Paris the World Tolltaker and its ancient wonders
Washington dispatch describes Paris as a crossroad of Europe, a world capital of art, fashion, language and history. It highlights the Louvre with priceless treasures including the Regent diamond and Bonaparte sword, notes the Venus of Milo, and recalls the guillotine era near Place de la Concorde. It also extols the Eiffel Tower as a monumental feat with extensive facilities and capacity.
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Europe
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Atlantic
Rhone Valley
Iberian Peninsula
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National Geographic Society
Washington
Mexico City
Rio
Buenos Aires
Santiago
The
Louvre
France
Apollo
Bonaparte
Regent
Charlemagne
Melos
Place de la Concorde
Passon
Rome
Eiffel Tower
The Universal Tipple Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
Commissioner of Health warns coffee and tea are stimulants not foods and overuse can cause nervousness and digestive issues. Moderate intake may help, but excess offers little benefit and may depress the nervous system. Hot drinks with meals offer little value. hot water and cambric tea are better. Encourage more water intake.
Japan Explains US China Note About Japan Demands
Chinese report outlines the US note to Japan on Chinese affairs, and Japan’s March 22 reply via Foreign Minister Takaaki Kato. Five questions cover Fukien mining and harbor works, wartime munitions control, police administration in southern Manchuria, political advisors, and no ceding of ports or islands to third powers.
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United States
Japan
China
Takaaki Kato
Fukien
Santaao
Formosa
Manchuria
Death of renowned sculptor Carl Bitter after auto crash
New York April 10 Carl Theodore Francis Bitter chief of sculpture for the Panama Pacific and St Louis expos and designer of the Astor gates died in a hospital from injuries after an auto collision last night. Mrs Bitter suffered nonfatal injuries. Bitter was 47, born in Vienna and long based in New York.
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Carl Theodore Francis Bitter
Department of Sculpture
Bitter
Broadway
Carl Schurz
Collis P. Huntington
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Astor
Trinity Church
National Institute of Arts and Letters
National Academy of Design
Mr. Bitter
Vienna
Bernstorff Charges U S Arms Exports Help Belligerents
German Ambassador Count von Bernstorff released the memorandum to the State Department arguing U S export of war material violates neutrality by aiding Germany's enemies. He cites British orders in council and foodstuffs shipments as examples and says Washington should stop exclusive arms exports or risk undermining neutral rights.
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Count von Bernstorff
State Department
Germany
United States
London
General Federal Council
England
United States of America
U. S
Mexico
Ger
House Committee For Foreign Relations
Wilson
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Huerta
Berlin
Frye
Pope Urged to Join US in War Peace Plan
In Vienna April 11 Count Julius Andrassy says Hungary shows no weariness toward war and aims for lasting peace. He notes rapid wartime events and predicts success for central powers. A Reichspost editor envisions US support with the Pope as a path to a brighter peace, while Nieve Freie Post welcomes a Papal appeal to the US President as ally.
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Vienna
Zeit
Julius Andra Assy
Hungary
Austria
Andrassy
Count Andrasov
United States
Nieve Freie
Insurance Head Bows Out After Forty Four Years
Henry Parish, president of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Co., retires after 44 years. Walter Kerr succeeds him as president. Parish barred phones and typewriters, writing to customers by hand. The firm, founded in 1830, has a $1,000,000 capital and pays a dividend.
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New York
Henry Parish
New York Life Insurance & Trust Co
Walter Kerr
Parish
Life Insurance Company
Thk Title
Days Cent
Hapsburgs Invest In U S Assets As War Rumors Spur Moves
From Vienna reports note members of Austria’s Hapsburg family, excluding Emperor Francis Joseph, bought real estate and American stocks in February totaling 70 000 000 crowns about 17 500 000 dollars. Other odd items include a gasoline dress fire in Galesburg and a baby show betrothal in Los Angeles.
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Austria
Hapsburg
Emperor Francis Joseph
United States
Galesburg
Hampton Roads
Thierichans
Prince Eitel Friedrich
Naval Board
Clarksburg
W. Va
Kathe Dent
Barnes Crossing
Here
Ulysses E. Waters
Los Angeles
Calif
William Flynn
Alene Houck
Binghampton
N. Y
R. H. Walker
Savannah
Mary Jane Farrel
Henry Beauford
Justice of the Peace McCall
Law Allows Counties to Close Hunting Areas and More
Harrisburg April 9 Ten bills approved by Governor Brumbaugh including a Crow bill authorizing county closures for elk deer and other game on petition of 200 residents. Bills also create sheriff fees in Allegheny County require verified petitions and allow out of state petroleum firms to operate in PA. House measures enable water contracts for townships, fund agricultural exhibitions, move indemnity funds for diseased livestock and empower towns to assess street improvements. Get your tenant leases at the Mail Office.
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Senate
House
Yany County
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Judgment of Common Pleas
Livestock Board
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