Mitchel Named for Fine Office in New York
President Wilson nominated John Parson Mitchel independent Democrat president of the New York City board of aldermen to be collector of the port of New York, a $12 000 post with an army of officers. The choice ends a two month faction fight among New York leaders as McAdoo O'Gorman and White House aides agreed. Mitchel had been reluctant due to a looming mayoralty race but accepted after telegraphic urging from the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ig Agi
John Par- Mitchel
Board of Alderon
New York City
Wilson
Port of
New York
William Loeb, Jr
White House
New York State
Frank K. Polk
McAdoo
Treasury Department
O'Gorman
Mitchel
Capitol
Senator O'Gorman
Mr. Mitchel
Senate
Electric Bitters Save Failing Stomachs and Livers
Tired-out, nervous men and women gain energy and appetite by using Electric Bitters. Mrs. O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York praises it as a great gift and credits its health benefits to the stomach liver and kidneys. Get a bottle to see the difference priced at 50 cents and one dollar recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Rhinevault
Vestal Center
N. Y
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Eight Hundred Horses Seized by Rebels Near Solidaditos
In Solidaditos Solidaditos Solidaditos region eight hundred government horses were abandoned to advancing rebels as caretakers fled in automobiles. Rebels led by a large force moved toward Solidaditos leaving the horses corraled. The rebel base is at San Fernando about 30 miles south.
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Associated Press
Matamoras
Mexico
Solidaditas
Solidaditos
San Fernando
Dr Kings New Life Pills Claim Constipation Cure
Sanbury Pennsylvania man John Supsic praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as best for constipation indigestion and liver complaint. Advertisement notes price and urges use.
Mrs. Longstreet Loses Gainesville Postmaster Race
Mrs. Helen Longstreet, widow of a Confederate general, failed to gain reappointment as postmaster of Gainesville Georgia. President Wilson’s choice to succeed her was H W Hamm after Burleson cited poor office management. Longstreet’s supporters urged Senate, sending telegrams and petitions. An appeal she filed argued outside influences.
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Associated Press
Washington
Helen Longstreet
Gainesville
H.W. J. Hamm
Wilson
Georgia
Burleson
London Rabbi Moses Hyamson Joins New York Congregation
The Rev Dr Moses Hyamson a London rabbi and Jewish publicist is elected minister of Congregation Orach Chaim in New York succeeding Rev Dr Joseph Hertz who became chief rabbi of Great Britain Hyamson will earn 5000 dollars annually the largest salary for an Orthodox Jewish congregation in the city
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Associated Press
New York
Moses Hyamson
London
England
Orach Chaim
Joseph H. Hertz
Great Britain
Hyamson
Arias
Crater in Hawaii Turned into Fortress
A saucer shaped crater near Diamond Head in Hawaii is described as a natural fortress forming a link in the defense of Honolulu. The crater walls are lava and resist projectiles, according to dispatches from Honolulu.
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Crater
Hawaii
Associated Press
San Francisco
May
Sam
Diamond Head
Hawai Islands
Honolulu
Ding
Boy Discovers Trestle Fire Saves Train near Weston
Weston West Virginia May 8 Robert Brinkley flagged a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train after spotting a burning trestle in the mountains. The underpinning had burned away but the boy’s warning allowed the train carrying 150 passengers to halt while a support was erected and delays were avoided.
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Associated Press
Weston
W. Va
Robert Brinkley
Baltimore & Ohio
Government to buy 93 000 acres of mountain land in four states
The National Forest Reservation Commission approved purchasing about 93 000 acres in Virginia Tennessee North Carolina and West Virginia toward expanding the Appalachian and White Mountain reservations. Major tracts include 38 400 acres in Massanutten Virginia and 32 660 acres in Frederick Shenandoah counties Virginia and Hardy County West Virginia. Unicoi Tennessee sees a new watershed area. Overall 600 000 acres have been acquired to date with plans for up to 5 000 000 acres. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is highly recommended by readers. For sale by dealers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
West Virginia
National Forest Reservation Commission
Appalachian and
White Mountain Forest
Massanuten
Page
Warren
Shenandoah
Potomac Purchase
Frederick
Hardy County
Nantahala
Macon County
Unicoi County
Tenn
White Mountain
Principal Fired Over Dining With Negro Servant
Texarkana Arkansas May 8 A Texas side city principal D A Stephenson of Central High School was summarily discharged after dining with a Negro servant at his home. He was warned to plead before the board but did not appear. His remark that Theodore Roosevelt once dined with a Negro at the White House helped seal his removal. He left Texarkana noon today for his Hickory Missouri home.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Ark
D. A. Stephenson
Central High School
Texas
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Stephenson
Hickory
Membership Nearly Doubled at Iron Workers Union
Fort Wayne Indiana May 8 The Amalgamated Association of Iron Tin and Steel Workers reports membership nearly 8 000 after a year of growth at the annual convention. The president says the rise reflects renewed activity and organizing success.
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Associated Press
Fort Wayne
Ind
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers
Praise This Remedy For Lung Trouble
Readers across the country praise Eckman’s Alterative as effective for coughs colds throat and lung troubles. A testimonial from Sister Marie of the Sisters of St Francis notes dramatic recovery after seven years of illness including tuberculosis and hemorrhages. Beckman’s Alterative is claimed to be non narcotic non habit forming and is sold by Braswell’s Drug Store with a Philadelphia lab offering a recovery booklet.
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Eckman
St. Mary's Academy
O'Neill
Nebraska
Columbus
Ohio
Sister Marie
Sisters of St. Francis
Beckman
Braswell
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
War aeroplane held by Uncle Sam
The war aeroplane bought in Los Angeles for Sonora rebellion troops was captured by Deputy U S Marshal Johnson and is now at Pike's Ranch near Tucson. Two foreign men in charge were arrested for violating neutrality laws. They claimed the craft and sought appeals to French and British ambassadors as they await Washington orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tucson
Ariz
Los Angeles
Sonora
United States
Johnson
Pike's Ranch
Smith
France
Meson
Washington
Debs and Associates Freed of Charges in Kansas Case
Federal cases against Eugene V. Debs and J I Sheppard with Fred Warren were dismissed in Fort Scott Kansas after attorney general instructions. Indicted last year for obstruction of justice over witnesses leaving the country related to a Girard Socialist paper and a Leavenworth mail misuse case.
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Associated Press
Fort Scott
Kas
Eugene V. Debs
J. I. Sheppard
Fred Warren
Girard
Debs
Sheppard
Warren
Federal Grand Jury
J. A. Wayland
Phifer
Leavenworth
Debs, Warren and
J. P. McDonough
Kansas City
Leavenworth Penitentiary
California
Sulette
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Angle Sam Bays
Chamberlain
Uncle Sam
Border
Hammel’s
Mobile
H. Black de Makiere
Hammel
Zephyr Gingham
Battenberg
Duffy’s Pure
Duffy's
Duty
Duffy
The
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
James McPhillips Gro. Co
N. E. Dauphin and Commerce Lts
Alu
Anima ‘Wew
York
Paris
Ery
Parcel Post
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