Firemen Seek Wage Rise Across U S Railroads
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen demands about 200 million dollars to raise wages for 111000 firemen and hostlers in the United States and Canada. The plan includes mechanical stokers for coal locomotives and two firemen on large engines, with higher basic rates and overtime based on speed. Washington says the wage case will be considered with other rail labor demands.
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Cleveland
United States
Canada
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Director General of Railroads
Tmothy Shen
Brotherhood
Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Railroad Administration
Banner Crops Reported Across Europe Amid Coal Shortage
In Europe crops are said to be banner in Austria Ukraine and Soviet Russia with large grain yields. Rail coal scarcity hampers harvest in Austria. Non Bolshevik Ukrainians invite Polish help to seize Kiev offering crops as payment to aid the effort.
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Austria
Soviet Russia
Ukraine
London
Slavia
Kiev
Enver Pasha Sentenced to Death as Young Turk Leader
Enver Pasha, prominent Young Turk leader, has been sentenced to death. The verdict marks a dramatic end for the influential figure whose political actions shaped events in the Ottoman Empire.
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Enver Pasha
Young Turks
New German Constitution Highlights Equality and State Family Duty
The constitution declares the German Empire a republic with sovereignty from the people. It guarantees equality before the law, gender parity, and family protection while prohibiting nobility titles and ensuring press and private communications privacy. It also outlines censorship limits and rights to emigrate, with motherhood prioritized for state care.
Settlement Ends Transit Strike With Wage Increases
Interboro Rapid Transit strike ends after Public Service Commissioner Lewis Nixon negotiates. subway and L line service resumes with 25 percent wage increase and a further 25 percent to be set by arbitration. Millard warns of US-Japan conflict over Shantung. Baker calls for military reforms. Third Division arrives home. Britain Persia protectorate stirs Paris on League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interboro Rapid Transit Company
Lewis Nixon
Public Service
Thomas F. Millard
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Shantung
China
United States
Baker
War Department
West Point
Rock of the Marne
Great Britain
Persia
Paris
League of Nations
Wilson
Vast Food Hoard Seized In Storage Warrants
United States marshals seized large quantities of meat butter cheese eggs and pork from Booth Cold Storage in Detroit and St Louis. The action targets storage beyond three months to raise prices. District Attorney Hensley announced plans to seize eighteen million eggs in a St. Louis warehouse.
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St. Louis
United States
Booth Cold Storage Company
Ase
Hensley
Jay
Ten Million Eggs Seized in Detroit
A libel under the Lever Act was filed for seizure of over ten million eggs stored by the Rock Island Butter Company of Toledo and A. F. Thibodeau & Company of Detroit. U.S. District Attorney Kinnane announced an investigation may target the owners under Michigan anti trust laws. Department of Justice approval will be sought to market the eggs immediately.
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Detroit
Lever Act
Rock Island Butter Company
Toledo
A. F. Thibodeau & Company
United States
Kinnane
Michigan
Department of Justice
Sugar Seized in Canton Implicates Baltimore Company
Cleveland official announces a federal seizure of 200000 pounds of sugar owned by the C. D. Kenny Company of Baltimore, stored in Canton Ohio by Canton Storage and Transfer Company. Deputy Walsh seized the stock. U S Attorney Wertz seeks a court order to condemn and sell the sugar, with proceeds to owners after costs.
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Cleveland
J. C. Breitenstein
United States
Ohio
C. D. Kenny Company
Baltimore
Canton Storage and Transfer Company
Canton
T. E. Walsh
Wertz
Westenhaver
Million Eggs Seized in Nashville Cold Storage Raid
Federal authorities seized nearly a million eggs from Novi f& Company cold storage. The Alloway Brothers, royal produce dealers, own the ewes alleged to exceed reasonable business requirements.
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Nashville
Novi F& Company
Alloway Brothers
Royal Produce Dealers
Stop Retail Buying Advice to Public in New York
The fair price committee named by the federal food administration urges housewives in New York to restrict corner store purchases to bare necessities and to drive profiteering dealers on vacation as a curb on extortionate margins.
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New York
Fair Price Committee
Federal Food Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Senate Approves Palmer Nomination for Attorney General
The Senate Judiciary Committee reports favorably by unanimous vote the nomination of A. Mitchell Palmer for attorney general. Palmer holds the office already under a recess appointment amid opposition over alleged unfair conduct as alien custodian, with a subcommittee investigating the matter.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
A. Mitchell Palmer
Palmer
Dutch Arm Against Reds Burgher Guards Formed in Holland
In Sgravenhage 1600 Dutch towns have organized burgher guards of armed citizens to defend public buildings and private property. Guards are municipally subsidized but fund their own expenses.
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Sgravenhage
Holland
Strong US note to Carranza on Mexico kidnapings
The United States formally warns President Carranza that the capture of Air Service Lieutenants Davis and Peterson and their $15,000 ransom demand is a serious issue requiring quick action. The War and State Departments pursue the matter vigorously as a Porto Rican doctor kidnapped near Mexico City may have been killed after a ransom deadline.
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Washington
United States
Carranza
Mexico
Paul H. Davis
Harold G. Peterson
Air Service
State Department
Davis
Peterson
War Department
Department of State
Candelaria
Baker
Mareh
Saul
Mexico City
Mount
Jusco
Carringa
AL Goenaga
Ure
World News in Condensed Form
Halifax greets the Prince of Wales moved by memories of the explosion. Pershing receives Italy’s top military honor in Rome. Congress debates power to fix prices on essentials as Lloyd George urges reduced consumption. France faces food riots as workers seize provisions at Brest and Le Vallois joins actions against middlemen.
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Halifax
N. S
Prince of Wales
Rome
General Pershing
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Washington
Congress
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Great Britain
Paris
France
Brest Deck
le Vallois
Short Chronicle of Past Occurrences Across the World
A compact roundup notes the Finnish cabinet formation, a Moscow decree labeling Kolchak and the Siberian government as outlaws, and their arrest. Italy and Greece resolve Asia Minor interests with Smyrna and Menadre valley terms. Japan may intervene if Kolchak evacuates Omsk. British censor reports on mail delays. Wilson accepts Senate talk on the peace treaty. Western Hemisphere productivity cannot cover prolonged European demand.
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Moscow
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Siberia
Italy
Greece
Asia Minor
Menadre
Smyrna
Japan
Siberian
Kolchak
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Hemisphere
Washington fights and bills dominate wartime Capitol actions
Hearings opened on Kendrick and Kenyon bills regulating packers and stockyards. Wilson assumes control after War Department talks. Senate Judiciary Committee approves a stricter prohibition enforcement bill. Prices rise sharply. labor strikes loom as rail plans face House rejection. Discharges reduce army strength to 500,699. League urges prompt peace treaty ratification. In Los Angeles, transit workers strike for 30 cents a month wage gain.
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Kendrick
Kenyon
Washington
Wilson
War Department
Capitol
Carranza
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Department of Labor
New York
Interstate Commerce Committee
Good
Congress
Europe
Senate
A. Mitchell Pabner
W.G. Pletcher
Swift & Cofs
Cleveland Branel
Joseph Nash
Cleveland Provision Co
Brand Whitlock
United States
Britain
Mexico
League To
Los Angeles
Railroads under Federal Ownership Debate Moves Forward
United States Chamber of Commerce opposes federal ownership while price records rise for July with 2 percent gain from December 1918 across 22 staple foods. British wool auctions attract American buyers as Knights of Columbus stress wartime aid.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Department of Labor
Department
London
Knights of Columbus
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of
New York
Enright
Francis
Peabody
Hinsdale
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
United States
Federal Commission
Mexico
Carranza
George T. Summerlin
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St.’ Louis
Att’y General
U. S. Senate
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American State Department
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WII
J. W. Hession
New York Athletic Club
Caldwell
N. J
Polo Grounds
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Braves
Joe Newkirk
Philadelphia
Fanny Durack
Blelchtrey
Pat Moran
Daubert
Rarlden
Magee
Sallee
Fisher
Heinie Groh
Mack
Athletics
Scott Perry
Tom Rogers
Johny Dundee
Lew Tendler
Lactter
Tendler
Edward P. Magan
Denver
Yale
Archduke Joseph
Charles
Hungary
Juge-Shioia
Ukrnaine
Bohemia
Croix Hine
Bordeaux
Kolchako
Cheliabinsk
Odessa
A. B. Hulbert
Corean
Corea
Maxican
Theodore Patterson
Zacatecas
Germany
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