General Sir William speaks on war aims and allied prowess
In a wartime interview the British general praises overseas volunteers from Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa and Newfoundland noting their valor at Ypres Festubert and other engagements He stresses gun accuracy training and cavalry discipline and compliments Ambassador Page for aiding wounded soldiers The general also shows keen interest in New York City street development.
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Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Canada
New Foundland
Ypres
Festubert
Sir William
Great Britain
Germany
England
Walter H. Page
America
New York
Puss in Boots Jr. Receives Royal Welcome in City Parade
Puss in Boots Junior and Yankee Doodle Dandy travel by pony toward a city as a noisy parade forms. Crowds cheer for Yankee Doodle Dandy while Puss is hailed by townspeople and lifted onto a tavern procession, marking a festive royal welcome.
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Puss
Yankee Doodle
Puss, Junior
Puss Junior
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee
Puss In Boots
Junior
Our City
New Brigadiers Get Assignments
General Funston was advised of assignments for the new brigadiers. Charles C. Morton heads Seventh brigade infantry at Douglas Arizona. George Dodd leads Second cavalry brigade with the expeditionary column in Mexico. Granger A. Adams commands Fifth and Eighth field artillery at El Paso. E. H. Plummer to report to Funston for station. 167 reservists have reported to depart mental headquarters. thousands have applied for discharge. Border conditions remained quiet.
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Charles C. Morton
Seventh Brigade
Douglas
Ariz
George Dodd
Mexico
Granger A. Adams
Fifth
Eighth Field Artillery
el Paso
E. H. Plummer
Ellis Island 10 Undergo Inquiry
Representative Isaac Seigel of New York will survey conditions at Ellis Island immigration station. The move follows charges by William S Bennett of immorality and mismanagement, denied by Frederick C Howe commissioner of immigration. Howe cites private feeding contracts and a proposed sun dry bill amendment as the conflict.
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New York
Ellis Island
Isaac Seigel
Seigel
Burnett
Immigration Committee of
House of Representatives
William 8. Bennett
Bennett
Frederick C. Howe
Immigration
Mr. Howe
Department of Labor
Five new Mississippi corporations formed in brief
Amory Lumber Company of Amory capitalized at 10000 with LF Garrett C L Ray and others. Erwin Gin and Mill Company of Erwin capitalized at 6000 with J H Crouch J H Preston and others. Parl Land Company of Greenville capitalized at 50000 with Montrose Goldstein Morris Rosenstock and others. Progressive Mercantile Company of Pass Christian capitalized at 2000 with Henry Hayden R B Miller and others. White Veneer and Manufacturing Company of Moss Point capitalized at 10000 with W M White H L White and others.
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Jackson
Miss
Amory Lumber Company
Amory
Monroe County
LF. Garrett
C. L. Ray
Erwin Gin and Mill Company
Erwin
Washington County
J. H. Crouch
J. H. Preston
Parl Land Company
Greenville
Montrose Goldstein
Morris Rosenstock
Progressive Mercantile Company
Pass Christian
Harrison County
Henry Hayden
R. B. Miller
White Veneer and Manufacturing Company
Moss Point
Jackson County
W. M. White
H. L. White
Bandits Attack Train in Mexico Hunger Cited as Motive
A Villa bandits group attacked a Northwestern Railway train near Santa Ysabel, fifty miles west of Chihuahua city. Eight attackers were captured and brought to Trevino's court martial. they claimed hunger compelled the raid and said they aimed for the Big Bend in Texas. The assault ended with several dead, horses seized, and the bandits fleeing south on foot.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Santa Ysabel
Here
Trevino
Martin Lopez
Big Bend
Texas
Two Soldiers Robbed Perry After Mobilization Camp Visit
Fred B. Perry, son of a state health official, says two soldiers grabbed his arm and rifled his pockets on a Riverside Street walk back from the mobilization camp in Montgomery around 8 p.m. He appealed to police to locate the assailants and says he can identify them. The report mentions a second item noting post demobilization shifts in Greek and Bulgarian territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Fred B. Perry
G. H. Perry
State Board of Health
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Associated Press
West
War Office
France
Wil
Puss IN Boots, JR
By David Cory
McClure
General Dodd
Pershing
Congress
Mississippi
Berlin
Vosesische Zeitung
Poseston
Victrola
Regus Pat Ofs
Victor
Caruso
Melba
Elman
Harry Lauder
Sousa
Victors
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Mobile, Alabama
Frank W. Crenshaw
City of
Mobile
H. Pillans
Quick Transfer CO
Alabama
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