Lumber rate dispute over Pacific coast shipping in Chicago testimony
W C Clumpner traffic manager OshkoshTraffle association declares the inconsistency of lumber rates from Wisconsin to the Pacific coast regions is barbarous. He testifies before interstate commerce investigators as part of a Wisconsin sash and door firms push. HA Sellen of Morgan Sash and Door notes discrimination against lumber and millwork shipments leaving Chicago, while mixed car loads into Chicago enjoy lower rates.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast Territory
Wisconsin
W.C. Clumpner
Oshkosh T Raffle Association
Oshkosh
Wis
inter=state commerce commissioners
Wisconsin Sash and Door
HA. Sellen
Morgan Sash Find. Door Company
Sellen
Russian Officers Mown Down In War Report
Berlin July 17 report from Petrograd via Overseas News agency states by July 1 of the TruStan offensive 14 900 Russian officers and 248 000 men were killed. Included are 17 generals and 29 regimental commanders. England says war cost blocks further loans and Red mocks American sympathy.
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Berlin
Sayville
Petrograd
Stockholm
England
France
United States
Red
Railway president tours Butte and Flathead line plan
Northern Pacific president J M Hannaford, visiting Butte, praises the city and outlines plans for a Dixon to Polson Flathead branch. He says work on the roadbed will start within a month, with government authority secured and rail access through Indian lands. He forecasts grain shipments from Flathead to Polson by September 1917.
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Butte
J. M. Hannaford
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Dixon
Flathead
Polson
Dixon-Polson
Hannaford
Parliament weighs Germany submarine dispute with United States
London July 17 The question of a possible dispute between Great Britain and the United States over the German submarine Deutschland was raised in the house. Lord Robert said correspondence is proceeding and should not be published now. Mr Dillon pressed for a discussion in parliament before any commitment. Lord Robert said he would present the suggestion to Sir Edward Grey.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Robert
Dillon
Lord Robert
Edward Grey
Twenty Millions Shipment From London Arrives in Halifax
A shipment valued at about 20 million dollars in gold and securities arrived in Halifax London today, bringing the total to 188 million and 945 thousand since the movement began. The hold was deposited at the assay office for J P Morgan and Co.
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London
Halifax
J.P. Morgan & Co
Young William Vanderbilt Listens to Hughes at Easthampton
William K. Vanderbilt, eight, in his ninth year, was among the young citizens introduced to Charles Evans Hughes the Republican presidential candidate at Easthampton Long Island. Hughes spoke as the day’s orator and Vanderbilt was noted as an attentive listener.
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William K. Vanderbilt
Charles Evans Hughes
Easthampton
L. I
Hughes
William
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Omaha
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Travel Information Bureau
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