World and Domestic Highlights From Across the Globe
A Washington dispatch reports Near Admiral Charles Brittain, chief of staff to Admiral Wilson, died by his own hand while on duty in Cuban waters. Senate passes a Civil War pension bill raising veterans to 50 dollars monthly and widows to 30. it moves to conference. Three American warships ordered into Mexican waters amid instability under Carranza. House Republicans discuss a stock transaction tax to fund soldier bonuses. President Wilson adopts a hands off stance on the railroad strike. the labor board will handle settlements. A $390 million railroad deficiencies bill clears Senate committee with no changes. Ambassadors note Rome directive to attend San Remo allied conference as official observer. Wage settlement for 2,000,000 railroad workers may be delayed. Census figures show sharp city increases in Akron and Wichita. The railroad labor board refuses New York Chicago St Louis protest hearings for noncompliant parties. Polish-Americans in Camp Dix enlist in U S Army. Federal troops arrive in Butte after mine riot. St Louis yardmen vote to return to work pending wage decision, preserving seniority. Federal legality of search and seizure by prohibition agents upheld. A tornado kills 150 and devastates parts of Mississippi Alabama and Tennessee. Chicago union leader Edward Coleman shot dead in his office. assailant at large. Enid Ada Read dies in Chicago from heart disease linked to war work. Senator La Follette arrives in Rochester to consult with Dr Mayo on health concerns.
Albany adopts Fowler bill to repeal daylight saving law
The New York Assembly approved the Fowler bill by 78 to 58, repealing daylight saving. The measure, passed by the Senate earlier, moves to the governor for final action.
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Albany
Senate
Convention delegates and leadership actions at party gatherings
Instructions to cast 22 of Iowa's 26 Republican ballots for Governor Lowden were issued at Des Moines during state convention and district caucuses. Four delegates received no instructions. Homer S. Cummings was chosen in Chicago to chair the Democratic national convention in San Francisco next July.
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Iowa
Lowden
Des Moines
Homer
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
San Francisco
Rail strike cripples shipping and factory operations nationwide
The rail strike disrupts supply chains across dry goods and manufacturing. Car shortages persist, delaying payments and threatening closures as tire makers and fabric producers face cloth, coal, and yarn bottlenecks. Merchants foresee higher prices until transportation improves.
Gunmen attempt raid on police detec tives and prisoners
Five masked gunmen attacked detectives and 14 prisoners during a raid on a crap game. The detectives returned fire and the bandits fled. In the confusion a Black elevator operator was fatally shot. Officers secured the lineup and search of Detective Ryan, who fired as the robbers escaped amid gunfire.
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New York
Ryan
Fire destroys bridge at Laredo on both sides of Rio Grande
Fire swept the international foot bridge linking the United States and Mexico at Laredo Texas cutting all communications. Loss placed at 300000 dollars as firemen could not halt the blaze before it reached the Mexican side.
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Laredo
Tex
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande
Profiteering Is Scored at Port Clinton Meeting
Port Clinton heard a mass meeting addressed by John F. McNamee editor of the Brotherhood and Loco motive Firemen Magazine Cleveland and Fred Wamser president of Forest City Railway Locomotive Firemen. They urged support for a cooperative store to curb high living costs and denounced profiteers.
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Port Clinton
John F. McNamee
The
Brotherhood and Locomotive Firemen Magazine
Cleveland
Fred Wamser
Forest City Railway Locomotive Firemen
McNamee
Tax collection cost 53 cents per hundred dollars
The Bureau of Internal Revenue reports that last year's tax collection cost the government 58 cents for each $100 in revenue. This reflects the administrative expense of collecting taxes across the nation.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
War Plans and Arms Found in Allied Areas
French cavalry entering Hanau uncovered large quantities of arms and munitions labeled Army of the West. Also found were numerous maneuver plans outlining operations against France through the American zone at Coblenz. The Inter-Allied Commission reported 250 cannons discovered at Koenigberg in East Prussia.
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Paris
Hanau
Frankfurt
The
Times
Army of the West
France
Coblenz
Koenigberg
East Prussia
Inter-Allied Commission
One Thriving Papago Tribe in Arizona
The Papago tribe in Arizona rose from near extermination after Apache conflicts to a prosperous community on a harsh desert reserve. Once small and fearful, they gained strength as white settlers failed with cattle and farming projects, while Papagos benefited from dams and water access, now numbering several thousand and thriving where others waned.
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Arizona
Papagoria
Papagoland
Mayo compares dress craze to drugs at NYC dinner
Dr William Mayo president of the American College of Surgeons spoke in New York about fashions in women's dress. He contrasted the fashion craze with drug addiction noting the drug user escalates doses while the dress victim does not, yet both can be incurable.
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William Mayo
American College of Surgeons
New York
Coconut Tree Its Many Virtues And Uses Described
The coconut provides food, drink, and milk that can be fermented into an intoxicant where desired. Its fiber yields ropes rugs and matting while the husk serves as fuel. The durable wood is used for numerous native purposes across coconut-growing regions.
Bavarian Peasants Vowed Passion Play Every Decade
Accounts vary on when the Oberammergau Passion Play began with some claim of centuries prior to the thirty years war while reliable chroniclers place 1654 as the start. The vow tied to plague cessation led to a decade schedule that the war eventually interrupted.
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Hay and feed grains quoted with prices for mixed timothy and clover hay. Butter eggs and poultry prices listed alongside live stock values for steers heifers calves and hogs with ranges for quality and weight classes. Cattle and hog classes show broad price bands reflecting market conditions.
Cascarets Advertise Gentle Nighttime Relief
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a safe alternative to harsh laxatives like calomel and oils. It claims quick relief from constipation, biliousness, indigestion, gases and headaches, noting the product works while you sleep and strengthens bowel muscles.
Diamond Dyes promise easy fabric coloring for all materials
Advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with simple directions and guaranteed perfect results on wool silk linen cotton or blends. Claims any woman can dye fabrics to rich fadeless color and mentions a druggist color card. Includes stray quotations and brief ad lines about Tancred Dead Shot and blunt aphorisms.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Genuine Tablets Worldwide
Ad proclaims the Bayer Cross as the true Bayer sign for Aspirin tablets used by physicians for common ailments. It notes the Bayer name on genuine packs, lists directions for pain and rheumatic conditions, and advertises tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
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Charles ©. Brittain
Henry B. Wilson
Atlantic
Cuban
House
Carranza
Brokers’ Commission
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
Railroad Labor Board
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington Dispatch
Johnson
Rome
State Department
San Remo
Akron
Wichita
Kan
Mansfield
St. Louis
United States Army
Camp Dix
N. J. ST
Fort George Wright, Wash
Butte
Mont
Prohibition
Clarence W. Sessions
Marquette, Mich
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Edward Coleman
Chicago Teaimsters’ District Council
Union
Enid Ada Read
Opie Read
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Rochester
Minn
Doctor Mayo
Birmingham
Ala
Granau
Reliel
John Graunau
Thomas Hardy
Maysville
Banks County
Kam EE
Pussyfoot
Johnson Pterville
England
William Ray
Marton If
Indianapolis
Martha
Huff
Fort Smith
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Robert Underwood Johnson
Italy
Supreme Council
Jafar Tayar
Adrianople
Windsor Castle
London
Joseph Caillaux
Peking
Harbin
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Silk
Tokyo
Stock Exchange
Germany
Holy See
Diego von Bergen
Joseph Calllaux
High Court of the Senate
Anhal
China
Armenia
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Cincinnati
Hay
Gwee
Vale
Timothy Ton
Wrigley
Wrigleys
Simmons Milling Co
Walnut Street
Cinnati
Ohio
Tancred
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