Urgent Deficiency Bill Seeks Over $25 Million for National Guard
A Deficiency Appropriation bill reported by the Appropriations Committee seeks more than 25.1 million dollars to mobilize the National Guard and cover extraordinary border expenses in Mexico. It lists funds for horses, transportation, clothing, pay, signals, and border installations, with officials noting urgent needs for radio tractors, trucks, and telegraph infrastructure.
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New York Times
Labhington
National Guard
Mexico
Appropriations Committee
Fitzgerald
Onal Guard
Quater Corps
Signal Service
Army
P. Scriven
House
Commuitee
Scriven
Pacui Ag
T&he
Genrshing
Criven
Mcintosh
Fort Bliss
Fort
Aes
Gulf
Diego
Ational
H. G. Sharpe
Perera Eee Corps
Sip
General's Office
Naval Establishment
Iison
Natonal Guard
Ammu
Bor
Senate
Ppert
Orrie
Nebraska
Navy
Foliette
Cieneral Crozier
Aee
House Military Committee
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promises Walking Comfort
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease for foot baths to relieve corns bunions and sore feet. It claims immediate sting relief and lasting comfort by reducing shoe friction. The copy urges travelers to take a package on summer trips with a sample free and lists Le Roy New York as the address.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Government to build nitrate plant and powder facility
Government contracts showed nitrate costs hover around 0 cents while production by the Government could be 4 to 40 cents. Senators urged a Government plant to curb profits from the powder monopoly and enhance national defense, with Poindexter supporting the measure and proposing location on the Pacific Coast near water power facilities. An appropriation of 500 went through without opposition.
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Poindexter
Pacific Coast
Civic Club backs arbitration with Wilson over Mexico
A mass meeting at the Hotel Le Marquis urged President Wilson to submit Mexico tensions to arbitration under the 1848 treaty. A committee including Mrs. Amos Pinchot and Alfred J. Boulton planned to present the resolution in Washington, with speakers like Lincoln Steffens and Professor Fisher arguing for peaceful settlement and restraint before any war.
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Wilson
Mexico
Amos Pinchot
Women's Peace Society
Alfred J. Boulton
Central Federated Union
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Harry Allen Overstreet
York
Washington
Civic Club
le Marquis
East Thirtyfiret Street
United States
Professor Overstreet
Lincoln Steffens
Villa
Luis Jo
Carranza
Boulton
Allan Benson
Sidney I. Guirck
Federated Ouncil of Churches
America
Professor Fisher
Europe
Austria
Serbia
John Haines Holmes Howard Kyle
May Wrightwall
National Council of Women
J. Borden I Harriman
Sadie American
Frederic C. Howe
Winthrop Lane
Upstate Cities Donated 8 Base Hospitals to Red Cross
Edward A Moree, director of the Atlantic Division, toured upstate cities including Buffalo Rochester and Syracuse and reported each city had committed a 300 bed base hospital for Red Cross war relief. He noted 16 000 trained nurses could be sent to the border if war erupts and stressed the need for skilled personnel for army hospitals.
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Edward A Moree
Atlantic Division
American Red Cross
Buffaio
Rochester
Syracuse
Red Cross
Mexico
Buffalo
Moree
George David Stewart
Bellevue Base Hospital
Half a Million Demanded in Tampico Oil Dispute
Eighty eight American refugees brought to Port Aransas from Tampico on the yacht Casiano were released from quarantine. About seventy five are employees of the Mexican Petroleum Company and Huasteca Petroleum Company. Tampico authorities demand $500,000 from W Green Acting Superintendent of Huasteca, threatening imprisonment if not paid.
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New York Times
Rockport
Texas
Port Aransas
Tampico
Casiano
Mexican Petroleum Company
Huasteca Petroleum Company
Carranza
W. Green
Green
Exchange of dealers urged to curb Army supply speculation
Federal agents watch commerce as Quartermaster proposes an exchange of large dealers to govern markets. Officials report higher food costs for Camp Whitman and guardsmen, with wartime reserves stored along the Rio Grande. Colonel A L Smith notes price rises tied to possible government purchases. debates linger over how to curb profiteering while mobilization expands demand.
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Army
Department of Justice
New York
Washington
A. L. Smith
War Department
Department
Dealera
Pretesser
Smith
Congress
National Guard
Camp Whitman
van Cortlandt Park
Aid For Those Left Behind Women Work To Help Needy
The American Defense Society Women’s Supply Committee at 303 Fifth Avenue gathers cases to relieve families in need. A band leader’s widow and nine children face hardship with only $40 monthly support, and other cases include an elderly mother and a man with a wife and child. A Rye woman offers to house and pay a helper for light domestic work to assist in relief efforts.
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Women's Supply Committee
American Defense Society
Fifth Avenue
Twelfth Infantry
Rye
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Blackwell's Island
Belmont Tiffany
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Charles Dickey
Florence Reeman
Blodgett
Tiffany
Spain
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Madrid
London
Paris
Berlin
Petrograd
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Australia
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Canada
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WEBER
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Sandy Hook
New Jersey Central
Jersey Coast
West 132d Street
Harlem
Washington Heights
Bronx
New York Harbor
West 132d St
E. Long
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Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Broadway
List Street
New York City
Partery, Wa
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E. Vogel, Inc
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