Grocer Trade Battle On Packers Conduct At Meeting
National Wholesale Grocers Association delegates in this city back a campaign against packers to curb their use of special service cars for perishables. They plan to hire top counsel and raise at least $50,000 to press reforms, including a shift to refrigerator cars for key shipments.
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National
Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Pach
Clifford Thorne
Chicago
William ¢. Breed
Dana T. Ackerly
New York
William B. Colver
Federal Trade
Colver
Culver
America
United States
Grea
France
Brest
Belgium
Bor
Weather summary for Ohio Kentucky Indiana and surrounding areas
Local showers in Ohio and West Virginia Friday with cooler west, Saturday fair. Kentucky and Indiana show fair conditions with Friday showers in north areas and slight cooldown. Temperatures listed for multiple stations. Cincinnati records June 6 1919 with highs around 82 to 84 and various wind and rain readings.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Feston
Kansas City
New Corleans
Omaha
Galveston
Danver
Nashville
San Francisco
Mrmphice
Cincinnati
S.W
New York Groans At 15 Cent Beer and 10 Cent Hot Dogs
Crowds at Coney Island reach a record week with 150000 visitors in one day. Prices shock bathers as hot dogs cost ten cents and ice cream sodas twenty cents with two cents tax. beer at fifteen cents. Police guard unaccompanied girls amid the crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
Piccadilly
Jmlicewomen
Soldiers Land System Critic Says Provisions Too Severe
Former Idaho Governor F R Gooding testifies to the House Public Lands Committee in Washington, endorsing Secretary Lane's farms for soldiers but condemning initial payment requirements as too harsh. National Single Tax League officers oppose the project.
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Washington
F. R. Gooding
Idaho
House Public Lands Committee
Lane
The
National Single Tax League
State Inheritance Tax Takes Effect Immediately
Gov. Cox signed the measure and others in Columbus on June 5. The inheritance tax law goes into effect at once, with Attorney General Price issuing a ruling to the State Tax Commission. The day’s signings include mothers’ pensions funding up to one fifth of a mill and bills removing German from schools along with oath requirements for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Columbus
Price
State Tax Commission
Atkinson
Youth Admits Killing Father to Get Money
Bloomington Indiana June 5 Aiva Banks 20 confessed to officials he killed his father Andrew J Banks the night of May 26 with a shotgun The body was found in a pond near Sanders five miles from Bloomington Banks was sent to the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville for safekeeping.
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Bloomington
Ind
Aiva Banks
Andrew J. Banks
Young Banks
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Banks
Sanders
Here
Naval Military Claims Ordered to Be Paid
Washington June 5. Men discharged from the army navy and naval reserve who have mileage claims against the government may obtain payment under an order issued today by Secretary Daniels. There are nearly 150000 such claims due to increased mileage allowances enacted by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Abe Mary
Naval Reserve
Daniels
Congress
Million-Dollar Shortage Stuns Michigan State Prison
A shortage of upwards of $1,000,000 in Jackson prison accounts was found in a Detroit Trust Company report dated June 5 and presented to a special session of the Michigan legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Jackson Prison
Detroit Trust Company
Mother Appeals to Papers for News on Son Missing
Mrs. Etta Burr of Rochester New York asks newspapers to help verify fate of her son Leon Burr of Headquarters Company 808th Infantry 77th Division A E F. Reports say he was wounded sent to a base hospital and died but War Department branches dispute. she also notes regular allowance after alleged death notice.
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New York
Etta Burr
Rochester
N. Y
Leon Burr
808Th Infantry
77Th Division
War Department
Tax on hired autos announced for city Latonaia route
Officials notified all automobile owners operating for hire between the city and Latonaia to settle the new internal revenue tax. The tax is ten dollars for vehicles seating seven or fewer and twenty dollars for larger cars. Penalties include a one thousand dollar fine or up to one year imprisonment, or both.
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Internal Revenue
Latonaia
Coin decides wage dispute for Newburg sheet metal workers
In Newburg New York on June 5 a four week strike ended after a coin toss. Workers demanded 5.40 a day while employers offered 5.25. State labor agent D. J. Downew mediated the coin flip which gave the strikers the victory and they returned to work.
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Newburg
N. Y
D. J. Downew
State Department of Labor
Count Apponyi's Danube escape and plea for asylum
Official dispatches describe Count Apponyi fleeing across the Danube by rowboat to reach safety from the new Czecho Slovak government. He begged not to be deported and promised to become a faithful subject, as relayed to the Washington Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Count Apponyi
Danube
Lightning Strikes Barn Killing Cow in Homeworth
Mrs Rose Werner left a milking cow and barn windows at her father’s Homeworth home. Lightning struck the barn during her brief absence and killed the cow.
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Alliance, O
Rose Werner
Homeworth
Toll Takers Targeted in Campbell County Vote
Newport residents seek relief from tollgates on the Alexandria and Licking pikes. A June 28 election will decide a twenty cent tax levy to fund road improvements and possibly purchase turnpikes, amid dust and toll grievances affecting funerals, farmers, and sightseers.
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Newport
Camppe County
Campbell County
Campbell
Evergreen
St. Stephen's
Alexandria Pike
Alexandria
Licking Pike
Clifton
Turnpike Company
The
Patriotic League
Rodman Wiley
Telegraph workers strike in Southern states ordered
Washington June 5 employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Florida Alabama Georgia South and North Carolina West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and New Orleans Louisiana who are members of the Commercial Telegraphers Union were ordered to go on strike immediately tonight by S J Konenkamp president of that organization.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
South
North Carolina
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
New Orleans
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
S. J. Konenkamp
East Youngstown Man Is Jailed for Beating Wife After Raisin Jack Brew
Steve Frenzy of East Youngstown was sentenced to six months in the workhouse for beating his wife while intoxicated on raisin jack. Frenzy said many foreigners in East Youngstown have brewed barrels of raisin jack.
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Youngstown
Steve Frenzy
East Youngstown
Frenzy
Four men killed at Ringwood iron ore mine collapse
Four men were crushed to death at Ringwood near Paterson New Jersey when a quantity of iron ore toppled from the Ringwood Company mine onto a building used as its office today.
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Paterson, N. Oj
Ringwood
Ringwood Company
Wilson Signs Emergency Deficiency Bill With War Risk Aids
Secretary Tumulty announced that President Wilson signed the emergency deficiency bill for the fiscal year ending June. The measure includes appropriations for war risk allotments and pensions, reflecting federal relief efforts during wartime.
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Washington
Tumulty
Wilson
Victory 3 Percent Bonds Hit New High on Exchange
New York June 5 Victory 3 percent bonds sold today on the stock exchange at a new high level of 100.20.
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Victory
New York
The
Stock Exchange
Bomb outrages prompt nationwide police exchange move
New York police and federal agencies plan joint actions after eight bomb incidents Monday night. Detachments were sent to Pittsburg Philadelphia Boston and other cities to aid in catching anarchists. McAdoo warned radicals they face educated America and a lawful government.
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New York
Pittsburg
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Red Society
Joseph Faurot
Burlingame
Washington Police
Department of Justice
Secret Service
Bureau of Mines
Federal
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
William G. McAdoo
Palmer
Senate Peace Treaty Debate Roils Over League and Publication
In a five hour Senate session the peace treaty fight spanned publication issues to the League of Nations. Senators Hitchcock Borah Lodge and Taft figures clashed over alleged political manipulation and behind the scenes information on the treaty contents.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Hitchcock
Nebraska
F Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Borah
Idaho
New York
Democratic State Department
Universities to honor General Crowder with honorary degrees
Major General Enoch H Crowder is to be awarded honorary degrees by several universities including Columbia Princeton Michigan Brown Lansing Agricultural College and Harvard in recognition of his role in conceiving and executing the selective service plan. The move follows debate over wartime justice and court martials and highlights public appreciation of Crowder’s draft leadership.
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New York
Muvyening Pees, Inc
Washington
Columbia
Princeton
Michigan
Brown
Lansing Agricultural College
Harvard
Enoch H.crowder
United States
France
General Crowder
America
Powder Blast in Mine Tunnel Kills 69 Men at Wilkes-Barre
A blast in the Delaware and Hudson Coal Co tunnel in Wilkes-Barre kills sixty nine men and maims fourteen others as seven kegs of black powder detonate. Survivors report a short circuit from a sagging trolley line touching a powder keg sparked the fire and engulfed workers in flame. Rescue efforts rush the injured to City and Mercy Hospitals while authorities assess the disaster and identify the dead, including former baseball pitcher James J. McCliskey.
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Wilkesbarit 1
Baltimore
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
Mnd
Mercy
James J. McCliskey
Philadelphia
Buchanan
Wires Return to Private Control Under Burleson Order
Telegraph and telephone lines under government control since last August 1 are ordered to resume operation for private owners at once. The Postmaster General keeps limited oversight until Congress acts, with rates and compensation terms remaining in effect.
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Washington
Avere
Burleson
Postoffice Department
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce.Commission
House Committee
Postal War Wire Seizure Justified by Koons Hearing
Assistant Postmaster General Koons told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that Postal Telegraph and other wire systems justified government seizure during wartime. He said return of wires without protective legislation would harm company finances and urged government control through August 1 for telegraph and year-end for telephones.
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Burleson
Senate Committee
House Committee
Telegraph and Telegraph
Department
Congress
Senate
Kellogg Ae
Minnesota
Inerstate Commerce Committee
House
Interstate ‘Commerce Committee
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Kellogg
Wilson
Postal Telegraph
Postal Telegraph and Cable
Clarence H. Mackay
Department For the Telegraph
Supreme Court
Washington
Postal ‘Telegraph Company
Istenath
Telephone
Koons
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Western Union
Mbe
Gillett Names Investigators for War Expenditures Probes
Washington June 5 Fifteen House members were appointed by Speaker Gillett to probe five War Department war expenditure topics. Republican Graham of Illinois was chosen as General Committee Chairman. Sub committees will have a two to one Republican majority.
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Gillett
Washington
House
War Department
Graham
Ilinois
Electric shock death at Salem railroad substation
Paul Porter, 35, was electrocuted today at the Youngstown & Ohio River Railroad substation in Salem Ohio. One hand was almost entirely burned away and investigators had not yet determined how the accident occurred.
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Salem, O
Paul Porter
Youngstown & Ohio River Railroad Company
16000 Signatures Filed on South Dakota Dry Law Referendum
The South Dakota Direct Legislation Organization filed with the Secretary of State a referendum petition bearing 16,000 signatures seeking a November 1920 vote on the 1919 dry prohibition law, in Pierre.
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Pierre
S.D
South Dakota Direct Legislation Organization
Secretary of State
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Packers
National Association
Meat Trust
Uncle Sam
Count
Tiato
U. S
Gities
McAdoo
BURAH
TAFT
Cummings
Reed
Peace League
League
Paris
Lawrence
Ansell
David Lawrence
Wilkesbarre
fFifty
Postmaster General
Wire Operating Board
Union N. Bethel of
Wire Control Board
John A. Koons
W. H. Namar
Statistical and
Interstate Commerce Committees
the Commercial Tribune
G. W. Ogden
Romanoffs
Howard Kingsmore
United States Army
Russia
Charles D. Mitchell
Trousseau
Robert Edgren
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