Plenty of Water in West Kansas Water Congress Boosts Irrigation
In Goodland Kansas on December 11 Erasmus Worth a geology professor told the irrigation congress Western Kansas has more water than people can use. He cited maps showing supply 25 60 feet below the surface and 60 percent of the western half suitable for irrigation. Over 200 farmers from four states attended the congress.
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Associated Press
Goodland
Kas
Kansas
Erasmusworth
Irrigation Congress
Haleworth
Union
Okla
Colorado
Nebraska
Kanpare
Light sentences for disturbers at Zabern court martial
At Strassburg on December 11 the Ninety ninth Infantry recruits received light sentences for insults toward Alsatians and the French Foreign Legion made by Lt Baron von Forstner. The principal offender got six weeks confinement while the other two received three weeks each. Longer terms had been anticipated.
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Associated Press
Strassburg
Germany
Ninety-ninth Infantry
French Foreign Legion
Baron von Forstner
Zabern
Dr Arthur Hoffman Chosen Swiss Confederation President
Dr Arthur Hoffman was elected president of the Swiss Confederation for 1914 by 180 of 194 votes. He is 56, Radical Democrat, and head of the military department. Giuseppe Mottea named vice president, a Conservative Catholic.
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Associated Press
Berne
Switzerland
Arthur Hoffman
Federal Assembly
Republic
Giuseppe Mottea
Gatarrh Balm Promises Quick Catarrh Relief
Advertisement extols Gatarrh Balm to relieve stuffed head and blocked air passages from colds. Claims include dissolving mucus, clearing inflamed membranes, soothing relief, and stopping discharges to aid breathing and sleep. Uses phrases like catarrh cure and immediate soothing impact.
Alabama political reshuffle signals federal attorney appointment
From Dallas comes word that Alex D. Pitts of Selma was named United States district attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, triggering a legislative vacancy and sparking pressure for an extraordinary session. The report notes Sullivan, Samford, and Bell appointments and Bankhead opposition shifts amid Alabama political maneuvering.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alex D. Pitts
Selma
Southern District of
Alabama
General Assembly
United States Senate
Wilson
United States
Southern
O'Neal Wednesady
Dallas County
Pitts
Senate
O’neal
R. N. Bell
Birmingham
T. D. Shamford
Opelika
Bell
Samford
Middle
Mr. Bell
Oscar D. Street
Warren S. Reese
James B. Sloan
McNeel
John D. McNeel
Mississippi
T. Wright
Capitol
Vardaman
Mobile
McNee
Reese
T. D. Samford
Middle District
John H. Bankhead
Tyler Goodwyn
Bankhead
Auburn
Mr. Samford
William J. Samford
W. H. Samford
Democratic
Lee County
Methodist Church
Alabama Methodist Conference
Tee States
Policyholders Good Borrowers Discussed at Meeting
In New York on December 11 the Association of Life Insurance Presidents met to discuss the rising practice of policy loans. About half a billion of the three and a half billion dollars held as reserve by insurers has been lent to policyholders. Arthur B. Childs of Columbia National Life urged members to warn beneficiaries and address the issue.
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Associated Press
New York
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Arthur EB. Childs
Columbia National Life Insurance Company
Association
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