U S Mobilizing Army on Border
Washington May 11 Virtually the last regular troops in the United States are being mobilized for Mexican border service. Eleven coast artillery companies and eight field batteries are ordered to Major General Funston, expanding border forces by about 9 000 to 10 000 men.
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Washington
Regular Army
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Baker
Elevn
Coast Artillery
Funston
Department of the South
Galveston
New Orleans
Pensacola
Savannah
Fort Caswell
Fort Oglethorpe
Delaware River
Dupont
Delaware
Mott
Howard
Charleston
San Antonio
Fifth Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
Tobyhanna
Hugh L. Scott
el Paso
International Boundary Line
Department of the East
Governor's Island
New York Bay
Second Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Fort Myer
Virginia
Plattsburg
Alvero Obregon
Carranza
Pinkham
Hawaii
Refugees From Mexico Headed to San Diego
Admiral Winslow reported the steamship San Juan is carrying sixty eight American refugees from Manzanillo and twenty three from Mazatlan to San Diego. He noted a general desire among Americans to leave Mexico as the Hawaiian National Guard services were offered.
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Hawaiian National Guard
Winslow
West Moaican
Navy Department
San Juan
San Diego
Cal
Manzanillo
Mazatlan
Mexico
120 000 Injured Since Jan Under State Compensation Act
Philadelphia May 11 120 000 accidents to workers in mines industrial plants and public service corps Pennsylvania since January 1 the act went into effect Eight hundred and eighteen fatalities including 385 deaths from wine disasters 290 from industrial work and 143 among public service workers Of all reported cases to the state department of labor and industry only 275 have gone to contest before the workmen's compensation board the rest settled by employers Luzerne county leads in fatalities with 99 mine deaths and four in iron works Allegheny county three in steel mills Philadelphia ranks third with 68 deaths split between industrial plants and transit fatalities.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Department of Labor and Industry
Workmen's Compensation Board
Luzerne County
Allegheny County
Eight-Hour Day Sparks Strike in Luzerne County
In Wilkes-Barre May 11, the eight hour workday standoff prompts two new strikes. Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal says workers must be ready to start at seven though miners insist that would lengthen hours. Maxwell colliery gained 900 strikers and Wahamie colliery 600, all employees resisting the company interpretation.
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Luzerne
Wilkes-Barre
Maxwell Colliery
Wahamie
Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coa’! Company
Wilson First in Poll at Princeton Campus May 11
In a student straw ballot at Princeton New Jersey 840 votes were cast for president with Woodrow Wilson garnering 398. Theodore Roosevelt had 261, Hugher 121, Elihu Root 40, Benson 5, Bryan 1, and Roosevelt led early polling.
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Roosevelt
Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hugher
Elihu Root
Benson
Socialist Party
Princetonian
Bryan
Note Delivered at Berlin
Berlin May 11 The American reply to the German note was delivered by American ambassador James W. Gerard to the foreign office at one o'clock yesterday afternoon. P O Robbers Get 1 It Reading Pa May 11 The Newmanstown post office was entered and the safe blown open with dynamite, but the robbers got only about a dollar’s worth of postage stamps. They also broke into J H Witter’s cigar factory.
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Berlin
James W. Gerard
Foreign Office
P. O
Reading
Newmanstown
J. H. Witter
Wimborne Resigns and Irish Royal Commission Named
London reports Baron Wimborne resigns as lord lieutenant for Ireland a week after Augustin Birrell quit amid the Dublin uprising. A royal commission is named to probe causes and responsibilities of authorities. Sir Roger Casement faces trial. The editor F Sheehy Skeffington was shot April 26 in Dublin. an officer is arrested and to be court-martialed.
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London
Marquess of Crewe
House of Lords
Baron Wimborne
Leutenant
Ireland
Augustin Birrell
Dublin
Baron Hardinge
India
Montague Shearman
Mackenzie Chalmers
Home Department
Roger Casement
F. Sheehy Skeffington
Irish Citizen
Asquith
Jitney Menace Harasses Lancaster Railways
At a Pennsylvania Street Railway association meeting delegates from Chester Philadelphia Wilkes Barre and Scranton described jitney activity as serious and urged stronger public service commission regulation. They called for tax and regulatory parity with street railways while predicting gasoline prices will force jitneys out.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Street Railway Association
Chester
Philadelphia
Wilkes- Barre
Scranton
Public Service Commission
Pubiic Service Commission
Thomas A. Wright
Wilkes-Barre
20000 Women to March for Defense in New York
May 11 report notes 145,900 persons will march from Washington Square to Fifty ninth Street in a display of non-partisan defense sentiment. In line are 115,900 men, 10,900 national guardsmen, and 20,000 women. Open lamp caused mine explosion in Robindale Indiana killing eight men, gas ignition blamed on open ramp. Siberian railway extension opens 500 miles of new field.
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New York
Washington Square
Fifty-ninth Street
United States
National Guard
Indiana
Robindale
Indiana County
H. B. Batterbaugh
Anna Ruthe Walter
Herman N. Walter
Harrison
N. Y
Walter
California
British Estimation of German War Casualties April 1916
London releases British figures on German losses since the war’s start. Total German casualties reach 2,822,079, with April 1916 alone showing 91,162 killed, wounded, or missing. Figures cover all German nationalities but exclude naval or colonial troops.
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London
Troops in Pa Get Orders for San Antonio Camp
Reading Pa May 11 Batteries D F of the United States Third Field Artillery under Major Manus McCloskey marched through Reading for the summer camp at Tobyhanna Pa. An hour later the commander received a telegram to entrain for San Antonio Tex at once. The batteries camped Tuesday night at Adamstown Lancaster county. They consist of 450 men 375 horses sixteen mules eighty six gun carriages six field guns and thirteen wagons for supplies and conveyance.
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Third Field Artillery
San Antonio
Reading
United States Third Field Artillery
Manus McCloskey
Tobyhanna
Temple
Washington
Sanntonio
Tex
Adamstown
Lancaster County
Funeral for Bolivar Brother Noted in Loudoun Valley
Mr Michael Kellar attended the funeral of his brother John Keller of Bolivar West Virginia held last Saturday. John Keller died after a period of illness at about age seventy. He is survived by sister Mrs Maggie Steadman Wheeling West Virginia and daughter Miss Julia at home. Nearby notices list numerous visits and greetings among local residents with relatives from Martinsburg Taylors Town and Brunswick.
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Loudoun Valley
Michael Kellar
John Keller
Bolivar
W. Va
Necraville
H. D. Crampton
Washington, D. C
C. L. Sexton
Wilda Butts
Martinsburg
C. E. Butts
Fout Demory
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Ad Card Olio Ohio
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowels tonic. It claims 90 percent of sickness stems from inactive bowels and liver and promotes a gentle, olive colored tablet with prices per box and availability through druggists. The copy emphasizes vitality and exuberance as benefits of the remedy.
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Edwards
Olio
The
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Roosevelts critique of ultimatums to Germany and Mexico
Colonel Roosevelt, after reviewing the president s latest note to Germany, says ultimatums should meet a consistent standard and condemns any move that treats Mexico differently due to its size he calls the approach indefensible and remarks that the standard seems unequal for Mexico versus Germany or Carranza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rooevelt
Germany
Carranza
Mexico
Record Beef Price Report at Chicago Stock Yards
Armour & Co paid 10.35 dollars per hundred pounds for a carload of Angus yearlings at the Chicago stock yards. Buyers expect No 1 cattle to reach 12 dollars per hundred pounds soon due to Iowa corn crop failure and wartime demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Stock Yards
Armour & Co
Iowa
Lang Wilson Sues Hapgood for Libel in Mexico Story
Henry Lang Wilson former ambassador to Mexico sues Norman Hapgood publisher for 350000 dollars in local courts. The libel action centers on Hapgood article related to the Mexican situation.
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Claims Cleansing Power
An early advertisement states that taking Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery purges poisonous matter and impurities from eliminative organs within 24 hours. It purportedly revitalizes liver stomach and bowels improving skin conditions like pimples boils and eczema while boosting vigor and health for men and women.
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Dr. Pierce
What Many Folks Say. Great Sufferer Finds Cure
A Va. woman from Rockingham reports chronic indigestion and stomach hemorrhage failing multiple doctors. After consulting Dr. Pierce and using Golden Medical Discovery she gained weight, regained health, and recovered from hemorrhage. Dr. Pierce’s Pregnant Writers regulate and invigorate stomach. Sugar coated granules.
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Dr. Pierce
Musterole Mustard Ointment Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Musterole as a white mustard oil ointment that penetrates sore throats congestion and various aches. It claims rapid relief for sore throats bronchitis tonsillitis croup and more with sizes 25¢ 50¢ and 2.50 and urges buyers to avoid imitations from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Varnish Stain Sale Through Local Hardware
Local hardware store advertises Jap enamel varnish stain in cherry mahogany walnut dark oak and light oak colors. 12 pint cans priced at 12 cents, pint cans at 20 cents, and quart cans at 35 cents.
Floor Finish Sale Prompted By Color Varieties
Floor stain offered in cherry mahogany walnut dark oak light oak hues. Gallon cans priced at 91.25 with 1 2 gallon cans also available. Kalkomo and Muresco cold water paint sold in 5 lb packages at 35 cents each. Floor varnish and waxino floor oil advertised at competitive prices.
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Kalkomo
Muresco
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