Japanese General Otani Arrives as Railway Experts Urged
Allied staff discuss railway issues hindering the Czech expedition. Russia faces overstaffed lines and scarce small change as currency problems hamper trade. British guns aid artillery balance while American troops await orders to join operations in Trans Baikal.
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London Times Service
San Antonio
Philadelgonia Public Ledger
Phy Public Ledger Co
Windivestok
Otani
Lisuri
Graves
Trans-Baikal
Irkutsk
Reliable Hair Care Method Promises Easy Shampoo
A simple home shampoo uses Canthrax dissolved in hot water to clean hair. The mixture creates a cooling lather that removes dandruff oil and dirt, leaving scalp clean and hair pliant. The result is a natural color and lighter feel without heavy residue.
Escaped Hun Is Caught in Spain
Robert Fay who escaped from the Atlanta federal penitentiary while serving a term for bomb plot complicity has been apprehended in Spain. The State Department in Washington says he waived extradition and is returning to the United States. Fay was a former lieutenant of the Sixteenth Prussian Infantry and was convicted again in 1916 for conspiring to blow up ships bound for allied ports.
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Robert Fay
Atlanta
Spain
State Department of
Washington
Way
Americans Idle as Regime Reorganizes Siberian Traffic
A large number of American railway workers under the Irreus regime are idling in Vladivostok and Harbin while aiding reorganization of Siberian rail traffic. They claim the line capacity could triple under efficient control. Armored trains were shipped in six days, and assistance to the Ussuri front is requested within forty eight hours. Troops mount ordnance near Kamchatka as fighting intensifies. The enemy seeks to use streamers on Lake Hanka to attack allied forces from the rear.
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Isereus
Siberia
Vladivostok
Harbin
Eigny
Ussuri
Kamehatka
Lake Hanka
Inspection of American troops by Japanese command
Dispatches report General Ottad plans an inspection of American forces. In Siberia, Cavels aid railway repairs while Cauchy leaders travel to Pokio and Washington. Bolshevik rumors unfold with a Moscow-bound mission for German officers and a 2 million rouble propaganda fund at Vladivostok. Khacarovka hosts a war council led by German officers with Japanese troops nearby.
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London ‘Vines Service
San Antonio
Quenches the Thirst at Travelers Cigar Shop
An advertisement notes a refreshing glass of water from Norsford’s and Maillard’s Famous water power claim. Vermont is cited with an estimate of 2,000,000 horsepower undeveloped water power.
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Norsford’s
Travelers Cigar Shop
Maillard's Famous
Vermont
Rice Riots in Japan Spark Democratic Leanings
The London Times dispatches report rice riots linked to rising democratic sentiment in Japan. Tokyo relaxes stance, government plans to buy all rice stocks, amid widespread disorder across eighteen prefectures and debates over resignations and imperial approval.
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London Times
San Antonio
Paladelphia Public Ledger
Public Ledger
London
Japan
America
Tokio
Yesterdy
Interior
Communications
Terauchi
Lorauchi
Nikko
Katsura
Sapan
Russia
Miust
unrest in Tokio as agitation grows after protests
Citizens in Tokio march and lanterns glow while police patrol streets. several incidents including a Geisha ejected from a car into a canal and shop premises wrecked. A deputation urged government resignation, but Premier Vovastebi refused to meet them amid broad public dissatisfaction and doubt over a change in leadership.
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Tokio
Ixensetkai
Local crack shot teaches fliers wing shots in training
Adolph Toepperwein of San Antonio, famed marksman, serves as instructor at the University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics. He trains students in shooting at flying targets from varied positions using a tower for target release and fire. Mrs Toepperwein plans to join from San Antonio to assist in the program.
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Austin
Tex
Adolph Toepperwein
San Antonio
School of Military Aeronautics
University
Aviation
Army
Toepperwein
Boch
Leepperwein
Americans Take 60 Prussians Near Mismette in War Report
The American Army on the Vesta Front reports sixty Prussians captured near Mismette north of Pismes. The prisoners, machine gunners from a recently formed company, allegedly surrendered willingly after a brief engagement. An intelligence officer notes the captives’ intent to desert if given opportunity.
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Trega
Vesta
Mismette
Pismes
Germany
Retreat of German Forces Across French Front Report
London Times service notes the German Sixth Army under General von Quast retreating north of Bethune toward St. Quentin as Allied troops push the line from Lacon to Merville. Descriptions cover fighting near Givenchy, the spur south of Merville, and air and artillery activity with captured officers and German equipment.
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Perry Robinson
London Times Service
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
FIA
Public Edger Co
von Quast
Bethune
St. Conant
Givenchy
St. Venant
Lacon
Merville
Kemmel
Armentieres and
Chence
Tuvers Lysmid
Vielle and
Chappel
Vuisens
Puiseux
Outwitted the Germans by Perry Robinson
Special Cable to the San Antonio Ledger reports the British front seeing heavy artillery fire and French fighting on the Roye front. The Beauxon area shows a stationary front while German withdrawals in Arras are noted, with the Allies pushing past the Scarpe and taking prisoners. A key advance at Oatterstene spur yields 670 prisoners, eight officers, and sixty machine guns.
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Agi
Estaises
Liagorgue
Titlefield
Sesson
Cup
Enian
Chefly
Ewelfthe
Pourta
Gamners
Ube
Perry Robinson
Condon
San Antonio
Public Ledger
Roye
Beaumont
Hamel-Bucquoy
Arras
Scarpe
Morris
Tere
Outtersleone
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Metris
Sinilay
Beyand
Alton Pulposes
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Wolfson’s
Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Co
Popular Science Monthly
Popular Science ‘Monthly
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L. B. Clegg
Franz C. Groos
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