Catholics Endorsing Peace Debate At Federation Meet
At Kansas City aug 27 American Federation of Catholic Boys discusses war loyalty and peace terms. Delegates expect a dioscesan plan to join smaller societies to boost federation from 3 million to 18 million. President Whalen stresses patriotic sacrifice and support for Pope Benedict XV's peace efforts while moral committee warns of secular drift and erosion of traditional values.
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American Federation of Catholic Bocities
Committee On
Pope Benedict
Federation
Awise
Thomas Cannon
Thomas Flynn
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Paul
Whalen
America
Benedict XV
National Morals Committee
Seed Shortage Not Likely To Be Large
Spokane August 27. Western and northwestern states face only about one percent seed wheat and rye shortfall of the total needed to plant the acreage. Conference of crop experts and bankers under Secretary Houston discussed seed financing and seed pricing. J F Cain proposed a $40,000 bankers fund to assist farmers. Dr A Pearson suggested seed wheat price be set by food controller. others debated a 25 percent advance. Louis W Hill of Great Northern noted 25 percent higher wheat through his lines and a Minnesota rise similar to last year.
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Spokane
Wash
Houston
Department of Agriculture
A. Pearson
J. F. Cain
Utah
State Council of Defense
CC. B. Kegley
State Grange
Washington
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Minnesota
Steamships in Collision but No One Injured
The Alaska Steamship liner Jefferson carrying 20 passengers collided head on with the Canadian Pacific liner Princess May in fog near Milbank Sound between Jane and Cone Islands, British Columbia. The Jefferson, badly damaged, is being towed by Princess May toward Swanson Bay. no injuries reported.
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Alaska
Canadian Pacific
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Cone Islands
British Columbia
J. G. Nord
Princess May
Swanson Bay
Fraternal union fight leads to new court suit in Chicago
Supreme officers of the North American union sue to restrain Daniel S Wentworth from acting as attorney or pursuing new suits against the Fraternal Aid union or the North American union. They seek to bar five elected supreme council members from interfering with Fraternal Aid management after mergers and claimed improper distributions of a $228,000 commission.
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Supreme Officers of the North American Union
Daniel S. Wentworth
Fraternal Aid Union
North American Union
Supreme Council
Federal Aid Union
Robert S. Iles
Frank Nunemaker
Nunemaker
Foell
Superior Court
John H
Lee
Wentworth
Miners Strike Averted in Birmingham District
Birmingham, Alabama, August 27. Secretary Wilson helped avert a miners strike in the Birmingham district. Practically all union demands, including recognition, have been indefinitely postponed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wilson
Record high beef price at Union stock yards
Chicago August 27 choice beeves sold at the Union stock yards for 16.30 a hundredweight, a new on the hoof high. The price topped last week’s record by 80 cents.
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Chicago
Union
Investigations Grow Into West End Raid In Houston
Houston council adopts a resolution authorizing a separate probe into the killing of 17 people during indiscriminate shooting by the Twenty Fourth infantry last Thursday night. Four investigations are now underway or planned regarding the west end raid.
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Houston
Texas
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Secretary Baker Maintains No Major Clothing Shortage Expected
Washington reports Secretary Baker stated that mobilization plans for the national army next month include well advanced arrangements for clothing and equipment. Any minor shortages anticipated will be overcome quickly as supply networks are ready.
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Washington
Baker
Allies to buy via Baruch Commission in U S markets
Washington August 27 Italy Belgium and Serbia join Great Britain France and Russia in agreeing to purchase through the allies purchasing commission chaired by Bernard M Baruch. Other allies expected to join soon.
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Iitaly
Belgium
Serbia
Allies’ Purchasing Commission
Bernard M. Baruch
Great Britain
France
Russia
Young Philadelphian killed in first flight
Julian C. Biddle 27, son of Mrs. Arthur Biddle, died in service with the Lafayette Flying Squadron two days earlier. Yale graduate of 1912, trained at Essington and Pau, licensed last fall, went to France in May. Survived by mother and siblings Alfred A. and Edith F. Biddle. Miss Biddle in France.
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Arthur Biddle
Gwynedd Valley
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Viddle
Biddle
William Lyman Biddle
de Lancey Street
Bar Harbor
France
Essington Aviation School
Pau
Mr. Biddle
Yale
Radner
West
Alfred A. Biddle
Edith F. Biddle
Frathee
Honolulu Civic Center Plan Nears Realization
Honolulu with the old royal palace at its core moves toward a civic center after selecting a site opposite the new United States building and a site for a United States army quartermaster building. The plan includes Kalakaua’s palace the federal building the army building the old judiciary building the coral stone Kawaiahao church the 1841 library and archives. Nearby blocks will house new type business houses developed by major sugar firms creating a distinct architectural district.
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Honolulu
Royal Palace
United States
United States Army Quartermaster
Kalakaus
Kawaiahoa
Public Library
Canada’s First Draft Heads to Mobilize 40,000 Men
Ottawa dispatches report that over 40,000 men will be called out on Wednesday. The conscription bill is expected to be signed by the Duke of Devonshire, Canada's governor general, tomorrow.
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Canada
Ottawa Dispatches
Duke of Devonshire
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