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The Nenana news., 1917-08-04

Chicago--Twenty-one-- have died in this city since the first of the week as the result of the heat wave. which is sweeping the East and Middle West.
The Nenana news., 1917-08-04
ATTORNEY GENERAL
 CONSENTS TO TRIAL

San FranciscO-The attOr- ney general has filed his con- sent to the application of Thes Mooney for a new trial and
The Nenana news., 1917-08-04
CCBANS .ASSASSINATE
 MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL

Havana-Advices received in this city last night told of the assassination of Mayor Gurra. of Cienfugos.
The Nenana news., 1917-08-04
MITCHELL LIKES PLACE

New York-John Purroy Mitchell. whose term of office as mayor expires this year, has announced that he will be a candidate for reelection.
The Nenana news., 1917-08-04
SEATTLE STRIKE ENDS:
 TRAFFIC IS RESUMED

Seattle-The strike of lccaal street car operatives, which re- suited in the complete suspen- sion of traffic on all lines in the city, came to an end last night and this morning cars were running as usual. The settlement is regarded as victory for the men.
 Fire Chief J. J. Buckley. of the Fairbanks fire department, came down on the Alaska on a brief business visit.
The Nenana news., 1917-08-04

the matter will be finally de- cided by the supreme court i'll October.
The Nenana news., 1917-08-04

LOndon-The war office is authority for the statement that the British casualties on all fronts will total less than 72,000.
The Nenana news., 1917-08-04

so were captured during the first days fighting.
The Nenana news., 1917-08-04
SEEK LIFE e
 OF ROOT IN SIBERIA

TokyO-AccOrding to state ments made by arrivals in this country from Russia, an un- successful attempt was made by anarchists to wreck the train in which Elihu Root and the other members of the American mission were riding. The attempt was made at Nlak station. in Siberia.
 BRITISH PUT GERMANS TO RUN IN THE WEST Lonh0n-A terrific joint off ensiye opened today on the Western front. following more than a week of cannonading. The British Surged forward to the north of the Lvs river, in West Flanders. and according to an official announcement, made by the British war office, all of the objectives sought by the British were captured, the Germans having been hurled
 back from their positions with
 terrific losses. The French
 were equally successful in the operation undertaken by them. i The assaults were delivered
 over a wide front and were
 driven home with utmost vigor. Washington-The steamship
 Surrey. which was ordered to
 the Alaska coast for work in ,, Northern waters, appears to
 be doomed to be communicated for European transportation
 service because of the excep-
 tional steaming radius of the vessel.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-31
LOOK AT CH|LD'S
TONGUE If SICK
CROSS, FEvER|SH
Hurry, Mother! Remove poi
sons from little stomach,
liver, bowels.
Give "California Syrup of Figs"
at once If bilious or
constipated.

LOOK at the tongue. mother! II
coated, 1t is a sure sign that your little
ones stomach. liver and bowels need a
gentle. thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish. cross. ~listless. male
doesn't sleep. doesn't eat or &C. natu-
rally. or is feverish. stomach sour.
breath bad; has stomach-ache. sore
throat, diarrhoea, full OF cold, give a
~teaspoonful OF california Syrup of
Figs" and in n few hours all the foul.
const!pated waste. undigested food and
sour pile gently moves out OF its little
bowels without gripping. and you have
Il well. playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children 10
axe This harmless fruit iaxative";
'heY love It's delicious taste, and IT
always makes them feel splendid.
ASK your druggist for a 5O-cent hot
ne or California Syrup of Figs"
whlch has directions for babies. chill.
dren Of all ages and for grown-uns
PLAINLY on the bottle. Beware of coun-
terfeits sold here. To be sure. YOU ger
the genuine. ask to see that il ia made
by California Fig Syrup COMPANY"
refuse any other kind with contempt.
ADV.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-31
DIVISION NO. 2 CALLS
344 MEN IN LEE WARD
Must supply Quota of 1s2 for SeIective
Draft-ExaminatiOna Begin
on Thursday,

In Division No ., taking in all OF
Lee Ward except communities north OF
the valley OF Bacon's Quarter Branch.
34i men are summoned in order to OBJ
tain the quota of 172 for service under
the selective draft. Numbers to lis
Will report Thursday at Richmond
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-31
RICHMoN TMEs-DIsPATcH TUESDAY, JULY 81, 1917.

mond College. Numbers 116 to 23o Will
report Friday. and Numbers 231 to 344
Saturday. S. Watkins Ellerson Is
chairman OF the board and Arthur NJ.
Cannon clerk.
The list Of men in Divi-
sion No. 2 follows:
To Report Thursday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-31
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-31
CLAY WARD BOARD
CALLS OUT 322 MEN
'""S' secure 3uotn or 100 for Selectiyc
Observation-Disclosures begin
ON Friday.

Notices were mailed yesterday to 800
men IN division No. / of Richmond TO
appear for physical cxamination ind
me selective draft act. The division
enlpraces clay Ward. The quota as
SlEneo Inc division was l66 men. and
20 secure that many. double that NM
per were called from those standinc
nrst on the list Of rcgistran,s. Nun,
bers TO l07 will report at the West
Enc Public school Building.
and Main, Streets, Friday; Numbers los
70 90 on saturdtt- and tNumbers 2l5
10 So on 'Mondt:. flames Il. Phillips
Jr.. is chairman of rhe board. and
Clyde w, Saunders, clerk.
Inc list OF men called for Division
No. l follows:
Evening journal., 1917-02-17
Brazil Ready TO Bombard The
Welkin With "Momo," God of Fun

roses In beauty.
Another car carries q kneeling giant
who curiously turns a sea shell in his
enormous paw. A lovely girl in the
center of the shell iustihes the giants
and the crowds delight.
Caricatures OF political events, the
war and the men in the public eye
furnish subjects for other floats The
parades are miles In length.
Mounted bands of music, military
display, marching clubs, of hundreds
CT uniformed members. drum and bu-
gle corps. fire departments, conting-
ents from battle ships. and everything
that may contribute to the spectacle
are i'm the parades.
Tracery OF fireworks against the
sky, colored and fantastic illumina-
tiOn, blazing windows, sweeping
searchlights from the ships in the bay
and from building tops weld into
Kaleidoscope beauty The blast of
bugles, thud of drums. crash Of GYM
halls. brayng OF bands, and the sing
ing Of masses of people make an IN
describable din.
A band playing a popular air raises
the voices of the crowd in song that
scars the length Of the avenue. A
dance tune is the signal for all to
swing into rhythm on the street No
body is a stranger to anybody, and no
body cares. They dance in couples
in circles, in groups, and in mass.
Windows along the avenue are sold
for outlandish prices to those who
can only watch the fun. Ten to twen-
" dollars an hour will hire an auto
mobile for those who wish to join the
society parade A stairway entrance on
Avenida will often rent for several
thousands Of dollars TO the venders OF
confetti and perfume. Many thousands
are given employment for months be-
fore the carnival making masquerade
Evening journal., 1917-02-17
BY II. r. ROBERTSON.

United Press STAFF COrresp pOndent
RIO DE JANEIRO. Feb. i7.-Tomor-
row Mono god of fun" will rule SUI
preme in Brazil. A fat Jolly god, free
from care, whose worshippers include
every soul in the land It will be the
first Of three days OF cernival-riot-
Gus. gorgeous; the most firmly estab-
lished and cherished institution ON the
South American continent
Come rain, shine prosperity or pow
erty, every Brazilian has laid his trou-
bles on the shelf for three days of Mt
ter abandon to play and fun. For
three months Mono" has been test
ing out marching clubs, music and
dancers. Every "bairra' or suburb
and section IN the city has had its
preliminary battles of confetti, col
ored illumination, street dancing and
general gaiety. For six months the
people have been saving their money
for the big event
Avenida Rio Branco. the Broadway
of Brazil. and its extension, "Beira
Mar" is the scene of the principal ac-
tivities. Fully 100000 persons VIII
be crushed into the short mile OF
thoroughfare. half of them are mask
ed and all OF them playing. A huge
parade OF decorated automobiles and
vehicles. carrying the society OF Bra
zil. open the fun in quadruple lines
down the wide avenue.
The parade moves slowly because
every inch Of space is occupied by the
seething crowd on foot Battles ol
confetti. duels with "lances'' (siph-
onsl, of perfume. and bombardments
with "serpentinas' Oong ribbons OF
colored paper marked the progress OF
the parade.
Before the autos and carriages have
more than begun their march they
/ become interlaced with the masses OF
paper ribbons. Serpentinas thrown
from the windows Of the buildings
festoon the balconies, trees and street
lamps. The air becomes heavy with
perfumes and the confetti undertoo'
drifts and deepens like snow IN an
/ American winter.
At night three huge spectacular par
AIDES given by clubs competing for a
prize offered by the municipality
satiate the Latin taste for show
Floats, some Of them a hundred yards
long, represent fairy stories and the
events Of the day.
One great float carries a rose tree
/ branch, whose buds burst into flow
er and close to buds again as it moves
along. Nesting in the hearts Of the
roses and waiting kisses to the clam
Evening journal., 1917-02-17

costumes. Cafes. dance halls, bars
permanent and impromptu) theatres.
rlnks and all amusement places are
full to overflowing.
Mardi Gras at New Orleans, Venice.
Rome or other European cities. attract
tourists from far countries, but those
who have seen the carnival at Rio say
1t is greater than any Of these.
Tho composite headache OF Brazil
on February 21st is the one institution
possibly greater than the carnival.
Evening journal., 1917-02-17
DANCING
Miss McCIafferty

Announces the opening Of Der Private Ban
Room. the finest In the State In the Gilbert
Studio. 704 Delaware Avenuv.
Dancing, De- Beginners Adulis
pertinent and Monday. 8 to P. N.
Classical Dane. General Dancing, o 20
rliss.,.. "a 80, IL p. NJ. with Orcher.
sons BY Appoint. ira. Children's Glass.
meht. Saturday A. NJ
Member Of the American Society Of Dane
ing. New York City.
Phones--sehool. 6si1-w, D. & A. Home
5o22, d. A.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23
DAILY RECORD.
Deeds Filed.

Logan heights addition-Logan Heights
Investment Co. to Ethel Walker. Leavell
street. lots 10. II. Il. Is. block IS; $500
san Elizario. Fl Paso county-Julius
KrakGuer 10 James G. McNary. survey 9,
10 II: SO.
Hollywood park addition-C- S. Osborn
10 sue Levy. Morton avenue, lots l, 2. 3.
4, s. s. Z. s. 9, 10, block 81, Oct p,
1915. So
Hague subdivision OF Government hill
addition-Tom B. Newman to Thomas W.
McConn. east Il feet lot 8, block S, Jan
20. 1917; 500.
Automobiles Licensed
1o55s-Agapito Martinez. zos s Camp
bell, Overland
10355-H- Gutierrez. 10Y s. Campbell
Ford
10s56-Gregg Roff- Hotel Herbert, Buick
Licensed to Marry.
Henry Ressel and Elicia Rodriguez
" Z. Fisk and Helen Doyle
Walter Amacher and Zorra Sena-
Frank Williamson and Emma Lee Ran
son
John Hazelton and Kathleen Collins.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23
stop CALOMEL! TAKE
DODSON'S LIVER TONE
Ne" Discovery Takes Place of Dangerous CaOm Puts Your Liver
Work Without Making You Sck-Eat Anything 1t Can Not
SaMate- Don't Lose Days Work!

discovered vegetable compound that does
the work OF dangerous, sickening calomel and
want every reader of this paper to try bottle
ana II 1t doesn't straighten you up better and
quicker than salivating calomel just go back to
the store and get your money
guarantee that one spoonful of Dodsons
Liver lone will put your sluggish liver to work
and clean your thirty feet of bowels OF the sour
Ollie and constipation poison which IS clogging
your system and making you feel miserable
guarantee that one spoonful of this harmless
liquid liver medicine will relieve the headache bill
1ousness, coated tongue, ague, malaria. sour stol-
ach or any other distress caused BY torpid liver
as quickly as dose of vile, nauseating calomel
besides i vii not make you sick or keep you from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23

building for the FL Paso Sash and
Door company at the corner OF Mills
and Walnut streets is being rapidly
constructed and will be ready for oc-
cupatiOn in 80 days. The building is
$50 by 500 feet
Big Building Ready in July.
The five story concrete, fire proof
building, known as the Stevens
Aronstein building, being erected by
V =. Ware on the corner OF san
Francisco and South Santa F'e streets,
is nearing completion and according
to L J. Seely. superintendent Of con-
struction. Will be ready for occupancy
July 4. No wood is being used in the
main construction and even the win
dow frames are to be Of steel. with
wire reinforced panes of glass. The
dimensions of the building are 100
by lis feet and il is expected TO cost
about SS5,000.
Mr.. Seeley had charge of the work
on the Martin building last year and
il is expected that he will superintend
the building Of the school Of mines
group.
Home For Tex-Mex Motors.
The automobile sales and garage
building being constructed on the
corner OF Montana and Mesa streets
by Beaudett and Chopper for Mrs. Z.
NJ Bell viii be completed next week
at which time the building viii be
occupied DE the 1eA-MtA Mulor Aair
company which has secured the lease.
The building is constructed OF brick
and concrete and is 120 by 80 feet,
costing about $4,000.
Seaman's Hotel Nearly Completed.
The 50 room brick hotel at III
North Oregon street, upon which
work was commenced the latter part
Of April by William Pringle- will be
completed July 10 at a cost Of $4,000.
The hotel is OF three stories and 80
by 12O feet with A spacious lobby on
the first floor D. c. Seaman. owner
Of the building. will occupy it and
direct the business.
Materials Short For Cathedral.
Work on St Patrick's cathedral.
being constructed by Kroeger. May
field & Shaw. on the corner of Mesa
and Arizona, has been temporarily
because Of the delay in the
arrival Of marble and other material
for finishing The plaster work is
nearly all completed and the wood
is being stained and
polished
When completed the building will
be worth over S125. 000,' said a repre-
sentative Of Barnett. Haynes and
Barnett, the architectural firm that
designed the edifice. although the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23

rooms at 1905 TrOwbridge street,
s4750.
Begin Foundation OF White Building
Kroeger, Mayfield and Shaw have
constructed the foundation walls and
the excavation IS practically finished
for the four story building TO be con-
structed on the corner Of Durango
and San Antonio streets, for T. I.
White.
The building. as designed by Lang
and Witcheli. will be 120 by 12O feet
and OF concrete fire proof construc-
ton. The structure will be COM
pleted in five months at which time
il viii be occupied BY the Perry
Kirkpatrick Realty company
LauEhIin Hotel Under Way.
Work on the Laughlin hotel,
West Franklin street, the plans for
which were drawn by J. julius Wall
work. IS well under way and will be
completed about the first Of Septem-
Der by Jolly & Morris, the contract
ors-
The Mayfield Building and Realty
company is building for A St0laroff
a four family apartment house con-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23
POLICE BLOCK ANOTHER
SUFFRAGE BANNER DISPLAY

Washington. D. C. June 23-The
police quickly blocked another at
tempt today by suffra gists to display
gates
Mrs Lawrence Lewis. OF Philadel-
phia and Miss Gladys Grenier. Of Bal
timore. who carried the banner. were
arrested before they had it entirely
unfurled. The banner carried a quo
tatiOn from one Of president wilson's
books
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23

sisting OF two room apartments and
baths. at Octavia and Missouri
streets. valued at $3.50.
Building Stewards Auto Store.
The two old brick houses on the
southeast corner Of Montana and
Florence streets were demolished dur
ing the past week by J. F. GOebel. who
has the contract for the erection OF
a new one story salesroOm for the
Stewart Products company. Inc. Of
which P Il Kelly Of Los Angeles,
viii be the city manager This is an
autOnobile accessory firm.
The building will be II feet wide
and extend along Montana street 30
feet and will be completed and ready
for occupancy about the last Of July.
The contract price is $4,000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23

days work. 1 want to see a bottle of this won
deTtu liver medicine in every home here.
Caiomel IS poison-its mercury-it attacks the
bones often causing rheumatism. Calomel is dan.
gerous. 1t sickens-while my Dodson's Liver
lone is safe, pleasant and harmless Eat anv.
thing afterwards, because it can not salvate. Give
1t TO the children because It doesn't upset the ston
ach or shock the liver. Take a spoonful tonight
and wake up feeling fne and ready for full
days work
Get bottle! Try it! If it doesn't do exactly
what say, tell your dealer TO hand your money
OacS- Every druggist and store keeper here knows
me ana Knows OF my wonderful discovery of .
Gus calonleL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23

at $3.50 Montana street to Fred Hob
ling for $3.50.
Perry-Kirkpatriek Buy Lots
The American Lumber & Invest
ment Co. sold to the Perry-kirkpat-
rick Realty company. west 10 feet OF
lot %. lot % and east five feet Of lot
"A. block Il. Cotton addition, $500.
Elizabeth New ell sold to G. Lackey
lots 6 to Il. block 80: lots 5 to u.
block IS: lots 35 to As. block 2: lots
2 to s. block 81, Hollywood Heights
addition. $500.
The Interurban Improvement COM
pany sold to 7. v. Larabee, lot l,
block B. Christie tract, $500.
Logan Heights addition sold to Mrs
Elfie Vidal. lots % TO %, block u,
for S525.
J. A Hicks transferred to Minnie
l. Hicks lots and 6, block %. Frank
lin Heights addition for 800
=. and :. p. Resale sold to Nelina
9. de Quenada. lot p. east half OF lot
20, block 90" Moeiler's addition $500.
westons Buy Lots
The PhoeniX-El PasO Realty COM
CampbelFs addition for s19.50O.
c. J. Neel sold to Mrs. L. WOdOff
lots II TO 10, block IS, Alexanderis
addition, S3675.
:. c. Aubrey sold to R. L Dor
bandit lots and 6. block 5, Castle
Heights addition. $3.50
John ". Phillips has sold to Rob
ert L Carter lots S 10 Is block ia,
East Fl Paso addition, s2790.
+. B. WingO sold to George f.
Pitcher lots 80. 81 and 30, block 49,
Grandview addition. $4,000.
New Home for Rio Grande Bank.
The Rio Grande Valley Bank &
Trust Co. purchased property on the
southwest corner Of Stanton and San
Antonio streets through its presi-
dent, Winchester Cooley, from the
owners, c y. Bassett, Richard F.
Burgess and the Felix Martinez es-
tate, for a consideration of $3.50 200.
The tract is 20 by Sc feet and viii
be used as the site for the future
home of the BIO Grande bank.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23
MAIL. QUARTERS
SINCE YEAR 80
Site of Federal Building in
FL Paso Once Sold at
$500 an Acre.

The land site occupied by the fed
eral building, including postoffice, on
the corner Of Oregon and Mills streets,
has been instrumental in assisting
the mail service Of the southwest
for the past S. years. since 1859.
Juarez then was a small. but promis-
ing town and the water supply was
provided by the acequias. one branch
and tributaries on each side Of the
river
The postoffice block was part Of
the original land grant received by
Ponce de Leon from the Mexican gov
eminent in 1927, years before the
Texans achieved their independence
from Mexico. The first division OF
the Leon tract was made when VIII
liam 7. Smith purchased a strip OF
land from where the present Y. NJ.
c. A building stands to the Rio
Grande for $4,000 in 1854
Pays $500 Per Block in 1859.
Edward Hull. an agent Of the San
line, purchased q block Of one acre
partly occupied by the present post
office on February II, 1889, for $500
and the land has remained in the mail
service since that date, although other
lots were sold from time to time as
the demand arose following the lay
ing out Of the town shortly after
1860.
The partners owning the mail route
G. H Giddings, of San Antonio, who
had charge of the Texas district. and
John T. Doyle, of San Marcial, n. NJ,
who supervised the New Mexico, Ari-
iona, Nevada and California district,
were forced to dissolve the partner
ship on account OF the depletion Of
business during the Civil war, and
each took the district over which he
was supervisor
Mortgage Takes Block in II.
From that time on the mail bust
ness progressed from bad TO worse
and in 1868 the site was mortgaged
by Mr. Giddings to Thomas ". Pierce,
of Boston. the builders OF the South
ern Pacific railroad. represented by
z. B. Nichols and W i. Diffenderef-
fer. only to have the mortgage fore
closed and the property bought by
Mr.. Pierce in 1871 for $500. The
sale at this time also included the
Sheldon block and the Howard, Ran
kin and O'Fallon block on Overland,
FL Paso and Oregon streets.
Mr. Pierce sold the postOffice block
to its present owner, the United
States government in 1887 for S12,0 900
and the unoccupied lots were later
disposed OF to individual purchasers I
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23
DENMAN-GOETHALs FIGHT


Washington. D. c. June 23.-Presi-
dent Wilson today authorized secre-
tary Tumulty to say that the presi-
dent has not yet settled the difficult
ties between chairman Denman. of
the shipping board and Mai Gen
George W. Cocktails, Of the emergency
fleet corporation. over the wooden
shipbuilding program
The president, Mr. Tumulty said.