World News Rundown From The South And Beyond
Fragments report Papen’s papers seized by British authorities in London and Loos casualties at 60 666. Emperors health rumors denied in German circles. Sir John Simona resigns over conscription. Greece arrests Teutonic consuls at Saloniki. Panama canal’s last ship passes. canal unlikely to open soon. East Youngstown riot, 800 000 dollar damage. 200k troops cited. Internal revenue vault robbery at St Paul 660 000 stamps seized. Judge Shiras dies at 83 in Daytona Beach. Taft’s brother Taft sells Chicago club for 600 000. Roosevelt backed defense plan in NYC calls for 48 battleships and 200 000 standing army. Prohibition convention set for St Paul June 19. Gordon Castle guarded over bullion shipment. Gateway Colorado snowbound with 160 residents. Texs Oil plant fire in North Birmingham 260 000 loss. Birmingham Packing Co. and bridge damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz von Papen
United States
Washington
Falmouth
Harold J. Tennant
House of Commons
Loos
Paris
Germany
John Simona
Home Affairs
Greece
Saloniki
Newton
Panama Canal
Youngstown
Ohio
East Youngstown
Columbus
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Internal Revenue Office
Federal
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Department
O. P. Shiras
Iowa
Federal Court
Northern District of
Daytona
Fla
William F. McCombs
Little Rock
Ark
Baltimore
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Charles Weeghman
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Organized Baseball
Outlaws
American Defense Society
New York City
Roosevelt
Minn
Gordon Castle
India
Africa
Gateway
Colorado
Grand Junction
Texas Oil Company
North Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Packing Company
Washington Hosts Delegates at White House Reception
President and Mrs Wilson led two weeks of social events for Pan American Scientific congress delegates with a grand White House reception. Germany agreed to pay indemnity for Lusitania victims and pledged safe conduct for noncombatants in the Mediterranean. Federal Reserve data show broader business improvement with bank loans, deposits, and reserves shifting in New York. President Wilson nominated Joseph Johnson for U S district judge in South Carolina. Port au Prince unrest against U S Marines killed a rebel. no American casualties. A London report notes the death of Rey Homer KR Salisbury en route to India. Pellagra fears push McAdoo to seek a $100,000 rural sanitation appropriation. Pan American doctrine concerns gain attention amid discussions of possible attacks by two powers. Wilson returns from honeymoon and pursues data on sinking of the Persia. France orders release of seized munitions from a ship at sea. Gold production in 1916 rose to $98,891,100 from $94,691,800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Pan-American Scientific Congress
White House
State Department
Germany
United States
Mediterranean
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Senate
Joseph Johnson
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Port-au- Prince
Haiti
London
Rey
Homer KR
Salisbury
India
Pellagra
South
McAdoo
Congress
Public Health Service
Army
Navy
Hot Springs
Persia
High Seas
British Submarine Attacks Arsenal Near Golden Horn Amid Turmoil
European War reports describe a British submarine entering the Golden Horn from the Sea of Marmara to attack a Pera arsenal causing damage and panic. Other dispatches note Greek, Serbian, Bulgarian actions, Czernowitz trench lines, and submarines sinking off Holland as war drags on.
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Constantinople
Sea of
Marmara
Golden Horn
Pera
British Withdraw From Gallipoli and Ship Lost
Allied lines on the Gallipoli peninsula are abandoned with only one wounded on the British and French side. The British battleship King Edward VII was blown up by a mine in heavy seas, all crew saved. West and East fronts show no major changes with recapture of Hartmanns Weilerkopf by German forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wil
West
London
Gallipoli
Anzac
Suvla Bay
British Isles
New Jersey
Nebraska
Natal
Hartsmans- Weilerkopf
Six Directors Acquitted In Sherman Law Case
In New York the jury acquitted six of eleven former New York New Haven & Hartford directors on Sherman anti trust counts. The jurors disagreed on five others after 61 hours of deliberation, with an 8 to 4 split for acquittal on the undecided group. Names include D Newton Barney Robert W Taft James Hemingway A Heaton Robertson Frederick F Brewster Henry K McHarg and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
D. Newton Barney
Farmington
New Haven
Henry K. McHarg
Stamford
Conn
William Rockefeller
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
Charles M. Pratt
Brooklyn
Lewis Case Ledyard
Edward D. Robbins
No grounds for wage fears over knit underwear tariff cut
Washington report to President Wilson finds no justification for manufacturers’ fears that tariff reduction on knit underwear would force wage cuts to meet foreign competition. The Department of Commerce investigation addresses Congress on the impact and concludes stability in wage levels is not at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Wilson
Congress
Compulsory Service Advocated by Secretary Garrison
Secretary Garrison told the house military committee that compulsory service is the only adequate basis for a military policy compatible with democratic government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison
Washington
House Military Committee
South Carolina May Quit Liquor
Columbia reports the South Carolina general assembly opened its annual session with bills to limit child employment under 14, reduce liquor shipments to one quart per month per person, and potentially ban liquor imports into the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina General Assembly
Peace Board Formed by Neutral Nations Stir
Switzerland to send five civilians to join other neutrals in a permanent peace board being formed after the Ford peace expedition. Swiss delegates expected in The Hague when war traffic allows. Invitations sent to Spanish pacifists not yet answered due to communications disruption.
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the Hague
London
Switzerland
Permanent Board
The
Hague
South Carolina Government Urges Progressive Reforms
A governor's message calls for education expansion, agricultural programs, highway improvement, and labor law strengthening. It urges a three member board for cotton warehouses, a Torrens land system, and a uniform warehouse receipt act. Additional items include workers compensation, fisheries power, health needs, tick eradication funds, and Lever Act benefits. The governor condemns lobbyists and insists on economical progress and enforced laws.
Recommendations in Governor Mannings Address
The address outlines proposed actions to enforce prohibition and improve public services. It calls for a 14 year age limit on child labor, continued mill schools, stronger support for public schools, a boll weevil control plan, and an improved warehouse system. Other items include Torrens land registry, highway improvements, workers compensation, Confederate veterans support, state board of charities and corrections, national guard, industrial institute, and cattle tick eradication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederate Veterans of
State Board of Charities and Correction
National Guard
South Carolina Industrial Institute
Board of Fisheries
State Board Charities and Corrections
National Guard, Industrial Institute
Manning outlines SC policies in annual address to assembly
Governor Manning delivers his annual message to the South Carolina General Assembly urging law enforcement, restraint on new spending, and tax relief. He notes $2,000 unused legal aid funding returned to the treasury and calls for richer support for public schools, mill schools, and teacher training while raising the factory and mine work age to 14.
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Manning
Columbia
8. C
Richard Manning
General Assembly of
South Carolina
Gov. Manning
General Assembly
Guv. Manning
New Enterprises Authorized in South Carolina
Birmingham's Modern bakery of Columbia is commissioned with capital of 1000 dollars. Wagener Publishing company authorized with capital 1000 dollars. Broad River villa of Cherokee county files notice of capital increase from 60000 to 160000. Farmers' Loan and Trust company of Greenwood issued a commission with capital 26000. Blackville Ladies' parlor commissioned with capital 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Columbia
Wagener Publishing Company
Broad River Villa
Cherokee County
Inventions and Patents Highlighted in Briefs
A Massachusetts man patents a motorized device to unlock and operate garage doors from a car. An inventor introduces a poison tablet coating using rubber to delay release. A North Carolina woman patents a spring clip reel with a tape showing feet and inches. A tiny fresh water fish, under an inch and a half, is shipped to New York for mosquito control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
North Carolina
New York
Drink Hot Water and Limestone Phosphate for Health
Household advertisement urges both men and women to drink a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved complexion alertness and vitality, noting benefits for headaches biliousness bad breath rheumatism and constipation. A quarter pound of limestone phosphate is sold by druggists or stores as a demonstration of the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady
Gypsies of Indian Origin Debate Origins
English writer Mr Black argues Gypsies originated in India with many words tracing to Sanskrit. He notes scholars have proposed origins in Saracens, Canaanites, lost tribes of Israel and other ancient peoples.
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India
Black
Israel
Danderine Hair Cure Ad Promises New Hair Growth
A vintage advertisement urges girls to soothe and beautify hair with Danderine. It claims the product cleanses scalp, removes dandruff, stops itching and hair loss, and promises new, soft hair after weeks of use. A 25 cent bottle is advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Strictly Modern Smoking Prompt Dialogue
A brief dialogue shows a character asking to smoke, another inviting it and expressing liking the smell. The line ends with a character mentioning all their sisters smoke, attributed to Puck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Easy Face Care With Resinol Soap
A reader advert describes daily use of Resinol Soap with warm water to cleanse and tighten pores. It claims quicker healing and clearer skin, suggesting a cold rinse to finish and adding Resinol Ointment for severe cases.
Opal valued at 160000 owned by Emperor Francis Joseph
Emperor Francis Joseph of Auriq possesses an opal weighing 17 ounces valued at $160,000. The regular army in Hawaii is slated to grow from 9,600 to 22,000 personnel within two years.
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Emperor Francis Joseph of
Auriq
Hawaii
Fragmentary ad line about age and appearance
Fragmented OCR items reference aging and youth in a quoted line. Mentions Marine Eye Re ui Co Chicago and a book on pit. Includes a woman's quick jump to elusion and a mouse, but text is garbled and lacks clear context or full facts.
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Marine Eye Re Ui Co
Chicago
Hye
Pit
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Amsterdam
Holland
Petrograd
Czernowitz
Stripa
Volhynian
Russia
Galicia
Russian War Office
Reuter
Teutons
Balkans
Marquette
Kansa
Robert N. McNeely
United Sta
Aden
Arabia
As Marine
Gallipol
Peninsula
State Board of Health
State Tax Commission
Joe Sparks
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