Metals replace platinum in electrical gear for war needs
Article notes scarce platinum due to war, with nickel chromium and tungsten wires replacing in incandescent lamps and furnaces. Tungsten emerges as a substitute for ignition points in spark plugs. Also profiles John Christian Watson, former Australian prime minister, now touring Canada as a newspaper man and labor advocate supporting strong armed forces.
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Australia
Canada
Valparaiso
Chile
Labor Party
Boot stretching oats trick and island tribes notes
A reader reports a boot stretching method using oats and water that yields very large footwear. The Haida on the Queen Charlotte Islands are described, with Raven and Eagle lineages and matrilineal inheritance rules. Also details on Oundle School pupils making munitions, and three types of mines. Prof Foye studies Fiji reefs and volcanic rocks for a year.
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Havard Division of
Sheldon Fund
Fiji Islands
Silk industry revival plan noted by Indian authorities
Government officials appoint an expert to study silk producing countries and draft recommendations for reviving India's silk sector. A railway firm warns that its road is safe for riding yet unsafe for walking, citing 101 trespasser fatalities. Hudson Maxim, inventor of an artificial left arm, can steer his car better than car owners, but was denied demonstrations until licensed.
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India
Hudson Maxim
Global aviation plans and industrial notes in brief
Dutch government bought two American aircraft for Java and tested them successfully. China considers an aviation school in Canton. Spain's Barcelona gilders commission studies a local gold leaf plant, mostly imported from England and Germany. Henry Smith and hogs fend off three snakes. Oregon coal production centers at Newport after Empire basin start. Greece rakes profits from merchant marine during war. Freight rates boost voyage value beyond ship worth. American contractors to build a new port near Asuncion, Paraguay, at $400,000 cost for large reclamation. 2,000,000 autos imply $540,000,000 annual running expenses. Colombian army to buy drugs through New York or direct imports. Emperor Jang Jovell owns a 17-ounce opal once valued at $250,000. Midway Island steel plate mill planned despite import needs. Alberta's Alberts province forms utilities commission. Wooden cedar shoes made in Everett, Washington. Calgary electric system, Uruguay eight-hour law noted.
Army Pact Into Harsh Mexican Desert For Pancho Villa Hunt
El Paso March 16. The punitive expedition into Mexico will enter via a desolate plain swept by sand storms with scarce water and no roads. After 125 miles through rugged country the force will reach the Sierra Madre with 8 000 to 10 000 foot peaks. Villains mountains are described as treacherous and water is scarce, forcing troops to rely on base supplies. Pancho Villa is said to be in these wilds as troops pursue him to death or capture.
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New York Aero Club Seeks 1 Million for Four Squadrons
Allan R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America, has sent messages to Secretary Baker and congressional leaders urging an immediate $1,000,000 appropriation to equip four aero squadrons with high powered planes. He argues aeroplanes could save 10,000 American soldiers on the Mexican border and notes current border aviation is underpowered. Raynal C. Bolling of the New York National Guard says 20 young men from top New York families will train as aviators in about two weeks.
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Aero Club of America
Baker
Mexico
Allan R. Hawley
Wilson
Washington
John RK. Fitzgerald
House Appropriations Committee
James Hay
Raynal C. Bolling
New York National Guard
New York City
Insurgent Taxpayers Rally Against County Engineer
Dow Moines Iowa March 16 insurgent taxpayers held a hot convention with State Senator Doran of Boone in charge. About 100 men attended condemning the present road law the county engineer system and the hard road movement. County engineers were branded as tax eaters.
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Woman Rescued After Fall Into Old Well
Mrs Guy Durr of Council Bluffs Iowa fell into an old well while hanging wash. She grabbed a clothesline to steady herself and hung over the shaft until a neighbor heard her screams and rescued her.
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Butler to Race in East at National Indoor Meet
Dubuque Iowa March 15 860s butler Hegre athlete from this city started for New York to enter national Indoor championship tournament to be held Saturday He will run the 60 yard dash 120 yard high hurdles and the 300 yard dash His opponents include top national athletes among them four other colored stars Butler is expected to bring home high honors
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Luther
Turks Concentrate Forces Against Russia During War
Paris reports Turkish government shifts toward a major redeployment to face the Russian advance. Semiofficial cables say most troops from Thrace Smyrna coast Sea of Marmara and Asia Minor move to Ankara with Egyptian and Mesopotamian posts abandoned.
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Ismail Hakkal Named Turkish War Minister
London dispatch reports Ismail Hakkal Bey, president of commercial administration, appointed Turkish minister of war. The rumor that Enver Pasha was assassinated has been repeatedly denied. Hakkal has held office in Turkish cabinets over the past decade.
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Turkey
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Eastern Blizzard Paralyzes Northeast Rail and Streets
A fierce snowstorm swept the eastern states from New York to Ohio with six inches to a foot of snow reported and forecasts of up to two feet. Rail traffic stalled and New York City streets were severely hampered as sleet and rain preceded the blizzard.
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New York City
Edison urges federal laboratory for rapid submarine aircraft parts
Thomas A. Edison told the House naval committee in Washington that a fully equipped federal research lab with standardization facilities could enable submarines and airplanes to be built in 16 days. He urged liberal appropriations as recommended by civilian naval experts.
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D. C
Thomas A. Edison
House Naval Committee Today
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Naval Advisory Board of Civilan
Woman Fatally Burned in Council Bluffs
Mrs Mary Chenoweth aged about 60 was fatally burned at her daughter's home in Council Bluffs on March 1 noon. It is believed she came in contact with a stove causing her dress to catch fire.
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Council! Bluffs
Mary Chenoweth
20000 More Men Wanted by Army
Washington March 14 Senate approved a House joint resolution to raise the regular army by about 19 447 men and authorize expansion to full strength. War department prepares recruitment drive and rejects lowering physical standards. Debate over total fighting strength continues with estimates ranging from 102 000 to 135 000 including noncombating units. Training camps to proceed alongside citizen camps amid orderly conditions on both Mexican coasts.
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Adjutant General's Office
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Mexico
Mann
London
New York
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Hay
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Hugh L. Scott
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Chamberlain
Striker Shot by Company Guard at Corn Products Plant
Chicago march 14 bloodshed marked the strike of employes at the Corn Products company Argo the George Mademan a mere et ously wounded by a company watch man or by one of the 180 guards watching the plants the workers seek an increase in wages and better conditions.
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Corn Products Company
George Mademan
May Get War Job In Washington D. C.
A likely wartime appointment moves through Washington as Colonel L. D. Tyson gains support from a Tennessee delegation and a congressional group backs his candidacy for an assistant secretarial role alongside Wilson. The text shows fragmented names and titles, indicating ongoing political maneuvering for a key government post.
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Washington, Mare
Wilson
Col. L. D. Tyson
Knorr
Henry Hreckinelage
Corare Tyson
Disquiet Among First Chief Soldiers Amid Mexican Turmoil
Torreon Mexico March 16 The American consul A L Williams has turned over the American consulate to the British vice consul on advice of his government. A train wreck on the Monterey road delays departure as 40 Americans wait to leave. El Paso reports warn that Pancho Villa may be pursued, with Carranza troops advancing toward Columbus. Americans in Chihuahua and Sonora describe varying conditions while Villa operates in rural areas. Censorship tightens. code telegrams barred and railroad code messages restricted.
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Torreon
Monterey Road
Sonora
Mexico
United States
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Carranza
Villa
Chihuahua
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Noth
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Mutiny-Turmoil Claims Death of Ojinaga Commander
Reported in Marfa on March 15 confirms Colonel Rojas Carranza commander at Ojinaga was killed by his own men during a mutiny. The soldiers, said to be drinking and threatening to invade the United States, shot him as he tried to restore order.
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Carranza
Ojinaga
United States
Osborne Freed of Sing Sing Perjury Trial Dismissal
In White Plains New York on March 16 Supreme Court Justice Tompkins dismissed the indictment charging perjury against Thomas Mott Osborne former Sing Sing warden Harvard educated. Osborne was acquitted by direction of the judge and the jurors discharged after a long ruling that state prison commissioner Rudolph Diedling lacked authority in an investigation linked to the case.
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Supreme Court
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Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
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Harvard Gocusis
Arthur &. Tompkins
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Bing Bing
Will Name Taggart to Succeed Shively
Washington March 16 Democratic National Committeeman Tom noted political leader will be voted to the Senate from Indiana by or Ralston to succeed Senator Shively. Taggart will not run in the election and Democrats will nominate ten to be voted on in November. Harry New will run against Kern and Jim Watson for the Shively vacancy.
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Tom
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Indiana
Or Ralston
Shively
Taggart
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Kern
Jim Watson
Indiana Senator Shively Dies After Long Illness
Washington March 16 Senator Benjamin F Shively senior Indiana Democrat and long a major figure in Congress died late yesterday after months of illness His career included leadership on tariff and finance measures and he helped in the framing of the Underwood Simmons tariff law His body to be taken to South Bend for burial and a funeral honor guard named from several states will attend.
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Sa Martine
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Roosevelt Men Lose Big Four Unpledged in New Hampshire Primary
In Manchester on March 16 the first New Hampshire presidential primary chose an unpledged Republican delegation to Chicago. Challenger Frank Challis was defeated by Concord’s Eugene A. Dyer by about two to one. Unpledged at large delegates include Walter M. Parker and Col William D. Wart, with Dwight as a listed claimant. Democratic delegates at large include three pledged to Wilson and one unpledged former congressman Eugene F. Reed. Wilson supporters include James I. Brennan, Henry F. Hollis, and Moses Verrette. Progressive delegates at large are Winston Churchill and others, all unpledged.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Eeaaaesina
Concord
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Brandeis Given Big Fee in Mining Case
Washington March 16 Charles B Smith president of Old Dominion Copper Company testified before the Senate subcommittee on Brandeis fitness for the Supreme Court that Brandeis received between 6000 and 28000 in fees for handling a suit that secured 3008000 for the company. The funds were claimed to come from a secret arrangement with A Bigelow and others to organise the distribution to stockholders. Smith noted Brandeis had been paid to date.
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Old Dominion Copper Company
New Jersey
Benate J
Laula D. Brandeia
Supreme Court
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A. A. Bigelow
Old Dominion
F Maine
Kansas City School Opens With Sixteen Pupils
The Kansas City school began here today with 16 students under Mrs Henry Mas president of the Central school association. Reported lack of details and unclear lines indicate a modest start and limited public notice.
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Ite
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Tient Gaye
Advance on border rumors spark Mexican and U S doubt
The report covers March 15 16 1916 border tensions with Carranza forces on Mexico’s side and American troops moving near El Paso and Columbus. Officials deny troop movements into Mexico and stress cooperation against Villa while Consul Garcia notes calm on the Juarez side and American resentment concerns.
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E! Pease
Tex
Consul Demands 800000 Cartoons From Local Express
Douglas March 16 Ives G Lelevier Carrans a consul here demanded that the local express firm turn over 800000 cartoons to Gen P Bilas held last night by American military authorities His request was refused He then telegraphed Elesio Arredondo representative of the de facto government in Washington Calles been i cep rg ai do 20 Shhent this munition
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Aris
Ives G. Lelevier
Carrans
Nogales Arion Battle Report Difficult Read
Fragmented OCR text mentions Nogales Ariom and power, over 100 men escaped the Carranas il Monera, with remainder having Ses enue o ta aeroee from eee Tae formation of hos.
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Ariom
Carranas
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