Radical policy shift signals tougher stance on Mexico
The United States warns Mexico that killings and outrages against American citizens may force a change in policy. Washington announces a strong diplomatic note to Mexico City citing the murder of Peter Catron in San Luis Potosi and other assaults, with no clear details on immediate action.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Americas
United States
State Department
Antlan
Mexico City
Peter Catron
San Luis Potosi
Warfield Has Rail Plan
Baltimore financier Warfield proposes a government led railroad reorganization with a guaranteed minimum 6 percent return on invested capital. Surplus beyond 6 percent would be shared among employees the public and the earning roads. Luther M. Walter supported the plan before the Interstate Commerce Committee saying it could be implemented immediately or after private control resumes. Labor sharing in profits is a core element.
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Washington
Davies Warfield
Baltimore
Public
Interstate Commerce Committee
Luther M. Walter
Chicago
National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities
Walter
Wilson to Meet Pact Committee on Treaty Talks
President Wilson accepts invitation from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss disputed points in the peace treaty and the league covenant. Republican members urged the meeting and the committee voted to inform the President it would be glad to meet at his convenience.
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Wilson
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Glid
Unionists Enter Politics In Colorado Labor League
Fifty eight delegates at the Colorado State Federation of Labor convention created a nonpartisan workers league and announced plans to enter politics in Colorado next year led by Mort Collins and other unionists.
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Mort Collins
Colo
Colorado
Colorado State Federation of Labor
Russian Operations Costly in World War Reporting
London reports British expenditures for Russian naval and military operations from armistice to end of July totaling 850 million. The official white paper issued Thursday lists costs and funding details of the allied effort.
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London
Russia
Californians Have Their Beer in Los Angeles Revival
Los Angeles grants about 100 licenses for selling 2.75 beer and many former bars reopen to serve crowds around the clock. The move signals a broad relaxation of alcohol controls and broader nightlife activity in the city.
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Los
Oregon Bank Robber Escapes From Berry Field Prison Farm
A 21 year old inmate Chester William Charl escaped from Berry Field prison farm after being moved from Hank of Beaverton last month. The incident follows a wild west stunt in New York and a separate hold up near Niagara Falls where three Lehigh Valley troop train crew members were robbed by two men.
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Oregon
Sael
Ore
Chester Willian Charl
Hank
Beaverton
New York
Huftulo
N. Y Or
Lehigh Valley
Niagara Falla
Buffalo
Thoraday
Palmer orders crackdown on food profiteering with tough penalties
Washington reports Attorney General Palmer announced the first federal conviction for profiteering and proposed a new amendment to the food control act. The plan would raise penalties to a $5000 fine or two years imprisonment for violations, extending controls to food containers and packaging.
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Agricultural Committee
Washington
Palmer
Lucey
Bingswapton
N.Y
Mr. Palmer
Agricultural Committee of Congress
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Harris family held for murder in first degree charge
Nephi Utah Mrs Alice J Harris and her sons Eugene Harris and Leland Harris along with Edward L Tackman were ordered held for trial by the Fifth district court on a joint murder charge. They were held without bail after a preliminary hearing before Justice J L Cooper. They are accused of killing neighbor Jesse H Cone at the Harris ranch on Trout Creek on July 22.
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Nephi
Utah
Alice J. Harris
Eugene Harris
Leland Harris
Edward L. Tackman
Fifth District Court
J. L. Cooper
Justice of the Peace
Cooper
Tackman
Harris
Jesse H. Cone
Harris Ranch
Trout Creek
Brewers to Renew Fight for Liquor Statute Repeal
Atlantic City brewers plan a large conference starting September 28 to consolidate anti prohibition sentiment. The event will run for a week and aims to press for repeal of liquor statutes.
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Brewers
Atlantic City
N. J
Brewers of
Viscount Grey to Represent Britain in Washington
London envoy Viscount Grey former foreign secretary will represent the British government in Washington while a permanent ambassador is appointed. The arrangement places Grey as the interim British diplomatic head in the U S capital.
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Grey
Britain
U. S
London
Viscount Grey
Washington
Hoover Reaches Warsaw on Relief Mission
Merbert Hoover chairman of the international relief organization arrived in Warsaw on Wednesday from Paris according to advices received here. He will leave Warsaw for Vienna on Sunday.
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Hoover
Warsaw
Merbert Hoover
Vieni
Carnegie Ends Illustrious Career Aged Ironmaster Dies
Andrew Carnegie ironmaster and philanthropist died in Lenox Massachusetts at age eighty three or eighty four after a brief final illness of bronchial pneumonia following a long invalid period since 1917. Mrs Carnegie and daughter Margaret were at his bedside as grief spread among friends and business associates.
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Lenox
Mass
Berkshire
Andrew Carnegie
America
Carnegie
Margaret
Ensign Roswell Miller
New York
Millbrook
N. Y
Mr. Carnegie
British uncover conspiracy led by Lenin and Trotsky
London reports a revolutionary plot directed at the United States Britain Japan and Malaya uncovered this afternoon. Thousands of pamphlets urging worker revolt circulated in England and Scotland, with raids seizing many copies. One pamphlet bore signatures of Lenin Trotsky and Tehiteherin addressing the toiling masses of America France Britain Italy and Japan.
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London
Lenine
Trotzky
United States
Britain
Japan
Maly
England
Scotland
Trotsky
Tehiteherin
Romanian Premier Explains Budapest Troop Order
Premier Bratianu told a correspondent that Romania sent troops to Budapest to aid allied forces in suppressing Bela Kun and restoring order in Hungary.
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Bucharest
Iis
Budapest
Bratianu
Quiet Restored In Saxon Town
In Chemnitz Saxony order returned after food riots left fifty people dead on Friday as Spar tacan agitators sparked unrest and prompted authorities to restore calm.
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Copenhagen
Chemnity
Saxony
Hungarian Decree Abrogates Private Property Ban
Budapest dispatch reports the new Hungarian government has abrogated decrees banning private property held by Hungarians. The move signals a major shift in postwar policy and faces international reaction from Communist authorities.
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Switzerland
Budapest
Germany Faces Long Recovery After Food Crisis
A British scientists report says Germany’s recovery will be gradual after severe food conditions. It warns that both physical health and national efficiency remain at low levels, with a long period needed to restore welfare and productivity.
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Germany
London
Ford Awarded Six Cents In Tribune Libel Suit
Henry Ford, the Michigan industrialist, won six cents damages on a $1 000 000 libel suit against the Chicago Tribune. A jury in Judge James Tucker's court deliberated 11 hours 20 minutes before verdict. The paper had labeled Ford an anarchist in an editorial June 23 1916 attacking his pacifism and opposition to invading Mexico.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
James Tucker
Ford
the Tribune
Mexico
Carnegie Rests in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
The body of Andrew Carnegie was laid to rest Thursday afternoon on a hillside in Sleepy Hollow cemetery overlooking the Hudson. Only twenty one persons, members of the ironmaster's family and a few close friends, accompanied the casket to its final resting place.
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Carnegie
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
N. Y
Andrew Carnegie
Hudson
Strike Riots Hit Illinois Factory. Several Shot and Injured
In Peoria Illinois and South Bartonville a clash between striking workers and police left three men shot and seriously wounded and many others cut and bruised as hundreds of strikers and sympathizers stormed the Keystone Wire and Steel plant in South Bartonville.
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Illinois
Peoria
Keystone Wire & Steel Company
Bartonville
Portrait of L Heisler Ball New U S Senator from Delaware
A fresh portrait of L Heisler Ball emerges as the newly elected United States senator representing Delaware. The feature highlights Ball's background and anticipated influence in the Senate as the state’s latest national representative.
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L. Heisler Ball
United States
Delaware
Americans Thank French for Hostile Departure at Glevres
Col Samuel Reber commander of the camp issues an order of the day expressing American troops gratitude to the French people as they depart the former base at Glevres.
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Paris
Glevres
Samuel Reber
Will Repair Warships in New Navy Bill
Acting Secretary Roosevelt plans to seek Congress approval of about 15 million dollars for repairs to naval vessels as part of a broader defense spending request. The measure aims to upgrade and maintain ships in the fleet.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Palmer Starts High Price Probe Across Nation
Attorney General Palmer orders food administrators in all states to form fair price commissions start Monday to determine posted costs. The justice department will enforce fair price lists, prosecute profiteers, and investigators report large food stocks nationwide amid potential destruction to keep high prices. Congress may consider new laws to curb profiteering and destruction of foodstuffs.
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Palmer
Congress
Washington
Department of Justice
United States
United States District Attorneys
Cooperating Department
Whisky Above Gold in Archangel Dealing Described
London reports three silver fix skins taken for $2500 in London were brought to Archangel for six bottles of whiskey by a British officer who just returned from northern Russia. Another officer bartered champagne for a diamond necklace said to be worth thousands. Returning soldiers note natives can be controlled with intoxicants. A hunter who sold his fox had little pleasure. after obtaining the whiskey he drank it all and was found in a serious condition needing hospital care.
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London
Archangel
Russia
Hoover Begins European Inquiry Tour
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the interallied relief organization, left with Brigadier General Harry Bandholtz for Vienna. He will be away about two weeks visiting central European capitals to investigate food and economic conditions.
Peace conference split Thrace among Greece and two new states
The Paris peace conference reportedly reached a Thrace settlement Friday per Intransigeant. The plan divides Thrace into parts with some areas going to Greece and others forming a future free state at Constantinople and a new free state under the League of Nations.
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Paris
Thrace
Greece
Constantinople
Wilson Expected to Veto Daylight Saving Repeal
Washington report says President Wilson will veto the bill to repeal daylight saving, a measure before him since August 5. He is expected to return the proposal to Congress before the end of the week.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Charges Police With Favoritism In Illinois Race Riots
Chicago attorney general Brun dage accuses local police of bias after most race riot arrests come from the same degree group.
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Chicago
Brundage
Illinois
Ukranian Army Captures Dubno Fortress From Bolsheviks
Ukrainian official reports say the fortress of Dubno in southwestern Volhynia was captured from Bolshevik forces by the Ukrainian army. The seizure follows recent fighting as authorities confirm the gain.
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Vienna
Dubno
Volhynia
World ship production record at Hog Island
A world record for ship production was set at Hog Island. Forty seven steel cargo carriers, totaling 67 775 deadweight tons, were launched by August.
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Philadelphia
Hog Island
Bakers' Strike Called Off in London
London bakers end four day stoppage as workers agree to resume work with understanding they will not be penalized for refusing to work.
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Bakers
London
Uintah Basin Railroad Plan Launched By Commercial Club
A Uintah Improvement corporation is formed to build a railroad into Uintah basin Utah. Governor Bamberger endorses the effort and a committee is chosen to raise funds and secure rights of way for surveys and preliminary work. Local business interests pledge support following the governor's basin visit and mineral-property offers.
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Uintah Basin
Salt Lake
Commercial Club
Secretary Daniels Recommends LA Naval Base Expansion
After inspecting Los Angeles harbor Secretary Daniels said he would urge Congress to fund at least 5 million dollars to establish a naval base there. The city would need to deed about fifty acres adjoining the existing 156 acre outer harbor site to the navy department.
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Plane
Navy
Los Angeles
Daniels
Congress
Navy Department
Naval Base
Denver Men Die In Engine Wreck Near Walsenburg
Engineer Joseph Alexander was killed and fireman J. Elliott seriously injured when Colorado Southern train No. 8 locomotive overturned on the outskirts of Walsenburg Colorado. One baggage car and a combination coach left the rails. Buckling of a rail is said to have caused the wreck.
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Trinidad
Colo
Joseph Alexander
J. Elliott
Colorado Southern
Walsenburg
Denver
Ulster Unionists to revive clubs and Covenant day campaign
Sir Edward Carson urged Ulster readiness to defend liberties. Ulster Unionist council decided to revive political clubs abandoned during the war and plan a Covenant day speechmaking drive on September 28 led by Carson.
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Belfast
Edward Carson
Ulster Unionists
Ulster Unionist Council
Ulster
Edward Cargon
France to Retain 23 Corps in Army
Paris reports demobilization of the wartime military structure continues. When finished the army will match the 1914 strength with twenty one prewar corps and two corps created during the war.
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France
Paris
Drouth Bond Papers Stolen During Montana Session
A night break in Helena sees theft of papers from the room of the Montana house journal clerk after the extraordinary session adjourned. The incident followed the legislature's final hours and proceedings.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
House of Representatives
Chicago Indicts 40 More in Race Riots Case
Chicago special grand jury returns indictments against 36 Black defendants and 4 white men for offenses from assault to murder and carrying concealed weapons tied to the recent Chicago race riots. Authorities pursue charges following a spate of violence and disturbances.
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Chicago
Reds Arrest Former Bolshevist Leader in Copenhagen
General Vatatis former commander in chief of the Bolshevist forces and his chief of staff were arrested by order of the Bolshevist government in Copenhagen, according to a Petrograd report.
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Copenhagen
Vatatis
Petrograd
Ally Commission Reports on Fiume and Rome Disorders
The willed commission which investigated recent disorders at Fiume has concluded its work and the Corriere Bella Serra reported the finding on Tuesday. Italian ball men offer longer day as Komtes Freißler IID received a telegram from several groups of workers volunteering to increase working hours to raise national production.
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Ally Commission
Fiume
Rome
Willed
Miume
Corriere Bella Serra
Komtes Freißler Iid
Portland Car Men to Get Wage Increase in Major Cities
Fragmented OCR notes report a 12 percent wage rise for workers in ten Cranetian companies centering in Boston Pittsburgh Cleveland and New York. The wording is garbled but indicates a broad wage increase affecting multiple urban plants during a final season.
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Portland
New York
Lukar
Tuealay
Boston
Ditsburg
Cleveland
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Frank Lyon Polk
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