West Indies Sale Considered as Economic Woes Deepen
A Danish government probe into selling the Danish West Indies to the United States reveals dire conditions in St Thomas and St Croix. Trade is depressed by war and Panama Canal closure, Hamburg America line suspends service, causing emigration and economic strain. St Croix sees a sugar labor dispute with mass unemployment but promising sugar and rum yields. government labor reforms aim to ease tensions.
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Ponetice
Associated Press
St. Thomas
Hamburg-American Lmne
Panama Canal
St. Croix
Fredericksted
Christiansted
Islands
German Juveniles Become Criminals Amid War Strain
Berlin reports a three to fourfold rise in juvenile crime and misdemeanors since the war began. Causes cited include father absence, mothers working, increased spending money, wartime weapon allure, crowding of schools, youth gangs using unoccupied cellars, and early child labor driving thefts and embezzlement among boys aged 10 to 15.
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Germany
Berlin
Lke
East Prussia
Austro Hungarian Papers Mock Cadorna Weather Reports
Berlin reports humorous abuse of General Cadorna's weather dispatches as papers across Austria Hungary and Germany joke about rain snow and umbrellas. The Berliner Tageblatt cites snowbound routes around Bay of Cattaro with heavy precipitation and government meteorology notes.
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Cadorna
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Dthan
Berliner Tageblatt
Europe
Tageblatt
Bay of
Cattaro
Wrivestija
Dobrestica-Rodast
Settlement of Sugar Stake Affects Labor Wages
Cable dispatches report the settlement of the sugar stake after moving from St. Thomas. Laborers win a small increase in wages as a result of the agreement.
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St. Thomas
Cable Dispatches
President Wil son sails for weekend Potomac trip
President Wilson left Washington with Mrs. Wilson aboard the Mayflower for a weekend voyage down the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay. He plans to return Monday unless Mexico developments require earlier recall. The Mayflower will relay updates on Villa's pursuit by American forces.
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Washington
Wilson
Villa
Mexico
White House
Carranza troops to aid hunt for Villa along border
Carranza officials at Agua Prieta say Villa spies infest nearly every U S town on the boundary. General Calles orders stern justice if spies are interned or sent back to Mexico while Colonel Campbell with 100 cavalry pushes into Chihuahua to locate Villa bandits and cooperate with U S border patrol.
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Arizona National Guard
Calles
United States
Cato Campbell
Agua Prieta
Chihuahua
Villa
Campbell
Border Patrol
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Home Government
Trol
Ger
Ize
Pondgender
Central Hydrographic Bureau
Vienna
Orkovice
Ing Ca‘lorna
Potomac River
Broadway
Victor
Moore
Paramount
E. W. Towns
F. O. B. Chicago
Beeson Hardware CO
North Carolina
Carranza
Red Riding Hood Plashus
G. B. Mattocks
Detroit
High Point Motor Company
Ling
High Point, N. C
Southern Bugsy Company
North Main St
Bank & Trust CO
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