The Benson signal., 1918-12-14
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
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Arizona is to have a state medical
library in the Carnegie library at
Phoenix.
1. w. w. The decision of Judge Will
liam Morrow, as judge of the United
States District Court for the state of
Arizona, was filed, having been trans
mitted from San Francisco.
Orders were received at district
headquarters from the southern de-
partment to establish a machine gun
school at Fort Huachuca for line Of
ficers of the Arizona district.
Injuries received while in the employ
of the United Arizona Copper Mining
and Smelling Company resulted in a
$4,000 damage action being filed
against the company by l. J. Hayden
at Phoenix
Power Conway, well known Arizona
engineer, who left Phoenix for France
year ago as captain in the engineer
ing corps of the United States army,
has been made acting manager of
roads, attached to the general staff
with rank of lieutenant colonel, ac-
cording to a cablegram
Conceding the election of Thomas
E. Campbell by majority of 341
votes, Fred T. Golfer, defeated Demo
cratic candidate, has set at rest all
rumors of intended contest proceed
ings. Il have not at any time consid-
cred instituting contest proceedings
declared Senator Golfer.
Two Arizona women are to be sent
overseas for service in the Y. M. C. A.
during the rehabilitation period.
Named by the Arizona Federation of
Womens' Club and approved by the
government and the "Y," the repre-
sentatives, of the state will sail from
New York for France on jan %.
A Nogales coroner's jury has de-
termined that Sergt. William ]. White,
Twenty-fifth infantry, came to his
death from a gunshot wound from a
32-caliber pistol, fired by Lieut. Bran
don Finney." The officer is in Gus
tody at the military camp, after con-
fession to Colonel Carnaham, and will
be tried by court martial.
Official confirmation of the death
in action of Lieut. Frank Luke, Jr, OF
Phoenix, most spectacular of Ameri-
can aviators with the First army in
France, was received by his father,
Frank Luke, in telegram from Adju-
tant General Harris. The dispatch
stated that Lieut.. Frank Luke, Jr., had
been killed in action about Sept 20.
Capt. Harry Wheeler, former sher-
if of Cochise county, later in service
with the American expeditionary
forces in France, and now on duty at
Nogales, Ariz, was relieved of proceed
ings in the United States District
Court at Tucson growing out of the
so-called "Bisbee deportation" by
which the Warren mining district was
rid of 1,1S6 alleged adherents of the
Emory r. Sampson, son of Mrs. Rob-
ert Todd of Carr Canyon, in the Hua-
chuca mountains, and brother of
Mrs. John Foster of Warren, and who
was born in the Warren district, was
one of party of naval youths at San
Pedro, Cal, that assisted in the res
cuing of a number of companions from
a watery grave when they became
>adrift in small yacht off the south
ern California coast.
A telegram received by r. M. Tyler
of Webb stated that his son, Robert
M. Tyler, Jr., had died in France of
pneumonia On Oct. 20. This was a
double blow to the parents. as only a
few days before they had buried their
Oldest son, r. Leo Tyler, at Thatcher,
on the ella river. This son died at
Miami and the same day as Robert,
and from the same disease, though the
brothers were 1000 miles apart.
With 1O6 cases of influenza under
treatment at the Clarkdale hospitals,
it is believed that the height of the
epidemic has been reached and that
the figures will show a decrease from
now on.
nCIudIkdDlC SOlQ SpSCllASuo WClO
taken to Phoenix from the Lavelle
mines, eight miles south of Hayden,
where specimen rock is not to be re-
lied upon for most of the return. Over
1000 feet of tunneling has been done
and plenty of ore blocked out for sew
eral years operation of 50-ton con-
centrating mill, for which the machin
cry has been ordered, with expecta-
ton that milling will start JAN 1.
Immediate employment of returned
soldiers has been worked out by the
government for Arizona. Department
of Labor officials at all discharge
camps will receive applications from
soldiers; these are to be forwarded to
the director of employment, Thomas j.
Croart, Phoenix. These applications
will then be sent to the representa-
tives of the department in each coun-
ty affected. 1t will be the duty of the
county representative to secure en-
ployment for the mustered out soldier
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