Harrison bill aims to curb opium trade and crime
The Harrison anti narcotic act takes effect March 1 restricting sale of opium coca leaves and derivatives to physician prescribed use. A $1 annual license tax is required for sellers and violators face fines up to 2000 dollars or five years in prison. Officials cite 6 percent of large jail prisoners and 45 percent of criminals as opium users while imports soar. Austrian physicians in army order follows.
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Washington
Congress
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
the Hague
International Opium Commission
Italy
Spain
Germany
Holland
Sought Lover in War Zone in Cracow Battlefield Tale
Isabel Szeliga Strusinska a Polish woman with battle medals describes wandering from Warsaw to Cracow and Lemberg seeking her Austrian officer sweetheart. She recalls Zeppelin bombs killing her brother and says she crossed several cities and countries hoping for news from the officer whose command reportedly escaped.
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New York
Liverpool
Isabel Szeliga Strusinska
Warsaw
Lemberg
Cracow
Kieff
Petrograd
Sweden
Newcastle
London
Modern Enoch Ardeh Returns to Find Family Reunited
Adam Rundel of Lestershire reappears after twenty one years with groceries for his wife from 1894. His wife had remarried Henry Pickering. Rundel details his trek from Warren Center Pa to see family, but police court discharges him and orders him to return home.
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Binghamton
N. Y
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Lestershire
Rundel
Anna
Henry Pickering
Judge Ingall
Warren Center
Submerged Washington Monument Rocks Found Off Alaska Coast
Coast Survey reports twenty one uncharted rocks in forty two miles of the inside passage used by steamers. One pinnacle rises 600 feet and lies 17 feet below the surface, described by engineers as a submerged Washington monument. Discovery came from a wire drag between buoys during inspections.
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Alaska
Washington Monument
Washington
Coast Survey
Polish novelist warns of Poland ruin during war
Henryk Sienkiewicz describes Poland's devastation with 15,000 villages burned, 1,000 churches destroyed, and 1.5 million Poles fighting in three armies. He appeals for relief through a Berne based committee, noting food shortages and refugee distress across Galicia and the occupied territories.
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Switzerland
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Vevey
Committee On Relief For
Poland
Ignace Paderewski
Sienkiewicz
Red Cross
Kingdom of
Galicia
Austria
Oblegereik
Kielce
Vienna
Berlin
United States
America
Russia
Valuable Statuary Moved From British Museum
The Elgin marbles from the Parthenon have been moved from their room in the British Museum for the first time since 1816 to the basement as a precaution against German airship raids.
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London
Parthenon
British Museum
Greece
Wounded Pilot Refuses to Quit At Turko-Canal Fight
A Cairo reporter recalls pilot Carew aboard the Hardinge in the canal defense against Turkish invaders. He was severely wounded in arm and leg yet stayed at his post urging a crewman to bring a chair. He later had a leg amputated but is recovering well in hospital.
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London
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Daily Chronicle Telegraphs
Herosth
Carew
Hardinge
Harvard Doctor Promises Hay Fever Vaccine Breakthrough
Boston report says Dr. Harris P. Mosher of Harvard Medical School announced experiments toward a hay fever vaccine. Patients could inoculate with pollen extracts from their specific allergen to gain immunity, with only a transient local rash observed.
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Boston
Harris P. Mosher
Harvard Medical School
Mosher
Medical School
Celery Diet Claims Thin Women Rule Health
The article profiles Mrs May Belle McArthur who fasted twenty three days eating only celery and water, walking several miles daily. She asserts most women can slim similarly, blaming cowardice for excess weight and urging celery and water with walking as the path to 125 pounds.
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Chicago
May Belle McArthur
Holland-America Liner Nieuw Amsterdam to Display Huge Name Signs
The Nieuw Amsterdam, sailing from Rotterdam, will have its name painted on both sides and later shown in enormous electric lights midship. The large lettering will be readable from several miles away as part of a Dutch government order.
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New York
Government of the
Netherlands
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Health of Armies in War Report Sets Record
Surgical experts report five months into the war that health records are upset with fewer deaths from illness than from wounds, a situation believed unequaled before. The observation notes overall excellent health among armies stationed in London.
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London
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