Wilson winner in Montana voting
Helena April 22 Seat returns from twenty of forty one Montana counties show President Wilson faces virtually no opposition in yesterday's primary. Wilson gathered 6,711 votes while Republican Cummins had 3,588 for the nomination, opposed by Woods who earned 819. Roosevelt, not on the ballot, drew 1,391 with write ins recorded for Hughes Ford Root and others.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Wilson
Justice Chas
Hughes
Henry Ford
Michigan
Elihu Root
Y M C A Tickets Mailed to New Members
Four hundred seventy five membership tickets were mailed Friday afternoon by general secretary F E Evans for new members who joined during the recent campaign. Tickets for junior and intermediate division members will be mailed early next week.
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F. E. Evans
Ton
Red Cross Halts Shipments to Central Powers
The American Red Cross, citing failure to obtain permits from Entente powers, asks all chapters and relief groups to stop sending supplies to the Brooklyn terminal for shipment to the central powers. Goods for Germany and Austria have piled up at the warehouse with no clear delivery prospects, while Great Britain previously blocked certain hospital supplies as potential war stock.
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Washington
Red Cross
Japanese Opinion Sides With Wilson on German Sub warfare
Japanese newspapers express sympathy with the American note demanding an end to submarine warfare. They say the United States seeks peace and that patience has exhausted after long warnings to Germany.
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TORIO
Germany
America
Forecasts Financial Trouble for Germany
The Lokal Anzeiger reports Dr. von Lentze Prussian finance minister predicting major financial strain for Germany and its states due to the war. He says direct state taxes might be needed despite constitutional limits, citing war prolongation as the reason for hard realities.
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Amsterdam
London
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
von Lentze
Ford meets man claiming water powder substitutes gasoline
Henry Ford in Farmingdale meets Touts Enricht who claims an inexpensive powder, when mixed with water, can replace gasoline in cars. No outcome disclosed.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
Henry Ford
Touts Enricht
Train Passengers Robbed by Bandit in Wyoming
Rawlins Wyoming April 22 passengers on Union Pacific train No 21 were robbed west of Hanna. The robber forced the rear brakeman to collect from passengers in the observation car and a sleeper. He jumped off near Edson and fled toward the hills. Officials believe he may be the same man responsible for two recent robberies in the area and that he boarded at Greeley.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Hanna
Edson
Greeley
Sign of Good Digestion Advertises Chamberlains Tablets
An old lady image signals good digestion and Chamberlains Tablets are offered to improve digestion and bowel movement. The copy asserts the tablets strengthen the stomach and are sold everywhere.
Whistler Churches and Community Events Report
Whistler notes cover church listings from Methodist and Baptist congregations with Sundays services and sundry roles. social events include a lawn party at Peterson's Park, a minstrel show at Odd Fellows Hall, and a ball at Odd Fellows hall hosted by the L A Social Club. Also details about picnics, school activities, birthdays, and a new baby born to Mr and Mrs John Tew.
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Whistler Methodist
Frances M. Atchison
William M. Cato
Wilbur Cato
Bethany Baptist
Heywood T. Vaughan
J. W. Jones
Ernest T. Graham
Harry Brance
J. W. Whitsett
E. M. Daffin
St. Elmo
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Peterson's Park
Jerre
Davison
John McKenna
Lee Crabtree
J. F. Hanley
George Golemon
L J. Kercher
Edward Kerr
William Cazalas
Zannie Golemon
John Tew
Horace Cross
E. P. Hunt
L. J. Kercher
Ed J. Rawls
T. G. Saxon
Carmen
G. M. Langford
Hanson Summergill
William Archers
Julius Facio
Thomas A. Hartley
Vautrot
Alice Edwards
Baby Culliname
Bessie Liversage
Carrie Pooley
Peerless Quartette
Knight
Fiddlers
Dave Pine
Frank Connors
Whistler Shops
C.C. Allen
Belvill
Ala
Von Der Goltz Dead at 72 in Turkey
Baron Kolmer von Der Goltz commander in chief of the first Turkish army died in Turkey after a ten day illness from spotted fever. He was aged 72 and regarded as a top German strategist. Before Erzerum fell he was said to be bottled up with 80,000 Turkish troops.
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Amsterdam
London
Railroads appoint labor diplomats for wage talks
Executive railroad officials from three territories held meetings in New York to set up negotiations with the four brotherhoods demanding higher wages and an eight hour day. A committee including John G. Walker J. W. Higgins and C. B. Neill was named to arrange dates and locations, with New York or Chicago seen as possible venues.
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New York
Brotherhoods of Railway
Brotherhoods
John G. Walker
Eastern Roads
J. W. Higgins
The
Western
C. B. Neill
Southwestern
Chicago
Westinghouse Mill Strike Seriously Impacts Pittsburgh Plant
East Pittsburgh workers walk out in a major Westinghouse strike. Labor leaders say 6,500 have quit, with many more expected to join. company president claims only 2,000 out. The plant employs 18,000, with demands for eight hours, higher pay, and reinstatement of two discharged union members.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Herr
200 More Middies Wanted by Daniels
Washington April 22 The secretary of the Navy ordered another entrance examination for the Naval Academy to be held July 27 for the September class. Nearly 600 men have qualified for June entry, and the secretary hopes this additional examination will add about 200 more midshipmen.
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Washington
Secreta Daniels
Naval Academy
War World Wide Pictures at Columbia Sunday
War World Wide the New York Sun's motion pictures of the great war authorized by the German and Allied Staffs in four parts will be shown at the Columbia Sunday. Up to the minute pictures of the front with admission five cents.
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New York Sun
Columbia
Meeting to protest Vigo torpedoing forbidden by Spain
Madrid dispatch says the planned protest meeting over the torpedoing of the Spanish steamship Vigo in the Bay of Biscay was forbidden by the Spanish government citing prudence amid unsettled conditions. Republican Radical and Socialist leaders planned the gathering as Berlin defended the act as contraband carrier.
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Paris
Madrid
Bay of Biscay
Germany
Pittsburgh Manufactures Stand Against Eight Hour Day Plan
About 150 Pittsburgh manufacturers employing 40 000 workers met in conference and decided to oppose any plan to change working hours to eight hours. Major manufacturing interests in the district were represented.
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Pittsburgh
50 Million Capital in New Oil Concern
Tulsa April 22 Harry Sinclair multimillionaire oil man announces formation of a fifty million dollar oil producing and refining company to be headquartered in Tulsa The Sinclair Oil and Refining Company will operate without bias toward existing refiners and denies plans to compete with Standard Oil Company
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Tulsa
Okla
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair Oil and Refining Company
Sinclair
Standard Oil Company
Alabama Tennessee & Northern Railway Service Update
Daily passenger service announced to Cullom Bladon and Healing Springs with direct York connections to Tuscaloosa Meridian Birmingham and points East for regional travel.
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Cullom
Bladon
Healing Springs
York
Tuscaloosa
Meridian
Birmingham
Points East
Leading Southern Association batters and field leaders listed
The ten top hitters include Kauffman Nashville .556 Coombs Birmingham .500 Lee Nashville .474 Walsh Memphis .471 Bluh New Orleans .467 Lennox Atlanta .462 Korea Nashville .462 Edmondson New Orleans .455 Paulette Memphis .409 Knaupp New Orleans .400. Paulette, Hyatt Chattanooga, and Paulette lead in home runs with one each. Stark Memphis and Lee Nashville lead in steals with three. Paulette also tops total bases with thirteen and Walsh Memphis has seven runs scored. Janvrin of the Boston Americans is noted.
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Southern Association
Kauffman
Nashville
Coombs
Birmingham
Lee
Walsh
Memphis
Bluh
New Orleans
Lennox
Atlanta
Korea
Edmondson
Paulette
Knaupp
Hyatt
Chattanooga
Stark
Janvrin
Boston Americans
Leaders Open Season with Early Batting Averages Rise
Early season stats show strong hitters leading the circuit. In the National League George Burns Mollwitz and Butler top the averages at .500 while Hal Chase shares the home run lead with one each and Alexander and Schneider pace pitchers with two wins. In the American League Faber and Ruth tie for two wins as pitchers. Ty Cobb starts slowly at .281, with other notable early marks from Speaker Henriksen Gedeon Baker Pratt Hoblitzel Schalk Heisman Jackson Burns Felch Sisler Shorten Milan.
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George Burns
New York
Mollwitz
Cincinnati
Butler
St. Louis
Hal Chase
Carey
Pittsburgh
Saier
Chicago
Merkle
Alexander
Philadelphia
Schneider
Cobb
Ty Cobb
Janvrin
Speaker
Cleveland
Henriksen Boston
Gedeon
Baker
Pratt
Hoblitzel
Boston
Schalk
Heisman
Detroit
Jackson
Burns
Felch
Sisler
Shorten
Milan
Washington
Faber
Ruth
Here’s How Every Autoist Can Make His Own Gasoline
Cleveland officers of the Lake Carriers Association report Canada plans to remove sailors of enemy nations from American ships on the Great Lakes visiting Canadian ports. The state department is investigating. Carriers warn such a move would deepen the lake seamen shortage amid many Germans and Austrians employed aboard.
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Washington
Cleveland
Lake Carriers’ Association
Canada
Great Lakes
State Department
Du Pont Plans U S Tour for Presidential Run
T Cole man Du Pont, Republican candidate, announced in Washington that he will leave his New York campaign HQ May 3 for a cross country speaking trip. He will stop at principal cities en route and reach Chicago shortly before the Republican convention. He runs on a business methods ticket.
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Washington
T. Coleman du Pont
New York
Chicago
du Pont
Orders Hurry Work on Radio Station at Point Isabel
Orders have been given to hasten the construction of the U S naval radio station at Point Isabel Texas 22 miles south of Brownsville on the Gulf of Mexico The station will relay messages from the Panama Canal zone and warships in Mexican ports Work was delayed months ago due to late steel shipments
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Brownsville
Tex
United States Naval Radio Station
Point Isabel
Gulf of Mexico
Washington
Panama Canal Zone
Laguna Cotton Figures Demanded by Carranza
The treasury department in Mexico City orders Laguna district cotton growers to render accurate crop statistics by month’s end or face confiscation. The government has already expropriated the entire crop under General Carranza’s November decree, with payments to be set by a cotton committee appointed by the secretary of the treasury.
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Mexico City
Treasury Department
Laguna District
Carranza
Secretary of the Treasury
Half of U S Marines are skilled riflemen
Washington April 22 More than fifty per cent of the United States marine corps are skilled riflemen according to a table compiled. In a corps of 9 921 men there are 985 expert riflemen 2 433 sharpshooters and 1 632 marksmen. The Marines have good small arms training facilities and strive to qualify recruits quickly as dead shot sea soldiers.
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Washington
United States Marine Corps
Little Corps
Marine Corps
Pupils Visit Gas Plant In Mobile
Forty Mobile high school pupils led by Miss Mae Eanes toured the Mobile Gas Company plant on Davis Avenue Friday afternoon. Superintendent Carl Wyckoff guided the group and refreshments were served after the tour.
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Mobile High School
Mae Eanes
Mobile Gas Company
Davis Avenue
Carl Wyckoff
VAT BUILDING PROGRESSES ACROSS COUNTY
Dr W J Elkins inspector and George A Maloney farm demonstration expert report rapid progress in building dipping vats across all sections of the county after a county inspection tour.
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W. J. Elkins
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
George A. Maloney
Ge-Rar-Dy Tea touted as kidney remedy
An old advertisement claims Ge-Rar-Dy Tea purifies blood liver and kidneys and improves health when brewed from roots and herbs. It promotes inexpensive 10 cent packages and offers a free sample from Phil P Crosap Co Ltd of New Orleans Louisiana.
Hardware convention at Birmingham elects president
Birmingham Ala April 22 Frederick Orgill of Memphis was reelected president of the Southern Hardware Jobbers Association at the closing session of a three day meeting. Houston Tex was named as the next meeting place for the jobbers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frederick Orgill
Memphis
Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Association
Houston
Tex
Deputies Raid 61 Government Street Soft Drink Stand
Deputies discovered liquor during a raid on a soft drink stand at 61 Government Street. Joe Jackson and Abe Walker were jailed on Friday night on prohibition violations. The searches yielded quantities of liquor and arrests are planned.
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Government Street
Joe Jackson
Abe Walker
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