Shipping shifts cut freight costs and routes
Large exports of American grain moved to Europe via Montreal cutting costs by avoiding the Buffalo and New York route. The change stems from a 20 cent per bushel saving after river, rail, and port charges are considered. The report notes labour and route considerations as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Montreal
Buffalo
New York
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Chicago
Duluth
Milwaukee
Lake Superior
Russia
Warsaw
Daily Mail
Inverness
Stals
Riga
Japan
Serre Rover
Lerida
Spain
Mathias Erzberger
Bavaria
Wvhich
Wirth
Reichstag Vigilance Committee
Deaths and trials dominate tense midweek headlines
Bodies of 15 American victims of the ZR-2 disaster arrive in New York aboard the Dauntless. Memorial services held at Brooklyn pier. Chicago youth Harvey W. Church, 20, allegedly killed two automobile salesmen in his home. awaiting trial. Federal calls probe West Virginia coal field conditions. witnesses urged include Elbert Gary and W. W. Atterbury. Babe Ruth hits 56th homer. others face embezzlement and criminal cases across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
England
New York
Dauntless
Brooklyn Pier
Harvey W. Church
Chicago
Church
United Mine Workers of America
Senator Kenyon
Senate
West Virginia
Elbert Gary
United States Steel Corporation
William Petrie
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. W. Atterbury
W. BR. Green
Washington
Midwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
FE. S. Smith
Len Small
Timnois
Babe Ruth
Shocker
St. Louis
Marcelus Cook
Farmer
Seahe
Columbia
Cook
Board of Public Safety
Louisville
M. Madeline Southard
International Association of Women Preachers
Nation pays tribute to ZR-2 officers in New York
In a rain soaked service at the New York navy yard 16 American officers and men from ZR-2 were honored. Officials including Secretary of the Navy Denby and foreign guards from Great Britain France and Brazil attended. Coffins draped in the American flag bore names as crowds stood in the downpour. Taps rang and three volleys ended ceremonies before two more bodies were laid to Arlington or sent to sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Humber
New York Navy Yard
France
Brazil
Harding
Denby
Navy
Yard
Ness Hall
Royal Marine Ieht Infantry
Dauntless
Hugh Trenshard
Robert Lee Bullard
States Army
Ilenath
Fr. TE. Meyer
M. C. Gleason
Naval Hospital
Arlington
Trent Emery Cats
Kha
Miners Charged in Logan Murder Indictment
Logan county special grand jury returned murder indictments against 325 individuals stemming from disturbances along the Logan Boone county border. Named are C F Keeney and Fred Hooney officers of United Mine Workers District No 17 and H W Blizzard a Mine Workers official. Additional 200 indictments accuse insurrection and pistol toting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
Logan County
Boone County
C. FF. Keeney
Fred Hooney
United Mine Workers of America
H. W. Blizzard
Mine Workers
Yeggs Hold Up Duluth Venues for $1474 Heist
Thieves broke into the Duluth Boat Club and the Orpheum theater early Sunday and stole 1474 dollars. They left 200 dollars untouched at the theater amid the break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeggs
Duluth
Minn
Duluth Boat Club
Orpheum Theater
Postmasters Ordered to Eight-Hour Day Service
Postmasters of first second and third class must work an eight-hour day under a new order by Postmaster General Hays. They shall devote at least eight hours daily during business hours and give personal attention to their offices, with absences not to exceed two days without written department authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe
Fatty’ Arbuckle
Virginian Rappe
St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
Arbuckle
Wyoming
State Department of Law Enforcement
A. S. Roach
R. D. Carey
Arvada
Wyo
Lynn J. Frazier
William Lemke
Joha Taven
Agriculture and Labor
Stte Hall
Bismarck
N. D
Sells-Flote
Vancouver
Wash
Washington
Hays
Railway shop crafts unions vote strike in Chicago
Six federated shop crafts unions vote to strike over the July 1 wage reduction but defer action until working rules pending before the United States railroad labor board are published. Leader B M Jewell says a broader fight on rules plus wages could be staged if the board releases all remaining rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federated Shop Crafts Unions
General Railroad
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Jowell
Jewell
Big Four Brotherhoods
Youth confesses to slaying banker in center town robbery
Pode Center Minnesota youth Victor Johnson aged 19, held in the Owatonna jail, confessed to shooting D. T. Rounesville vice president of the First National Bank Cadee Center during a bank hold up. Johnson said he fired when the banker wrestled for the revolver and he had set a nearby barn on fire to draw attention, then went to Dodge Center after the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pode Center
Minn
Viector Johnson
Owatonna Jarl
D. T. Rounesville
First National Bank
Cof Cadee
Swendimoan
Johnson
Fortuna
N. D
Dodge Center
Immigration adds half a million to U S population
The U S population rose by 552132 through immigration in the past year the labor department reported. Italy led sources with 222496 new arrivals surpassing other nations in supplying immigrants last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Labor
Italy
Germany Ratifies Peace Treaty in Reichsrat Action
The German reichsrat upper chamber has formally ratified the peace treaty with the United States. The imperial council, organized under the new constitution, contains 63 members and represents the constituent states. The reichstag, the empire legislature, supersedes the previous national assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
United States
Reichrath
Reichsrath
Imperial Council
Thereichstag
Empire
National Assembly
Fired Fast Hit the Mark Auditor of Legion's National Finance Division Named
William N. Day of Great Falls Montana was chosen to author the Legion's national finance division. Day led a battery of the 146th Field Artillery in a mock bombardment on a German train on the Saint Mihiel front. He reported rapid fire and accuracy with multiple guns in action for over two hours without casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
William N. Day
Great Falls
Mont
Auther
National Finance Division
Day
146Th Field Artillery
St. Miciel
Soldier and Statesman Alvin Owsley Named Legion Leader
Alvin M. Owsley of Texas, newly appointed director of the American Legion national Americanism commission, left the office of assistant attorney general to join the Legion. He served overseas with the 36th Division, later becoming division adjutant, and as Texas legislative committee head helped secure a $2,000,000 veterans hospital at Kerrville Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin M. Owsley
Texas
American Legion
National Americanism Commission
Owsley
Legion
Exan
36Th Division
Kerrville
Tex
Miss Liberty Queen Chosen by Seattle American Legion
The American Legion of Seattle selected Miss Worthington to represent Miss Liberty in local magnetics. Beauty experts from AEF ranks praised her as possessing a striking heart and dark tresses. Worthington, a Seattle home girl, remained unmarried and grateful for the honors amid public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Seattle
Wash
Louvre
Paris
Worthington
Legion
American Legion Posts Extend Into Foreign Countries
The American Legion expands abroad with a new Constantinople post and two in Germany. Stamboul organizers include Near East relief and American Foreign Trade corporation. Tela post in Spanish Honduras brings total to 25 posts across 19 foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Constantinople
Germany
Near East Relief
American Foreign Trade Corporation
Tela
Spanish Honduras
American Legion Posts Across Nations and Towns
The report highlights Legion members in Wenatchee and Harlowton, leaders elected in Minnesota, and massive gatherings in Los Angeles and Kansas City. It notes Radcliffe Iowa’s high Legion enrollment, a West Coast reunion, and local park projects in Ephrata Washington. It also covers disarmament conference hopes, Beatty’s attendance, and Legion influence from Paige North Dakota to Alaska baseball in Ketchikan.
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Shipping Board
Wesley TI. Jones
Lasker
Jones
Jook
Davis
War Finance Corporation
General Staff
Weeks
Western
Ian
Stars
Ing
Marguerite. Harrison
Marguerite Harrison
America
American Legion News Service
The
Legion’s
National Americanization Commission
Miss Liberty
Seattle Legion
Charming Miss
Wenatchee, Wash
Légion
A. A. van Dyke
St. Paul
National Executive Committee
Minnesota
Hy Vernon
Little Falls
Hollywood
Cal
Los Angeles
Missouri
National Convention of the American Legion
Kansas City
Radcliffe
Ida Crouch Hazlett
Des Moines
Harlowton, Mont
Ephrata
Paige
United States Civil Service Commission
Federal Board For Vocational Education
David Beatty
Great Britain
Harvey
London
Beatty
Jingland
Congress
James C. Russell
Blackhawk Post
St. Souplet
Ketchikan
Alaska
Sitka
Juneau
Ole Hanpon
Ruainier-Noble
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