SPORT 15 GOOD TRAINING FOR WAR
Paul Verdier a San Francisco polo officer and French army member argues sport aids soldiers in trenches. He cites baseball as key training and notes athletes helped French British troops endure long marches and heavy packs before the Marne. He praises various French sports and says polo sharpens wrist, eye, and quick thinking though cavalry charges fade.
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San Francisco
Paul Verdier
Marne
France
America
Paris
Tobacco Habit Easily Overcome
A New Yorker author Howard J Wooda offers a free mailed book on conquering tobacco and snuff habits. The claim describes calm sleep, clear eyes, strong memory, better digestion, and restored vigor as benefits.
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New Yorker
Howard J Wooda
Station B
New York City
Weber Saloon Held Up
A pair of gunmen entered the Weber Saloon, ordered the bartender and patrons to raise their hands, and rifled the cash register and pockets before threatening to blow the safe. The robbers fled with an estimated sum over $100 as one stated the need to shoot if the safe remained locked.
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Bagan
Hagan
Mississippi Belle Names Battleship Mississippi
Miss Camilla McBeath of Meridian Mississippi christens the new battleship at Newport News on January 25 naming it for her home state. The Meridian society belle is well known in Southern social circles as a typical Southern beauty.
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Sippi
Newport News
Camilla McBeath
Meridian
Miss McBeath
South
Record of Morning Bank Hold-Up Described by Witness
Bagan states the morning cash register was opened by the owners in a bank hold-up witnessed by Han na who sat at a table. The gunman is described as about 6 feet 11 inches, 34 years old, weight 200, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, stout build, wearing a long black overcoat, tan shoes and a black cowboy hat. The second man is about 5 feet 10 inches, aged 20 to 85, weight 180, brown eyes, normal build, in a dark gray knee length overcoat, black muffler, bone clasp, and small black hat. Both wore quality clothing. Police Sergeant McFarland and Sheriff Pat Hayes were notified.
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Bagan
Hanna
McFarland
Pat Hayes
Bandits Flee Saloon Prompt manhunt in region
After the bandits departed the saloon, authorities began a rapid search. Messages were sent to nearby towns to intercept the suspects and recover stolen items.
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Bagan
Hamburg Line Director Warns on Submarine Warfare Strategy
Hamburg America line director-general Albert Ballin, speaking at a political luncheon in Leipsic, declares he would despise any statesman who limits submarine use to protect ships in American harbors. The remarks were published by Neugte Nachrichten and cited by London dispatches.
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Leipsic
London
Neugte Nachrichten
Albert Ballin
Admiralty
Herr Ballin
England
Arguments End Today on Adamson Eight Hour Law
Supreme Court arguments on the constitutionality of the Adamson act proceed with railroad counsel attacking the measure. Government counsel prepares final statement as the court grills with questions, contending congressional authority for railroad wage legislation is lacking.
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Adamson
Washington
Supreme Court
Webb-Kenyon Law Declared Constitutional
The Webb Kenyon law banning liquor shipments to dry states was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court in Washington. The decision supports West Virginia’s prohibition amendment, with liquor interests challenging the need to rule on the state ban on receiving or possessing liquor moved in interstate commerce.
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Washington
West Virginia
Hquor
Supreme Court
West
Pete Herman Beats Kid Williams For Bantam Title
In New Orleans Pete Herman defeats Kid Williams over twenty rounds to win the Baltimore bantamweight championship claim and take the title.
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Pete Nerman
Prom Kid Williams
New Orlmans
Pete Herman
New Orleans
Kid Wiliams
Baltimore
Herman
Missionary Funding Urged for Latin America
Dr John R Mott urged an expenditure of 10000000 for mission work in Latin America over the next five years at the foreign missions conference in Garden City New York He spoke as a member of the Mexican American joint commission addressing the gathering today.
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Garden City
Jan. C
Latin America
John R. Mott
Mexican American Joint Commission
Foreign Missions Conference
Granite or Marble Monuments Ad by R McCafferty
Local monument dealer R McCafferty offers granite and marble stonework for monuments. Contact information indicates Fnone 513 as a reference point for inquiries.
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R. McCafferty
Spinal Meningitis Fatality Signals Health Hazard at Camp
EL PASO January 9 Five cases of spinal meningitis are under treatment at the base hospital here, where a guardsman died recently. The quarantine of the Colorado Signal company, where typhus was feared, will be raised in a few days.
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EL Paso
Colorado Signal Company
Veach Threatens Holdout Over Salary Demands
Detroit left fielder Bob Veach, whose three year contract expired, says he will quit baseball in 1917 unless he receives a substantial raise. The comments were made amid salary dispute indicating potential holdout from the team.
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Detroit
Bob Veach
Trial of Franz Bopp Ends in San Francisco
The trial of Franz Bopp German consul general and his four aides for a conspiracy to dynamite entente munitions ships and trains closed today in San Francisco Cal The jury will be charged tomorrow
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San Francisco
Cal
Franz Bopp
Fulton Scores K. O. Over English Heavy
New York report of a boxing match where Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota knocked out Tom Crowler of England in the first round of a ten round bout Fulton weighed 218 pounds ten pounds more than Crowler
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New York
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Tom Crowler
England
Fulton
Cowler
Peace Hope Slim Yet Enduring In Interchange Of Discourtesies
The Interchange of discourtesies between belligerents shows a fragile peace hope. Germany tests genuine peace aims by overture and harsh reaction, while Allies reject defeat and demand broad terms. Real peace talks may begin, but a full treaty seems unlikely as each side insists on terms implying the other's defeat.
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New Republic
Germany
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