Truce Talks in Mexico Stir Peace Efforts
Reported talks at Zacatecas between Villa and Carranza aim to end fighting in Mexico. Villa rejects Carranza as leader. proposes elections under Calderon. conference yields a truce and shifts in power. Alaska coal lease, river and harbor cutbacks, and related federal actions follow in the week’s agenda.
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Oroszco
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McAdoo cites hoarding banks as money tightens
Secretary McAdoo released a list of 247 national banks that held large cash reserves far above legal requirements, with some banks at 69 to 76 percent. He argued excess reserves shrank loanable funds and hurt legitimate business.
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Siasconset
Mass
Wilson
New Haven
Grand Jury
New Haven Railroad Company
New York
William Rockefeller
John D
George F. Baker
Mellen
Reed Attacks Conference Report On Clayton Anti-Trust Bill
Senator Reed of Missouri spent nearly three days bitterly attacking the conference report on the Clayton anti-trust bill. He warned that conference changes would emasculate the measure and render it useless, despite the administration’s endorsement. Reed, a Democrat, accused his party of hypocrisy in breaking pledges.
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Roosevelt Tour Aids Progressives Across Four States
Roosevelt conducts a rapid tour from St Louis to Philadelphia to bolster Progressive candidates. He appeals to Progressive voters in Indiana, Illinois, and elsewhere, stressing that the movement stands on a great victory if leaders like Robbins and Beveridge maintain support in November.
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Tates
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Col
Roosevelt
Indiana
Illinois
Robbins
Beveridge
Colorado Coal Owners Reject Plan Amid Labor Dispute
Forty eight additional Colorado coal mine owners join a round robin to President Wilson opposing features of the miners strike settlement plan. They claim 82 percent of state tonnage and oppose a Grievance Committee and broad powers for the commission of adjusters. They refuse to promise reclaim of miners tied to violence. California Eight Hour Bill Weid. Attorney General Webb rules universal eight hour law unconstitutional as it may infringe constitutional protections.
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Colorado
Rockerfeller Concern
Wilson
United Mine Workers
Commission of Adjusters
California
Webb
Remains of Women Fighters Scrutinized in Amazon Report
The article describes researchers and guides recounting dangers in the Amazon. It highlights alligators and pirangas, noting the alligator abundance and a bounty on them while pirangas attack in shoals. A water hog was allegedly drowned by the fish.
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Hin
Amazon
Puncture Cans to Halt Mosquito Breeding and Malaria
The New York public health report urges punching holes in discarded tin cans and other containers to drain rainwater and prevent mosquito larvae. Dr. Charles Wardenl cites field investigations showing thousands of larvae in discarded cans, paint buckets, and similar receptacles, urging simple home actions to curb malaria transmission.
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New York Weekly
Public Health Service
Charles Wardenl
Safety First Kiss Advice From Medical Convention
At the Pennsylvania Homeopathic Medical Society convention in Wernersville Dr William I Snow secretary of the American Social Hygienic association shared a sanitary kiss recipe. He urged using tissue paper to cover the mouth with a sanitizing solution and warned not to tear the paper while kissing. He also noted a suggestion that throwing kisses might be safer.
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Pennsylvania Homeopathic Medical Society
Wernersville
William I. Snow
American Social Hygienic Association
Snow
War era appeals in shop windows aid soldiers' spouses
Storefront signs reading a husband has gone to war act as silent appeals to housewives to support the wife of the soldier in keeping the business running. The notices appear dispersed in Sertle and seem to receive prompt public response.
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