Record of 1919 events from across the nation
A week’s digest notes nine deaths and $75,000 in flood damage from a Fre mento Wyoming cloudburst flooding Horse creek and Squaw creek. Hydroplanes reclassified as motorboats require life preservers and safety gear. Apricot crop valued at $75 million in Southern California. New labor and economic issues arise as rail and shipping sectors face wage and rate pressures. White House hosts Belgian royals. Idaho law questions. many other actions across Congress and departments.
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Fremont County
Wyoming
Horse Creek
Dubois
Squaw Creek
Lander
J.B. Elliott
Los Angeles
California
Germany
North Dakota
Fifteenth Assembly
State Supreme Court
State
John Schultz
Chicago street car men end strike as service resumes
Across Chicago both surface and elevated lines restart after a five day stoppage by 15 000 workers who vote to accept a union company proposal previously rejected by members. Oscar Hammerstein dies in New York after illness.
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Chicago
Oscar ‘Hammerstein
New York
Roland Rohifs
Mineola
N. Y
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Huntington
W. Va
Cape Hatteras
Middle West
Norfolk and Western
Department of Justice
L. M. Hawver
Chienago
Federated Railway Shopien
FC. Chase
Boilermakers
National Agreement Committee
Railroad Administration
Washington
Grand Lodge
Iatet
Hawver
Norfolk & Western
Kr. D. Lauderman
R. H. Aishton
Northwest
Ilegal
Government Seeks Hoarders as Wheat Policy Holds Price
Washington Aug 6 A cabinet sub committee led by Attorney General Palmer orders immediate moves to reduce the cost of living. Wheat Director J H Barnes says the government will maintain a 2.26 bushel price as a buffer, with flour sold at not more than 10 a barrel. Prosecutions for hoarding and profiteering are planned under the Lever food control act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Washington
Pacific Coast
Massachusetts
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
Quincy
Mass
Postal ‘Company
Western Union
Burleson
Railroad Administration
Wilson
House
Senate
Myers
Palmer
Congress
Department of Justice
Grain Corporation
Mr. Barnes
North America
United States
Russia
Palwer
Nemoranda
Genom
Department
Food Administration
Corn Falls 32 Cents on Chicago Board of Trade
On August 6 pressure over U S policy toward the 1919 domestic crop sent corn price down sharply on the Chicago Board of Trade. The decline reached 32 cents per bushel after trading, with traders expecting further fluctuations as the campaign against the cost of living continues.
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Chicago Board OF Trade
Chicago
United States
Board of Trade
Segregation Proposal Follows Chicago Race Riots
Chicago reports 25 cases involving 80 people on murder and assault charges prepared for a grand jury. Seven indictments name 1 negro and include two women. 12 indictments name 17 negroes. County funds of 100000 to the sheriff and 50000 to the state's attorney were approved to quell riot conditions. A city council plan for a bi racial segregation study faced opposition from negro aldermen. State troops and police remain on duty in negro districts.
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Chicago
Judiciaary Committee
Bela Kun Deposed Leader Faces Imprisonment
In Copenhagen Bela Kun the deposed Hungarian soviet leader has arrived in Vienna to be placed in an internment camp. A dispatch from Vienna and Paris notes the Inter allied council urged the Romanian army to stop its advance toward Budapest along the Theiss river.
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Copenhagen
Bela Kun
Vienna
Paris
Supreme Interallied Council
Theiss
Budapest
Chicago Livestock Market Report Aug 6
Hogs receipts about 20 000 with prices 50 to 100 cents lower than the day before. Heavy and medium hogs ranged around 20.10 to 22.25 dollars, sows from 18 to 21.50, pigs 17.50 to 19.26. Cattle receipts 7 000 with a strong tone. beef steers 12 to 18.75, butcher cattle 6 to 14.50, veal calves 17 to 17.75, stockers 7 to 11. Sheep receipts 18 000 and market unsettled with lambs 13.25 to 16.75, yearlings 10 to 12.75, ewes 7 to 9. Cattle and hog prices shown in dollars per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Hogs Cattle And Sheep Prices In St Paul Market
St Paul Aug 6 Hogs receipts 5 500 market 50 to 75c lower range 19 50 21 50 bulk 20 25 20 35. Cattle receipts 2700 killers steady fat steers 8 17 cows and heifers 5 13 25 calves 50 13 25. Sheep receipts 400 market steady to 50c lower lambs 10 14 14.50 weth ers 5 50 10 ewes 2 50 7 50.
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St. Paul
Ewes
Wheat and grain prices from Minneapolis market report
Minneapolis market report lists No 1 dark northern wheat at 2.40 to 2.50, No 3 yellow corn at 1.72 to 1.78, No 2 white oats at 0.66 to 0.67, barley at 1.04 to 1.25, rye No 2 at 1.38 to 1.04, flax at 5.89 to 5.91. Prices shown as ranges with unit details.
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Minneapolis
Women of the West Back League of Nations Says Bass
Mrs. George Bass head of the Democratic national committee women's bureau reported to President Wilson that she found strong living cost concerns among western women and overwhelming support for the league of nations after touring 16 states.
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Washington
George Bass
Chicago
The
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Railroad Strike Threatens National Industry
Reports say without moving railroad equipment mills mines and factories may close. Some 200000 cars out of service threaten crop season and overall production as shopmen strike expands across the country amid tensions over government ownership and wage demands.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Northwest strike widens with 8000 shopmen walking out
Rail and Northwestern shop workers in the northwest joined 8000 others on strike yesterday. In the region around St Paul and the Ewin Cities Northern Pacific shops at Billings Helena Livingston and Jamestown quit on orders from the union. Strikes also reported among Northwestern employees in several South Dakota points.
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St. Paul
Northwest
Ewin Cities
Northern Pacific
Billings
Helena
Livingston
Mont
Jamestown
N. FL
Northwestern
South Dakota
Fleet Arrives Off San Diego Bar Rendezvous
The Pacific fleet neared San Diego Bay off Rosario Bay with six dreadnoughts and 22 destroyers. The flagship Birmingham leads the destroyers, while Vermont Georgia Montana and Prairie join the flotilla to anchor off Coronado islands before entering San Diego bar tomorrow.
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New Mexico
San Riégo
Rosario Bay
Coronado Islands
Birmingham
Vermont
Georgia
Montana
Prairie
San Diego Bar
No Allowance for Alien Citizens Children Under Law
Anaconda reports a revision to the state mothers pension law bars widows who are aliens or have not declared intent to naturalize from receiving child support. Two widows, both flu victims, are affected. neither husband naturalized, leaving them with no funds after funeral costs. One mother has five daughters, oldest 10, the other has babies aged 2 and 3. The county provides housing rent and the indigent family maintenance limit.
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Anaconda
Jail break attempt foiled by pasted saw in book
Miles City report says O B Whitcomb in jail for forgery tried to escape by concealing a saw blade between magazine pages. The plan involved Marie Whitcomb and Theodore Hertz, who are suspected of aiding the escape and testified before Judge Welch. Whitcomb lacks a 1500 dollar bond.
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Miles City
Altost
O. B. Whitcomb
Whitcomb
Mariey Whitcomb
Theodore Hertz
Hertz
Welch
Judge Uses Telephone To Fine Auto Speeder
Great Falls reports the first trial by phone in the city police court. Judge George Raban presided over the case of Evans, who did not appear as required. Evans phoned from Fort Benton to plead guilty and paid a ten dollar fine.
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Great Fall
Great Falls
George Raban
J.B. Ninans
Evans
Fort Benton
Bootleg Whiskey Proves Fatal to Butte Drinker
Butte man Pat Kenny of 518 South Warren Street died after drinking bootleg whiskey. He fell ill July 1 and doctors failed to save him after a relapse. Deputy County Attorney Frank Riley took Kenny’s deposition. Nick Rukavina and Annis Fanning were arrested for selling the drink and were bound over to district court on 200 bond, detained at Wichita.
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Butte
Pat Kenny
Warren Street
Kenny
Frank Riley
Wenny
Getling
Nick Rukavina
Annis Fanning
Wicherty
Two Men Die Of Asphyxiation In Farm Well
A. N. Alberg and Andrew Boggie of Plentywood died from asphyxiation while cleaning a farm well on Alberg’s property. They descended with two lanterns. a passerby, calling to them, found both men dead at the bottom.
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A. N. Alberg
Andrew Boggie
Plentywood
Ao Passerby
Two Youngsters Start on Long Runaway Trip
Edna McDonald aged 15 and Dorothy Chenewort aged 13, both of Kalispell, were taken from a train near Cut Bank by Sheriff P A David while en route to Great Falls. Edna, who lives with her stepfather, hoped to be with her father she has never seen. she persuaded Dorothy to join her. The girls have returned home.
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Edna McDonald
Dorothy Chenewort
Kalispell
P. A. David
Great Falls
McDonald
Kali
Chenevort
Also Mentioned on This Page
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Great Lakes
Shipping Board
Anderson Overseas Corporation of New York
King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
White House
State Department
Clarence Ousley
Texas
Flat Top
Kenna Abshire
Camp Creek
Manderville Farley
Camp Lee
Abshire
Farley
Rhine
Genera
Coblenz
Supreme Economic Council of the
Peace Conference
Volue
France
King George
England
Denekine
Kamashin
Volga
Versailles
Theodore Metchoir
Frau Greta Doribush
George
Marshal Foch
Buckingham Palace
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Affairs Committee
Belgian
Sugar Refining Co., Ltd
Honolulu
Crockett, Cal
Evi
Bareats
Tumulty
Barnes
Gustav.bauer
Herr Gustav Bauer
Scheidemann
German Republic
St. Paul Livestock
Women OF the West
H. C
Fleet
Custer County
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