Mayor condemns extravagance in new hospital project
Mayor Gill blasts the handling of 212000 from bond sales for the municipal tubercular sanatorium at Pirlands. An inspection uncovered a lavish administration building near completion while essential work is delayed for funds. A 40000 deficit appropriation is requested to run the power plant main building and isolation facilities. Councilmen Erickson and Dale criticized the spending.
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Gill
Pirlands
Erickson and
Dale
Spokane Banker Seeks Habeas Corpus Over Parole Time
James A. Marcil of Spokane, serving five years on a bankers act violation at McNell Island, files in federal court for release arguing 216 days of good time due and discharge date April 8. he had been released on parole but returned to prison for parole violation. mention that Western governors oppose land bills in Congress before the president.
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Tacoma
James A. Marcil
Spokane
Mc.Nell Island
Tat
Marcil
How American Women May Keep Faces Young
A vintage advertisement recounts how American women, facing a different climate, age differently from English women. It claims dry air causes pale skin and wrinkles and promotes a facial regimen using pure wax and saxolite with hazel to exfoliate dead skin and smooth lines, suggesting nightly application and morning washing for a renewed complexion.
Dandruff remedy promises gloss and growth
A quick home remedy advises dissolving dandruff with four ounces of liquid arvon applied at night. Morning results show reduced flakes and itch with hair described as fluffy and lustrous after a few applications. The ad claims arvon is inexpensive, widely available at drug stores, and guarantees complete disappearance of dandruff.
U S Plans Large Scale Naval Actions Along Mexican Coasts
Washington April 23 reports say orders for large scale naval operations along both Mexican coasts were momentarily expected. Officials indicate landings at multiple points to protect foreign interests. A high level White House meeting with President Wilson, Bryan, and Lansing preceded Navy actions and a rush of departmental activity.
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Washington
Local Officers Head to Olympia Over Mexico Call
Washington National Guard officers Brig. Gen. Fred Llewellyn and Maj. Maurice W. Thompson depart Seattle for a conference with Gov. Lister in Olympia amid talks of possible orders for action in Mexico or on the Southern border. The West Virginia moors in Bremerton builds for combat, while Albany sails to Mazatlan for coal with ammunition and a field wireless set aboard. Roosevelt notes brief Mexican trouble discussion and a shipyard plant proposal.
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Washington National Guard
Mexico
Fred Llewellyn
Maurice W. Thompson
Seattle
Gov. Lister
Olympia
National Guards
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
West Virginia
R. M. Doyle
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Mexican
San Diego
Pittsburg
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Daniels writes parents of boys who lost lives at Vera Cruz
Washington April 23 The sorrow of President Wilson and Secretary Daniels over the deaths of soldiers at Vera Cruz was shared in personal letters to the parents. The letters say that their sons fought in the first line to give their lives for the country and mourn America’s gloom, echoing Lincoln’s Civil War letter to Mrs Bixby.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
Secretary of the Navy
Vera Crux
Jdead
Daniels Yestery
America
Lincoln
Bixby
Boston
Russian millionaire leaves $100000 to airman
In Paris on April 22 Ivan Sopor nowski refused cars in life but left a clause in his will. It awards $100000 to any airman who ferries his coffin to the graveside by aeroplane. Aviator Posoff flew the coffin but had a near fatal hard landing. Relatives reportedly paid the $100000 from the estate.
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Paris
Ivan Sopor‘nowski
Posoff
M. Sopornowski
St. Petersburg
German airwoman builds oceangoing aeroplane for transatlantic run
Frau Melli Heese, the only German woman Airwoman and head of her own airplane works, says she will construct an oceangoing aeroplane to compete for Lord Northcliffe's 50000 prize. The craft will use a 100 horsepower Mercedes engine and Boutard will be her passenger on the Atlantic flight.
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Berlin
Melli Heese
Lord Northcliffe
Fran Beese
Herr Boutard
Beese
Boutard
Uric Acid in Meat Clogs the Kidneys
A health column warns that meat raises uric acid which can paralyze kidney function. It advises using four ounces of Rad Salts daily to flush toxins, neutralize acids, and restore kidney activity, claiming Jad Salts provides a safe, inexpensive lithia drink.
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Sava
American Death List Swelled Now Twelve
The Navy Department released names of American dead and wounded from yesterday’s fighting. Dead include R. Percy and L. O. Fried among Marines and sailors such as W. J. Watson and F. P. De Lowry. Several listed as seriously wounded include J. Peoples and H. Pullian, with fifteen other officers and men lightly hurt.
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Washington
Navy Department Today
R. Percy
L. O. Fried
W. J. Watson
F. P. DE Lowry
A. G. Stream
C. A. Smith
C. G. Deffabia
Frank Doevorick
H. Pullian
C. M. Guilloan
M. Pitegerald
Marine Corps
J. Peoples
A. G. Ebel
H. E. Holsinger
H. EF. Boyle
Robinson
J. Cantwell
A. EB. Doe
L. W. Taylor
F. N. Kalmeres
FE. P Peterson
J. McMillan
Monthly Reports On Labor And Mines Ordered In Fairbanks
April 23 report states deputy marshals will file monthly briefs on labor min ing and commercial conditions in the district. Marshal L. T. Erwin says prior practice reported only criminal matters.
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Fairbanks
United States
L. T. Erwin
Wilson waits for Huerta to move first
Dispatches from San Diego report President Wilson will wait for General Huerta to act before U S troops move against Mexican border points with customs houses. Mexican federal troops flood north from Ensenada toward Tecate and Tina Juana. In Tia Juana trenches rise as both sides prepare for clash.
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San Diego
Wilson
Huerta
United States
Ensenada
Tecate
Tina- Juana
Tiajuana
Evelyn Thaw to Meet Son During Moore Theatre Engagement
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will be joined by her son Rus sell Thaw aged 4 during her engagement at the Moore theatre. The family has recovered from an attack that briefly sent prominent Cincinnati physicians to their beds to diagnose the incident.
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Cincinnati
Russell Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Moore Theatre
Veteran recalls Mexican days from 1848 conflict
Joseph Ballinger, 84, uncle of Judge Richard A. Ballinger, recalls service in Mexican and Civil Wars. He follows current turmoil in the South country and remembers U S actions in Mexico in 1848.
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United States
Mexico
Joseph Ballinger
Richard A. Ballinger
Bank Creditors to Receive Dollar for Dollar Payout
Creditors of the Christopher Knickerbocker and Howard bank in Auburn will be paid dollar for dollar by a private institution that filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. L B Knickerbocker pledged the promise at a creditors meeting held yesterday.
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Christopher, Knickerbocker & Howard Bank
Auburn
L. B. Knickerbocker
Three Mexicans arrested for inflammatory plaza speeches
Three Mexicans were arrested in Los Angeles for refusing to stop inflammatory speeches in the plaza. In Ellensburg, Mrs. Anna Brown from Spokane frightened guests at the Avon rooming house for an hour before a deputy sheriff subdued her.
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Los Angeles
Ellensburg
Anna Brown
Spokane
Chicago Milwaukee interest to run trains into New Westminster
Unofficial reports say Chicago Milwaukee interests will run trains into New Westminster over the B C Electric line within two months. Freight service to begin this summer.
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New Westminster
B. C
Chicago- Milwaukee
British Columbia Electric
Call Guardsmen for Border Duty
Four companies of the Seventh regiment National Guard of California mobilized today after orders from Adjt. Gen. Forbes. Col. W. H. Schreiber dispatched messengers and arranged a special train to move troops to the Mexican border with greatest celerity, to Calexico for border deployment.
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Los Angeles
Seventh Regiment
National Guard of California
Adjt
Forbes
Sacramento
Schreiber
Calexico
United States Committed to War With Mexico
London opinion surveys show a large majority of English newspapers agree the United States is committed to war with Mexico and will not retreat.
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Mexico
United States
London
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