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Washington, D. C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallers Building
Chicago
Devonshire Street
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
Condition Of U S Treasury At Close Of Business Yesterday
The Treasury's closing figures show a general fund net balance of 97,681,619 dollars. Ordinary receipts total 2,002,354 dollars while ordinary payments amount to 2,802,918 dollars. The year’s deficit stands at 138,029,569 dollars, compared with 60,472,353 dollars last year, excluding Panama Canal and public debt transactions.
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United States Treasury
Allied fears over German Turkish pact and Turk victory
A critical, period-voice examination of Germany’s alliance with Turkey. The piece questions Emperor William’s vision of a shared victory, warn against Turkish ambitions in Europe, and argues that a Turkish triumph would threaten Christian lands, including Jerusalem, prompting a call for unity against the pact.
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William
Europe
Germany
Turkey
Christendom
Mussulman
Wilson
Alles
United States
Arabia
Persia
Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Food Production Lags as Population Grows
Department of Agriculture figures show the nation's food supply failing to keep pace with population growth. The report contrasts last year with the previous period, highlighting persistent shortages and rising demand across regions.
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Department of Agriculture
Optimism for U S Food Supply Under Modern Agriculture
The analysis notes abnormal demand and subnormal supply, with 33 percent population growth over 16 years and foods making up 78 percent of national consumption. Secretary Houtson foresees optimism, citing available agricultural agents, larger U S cultivated acreage, and potential productivity gains through crop rotation, thrift, and new credit resources. It urges continued farmer education to boost future production.
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Houtson
Department of Agriculture
Europe
The Increased Pay SetbackBy Senate Subcommittee
The Senate appropriations subcommittees rejected the proposal to raise government employee salaries. Critics say deficits do not justify pay cuts and urge funding through taxes or bonds. The piece argues for bonds and warns against delaying public works while seeking fair compensation for workers. It notes House action in favor of raises and calls for a referendum on prohibition, urging House-Senate conference to settle both issues.
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Senate Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Treasury
United States
Senate
House
Appropriations
The Still Small Voice by Anton Lang on War and Morality
A reprinted opinion by Anton Lang, star of the Oberammergau Passion Play, argues war is complex and argues against militarism. He says he has not faced the front, but wishes for no more militarism and cites Christ’s warning that those who take up the sword perish by the sword.
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Anton Lang
Oberammergau
Lang
Sherman
Europe
England
British Empire
S. C. Dinkelspiel
London
Willard
Crown
United States
Mr. Dinkelspiel
Germany
Lloyd's
Langix and the pacifist arc across a war of ideals
The text argues no element remains isolated as world opinion leans toward the belligerents. Anton Langix embodies a pacifist stance wishing to end militarism. Napoleon’s glory fades as France grows, yet the nation remains tied to that legacy. Langix shows deepening dismay but preserves his declared law.
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Anton Langix
Napoleon
France
Anton Lang
Need for Facts Promotes Wage Bureau Idea for Railways
The railway brotherhoods oppose suspending strikes pending an official inquiry. A wage bureau attached to the Interstate Commerce Commission could provide facts on railway wages, enabling a public report without forcing a crisis. Congress or the President could instruct such a study to reduce nation-wide strike risk.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Effects of Prosperity and World Events
The article discusses the distribution of prosperity in the United States with wage increases from late 1916, noting 516 general raises and about 900,000 workers affected. Iron and steel workers saw the largest gains, followed by textiles and garments, while professionals remained stagnant. It also references Villa’s defeats and deaths, Thaw’s sanity, munition stock trends, and a cynical remark on divorce for social standing.
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United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Iron and Steel
Sympathy for Poles Shown by Pope as Cardinals Named
The article notes Benedict XV created ten cardinals in Rome with two named in petto. It highlights Prince Adam Sapieha as a likely concealed appointee and frames Benedict XVs gesture as sympathy for Polish suffering in Galicia and Russian Poland. It also reports on English legal figures Lord Finlay and Sir Edward Carson addressing duties of counsel when a client confesses before or during trial.
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Benedict XV
Rome
America
Sacred College
Petto
Urite
Adam Sapieha
Cracow
Austrian Poland
Vatican
Galicia
Russian
Poland
Sapieha
Pius X
Pius KX
Jean Sapresha
United States
England
Alice Probyn
Fifth Earl of
Lord Finlay
Edward Carson
Committee of the Bar of
Shanghai
Finlay
Woolsack
King's Counsel
Admiralty
Sir Edward Carson
American Union
Thea
Great Britain
Marquisd DE Fonten
Gary's Rules for Success From Gary of U S Steel
A digest from the American magazine shows Ibert A W Gary, chairman of United States Steel, outlining eight rules for ambitious youths. Emphasizing honesty, Golden Rule, temperance, education, physical and moral strength, studious focus, and loyal, persistent character. The piece ends with Gary noting these traits are within reach and beneficial to individuals and those they represent.
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C. Sorbes
American
Ibert A W. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Debate on congressional committees and bills Summary of proceedings on appropriations, elections, ships, and banking actions
Congressional brief records action on salary increases for government employees and reports on the Pomerene retirement plan for teachers. Senators push amendments on corruption, elections, waterpower sales, and citizenship for Porto Ricans. Committees advance postal, shipping, and farm loan measures while adjournment occurs after a long day of debates and votes.
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House
Senate
Gallinger
Lawa
Works
McCumber
Shafroth
Walsh
Thomas
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Committee
Commerce Committees
Shipping Board
Vermont
Oklahoma
Benator Fletcher
Commerce Committee
Judiciary Committee
American Union
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Amherst
Princeton
Banking and Currency Committee
Denver
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
Jones
Norris
French King Liked Chickens In Epilepsy Study
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Louis XI of France suffered epilepsy and kleptomania, leading him to raid peasant henroosts. Chalfant Robinson of Princeton University presented findings to the American Historical Association, arguing disease shaped history when viewed with biology and psychiatry.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Louis XI
France
Chalfant Robinson
Princeton University
American Historical Association
Robinson
Bride Wears Overalls In Surrey Wedding
In Bletead Surrey Miss Goldsmith a 2 munition worker married Gunner J W Long. The bride wore overalls and several of her bridesmaids dressed in working clothes.
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The
London Chronicle
Bletead
Surrey
Miss Goldsmith
Gunner J. W. Long
Famous Mme de Stael Married 131 Years Ago Today
The article recalls the marriage of Mme de Stael to Baron de Stael Holstein on January 14, 1786. It notes the arranged match for her family, her early independence, financial strains, and the eventual separation due to economic issues and political turmoil, with De Stael leaving Switerland to care for her dying husband in 1802.
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Mme. DE Stael
Fleancier Necker
Suzanne Curchod
Paris
Mme. Necker
France
Mlle. Necker
Baron de Stael Holstein
Mademoiselle
Sweden
Baron Long
Mme de Stael
de Stael
Mime
Necker de Saussure
Baron de Stael
Count Ferson
Mme, de Stael
Switzerland
Poligny
Thither
Amazing vogue of golf grows across America
Grantland Rice recalls New York Tribune note on golf rise from near zero 25 years ago to about 900000 players in 1917. He cites 3200 courses covering 300000 acres and quotes Jack Clark of Madison Country Club on early days, club loaning, and a Boston shop shinny vs golf misunderstanding.
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Grantland Rice
New York Tribune
United States
Fiji Islands
Jack Clark
Madison Country Club
Madison
Conn
Scotland
Custom House
Boston
Bob
West Medford
Clark
War talk and business outlook from Washington Willard Hotel
Serbian Minister L. Michalovitch arrived in Washington and will present credentials to the State Department with attaché C. Georgevitch. Insurance officers and oil executives discuss war impacts on premiums and gasoline prices, with forecasts of higher costs. Knoxville bids for an armor plate plant, noting air defenses and manganese veins in Sevier county.
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L. Michalovitch
United States
Washington
Willard
State Department
Michalovitch
3. C. Georgevitch
Legation
America
Mr. Michalovitch
Serbia
H. A. McGraw
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Kaungas
Kansas
Knoxville
Tennessee
Iu Itch
Tt. W. Austin
Austin
East Tennessee
Atlantic Coast
Sevier County
Tenn
Batting Around Phrase Explained In Odd Timex Note
A Timex article discusses a wild remark about a bat’s stomach digesting three times its weight in a night and explains the saying batting around. It also reports 1915 U.S. flood losses totaling about 21 million dollars, with over half borne by agriculture.
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St. Louis
Timex
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