New York Guardsmen to Sail Home From Brest March 2 3 4
Gen Pershing notified the War Department the New York National Guard 27th division would leave Brest for home on ships sailing March 2 3 and 4. Six transports were assigned to bring the troops including the Leviathan Agamemnon Mauretania Harrisburg Louisville and Pannonia. The voyage is estimated at nine to 12 days depending on ship.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Pershing
War Department
Aith
New York National Guard
Brest
New York
Leviathan
Agamemnon
Mauretania
Harrisburg
Louisville
Pannonia
368Th Infantry
92Nd Division
National Army
Camp Upton
Long Isand
Italy Would Keep Germany Beaten
Paris Feb 15 Count Cellere Italian ambassador to Washington warned that uniting German Austria with Germany would threaten Europe. He urged allies to keep Germany subdued, noting self determination debates at the peace conference and questioning how Austria would meet armistice terms. He cited Croatian allies and quoted Emperor Carl praising Croatian fighters as key troops.
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Y William Cook
the Press Publishing Co
New York World
The
Courier
Paris
Europe
Austria
Germany
Count Cellere
Washington
Wilson
Cellere
Carl
Champ Clark May Name Son as Congress Successor in 1920
Jefferson City Mo Feb 15 A report says Champ Clark speaker of the national house is grooming his son Lieut Col Bennett Clark for Congress in Missouri Ninth District in 1920. Clark plans retirement possibly to seek Governor or President and pass the seat to Bennett if feasible. Nick Cave may run if Clark vacates. Bennett is well known in the district. In Oklahoma City a health board tally reports 7 500 influenza deaths and about 100 000 cases during the epidemic valuing lives at 15 500 000 dollars.
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Jefferson City
Champ Clerk
House of Representatives
Col
Bennett
Congress
Champ
Hennett
Clark
Nick Cave
Callaway County
General Assembly
Bennett Clark
Oklatioma
Oklahoma City
Okla
State Board of Health
Oklahoma
Has $2,000 Daily Income Texas Oil Rush Man
Waterloo man W R Law recalls Texas oilfields where farm wealth transformed households. He describes a farmer earning $2,000 daily from a well on his land while living in a shack and continuing home butchering. Law notes rapid wealth, new wealthiers, debt and bank shifts, and booming tent cities as oil drives a frontier style boom. He and Paul Smith toured various fields, recounting breakdown costs and startup gas gushers in a landscape echoing Alaska gold rush.
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W. R. Law
Texas
Mr. Law
Law
Oll
Jeanes
Wyven
Jones
Alaska
Lizzie
Miles
Paul Smith
Tong Edict Cuts Off Divorce Suit
A Chinese American divorce case in New York neared closure as the tong ordered the husband Hung Nom and wife Josephine Nom to separate. Attorneys for both sides reported the tong decreed the matter should not proceed in court but be settled by the racial government body, with a separation agreement to be filed. Josephine, noted as one of Chinatown’s prettiest women, has mixed Mexican Chinese heritage and runs a chop suey shop on Pell Street.
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New York
Justice Celebanty
Supreme Court
Hung Nom
Josephine Nom
Thomas H. Smith
Abraham Goldfarb
Ttat the
Tong
Chinatown
Nan
Nom
Pell Street
Hung Chang
Armenia Proclaims Independence On January Thirty-First
Correspondent reports Armenia marked its Fourth of July on January 31, proclaiming independence with Garine Erzerum hosting the ceremony. Gen Torcom led Armenian forces as European allies were urged to recognize the new nation under protection of England the United States France and Italy. The crowd cheered as the tri colored flag rose and a 101gun salute sounded from the citadel.
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Armenia
Garine
Erzerum
Great Armenia
Little Armenia
Cilicia
England
United States
France
Italy
Col Yorcom
Ouechelidze
Vaspouragan
Torcom
Srihari
Porreen
Quba Invites Crowder For Cuban Election Reform Help
General B H Crowder, provost marshal general of the U S Army, will be invited by the Cuban government to Cuba. The invitation is to seek advisory aid in reforming Cuba's election laws, announced by American minister William E Gonzales.
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QUBA
Crowder
Associated Press
Ravana
Cuba
B. H. Crowder
United States Army
William E. Gonzales
Interchange Plan Between Washington and Mexico Universities
The Mexican embassy announces an exchange arrangement between the University of Washington and the National University of Mexico. The program will involve professors and students for special study focusing on languages histories and social evolution to foster friendship between the nations.
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Menico “U
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
University of Washington
National University of Mexico
Compensation Laws for Workmen Are Becoming Broader
Washington DC February 15 The movement to compensate industrial accidents without proving employer negligence shows six new states adopted compensation laws in 1917 1918. only ten states have not accepted the principle. The bulletin notes progress toward abolishing damage suits and contributory negligence in injury claims, with laws expanding medical aid and shortening waiting periods. It highlights local funds in Washington for medical benefits and cites a Supreme Court ruling denying state compensation applicability to interstate railroad workers. States not yet on the principle include North Dakota Missouri Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina Mississippi Alabama Florida and Georgia.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bulletin
Washington
AMONE
Supreme Court
North Dakota
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Edison Celebrates 72nd Birthday In Newark
New York Feb 14 Edison, 72 and spry, was guest of honor at a reception by the Edison Pioneers at the Hotel Robert Treat Newark. He plans a six week Florida vacation for rest and work on various projects for public and government. He joked about films and posed for cameras, while associates recalled old times and praised his enduring creativity.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Robert Treat
Newark
Edison Pioneers
Mr. Edison
Fort Myers
Fla
Mrs. Edison
Edison
Florida
Pioneer
Mr. Iaison
Mr. Meadowcroft
Brazil Fleet Arrives in Cherbourg From Portsmouth
A Brazilian squadron including the cruiser Bahia and four destroyers reached Cherbourg, France from Portsmouth, England, on Friday. The force is in transit and adds to Allied fleet movements amid wartime tensions.
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Brazil
France
Associated Press
Cherbourg
Bahia
Portsmouth
England
Father John's Medicine Provides Real Food Tonic
The article argues that many tonics are mere appetite stimulants, while Father John's Medicine offers real nourishment. It claims a teaspoonful is six times as nourishing as milk, seven and a half times as oysters, and five times as cod. It emphasizes easy absorption and safe, drug-free composition as a family food tonic.
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Father John
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