De la Barra Praises Peace Efforts At New York Luncheon
Mexican ambassador to France Senor Francisco de la Barra praised American resolve to resolve Mexico tensions during a luncheon hosted by Henry Clews in New York. He voiced confidence in justice and humanity guiding U.S.‑Mexico relations and toasted the American people and President in his remarks. The piece also promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with patient praise from a sufferer treated successfully.
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Associated Press
New York
Senor
Francisco de la Barra
France
Paris
Henry Clews
American Peace and Arbitration League
Disease Decimates Aleutian Islands Populations
Seattle reports tuberculosis is rapidly depopulating the Aleutian Islands west of Unga. Offi cers of the revenue cutter Unalga say in villages lacking government medical care there are two deaths for every birth due to unsanitary conditions.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Aleutian Islands
Unga
Unalga
Redmond Pushes Participation in Panama Exposition
William Redmond, Nationalist MP, condemned government silence on Panama-Pacific Exposition why it would not exhibit in San Francisco. Francis Acland, a foreign office under secretary, restated Sir Edward Grey’s view that Britain should not bear $1,250,000 in tax money for participation given likely limited trade gains. He contrasted it with U.S. spending, noting Congress approved $500,000 for the San Francisco fair.
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Associated Press
London
William Redmond
House of Commons
Redmond
San Francisco
Francis Acland
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
Theoreign
Acland
United States
Congress
Man Shot in Back in Fulton. Son Arrested
Haywood Ross, 60, was found dead in bed at his Fulton area home eight miles from town with a bullet wound in his back. A revolver found under a rug had fired its only cartridge. His son Ernest, 17, was arrested and held pending tomorrow's inquest. no formal charge yet.
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Associated Press
Fulton, Mo
Haywood Ross
Ross
Ernest
Watkins Release Approved on Ill Health Grounds
Jackson Mississippi August 13 Leigh Watkins, linked to the Mississippi graft scandal, is ordered released by the Hinds county board of supervisors due to physical incapacity. Also noted are Embezzler Areteferent and C. Smith, former prison trustees chair, with sentences mentioned.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Leigh Watkins
Mississippi
Hinds County Board of Supervisors
Areteferent
Bhie
Board of Prison Trustees
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment Praised For Cure
A testimonial extols Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a perfect cure for tetter and long lasting itching and burning skin disease. D L Kenney credits it with curing a fifty year problem. Available from druggists or by mail for 56c from Pfeiffer Chemical Co with Van Antwerp Drug Co. adv.
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Pfeiffer Chemical Co
St. Louis
Philadelphia
van Antwerp Drug
Prince Stanislaus Sulkowski Faces White Slave Indictment
Federal grand jury will hear accusations by Vienna laundress Clara Melcher that Prince Stanislaus Sulkowski and his wife Mary Louise Freese lured her to America for minoral purposes. If indicted, the prince would be arrested on return. The prince, his bride, and her mother are in Vancouver.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Clara Melcher
Vienna
Stanislaus Sulkowski
Austria
Mary Louise Freese
Melcher
Federal Grand Jury
Dudley W. Robinson
United States
Robinson
Vancouver
Rumsey daughter abandons hope on stolen Harriman jewels
Mrs Charles Rumsey, heiress and Harriman family member, announced from Narragansett Pier that she has ceased expecting the valorized pearl necklace and other jewels worth $75 000 stolen from her summer home two weeks ago to be recovered soon.
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Associated Press
Narragansett Pier
R. 1
Charles
Rumsey
E. H. Harriman
Medicos Close Their Congress to Seek State Aid
At the International Medical Congress closing session in London on August 13 191? John Burns praised planned government backing for medical research citing tuberculosis control as promising. The address noted wasteful armament spending as a chief obstacle and urged dietary and health education to prevent disease. Suffragettes disrupted the meeting briefly. A local ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for constipation available through Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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Associated Press
London
John Burns
International Medical Congress
Burns
H.stubertvon
Allison
Dr. King
Rome
Pricy
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Adv
France and Russia at odds over Balkan treaty clause
Paris reports of serious differences between France and Russia over whether Kavala port should go to Greece or Bulgaria prompted the French foreign office to issue a note. It states neither side prizes its view and both seek the other’s concession. relations remain close despite the dispute. A.R. Ellison of Taylor Wisconsin endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds. Van Antwerp Drugs Corp. notes the product’s safety and efficacy.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Russia
Balkan
Kavala
Aegean’ Sea
Greece
Foley
A. R. Ellison
Taylor
Wis
van Antwerp Drugs Corporation
Army Officers Plead For Aviation Service
Acting Secretary of War Breckenridge Brigadier General Scriven chief of the signal corps Captain Beck Lieutenants Milling Arnold and Foulis urged extending the army aviation service before the house military committee Breckenridge warned dirigibles with explosive payloads could shape future battles and air planes remain best for scouting Scriven noted the US lags behind other powers in aviation
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Associated Press
Washington
Breckenridge
Scriven
Signal Corps
Beck
Milling
Arnold
Foulois
Army Aviation Service
House
General Scriven
United States
Costly Treatment Leads to Simple Remedy
Whitlow Ark resident Hines suffered constipation and indigestion, tried hospitals in St Louis and New Orleans with no cure, then used Chamberlain's Tablets and recovered. Sold by all dealers.
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CC. H. Hines
Whitlow
Ark
St. Louis
New Orleans
Chamberlain's
Iwata Held for Deportation in Fresno California
Japanese of Fresno County Iwata, described as the wealthiest, was arrested by U S Immigration Inspector Brazte and faces deportation for illegal stay. He owns property housing forty recently arrested Japanese women, a business block, a modern Japanese theatre, and is a director in a Japanese land company.
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Associated Press
Fresno
Cal
Iwata
Fresno County
United States
Brazte
Tennessee Railroads Seek New Passenger Rate
Attorneys for the Louisville and Nashville Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Haineis Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads argued before the Tennessee Railroad Commission on a 21 2 cent passenger rate. They proposed an Alabama case precedent and pled to abide by the final decision while awaiting a Supreme Court appeal and to issue coupons for the rate difference with bond-backed guarantees if needed. The commission gave until August 25 to file in writing and scheduled further hearing for September 15.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Haineis Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee Railroad Commission
Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicken found aboard sponge boat reported near Tampa
The oil steamer Standard towed in the sponging schooner Mobile, found Saturday 100 miles west of Tampa with nothing alive and a single chicken aboard. John Cothbis, owner, had left Tampa seven weeks earlier for sponge grounds, unknown crew on this voyage.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Standard
Mobile
John Cothbis
Ling
Panama Canal Nears Opening With October Ship Passage
Lt. Col. Eugene Wilson, US Army, arriving from Panama says the first ship will pass through the Panama Canal in October. He notes the two oceans will be joined in September and the canal ready for world vessels by next spring. Fortifications won’t be completed until after opening.
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Associated, Press
New York
Panama Canal
Adden
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