Senate Attacks Fed Trade Commission Over Packing Report
The Senate clashed with critics and defenders of the Federal Trade Commission's packing industry report. Senators Sherman and Smoot assailed the commission as self serving and prejudiced while Gore and Kenyon praised the findings as broadly justified. They debated amendments to an emergency agriculture bill amid charges of political bias and failing to let packers present their side.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Today
Wilson
Sherman
Illinois
Smoot
Utah
Gore
Oklahoma
Commission
Federal Trade Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Kenyon
Culver
Senator Sherman
Ashurst
Arizona
Aisne Advance in Pursuit of Germans Reported
British aerial officials report 465 enemy aircraft destroyed and 911 tons of bombs dropped since August 8. Sixly-one balloons felled as Haig notes progress north and south of Peronne with patrols crossing the Canal du Nord south of Marquion. Prisoner letters depict German morale collapsing amid tough losses and looming winter campaign.
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Associated Press
London
Associates Press
Peronne
Field Marshal Haig
Canal du Nord
Marquion
Weather summary for Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia
Fair in Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia with warmer readings expected Friday and Saturday. Temperatures across stations include Cincinnati 61 or 58 61, Kansas City 74 rising to 80, Omaha 68, Denver 50, Nashville 60, San Francisco 42, Winnipeg 70, with varying winds and cloud cover. rainfall minimal. Historical comparison for Cincinnati shows September 5, 1918 ending 7 p.m. records, noting high 60s to 60s and low temperatures, with light precipitation.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Kansas City
Boston
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
San Francisco
No marked advance in interest rates sanctioned
Federal Reserve Board Governor W P G Harding said no marked advances in commercial loan rates would be sanctioned. He urged banks to curb loans to nonessential war enterprises and proposed local banker groups to discuss credit restraint as a war measure.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Federal Reserve Board
W. P. G. Harding
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Harding
Railroads Accept Federal Contract After McAdoo Negotions
Washington reports reveal terms of the standard contract between the government and railroads, denying most claims by the Association of Railway Security Holders. McAdoo says private control would have caused large losses and notes fixed net income and government borrowing as stabilizing factors. Final action rejects a key provision and insists the deal will be offered to all roads under federal control.
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Associates Press
Washington
McAdoo
Association of Railway Security
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of
Railway Security Holders
President's Liberty Loan tour likely canceled
Washington report says it is unlikely that President Wilson will tour the country for the Fourth Liberty Loan due to pending revenue legislation and other matters. No formal announcement has been made, but it is understood he had planned a trip to the Pacific coast before deciding against extended absence this month.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Sick and Wounded Return Home From Front
Sick and wounded soldiers from the American expeditionary forces landed in the United States during the last week numbered 37, down from 42 the previous week. Serious cases were fewer, with many convalescents among the arrivals.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Senators Denounce Round-Up Ended Slacker Raids in New York
Charles F. Dewoody of the Justice Department’s Bureau of Investigation halted all slacker raids in New York and nearby areas at 8 PM while signaling possible extension beyond the three day limit. By 9 PM the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory was nearly empty as prisoners were moved to the Central Examining Board or Federal Building for rapid court action all night.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles F. Dewoody
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Central Examining Board
Federal Building
United States Circuit Court
Washington
Crowder
War and Navy Departments
Senate
Chamberlain
Calder
Johnson
California
Sherman
Mlinors
Ledge Wasno
Poindexter
Kirby
President seeks report on New York slacker roundup
President Wilson asked Attorney General Gregory for a full report on the roundup in New York City in which about 40 000 men were detained by Justice Department and military officials on suspicions of draft evasion. Senate debate centered on who authorized use of soldiers and sailors. Smoot plans to reintroduce a probe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Gregory
New York City
Department of Justice
Military Intelligence Bureau
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Kirby
Arkansas
Mayor’s power to remove city engineers clarified
Attorney General Joseph McGhee issued an opinion to Columbus stating the mayor may appoint and remove a city engineer who leads a subdivision under public service. If no subdivision exists, the engineer is a general employee and removal authority rests with the service director.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Joseph McGhee
Four Hundred Colleges Enlist to Train Recruits for War Duty
Washington September 5 More than 400 educational institutions join a government program to educate selected recruits at public expense. Contracts with additional colleges are signed daily as the first class starts this scholastic year. Recruits face four paths including officer training camp, extended schooling, further technical training, or returning to draft status. A city campus radius may be designated as a military training zone.
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Associated Washington
Ing
Money Lost by Farmers On Wheat
Washington reports the average cost of wheat production at 2.25 a bushel per E H Thompson acting chief of the Bureau of Farm Management as Senate Agriculture Committee testimony. He said most wheat cost less and even with a 10 percent cost rise farmers in the Central West could break even at the 2.20 market price set by President Wilson for next year. In the North Central states for 1917 costs ranged 1.50 to 3.50 with most growers between 1.75 and 2.50. Senator Norris questioned whether a higher price would be needed to stimulate production.
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Dent Wilson
North Central States
Senator Norris
Cotton Price Fixing Protest From Dixie Senators
Senators from cotton states plan to protest to President Wilson against War Industries Board moves to fix cotton prices. A committee will visit cotton regions to study stabilizing prices for producers and consumers, considering needs of the United States and allies after drought reduced the crop.
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DIXIE
Baruch
War Industries Board
United States
Royal Flying Corps Ace Injured in Hydro Plane Accident
W A Bishop a Royal Flying Corps ace on furlough in Vancouver fell from a hydro plane onto a house roof. The motor crashed through the roof and Bishop followed but he is reported not seriously injured.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
W. A. Bishop
Royal Flying Corps
Bishop
Aviator Hollis Jr. Shoots Self at Dayton Hotel
Second Lieutenant H F Hollis Jr 24 of Princeton N J stationed at Wilbur Wright Aviation Field Dayton shot himself in a local hotel last night He was found dead in bed this morning No motive given for the act
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Associated Press
Dayton, O
H. F. Hollis, Jr
Princeton
N. J
Wilbur Wright Aviation Field
New Visit Rules Set for Camp Sherman Visitors
Camp Sherman in Chillicothe Ohio released a new visitor policy by Colonel Rivers. Weekdays except Saturdays allow visitors on camp roads from 430 PM to 1030 PM. Saturdays permit visitors noon to 1030 PM and Sundays 730 AM to 1030 PM. Column bus avenue open at all times. Officers may host visitors on weekdays 5 PM to 1030 PM except Saturdays. Draftee families may visit barracks Saturdays and Sundays noon to 6 PM with officer permission.
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Associated Press
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Colonel Rivers
Columbus Avenue
Michigan Hotel Keepers' Beer Amendment Blocked
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled the proposed constitutional amendment to permit light wine and beer manufacture and sales was illegally drawn and cannot be submitted to voters in November. The measure, advanced by the Michigan Hotel Keepers' Association, faced support from the Antisaloon League.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Hotel Keepers’ Association
Michigan
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Michigan Antisaloon League
Americans Enter Finland from Russia on Special Train
American consuls allied mission members and civilian refugees who left Russia on a special train crossed into Finland and were expected to reach Harpanda yesterday. The report came from Consul Haynes in Helsingfors dated September 3.
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Washington
Russia
Finland
Harpanda
Haynes
Helsingfors
Dry Zones Fixed For Workers In War Plants
The Senate adopted a resolution authorizing the President to establish dry zones around coal mines shipyards and other war plants. The measure was approved without a roll call amid calls to grant immediate prohibition powers before the final vote on the emergency agricultural appropriation bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
Miller
House
Ex Russian Empress and Daughters to Live in Spain
London reports the assassination of the former Russian Empress and her daughters but Spain moves to relocate the family. A Spanish mission and the Bolshevik ambassador discussed removal while a military medical team aids the exchange process. The exiled women will reside at Magdalena Palace in Santander aboard a yacht flying Papal colors.
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Associated Press
Madrid
London
Alfonso
Spain
el Sol
Berlin
Russia
Joffre
Germany
El-Sol
Magdalena Palace
Santander
German forces reach north of the Aisne front
With the American army on the Aisne front the Germans held the north side tonight after retreating along the line. A few machine gun detachments remained to cover the German withdrawal as others sacrificed themselves to hold the retreat.
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Associated Press
Aisne
British Army advances in France drive Germans back along Somme front
British forces push the enemy toward the Hindenburg line with minor victories near Flanders and near Peronne while cratering and fires mark German retreat. They clear Peronne suburbs on the Somme east bank and guard canal crossings as German reinforcements mass north of Indhy en Artois. The Drocourt Queant Switch line shows how the Germans may seek a new defensive axis despite retreat.
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Flanders
Scarpe
Peronne
Hindenburg Line
Bapaume-Cambrai Line
Lins
Drecourt- Queant
Somme
Canal du Nord
Indhy-en-Artois
Moeuvres
Hindenburg
Drocourt-Queant
Arras
General Humbert's troops cross the Somme under fire
General Humbert's men crossed the Somme at Epanancourt after repulsing counterattacks by Prussian Guards. French forces built and replaced footbridges under intense fire, with a river crossing completed despite German sharpshooters. A brave French soldier swam the river to bring back a boat and push the assault toward Ham and the Peronne-Ham road.
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Mangin
Mont Des Tombes
Seuilly
Humbert
Somme
Epanancourt
Oise
Autrecourt Heights
Peronne
Ham
Morale of enemy weakening with American troops in France
Reports from the front indicate the German forces are showing weakening morale as American troops press on in France. Evidence suggests decreasing effectiveness and growing strain on the German military as the offensive continues.
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Associated Press
France
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