Profiteers Lose Big Food Hoards
Attorney General Palmer urges Ohio district attorneys to seize large quantities of meat butter and other foods held for six to ten months to curb price manipulation. Governor Cox reports a Cleveland firm hid goods in Chicago warehouses and destroyed records to avoid prosecution. Seizures and libel actions spread to Detroit and Cleveland as officials move to prevent storage hoards.
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Palmer
Ohio
Cox
Cleveland
Chicago
Department of Justice
Omcials
Detroit
Cietrict
Friedrich Named Hungary's Premier by Archduke Joseph
Stephen Friedrich, after eight years in America as a machinist, is appointed premier of Hungary by Archduke Joseph. He faces the daunting task of building a stable government for a nation recently conquered and the ruins of the former Austria Hungary Empire.
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Stephen Friedrich
America
Hungary
Archduke Joseph
Austria- Hungarian Empire
Watchful waiting planned overMexican protection of Americans
Washington reports no reply yet from Mexico to the state department warning. President Carranza must show willingness or inability to protect Americans before further action. Possible steps include withdrawing diplomatic representation or recognition. Arm shipments from the US to Mexico continue under a new export ban policy. Public opinion split on league ratification and reservations.
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Washington
State Department
Ovelals
United States
Carranza
Phonograph Campaign Set For Presidential Races in New York
Phonographs will be used by both parties in the coming presidential campaign to spread speeches to small towns and rural areas. The program begins September 1 with records of Attorney General Palmer for the Democrats and Senator Lodge for the Republicans, played at clubs churches noonday meetings and homes, then monthly releases follow.
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New York
Palmer
United States
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Wyoming newspaper to be flown by airplane in Buffalo attempt
Sheridan plans the first Wyoming airplane newspaper delivery within two weeks. Carl Griffen pilots a Carlisa biplane bought by Dr. George H Buffum to drop five hundred copies of the Sheridan Enterprise over Buffalo using parachutes while the plane flies at about 85 miles per hour. Miss Vernetta Stager, society editor, leads the draft of the edition and the stunt tests as the craft makes a series of side slips to prevent papers from tangling in the rudder.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Carlisa
George H. Buffum
Carl Griffen
Sheridan Enterprise
Buffalo
Griffen
Army Aviation Service
Enterprise
Baffald
Inas Tauch
Uncle Sam's Newest Giant Cannon On Rail Car
A 14 inch naval rifle weighing 320 tons can launch a 1 400 pound projectile over long range. The weapon rides on a railway carriage with about 40 wheels and can be moved from place to place. The first of these monster guns aided in smashing the German front in France.
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Franco
Pacific Warships Enter Fresh Water
A brief report notes Pacific warships entering an area of fresh water for resupply or maneuver, with officials citing strategic foreshadowing and operational pauses amid ongoing patrols. The piece highlights naval movements in a tense maritime theater.
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Pacific
General Bundy Led Forces In Europe And Served In Many Wars
General Bundy born 1861 New Castle Indiana. USMA 1883 graduate. Served in Sioux campaign and El Caney siege. Commanded an army corps in France during World War I and stayed there a year. Fought in Philippines and on the Mexican border and was Pershing's adjutant general at the outbreak of war.
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United States
Mxxico
Chateau-Thierry
Geni
Bundy
France
General Bundy
New Castle
Ind
United States Military Academy
Twelfth Infantry
Air assignment is scribe's last air assignment
Lieut J F Stewart of Park Field Memphis and S S Reed Campbell reporter for the Commercial Appeal were killed when an Army aircraft he was flying in fell at the Country Club in Paducah Kentucky tonight. Stewart was attempting a third loop when he lost control of the machine.
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Paducah
Park Field
Memphis
S&s
Reed Campbell
Army
Racing Selections Across Nine Daily Races
The list presents selections for nine races with multiple entries per race. Notable names include Sweet Daddy Vim Rouge Bar De Luc and Phrone Ward Maud Smith, plus Myrtle A Doctor Samuel Minnie H and Polo Cub Lady Har rigan Yukon.
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Sweet Daddy
Vim Rouge
Bar de Luc
Daly Fashion
Old Homestead
Palm Leaf
Antrim
la Belle Brocade
Myrtle A
Jake Scahs
Red Clout
Phrone Ward
Maud Smith
Minnie H
Ponce de Leon
Dr. Samuel
Yukon
Lady Harrigan
Polo Cub
Sureget
Grambling Inn
Scallywag
Squash
Lottie Lee
Duke of Wellington
Bordeaux
Crothe de Mint
Swad Daddy
Thermontat
Royal Johnnie
la Bella Brocade
Red Cloud
Paula V
Thirty Seven
Toy Miss
Doctor Samuel
Pones de Leon
Indian Brigade
Little Gink
Rove
Zindo
Lotte Loe
Bootleggers Escape Foiled by Warrens Car Raid
Eleven cases of Sunny Brook whiskey were seized as officers halted a bootleggers escape by a Packard car after a late night raid. Prohibition Commissioner Fred L. Crabbe’s office traced the suspect site at Warren and East Eleventh streets.
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South Cheyenne
Prohibition
Sunny Brook
Fred L. Crabbe
oMce
Warren
East Eleventh Streets
Leasing Bill Up On Monday
The land leasing bill to promote coal oil gas and phosphates on government lands was reported to the senate by the public lands committee. At Senator Smoots request the bill was set as unfinished business and its consideration will begin when the senate reconvenes next Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Public Lands Committee
Smoot
Nxt
Yukon Meets Lady Harrigan In Frontier Park Race
Yukon the unbeaten two year old faces Lady Harrigan in a special race at Frontier Park this afternoon. The prior meeting last Tuesday ended in a nose win for Yukon and sparked discussions about merit.
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World 3
Yukon
Lady Harrigan
Frontier Park
Mérita
Firemen Inspect Hoarder Secrets In City Probe
New York Aug 16 inspection of cold storage and other buildings by firemen aimed at uncovering hoarded food supplies. Mayor Hylan authorized the search to also determine quantities of essentials and related information for state and federal prosecutions.
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New York
Hylan
Ratification Talks Advance on Peace Treaty Details
Washington reports negotiations between Democratic and Republican senators moved to a more definite stage on ratification of the peace treaty. President Wilson and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee planned unprecedented public briefings to share treaty discussions next Tuesday at the White House.
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Washington
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committees
White House
Designs Transatlan tic Liner floated by Porter
Lieut General Porter, designer of a massive two deck triplane flying boat, is credited with plans for a future cross Atlantic commercial craft. Aerial experts say such a machine could be the next big step in air travel. Democratic leaders report that ratifying a treaty requires reservations and that about twenty Republicans back reservations in line with seven senators. A poll of Democratic sentiment followed an initial overture and while some Republicans agree in principle, they seek precise language. Senator Lodge presented a new draft covering four points and said it would also address American representation on the league council.
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Gol
J. G. Porter
BR. A.B
Col. Porter
Senglor Hitchcook
White House
Senate
Lodge
League Council
Undivorced Evangelist Married Eight Times Tells Law's Mistake
New York August 15 Convicted of bigamy on his confession that he has seven living wives one of whom he married twice Charles Hugh Wilson 48 former YMCA secretary evangelist and traveling salesman was sentenced to three years six months in Sing Sing prison He planned prison reform work Judge Wadhams gave five years but deducted eighteen months for time already served Wilson began his marriages January 22 1900 to Elizabeth May Stanton later wed May Bailey in July 1903 then Ethel Moore December 1909 Louise Davis 1913 Ming Davis 1914 Caroline Morris Horry ed Philadelphia Wilhelmina Jaggard 1915 and Fay Jeannette Wolff in November 1916
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New York
Charles Hugh Wilson
Sing Bing
Wadhams
Wilson
Wisconsin
Elizabeth May Stanton
Daven Port
Iowa
May Bailey
Wytheville
W. Va
Decatur
Alu
Ethel. Moore
Louise Davis
Detroit
Ming Davis
Pittsburg
Caroline K. Morris
Philadelphia
Wilhelmina C. Jaggard
Fay Jeannette Wolff
Beauty Queen Clara Kimball Young Wins Loving Cup
Clara Kimball Young, famed beauty queen and actress, won the Loving Cup at a recent motion picture event held at Ascot speedway, Los Angeles. The pageant highlighted film stars and producers in attendance, with Young distinguished as the top beauty winner.
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Clara Wall Yo
Clara Kimball Young
Los Angeles Transit Workers Plan Interurban and Streetcar Strike
Los Angeles August 15 employees of the Pacific Electric interurban system will strike at dawn following a written statement from president H B Titcomb after he refused to meet strike demands. Street railway workers also vote to strike with platform men believed to join.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Elertrio Interurban Railway System
H. HB. Titcomb
Titcomb
Los Angeles Street Railway System
Ujo
Umumo
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Uncle Sam
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Scribe
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League of Nations
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