National highway engineering urged for education reform
Washington report cites Secretary Lane's plan for a national conference on highway engineering in colleges and universities. Prof. Arthur H. Blanchard of the University of Michigan warns of a driving need for trained highway engineers to build and maintain 2,500,000 rural miles and city streets. The Asphalt Association seeks expanded curricula and national standards to avoid waste and ensure efficient use of funds. Blanchard will work with Asphalt Association to push college programs higher.
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Washington
Lane
Department of Interior
Arthur H. Blanchard
University of Michigan
United States
Canada
National Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Asphalt Association
England
France
Blanchard
Asphalt Association i N
Germans Establish People's Labor Department for Reconstruction
Berlin reports representatives of German trade unions including workers and unemployed have formed a People's Labor Department to coordinate postwar reconstruction. They present estimates of forty milliard marks for work and propose to monopolize the procurement of all required materials.
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France
Belgium
Berlin
People's Labor Department
German Commander Home After Armistice Complaint
Field Marshal Liman von Sanders arrived in Berlin after serving with the Turkish army. He protested his abrupt arrest in Constantinople and his detention behind a wire barrier in a stockade. He was met at the station by his former chief of staff and a war office representative.
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von Sanders
Berlin
Liman von Sanders
War Office
Constantinople
Chiefs Tell Unions to End All Strikes
New York report urged a six month nationwide labor truce to restore production. It calls for wage talks and limited strikes only if employers oppress or violate vital union principles, aiming to avert national disaster and resume normal production.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
James P. Holland
Samuel Gompers
United States
Victory News Pith From the Peace Conference Briefs
Marquis Saionis says nations are unhappy with the peace conference. Polish forces use tanks to seize the fortress at Brobrian but the town spelled Brabois is captured. Wilson rejects Venizelos plan to settle the Thracian question. Haas supporters attack a post office in Ludwigshafen seeking a republic in the Palatinate. Crane says US mandates needed for Turkey Syria Armenia to preserve peace. Pershing begins voyage home after farewell with Marshal Foch. Legislation to place the American army on a peacetime footing awaits Pershing’s return.
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Marquis Saionis
Japan
Bobruisk
Wilson
Paris
Venizelos
Greece
Dr. Haas
Ludwigshafen
Palatinate
Charles R. Crane
Turkey
Syria
Armenia
United States
General Pershing
Marshal Foch
Leviathan
Brest
America
John J. Pershing
Foreign policy and war talks dominate Washington and states
President Wilson stalls submitting the June 16 policy declaration to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Pershing’s views delay army size and funding decisions. Knox urges rejecting the Versailles pact and separate peace with Germany. Bolsheviks annnounce treaty cancellations to China. Hog Island ship launches. Newsprint price cuts and Pittsburgh transit wage increase. Kansas wheat yields diverge from government forecast. Congress to formally welcome Pershing. Southern Pacific litigation ends. California land titles valued at $500 million. Wilson seeks extra peace commission funds. War material terms with France agreed at $400 million. Ohio rail unions reject the four cent rise. shop unions back 40 cent rise pending costs talks.
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Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
France
Great Britain
Senate
House
Pershing
Knox
Pennsylvania
Germany
Moscow
China
Russia
Ilbert Hitchcock
Nebraska
Hog Island
Pittsburgh
Department of Agriculture of Kansas
Congress
General Pershing
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Kings
Kern
Fresno
California
Los Angeles
American Peace Commission
Ohio
Executive Council
Senate committee amends peace treaty votes and shipping rules
Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves three textual amendments to the peace treaty. US gains six league votes equal to Britain, excludes British dominions from Empire decisions, and US Reparations Commission voting limited to shipping questions. Seven governors met with Attorney General Palmer on high living costs.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Britain
Reparations Commission
Palmer
Wilson
John W. Tucker
Board of Governors of
The
Society of Arts and Sciences
New York
Treasury Department
Italy
Australia
Colorado
Wyoming
Senate Agricultural Committee
Kenyon and Kendrick
IE. M. Ammons
State Department notes delay for Prince of Wales arrival
The Prince of Wales may not reach Washington until mid November. President Wilson moved the Coast Guard Service back to the Treasury, ending Navy control since the war. Wheat dealers face licensing warnings from Julius E. Barnes, and the International Mercantile Marine denies fleet additions. A six month strike suspension proposal targets nonessential actions amid wartime production pressures.
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State Department
Prince of Wales
Washington
Wilson
Treasury Department
Coast Guard Service
Navy Department
Julius E. Barnes
United States
International Mercantile Marine
Leviathan
George Washington
American
James P. Holland
New York State Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Tae Awe
Quaker oarsmen win most Middle States races at Schuylkill
Quaker boatmen captured 12 of 17 events at the Middle States regatta in Philadelphia. Union Boat Club of New York took five wins and New Rochelle Rowing Club one. Belmont Park saw War Cloud and Valor prevail in the Autumn Handicap before 20 000 fans. Pete Herman dropped a bantam title bid to Joe Lynch in Waterbury.
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Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Union Boat Club
New York
New Rochelle
Wedding Cuke
Miss Jemima
Cudgel
War Cloud
Valor
Belmont Park
Pete Herman
Joe Lynch
Waterbury
Conn
William T. Tilden, 2d
William H. Johnston
San Francisco
United States
United States Marine Corps
Foreign affairs and wartime highlights from Dublin to Mexico
A Dublin report says Irish press censorship will end. Munich remains under martial law with soldiers patrolling streets. Ahmed Mirza sails toward Italy aboard a British vessel en route to Switzerland. Pershing heads to the United States aboard the Leviathan. Italy grants amnesty to 40 000 soldiers sentenced during war. Britain lifts wartime import embargoes except for 16 classes. Romanian orders limit Hungarian officers and arms. The Peace Conference nears finish on the Austrian treaty. Peru’s Potras says Pardo government toppled for electoral sabotage. Carranza tells Congress he will conciliate oil interests but defends sovereignty.
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Dublin
Munich
Ahmed Mirza
Shah of
Persia
Italy
Switzerland
United States
General Pershing
Victor Emmanuel
Britain
Icumanian
Ssordss
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Potras
Pardo
Reguiry
Mexican Congress
Carranza
Carnegie Gifts Annuities To Public Institutions And Notables
The article reports Andrew Carnegie’s bequest of 960000 dollars in annuities to public institutions and lists recipients including notable figures such as President Taft Walter Damrosch Mrs Grover Cleveland and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt. Also notes annuities of five thousand dollars to selected nephews and other named individuals and officials.
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Grover Cleveland
Thomas J. Preston Jr
Princeton
Theodore Roosevelt
President Taft
James Bertram
Claud S. Carnegie
Lloyd George
Walter Damrosch
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Joseph Garmany
Margaret B. Wilson
George W. Cable
Thomas Burt
John Wilson
John Burns
Carnegie Will Sets Aside Vast Estate For Charity And Relatives
Andrew Carnegie died leaving an estimated fortune of 25 to 30 million dollars with over 960 thousand dollars set for public and charitable institutions. The will names annuities for friends and relatives including Taft and Lloyd George, with Carnegie Corporation as residual heir and the Home Trust Company of New Jersey as executor. Household staff receive bequests, and Skibo laborers gain annual stipends plus rent remittances for crofters.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Surogate
Carnegie
Margaret
Roswell Miller
Taft
Lloyd George
England
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas J. Preston
Home Trust Company of
New Jersey
Robert A. Franks
Llewellyn Park
Orange
N. J
George Irvine
Walter Damrosch
Henry S. Pritchett
Thomas Burt
John Wilson
Carranza Defends Mexico Against Foreign Interference
Mexico City. President Carranza reads Congress message defending Mexico against foreign representations especially from the United States. He cites injustices against Mexicans in the United States and vows defense of Mexican lives and property.
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Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Carranza
Congress
Wilson Refuses Lodge Drafts Of Treaties
Washington reports a public exchange of letters between President Wilson and Senator Lodge chairing the Foreign Relations Committee. Wilson declines to disclose treaty negotiation files on Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey to avoid executive-branch information loss. Lodge retorts that disclosure would not violate public interests and notes the Versailles declaration has been printed in the Congressional Record.
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Washington
Wilson
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Senate
Austeia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Lodge
Versailles
Lodze Tartly
Global briefings of wartime politics and religion
Chicago police raid tears down red flags at a Communist Socialistic convention. Pershing and Wilson trips seen as boosting presidential politics. Cardinal Mercier sails to America aboard the Agamemnon due in New York September 12. Pacific fleet of 42 warships passes the Golden Gate. Prohibition Party meets to plan enforcement and worldwide dry goals. Wilson calls capital and labor conference stirring Plumb plan hopes.
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Chicago
Washington
General Pershing
Wilson
Brest
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
America
United States
Agamemnon
New York
San Francisco
Admiral Rodman
Golden Gate
National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
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