War and political drama fill world headlines
Notices from Chicago to Philadelphia report Republican maneuvers on race seating at conventions and delegate credentials. Labor and Mexico policy discussions accompany warnings over Villa. Delays in suffrage in Delaware, wage disputes in New York, and continued military actions in Europe and Mexico fill the brief world roundup.
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Mexico
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Washington
Indianapolis Victory by American Car in International Sweepstake
Sporting Gaston Chevrolet drove an American car to victory in the Indianapolis Speedway International Sweepstake with the Monroe special, finishing 500 miles in 5 hours 40 minutes 16.14 seconds at 88.16 mph, the first American-made win in seven years.
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Gaston Chevrolet
Indianapolis Speedway
Chevrolet
Monroe
U S And Allied Claims Settled War Claims Report
Western Newspaper Union reports final settlement of Allied and U S claims at 890 716 093 dollars with France Britain Belgium Italy and individuals. War materials and stocks abroad sold 822 918 285 dollars with bulk sales to France and other nations.
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Union News Service
Washington
United States
Associated and Allied Powers
War Department Liquidation Commission
Newton D. Baker
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Serbia
Near East
War Department
Daniels Criticizes Navy Bill for Inadequate Funding
Secretary Daniels assails the naval appropriation as not cutting expenditures but delaying them post elections. He says Congress neglected urgent Pacific Coast development, half measures for naval aviation, a new ship, and essential ship repairs, calling the failure a national regret.
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Washington
Daniels
Congress
Naval
Pacific Coast
Embassy Is Transferred to Diaz of Mexico Regime
The Mexican embassy is formally delivered to Alvaro Torrio Diaz, acting for Mexico's de facto government, by Salvadore Diego Fernandez, Minister and Chargé d Affaires. The new regime lacks U S recognition, so Diaz will contact State Department officials unofficially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Villa
P. Elias Calice
Mexico
Washington
Alvaro Torrio Diaz
Salvador Diego Fernandez
Carranza
United States
State Department
Warships Open Fire On Nationalists Near Ismid
British warships opened fire on Nationalist positions near Touzla on the Sea of Marmara eighty eight miles west of Ismid. The bombardment spurred Constantinople and the Nationalists pressed to British intrenchments along the Gulf of Ismid where British units guard the railway terminals. The Sultan's troops collapsed leaving the British to defend the railway communications near the capital.
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Constantinople
Touzla
Sea of Marmara
Ismid
Gulf of Ismid
Explosion Kills Fourteen in Suburban Turin Station
A Rome dispatch reports fourteen killed and about a hundred injured when 80 carloads of material exploded at Ft. Pampalu near Mont Cenis, northwest of Turin. Many buildings were destroyed in the blast.
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London
Turin
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Central News
Ft. Pampalu
Mont Cenis
Congress Blamed For High Prices Says Banker
B. H. Kroker of the Provident Bank states in Richmond Street Christian Church that Congress bears responsibility for high prices due to tolerance of large business combinations.
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Congress
Cincinnati
B. H. Kroker
The
Provident Bank
Richmond Street Christian Church
Motor Crash Near Here Injures Five Including Mrs Milliard
Five persons were injured when the automobile they rode in turned over near Xenia. Mrs Cassius Milliard may die and four children were seriously hurt in the crash.
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Xenia
Cassius Milliard
Five Days Among the Volcanoes By Alice Day McLauren
An account from Scribner's describes a Chilean ascent among volcanic ranges. On muleback the travelers view lava rivers, crumbling craters, and rock formations like a giant wedding cake while noting vivid scenes, local expressions, and character portraits aboard the climb.
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la Blanca
May Rica
Chile
Perky
Alice Day McLauren
Scribner's
Electric heat ovens bake japan on 8000 car bodies daily
Electric heat is widely used in ovens and proves especially valuable in the automobile industry for baking japan on car bodies. The same ovens serve telephone and typewriter factories, foundries, iron frames makers, bed and cot makers, and chemical manufacturers. They are used to bake effervescent salts and to dry various products requiring clean air and precise heat.
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Japan
Telelephone
Typewriter
Then and Now Women and housework virtue shifts
The piece contrasts past and present views of women in the home. It recalls mothers who wore themselves out dusting and scrubbing were once praised as diligent, while now efficiency and using inventions define a conscientious housekeeper who rests when possible and pares vegetables seated.
Peculiarities of Poultry Foraging Habits
The article compares foraging habits of ducks chickens and turkeys noting ducks move in a tight marching group across fields while chickens scatter and only regroup when following a hen. Turkeys roam less clustered than chickens but not as regular as ducks.
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Market listings show Corn with various grades from No. 2 white at 2.08 to No. 3 yellow at 2.00, wheat No. 2 red at 3.02, and oats No. 2 white at 1.15. Butter and eggs quoted with creamsery and firsts values. live poultry prices for broilers, fowls, and roosters. cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs priced across multiple quality tiers.
Dairy Hints on Feeding for Profit and Milk Output
Dairy authorities stress that well-fed cows are more profitable. Owners should cull poorer stock and concentrate feed on remaining cows. A cow’s milk comes only from feed above basic life-sustaining needs, with about half of a full ration devoted to body upkeep.
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C. H. Eckles
University Farm
Doctor Eckles
Best Feeds for Dairy Cows From Oklahoma Expert
Oklahoma A and M College dairy expert Prof. A C Baer outlines two feed classes roughages and concentrates. Silage alfalfa hay cane hay and prairie hay are rough feeds with limited protein while grain mixes supply protein. Cheapest protein feeds are cottonseed meal and oilmeal. A rule: feed all roughage cows will eat and adjust grain by milk output. Jersey cows need about one third as many pounds of grain as milk per day. Holstein cows need about one fourth as many pounds of grain as milk per day.
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A. C. Baer
Department of Dairying of
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Jersey
Low-grade cows uneconomical say agriculture tests
The U S department of agriculture reports farm management tests in the South. On 289 dairy farms those with income per cow at $50 or less show labor incomes 45 percent below average while 28 farms with per cow receipts over $120 show labor incomes 75 percent above average. Stock quality is one of 16 points tested. details appear in a new circular.
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United States Department of Agriculture
South
Furnish Comfort for Cows
The article emphasizes gentle handling and proper care for dairy cows to keep milk production steady. It warns that rough treatment, poor bedding, irregular feeding, and excessive handling cause stress, reducing milk flow and ultimately harming the owner financially.
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H. N. Albu
St. Joseph, Mo. Ene
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Frank J. Hogan
James J. Cobb
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New York
Railway Wage Board
United Brotherhood of Railway Maintenance of Way
Dale
Frontera
Vera Cruz
Mex
Excelsior
Berlin
People's Party
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Warsaw
America
William Howard Taft
New Haven
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Joe Welsh Post
American Legion
Greensburg
Ind
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Standard Ol) Company
Greeley
Kan
Great Station
Waukegan
Anrmen
Sherman Hotel
Negro District
Great Lakes Station
Harland B. Howe
Burlington, Vt
John A. Roberts Company
Utica
N. Y
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Ohio Junction Railroad
Ch.& Aston
Chicago Junction
Wut
Alton
Conl Commission
Wilkes-Barre
Lowden
Senate
W. L. Cole
BH. L. Morse
Federal Relations Committee
Louisiana
House
Louis F. Post
Labor
Palmer
Post
Senate Immigration Committee
Wilson
U.S
Protest
Wrnter
Department of Agriculture
Banner Lye
Gruggiste
Penn Chemical Works
USA
Dean
Ohio
Foster -Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Ye
Herbert M. Gessner
N. H
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Harold Sones
Sookie, N.Y
AMES
Parker
N.Y
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