Grand jury faults profiteering. urges price cuts and publicity
A Seattle federal grand jury criticizes profiteering and high costs, calls for lower production prices before retailers lower prices, and endorses continued price committees and public publicity to restore stable industry. Spokane denies jitney licenses. Ezra Meeker views Puget Sound by air. Seth Bullock dies. a Spokane dynamite incident damages a pawnshop and city buildings. President Wilson's health halts tour and shifts plans. Britain frees wartime mail. war losses tallied. Pack ers profits questioned. two long seaplane flights planned. treaty ratification possible with reservations.
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Seattle
Spokane
United States
I. H. Rudkin
Ezra Meeker
Northwest
Broadway
Puget Sound
Percy Barnes
Tacoma
Seth Bullock
Theodore Roosevelt
Deadwood
D. D
Main Avenue
Volney
National Bank
Wilson
New York
Albert
Belgium
White House
Wichita
Kan
Washington
Cary T. Grayson
England
State Department
Ramseyer
Towa
Maine
Food Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Hoover
Senate
Commission
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Navy
Brazil
Philippines
Global news brief highlights wartime sitreps and policy shifts
Premier Clemenceau delivers a long speech on peace treaty solidarity between allied powers. Britain faces a railway strike with butter and sugar ration cuts. Mexico closes 224 schools due to funding. 150000 children affected. Germany seeks a $100 million loan from Argentina. The Prince of Wales heads to Washington on November 10. Deportations of Germans from the U S continue, including POWs aboard the Pocahontas. U S Steel strike activity remains unsettled as mills shut or run short. A World Air Derby plan and Rockefeller gift for medical education are announced. Viscount Grey arrives as new U S ambassador with cautious optimism.
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Clemenceau
Ingland
National Union of Railwaymen
War Office
Mexico
Washington
Bureau of Education
Federal District of
Buenos Aires
Germany
Argentina
Prince of Wales
Ottawa
Victoria
B.C
United States
Pocahontas
Moewe
Prinzess Trene
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Company
Bessemer Steel
Pueblo
Colo
France
Congressional Committee
New York
Agamemnon
Brest
Royal C. Johnson
South Dakota
Oscar E. Bland
Indiana
Henry D. Flood
Virginia
Harry H. Rolapp
The
Food Administration
Sugar Distributing Committee
United States Sugar Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Kansas City
International Farm Centre
American Shipbuilding Company
Cleveland
Ohio
New York Navy Yard
Atlantic
Aero Club of America
John D. Rockefeller
General Education Board
New York City
Army and Navy
St. Louis
Viscount Edward Grey
England
Riot Fire and Lynching in Omaha Courthouse Turmoil
Omaha officials faced a nine hour riot over the assault and lynching of William Brown a black man accused of rape. Mayor Edward P. Smith was assaulted, saved by a policeman, then hospitalized. Sheriff Clark and 100 prisoners were trapped as flames engulfed the courthouse, 24 dead or wounded including Brown, with troops deployed from Fort Omaha Fort Crook and Camp Dodge to restore order.
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Omaha
Neb
Fort Omaha
Fort Crook
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Ed P. Smith
Edward P. Smith
EB. C. Henry
Henry
William Brown
Agnes Lobeck
Sheriff Clark
Brown
Clark
Harney Street
Army lifts ban on fraternizing with Germans in Coblenz
Sept 20 Coblenz Major General Allen revokes the army regulation prohibiting American officers and sailors from fraternizing with Germans, allowing direct contact again in the post.
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Coblenz
Army
Allen
Demolish Planned for German Hindenburg Statue
Berling Germany October 1 The wooden Von Hindenburg monument once studded with nails during the war will be torn down this week per the Vossische Zeitung The dedication of the 30 foot Iron Hindenburg statue intended to be gilded and walled with iron and silver was held in Berlin on September 4 1915 as part of East Prussia rehabilitation funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindenburg
Berling
von Hindenburg
Vossische Zeitung
Fund For the Rehabilitation of
East Prussia
Berlin
Russia Faces Imposing War Debt Across State Labilities
London dispatch reports from Omsk citing Kolchak government finance minister that Russia’s wartime debt totals around 60 billion rubles after internal and foreign loans. 1914 debt stood at 8.6 billion rubles with annual amortisation about 50 million, and currencies abroad complicate conversion to rubles. Britain is noted as the major creditor during the war, with France, America, Japan and Italy following.
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London
Russia
Omsk
Kolchak
France
Great Britain
T Russaa
America
Japan
Italy
Senate confirms Rand Whitlock as ambassador to Belgium
The Senate approved the nomination of Rand Whitlock of Ohio for the position of ambassador to Belgium without a recorded roll call vote. Whitlock is slated to represent the United States in Brussels and advance diplomatic relations with Belgium.
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Senaate
Rand Whitlock
Ohio
Belgium
Chicago Livestock Market Report for October First
Hogs receipts 27 000 head market lower with heavy sows at 14 75 to 16 75 and hogs 16 to 17.15. Cattle receipts 16 000 slow market with beef steers 8 40 to 18 and veal calves 7 14 50. Sheep receipts 25 000 strong with lambs 13 25 to 15 75 and breeding ewes 74 to 713 25.
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Chicago
Omaha Stock Market Report From Oct 1 Trading
Hogs receipts 4000 head with prices 26c to 8fe lower top 16.50 bulk 15.50 15.75 heavy 15.75 16.25 medium 16 16.50 light 15.85 16.50. Cattle receipts 14500 opening slow but generally steady beef steers 15 17 best, lower grades 9.75 14.75. butcher cows 6.5 12. Sheep and lambs 30000 head with lambs 50c to 60 higher, yearling wethers 8.75 10, ewes 5.75 6.75.
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Omaha
Minneapolis Grain Prices Reported for October
Minneapolis grain prices list river market quotes dated October 1 showing No 1 dark northern wheat at 2.70 to 3.0 per bushel, No 1 northern at 2.60 to 2.75, No 2 northern at 2.40 to 2.65, Montana dark hard at 2.35 to 2.50, corn No 3 yellow 1.41 to 1.42, oats No 2 white 0.64 0.68, barley choice 1.22 to 1.29, rye No 2 1.38 to 1.41, flax 4.02 to 4.05.
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Minneapolis Gratin
McCaull-Dinsmore
Minneapolis
Montana
Newspapers Resume Publication and Street Cars Restored
Vienna resumes street car service after cowl shortage while fuel economy remains strict. Budapest newspapers are allowed to publish again on Sunday. In Brunn Czech soldiers pull down and demolish the statue of Emperor Joseph II in the city square.
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Vienna
Budapest
Joseph II
Brunn
Moravia
Czech-Slovakia
Nonpartisans Plan Referendum Fight Over Supreme Court Expansion
Helena reports Alfred Budden of Great Falls announces Nonpartisan league plans to seek a referendum on the three to five member Montana Supreme Court expansion and on a primary law amendment. Petitions are prepared with labor groups, targeting workmen compensation and a corporate income tax, while opponents cite loss of open primaries and voter disclosure. The compensation plan would raise weekly pay to 30 dollars and remove the two week waiting period.
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Helena
State Supreme Court
Alfred Budden
Great Falls
Nonpartisan League
Montana
League
Father Not Guilty in Death of Young Son
After four hours the jury acquitted John Hirt of murdering his 11 year old son on July 20, 1919 at the Hirt rauch site near Glendive. The mother found the body with a neck cord attached to a beam. A physician testified the death was due to a blow to the head, not strangulation, and the coroner's jury stopped short of an indictment.
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John Hirt
Hirt
Hirt Rauch
Glendive
Million Cattle Still in State Say Officials
Montana officials report cattle shipments totaling 197076 from the state on September 12. Tax records show more than 1200000 cattle in March, with last year at 1186745 and a projected total shipment near 400000 as the season continues.
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Helona
Montana
Fle
State Livestock Commission
State Board of Equalization
FORM STAFF 10 SEEK AND TRAIN DISABLED VETERANS
Four men will devote their time to locating and placing disabled Montana veterans in new vocations after a conference in Billings. The team includes James C Batton of Minneapolis federal board of vocational education, Lt. Robert Laughlin of the weather bureau, and Lt. F B Mitchell Jr of Helena. Headquarters will be in Helena with work centers likely in Great Falls, Billings, Missoula, and Helena.
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Billings
Montana
James C., Batton
Minneapolis
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Robert Laughlin
Emergency Employment Bureau
Weather’ Department
F. 2B. Mitchell, Jr
Helena
Supreme court bars late costs claim in water case
Helena reports the supreme court rules a winning party on a water controversy cannot claim costs unless a written claim is filed within the statutory period. In the suit Bar rick v Porter, Barrick won but did not file in time. Chief Justice Brantley remands to strike costs from the decree.
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Helena
Supreme Court
District Court
Louis E. Barrick
John R. Porter
Barrick
Brantley
Senate Advances Treaty Clash and Steel Strike Hearings
Washington reports a busy week as the senate weighs the German peace treaty and resumes hearings on the steel strike led by Gary of US Steel. Proposals on reservations and Johnson amendments stir Democrat and Republican talks while rail and military bills move through committees.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Fall
Republican
New Mexico
Wilson
Senate Labor Committee
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Capital
W. Z
House
Smith
Georgia
Borah
Idaho
McLean
Connecticut
Jones
South Carolina
Walsh
Massachusetts
United States
Great Britain
Interstate Commerce Committees
E Committee
Goethals
Europe must use own ships to carry coal
European nations threaten a coal famine this winter and are relying on U S ships for lucrative coal shipments. The Shipping Board said Europe should use its own tonnage to ease the shortage. Italy was noted as the only country moving coal with its vessels. During August 20 to September 9 the board allocated 35 ships to the coal trade.
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Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Europe
Taly
The
Harvard Endowment Drive Reaches $9 Million So Far
New York reports that Harvard University's $14 million endowment fund has raised $9 million in two days. Funds are earmarked mainly to boost professor and instructor salaries. Notable contributions include $100,000 from a class of 1896 alum and $25,000 from Lawrence Lowell and Eliot Wadsworth, with Tom Lamont of J P Morgan & Co giving $100,000.
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Harvard Fund
New York
Harvard University
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
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Entome Press
Ever
Albert C. Chase
Faribault
Minn
Chase
Omaha Livestock
Gord
U. S. Shipping Board
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