Washington Notes From War Department Digest
A Washington dispatch reports Italy extended U S credits to 1 4215 million with a new 16 5 million loan, boosting allied credits to 1 857 157 000. Health in army camps improved with fewer influenza and pneumonia cases as surgeons general release weekly report. The Victory Liberty loan runs April 21 to May 10. Deportation review for Ellis Island aliens discussed by Secretary Wilson. New York City sees a 20 million income tax payment by a large corporation. Building activity rises with no material price cuts, rail shop workers seek wage increase, and nationwide city pleas urge wartime economic support for soldiers. The food administration repeals licenses restricting excess food supplies to 60 days except meats.
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War news notes Danzig claim and Berlin unrest
Paris dispatch says supreme war council may grant Poland's claim to Danzig. Berlin reports claim Spartacist prisoners executed. 200 chained in the Moabit prison courtyard. London riot injures police and soldiers. Wilson's steamer George Washington arrives. other notes on Bolshevik moves and debt figures.
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London Telegraph
Supreme War Council
Poland
Danzig
Unter den Winden
Berlin
Moabit
London
P. ©. Field
Lancaster Gate Red Cross Hospital
Peace Notes Ignore Universal Eight Hour Law Effort
Paris commission on international labor refuses universal eight hour proposals affecting child and women labor and labor internationalization. A Paris dispatch notes German disarmament terms ban airplanes and dirigibles from military use. Allies reportedly cap German fleet at six battleships and various cruisers destroyers. Rhine navigation opened to neutrals proposed. neutrals invited to unofficial Paris talks on league of nations. Swiss and Michigan figures cited losses in war. Police raid in New York labels several as avowed anarchists. Major rail worker strikes affect Atlanta and New York Harbor unions.
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Commission On International Labor Legislation
Paris
Supreme War Council
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Marines Raid Japanese Concession in Tientsin Clash
Dispatches from Peking recount U S Marines forcing into the Japanese consulate after disorder among American troops in the Japanese quarter. Japanese troops repelled the Americans with bayonets, seriously wounding two. Also noted, Emile Cattin was sentenced to death in Paris by a unanimous court martial for an attempted assault on the wife of Georges Clemenceau. Berlin fighting rages as Spartacists and government soldiers clash, market reports say both sides brutal.
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Peking
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Promier Georges Clemenceau
Paris
Berlin
Copenhagen
German Delegates Named for Peace Conference Mission
Weimar dispatch lists delegates Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau Eduard David Adolph Warburg Adolph Muller and Walther Schuecking plus Geisberg to Switzerland. London dispatch notes mixed naval and military commission to the Dardanelles to review Turkish defenses in 1915 Gallipoli and related matters. Paris reparations estimates from Latin American governments total about 1 billion dollars.
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Weimar
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Eduard David
National Assembly
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Adolph Muller
Switzerland
Walther M. A. Schuecking
Marburg University
Herr Geisberg
London
Dardanelles
Gallipoli Peninsula
Gallipoli
Paris
Morrison and Wales Named to Civil Service Board
Personal Martin A. Morrison of Indiana and George R. Wales of Vermont were appointed to the civil service commission at Washington by President Wilson, succeeding John A. McIlhenny and Herman W. Craven.
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George Washington
President Wilson
Brent
Martin A. Morrison
Indiana
George R. Wales
Vermont
Civil Service Commission
Washington
John A. McIlhenny
Herman W. Craven
Select Party For a Quiet Birthday
In a whimsical pig pen tale, Porky Pig explains a select party should be quiet and not overcrowded. Grandfather suggests choosing special guests to avoid snobbery while celebrating Porky’s birthday with family only. The plan evolves as second cousins are invited for food and gifts.
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Pinky Pig
Mrs. Pink Pig
Miss Hum
Porky
Young Pig
Brother Bacon
Miss Ham
Sammy Sausage
Grandfather Porky
Stamp and Letterwriting Flaws Reveal Everyday Errors
A fragment discusses how writing choices expose habits in spelling punctuation and addresses. It notes how letters and sheets are blotted and miswritten, reflecting unconscious reveals in daily tasks. The passage mentions girls and companions in a reflective tone.
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Oace Jess
Women's kidney health warned by Swamp Root ad
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble often mistaken for other ailments. The advertisement for Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root urges prompt treatment and offers a sample bottle by sending ten cents, noting the cure's prescription origin and to mention the paper.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. C
Aunt Marie Seeks Work and Learns a Lesson
Aunt Marie faced another job setback and doubts her luck until a niece suggests a strategy from a game. The girl explains how visualizing success and posing with confidence can influence outcomes. Aunt Marie ponders the idea and considers trying it.
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Aunt Marie
August Flower Refers to Stomach Ailment Remedy
Green's August Flower promoted as a universal remedy for disordered stomachs and related symptoms. It claims to ease headaches constipation sour stomach nervous indigestion fermentation of food and heart palpitations from gastric gases by gentle laxative action and digestive regulation. Sold worldwide with a call to give it a trial.
Count Declines Rose at Bazaar in Witty Plea
A charity bazaar scene features Artful Dodger as the Count who refuses a rose for $5.70 saying the price is too high. The lady persists, kissing the rose, then the Count bows and declares the rose priceless.
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Charity Bazar
Light entering water at 45 degrees asks what happens
Quoted line from a Ralph Waldo Emerson note questions a light ray entering water at a 45 degree angle and answers it with a playful “It goes out” remark, reflecting a witty, energetic sentiment.
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