Murderers Strike for Food in Silver Bow Jail
Frank Fisher and John ONeill, condemned inmates in Silver Bow County Jail, led a hunger strike demanding more and better food. The plan faltered as most prisoners ended the fast after seven days with special meals arranged for the two leaders, while officials asserted control and continued standard feeding. A separate note reports draft stock feeder resolutions adopted by the Chicago Livestock Exchange and sent to President Wilson and cabinet members seeking higher livestock production.
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Frank Fisher
John O'Neill
Silver Bow County
Fisher
la Pankhurst
Albert Roleau
Rourke
O'Neill
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Baker
Houston
Freezone Corn and Callus Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Freezone as a fast corn and callus remover. It claims instant relief from soreness and easy lifting of the corn or callus without damaging surrounding skin. The small bottle costs only a few cents and dries instantly for convenient use.
Corn Prices Seek Federal Price Fix In August Resolution
Chicago August 11 resolutions urge the federal government to set a minimum corn price of 75 cents and a maximum of $1 per bushel to insure adequate acreage for stockmen and request exemption from the ...
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Chicago
Coal Dealers Accused Of Extortion Under Peabody Pact
Clarke Thorne testifies before the federal trade commission on behalf of public utilities and a national municipal group declaring the Peabody agreement unfair to consumers. He urges abandonment of price fixing negotiations and the quick use of a reasonable maximum price under the Lever act.
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Washington
Peabody
Federal Trade Commission
Clifford Thorne
Defense Council
Coal Committee
Thorne
Liebknecht Released From Berlin Prison
Paris reports Dr Karl Liebknecht socialist leader in the German Reichstag was freed a fortnight ago by the German government fearing he might die in prison. He is said to suffer from tuberculosis. He faced court martial in Berlin for military treason and received four years and one month.
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Paris
Karl Liebknecht
Reichstag
Berlin
Temps
Geneva
Dr. Liebknecht
Young Johnson Willing
Examiners for the district selective draft exemption board in San Francisco disagreed on Hiram W. Johnson Jr. fitness for service. One doctor found eyesight defective while another found no trouble. He will return for a second examination tomorrow. He has a wife and two children and did not claim exemption.
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San Francisco
Hiram W. Johnson Jr
United States
Johnson
National Army
Tomato Conspiracy Alleged Ties Coast Packing Firms
Washington August 11 The Federal Trade Commission announced evidence of a conspiracy among large packing interests to corner the entire tomato output of the Pacific coast. The disclosure came from FTC offices.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Federal Trade Commission
Idle men try in vain to stop street work in Butte
A crowd of idle men with white buttons tried to interrupt contractor J. C. McGuire’s South Montana street project in Butte. They urged six hour work limits and told workers to take breaks to hurt profits, but when the boss arrived the laborers remained loyal and continued steady progress. Soldiers patrolling the streets near the mines are already improving order.
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Butte
J. C. McGuire
South Montana
Socialist antiwar meeting near riot in Minneapolis
A downtown antiwar rally in Minneapolis nearly erupted into violence as Howard Harter, a St. Paul socialist out on bail for draft registration charges, attacked the public safety commission and officials. Soldiers in the crowd grew menacing, the meeting adjourned, and an unidentified man mistaken for a speaker was beaten before police intervention.
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Minneapolis
Howard Harter
St. Paul
Public Safety Commission
Bisbee, Aziz
Marter
Harter
Mine drivers ordered back as strike halts 5,000 workers
About 15 coal mines between Springfield and St Louis have shut down, putting more than 5,000 miners out of work amid a wage strike by mine drivers. Francis McLaughlin of the Illinois Coal Operators Association said the men are ordered to return.
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Springfield
Ill
St. Louis
Francis McLaughlin
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
McLaughlin
Drivers Ordered Back to Work Amid Wage Dispute
Nine and ten hour demands for eight hour pay at 45 cents per hour have left workers earning $3.60 daily. Harry Fishwick, vice president of the Illinois district United Mine Workers of America, has ordered the drivers to return to work.
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Harry Fishwick
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Inmate Farrally Arrested at Angel Island
Federal authorities on Angel Island arrest a man calling himself Patrick J. Farrally. He was found with a packet of letters and $100 in currency near the area where Franz Bopp, former German consul general in San Francisco, and associates are interned, charged with unlawful presence on the premises.
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San Francisco
Angel Island
Patrick J. Farrally
Franz Bopp
Farrally
Woman Shoots Ex-Husband Over Baby Threat, Deposition Says
In Mineola New York on August 11 Bianca De Saulles allegedly shot her former husband John Longer De Saulles after he vowed she would not have their baby again. The maid testified to the district attorney in a sworn deposition detailing the threat and resulting act.
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Mineola
N. Y
John Longer de Saulles
Bianca de Saulles
Record sum clears in New York loan settlement
A check for 96 111 111 11 dollars drawn by J P Morgan Co for the Canada loan settlement was paid by Liberty National Bank in New York. The amount is the largest ever recorded in the New York clearing house and settles a 100 million dollar loan floated by a Morgan headed syndicate for the Dominion.
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New York
New York Clearing House
J. P. Morgan & Co
Seamen and Employers Reach Full War Wage Agreement
Washington officials announced that American seamen and their employers have reached a complete agreement on wartime wages and working conditions. The accord addresses crew shortages and secures sufficient manpower to operate the expanding merchant fleet.
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Washington
Red Cross Ambulance Members Wounded On Front
Paris August 11 Price McQuillian of Overbrook Pennsylvania and Wayne Wetterleim of Philadelphia members of section 22 of the American Red Cross ambulance were seriously wounded by a shell while loading wounded at an advanced post on the battle front.
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Paris
Price McQuillian
Overbrook
Wayne Wetterleim
Philadelphia
American Red Cross Ambulance
Far From Water Rabbits and Wildlife Survive Desert Drought
A Southwest desert feature shows rabbits quail squirrels deer antelope mountain sheep and many reptiles and insects thriving far from visible water sources. wildlife adapt through efficient water use and remote sources, revealing surprising resilience in arid environments.
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Deserts
Southwest
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