Army and Navy Ready for Quick Action in Mexican Crisis
The article reports on U.S. military readiness to respond to the Carranza government over the Jenkins consular arrest and summarizes allied tension with Mexico. It notes Army air squadrons and naval forces poised for potential landings, plus the execution of General Angeles and ongoing border concerns. It also covers the coal strike, government mediation efforts, and reactions from figures like Garfield and Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Mexico
Carranza
United States
Jenkins
State Department
Washington
Mexican Foreign Office
Executive Department
Lansing
Puebla
Mexico City
Congress
House
Senate
Central Department
Signal Corps
Marine Corps
Navy
Pacific
Lantic
Felipe Angeles
Angeles
Villa
Lewis
Garfield
Lane
Wilson
Treasury
McAdoo
Carter Glass
Sheridan
Wyo
Fort MacKenzie
Miners’ Union
Major Dean
Allen
Kansas
D’annunzio
Zara
Sebenico
Spalato
Dalmatia
Triest
Paris
Adriatic
Stambulinsky
Bulgaria
Roumania
Jugo- Slavia
Austria
Thrace
Strumnitza
Serbia
Germany
Supreme Council
France
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Irish “Republic
Congressional Committee
Ellis Island
Frederic C. Howe
Island
National motor vehicle theft act goes into effect
The national motor vehicle theft act becomes operative. It defines motor vehicles and interstate commerce and sets penalties up to $5000 or five years for transporting stolen vehicles and for receiving concealing or selling. Debate noted 1918 U.S. theft value at $27,000,000 with thieves earning at least $5,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
United States
Careless America Growing Less Careless in 1917 Mortality
The 1917 mortality report from the United States census bureau and the National Safety Council shows 53,544 accidental deaths, down from 60,072 the prior year, with Falls and Railroad injuries leading. Other notable causes include Burns, Automobile accidents, Drowning, Mine accidents, and Machinery-related deaths, the latter linked to war‑era untrained workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
United States Census Bureau
America
United States
Bureau
Surge in New European Stamps Reaches Near 2000 Mark
Collectors note that New European state issues since December 1918 are approaching 2,000 stamps. Poland leads with over 400 varieties since the armistice, Ukraine follows with about 175, Jugo Slavia and Czecho Slovakia around 150 each, and Georgia the smallest with four values. A 1914 peak saw 1,286 stamps, while unified issues for Serbs Croats and Slovenes move toward consolidation under King Peter I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Ukraine
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Fiume
Transcaucasian Republic of
Georgia
New Europe
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Croatia
Slavonia
Bosnia
Serbia
Peter I
Greater
Nagato Labeled Largest Warship Built by Japanese Navy
A Tokyo report says Japan launched the Nagato at Kure, the largest warship ever built. Keel laid August 28, 1917. war prompted by worker shortages and revised design. Displacement projected at 40,000 tons with 16 inch guns, 25 knot speed, and planes. Sister ship Kaga planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kure
Tokyo
Nagato
Kure Naval Dockyard
Jutland
California
United States
America
The Joy of Motherhood
Ellensburg resident recounts illness and recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Wife credits the remedy for improved health, home life, and having a child. Publisher urges others with functional disorders to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellensburg
Ward
O. S. Johnson
R. No
Wash
Lynn, Mass
Bayer aspirin packaging claims and pricing in early ad copy
An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with proper directions for Headache, Colds, Pain, Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheumatism. It states Bayer stands for genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years and notes a handy tin of 12 tablets costing a few cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
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England
United States Mail Service
North Sea
ARMY
Italy
Montenegro
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Copenhagen
Litvinoff
Baltic States
Dorpat
Bolshevist
Denikine
Omsk
New Labor Party
Chicago
International Labor Unions
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Nonpartisan League
Frazier
North Dakota
Gladden
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Mr. Knight
Dean
Thomas A. Knight
Ninth St
East St. Louis
Ill
Doan
A. M. Eggmann
Notary Public
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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