Castro Faces a Triple Alliance Across South America
A three-nation naval pact among Venezuela Colombia and Nicaragua aims to bar Cipriano Castro from entering Venezuela The plan includes patrol ships the Cartagena gunboat Pinson and another vessel and land guards to seize him if he lands near Santa Marta Castro seen as a hero by some Andes Indians and mixed-blood fighters Officials note Castro is "a general without an army" and unlikely to gain Nicaragua's support without provocation
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Colombia
Nicaragua
Castro
Francisco Escobar
Mr. Escobar
Cartegena
Pinson
Santa Marta
Andes
Anges
Zelaya
Humberto Pasos
Mr. Pasos
Pasos
General Hernandez
Hernandez
Venezuelia
New Tuberculosis Cure Claims From Sardinia Chemist
Rome reports Giuseppi Nurgis, a Sardinian chemist, says he has discovered a subcutaneous serum cure for tuberculosis that could eclipse Dr. Friedmann. He treats seven late-stage patients and withholds details and hospital testing. An attending physician notes initial improvement after the first injection. Nurgis has received medical certificates claiming beneficial effects.
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Rome
Giuseppi Nurgis
Friedmann
Berlin
Nurgis
Woman With Fish Scales Shocks Cincinnati Medical Meeting
At a Cincinnati Academy of Medicine gathering Dr. Robert Sattler displayed a nearly blind woman covered in fishlike scales. He noted heredity. He could not explain the condition and the woman reported no pain before she was taken away by car.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati Academy of Medicine
Robert Sattler
Sattler
Pelterie outlines 48 hour trip to the moon by rocket vehicle
Paris reports Robert Esnault Pelterie, a young engineer, proposing a 48 hour Earth to Moon journey using a light closed vehicle with a powerful rocket motor. He calculates a 414000 horsepower engine for a one ton craft, outlining three journey phases and temporary weightlessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French Physical Society
Robert Esnault Pelterie
M. Pelterie
Jules Verne
Earth
Pelterie
Navy Plans College Student Training Ahead of War
The Navy and colleges explore a summer program placing 20 students per ship under senior officers. Participants must be 18 or older with two years of study, pledge obedience, and cover about 22 dollars for uniforms and gear. Training spans engineering, gunnery, navigation, and shipboard life, with meals and berthing provided. Major colleges endorse, Princeton hesitant, others praising potential value for students and nation.
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Washington
Navy Department
C. C. Marsh
Secretary of the Navy
Marsh
Naval Reserve
Princeton
Lowell
Harvard
Finley
College of the City of New York
Brown
New York University
Aging Wichita Pair Wed After Brief Courtship
George K. Simkins seventy and Mrs. Jane Auntd sixty two were married in Wichita after a short courtship. The couple met while waiting for church doors to open and after attending services they walked home together and decided to wed. Both are described as wealthy.
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Wichita
Kan
George K. Simkins
Jane Auntd
Navy to Sell Frigate Nipsic from Washington Shipyard
The navy department plans to auction the wooden frigate Nipsic built in 1873. A Seattle bidder offered 7375 dollars and is favored to win the sale.
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Nipsic
Navy Department
Washington
Seattle
World News Snippets From The Day
Dr. F F Friedmann treats tuberculosis patients in Ottawa. A Bronx keeper of a road house confesses in Chicago to being a principal agent of a $500000 arson trust. Mrs Edgell seeks a year’s leave from Brooklyn high school to bear and rear a child. Governor Sulzer’s candidate Gibbs admits fault before the senate finance committee. Stamps use summer mucilage blamed on mild weather. Congress tariff session set for April 7. Supreme court to recess until April 7. Wilson issues call for April 7 session. Mexican federals execute 35 rebels at Naco after a battle. Standard Oil raises naphtha prices by a half cent per gallon.
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F. F. Friedmann
Ottawa
Canada
Kohler
Cleveland
John Danks
Bronx
New York
Chicago
Board of Education
Edgell
Brooklyn
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Wilson
White House
Fight for Free Canal Tolls Returns in Early New Administration
In the new administration the effort to end tolls for coastwise vessels will be renewed in the house. A federal commander surrendered No gales Sonora to rebels after a daylong battle with American casualties reported on the border. Ferris S Thompson, grandson of Chase National Bank founder, left Princeton University about 3 million dollars in his will. Three patients treated with Dr Friedmann serum on March 6 in New York show improvement though a doctor says tuberculosis patients remain the most hopeful sufferers.
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Nogales
Sonora
Ferris S. Thompson
Chase National Bank of New York
Princeton University
Friedmann
New York
President to Back Tariff Bills Before House Vote
Richard Olney of Boston turns down Wilson's ambassadorship to Great Britain. Policeman John J. Hartigan is convicted of perjury in a New York police graft case. George Alvord of Camden invites Paul Werner who eloped with
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Richard Olney
Boston
Wilson
Great Britain
John J. Hartigan
New York
George Alvord
Camden
N. J
Paul Werner
President Huerta Calls Ambassador Wil son to Thank Peace Efforts
The Mexican president defies precedent by inviting Ambassador Wilson to express gratitude for cordial peace moves. In Akron Ohio rubber plants suffer a strike by the Industrial Workers of the World crippling production. The Turpentine Trust in Savannah Georgia faces government action. Democrats push a statewide probe of Judge Riley as Governor Sulzer names him prisons chief. Wilson urges Congress to reconvene on April 7 with tariff focus.
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Huerta
Mexico
Wilson
Akron
American Naval Stores Company
Savannah
Turpentine Trust
Riley
Sulzer
Congress
Underwood
Man regains speech after 15 years of locked jaws operation
Leroy Siegfried, whose jaws had been locked for fifteen years, can now speak again following a medical operation. Pittsburg issues an urgent appeal for ten thousand skilled workers including steel mill operators and carpenters. Chicago authorities arrest thirty alleged members of a firebugs ring linked to eight hundred thousand dollars in damages. Milwaukee reporter helps free a prisoner after forty years in jail by advocating his life story and securing a parole. Carl Hoones completes a purchase of the dash.
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Leroy Siegfried
Pittsburg
Chicago
Milwaukee
Carl Hoones
Brooklyn Bridge Bid and Heiress Scheme Shown in Flight
A man travels from Holland to home after a failed swindle involving a Brooklyn bridge bid for 1000 dollars and an option to share in a New York police force, nearly marrying an heiress, and exposing swindlers.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Holland
Language mix in Saloniki shocks geography class
A Travel writer claims Spanish is the dominant tongue in Saloniki. He notes that Spanish Jews exiled during Ferdinand and Isabella fled there, and their descendants now comprise nearly two thirds of the city’s population, exceeding Greek or Turkish speakers.
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Saloniki
Perdinand
Isabella
Frying Oil Odor Removed By Hot Onions
To remove oil aftertaste heat the oil until very hot and fry a piece of onion until brown then remove. This method aims to neutralize the oily flavor by using the browned onion as a cleaner.
High Clouds Move Fast but Never Very High
High clouds travel much more quickly than low clouds, though the difference is not always clear. The highest clouds rarely exceed a height of six miles.
The Nightingale Song Heard Mile Away
A note explains the nightingale’s song carries to a distance of one mile, highlighting the bird’s vocal reach and appeal in the natural landscape.
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NAVY
American Press Association
Josephus Daniels
Warren
News of the World
Globe
Alvord
Naco
Ariz
Elias Calles
Standard Oil Company of
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