Navy naval yards kept as coast bases urged by board
A special naval board led by Rear Admiral Helm urged Congress to retain all existing navy yards and establish submarine bases on the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts. The panel also backed a coast wide aeronautical survey and recommended a board study for potential aviation bases, noting no rush to designate air stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Gulf
Navy Yards
Navy Yard
Continental
United States
Comprehensive Coast Survey
Secretary of the Navy
Commission
Pacific
Dodson's Liver Tone Offered as Calomel Substitute
An advertisement denounces calomel as dangerous causing sickness and lying a day’s work away. It touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a vegetable, safe, non salivating remedy that starts the liver without upset and is suitable for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Stockmen Gather for 20th National Livestock Meeting in Cheyenne
Western stockmen and industry interests convene at Cheyenne for the twentieth annual session of the American National Livestock Association. Topics include marketing conditions federal land policies grazing fees data from the Federal Trade Commission driveways on public lands and freight rate regulation with remarks from David F. Houston and other federal and state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
American National Livestock Association
Rancmen
Missouri
David F. Houston
Fouston
Department of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Association
Prohibition Party Split Over 1920 Alliance
Members of the national committee in Chicago debated uniting with anti liquor groups to push a national prohibition plank in a major party platform for 1920. The split favored either seeking good faith adoption by a major party or making liquor destruction the primary goal, with party identity seen as secondary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ills
National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
United States
Cleveland leads Princeton sophomores in anti-snobbery revolt
Richard Cleveland son of Grover Cleveland spearheads about twenty sophomores at Princeton challenging upperclassmen dining clubs. Faculty backs the effort likening it to Yale’s earlier dining club revolt. The movement aims to shake a social system in place for thirty eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Cleveland
Yale
Young Cleveland
Fragmentary political plea from 1918 era candidate materials
A partial 1918 political document shows a pro reform stance seeking cooperation with other groups toward shared electoral goals. The text hints at alliances and ongoing efforts to coordinate strategy for eventual success.
Janitors Win Strike In Chicago Walcott Ward
Nearly all of 300 striking flat janitors returned to work in Chicago as union officers said most of the 400 apartment owners agreed to a 10 percent wage raise. The Apartment Building Association claimed many owners refused concessions and a fund was being raised to oppose the strike if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Robbins
Chicago
Apartment
Charters Issued In Texas With Various Companies
Charters were filed for several firms in Texas on January 18. American Sureties Co. of Galveston with $1200 capital to accumulate and loan money. incorporators include W. L. Moody 3d and Shearn Moody. Adamson Lumber Co. of Plano with $10,000 capital. incorporators Olney Davis G. M. Rice and Fred Harrington. Grand Leader Co. of Houston with $100,000 capital. incorporators Abe M. Levy J. Wolfenstein Ben M. Levy and others. Howell Lumber Co. of Bryan with $25,000 capital. incorporators WW. Howell J. M. Howell and J. Webb Howell. J. E. Little & Co. of Chandler with $10,000 capital. incorporators J. E. Little L. V. Delay and B. G. Beckham. Southwestern Mortgage Co. of Dallas with $10,000 capital. incorporators F. H. Skingle H. H. Anderson E. M. Baker and others. Amendments filed for Cunningham Sugar Co. of Sugar Land reducing capital from $800,000 to $364,000 and White House Lumber Co. of Canadian increasing capital from $100,000 to $150,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
American Sureties Co
Galveston
Capital Stock
W. L. Moody
Shearn Moody
Georges. Heyer
Adamson Lumber Co
Plano
Capital
Olney Davis
G. M. Rice
Fred Harrington
Grand Leader Co
Houston
B. G. Beckham
Southwestern Mortgage Co
Dallas
F. H. Skingle
H. H. Anderson
E. M. Baker
Record Farm Value in 1916 Surpasses Prior Peaks
The Department of Agriculture reports American farm products valued at 13.449 billion dollars in 1916, a new record driven by higher prices despite lower crop yields. Crops worth 9.111 billion and animal products 4.338 billion. Prices paid to farmers rose about 55.9 percent from 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
US Sugar Consumption Drops to New Low in 1916
Department of Commerce estimates show US per capita sugar use fell to 78.12 pounds in 1916 from 84.06 in 1915, amid heavy exports and a weak crop. World production dropped, US exports rose, and the United States became a major sugar exporter while consuming 7.96 billion pounds.
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Washington, D. C
America
Department of Commerce
Department
United States
Mexico shifts to a federal bank of issue
In Queretaro on January 18 the constitutional assembly approves a federal bank of issue with exclusive authority to circulate bills. The plan, to be enacted soon, will liquidate existing banks of issue while extending credit and currency stability. The bank will operate as issuer and discount and may later run general lending and farm loan programs through national branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queretaro
Mex
Constitutional Assembly
Senor Nieto
Federal Bank
Federal
Stephens Seeks Pan-Mexican Boundary Chair
Representative John Hall Stephens of Texas seeks appointment by President Wilson to lead the Pan Mexican boundary commission and the Rio Grande waters distribution panel. The $5000 yearly post has been vacant since a previous congressman resigned. Stephens backs by the Texas delegation and aims to push for renewed ties with Mexico through a functional commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John Hall Stephens
Texas
Wilson
Commission
Rio Grande
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
State Department
Stephens
Mexico
Boundary Commission
Chamber of Commerce leader to push daylight saving at national meeting
President Franz C. Groos will represent the city at the fifth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Washington. The January 31 to February convention will hear recommendations on daylight saving as the system gains adoption abroad and in U S cities with favorable reports. Robert Garland heads the committee studying the issue for the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz C. Groos
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Commercial Organization
Washington, D. C
Robert Garland
Pittsburg
International conference on pine blight opens in United States
Delegates from the United States and Canada attend an American Forestry Association event to curb white pine blister disease. A proposed nation wide quarantine on import of seedlings and plants carrying pests tops the agenda as the blight threatens forests valued at $400,000,000 across the U S and Canada. Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the association, cites wartime impacts on forest economics and points to Germany as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Canada
American Forestry Association
Charles Lathrop Pack
Germany
Benson Named Ranking Officer of the Navy
Admiral William Benson on Tuesday became the ranking officer of the Navy and likely to succeed Admiral Dewey as president of the general board while retaining his duties as chief of naval operations. Benson was next in rank to Dewey.
Mrs Stone to Sing with San Antonio Symphony
Mrs Irvin R Stone will be soloist piano in the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra second concert of the 1917 season at Beethoven Hall. Conductor Arthur Claassen will lead works by Dvorak Humperdinck Puccini Bizet Spross Massenet and Wagner. A public rehearsal at 4 pm exposed the program to students and others unable to attend evening performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Large gas well brought in near Corpus Christi
A gas well near Corpus Christi was struck by the Southern Gas Company at a depth of 1400 feet. The gas rose about 200 feet before the well choked but is expected to be controllable. The dry gas differs from nearby wells that carried salt water and is near the Witherspoon well from September 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Southern Gas Company
Witherspoon
Warning Issued Against Closed Garage Engine Use
The Bureau of Mines warns against running automobile engines in small closed garages as exhaust asphyxiations rise. A test cited explains dangers and urges ventilation to prevent fatalities and injuries.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Mines
Foley Kidney Pills Prove Best For Kidney Trouble
An eighty seven year old Springfield man says kidney pain backache and bladder trouble eased by Foley Kidney Pills. He states it was the best treatment after trying others. The pills are described as a fast acting tonic yielding quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Adams
Springfield
A. M. Fischer
Dangers of Carbon Monoxide in Garages Highlighted
A warning notes that carbon monoxide from a running engine makes the garage air deadly within minutes. The odorless tasteless gas poisons quickly and often collapses victims before outside help can arrive. A chemist testing the bureau was affected by the gases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Admiral Dewey Honored With Half Mast Flag
The capitol flag in Austin was lowered to half mast in Dewey's memory. Col. Charles L. Stowe, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, directed the action following the admiral's death at his Washington home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Austin
Tex
Capitol
Admiral Dewey
Washington
Charles L. Stowe
Senator Sorghum Says Absence of Applause Disconcerts Him
A Washington Star quip has Senator Sorghum noting that he is unsettled by silence when he speaks, explaining that he is used to demonstrations of approval and finds the lack of applause disconcerting.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
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NAVY
the Gulf
Congress
Calomel
Hostetter
Burn’s
Houston & Navarro Sts
Crockett
Richard” Clevevland
Cunningham Sugar Co
Sugarland
White House Lumber Co
Raiaurtiram
S.ce
Gere A.cumpeant
Meese
NEW Federal Bank OF Mexico
Wolfson’s
Hartford Saxony
New York
Saul Dry Wolfs Son
Mrs. Stone
Fati
Garef
Fatima IA
Commercial State Bank
Guaranty Fund Bank
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