Trade diplomat urged to open South American markets
Detroit March 13 E E Pratt chief of the Federal bureau of foreign and domestic commerce urged Detroit business leaders to send a salesman or business diplomat to South America to study needs, build foundations for future trade and expand US exports as Latin markets recover from the war. He noted Colombia Venezuela and Central American nations improving and warned against expecting quick profits from initial foreign trips.
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U. S. Foreign and Domestic Commerce Service
Detroitit
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South
Central America
Federal Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Detroit Board of Comemerce
United States
Pratt
Europe
America
Selves
Colombia
Venezuela
Tacucilor
Arcentina
Uruguay
Bolivia
Peru
Brazil
Chile
Latin- America
Mexico
South America
Beem
Neutral copper cargo dispute prompts prize court ruling
The prize court ruled that a neutral government has no right to requisition copper cargo bound for Sweden. The copper was taken by a British warship and an ex parte order released it to Britain for war needs, but the Swedish consignors prevailed after appeal.
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Stades
Gothenberg
Sweden
Woolwich Arsenal
Frize Court
Samuel T. Evans
Admiralty Court
Tin
Landslide Wrecks Train in Asturias Wreck
Eighteen people perish when the Vigo to Madrid mail train is derailed by a landslide in Asturias. The wreck occurred after the train struck a huge rock as heavy boulders toppled onto the coaches.
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Madrid
Spain
Vigo
Asturias
Lille Fined 100000 Dollars for War Demonstration
Berlin reports Lille in France under German occupation faced a 890000 francs tax and a curfew after residents staged a war prisoners demonstration. Authorities ordered payments by March 20 and evacuated citizens from 3 PM to 7 AM.
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Berlin
Mareh
Lille
France
Tilealeo
California to Buy Western Pacific Railroad
Gov. Johnson starts move for California to purchase the Western Pacific Railroad from receivers. Announcement follows a conference with Rudolph Spreckels and Charles S Wheeler, San Francisco attorney, outlining government ownership idea.
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Sacramento
Gray Hair Restorer Promises Safe Color Return
Mary T Goldman Gray Hair Color Restorer claims to revitalize gray hair without altering natural color. The ad touts wash and curl compatibility, durable through wear and tear, and compares results to electric light versus candlelight. It offers trial packaging and direct ordering details with Cary T Goldman at 475 johte.
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Mary T. Goldman
Cary T. Goldman
District budget shows District must repay funds to U S Treasury
District auditor figures total appropriations for fiscal years 1915 to 1918 at 12 million 417 thousand 64 dollars 45 cents. Most under half and half plan except 179 thousand 155 dollars for water department and 44 thousand 415 dollars from District revenues for playgrounds. Also notes 11 thousand dollars for G A R reunion half funded by District, and reimbursements due to Treasury for hospital costs rentals 1879 to 1914 and interest on 1877 1878 bonds. These payments must be made in current fiscal year before July 1.
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Water Department
Federal
New Columbia Hospital
District
Treasury
Washington Market Company
Washington Eaft Hero Rescues Woman in Cuba
C W Klear of the torpedoboat Fanning likely to gain Navy recognition for stopping a highwayman in Cienfuegos Cuba two weeks earlier. He and companions intervened as a colored assailant roped a young woman named Miga Sylvester, Klear was wounded in the arm and shoulder, saved her, then fainted from blood loss before carrying her to safety. He later went to New York for treatment.
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Klear
Mias Sylvester
New York
Kiear
Newport
H. 1
Army flier sets two records at San Diego aerodrome
Hyron J. Jones of the United States Army broke two American records and one world record at the San Diego Wal. aerodrome. He established a world endurance record of seven hours and three minutes flying with three passengers, topped the American altitude record for a three passenger aeroplane at six thousand feet, and set a new speed record with ninety pounds of live weight aboard.
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Washington Port
New York
San Diego
Wal
Aero Club of America
Bient
Hyron J. Jones
United States
Army
Boys Lost in Mine Deaths Near Pittsburgh
Two boys aged 5 and 10 from Banksville disappear March 6. Searchers find one body in an abandoned coal mine and another near death from starvation. They wandered into old workings and became lost.
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Pittsburgh
William Hale
Albert Tomlinson
Banksville
Here
Tomlingen
Ninth New Zeppelin Sets Trials Over Lake Constance
Berne reports a ninth Zeppelin to leave Friedrichshafen since the war began. The aircraft is being given trial flights over Lake Constance as part of ongoing wartime airship testing.
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Lake Constance
Berne
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Americana Need No Passports in Canada
Special to The Washington Post from Montreal Quebec on March 3 notes Canadian immigration officials say bona fide tourist traffic will not face interference and that passports are not required for entry or transit through Canada.
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Canada
Washington Post
Monteral
Quebec
United States
Canadian Immigration Department
Ottawa
Created Men to Vote Imaginative Registration in Terre Haute
Indianapolis reports testimony from the 1914 election fraud trial showing Walter Cordes and Harry Forebeck admitting they fabricated hundreds of registration applications. Cordes said he combined Christian names from the directory with surnames to create fictitious voters, including birthplaces, ages, and origins.
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Christian
Indianapolis
Ind
Govei
Donn M. Roberts
Walter Cordes
Roberts
Harry Forebeck
City Engineers Office
Ship William J. Quillen Sinks After Collision Near Hatteras
The American schooner William J. Quillen sank after a collision with the Norwegian steamer Laly near Cape Hatteras early today. The captain and six crewmen were rescued by the Laly, which suffered damage to its port bow. The Quillen, sailing from Baltimore to Jacksonville with coal, broke apart and sank within minutes as several crew members awoke to the alarm.
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Newport News
William J. Quillen
Laly
Cape Hatteras
Baltimore
Jacksonville
Fla
Quillen
Radium saves convict's life in Sing Sing case
Ossining reports Frank A. Vanderlip, president of National City Bank, donated thirty thousand dollars worth of radium to Joseph Pachelli, an inmate at Sing Sing, to treat his lip cancer. Dr. A. Squiers arranged Vanderlip's involvement, and the radium will also aid other prisoners' treatments.
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X. Mareh
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Joseph Pachelli
Sing Sing Origan
Pachelli
A. ©. Squiers
Vanderlip
Germans Speed Submarine Work in Belgian Docks
Antwerp dispatch says five hundred German workers from Kiel and Hamburg are in Hoeboeken dockyards assembling German submarines. The first submersible is expected to launch soon as nearby residents flee fearing an Allied air raid.
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Amsterdam
Wie Jonden
Hiel
Hamburg
Antwerp
Telegraaf
Hoboeken
Belgium
Navy plane AB-2 capsizes in air near Pensacola
Navy Department reports via radiogram from Pensacola Florida that aeroplane AB-2 capsized in flight becoming a total wreck. Identified crew were Richard C. Saufley and Ensign Edward O. McDonnell who were aboard but suffered no serious injuries.
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Navy Department
Pengacola
Fls
Richard C. Saufley
Edward O. McDonnell
Burlington Lines Orders 50 Locomotives From Baldwin
Directors in Chicago signed a contract with Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia for fifty freight and passenger engines. The engines will average $39,000 each, totaling $1,500,000. Thirty-five engines are for freight service and fifteen for passenger trains.
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Chicago
Burlington Road
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Drops of GETS-IT End Corn Pain and Pains
Persistent corn remedy promises painless relief with two drops on the corn shrinking it away. Advertises a simple cure that negates ointments and knives, claiming universal use and nationwide availability for 25 cents a bottle via BE Lawrence & Co Chicago and select druggists in Washington.
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Chicago
Washington
O'donnell’s
People's Drug Stores
Bishop McGlauflin in Washington for brief visit
Missionary bishop of Universalist churches in the United States, William H. McGlauflin, is in Washington. He will preach at 11 o'clock at the Church of Our Father, Thirteenth and L streets, for Rev. Dr Van Schaick, aiding relief work in Europe. He will then proceed to Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Little Rock, having founded and pastored these churches before his consecration.
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Universalist
Washington
Church of Our Father
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van Schaick
Europe
McGlauffth
Atlanta
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Lewis E. Purdim
Tenth
G Atreets
Ingram Memorial Church
Tenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue Northeast
Purdum
Westminster Theological Seminary
Washington Association of Congregations
Washington Association of Congregational Churches
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Queen Wilhelmina Eyes Mew Seamen Home Aid
Hoboken March 13 Chevalier van Rappard Netherlands minister opened the Holland Seamen's home as queen Wilhelmina's personal representative. He said the queen would personally support the home and appreciated those who undertook the project.
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Hoboken
N. J
Chevalier van Rappard
Netherlands
United States
Holland Seamen's Home
War Heduces Coffee Trade and Copper Exports Decline
War impact on American copper exports and imports caused a dramatic drop. Department of Commerce figures show six months ended January 21 with exports at 9 4,761 and a total import value of 11 511.86, compared to the previous year’s 83,767,461 and 79,086,277 respectively.
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Department of Commercie
Brazilian Premier Mulller to Confer in Buenos Aires
Rio Janeiro reports Foreign Minister Lauro Muller plans visits to Argentina and Chile, with expected talks in Buenos Aires in May alongside Argentine Foreign Minister Jose Tuig Murature and Chilean counterpart Manuel Salinas.
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Lauro Muller
Argentina
Chile
Buenos Aires
Jose Tuis Murature
Manuel Salinas
Chitean
St. Jaco Backache Rub Promises Quick Pain Relief
An ad touts a small trial bottle of St. Jaco Backache Rub for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatism. It claims after applying and counting to fifty the soreness vanishes. The product is described as magical harmless and non burning with rapid results.
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St. Jaco
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