continuous lombard
ment of German lines from entire
British front in Belgium and France
indicates long expected drive by allies
on western front has begun.
The troop of the Tenth cavalry,
which clashed with Carranzistas at
Carrizal, held the field for five hours
before retreating, although they were
outnumbered five to one, according to
unofficial reports at Columbus, N. M.
The two troops of the Tenth cav
airy, 125 men, under Capt. Charles
T. Boyd, were practically wiped out
by the attack of Mexican forces
under Gen. Gomez at Carrizal, June
81, according to indications given in
fragmentary reports received by Gen.
Funston and Gen. Pershing Friday
night at San Antonio, Tex.
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Every Woman Wants
Dutch Establish New Mark.

The drainage of the inland lake Of
$4,000 acres formed north Of Amster-
dam by the disastrous floods of Janu-
ary last has been completed, save for
one or two of the deeper "polders"
or basins in the area in question. The
construction and installation Of the
giant pumping plant on the restored
Zuder Zee dikes was carried out In
four weeks, and the actual pumping
took another four, so that the problem
of removing something like 2O0OOO.OOO
cubic meters of water was dealt with
In a matter Of two months only. So
far as Dutch engineers are aware, this
Is an uneHualed feat in any other coun-
try in the world. The advance made
by modern photographic engineering
may be gathered from the fact that af-
ter the floods of February, 1926, the
training took until July, 1926, lasting
thus a period of II months.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
GEN ERAL.

Philadelphia has been designated
as the place of the thirty-fourth tri-
ennial conclave of the Knights Tenn
plar, the Grand Encampment to be-
gin the second Tuesday in Septem-
ber, 1919.
The first "war wedding was cele-
brated at Springfield, ILL.,, at Camps
Lincoln and Dunno John Matz,
broker of the so-called "millionaire
battery" of Chicago, was married to
Miss Frances Schramm of Burlington,
Iowa.
Charles Pryor, 36 years old, claim
ing to be former surgeon of Pancho
Villas army when the Mexican band
it ruled northern Mexico, waived ex-
tradition proceedings to return him
to Topeka, Kan, on a serious charge
involving thirty young girls.
According to French and Mexican
refugees arriving at Ell Paso, twenty
five Mexicans were buried near the
battlefield after the engagement at
Carrizal, as many more bodies, includ-
general, were taken to Chihuahua City
and two stock cars were loaded with
wounded, several of whom have died
III the Chihuahua hospital.
Numerous appeals for troops to pro-
tect settlements and ranches along
the Arizona border were received at
Douglas, Ariz., by Gen. T. F. Davis,
commanding the Arizona military dis
trict Delegations of city officials of
Douglas and Bisbee and representa-
tives of public utilities called in per-
son, kilograms were received from
Gov. George w. P. Hunt of Arizona,
and from the residents of towns near
the international line, and many let
ters brought like request.
Charges that Miss Gertrude Clay
poole, niece of John w. Bookwalter
of Columbus, Ohio, and heir to one
fifth of his $1O,0OO,OOO estate, had
been drugged, held prisoner in New
ark hotel and forced to sign away GER
tain of her rights in the estate, were
laid before District Attorney Edward
Swami in New York.
Charles B. Warren of Michigan,
member of the Crane-PenrOse sub
committee, is reported as the candi-
date of the so-called "old guard" con-
tingent for chairman of the national
committee.
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Colorado.

Silver continues to fluctuate above
and below 64 cents per ounce.
Thirty-five cars of ore were shipped
from Rico camp during the month OF
April.
Interest in the Little Maude pros
pect on Ute mountain, in western
Montezuma county, is increasing.
Hay and Heron of Rico shipped
several cars of ore to the Durango
smelter from the Enterprise mine.
The dawn of new day in the Grip
pie Creek gold camp is evidenced by
the number of new companies which
are being incorporated on properties
there.
In Boulder county the tungsten
market is yet unsettled. The larger
companies have fixed schedules for
their leasers, but the general market
is confined to small lots.
To show that the black metal is
Arizona and Colorado mining men
have taken over the Blue Jay and
Burnt Mountain tungsten properties,
near Ward, for a consideration Of
$4,000.
The Isabella Mines Company, at
Cripple Creek, is mining high-grade
gold ore from the fifteenth level of
the Buena Vista stope. Two carloads
(sixty tons) shipped recently re-
turned $4,000. The crude ore sam
pied close to $62 per ton and the
screenings at $50.
Reports from Durango set forth a
scarcity, of available labor in the San
Juan mining districts. Silverton espe-
cially, is calling for miners, tool
sharpeners and others. There will
be more prospecting done in this Sec
ton the coming summer than for sew
eral years previous.
The gradual decrease in the price
of spelter is explained in two ways.
First, the geological survey report
shows an American product for 1916
estimated in excess of 100000 tons,
whereas the usual output before the
European war was 100000 tons, or 50
per cent of the worlds supply.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
WESTERN.

The entire Nebraska guard has
been called to the border.
The state closed its case against
Will Orpet, accused of Marion Lam
bert's murder at lWaukegan. ILL.,
knights Templar in conclave at the
Scottish Rite temple in Los Angeles,
elected Lee S. Smith of Pittsburg,
grand master.
Preparations were being made at
Ell Paso, Tex, to enlarge the base hos
pital at Fort Bliss in the event of
hostilities with Mexico.
Three battalions of infantry and
one troop of cavalry, composed of
Sioux Indians; will be available if the
President wants them for service in
Mexico.
Clusters massacre on the battlefield
Of the Little Big Horn near Billings
Mont, was re-enacted as feature OF
the fortieth anniversary of the his
torical event.
On instructions from the Mexican
ambassador in Washington, Mexican
residents within the jurisdiction of
the consulate at Ell Paso have been
advised to return to Mexico.
Gen. Frederick Funston requested
of the War Department to demand the
release of Americans taken prisoners
in the fight at Carrizal and now held
in the prison at Chihuahua City.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
FOREIGN.

A special train carrying $50 Amer
leans left Mexico City for Vera Cruz
According to the Amsterdam Vor-
waerts, a potato famine is threaten
ing Cologne.
The duties of minister of foreign
affairs were formally assumed at Rio
Janeiro by DR.. l.. Martins de Souza
Dantas.
Greece has accepted without re-
serve the conditions imposed by the
allies, among these being the demo-
bilization of her army.
More than 200 lives were lost in
the sinking of the Russian steamer
Mercury by a mine in the Black sea,
according to Petrograd dispatches.
After a protracted session of the
crown council, presided over by King
Constantine, former Premier Zaimis
agreed at Athens to form a new
cabinet.
When the Ward line steamship
cry bit of deck space was occupied
by the cots OF refugees bound for the
United States.
Arrival of hundreds of American
refugees in Vera Cruz, fleeing before
the war crisis, failed to bring any
unusual excitement to Mexico's prin-
cipal seaport.
1t is learned on good authority that
Japan and Russia are making favor
able progress toward the conclusion
of an agreement for protection of
their mutual interests in China.
The London foreign office informed
the Associated Press that the matter
of Great Britain looking after the in
terests of the United States in Mexi-
CO in case of war had been discussed
and that Great Britain would be glad
to assume this task if occasion should
arise.
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ll[lIIIIlTlIIIIIlITIIIll[.

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told my husband about it. l
said Il know nothing will help me but
will try this I found myself improv-
ing from the very first bottle, and in two
weeks time / was able to sit down and
eat q hearty breakfast with my hus-
band, which | had not done for two years.
am now in the best of health and
did not have the operation. = Mrs.
JOHN A. KoEN1G, 502 Flushing Avenue,
Astoria, N. Y.
Every one breads the surgeons knife
and the operating table. Sometimes
nothing else will do; but many times
doctors say they are necessary when
they are not. Letter after letter comes
to the Pinkham Laboratory, telling how
operations were advised and were not
performed; or, if performed, did no good,
but Ly lila E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
poundwas used and good health followed.
If you want advice write to-
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
WASHINGTON.

The House passed $127,00O,OO0 sun
dry civil appropriation bill.
It became known if the A. B. G.
powers do not ask mediation some OF
the smaller Latin-American nations
will.
Expenditure of about $5,000,000 an
nually in improving rural post roads
is proposed in bill favorably re-
ported by the House postoffice COM
mittee.
The United States government has
asked Great Britain to look after
American interests, through her dip
lomatic service in Mexico, in the
event of hostilities.
Representative of the entente
allies have signified to the United
States government their willingness
to subordinate their munitions con-
tracts in this country to the needs OF
the United States in the present
emergency.
Congress Friday assumed it's share
of control of the Mexican situation
when the House passed a resolution
declaring the existence of an emerg-
ency, directing the President to draft
the National Guard Or such service
as needed, and appropriating 100000
to support the families of guardsmen
while they are at the front.
Customs officials along the Mexi-
can border have been ordered to hold
up freight shipments into Mexico and
to advise the railroads to keep their
rolling stock on the American side of
the line.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
Wyominq.

The Wyoming Petroleum Company
drilled in light oil producer at $50
feet in it's reservation lease nine
miles north of Lander.
Reports from expert oil men indi-
cate that one of the best and largest
oil fields in the state lies in the unde-
veloped region of Fremont county.
A new company has been organ
lied to operate in the Grass Creek oil
field. The name of the company is
the Grass Creek Petroleum Company
and is capitalized at $1,O00,000, 900.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
LATIN AMERICAN PEACE PRO-
POSAL REFUSED BY SEC
RETARY LANSING.
10000 GUARDS READY
MILITIA RUSHED TO STATIONS
ALONG BORDER UNDER Or
DERS BY GEN. PER3HlNG.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. Wilson on
Monday in a conversation with one of
his advisers said CarranZa must COM
ply at once with the United States
demands for the release of the Ameri-
can prisoners and repudiate Trevino's S
orders to oppose movements of the
American troops before there can be
any prospect of peaceful settlement
of the issue between the United
States and Mexico.
The President said he expected an
answer from Carranza within forty
eight hours. If it should be refusal
of the demands, Mr.. Wilson said he
would initiate action by Congress to
deal effectively with the situation.
The President was advised of a
concentration of Carranza troops
west of Chihuahua, where the
American prisoners are held. This
movement is interpreted as an indi-
cation that Carranza contemplates re-
sistance, and possibly declaration of
war on the United States.
With the Americans under Gen.
Pershing patrolling that district,
which is about seventy miles west Of
Chihuahua, the acute danger of an
other battle is fully realized here.
Efforts toward Latin-American me-
diation in the Mexican crisis, favored
by Carranza officials, collapsed with
out having reached the stage of a
formal proposal to the United States.
Columbus, N. M.-Ten thousand of
Carranza's cavalry have been con-
centrated at Buestillos, seventy miles
west of Chihuahua city, according to
reports here. The command is made
up largely of veterans of bandit cam
paigns in southern Mexico and has
been moved north in twenty military
trains.
San Antonio, Tex-Diplomatic ex-
changes between the United States
and Mexico have ceased to occupy the
attention of army headquarters here.
With the regular army, officers and
men, ready for any eventuality on the
border, attention has been turned to-
ward preparations for the arrival OF
national guardsmen and the whipping
into shape of those army units which
will take the place of the troops now
stationed along the Rio Grande.
Twelve thousand guardsmen start
ed for Somewhere in Texas" Monday
night. Nine thousand followed on
Tuesday, and in few days Gen. Funs'
ton will have 10000 men to supple
ment the regular army units at bor'
der stations.
Washington.-The army appropria
ton bill carrying increases in appro
priations of $28,OOO,O00 over the
amount in the measure as it was re
ported by the committee, was passed
by the House.
The principal additions to the
measure were increases of $4,OO9,0OO
for machine guns, $3,00O,00O fo1
horses, $1,O00,0OO for medical sup
plies, $3,OOO,OOO for the manufacture
of arms, $2,OOO,OOO for ordnance sup
plies, $5,O0O,OOO for field artillery
10000 for field artillery ammuni
ton, and $1,5OO,0O0 for summer train
ing camps.
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Roosevelt Declines Nomination.

Chicago-Col. Theodore Roosevelt
definitely refused the nomination of
the Progressives for President, and in
letter to the Bull Moose national
committee urged their support of
Charles Evans Hughes, the Republi-
can nominee In his letter, lengthy
denunciation of the Democratic ad-
ministration, Roosevelt declared he
would actively support Hughes, and
gave his reasons, based largely on
the necessity for patriotic American
ism.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
BloodIess Battle.

"a soldier home from the wars. you
say?'
."That'S the man."
HAS he been fighting in Europe"
"Dear me, no! Fighting in Europe
Is the widest folly. He's been lead
ing vice squad in distant city"
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
Modest Girl.

He-And what do you want for your
birthday?
She-Really, i don't want anything.
But / know youN bay me something
terribly nice and expensive asld new,
you're such a dear, reckless boy
Princeton Tiger.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01

VOAACcs \ was Rct
ingworse every day.
/ had chills, my head
would ache, I was
always tired. I could
not walk straight
because of the pain
in myback and I had
pains in my stom-
ach. I went to a
doctor and he said /
must 60 under an
operation, but ]. did
not go. I read in
the paper about
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01

Rome.-A general retreat of the
Austrians in the Trentino district
over a sector about twenty miles is
announced in an official statement
issued by the Italian war office.
Austrians are leaving a trail of des-
olated and burned villages while the
Italians are in close pursuit and have
occupied many positions formerly
held by the enemy.
British report signal voctory over
Germans in East Africa.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01

ride district are active.
There are quicksilver deposits on
the Mazatlan Range in the northern
part of-Arizona.
The Bluebird shaft is down 240 feet
or thereabOuts, and is opening up
some fine stringers.
1t is understood that a deal has
been closed for the Emporia group OF
mines on Groom creek.
A review of the mining industry in
Arizona shows that there is contin-
ued activity in all parts.
The shaft on the Midnight has
reached a depth of 26O feet, the whole
bottom of which is coming into ore.
The dividends disbursed by thirty
five copper mining companies in the
first quarter of 1916 were approxi.
mately $27OOOOOO.
The south drift on the 400-foot
level of the old blackberry mine in
the Kingman district has uncovered
three feet of high grade silver ore.
The Black Range strike is attract
ing great attention in camp. The
values are said to be going even high.
er than $21, the first assay obtained
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
RUSSIANS ADVANCE SOUTH.
Austrian Army Forced to Fall Back
in italy Under Foes Attack.

Petrograd.-Russian cavalry after
a battle with Austro-Hungarian troops
has occupied position near Pezor-
itt. about five and one-half miles west
of Kimpolung in BukOwina.
Germans declare capture of Cote de
Froide Terre, near Fleury, is the
most important success won at Yer
dun for some time. Bombardments OF
unusual ferocity and repeated infant
nv attacks are in progress.
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
WOMAN AVOIDS
OPERATION
Medicine Which Made Sur
Reon's Work Unnecessary.

Astoria, N. Y" For two years I
was feeling Ill and took all kinds of
The Benson signal., 1916-07-01
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

JUL 4-7-Pioneer celebration at Prescott.
Oct. 3-6-Meeting New Mexico Bank
ers' Association at Grand Canyon.
Nov. 13-18-Arizona State Fair at Phoe'
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WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Prices Quoted for Metals.
Lead, New York, $500.
Bar silver, Csc.
Spelter, st. Louis, $11.77h.
Copper, casting, $26.G2h.
Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten, per unit
of 60 per cent, $25 to $50.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-21
INFANT DAUGHTER OF
 SERGT. AND MRS. JONES DIES

The infant daughter of Sergt. and Mrs. Samuel L. Jones of the Signal Corps died suddenly this morning under peculiar circumstances. The child was three weeks old and had apparently, been healthy up to 1s-+ night when she seemed unwell. At 3 o'clock the mother fed the infant, which appeared all right at that tine but when she looked at the child early this morning was astonished to find that life had departed. Dr. k. c. Dalton was summoned and stated that death was. due to hemorrhage.
 The bereaved parents have tbe sympathy of their many friends iu the loss of their little daughter. The funeral services were held at the Jones residence this afternoon ct 4 O o'clock, Rev. Dunstan performing the last sad rites over the body.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-21
FEAR FRE|GHTERS
 HAVE PER|SHEO Three Men Who Left Brooks Five Days Ago with Teams Have Not
 Been Heard From Yet.

FAIRBANKS, Jan. 21.-There is considerable anxiety here over the possible freezing to death of persons
 who are known to have been on the |trail between Olnes and Brooks, in the new Tolovana camp.
 Tom Dickinson, a freighter, who has been working between Fairbanks and Tolovana left the latter camp for
 Fairbanks five days ago to come over the new Happy Creek trail and has not been heard from since he left Brooks. He was accompanied by Bud McRae and Lou Myers and 1t is feared that all may have perished as there are no roadhouses on the trail where they could find shelter.
 The Happy Creek trail is the new route to the Tolovana and the men
 would be obliged to travel through deep snow for more than forty miles,
 as the trail was unbroken since the last great storm Friends are anx- ious and will leave Olnes as soon as
 the weather moderates to render as |sistance to the party but they fear that men and horses have perished in the sixty below zero weather which has prevailed during the past
 forty-eight hours. .,
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-21
GERMANS ESCAPE
 DETENTION CAMP
Tunneled for a Distance of 15O Feet Under Camp in Nova Scotia and {.
 Escaped Into Maine.

CALAIS, Maine. Jan. 21.-Four Germans, who had been arrested in
 Canada soon after the outbreak of
 the European war and sent to the de- tention camp at Amhurst, Nova Sco- tia, gained their liberty by tunneling
 for a distance of more than one hun dred and fifty feet under the walls |surrounding the camp.
 After escaping from the detention
 camp the men made their way in safe |ty out of the country despite the fact that hundreds of guards were scour- ling the district to effect their recap ture. After crossing the border into Maine the Germans revealed their identity, believing they would not be |molested by the American authori- |ties.
 The men have been arrested and will be held pending an investigation of their .4.lzenship and If they are found to have become naturalized cit izens of the Dominion they may be returned to that country. They re- port there >.e thousands of Germans held in the detention camp at Am hurst.