Misrepresenting Their Party in Senate League Debate
The piece attacks Senators Lodge Knox and allies for dictating Republican stance on the League of Nations. It highlights Senator McCumber’s break with them in support of the League and notes influential Republicans urging lawmakers to heed party dissenters. It warns the cabal risks party defection and prefers withdrawal from the Senate over compromise with the League.
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Lodge
Knox
League of Nations
Republican Party
McCumber
League
Tooley Street
Lodge's Road A Rocky Route In Senate Leadership Clash
Senator Lodge faces a party split as Knox Hays and others deem the League of Nations nonpartisan while others threaten a party realignment next year. The Massachusetts Senator must navigate intra party turmoil amid looming political pressures and rising oil prices.
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Lodge
Senate
Knox
Hays
League of Nations
Sarah
Poindexter
Massachusetts
Big Five Branch Houses and Peddler Cars in 1916 Reach Vast Network
The Big Five packers in 1916 operated 1,120 branch houses, 89 percent of interstate slaughterers total. They ran 1,297 peddler car routes reaching 58,000 towns, 90.2 percent of routes. Branch houses plus car routes accounted for 58.2 percent of sales, over 925 million dollars, moving 6.3 billion pounds of commodities nationwide.
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Big Five
United States
Continental
Investment Per Sales In Six Branch Homes Noted
Fragmentary figures show sales totals 4783 343 549 and branches owning land and buildings with investment figures 20,184,427 and 338,866,188. The implied investment per dollar of sales is six cents.
Price Edges and Supply Dilemma Stir War-Weary Public
The piece argues U S army stock in France valued at about 1.5 billion dollars could be sent home to lower prices. It notes French offers of 300 million for equipment and urges returning meat and canned vegetables to force price cuts. It criticizes packers for opposing lower profits and urges wartime habits of restraint as a path to relief.
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United States
France
War Department
Europe
Unrest in India Stirs Debate on Reform and Home Rule
Public attention peaks as Reform Bill prospects spark discussion of constitutional changes in India. B G Tilak calls unrest anti-bureaucratic, aligning with Home Rule. Col Wedgwood labels bill as potentially the era’s most momentous since 1832 Reform Act, amid wartime loyalties and shifting press coverage.
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India
B. G. Tilak
Tilak
Wedgwood
M. P
Indi
Planes on cross country training flight draws interest
Four Liberty De Havilland battle planes depart from the Texas Meld field heading to the Pacific coast then north along the coast with stops planned at Cheyenne and Denver. The mission aims to educate the public on aviation opportunities and to test high altitude cross mountain flight over Pike's Peak.
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de Haviland
Texas
Pacific Coast
Cheyenne
Denver
Pike's Peak
Rocky Mountains
Wheat Growers Meet Prompts Conditional Leader Ads
Fragmentary notice mentions a meeting at the Wheat Growers with rain or shine on Wednesday and Saturday. Instructions urge bringing results and reference a state leader who wants ads.
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The
Reform schemes and Sedition Bills in British India debated
The article reviews Montagu's reform scheme for self-government in India, the reactions of Anglo-Indian officials and Indian groups, and the Rowlett committee’s findings. It notes the Seditions Meetings Act and Defense of India Act as tools for suppressing dissent, and discusses the Emergency Powers Bill enacted to curb sedition.
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India
Mr. Montagu
Lord Chelmsford
Indian National Congress
All India Mostem League
Justice Rowlatt
Viceroy
Legislative Council
Charles Fleming invites John D Rockefeller to Frontier Days ranch
Charles Park Fleming formerly at the state capital plans to leave for Sherman Hill to supervise a Lincoln Highway task and invites John D Rockefeller to visit his Old Sherman Wilt ranch during Frontier Days and the race meeting. He offers $100 for killing a she wolf, referencing a past kneeling incident with Rockefeller in Oakland.
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Charles Park Fleming
Sherman Hill
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Fleming
Mr. Rockefeller
Petroleum
Rockefeller
Fleming
Mr Rockefeller
Cheyenne
Wyo
Amguet
John Fleming
Flaming
Agnew & Hamilton
Pittsburg
Charles Park
Soldier Killed By Head Striking Bridge Near Nock Springs
OU Johnson, a soldier aboard train No. 9 near Nock Springs Wyoming, was killed when his head struck a bridge girder as the train passed Granger. His body fell from the coach, remained unseen for a time, and was later recovered from the bridge area. The fatal head injury was described as severe.
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Nock Springsg
Wyo
Herald OU
Johnson
Granger
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