Carranza Confiscation Policy Stirs Diplomatic Alarm
Washington reports officials fear Carranza aims to confiscate foreign oil property including American holdings despite protests. Mexican opinion favors a quick settlement of the petroleum question to avoid intervention, with foreign capital deemed essential for development. London notes Britain cooperates with the United States to resolve the Mexico oil dispute and suggests possible League of Nations involvement.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
State
United States
State Department
Don Carlos Dufoo
England
London
League of Nations
Senate panel swaps Shantung rights to China in treaty amendment
Washington reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved nine to eight an amendment transferring German rights in Shantung province from Japan to China. Democrats and McCumber voted against the change. Chairman Lodge proposed replacing Japan with China and instructed the president to forward the U S Poland treaty and notes on Austria Turkey and Bulgaria talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Shantung Province
China
Japan
McCumber
North Dakota
Lodge
Shantung
Senate
United States
Poland
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
July Accidents Record Highs in Texas for 1919
Austin reports July 1919 saw 4304 accidents, the highest since September 1918, with 33 fatal accidents and 2511 claims filed. Total paid insurance reached 93622 dollars as the Texas Industrial Accident board logged figures and a record year so far. In Mineola a Canadian ace, Col William Barker, arrived completing half the Toronto to New York air race in a captured German Fokker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Industrial Accident Board
Industrial Accident Board
Mineola
N. Y
William Barker
Toronto
New York
Barker
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Fast Relief
Neuralgia of the face shoulder hands or feet requires a powerful remedy that will penetrate the flesh. Ballard's Snow Liniment possesses that power. Rubbed in where the pain is felt is all that is necessary to relieve suffering and restore normal condition. Sold by Jenkins' Drug Store and M. H. James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Jenkins’ Drug Store
M. H. James
Shears Cause Death of Auto Top Builder in Waco
John D. Smith aged 49 an automobile top builder was killed when a door fell on him in Waco today driving a pair of shears into his breast near the heart Police reported the accident occurred this afternoon at his shop on Elm Street, investigation into the incident is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
John D. Smith
Governor Hobby Seeks Details On Colored People Beating Case
Austin August 23. Governor Hobby received a telegram from a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People official about a beating yesterday and a demand for punishment of J R Shillady, secretary of the association. Hobby did not disclose the message contents. New York reports said the association wired him seeking action against Shillady's assailants. Shillady, the only offender mentioned, was punished before your injury came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Hobby
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
J. R. Shillady
New York
Shillady
i _ representatives
Yankee photographer surrenders Jerusalem to British general
New Wilmington Pa August 26 The city of Jerusalem was surrendered to the British by a Yankee photographer acting for the Arab mayor After weeks of bombardment Turks agreed to quit The photographer rode with the mayor to British forces and a sentry led the way to General Allenby two days later he entered Jerusalem and the surrender was announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
Jerusalem
Wendell Cleland
Egypt
Red Cross
Cleland
Allenby
Automobile owning causes fire losses say state officer
Austin Tex August 27 State Fire Marshal Wallace Inglish warns that more farmers will buy autos trucks and tractors with 1919 crop proceeds and store gasoline and oils in barns creating higher rural fire losses. He estimates 1918 rural fire losses at about 4 million dollars and says most were from carelessness. Inglish predicts fire hazards on about half of farms under new motor vehicle ownership.
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Austin
Tex
Wallace Inglish
Inglish
Army needs many officers during reorganization
Secretary Baker urged Congress to authorize keeping up to eighteen thousand commissioned officers until June 30, 1920 to allow line officers to focus on reorganizing the army. He cited reducing the permanent force and liquidating six and a half billion dollars in property as the department's two main tasks. A drug ad for Herbine followed, promoting bowel regulation and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Baker
Kahn
House Military Affairs Committee
United States
War Department
Baker
Army
Saladiner Invents Cotton Sprayer To Target Underside Leaves
J M Saladiner of this city unveiled a two wheel spraying device designed to deliver poison beneath cotton leaves. The machine uses a moving screen to brush plants and spray arsenic vapor through a curtain, aiming to exterminate boll worms and weevils while protecting top foliage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
J. M. Saladiner
Saladiner
Colorado appoints first woman deputy sheriff Miss Margaret Ennis
Littleton Colorado August 27 Miss Margaret Ennis is sworn in as the state's first woman deputy sheriff. She vows to pursue horse thieves and auto thieves with the same zeal as courtroom duties, her badge and six shooter on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
Colo
Margaret Ennis
Colorado
Ennis
Bailey Men Name Committee For August Meeting
Chairman Greenwood of the Bailey Democrat meeting at Fort Worth has named an advisory committee of thirty four to meet in Dallas on August 30.
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Dallas
Greenwood
Bailey Democrat
Fort Worth
Regiments Ordered Overseas to Police Silesia
The 5th Infantry at Camp Taylor Kentucky and the 50th Infantry at Camp Dix New Jersey are ordered to prepare to go overseas to aid in policing Silesia under the peace treaty during the plebiscite. Neither unit has been overseas before.
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Washington
5Th Infantry
Camp Taylor
50Th Infantry
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Silesia
Enlist Now in Bryan Troop Seventh Cavalry Texas Guard
A Bryan Texas National Guard cavalry troop of 70 to 105 men is being organized to join the Seventh Cavalry Regiment. It will recruit men 18 to 45 from Bryan and Brazos County. Enlistments vary by service length. government provides horses and equipment plus pay. Local armory and stable rents are set, with drill attendance affecting pay. Reach J. B Hunter at Eagle Prince for details.
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Bryan
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
Texas National Guard
Brazos County
U. S
State of
Texas
J. B Hunter
Eagle Prince
Prayer Meeting Led by G P Bittle at Church
Regular mid week prayer meeting at First Christian Church tonight at 8 30 led by G P Bittle. Members urged to attend.
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First Christian Church
G. P. Bittle
Villa Smuggling of Ammunition Linked to Villa Raids
Report from El Paso dated August 27 asserts Francisco Villa secured ammunition for his band by smuggling across the U S border or capturing Carranza troops. It notes millions previously moved from Texas New Mexico and Arizona, with smugglers profiting. It claims tightening US controls curb but some small shipments persist.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
United States
Carranza
Mexico
Villa
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Army Intelligence Department
Parral
Juarez
United States Army
Fort Bliss
Senate committee tinker covenant changes in peace treaty
Washington August 26 under a blanket amendment to the peace treaty the senate foreign relations committee agreed American representation will be eliminated from international commissions overseeing European reconstruction except for reparations commissions and others appointed by the league of nations
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Refrigerator cars under monopoly urged by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission urged the president to declare refrigerator cars and other meat transport cars a government monopoly and license railroads to operate them. The five largest packers own about ninety percent of suitable equipment, with past rebates and expedited service advantages reinforcing their control.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Herbine touted as bowel regulator and purifier
An advertisement extols Herbine as a great bowel regulator that purifies the system and vitalizes the blood, claiming it puts the digestive organs in vigorous condition. Sold by Jen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins’ Drug Store
M. H. James
Second Bravest Man of War Seeks Job Stability
Lockport New York August 26 Frank Gaffney named by General McHale the second bravest man in the war declines a political nomination to New York state legislature. He is chief of police at a plant employing 1200 and savors his current post after single handedly capturing eighty four Germans in the war.
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Lockport
N. Y
Frank Gaffney
McHale
Membs
New York
Gaffney
Forty Eight Cities Plan Campaign for New Utilities Bill
In Austin a Texas League of Municipalities meeting drew forty eight cities. a seven member committee will draft a public utilities bill for the next legislative session and may hire legal talent. The league set up a campaign machinery and levied a one cent per inhabitant quota on each city to fund efforts.
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Austin
Texas League of Municipalities
Cited for bravery but soldier cannot recall incident
Mercer Pennsylvania August 27 Sergeant N Eugene Sampson of New Wilmington is cited for bravery in action by his commanding officer for a mission under fire at Argonne. The sergeant says he was too busy helping push back the Germans to remember the incident.
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Mercer
N. Eugene Sampson
New Wilmington
Sampson
323Rd Field Artillery
Argonne
Suffrage Interests in Texas Primary Law Fight
Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham president of the Texas Equal Suffrage association visited Austin ng yesterday and met with First Assistant Attorney General W A Keeling and AAG W J Townsend Jr. They will aid the Waco defense of the law permitting women to vote in party primaries, and the women say they will fight the case to a finish.
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Austin
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Texas Equal Suffrage Association
W. A. Keeling
W. J.townsend, Jr
Waco
Texas
Messrs. Keeling
Townsend
Strike Paralyzes Southern California Rail Traffic
Rail transport across southern California to Fresno and to Yuma, Arizona, is halted by a wide strike. The Bakersfield & Yuma line joined in last night as switchmen and brakemen walked out in sympathy with striking train crews.
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Los Angeles
California
Fresno
Yuma
Ariz
Bakersfield
Houston Post plea for votes in automobile contest
The notice urges readers to renew subscriptions to the Houston Post or subscribe if not already a subscriber and to cast 20,000 votes for Carolyn Kern in the paper’s automobile contest. It includes a phone number 299 for contact.
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The
Houston Post
Bryan
Carolyn Kern
Signs on Columbia River rocks spark Hun Indian symbol debate
In Klickitat county Washington experts from the bureau of Indian affairs will decide if painted rock symbols along the Columbia River near Vantage Ferry are Native American records or writings by early Teutonic explorers. W S Lewis and Olaf Opston offer competing theories about age and origin.
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Spokane
Wash
Columbia River
Klickitat County
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washing
D. C
Pacific Northwest
W. S. Lewis
Eastern Washington Historical Society
Olaf Opsjon
Dishman
Mr. Opston
Boston
Mass
Vantage Ferry
Borozone Antiseptic Promoted by Local Drug Stores
Surgeons urge prompt first treatment for cuts burns bruises and wounds. The advertised Borozone is claimed to be an efficient antiseptic and healing agent for both people and animals, sold by Jenkins' Drug Store and M. H. James for emergencies.
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Jenkins’ Drug Store
M. H. James
Laxative Brom Quin ancestor label with Grove signature
A historical advertisement notes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets claim to remove the cause. It emphasizes there is only one Bromo Quinine and features E. W GROVE'S signature on the box. The price is listed as 3c.
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H. W. Grove
E. W Grove
New York Town Eradicates Flies In New Method
Saranac Lake health officials say the town is the first fly free town after a $1000 program. Manure screening and frequent removal reduced flies despite hot June and July, with expectations of zero flies next year. Health Officer Trembley notes the town now has January levels year round.
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New York
Saranac Lake
Trembley
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