Birds Sequestered Reserve Guards Laysan Island
The Department of Agriculture protects the Laysan group in Hawaii as a bird reserve amid threats from fishing fleets. Islands host hundreds of thousands of nesting birds including six exclusive species, with past plunder by plume hunters and ongoing risk from landings by foreign fishermen. The reserve lists Laysan Island and surrounding reefs as protected areas under the bureau of biological survey.
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Washington
Maeitte Ocean
Honolulu
Laysan
United States Department of Agriculture
Iis
Hawaiian Islands
Thetis
TI Aen
United States
Bureau of Biological Survey
Tshinds
Biological Survey
Invents Typewriter to Write Music in Wichita
Kansas city composer H. P. Flauth claims a new typewriter lets a machine print music. The device writes 125 characters on a surface around the roller, differing from standard models by the adjusted printing area. Flauth has reportedly spent over eighteen years on the invention.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
H. P.flauth
Finuth
Children as bail for riot bonds in Colorado case
In Pueblo Colorado riot violence erupted as steel workers clashed with police while Mayor Mike Studainski was assaulted. Women offered themselves as bail by posting bonds or allowing children to be held in custody as surety, but the attempt was declined. The strike committee later posted a $1,000 bond for the women. The unrest followed a bid to reopen the Minnessag steel mills closed since July. Austrian women reportedly attacked workers at the plant.
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Pueblo
Cola
Colorado
Mike Studainski
Parce Station
Wom
Minnessag
High Heels Cause Death In Elevator Accident
Mrs. C Steller aged forty two died in Pittsburgh apartment building when her high heel shoe became wedged between an elevator car and shaft wall. She fell forward and was crushed as the cab moved toward the basement while the operator delayed after answering a telephone.
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Pittsburgh
C. Stedller
Ned
North Park
Easteth Avenue
Steller
John Gibson
Russian Gems Trade Exposed via Amsterdam Markets
Report in Handelsblad alleges Russia funds propaganda by selling confiscated jewels through Germany to Holland. It cites a claim by Amsterdam council member Lisser offering the czar’s diamonds for sale amid wartime financial blockades.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Russia
Germany
Handelsblad
Lisser
Amsterdam Council
Arctic Cache of McClintock Discovered After Half Century
Stefansson reports finding Sir Leopold McClintock’s cache on Melville Island with clothing and food in remarkably good condition. The cache items date to 1850s expeditions under Franklin and Belcher, linked to the Intrepid and Resolute vessels, and were located near Dealy Island with several documents and tablets recovered.
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New York
Gil
Sir John Franklin
Avette
Stefanason
McClintock
Stefansson
Aretles
Aretle
Capt
Joseph
Dealy Island
Kellett
Bernier
Parry's Rock
Arctic Archipelago
Henry Kellett
Kaa
C. B
H. M
Intrepid
P. L
Ray
Melville Island
Denly Island
Prince Patrick Island
Belcher
Navigatin
Lady Franklin
Fox
Peel Sound
Regent Injet
Bellot Strait
King William Isla
Montreal Island
Boothin Peninsula
Franklin
Ternier
Capetain Bernier
Arctic
Man Buries Himself in Funeral After 75th Birthday
James JH Houser of Hillisboro PA, age 75, staged his own funeral believing funerals should be enjoyed while living. Friends attended as hymns including Nearer My God to Thee were sung. A minister delivered burial services at a church and Houser’s home where his obituary was prepared.
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Hillisboro
James JH. Houser
Houser
Jailed for Odd Courtship in London
Walter Earl, an American with Cherokee heritage, received twenty months hard labor after pursuing a waitress, Miss Holth Chilman, with daily requests to meet, threats with a dagger, and letters to her family. He claimed engagement, but evidence showed he frightened her into consent by throwing crockery.
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London
Walter Earl
Earl
England
Holth Chilman
Policewoman Arrests Husband in Domestic Incident
In Atlanta, Mrs. B. B. Cook, an acting policewoman, arrested her husband at their home on a charge of drunkenness. The incident marks her first known arrest in the line of duty.
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Atanta, Ga
B. Cook
Holland Refuses Entente Demands
Holland declines entente demands and states it is not bound by the peace treaty terms, asserting it is not a party to the agreement.
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Holland
Entente
Holland Rejects Extradition Demand in Free State Note
Holland replies to the entente demand for the emperor's extradition stating the Dutch constitution and tradition do not permit acceding to the allied powers. The note argues national honor cannot betray those who trusted themselves to Holland and its free institutions.
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Paris
Holland
Republicans say Palmer side stepped the issue
Washington reports attacks on pending anti sedition bills continued before the house rules committee and spread to the floor. Republicans and Democrats joined in opposition to the measures while defenders from both parties argued the bills. Republican rules committee members charged Attorney General Palmer had side stepped the issue.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Rules Committee
Palmer
Thes
National Editorial Association to Tour Eastern Canada
More than 200 representatives of the National Editorial Association of the United States will tour eastern Canada including the Maritime provinces after its Boston convention, beginning the week of May 31.
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Montreal
National Editorial Association of
United States
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Boston
Candidates Designated for West Point Examinations
Washington candidates named for the March military academy entrance exam include Richard F Willingham from Kirkwood Georgia Clayton C Holmes from North Carolina Council William G Bell from Pineville and John O Cope from Murphy.
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Washington
Georgia
Richard F. Willingham
Kirkwood
North Carolina
Clayton C. Holmes
Council
William G. Bell
Pineville
John 0. Cope
Murphy
Mexico Grants Provisional Oil Permits Under Carranza Decree
Mexico City foreign oil firms will receive provisional permits to drill new wells with the condition that these permits remain valid only until Congress enacts a new petroleum industry law, per a decree from President Carranza.
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Mexico City
Mexican Congress
Carranza
Wool firm partners settle $1.6 million tax fraud case
Boston businessmen William A. English and John O'Brien of the wool firm English & O'Brien paid the government 1.6 million dollars in settlement after being sentenced last July to 18 months for conspiracy to defraud the government in income tax payments.
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Boston
William A. English
John O'Brien
English & O'Brien
Shortage of Navy Officers May Delay Retirement Act
Secretary Daniels urged Congress to defer by one year the compulsory retirement of rear admirals captains and other officers reaching the age limit. The 1916 law would have taken effect next July, delaying its mandatory retirements due to officer shortages.
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Washington
Congress
Daniels
Pan American Congress Concludes Labors In Washington
Washington reports the second Pan American financial congress has ended its sessions. It adopted resolutions urging measures to advance international trade with South America and improve ocean, telegraph, cable, wireless, and postal services. Most recommendations from Latin American groups are included in the committee report.
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Washington
South America
Knight disputes Secretary Daniels on naval awards
Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, chairman of the naval decorations board, told the Senate Investigating Committee that the board could not agree officers who sent their ship through enemy action were entitled to high decorations unless they had engaged the enemy.
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Washington
Austin M. Knight
Naval Decorations Board
Daniela
Senate
Knight
Americans Killed in Clash With Russians Near Posolsaka Ya
Washington reports two American soldiers killed and one wounded in a clash with a Russian detachment of General Semenoff on January 10 near Posolsaka ya. Five Russians were killed, one wounded, and 55 captured, including a general. General Greves believes the incident could be peacefully settled with General Somenoff, whom he says could not have been responsible.
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Washington
Semenoff
Posolsakaya
Greves
Somenoff
Jellicoe in Washington with U S Navy official
Viscount Jellicoe the admiral of the British fleet visits Washington and is photographed with Rear Admiral Niblack of the U S Navy. The meeting highlights allied naval cooperation amid postwar arrangements.
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Viscount Jellicoe
Washington
Admiral Niblack
U. S. In
New Year Sermon Urges Hour by Hour Duty
A Lewiston Journal excerpt cites A G Staples praising a New Year sermon that urges steadfast daily effort. The piece argues resolutions fail when thinking long term, urging courage and faith to meet each hour and day’s duties.
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A. G. Staples
Lewiston
Fractured Vignette of a Neighborly Morning Encounter
A quirky scene unfolds as a woman visits a neighbor while the husband is away. The narrator, with hat adjusted and playful spontaneity, rings the doorbell and finds the husband answering, prompting an awkward yet humorous moment.
Doctor Flies Aid To Isolated Harrisburg Area Family
An aviator from the Middletown aviation reserve depot flew a doctor to aid the family of John Pfaunriller, a farmer on Duffy's Inland in the Susquehanna region, cut off by floodwaters. The rescue flight was organized after word reached the depot.
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Harrisburg
Middletown
John Pfaunriller
Duffy
Susquehanna
Silver as Earliest Currency Mentioned in Scriptures
A brief note states that silver is the earliest currency referenced in scriptures. A Trade Commissioner reports Australia has lifted the rabbit skin export embargo. Government experiments indicate sugar beets can be grown in Ireland. The article also mentions opium import figures and its suppression efforts.
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Ferrin
Ireland
Chienese
Dalden
Tainktan
Infant Dies as Berry Seed Sprouts in Boy’s Ear
A boy in Riondike Texas suffered ear injury after a hackberry seed sprouted inside his ear as an infant died Monday on a nearby farm. The seed rotted and damaged hearing, with medical removal noted.
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Riondike
Tex
J. R.moore
Moore Farm
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