Western railroads seek 24 percent freight rise to hit 6 percent return
Samuel M. Felton told the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on May 6 that western carriers need about 3.852 billion to reach a 6 percent net on $8.964 billion investment created by the transportation act. He urged a 24 percent freight-rate increase west of the Mississippi, noting congestion and rising demand for more equipment and service. He noted 1916 to 1919 net income drop and a 17 percent revenue rise needed after cost updates, with no passenger fare increases planned.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Samuel M. Felton
Chicago
Western Executive Rate Committee
Mississippi
Felton
Northwest
West
Middle West
Western Carriers
Bolshevists Defeated by a Japanese Division
Tokio May 3. The Fourteenth Japanese division on April 29 defeated 4,000 Bolshevists near Khabarovsk in Siberia near the Manchuria frontier. A London-datelined dispatch said a Russian firm in Tien-Tsin received a cablegram about the annihilation, with no official confirmation. The Japanese commander cited Bolshevist aggressions at Khabarovsk Nikolsk and Vladivostok as causes of Vladivostok seizure early April by Japanese forces.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Manchuria
London
Tien-Tsin
China
Bolshevists
Nikolsk
Vladivostok
Mrs Boehme Dies After Short Illness in Butte
Mrs Elizabeth Boehme longtime Butte resident and operator of the Douglas apartments at 25 West Quartz street died in a local hospital after a illness of a few days. She leaves two sons Albert of Butte and Harold of Seattle with funeral plans to be set upon Harold’s arrival from Seattle.
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Elizabeth Boehme
Butte
Flag Day Ceremonies Ordered To Boost Army Civilian Ties
Washington May 6 Secretary Baker issued orders to make June 14 Flag Day a day of special ceremony to foster friendly relations between the army and civilians. Commanding officers are to involve as many personnel as possible in community programs near posts camps or stations and, where no programs exist, to cooperate with civil authorities to provide them.
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Washington
Baker
Swamp Root Ad Targets Women Kidney Health
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble and may misdiagnose symptoms as other illnesses. Back pain, headaches, loss of ambition, and nervousness can signal kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a remedy. readers are urged to obtain a sample by sending ten cents and to mention the Anaconda Standard.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
The Thin and Bloodless Treatment Gaining Attention
Community interest grows in a physicians advised remedy said to raise red and white blood cells, improve color and vigor, and add weight by 10 to 30 pounds after months of use. Three grain hype ruclane tablets sold by apothecaries in sealed oil packets, aiding food absorption.
Refugees crowd Theodosia as relief efforts rush food and transport
Thousands of Russian refugees pour into Theodosia Crimea where the American Red Cross runs relief HQ for South Russia. The US Near East squadron dispatches cargo boats and war vessels to move evacuees to Constantinople for onward aid. Typhus and near famine threaten the destitute crowds as relief agencies race to supply distant bases.
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Theodosia
Crimea
American Red Cross
South Russia
Baeksea
Petrograd
United States
Constantinople
Red Cross
Asia Minor
Balkan Peninsula
Russia
Springfield man granted divorce after wife affair case
Louis Solo mon of Springfield forgot his tobacco at work and found another man with his wife on returning home. He has been granted a divorce, court records show.
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Springfield, al
Louis Solomon
Springfield
Irish Republic Minister Proposed For Dublin Post
Washington May 6 A resolution introduced by Representative Hamill Democrat New Jersey proposes Congress urge President Wilson to decline receiving Sir Auckland Geddes as Ireland s diplomatic representative and to instead appoint Dr Patrick McCarton as minister of the provisional Irish republic to Dublin.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Sir Auckland Geddes
Ireland
Patrick McCarton
Hamill
New Jersey
Law to aid Germany buy needed materials in U S
United States Senator France of Maryland introduced a bill to facilitate Germany's purchase of materials in America for rehabilitation and to meet reparations demands. The measure aims to assist Germany in acquiring essential goods domestically under U S supervision and policy.
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Washington
Germany
America
L’rance
Maryland
Kaiser Named Pig Inspires Boy During Club Project
A Worcester boy in a pigs club said he loved his pig so much he could not bear the thought of killing it. He named the animal Kaiser and afterward felt no sorrow about the decision, illustrating the emotional tie of youth club projects.
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Kaiser
Worcester
Storm II Raging Off Cadiz Sinks 16 Fishing Boats
A furious hurricane roars through the Straits of Gibraltar near Cadiz on May 6 causing extensive damage and sinking 16 fishing boats. Local crews report the loss as the storm disrupts fishing and coastal activity.
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Cadiz
Straits of Gibraltar
Women voters seek platforms appealing to issues
Mrs Helen H Gardener the first woman on the U S civil service commission warns candidates to craft platforms for women that stress issues not personalities Women are increasingly capable and will seek political office Their brains are not sex defined and their influence helped win suffrage and shape policy through the League of Women Voters and suffrage movement leadership
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Mildred Morris
International News Service
Washington
Helen H. Gardener
United States Civil Service Commission
National Women's Suffrage Association
National Woman's Suffrage Association
White House
League of Women Voters
Gardener
Ouija Board
China’s Literary Revolution
A Knoxville Journal and Tribune opinion piece laments social discord and envy across the nation. It argues sympathy as the cure for strife, citing Junius and stressing that collective suffering harms all classes in the body politic.
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Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Junius
Cabbage and Sausage Diet Promoted by Woman
A testimonial claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured a woman of chronic ailments after doctors offered surgery. The ad asserts the simple cabbage and sausage diet clears intestinal inflammation and related stomach, liver, and appendix issues. One dose guarantees money back. Available at all druggists.
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United States
Mayr
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