Seizure of Hoarded Food as War Measures
Government acts to curb hoarding amid price control drive. District attorneys report raids on storage facilities seizing eggs, canned goods, and sugar to curb profiteering. Violators face fines up to 5000 dollars, imprisonment, and seizure of stock. Army and navy plan reuse of seized supplies, while price cuts extend to beef, bacon, beans as retailers adjust to war-time reductions.
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Ghidigo
For 1
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jacksonville
Pla
United States District Attorney's Office
Chicago
Department of Justice
Phimer
Washington
Morris & Co
Mme Mileroy
Ttla
H. B. Bolapp
Bugor Distributing
Middle West
Navy
Inter
Carlile
Chicago Butter and Board
Dng
Wilson
US 8
War Department
US Shell Hurts Several In Maritime Accident
An ammunition-laden vessel weighing about 200 kilograms exploded during a nautical incident near Onion, France, on August 14. The blast hurled crew members to the deck. several sailors were injured.
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Onion
France
Ainking Neeleke
Carnegie dies at Lenox summer home Shadow Brook
Andrew Carnegie steel magnate died Monday morning after three days with bronchial pneumonia. His daughter Roswell Miller could not reach his bedside in time. Survived by wife Miss Louise Whitefield and daughter Margaret, wife of Ensign Roswell Miller. Born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline Scotland. Emigrated to America in 1848 with parents who settled in Pittsburgh.
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Mass
Andrew Carnegie
Shadow Brook
Roswell Miller
Carnegie
Lewise Whitefeld
New York
Hla
Margaret
Ensign Roswell, Miller
Dunfermline
Fifeshire
Scotland
America
Hla Parente
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie Laid To Rest At Shadow Brook
Andrew Carnegie was buried at Shadow Brook Lenox in a rain drenched funeral attended by forty mourners. Rev Dr William Pierson Merritt and Rev Benson J Wyman officiated, recalling Carnegie's philanthropy and ties to the Brick Presbyterian and Lenox Congregational churches through his wife and daughter.
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Masc
Shadow Brook
Andrew Carnegie
William Pierson Merritt
Brick Presbyterian Church
New York City
Benson J. Wyman
Carnegie
Merrill
Lrowmaster
Supply trains to Poles arrive with Red Cross relief
Washington reports three carloads of sweaters knitted by American Red Cross chapter members were included in a 46 car relief train arriving at Warsaw. It marks the eighth trainload of supplies sent to Poles east of the River Bug.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Warsaw
Bug
Honduran Rebels Report Key Territorial Gains Near Frontier
Dispatches from Sant Salvador say revolutionary forces seize Garcia, near the Balvador border, after hard fighting that drove government columns to retreat across central and eastern Honduras. The report notes significant progress by the rebels in the frontier region.
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Honduras
Garcia
Balvador
Sinn Fein M. P Sentenced in Dublin Court Martial
Sinn Fein M. P Peter Paul Galti van, MP for the west division of Cavan, was court martialed in Dublin on charges of illegal drilling of troops and inciting mobs against officers. In connection with rising Sinn Fein leadership activities he received a year’s imprisonment at Bard Jahon.
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Dublin
Peter Paul Galtivan
West
Cavan
Sinn Pein
Bard Jahon
18 BIG ROADS ARE ACCUSED BY PLUMB
Washington Aug 18 charges that 18 representative railroads gave away stock bonuses totaling 50 414 000 over ten years and paid millions more in dividends were presented to the interstate commerce committee by Glenn E Plumb of Chicago who urged a full congressional inquiry. He alleged major lines were controlled by Morgan Rockefeller and Gould interests.
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Chicago
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A. E B. Garretson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Garretgon
Well Street
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Near Fight in Congress Between Texan Representatives
Washington August 15 Members of the house intervened to prevent a personal collision between Representatives Blanton and Hardy both Democrats. Resenting Blanton charge that Hardy was a mere rubber stamp Hardy rushed at his colleague but was restrained.
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Hardy
Texas
Washington
House
Blanton
Optimistic view of Europe’s postwar conditions
New York Aug. 11 Failures of production haunt 100,000,000 central Europeans, says Dr A K Taylor chief of surveys of the American Relic? qthninstration who, back in the United States, has toured former enemy lands since the armistice. He sees improvement in relations between reconstructed nations and the United States and notes Russia remains inscrutable as its future hinges on the peasant.
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Europe
A. KE. Taylor
United States
Saylor
Russia
Train Hits Auto Near Kewanee Killing Four
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy train crashed into a car seconds from Kewanee, killing Diy Ang Kewanee and Mrs George M BicMasters instantly. Mr and Mrs John Conda were seriously injured. BicMasters was secretary treasurer of Mutual Wheel Co of Moline. Conda was his assistant. Conda suffered a fractured skull and leg injuries with uncertain survival.
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George M
John Conda
Burlington & Quincy
Kewanee
McMisters
Tranqurer
Mutun! Wheel Company
Moline
Conda
Mia
Bandits Hold Up Train Crew Near Niagara Falls
Three crew members of a Lehigh Valley troop train were robbed by two masked men between Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Conductor H. D. Hart of Chicago surrendered $120. The train, returning from the West, had only the crew aboard as the robbers fired from the moving train near North Tonawanda and remain at large.
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Aus
Lehigh Valles
Ewo
Niagara Falls
Buuffalo
H. D. Hart
Chicago
North Tonawanda
Strike Leaders Are Held After Hearing
Winnipeg August 13 Strike leaders Ivens Armstrong Queen Heaps Pritchard Russell Bray were committed for trial at the next assizes in early autumn after a preliminary hearing on charges of conspiracy connected with the Winnipeg strike.
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Man
Ivens
Armatrong
Queen
Heaps
Pritchard
Russell
Bray
Missing funds rock Lorain bank as cashier flees
A $700,000 shortage appears in CHYTink bank accounts announced by state bank examiners and directors. W A Treble of Lorain, cashier, absconded. Officials say depositors are protected by the bank’s resources. Separate item reports an engineer killed and an express messenger injured in a Colorado wreck near Walsenburg on a Colorado & Southern passenger run.
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Cashler
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Bone
Hue
Denver
Colo
Joseph Alexander
Colorado & Southern
Walsenburg
S. O
Elliott
Iveroan
Thurmag
Hotchkiss
Final casualty figures released by War Department
Washington reports from the A B F central records office show battle deaths totaling 49,498 and wounded at 205,890 with 4,480 prisoners. The War Department announced only event revisions will be made to this final casualty report.
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A. B. F. Central Records Office
War Department
Roumania Yields to Allies Near Budapest Departure
Wireless dispatch from Vienna reports Roumanian troops nearing evacuation of Budapest following a note from the peace conference. The World War era item notes Roumanian action as Allied pressure mounts.
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Amsterdam
Toumania
Vienna
London Dispatches Report Global Labor Strikes And Political Shifts
A London dispatch notes widespread labor unrest with 200000 workers on strike and factory closures in Connecticut. Rail workers seek wage changes. a Panama issue and colonial tensions arise as a Buenos Aires visit marks Admiral Hunt. An eastern Cologne suburb explosion kills 14 workers. The People’s Democratic party rebrands as American party in Fort Worth. Liberty bonds stolen in New York. Culmer seeks Congress funds for H C L. Cap factories strike in St. Louis. rail workers approve return to work in Chicago. Greek scouts murdered near Aidin. Hungary’s new premier denies a monarchist switch. U S seizures of coffee in St Louis. Guayaquil strike settled. A gardener kills his family and himself. Army demobilization advances to October. Skeleton found in Kansas. strikebreakers wounded in Illinois. Aid to Kolchak’s Siberian retreat departs via Vladivostok. 45000 rifles shipped. Versailles League of Nations draft differs from major powers’ texts, per Mil ler.
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Underwood
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Tex
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Aidin
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London Dispatch
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Hungary
United States
Guayaquil
Charles Gruenet
Kaw
King
Goodpastor
Cole
Chicago
Johnstown
Keystone, Bicel,and Wire Company
South Bartonville
Markets Report Fractured Grain and Livestock Prices
A fragmented prices column lists flour types with per barrel and sack figures, rye and wheat varieties, and soft to hard winter grades. Cattle and hogs show ranges for classes from choice steers to canners, with dairy and sheep notes including lambs and yearlings, reflecting volatile midweek market activity.
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Basia
Sogo East
Timothy
End of Famous Libel Trial After Fourteen Weeks
Mount Clemens Michigan Aug 1916 A jury in the Tribune libel case returned a verdict for the Chicago Tribune against Ford Kisgon and others, awarding damages of six cents in a case over an editorial calling Ford an anarchist and ignorant idealist. Judge Tucker instructed on fair comment and definitions of anarchist, with technical dismissal of separate charges against Solomon News Company.
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Hig Wbeb
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Hdsel
the Tribune
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Solomon News Company
Michigan
Tribune
Platatist
Chicago Tribune
Probe on Coal Prices Sparks Senate Audit Action
Washington reports the senate committee ordered a favor report on a resolution for a weeklong investigation of coal prices amid high living costs. In Guayaquil an Anglian correspondent notes Dr Connor, chair of the coinng sion, received a Rockefeller Foundation gold medal for yellow fever campaign success in the region of livayaquil.
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Senate
Audit and Central Committee
Guayaquil
Belior
Ang
Connor
Coinng Sion
Rockefeller Foundation
Livayaquil
Bank Robber Sentenced After Des Moines Bank Heist
In Des Moines August court, Jack Keating confessed to aiding a gang that robbed the Town State Bank. He admitted stealing 840,000 Liberty bonds and other securities. Keating was sentenced to ten years in the Fort Madison penitentiary.
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Jack Keating
Liberty
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