Congress Asked To Aid Big Quiz In Meat Packers Case
Special Counsel Francis J. Heney urged rapid legislation to amend the espionage law to unlock confidential files held by court order. He claims the Veeder vault contains papers connected to a long standing criminal conspiracy by Swift Armour Morris Wilson and Cudahy to fix prices and control the meat industry. Heney says the conspiracy persists and seeks congressional action to permit access to seized documents and to allow custody while the investigation proceeds.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Francis J. Heney
Commission
Henry Veeder
Heney
Marshal
Senate
Veeder
Beef Trust
Swift, Armour, Morris, Wilson and Cudahy
Landis
Chicago
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Swift & Co
Riot at Camp Pike leads to court-martial for 26 soldiers
Twenty six negro soldiers of the 512th engineer service battalion are in the guardhouse at Camp Pike awaiting court-martial after a mess hall riot. A white noncommissioned officer suffered a painful but not serious scalp wound. The trouble began when a Black soldier refused to obey a white sergeant’s order to return to his place in line during breakfast.
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Little Rock
Ark
512Th Engineer Service Battalion
Camp Pike
Packers Pressuring Army Officials Over Food Rules
Chicago March 1. Letters show big packers sought to influence army officials to ease strict army food regulations to supply inferior meat to troops and to raise prices on cheaper meats, disclosed by Francis J. Heney FTC attorney.
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Chicago
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
Gas Attacks on Americans in France Continue
Paris reports another German gas shelling on American lines in France with five American deaths and about 60 hospitalized from the first two days of attacks. Private EF Hade recounts a tense night of gas and shelling as U. S. troops fought to don masks and endure a two hour barrage. The German air activity persists with 27 planes crossing the front.
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Paris
France
United Press
EF. J. Hade
German Advance Resumed in Russia Forces Rush to Volga
Telegraphic bulletins from London report a renewed German advance in Russia. Russians flee Petrograd with treasure as United States envoys head to Volga. Germans press on despite railways blown and provision depots destroyed.
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London
Russia
Petrograd
United States
Volga
British Win Raids Allied Airmen Drop Tons of Bombs
London reports English troops raided Greenland hill north of the Scarpe and Houtholst forest, capturing prisoners and machine guns. Air operations dropped four tons on Courtrai railway sidings and airfields near Douai and Metz, with heavy enemy air losses and some British aircraft missing. Paris notes patrols in Beaumont and Lorraine with prisoners taken as artillery activity increased along the Meuse front.
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London
Greenland Hill
Scarpe River
War Office
Houtholst Forest
Havrincourt Wood
Ypres
Courtrai
Douai
Valenciennes
Billets
Treves
Metz
Moselle
Rhenish
Prussia
Lorraine
France
Paris
Beaumont
Verdun
Meuse
Windstorm Hits Kansas Fells Wires and Rail Lines
A Kansas windstorm felled miles of telephone and telegraph poles in southeastern Kansas and disrupted railroad movements. Hail of unusual severity accompanied the fifty mile per hour wind, causing extensive damage.
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Kansas
Kansas City
200000 Japs Await Word On Siberia Landing
Washington reports a high authority says Japan would land 200000 troops in Siberia within two weeks after U S approval, with 600000 more possible later. Britain and France indicate support, but Tokyo insists U S consent is required before action. The Tokyo press views Russian developments as urging Japan to act.
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Washington
Japan
Siberia
America
United States
England
France
Italy
Belgium
State Department
Tokyo
Nichinshi Shimburin
Sinking of British hospital ship Glenart Castle
The Glenart Castle sank in the Bristol Channel at 4 a.m. Tuesday with all lights burning and no patients aboard. One hundred sixty four people are missing and eight boats are adrift. Survivors were landed by an American torpedo boat destroyer as authorities continue to release details from Swansea and Sydney.
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London
Glenart Castle
Bristol Channel
Swansea
Wales
Cuba Halts Sugar Exports for Mexico
In Havana on March 1 loading of sugar for Mexican and Spanish ports was stopped by order of the port inspector general, under instructions said to have come from President Menecal. Mexican firms had contracted for 15,000 tons of sugar at the port.
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Cuba
Mexico
Havana
Menecal
Railroad Bill Fixes Two Year Holding Period After War
Washington House passed administration railroad bill by 337 to 6 fixing two years as the period after the war for which roads may be held by the government. Supreme rate making power remains with the president despite amendments. Conference to finish by March 4. Six lawmakers voted no. Debate centered on government ownership amendments.
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Washington
House
Administration
Representative Sweet
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sims
Representative Esch
Wisconsin
Barkley
Kentucky
London
New York
Lunn
Huddleston
Alabama
Carey
Congress
Chandler
Oklahoma
Denison
Ilinois
Garden
Ohio
Thomas
Haugen
Ramsay
Town
Germany’s Hertling Speech Aimed to Split Allies
Paris reports a German official view that Count von Hertling’s war address sought to divide the Allies, provoke renewed peace talks in neutral lands, and show diplomats hold sway over military leaders rather than generals.
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Paris
Count von Hertling
Foreign Office
von Hertling
Brest Litovsk
Germany
U S Cancels 24 Ship Contracts Amid Lumber Crackdown
The U S Shipping Board announced action against mismanaged shipyards canceling 24 steel ship contracts with more under advisement. Southern Shipbuilding of Charleston and Hampton Shipbuilding of Norfolk lose 16 and eight ships respectively as government moves to commandeer lumber and end private yard programs.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Southern Shipbuilding Company
Charleston
S. C
Hampton Shipbuilding Company
Norfolk
Southern Lumber
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Southern Pine Association
Congress
Southern Lumbermnnen
Uncle Sam
Hurley
Airship Mail Service To Start Between New York and Washington
The Air Mail route will operate daily from April 15 linking New York and Washington with eight War Department aircraft. Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Baker arranged a year long aerial postal service as part of army aviation training. Routes will run one round trip each day except Sundays, with a flight time under three hours including a Philadelphia mail stop.
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Washington
New York
Post Office Department
War Department
Burleson
Baker
Army
Army Ayers
Washingtons
Philadelphia
Atlanta Mayor Blackmail Case Ends in Guilty Verdict
J W Cook found guilty of attempting to blackmail Asa G Candler Atlanta mayor. He receives one year in penitentiary and a $1000 fine the maximum penalty for misdemeanor.
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Cuiity
Atlanta
J. W. Cook
Asa G. Candler
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BIG Quiz
New Post
Roger W. Babson
Labor Department
Committee On Public Information
U. S. Line
Lloyd George
J. W. Lowther
House of Commons
Lowther
Robertson
Britain
Hertling
U.S
Hog Island
Seze Lumber
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