Wilson Plans Conference with Progressive Leader La Follette
President Wilson scheduled a series of important meetings in Washington starting March 14. Topics include Philippine policy and War Department staffing with Gen Bibb Graves of Alabama among those mentioned for assistant secretary of war, and a planned final discussion with Senator La Follette of Wisconsin representing the Progressive wing.
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Presit Wilson
Jones
Virginia
Saunders
A. Mitchell Imer
Pennsylvania
Democratic Caucus
Joseph B. Davies
Wisconsin
Democratic National Committee
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
La~Follette
Moose Lodge to be Founded in Gulfport This Saturday
Special to The Item reports C. M. Own, national director for Mississippi and Louisiana of the Loyal Order of Moose, will institute a Gulfport lodge at Bousley Hall next Saturday night. The order, 24 years old, promotes sick and accident benefits with a claimed 500000 members in diverse regions. Charter dues are $5. Admission is open to Caucasians ages 21 to 55 with steady occupation and good character.
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Gulfport
Miss
C. M. ‘Own
Missisippi
Louisiana
Loyal Order ‘Moose
Bousley Hall
Loyal of Moose
Honolulu
Germany
Alas
Canada
Philippines
Mexic
Panama
Huggie Jennings
It Tigers
Anton
Jennings
Morris
Barnes
Gulfport Residents Push Park Land Purchase Plan
A petition circulates urging Gulfport to buy the 40 acre Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Exposition Company tract for a city park. The land includes a mile race track and exhibition buildings, with the city lacking parks or playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Penn
Mississippi Coast Exposition Company
Exposition Company
Gulfport Elks elect new officers for year
Gulfport Mississippi March 14 At the annual election the Gulfport Ledge of Elks named Exalted ruler George P. Kearse and other officers including W. R. Smith J. G. Neno Ed Rodsherry A M Smith J W tyler Ed Longworthy D T Russell and J M Hairston as rep to the grand lodge An advertisement promotes Foley Pills for kidney and bladder troubles from Van Antwerp Drug and warns against habit forming drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Repto the Grand Lodge
Co. B
J. M. Hairston
van Antwerp
Veterans to Meet in Beauvoir Lair Assembly
PPORT Miss March 14 On Saturday afternoon at 1 30 p m a meeting will be held in Beauvoir United Confederate Lair in cam Some Beess come up for and all members are urged a hand promptly at the hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pport
Miss
Beauvoir
United Confederate
Cam
Notice on kidney disease and new palliative claim
The notice warns kidney inflammation often becomes incurable and critiques excitants for treatment. It claims Prof. Tyson doubts any cure exists and reports a bland infusion that calms inflamed kidney tissue. Van Antwerp Drug Corp. advertises Fulton’s Renald Compound as the city’s authorized kidney palliative with pamphlet availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyson
van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Denver department store wage debate sparks minimum wage plans
Wages paid women workers in Denver department stores were discussed by store managers and the house labor committee. They urged eight dollars a week as a fixed minimum, opposing a government commission to probe wage complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
House Labor Committee
Governors Invited to National Good Roads Meeting in Birmingham
Birmingham officials launch wide publicity for the National Good Roads Federation convention set for April 24 26 inviting governors to attend and appoint delegates. Colonel Tom L Cannon will speak and Secretary J A Rountree seeks reduced rail rates for delegates.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Good Roads Federation
Good Roads
United States
O'Neal
Alabama
Tom L. Cannon
Cannon
J. A. Rountree
Diaz Urges Huerta Support for Peace in Mexico
Porfirio Diaz, arriving from Egypt, directs allies in Mexico to back Provisional President Huerta and strive for peace across the republic. The item also notes a health advertisement citing Foley's Honey and Tar as effective against la grippes coughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Naples
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Egypt
Huerta
Republic
Fighting near Istrandia reported by Constantinople dispatch
London datelined report says sharp fighting occurred south of Istrandia. The Associated Press dispatch notes ongoing military clashes with no immediate details on forces or casualties.
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Associated Press
London
Constantinople
the Times
Iistrandia
ZEMO Promises Quick Relief for Eczema
A 25 cent ZEMO skin solution claims instant relief from itching eczema and related conditions. Advertisement cites Sol Landau of St Louis and Van Antwerp Drug Corp in Mobile as distributors, with a money back guarantee if relief is not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zemo
Sol Landau
C-O
Sol Landau Cloak and Suit Co
St. Louis
Mobile
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Wilson officials map plans to spread party spoils
Washington March 14. President Wilson's advisers seek to widen Democratic access to 35 000 third and fourth class postmasterships by civil service rules or merit tests. Burleson and McCombs will present a distribution plan to balance organization and principle, with personal fitness guiding appointments despite past opposition to his nomination.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Burleson
Taft
McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Baltimore
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Pharmacist
An epidemic of coughing sweeps the town affecting young and old. A.S. Jones of Lee Pharmacy Chico California recommends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe cough medicine with no narcotics. He urges refusing substitutes and taking Foley's for colds and coughs.
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Foley
A.S. Jones
Lee Pharmacy
Chico
Calif
Albanians Shot Without Trial in Kosovo Province
A dispatch reports that Servian troops shot 300 unarmed Albanian inhabitants of Liuma in Kosovo yesterday with no trial. About 400 were in the district. 100 were captured and taken to Prisrend, the provincial capital.
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Associated Press
Frankfort-On-The-Main
Ger
Liuma
Kossovo
Uskup
Frankfort
Prisrend
Tobacco Habit Seen as Sinful Bar to Heaven
The article asserts that tobacco is harmful and wrong and that many men who never use any form of tobacco may still fail to reach the Pearly Gates. It frames quitting as virtuous but warns about broader moral consequences for smokers.
Puts an End to Bageaghe Quickly Cures Weak Kidneys
It is useless dangerous and Ainneces sary to be tortured with the digging twisting pains of backache and rheumatism or suffer with bladder disorders. It condemns torture and promotes a remedy for kidney weakness.
Influenza Epidemic Sweeps Vienna Across All Ages
In Vienna the city endures its worst influenza outbreak on record with billion cases in three months. Families are struck together and all ages affected. The virulent disease strains nursing facilities while doctors urge milder weather to ease the epidemic.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Seaman Drops Steward on Red Hot Stove in Port Fight
Alfred Ullman, a seaman aboard the schooner St. Maurice, fought Edwin Foote after a stove confrontation. Ullman lifted Foote and set him on a red hot stove, causing intense pain. Foote reported to police, Ullman fined $15 or thirty days in jail. Foote resumed duties, happy to work standing.
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Alfred Ullman
St. Maurice
Edwin Foote
Ullman
Foote
Uhlman
Archdeacon Stuck Aims For Mount McKinley Summit
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck and three companions depart Fairbanks to reach Mount McKinley summit by May 1. They carry a full outfit and scientific gear to measure the peak, following the 1910 route first climbed by Thomas Lloyd.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
Alaska
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck
Mount McKinley
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed for Skin Ailments
Gladwin resident John Deye claims twelve years of skin trouble ended by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve after $400 in doctors’ bills. Ad touts quick permanent cures for skin diseases burns and bruises and lists price 25 cents with druggists’ recommendation.
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Bucklen
John Deye
Gladwin, Mich
Earthquake Shocks Felt Near Washington D C
Seismograph at Georgetown University recorded violent shocks originated about 1600 miles from Washington. Vibrations started at 4 04 and lasted until 5 22 this morning. The report notes political unrest and strikes in Mexico and West Virginia as contemporaneous news.
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Georgetown University
Associated Press
Washington
Cascarets offer overnight relief for upset stomachs
This ad promotes Cascarets as a night time cleanse for dull digestion and bilious symptoms. It claims the product purges sour digested food and foul gas, aids liver and bowels, and leaves the head clear by morning. Children like the taste and the pills supposedly do not gripe.
Students Clash With Suffragettes at Glasgow Hall
Glasgow March 14. Students from Glasgow University and 300 stewards including fifty dock laborers attacked a suffragette rally at St Andrew's Hall. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst was to speak but the students caused an uproar as Miss Janie Allen was introduced leading to a ten minute brawl. Fifty students were dragged into the street.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Glasgow University
St. Andrew’s Hall
Emmeline Pankhurst
St. Andrew's Hall
Janie Allen
Fort Morgan Band to Join St Patrick’s Parade
The Fort Morgan military post band will participate in the St Patrick’s Day parade in Mobile under order from Major-General Leonard Wood. Parade committee chair Michael J. McDermott discussed the matter with Senator Joseph F. Johnston and two other brass bands will join. A moving picture operator will film the event.
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Fort Morgan
Order of Hibernians
Michael J. McDermott
Joseph F. Johnston
Leonard Wood
Mobile
Moving Picture
Wilson Asks Progressive Republicans for Support
President Wilson launched his campaign to gain the backing of Progressive Republicans in the new Congress. He planned talks with Senator La Follette at the White House and would seek their counsel on legislation and potential appointments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senator la Follette
White House
Local druggists endorse Dodson's Liver Tone widely
Drugstore representatives and customers praise Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liquid that replaces calomel and aids sluggish livers. A fifty cent bottle carries a money back guarantee if not satisfied, with cautions to avoid imitations and ensure genuine product.
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Dodson
Tornado Hits Etowah and Calhoun Counties in Alabama
A severe wind and rain storm devastated Etowah and Calhoun counties. One man, James Haralson 75, is dead and five injured after the W P Duke store in Duke was demolished. The home of B Johnson nearby was blown down with one of his ten children injured. Wires were downed along the storm path and damage estimates are not yet available.
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Associated Press
Gadsden
Ala
Etowah
Calhoun
James Haralson
W.P. Duke
Duke
B. Johnson
Rain and Hail Storm in Garland Section
Unceasing torrents of rain fell here and nearby with a hail shower the first day. Streams swelled and roads were in bad condition.
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Garland
Ala
Inspection trip by guardsmen to Gulfport unit
Gulfport on March 14 reported Colonel E. P. Baker and Lieutenant B. Clellan visiting for an inspection of Company M Gulfport. Captain J. M. Hairston commands the unit and oversees its men and equipment.
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Gulfport
Miss
E. P. Baker
Mores Yeadtional Guard
B. ¥. Clellan
United States
Company M
J. M. Hairston
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ELKS
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R. G. Collins
Barnegat
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Burleson and
M’combs
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MC Kinley
West Virginia
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Citronelle
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