Peace Movement Seeks Global War Abolition
Prof William S Hull Swarthmore College tells the Fourth American Peace Congress that the international peace movement will evolve a plan to abolish war. He outlines a Hague Tribunal as the necessary supreme authority for international law alongside national courts. He describes the Hague institutions and argues for a permanent arbitral court to strengthen international justice.
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ST. Louis
International Peace Movement
William S. Hull
Swarthmore College
Supreme Court
The
Hague
Prof
Hull
Supreme Court of
International Tribunal
Family of Nations
Hague Tribunal
International Prize Court
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Austria-Hungary
Permanent Court
Duchess of Connaught Recovers After Second Operation
London May 2 The Duchess of Connaught who underwent a second operation last Tuesday for abdominal trouble passed a fair night but remains in anxious condition as medical staff monitor her recovery.
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Associated Press
London
Duchess of Connaught
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Ad Promises Health Boost
An advertisement touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a safe alternative to calomel for liver stomach and bowel issues. It claims physicians at Hot Springs Arkansas commonly prescribe them and urges a 25 cent box be bought at a local store for nightly use.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Rheuma promise ad from Van Antwerp Drug Co 1913
An old promotional notice touts RHEUMA from Van Antwerp Drug Corporation with a money back guarantee. It claims rapid relief for rheumatism sciatica lumbago arthritis neuralgia and kidney disease and offers a bottle for 50 cents with mail orders via The Rheuma Co Buffalo NC.
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van Antwerp Drug Corp
Rheuma Co
Buffalo
N. C
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Causes of death in the United States 1911 bulletin
A Census Bureau bulletin reports 1911 U S deaths from tuberculosis totaled 94 205 with a rate of 158 9 per 100 000, a slight drop from 1910. It notes rising violent deaths and self harm, lists city state and regional rates, and cites totals for scarlet fever typhoid measles whooping cough diphtheria cancer pneumonia heart disease and more.
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Associated Press
Washington
Durand
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
United States
California
Montana
Colorado
Vermont
San Francisco
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Denver
Oakland
Memphis
Scranton
Birmingham
Albany
Boston
Kentucky
Maryland
Utah
Michigan
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Milwaukee
Portland
Ore
Spokane
Cine Rapids
Heart Sease
Cressy I. Wilbur
Boston Nationals Pay Well For Pitcher Rudolph
Toronto sells pitcher Dick Rudolph to the Boston Nationals for 4000 dollars in cash. Boston also receives letters of credit valued at 3500 dollars for pitcher Farmer Brown.
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Boston Nationals
Rudolph
Associated Press
Toronto
Toronto Baseball Cmb
Dick Rudolph
Farmer” Brown
Bostons
Crow Pepe
Senator Kern Demands Investigation Into Coal Strike Conditions
Washington May 2 Senator Kern the majority leader vows to pursue a senatorial inquiry into the causes of the West Virginia Paint Creek coal strike and theMother Jones drumhead trial. He will push his resolution despite calls to drop it, seeking evidence of peonage white slavery or terror regimes and recounts deportations of reporters and Bulgarian strikers fleeing with wages left behind.
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Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
Paint Creek
Kern
Mother Jones
Watson
Senate
Dewey Victory Celebration Marked Manila Bay Anniversary
Surviving officers from Admiral Dewey’s Manila Bay battle gathered in Washington for the fifteenth anniversary reunion and banquet of the Society of Manila Bay. Admiral Dewey presided as honored guest, with readings by Curren and reminiscences from officers including Rear Admiral Asa Walker. The list of attendees included many prominent flag officers and officials.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Dewey
Manilla Bay
Society of
Asa Walker
Concord
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Edward ¢. Curren
Philadelphia
Asa Wiker
Frank H. Bailey
George P. Colvonsresses
Hutch I. Cone
Bradley ¢. Kiske
John D. Ford
Thomas B
John C. Wise
Henry V. Butler
William P. Scott
William W. Galt
John R. Martin
Samuels. Robison
Montgomery M. Taylor
Rheynold T. Hall
Patrick W. Yourigan
Gustav Kaemmerling
Charlies M. McCormick
Eugene D. Ryan
Emlyn H. Marveeiler
Edward W. Harden
New York
John F. Marshall
Norfolk
Post Office Receipts Surplus For First Half Of Fiscal Year
Washington May 2 A surplus of 186 508 of postal receipts over postal expenditures for the first half of the current fiscal year ended December 31 is shown by the quarterly report of Charles A Kram auditor of the post office department submitted to Secretary McAdoo and Postmaster General Burleson. The audited revenues for the December quarter amounted to 70 277 532 an increase of 11 138 798 or 19 per cent over the preceding three months. Expenditures aggregated 66 027 987 an increase of 2 847 349. The largest expenditures of the December quarter were railroad mail transportation 12 383 533 rural delivery service 11 823 981 assistant postmasters and clerks in post offices 11 229 537 and city delivery service 8 922 424.
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Associated Press
Washiington
Charles A. Kram
Post Office Department
McAdoo
Burleson
Wine Merchant Recovered From Bright's Disease Tours Italy
James Raggi a San Francisco wine merchant once near death from Bright's Disease traveled to Italy after recovery following Fulton’s Renal Compound treatment. Editor R M Wood who also recovered endorses the remedy and urges others with Bright's Disease to try it, noting drugstores carry Fulton’s Renal Compound at Van Antwerp Drug.
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James Raggi
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
Bright
R. M. Wood
Raggi
Fulton
Italy
van Antwerp
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