House Leaders Order Absentees to Return for Cost of Living Debate
Washington dispatch reports leaders urged absent House members to return immediately to take up high cost of living legislation. Seizures by federal officials followed, with butter, coffee and sugar confiscated in Chicago St Louis and Birmingham.
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Washington
House
Mondell
Clark
Palmer
Senate Agricultural Committee
Fair Price Committee
Chicago
St. Louis
Birmingham
Canary wine muse: Bridges receives stipend instead
The piece notes Robert Bridges, Britain’s poet laureate, is not given wine to inspire poetry. Instead the government provides twenty seven pounds annually. Public curiosity grows over the lack of verse celebrating Britain's victory.
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Robert Bridges
England
Bridges
Great Britain
Wyoming to Launch State’s First Home Fire Insurance Firm
Casper financier W. H. Jones and associates filed incorporation papers yesterday for Wyoming’s first home fire insurance company. The chartered life insurer Western National Life previously operated in the state. The enterprise seeks a $500,000 capitalization pending required preliminary steps before final charter issuance.
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Wyoming
Jones
Casper and Associates
Western National Life Insurance Company
Scretary of
American factions split Texas Democrats over party future
In Fort Worth on August 14, two factions of Texas Democrats split from the current organization. Former Governor James E. Ferguson formed the American party aiming for national scope before the next general election. Former Senator Joseph W. Bailey issued a principles declaration urging reconstruction at the regular Democratic state convention.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Texas Democrate
Jefferson
Jackson
James E. Ferguson
American Party
Joseph W. Bailey
Federal Officials Discuss Reducing Living Costs
Federal officials prominent in the fight against high living costs pose for a photo after a conference with President Wilson. Culver chairs the Federal Trade Commission and leads a presidential sub committee on cost reduction. Hines directs railroads and chairs the committee. Redfield serves as commerce secretary and Murdock is a trade official.
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Wilson
Culver
Federal Trade Commission
Hines
Redfield
Commerce
Murdock
Federal Trade Jointplasion
Henry Ford Wins Damages Over Anarchist Claim
The jury in Mount Clemens awards Henry Ford six cents in damages after Chicago Tribune calls him an anarchist. Foreman Orry Hulett notes multiple ballots favoring Ford, while attorney Alfred J. Murphy says Ford is vindicated and money damages were secondary.
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Henry Ford
Mount Clemens
Miah
Chicago Tribune
Orry Hulett
Leonard
Masel
Ford
Alfred J. Murphy
Fard
Senate Republicans Accept Wilsons Treaty Talk Offer
President Wilson agreed to meet with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss the treaty with Friday’s session set for 10 o'clock. Republicans had previously sidestepped discussions but agreed to a public conference to inform the nation on the terms.
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Senate
Wilson
Washington
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Railroad Strike Called Off In Chicago
Rail workers nationwide suspend action after daylong talks. Chicago district union officials announce end of the strike and plan return to work Saturday as negotiations with railroad management continue.
Carnegie laid to rest at Sleepy Hollow cemetery
Andrew Carnegie was buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery overlooking the Hudson after a private ceremony at Studbow Brook on the Carnegie estate in Lenox Massachusetts. Only family and a few friends attended the funeral and the cortege traveled by rail to White Plains before continuing by car to the burial site.
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Tanaytown
N. Y
Andrew Carnegie
Sleepy Hollow
Hudson
Studow Brook
Carnegiie
Lenox
Mass
Hillside
New York Central Railroad
White Plains
Being Buried Alive Fails to Bother Mr Bek
In Lusk Wyoming on August 14 a trench collapse partially buried a worker named Bek who suffocated briefly before colleagues saved him. He recovered quickly and returned to duty with his usual vigor.
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MR. Bek
Lusk
Wyo
Bek
Lost aviators located in Mexican mountains near Conchos
Lieutenants H. Peterson and Paul Davis,Army aviators missing since Monday after crossing the border near Presidio Texas, were found about 40 miles up the Conchos River in the Mexican mountains. A Mexican brought the telegram to Presidio, reporting the discovery.
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EL Paso
H. @. Peterson
Paul Davis
Mexico
Presidio
Texas
Conchos River
Mexican Mountains
Presideo
Eleven Die En Route To Picnic in West Virginia
A street car carrying women and children collided with a railroad engine two miles north of Parkersburg W Va The death toll rose to 14 as eight more victims died in hospitals More than twenty others were injured in the crash during a picnic outing
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Here
Japs Refuse to Assist Kolchak War Effort
Tokio reports the Japanese government after cabinet and advisory council deliberation told Admiral Kolchak’s leadership that Japan cannot send divisions to aid in the fight against the Bolsheviks. The decision follows careful consideration at both cabinet and diplomatic levels.
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Tokio
Kolchak
Japan
Government to suppress Sinn Fein in County Clare
London reports the government will suppress all Sinn Fein and related organizations in County Clare Ireland due to rising crime. Hengert notes that the action targets Irish political groups amid security concerns.
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London
County Clare
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Wireless blaze signals first forest fire report by radio
Missoula Montana August 14 wireless telephone reporting of a forest fire was invoked for the first time in history when lookouts in the Powell district on Boaver ridge notified the forest ranger at Lolo Hot Springs of a blaze at Beaver ridge by means of the instrument.
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Missoula
Mont
Powell District
Boaver Ridge
Lolo
Beaver Ridge
Singing Princess Entrances Am war program with Cadman melodies
Princess Tsinina performed on the Ame program at Port Russell last night, praised for interpreting Cadman Indian melodies. The audience greeted her with enthusiastic applause and the event featured O'Neil arranging an elaborate soldiers program.
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Qmoker
Port Russell
Tsinina
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Fort Russell
Tamina
Germany
O'Neil
United States Hints Radical Policy Shift Over Mexican Murders
Washington reports a strong state department note to Mexico warning that continued killings and outrages against Americans could force a drastic change in U S policy toward Mexico. No details on concrete measures were provided, but the language is described as the sternest since prior exchanges before Vera Cruz.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
United States
State Department
Vera Cruz
Warns Plumb's Plan in Personal Crisis
Charles G. McChord, senior ICC official and noted rail authority, warns that government takeover of railroads under the proposed plan would push national debt toward 50 billion. He urges restraint on such expenditures during a period of peacetime economic recovery. The article also notes a Senate subcommittee meeting on Mexico policy with no final decision reached.
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Charles G. McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ther
Mr. McChord
State Department
Ser Ale
Fall
New Oo
Governor Appoints Ralph Kimball to Sixth Judicial District
Governor James Olx accepted the resignation of Judge Winter from the Sixth Judicial District covering Converse Natrona and Fremont counties and named Ralph Kimball of Lander as judge. Winter cited inadequate salary of 4500 dollars per year for supporting his family. Kimball’s appointment lasts until a district judge is chosen at the November 1920 election.
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Nobert D
Winter
Sixth Judicial
Thase
Converse
Natrona
Fremont
Ralph Kimball
Lander
oMee
Joseph M. Carey
Kimball
Virginia Matron Bets Small: Heads I Win Wins at Frontier Park
An elderly Virginia woman, attending Frontier Park, placed four $2 tickets on Heads I Win. The horse won by a half length as she flashed a smile at the kayoed price of 5 to 1. She recalls her father racing horses sixty years ago and says light weight can beat a strong horse.
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Virginia
Frontier Park
Patterson Routs Radicalism as 27000 Carmen Go Back to Work
In Chicago on Aug 14 James Patterson International VP of the Railway Carmen's Association led a mass meeting of car repairers overturning radical dissent. The 27000 striking shopmen were ordered to return to work with date to resume settled later by International officers.
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Chicago
James Patterson
Carmen's Association
Patterson
Radicalisn
the & Ww. W
Unionw
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Victor Murdock
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Garey
oMoo
Mever
Railroad Administration
Wien
Carnegie
Carranza Lennon
Plumb
Mpchord
James Olx
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