Happenings of the World Tersely Told
The bodies of about 50 990 American dead in France will be returned to the United States while between 20 000 and 25 000 remain permanently interred overseas. Secretary Baker told Senate military committee chairman Wadsworth in Washington. The house approved the army nurses rank measure. A bond issue of 2 700 000 000 pounds to pay adjusted compensation to former service men may cause disaster, Secretary Houston told the Ways and Means Committee. A delegation of Southwestern Millers league protested export rate favoritism on grain. Senate ordered an investigation of the United States Grain corporation. Justice Department will prosecute trusts despite the steel decision. A 25 percent wage increase for bituminous coal miners is recommended by a Wilson commission. The house approved a peacetime army of 280 000 enlisted men and 17 820 officers but refused to raise the maximum. Government losses from the stock dividends tax decision will be about half a billion dollars per Commissioner Roper. Allies will receive no further loans from the United States. total loans to date are over 4 billion dollars. Rupert Blue and Joseph White nominated as assistant surgeons general. Thomas T. Brewster warned coal prices would rise with the wage increase. Indictments for conspiracy returned against 125 operators and miners in Indianapolis. Diamonds valued at 40 000 to benefit Armenian relief to be sold in New York by Mrs. Andrew D. White. Three killed and 15 injured when a switch engine hit an interurban near Kansas City. Ripe olives banned in Montana. moonshine deaths in Michigan. Helen C. Statler seeks Republican nomination for Third Michigan district congress. West Virginia senate ratifies federal suffrage amendment 15 to 14. House delegates already ratified 47 to 40.
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United States
Baker
Wadsworth
Senate Military Committee
Washington
Pershing to visit Panama canal zone for defense inspection
General Pershing will leave Washington about March 25 to inspect military defenses in the Panama canal zone. Julius Kayser aged eighty three, a cloves underwear and hosiery manufacturer, died suddenly at his New York home. A widow and two daughters survive. President Fedland Janes James resigns from the University of Illinois at Urbana after 15 years as head of the university.
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New York
Fedland Janes James
University of Iainois
Urbana
Turbulent storms and disasters sweep across continents
Damage totals reach £1,000,000 in Pittsburgh area from a 72 mile wind. Safe crackers looted $410,000 in Philadelphia while ships Esperanza and Balabac faced peril or loss. Attacks and killings unfold in Alabama and Wisconsin as boxing tragedy occurs in New York. International turmoil includes German notes to allied councils, mass Mexican labor migration, Bolshevik advances, steel plant shutdowns, and political trials in Europe.
German Republic in Turmoil as Kapp Seizes Berlin
In Berlin the government collapsed and Kapp leadership appears to seize power with Luettwitz heading military forces. A general strike by Socialists follows, while Germany contends with republican collapse and monarchist factions. Turkey faces allied occupation pressure as unrest spreads and Bolshevik dynamics loom in the region.
Peace aims and treaty debate shape postwar world
The article surveys a proposed Allied memorandum urging quick restoration of peace and economic normalcy, suppression of extravagance, and credit reform while aiding war ravaged Germany and Austria. It notes U S Senate clashes over Versailles and President Wilson’s stance on Article 10 and League of Nations obligations.
Supreme Court ruling taxes stock dividends on corporations
The Supreme Court ruled stock dividends of corporations are not taxable income, a decision that could force the government to return up to 100 million dollars it already collected. Many corporations with large surpluses had been awaiting the ruling to “cut melons.”
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Supreme Court of the United States
National Treasury
Doctor advised change of climate helps patient recover
In 1911 the patient suffered a severe cold and la grippe with lung and shoulder pain forcing a job quit and a climate change order. By April 1912 Milks Emulsion began, and after two bottles appetite and strength improved. by August 23, 1912 23 bottles used, 22 pounds gained, believed permanently cured. Advertorial notes tout Milks Emulsion as a palatable, appetite boosting remedy with a money back guarantee and regional Terre Haute pricing.
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W. F. Bourland
Route 5
Wolf City
Texas
Bourland
Milks Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Crysgists Everywhere
Adv
India consumes one sixth of global quinine supply
A study notes that India accounts for about one sixth of the world's quinine consumption. The finding highlights India's role in the global demand for this medicinal alkaloid.
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India
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Catarrh Relief
Wartime style advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm opens clogged nostrils in one minute. It soothes inflamed mucous membranes and provides instant relief from cold or catarrh with a fragrant antiseptic formula sold by druggists.
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