Wilsons wartime memo stirs British naval debate
London May 18 President Wilsons confidential wartime statements about the British admiralty and Admiral Sims testimony provoke a protracted controversy among British naval critics. Analysts weigh two schools of naval policy Jellicoe versus Beatty, with calls for a unified approach amid Japan rising as a sea power.
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London
Wilson
Admiralty
Nar
Daniele
Senate
Sims
presi_ dent
Son Fie
Kately
Jellicoe
Fiske
Beatty
Oress
Jutland
Jellicoe Hotow
Carlyon Beltatres
England
Pnremier
Livya George
Jeiliene
Futland
Japan
Germany
America
Daniels
Missionaries robbed by bandits in China
Report from Hankow dated May 18 describes robbers stopping a missionary party near Thane province. Victims Mr and Mrs Caldwell and Mr and Mrs Whiteside were forced to land and looted of valuables including a child's celluloid doll. The attackers fled after taking goods. the doll was returned following a plea.
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Hankow
New Province
Thane
Caldwell
Whiteside
Town and city population increases reported in Massachusetts and neighboring states
Figures show mass area growth with Woburn increasing by 1 257 residents or 8.2 percent and Newburyport up 650 people or 4.4 percent. Scranton Pennsylvania rises by 7 961 to 137 783, while Norwich towns in Connecticut grow by 1 456 to 29 685 and Norwich City up 37 to 28 304.
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Woburn
Mass
Newburyport
Scranton
Norwichtown
Conn
Norwich City
French Withdraw From Frankfurt Disturbances Reported
Mayence reports indicate French troops in Frankfurt and other Main district centers retreated to the Mayence bridgehead by 9 40 this morning. Mayors of several smaller towns evacuated and praised the French withdrawal. A separate Cambridge Forestry association note on May 18 says attempts to grow square trees are being investigated, with a report stating the effort has no meaning.
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Mayence
Frankfort
Prench
Coble
Don
Cambridge Forestry Association
Elfin chases Mayflies and a fleeting life lesson
Peggy converses with a silver-winged Mayfly and an elfin sprite about time, life, and purpose. The Mayfly explains birth, growth, and a one day lifespan, urging focus and effort within the hours given. Peggy watches the luminous dancers until sunset over the pond.
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Peggy
Earth
Texas city first to elect women to all city offices
ALL PO THE Wom. Jewett has the distinction of being the first municipality in Texas to turn the city government over to women. In the recent election women were chosen to fill practically all the city offices, including the mayoralty.
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Jewett
Texas
Ship develop not on cor partnership in UK report
A Ministry of Labour report notes an increase in ship development enterprises in the United Kingdom. It states that 183 such enterprises, employing 248,000 workers, existed last October, compared with 380 started since 1865.
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Develo
Cor
United Kingdom
Th Ministry of Labor
Modern Adoption Customs Seen as Savage Heritage
An article by Margery Rex for International News Service surveys adoption as a mainstream practice across classes, citing ancient tribal precedents such as the Chukchi of Siberia and Crow Indians in Montana. It recounts historic cases from Murray Island and Torres Strait communities, noting legal fictions and fears around foster ties, and recounts modern high profile examples including Finley Shepard Jr. and Mrs Marian Curry.
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Margery Rex
International News Service
New York
Brooklyn
Robert Hi. Lowie
Museum ‘of Natural History
Siberia
Montana
South Sea
Murray Island
Torres Straits
Lowie
Adopiwn
Sue
Finley Shepard
Hele Gould
Finley Shepard Jr
Beau
Hudson
Finley
Thore
Th Shepards
Vinley
Mrsley Spiker
Baltimore
America
Emily Knowles
England
Pertey Spiker
Sui
Porto
Theresa Baco
Karl Heidemann
Man Held Guilty After Long Jury Deliberation in Federal Contract Case
After 25 hours of deliberation a federal jury found Thomas Leahy of Vir mented wash guilty on charges tied to a contract for a building project on the south side between Main and Wyoming. The case, first at this term, was presented to jurors and a verdict handed down at 3:36 PM. Judge George M. Hourquin scheduled sentencing for Saturday. Indicted along with Neleon thers, the group faced claims totaling 4087.95 dollars.
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Nordich
Thomas Leahy
Vir
Shea "Attoctock
Venthday Aton
Kemence
George M. Hourquin
Jorge Neleon Thers
Constru S
Mroete
Main
Wyoming
Jennon
Vo"aue
Teacher survives train wind blast near Goodman Siding
May 18 at Great Falls Montana area. Russ Anna Weideman a Goodman Siding schoolteacher was blown from a moving Great Northern train during windy conditions Monday. She suffered only bruises and remained in a local hospital, told she would recover fully.
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Anna Weideman
Goodman Siding
Neihart
Great Northern
German libraries suffer from money shortages and book losses
German scientific publishing is collapsing as libraries raid scarce funds and German books are bought by foreign libraries. In Sheffield the cutlery trade booms with hundreds of new firms opening as German competition is eliminated, as many smiths rush to start their own shops using available machinery.
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Shefield
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