Mexico reports sufficient crops to avoid famine
The Mexican agriculture department says current-year crops cover food needs and may allow some exports. A rail revival and better transport aid distribution, with corn expected nationwide and beans to support exports, while cotton falls short. Government plans include supplying small farmers with machinery parts, loans, and 500,000 pesos for Colima relief.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Department of Agriculture
United
Rome
Laguna
Colima
Republic
Vorwaerts Resumes Publication After Suppression
The Vorwaerts newspaper in Berlin reappeared after a ten day ban. A notice from the Social Democratic directorate cites suppression for an article on opponents of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg as the reason for the crackdown.
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The
Hague
London
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Social Democratic Party
von Bethmann- Holiweg
Lands Farm Law Put Into Effect
Senator Hoke Smith outlines federal farm legislation from Washington to 1914 and argues national action will extend agricultural college benefits to every farmer by 1923 with county level farm leaders and expanded experiment station work nationwide.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Farmers’ National Congress
United States
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Smith
Washington
Senator Highlights Georgia Market Division and Road Plan
The Georgia senator praised the new market division of the agricultural department and noted its limited but successful work with nearly a million dollars to be spent next year. He stressed that good roads are vital to agriculture and explained the good roads law as benefiting local communities accessible to farmers alongside federal banking, grading, and farm loan laws.
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Georgia
Agricultural Department
Smith
Federal Reserve Banking System
Opening date set for 1917 National Congress of Mothers
The executive committee selected April 24 as the opening date for the 1917 session of the National Congress of Mothers in Washington. The congress will run from April 24 to May 1 with events and programs planned by national leaders and participating organizations.
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Washington
The
National Congress of Mothers
Congress
Moose Must Vote for Wilson Is Honest in 1912
In Parkersburg West Virginia October 19 Vice President Marshall urged Progressives to back the Democratic ticket saying the choice is between Democrats and aristocrats who control the Republicans He praised President Wilson for neutrality warnings and supported the Adamson bill his remarks precede a Baltimore speech tomorrow night
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Moose
Wilson
Marshall
Parkersburg
W. Va
Charles EE. Hughes
Elihu Root
Penrose
Crane
Barnes
Baltimore
Draft bill seen as granting excess power to the president
Allan L. Benson the Socialist candidate urges Charles E. Hughes to explain his silence on President Wilson signing the draft law. Benson says the wartime draft empowers the president beyond royal power over Australians and questions Hughes' stance. Benson previously asked Wilson to publish his reasons for signing the bill.
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Los Angeles
Allan L. Benson
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
England
Australia
Hughes
Benson
Portland
Ore
Underfeeding of Germans Denied by Dutch Doctor
Amsterdam reports Dr. Zeehandelaar of the Dutch Army Medical Service investigated German troops to gauge claims of chronic underfeeding in Berlin. He toured Wannsee Lake and Berlin eating houses, noting meals were simple and food dear but not scarce. He observed Germans shaved down in stamina yet not starving and described coffee without sugar, potatoes without gravy, bread with little butter, and meatless days as common.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Zeehandelaar
Berlin
Dr. Zeehandelaar
Wannsee Lake
Doctor's Inquiry on Detained Entente Medical Staff
Dr. Zeehandelaar questioned the German Foreign Ministry about the detention of many doctors and nursing personnel from the entente armies in Germany. Informants called it reprisal for the withholding of German medical men in France and Russia. They admitted the measure breaches the Geneva convention but expect an soon agreement with Russia and France to release those linked to medical services except a small number deemed necessary for caring for their imprisoned compatriots.
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Zeehandelaar
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Germany
France
Russia
Marathoner Sydney Hatch sets 95 mile record in 14 hours
Chicago amateur runner Sydney Hatch completed a 95.7 mile Milwaukee to Chicago trek in 14 hours 60 minutes 30 seconds shattering the prior mark by four hours seven minutes. He averaged about 8 12 minutes per mile and rested only three brief times before lying down for a 24 hour sleep. Hatch is 33 years old. Cubs go to Pasadena. Chicago Nationals plan training in Pasadena California with Tampa dropping out in favor of the Indianapolis club.
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Chicago
Sydney Harth
Milwaukee
Amateur Athletic Union
Hatch
CUBS
Pasadena
Chicago Nationals
Cal
Weeghman
Tampa
Indianapolis
American Association
Missionary Aid Sought for Mexican Regions by Women Society
Mrs. W. P. Thirkield of New Orleans urged extending missionary work along the Mexican border during the Women's Home Missionary Society annual meeting in Columbus. Bishop McConnell supported stronger religious education, while Mrs. Woodruff reported nearly $991,000 raised for missions in the past year.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. P. Thirkield
New Orleans
Women's Home Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Mexico
Francis J. McConnell
Thirkield
Mge
May Leonard Woodruff
Railroads face critical postwar challenges say experts
T H B McKnight of the Pennsylvania railroad chief of the Society of Railway Financial Officers warned in his annual meeting report that dearth of appetal, reduced immigration and foreign competition will cripple American business after the war. He said railroads would confront a critical period. Benny Leonard defeats Ever Hammer by technical knockout in the twelfth round in Kansas City. Hammer’s manager stopped the bout to prevent further punishment.
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Associated Press
Washington
T. H. B. McKnight
Pennsylvania Railroad
Society of Railway Financial Officers
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