Foreign notes and civic shifts across the week
Ygnacio Bonillas instructs to deny Altendorf claims linking Carranza to German contacts. British mission workers arrested then released in Lithuania. Germany backs Hin denburg for president under the new constitution. Bologna theft of Francia painting exposed. Transylvania data show Romania loss of 3.7 million tons of goods. Vanderbilt Jr joins New York Herald as cub reporter. Levy fined for flying near a farm home. Milwaukee beer dumped to recover taxes. Curtis Air outlines routes Rochester to Albany and Pittsburgh to Canada. Edith Cavell case debated by American Bar Association. Mayor Hylan invited to visit by the Prince of Wales. Nebraska Nonpartisan league supporters seek reparation after Beatrice clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ygnacio Bonillas
United States
Carranza
Paul Bernado Altendorf
Military Intelligence Department
Altendorf
Henrich von Hekhardt
Mexico
Mexico City
Senor Bonillas
Matau
Riga
Lettish
Copenhagen
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
New York Herald
New York
Charles FL. Levy
Justice of the Peace
Dodson
Fred Heenaman
Stehlitz Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Chicago
Otto R. Fuerst
United States Revenue
Curtis Aeroplane & Motor Corporation
Buffalo
N. Y
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Albany
Erie
Pittsburg
Hamilton
Toronto
Edith Cavett
Committee
American Bar Association
Baltimore
Hylan
Prince of Wales
Gage County
Nebraska
Nonpartisan League
Pickerell
McKelvie
League
Beatrice
Hanson resigns as Seattle mayor after stand for Americanism
Hanson former Seattle mayor resigns after saying I am tired out and am going fishing. The report notes his nationwide fame from the general strike and acceptance of resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole
Hanson
Seattle
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico City
Jimmy Hammil
Denver
Benny Leonard
Charley White
Chicago
Austria Faces League Control Over Its Future
Paris reports the peace terms for Austria are handed to Austrian plenipotentiaries at St Germain. The league of nations would decide Austria's potential to join Germany, with France and others opposing a union. Vienna risks becoming a reduced commercial capital as neighbors remain separate states. Chancellor Renner to Vienna for possible extension. Austrian assembly meets soon. Austria remains an enemy state until peace is signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
American Peace Commission
Paris
France
United States
Legislative Council of the Railroad
Peru
State Department
Lansing
Lima
Legula
Washington
Gardiner
Missouri
Milliken
Maine
Burnquist
Minnesota
Campbell
Arizona
Sproule
Pennsylvania
Cooper
South Carolina
McDowell
Montana
National Conference of Governors
Palmer
White House
Wilsom
Secretary of Labor
House
Labor Department
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Blanton
Texas
War Department
Special Liquidation Commission
Felix A. Sommerfeld
Fort Oglethorpe
Sommerfeld
West
Austria
St. Germain
Paul Durasta
Serbia
Supreme Council
League of Nations
League
Germany
Switzerland
Vienna
Jugo- Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Carl Renner
Austrian General Assembly
Railroads show July operating surplus for government
Washington reports the first monthly surplus in months for government run railroads in July with net operating income of 77 million dollars. After rent adjustments the government sees a two million dollar gain versus the previous month’s deficit and February’s 65 million shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hines
Railroad Administration
Congress Asked for 2.5 Million to Fight West Forest Fires
Washington seeking 2.5 million dollars in new forest fire funds. Agriculture Department said over 2 million already spent and spending at 50 thousand dollars daily. Additional appropriations expected unless rains arrive within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Wilson to Convene Labor Leaders Conference in October
President Wilson plans to invite labor leaders financiers manufacturers and farmers to a conference in early October to discuss labor problems and leadership. The trip includes 30 speeches across the west and midwest with a presidential train and 380 press correspondents accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Carey T. Gaayson
Tun
Secret Service
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Des Moines
Omaha
Neb
Sioux Pariis
St Paul
Minneapolis
Bismarck
N. Pes
Billings
Helena
Coeur d'Alene
Toalia
Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
Porthand
Ove
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
Reno
Nev
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Pucito
Colo
Wichita
Kas
Oklahoma City
Okla
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Louisville
Socialists Nominate No Presidential Candidate
Chicago reports the national Socialists convention opened with resolutions to avoid naming a presidential candidate. J Louis Engdahl urged Eugene V Debs for the nomination, but Seymour Stedman, temporary chairman, said it would ruin Debs chances for a pardon. Police removed John Reed and 88 left wing members during credentials fights at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Socialists
J. Louis Engdahl
Eugene V. Debs
Seymour Stedman
Deb
John Reed
United States
Germans Deny Zeppelins Destroyed by Allies Pact
A dispatch from the Zeppelin factory in Fredericshafen to Romanshorn denies a report that 12 Zeppelins were destroyed. It states Germany will surrender air ships to the Allies under the peace treaty, except for the newest types built in the last nine months for tourist and postal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Romanshorn
Fredericshafen
Communist Labor party formed by radicals in Chicago
Three hundred delegates of the left wing faction of the national Socialist party organized the Communist Labor party of America in Chicago. They adopted the Soviet emblem with a scythe and hammer and the motto Workers of the World Unite. A bid to name Independent Socialist party failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Socialist Party
Communist Labor Party of America
Soviet Republic of Russia
Workers of the World
Storch
Zimmerman
Indiana
Independent Socialist Party
Tam
Russia
Uot
Move to dissolve party threatens Prohibition split
Chicago reports a National Prohibition Party convention crisis as leaders weigh dissolving the party versus continued effort to enforce Prohibition. Delegates would vote on the fate, with ideas including a merged effort with the WCTU and fielding a full ticket in upcoming elections. The party marks its 50th anniversary with speakers recalling its 1860 founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Prohibition Party
Congress
Virgil
Hinshaw
Prohibition Party
John Sobieski
California
H. A. Minor
Madison
Wis
Montana Duck Season and Land Plans Highlight State News
Land and equipment bills gain federal interest as Clay Tallman notes 40 000 veterans eye soldier settlements and leasing of coal oil phosphate lands. Montana mint tax hearings, railroad valuations climb near 200 000 in taxes while duck season starts September 15 under state and federal rules, and elk hay plans face winter shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane Department
Tallman
Federal Land Office
Tte
Congress
Montana
Tallmin
M. D. Chatfield
Helena
KB. W. Nelson
Bureau of the Biological Survey
Yellowstone Park
Federal Biological Survey
J. L. DeHart
Biological Survey
Jackson Hole
Mr. DeHart
Mexican bandits kill still another Yankee
Adam Shaeffer, possibly American or British, was killed by Mexican bandits at the Cinco Estrellas mine near Pinos Zacatecas on August 28. Shaeffer, general manager of the independent mine, is presumed killed by a band reported near Salinas Zacatecas. Telegrams were sent to American consuls in Torreon and Aguas Calientes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Adam Shaeffer
Zacatecas
American Smelting and Refining Company
Shaeffer
United States
Pinos Zacatecas
Salinas
Torreon
Aguas Calientes
Pershing Sails for Home from Brest
General John J. Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces, sailed from Brest yesterday on the transport Leviathan for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
John J. Pershing
Leviathan
United States
Pershing to Lead Parade in New York and Washington
General Pershing will head the parades in New York and Washington for the First Division. Major General James W. McAndrew announced the arrangement arranged by Secretary Baker and General March to organize all military aspects of the welcome for the American overseas commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pershing
New York
James W. McAndrew
American Expeditionary Forces
Baker
March
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Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Sedan
Dr. Francia
Academia di Belle Arts
Bologna
Italy
Transylvania
Romania
Bucharest
George Klein
Klein
Western Pine Manufacturers Association
Oregon
Idaho
Montan
Ital OF
Austrian Republic
Communist Labor Party
Federal Land Office Commissioner
Vis
Iting
Uncle Sam
State Board of Equalization
Montana Power Company
Gilmore
Commission
Glasgow
Great Falls
Frank KE. Philips
Portland, Ore
Phillips
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