Salvation Army promotes emigration of British women after war
New York report says the Salvation Army in Britain, with government backing, seeks to send about 1.25 million surplus women to colonies where male populations are larger. Commissioner Lamb notes shipments to Canada and opportunities abroad. It cites marriage rates for emigrants and discusses postwar labor shifts and temperance trends in the Isles.
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New York
Salvation Army
British Isles
David CG. Lamb
London
Army
United States
Britain
British Empire
Canada
Africa
Australia
Lamb
Scotland
Isles
Gate Receipt Split May End Conference Dispute
Pacific Coast Conference members may settle football gate receipt division at Stanford in May. Washington and California oppose an even split with smaller colleges, seeking guaranteed amounts. The controversy prompted cancellations of games including Washington versus Exeter and plans to skip matches with Oregon Agricultural College.
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Seattle
Wash
Stanford University
Washington
University of California
Washington State College
Oregon Agricultural College
Two New Towns Join Class B Pacific International League
SEATTLE Feb 28 Two Pacific Northwest towns Astoria wind Yakima will join the Pacific International Baseball league this summer as the circuit expands to Class B. The existing clubs in Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Vancouver have previous league history in organized baseball. the new league will operate in the former Northwest league territory.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Astoria
Spain governed by cabinet not Cortes, royal decrees exceed laws
Madrid report shows from 1911 to 1918 royal decrees totaled 5978 while enacted laws through parliament reached only 866, indicating the cabinet governs primarily rather than the Cortes. The statistics were issued as part of royal decrees and law records for the eight year span.
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Madrid
Spain
Cortes
Dyers Men Fire on Amritsar Crowd in 302-Bullet Offensive
A British India report recounts Brigadier General Dyer ordering a dispersal by fire at Amritsar on April 3 with 1650 rounds and 290 killed, including children, amid riots tied to anti-British sentiment. The siege, martial law, and subsequent inquiries sparked ongoing controversy.
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London
Amritsar
Lahore
Punjab
Dyer
Miss Sherwood
Public Whippings Cast Light on Disorder Across City
The report details executions and sentences from martial law amid unrest. A total of 62 cases involving 298 accused were heard, with 248 convictions. Fifty one death penalties, 46 life transports, 2 ten-year terms, and other terms down to three years were imposed. six cases included whipping.
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Miss Sherwood
Wage Demands Soar as Austrian Currency Falls
In Vienna on February 10 a strike by tailors highlighted soaring wage demands. Master tailors sought 65 780 crowns yearly, up from about 2 700 prewar earnings, while assistant tailors asked 36 000 crowns, up from 700. Workers pushed for a sliding scale to keep pace with rising living costs.
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Vienna
Alchemists Dream of Turning Base Metals to Gold
London report quotes Prof Frederick Soddy of Oxford explaining how to transmute gold by particle emissions. He says expelling a beta particle from mercury yields thallium then an alpha particle to gold, or turning lead into mercury then to gold. Researchers are said to be pursuing these ideas.
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London
Frederick Soddy
Physical Chemistry
Oxford
Reapo
Cassidy secures planing mill gear for Cheyenne homes
J. M. Cassidy, who traveled to St. Louis to purchase planing mill machinery, has returned with equipment to manufacture window sashes and other components for the fifty houses planned by the Cheyenne Home Builders association.
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J. M. Cassidy
St. Louis
Cheyenne Home Buillders Association
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Cheyenne, Wyoming
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