Weekly journal-miner., 1918-04-17
} DAMAGE SUITS FILED AGAINST
 UNITED VERDE
JUDGMENTS ARE SOUGHT AGGREGATING S65,OO FOR INJURIES SAID TO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN JE- ROME PROPERTIES.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

were hled against the nIted Verde Cooper Company in the Superior court yesterday, the two plaintiffs alleging that they were seriously in jured while working in various parts ot the big plant in the Verde district
 Lewis Nidaurri is demanding a Judgment in the sum of S20O00 for injuries to his right arm and his ribs, which he alleges that he received while in the company's employ on December 2l, 1917. According to the complaint the plaintiff was riding from ClarkGalc to a point five miles distant to go to work for the com pany. He was making the trip in a tram car which was operated by gravity, being in the car with a nunl- Der of other men who were also go- ing 10 work. The car collided with a string of mine cars which were be- ing pushed by locomotive, and Vii , daurri was thrown out of the car He says that his right arm was so badly hurt that he has since been unable 10 use ii in his work. His body was badly laccrated and he was otherwise injured, according to the complaint.
 The complaint of A. C. Batori states that the plaintiff was at work in Shaft No } of the U. V. on De- cembcr g, 1917, when large mass of rock ard timbers fell upon him through d raise and did much injury 10 his back He alleges that his skull was fractured and that he was badly injured in his left leg. He asks for 2 judgment of S25.0O0.
 According 10 the cor:plaint of John L. Friend, he was working in Shaft No. Of the Verde workings on August 20, 1917, shoveling moist con crete out of a concrete blower. The machine became cloggcd mp, and the plaintiff steTped in front of it to open it mp, and suddenly the concrete blew out with great force, the rocks and wet mixture being forced into his left eye, dangerously wounding that mem bcr, according to the complaint. The injured eye has given him much pain and trouble, as well as expense, and a judgment of S9O,0O0 is asked for.
 Sues U. V. Extension
 Jose Miller yesterday filed suit against the United Verde Extension Copper Company and the Alphons Custodis Chimney Construction Cont pany. asking for damages in the sum cf S2O,O0O for injuries which he says h.. received while at work on the new snclter at Verde on the first day Of March 1918 Miller and another workman were being hauled down from the top of the lofty smoke stack which was the being erected ou the new shelter, the trip to earth being made in cage which was low cred by a hoisting engine. The regu- lar engineer was off the jCb and the substitute engineer, according to the complaint. vas new to the job and corld not skilliully handle the en- zine. When the cage was about oo feet of the ground, the engineer let th" clutch loose, and the cage went down to the earth in a hurry-up fash, ion. the occupants of the car being thrown 10 the ground with tcrrihc force. Miller had his spine badly injured. his nose broken, several teeth knocked out of his head, and Mas otherwise cut and bruised by inc fall. He holds the owners of the sr.icltcr anG the company which had tue contract for building the stack cq,rally responsible, and las made them joint defendants.
 Hance Divorce Granted
 The finishing chapter in the recent unfortunate marital experiences of Iu1rc George Washington llancc of C?mp Verde, was written yesterday afternoon in the Superior court, Irdce Sweeney having granted tho decree which dissolved the matrimon- ial contract which the aged plaintiff had made last August with Zo-year- old woman. The testimony in this case was submitted to the court about two weeks ago, and the case iaicn under adVisemcnt. The decree was withheld at this time because ot rlic f.,ct tkat the plaintiff had failed io produce witness to corrobordte his testimony as to the cruelty and general pervcrscncsS of the young woman. Yesterday the necessary wit rc.s was present and the divorce was granted. \ property settlement made outsidc of court, provided that iiIc wife should restore all property which had been deedcd to her, upon tie payment of the sum ot Sl,olO by Mr. llancc.
 Sues for Divorce
 Mrs. Larra Lewis yesterday ilcd snit tor divorce from joseph l.. Lewis. the complaint charging the husband with dcscrtion and failure to provide. The man and wife were ,.iarried in iCO5 in Prescott, and sep aratcd al few years ago. ]. E.IRus- ecll is representing the plaintiff.