Morocco Affair: Spanish Reverses in Melilla Zone Told
The Associated Press reports ten thousand square kilometers remain to be captured as Spanish forces and auxiliaries suffer reverses against Moorish tribes late in July. Tribesmen gain quick access to supplies from French Morocco or Tangier, hindering coast patrols and complicating bombardment efforts.
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Associated Press
Melilla
Morocco
French Morocco
Tangier
Ceuta
New Sciences in Crime Detection Poroscopy and Graphometry
NEW SCIENCES Paris Aug 17 Poroscopy measures body pores and graphometry analyzes handwriting form and letter proportions Locard head of the Lyons police laboratory reports these methods have won court acceptance and aided prosecutions A burglar left a forearm pore imprint through gloves another left pore traces of perspiration through gloves both leading to jail
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Associated Press
Paris
Edmond Locard
Lyons Police Laboratory
Lyons
Locard
Notable first woman notary in West Virginia
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. Miss Jennie Walker of Logan becomes West Virginia's first woman notary. A Long Island judge orders a husband to obey his wife one day a week. Many women seek nominations as delegates to Pennsylvania's constitutional convention. Mrs Leonora Ward of Erick Oklahoma graduated with her son at the State University this summer. Probably the oldest woman druggist in the world, Mrs Mary Klum of Allentown, Pa, recently celebrated her 100th birthday. The day after a marriage, a West African bridegroom powders his wife's head with fine clay.
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Jennie Walker
Logan
West Virginia
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Leonora Ward
Erick, Okla
State University
Mary Klum
Allentown
West Africa
National W T U Convention Opens In San Francisco
San Francisco August 19. Mrs Frances P Parks national corresponding secretary and Mrs Margaret C Munns national treasurer outlined Jubilee objectives at the opening session of the National W T U convention. They aimed to raise a million dollar fund and gain a million members to advance law enforcement world prohibition child welfare Americanization social morality Christian citizenship Women in Industry and Scientific Temperance Instruction.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Frances P. Parks
Margaret C. Munns
W. T
Club Notices For Friday And Weekend Gatherings
The Little Women Chapter of Camp Fire Girls will meet Friday at 4 PM with Mrs Alfred Poggenpohl. Ada Johnson will host a dancing party Friday at 7 30 PM at her South Laredo home. Cynthia Press invites a splash party Saturday at 7 80 PM at Bella Vista.
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Little Women
Camp Fire Girls
Alfred Poggenpohl
Ada Johnson
South Laredo
Cynthia Press
Bella Vista
The Celestial Surgeon and Laredo Social Notes
A poetry excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson opens this column, followed by a social diary of Laredo residents. Mrs I Rodriguez and children visit Mexico City for a month, with lists of arrivals, trips to Kerrville Fredericksburg San Antonio and Canada, and updates from Miss Clifton Hill, the Daiches family, and others. The Blue Bonnet Club hosts a progressive picnic with numerous guests and chaperones, tracing stops to La Tinaja and Lobdell home as the outing unfolds.
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Blue Bonnets
Blue Bonnet Club
Minerva G’sell
Anna May Mussett
Lois and Dorothy Derby
Carolyn Brennan
Mildred Leyendecker
Marjorie Fish
Faiilie Hassell
Eloise Simmons
Emma Salazar
Genavieve Camp
Julia Katherine Killam
Adelaide Woodul
Hattie May Bryant
Leoner Magnon
Madonna Sorrell
Alea Mayo Board
Alicia Zufiga
Ada Johnson
Odette Bunn
Katherine Marshall
Witting
Hiatt
Derby
McKiffney
Sames
Asher Smith
Bobbitt
Heaner
Sorrell
Lobdell
Jack Lobdell
Virginia Spence
Evelyn Moore
Evening social with meals, games, and favors on the Heights
A merry crowd shared chairs and swings with sandwiches pickles and olives before visiting Mrs Heaner on the Heights for a salad course and lawn games. They then went to Mrs Derby's home for ice cream cake and dancing, ending the evening with miniature blue bonnets as favors.
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Mrs. Heaner
Mrs. Derby
J M Mendiola Hauling Offer Promises Graveled Loads
Notice advertising wagons and teams for hauling gravel brick sand and more with contact by phone 272. J M Mendiola lists services and a price of five dollars per one mile.
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J. M. Mendiola
Senate Okays Federal Aid Road Bill With 75 Million
Washington Aug 19. The federal aid road bill to fund construction of roads worth 75 million dollars passed the Senate and becomes immediately available. The measure was reduced from 190.9 million to 75 million by a Senate amendment in a 28 to 22 vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Diamond Theft Suspects Held After Wichita Falls theft
A man and a woman were held by police following arrests yesterday in connection with a diamonds theft from A. D. Huey at Wichita Falls. The Associated Press report notes the August 19 Dallas dateline and the ongoing police action.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
A. D. Huey
Wichita Falls
Grazing Lease Revenues Reported From University Lands
Land Commissioner Robinson announced receipt of 155265 dollars from university grazing leases, bringing the fiscal year total to about 180000 dollars for the year ending August 31, 1921.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Robinson
University
Bill to make Wood governor general of Philippines tabled
Washington August 19. The house military committee tabled a bill to allow Major General Wood to become governor general of the Philippines without retiring from the army. Members said it would set a dangerous precedent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wood
The
Philippines
House Military Committee
Food Agreement Grants Americans Free Movement in Russia
Riga reports that Americans will have extreme freedom of movement and absolute control of food distribution in Russia under detailed contracts that Walter Lyman and Brown and Maxim Litvinoff are set to sign tomorrow, marking a significant postwar arrangement.
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Riga
Russia
Walter Lyman and
Brown
Maxim Litvinoff
Rail labor board approves seven shop craft overtime rules
Chicago Aug 19 the railroad labor board approved seven shop craft overtime rules under the wartime national agreement. It directed railroads need not pay overtime for absolutely necessary work performed on Sundays and holidays.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board Today
Railroad Administration
Working Women Urged Growth In W C T U Small Towns
Mrs Laura Miller of Evanston Illinois told the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention that cooperation between millions of working women in small towns and the 10000 small town W C T U units should expand. She cited experiments proving success and urged enrollment of 50000 employed women before next year, with memberships in business branches citizenship classes or supper clubs, part of the 18th amendment pledge. The department slogan aims for one in four U S women to join the W C T U by 1926.
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San Francisco
Laura Miller
Evanston
National
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Convention
United States
Russell C Gross Post Named by Overbrook Legion
The Overbrook Pennsylvania American Legion post will honor Russell C Gross of Philadelphia who filled Slacker Bergdoll’s army place and was killed in France. The post will rename itself the Russell C Gross post and dedicate a community house to him.
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Russel
Gross
Philadelphia
Slacker Bergdoll
France
Overbrook
Penn
American Legion
Russell C. Gross
American Legion of
Hardin, Mont
Cause and prevention of appendicitis
The text explains that constipation leads to packed lower bowels and germs entering the appendix, causing appendicitis. It advises Chamberlain's Tablets to maintain regular bowels and reduce fear of the condition.
Two Scouts Chosen For Shackleton Antarctic Voyage
London Aug 19 Two Scotch Boy Scouts are selected by Sir Ernest Shackleton to accompany him as cabin boys aboard the Unquest on a two year Antarctic expedition sailing about Sept 1. Also UK political remarks from the House of Lords include Lloyd George defending Irish settlement terms and the government’s intent to keep all concessions on the table while seeking peace.
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Associated Press
London
Daily Dream About
Ernest H. Shackelton
Lord Curzon
House of Lords
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
Ireland
Mob Storms Barnstable Jail Over Alleged Robbery
A mob of about 200 men and women in Barnstable Massachusetts stormed the local jail at 2 50 am to seize three Cape Verde Island negro prisoners linked to a highway robbery and assault on a white woman at Buzzards Bay. Deputies fired warning shots and the crowd retreated after guards stood watch with shotguns.
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Associated Press
Barnstable Mass
Womn
Cape Verde Island
Tegro
Buzzard’s Bay
Premonition Ends in Tragedy at Colorado Springs
David Reese, a Colorado Springs restaurant man, warned police a month ago that he would kill his wife and asked to be jailed to protect her. Four days later he was released at her request. Yesterday he shot his wife, threw her body from a second story window, and then killed himself. The wife died in hospital. The couple had five children.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Colo
Aus
David Reese
Einstein Relativity Theory Traced to 1889 Claim
Hudson Maxim, inventor and publicist, said in Carnegie Hall last night that Professor Albert Einstein was a small boy when relativity was first advanced, and that he himself set forth the basic principles in 1889 in a magazine article.
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New York
Albert Einstein
Hudson Maxim
Carnegie Hall
Maxini
Notable Birthday Anniversaries Highlight Prominent Figures
August list marks the birthdays of Lord d Abernon the British ambassador to Germany aged 64, Manus L Quezon the former Filipino delegate to Congress aged 43, actress Elsse Verguson from New York City aged 38, Bernard Baruch ex War Industries Board head born in Camden aged 51, and Charles McCourt a renowned billiard player born in Allegheny aged 44.
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Lord d'Abernon
Edgar Vincent
Germany
Manus L. Quezon
Congress
Philippines
Elsse Verguson
New York City
Bernard M. Baruch
The
War Industries Board
Camden
8. C
Charles McCourt
Allegheny
Medicines Tax Exemption Approved By House Committee
Washington Aug 19 The house Ways and Means committee approved over 40 changes to the Republican tax bill including removing taxes on proprietary medicines amp the panel also reduced the cereal beverage tax from six to four cents and applied the 12 percent corporate tax to fire and marine insurers on the same basis as life companies.
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Associated Press
Washileton
House
Violent Deaths Rise in Chicago to 199 This Year
Chicago police records show 199 violent deaths in the first seven months, seven months into the year, a rise of 55 compared with the same period last year. The tally reflects fatalities across the city and underscores ongoing concerns about public safety in August.
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Chicago
Charity from Klan funds sent to Mrs Sally Roberts
A Fort Worth messenger boy delivered 62.50 to a local newspaper with orders to send it in the name of the Ku Klux Klan to Mrs Sally Roberts, a widow whose home was burned recently. A similar sum was given to the Fort Worth Welfare Association in the name of the Klan.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Sally Roberts
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times carries a daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Saturday expect generally fair skies with mild conditions and light winds.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort Mcintosh Weather Report Winds Southeast At Fort Mcintosh
Observations for 34 hours ending 7 am show maximum temperature 97 degrees and minimum 76 degrees. Weather indicates partly cloudy skies and a southeast wind.
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Fort Mcintosh
Obenchain May Be Called Upon in Kennedy Murder Probe
Ralph N. Obenchain, former husband of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, may be called before the Los Angeles county grand jury to disclose any knowledge about the Kennedy murder. Asa Keyes, deputy district attorney, said the office would like to know if Obenchain knows who killed Kid Kennedy, following interviews quoting him claiming the real criminal would be produced within five days.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ralph N. Obenchain
Madalynne Obenchain
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Kennedy
Asa Keyes
Obenchain
Kid’ Kennedy
Keves
Austin Legislature Rests as Bills Await Printer Return
Austin Aug 14 The Texas two legislative chambers paused work this morning while the educational substitute bill awaits the printer. The bill is to be returned at 2 pm for reconvening. The Governor approved all local bills from the first session except one vetoed at the district legislators' request.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Texas ad valorem tax rate hinges on appropriation bills
Austin Texas Aug 14 Comp troller Smith announced the state ad valorem tax rate cannot be fixed for the coming fiscal year until all appropriation bills are passed and acted on by the governor.
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Austin
Texas
Smith
Near East Problems Lecture By Panaretoff In Williamstown
Bulgarian minister to the United States Stephen Panaretoff told an Institute of Politics audience in Williamstown that many world miseries and bloodshed could have been avoided and the world war possibly prevented if leaders had tackled Near East issues with intelligent honesty.
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Williamstown
Mass
Near East
Stephen Panaretoff
United States
Institute of Politics Today
Bolshevik Gold Arrives in Constantinople via U S Ship
Russian Bolshevik gold totaling about one million dollars reached Constantinople in the last fortnight. Of the sum six hundred thousand dollars was brought by the United States destroyer Overton from Batum for the American Foreign Trade Corporation. The funds were obtained as a revolving credit from the three Caucasus republics to buy manufactured goods in exchange for raw imports.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
United States
Overton
Batum
American Foreign Trade Corporation
Caucasus Republics
Good Remedial Tale From Savanna Woman Speaks
Mrs. Mahala Burns of Savanna Missouri recounts using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy about nine years ago to cure flux and again cured a later attack. She has recommended it to dozens and will continue to do so, calling it a quick and positive bowel trouble cure.
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Mahala Burns
Savanna
Chamberlain
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