Honor Ship of Utah Launched in Alameda Yard Features
The Liberty Loan Honor Ship Uticarbon Vinh was launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Alameda yards with sponsor Miss Margaret Horsley breaking wine on the bow to avert a sea superstition. Governor Bamberger and Governor Day of the Twelfth Federal Reserve attended as the ship was christened and presented to Carbon County. A luncheon for about 150 Utahns followed at the Hotel Chichind with Oak Hall chamber officials hosting.
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Bamberger
Treasury Department
Day
Federal Reserve
Carbon County
Wilflour TD Stephens
Carl Tt. Marcnsen
Utah
Chikhind
Oakhind
Mexican agrarian law threatens U S investments in Sonora
Washington reports that over a thousand Americans face loss of millions as Sonora enacts an agrarian law at Governor Calles directions. U S firms file complaints with the State Department and seek action against the law which would use agrarian bonds to compensate expropriated lands. The United States argues the bonds lack value given Mexico’s unpaid interest on its national bonds since 1918.
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Washington
Congress
Sonora
Mexico
Calles
State Department
Department
Carranza
United States
Federal
National Government of
French Law Chief Recommends No Prosecution in Callaux Trial
Theodore Lescouve the French attorney general submits conclusions to the commission of the culry finding no grounds to prosecute former premier Joseph Callaux for treasonable dealings with the enemy after a year and a half in custody. The report also notes Luis Lowstilon, tied to Atillatx, faces no prosecution.
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Callaux
Paris
Joseph Callaux
Theo-dore Lescouve
The
Republic
MM. Lescouve
Trix
Luis Lowstilon
Atllatx
House War Inquiry Heads Abroad Amid Europe Visit
A House committee on war expenditures plans an international inquiry with representatives Jameson of South Dakota Bland of Indiana and Blood of White Knife involved. The panel will travel to Europe in August to examine transport meat shipments and related costs.
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House
Europe
House War Lines Lighting Committee
Vernon
Jameson
South Dakota
Bland
Indiana
Blood
Four Die in Cloudburst Drownings in Premont County
Four people drowned when a cloudburst hit Horse Creek in Premont county on Thursday night. Recoveries included Dr. Welty rated about 40 and Don Long age 13. John Shutter a piano tuner and another unnamed man also perished.
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Lander
Wyte
Dabole
Horse Creek
Premont County
Dr. Welty
Oll
Don Long
John Shutter
One Hundred Ships Sold by Shipping Board
The Shipping Board has sold 100 steel steamers built on the Great Lakes during the war to the Anderson Overseas Corporation of New York for about 80 million dollars. The sale marks a major postwar transfer of war built vessels to private industry.
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Shipping Board Washington
Great Lakes
Play Board
Anderson Overseas Corporation of
New York
Alaskan Road Bill Reported Favorably
Favorable report on a bill providing an additional 17 million dollars for construction of the Alaska road project. House committee actions set the stage for potential passage and funding allocation in the territorial assembly.
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Une House Territor
Chicago Scene of Heroe Race Riots
Rioting between whites and blacks spread across Chicago with 27 dead and many wounded. Troops from Cairo were en route to bolster forces as clashes surged in the black belt, Italian district, and north and south sides. A patrol wagon attack left several dead or injured and arson followed in the west side.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cairo
Black Belt
Provident Hospital
Frank Hoedek
Federal Collector of Internal Revenue
West Side
Woodlawn
Innglewood
North Side
West Division Street
Larrabee Street
Cardinal Mercier Set for US Visit by Archbishop of Reims
Cardinal Mercier archbishop of Reims is expected to visit America soon as part of early 20th century church goodwill missions. He is slated to travel with a delegation to meet American church leaders and lay sponsors.
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Cardinal Mercier
Reims
America
Michigan to Probe Packers Over Antitrust Prices
Detroit authorities announce an investigation by Attorney Alexander J. Groesbeck into the operations of large packing companies and other food firms in Michigan to determine if price controls violate state antitrust law.
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Michigan
Detroit
Michi
Alexander J. Groesbeck
Belgian Foreign Affairs Committee Endorses Treaty
The Belgian chamber of deputies foreign affairs committee on Wednesday endorsed the tentative ratification of the peace treaty with Germany. The vote reflected cautious support amid ongoing diplomatic considerations in Brussels.
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Brussels
Depe Uties Wednoahiy
Germ
American ranchman pays ransom to Mexican bandits for son
John West Thompson, an American rancher near Mexico City, has paid 1500 pesos ransom demanded by bandits for his 14-year-old son. The incident follows claims that Carranza's rule is not a government but a band of outlaws and highlights divisions over U S recognition of Mexican leaders. William Gates of Baltimore testified before Congress arguing Carranza's government is ineffective and unreliable.
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Carranza
Mexico
Washington
America
William Gates
Baltimore
House Rules Committee
Gould
Wilson
Gates
John West Thompson
Mexico City
State Department
San Diego Tops Soldier Reemployment List
San Diego leads seventy seven cities in the share of returned soldiers placed in jobs for the five weeks ending June 28. The national average was 66 percent, with Los Angeles Portland Philadelphia and Chicago just above 70 percent and New York placing about half of its 15 653 jobless applicants.
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San Diego
New York
Cal
Arthur Woods
Secretary of War
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Philadelphia
Chicago
Seattle
Baltimore
Cheyenne
Wye
AOL
Butte
Mont
Reno
Nev
Hale Joins Class of Students at Camp Dix Army College
Major General H. C. Hale, commander of the cantonment, enrolled in the motor mechanics course as Camp Dix Army College opened Monday. Women caught in a gambling raid in Mineola fled panic from a Cedare nt residence. authorities alleged gambling activities were involved.
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Hale
New York
Camp Dix Army College
H. C. Hale
Canton
Mineola
Steel Corporation Faces Legal Fight
Utah Wyoming Montana and Colorado interests among plaintiffs in a federal action alleging violation of the federal trade commission act and the Clayton antitrust act in selling rolled steel on a Pittsburg basis. The Western association seeks Chicago as a basing point for steel prices. The FTC undertakes a thorough investigation as a friendly suit. E H Gary calls it the biggest lawsuit ever.
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Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Washington
Western Association of Rolled Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Other
Steel Producers
Federal Trade Commission
E. H. Gary
The
Western Association
John 8. Miller
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
California
Gary
Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Corporation
Pennsylvania
United States
Ind
Italy Needs Yankee Coal Opens European Market To U.S. Operators
Rome reports Italy faces a vital coal shortage and likely difficulty securing supply from the Saar valley or Great Britain. The situation offers American coal operators a chance to enter the European market with promising prospects.
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Italy
Rome
Saar Valley
Great Britain
Louis Klotz Serves Seven French Finance Portfolios
Louis Lucien Klotz, noted French minister of finance, has held the same portfolio in seven different French governments.
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Louis Lucien Klotz
Haywood Freed on Bond in Chicago IWW Case
William D. Haywood former IWW secretary was released from Leavenworth on bond pending appeal. He plans an immediate return to Chicago then a country tour to rally workingmen, asserting the 93 IWW defendants were not tried fairly.
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Leavenworth
Chicago
William D. Haywood
The
Industrial Workers of the World
Maywood
Engineers Deliver Wage and Cost of Living Appeal to Wilson
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers presented President Wilson with a memorandum warning that without steps to cut living costs or raise real wages, railway workers would seek another wage increase. The exchange followed talks with Homer Cummings on the cost of living and grain issues raised by Julius Barnes. Warren S. Stone led the six dozen officers in presenting the document and urged government action.
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Washington
America
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Wilson
Homer
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Julius Barnes
Government Grain Corporation
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood
White House
Inquiry Asked Into Scott Arrest By Ottawa Leader
Ottawa's Sir Robert Bordens urged the British embassy in Washington to seek a formal inquiry into the arrest of Walter Scott former Saskatchewan premier at Pembina North Dakota by a U S immigration official for traveling without passports. Scott says he was ordered from a Northern Pacific train and held nearly three hours before escaping by breaking through a wall.
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Scott
Ottawa
Robert Bordens
Washington
Walter Scott
Saskatchewan
Pembina
N. C
United States
Northern Pacific
Victory Ribbon Bars for Army Soon After August 9
The War Department announced the first issue of official victory ribbon bars will arrive after August 9. A delivery of 400,000 ribbons will go to the New York supply officer for distribution to army recruiting stations and posts for officers and men in service. When the victory medal is ready it will be distributed with a ribbon bar to all participants in the war.
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Washington
Army
War Department
New York
Would Prohibit Sugar Exportation
Washington report says Rep Elliott of Indiana introduced a bill to ban sugar exports for two years. He cited wholesalers delaying orders from sugar retailers to meet export demand as the justification for the proposal.
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Washington
Elliott
Inliana
German Interests Purchase Copper in New York
Moderate quantities of refined copper have been bought for German manufacturing interests, with shipments already begun and expected to rise to larger proportions.
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New York
Naval probe to investigate G-2 submarine sinking
A naval board of inquiry will be appointed by Capt. J. N. Dufrees to investigate the Wednesday sinking of the U S submarine G-2 in Long Island sound off Pleasure Beach with the loss of three lives.
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New London
Conn
Naval Board of Inquiry
J. N. Dufrees
U. SS. N
U. S
Long Island Sound
Pleasure Beach
Surplus Textiles Auctioned by Army Division
Army surplus property division sold over 84 million dollars of textiles in about three hours in New York. Representatives of Admiral Kolchak's Siberian government bought more than a million dollars of the lot.
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New York
Army
Admiral Kolchak
Siberian
Belgian King and Queen to Visit White House in October
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium will be guests at the White House during their Washington visit this fall, with elaborate entertainment plans being prepared by the State Department.
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Vielt White House
Washington
Albert
Heilzabeth
Belgium
White House
State Department
Effort to Settle Yorkshire Coal Strike Fails
London report says a Leeds conference between mine owners and strikers failed to reach a settlement. The Yorkshire coal strike remains unresolved after the talks.
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London
Leeds
Third Reading Debates Constitutional Bill in Weimar Assembly
The assembly on Wednesday debated the constitutional bill. A Democratic proposal to elect parliament members for four years was adopted.
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Weimar
US Army Camp Brutality Hearings Face Inquiry
A congressional subcommittee on Governor's Island heard charges of brutal treatment and possible torture in French prison camps, naming high officers including Brig. Gen W W Hart, Maj Gen Frederick Smith Strong, Col Edgar Grimstead, and Col J S Maul. The panel vowed to forward all cases to the inspector general for punishment.
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New York
France
Congressional
Royal C. Johnson
South Dakota
Oscar E. Bland
Indiana
Governor's Island
Yankees wed German girls amid wartime confusions
Reports from Coblenz say American soldiers married German women due to misread anti fraternization rules. Chaplains' earlier guidance and a later headquarters order caused several marriages before troops learned the United States had not yet ratified the treaty, keeping fraternization prohibited.
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Coblenz
United States
Germany
America
Berlin Debates State War Tribunal Bill
Socialist motions to speed a bill creating a state tribunal to investigate the war’s cause and guilt passed the national assembly in Weimar on Tuesday. Interior Minister Eduard David urged the body to adopt the plan to offset the Entente court. The scheme would publish secret documents first, then armistice and outbreak records.
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Berlin
National Assembly
Weimar
Eduard David
Germany
Entente
Few Americans in Occupation Army in Germany
Secretary Baker told the house military committee that after September 1 the occupation army in Germany will be largely French and Belgian troops with few American soldiers. He did not reveal the exact American troop figure, citing a request for withholding.
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Washington
Germany
House Military Committee
Baker
Mexicans Hold American Boy
Representative Hudspeth of Texas urged a military occupation of Mexico in a Saturday house address. He called for withdrawal of recognition of Carranza and said American troops should stay in Mexico until a stable government is established.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Hudspeth
Texas
Carranci
Vod
Montana House Votes on Federal Suffrage Amendment
Helena Montana legislators ratified the federal suffrage amendment in a special session Tuesday. The Montana House of Representatives took action to support national voting rights and advance ratification.
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Helena, Mont
House of Representatives
Montana
Republicans Reach Magnesite Tariff Accord
Washington Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on tariff rates for magnesite to be recommended to Congress.
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Washington
House
Ways Aid Means Committee
Congress
Disorders Reported In Alsace Capital Berlin
Reports from Strasburg the capital of Almice describe disorder amid hatgulnary strife. Allegations speak of Breneli military clashes with elvil langs as advised from unspecified sources.
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Alsace
Berlin
Straasburg
Almice
Breneli
Elvil Langs
Ohio Gov Orders Wide Food Price Probe in State
Governor James A. M. Guv asks State Attorney General John Price to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into food prices across all Ohio counties. The move follows concerns about retail costs and market fairness.
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Columbus
James AM. Gux
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