Profiteering Charges Hit Big U S Industries
Washington July 1. Federal Trade Commission report accuses flour millers coal mine operators and large meat packers of extraordinary profits amid war demand. It cites Armour Swift Morris Wilson and Codahy monopoly power and notes profits as high as 88 percent for flour makers and substantial margins in steel copper and fuel industries. It highlights price fixing and aggressive tactics that raise consumer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bter
Armour
Swift
Morris, Wilson and
Codahy
Dominion
Profi
Fleur Millers
Warndustries Board
Fuel Administration
Batarles
Bonus Pal High
Commission
Dwinsk Survivors Reach Washington After Torpedoed Ship
Twenty more survivors of the British ship Dwinsk arrived at Hampton Roads July 1, with navy officials reporting their arrival. Among them is Lieut. N. Twenty-three of 1 ith sibs missing, Columbus Car Men on Strike in Columbus, Ohio. Street car service halted Sunday as union car men protested the firing of seven workers Friday.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
Delaware Cay
Navy
Columbus Car
Columbus
French Destroy 20 Planes
Paris reports the war office statement detailing aerial operations on June 28 29 in which chasing planes brought down 15 German machines and destroyed two captive balloons, with nineteen other enemy airplanes damaged. Bombing missions dropped 47 tons of projectiles on aviation grounds Somme bivouacks Rozieres and Braye Avre and rail lines at Spots Pere En Tardenois and elsewhere. Ten tons of explosives were dropped June 25 on German troops preparing a counter attack near Cutry.
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Paris
War Office
Somme
Rozteres
Braye
Avre
Sons
Pere-En-Tardenois
Cutry
No. 1 Hard White Wheat Price Hiked by Food Administration
The food administration announced a new price basis for No. 1 hard white spring wheat due to higher rail freight rates. Chicago price listed at 2.28 dollars, six cents above last year, with regional market prices from New York to Portland shown as guidance for grain purchases and a plan to set a minimum 2 dollar price for No. 1 wheat loaded on cars. The grain corporation will detail methods to apply these prices for wheat and surplus flour from the river mountain region.
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New York
Food Administration
The
Railway Administration
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport News
Duluth
Minneapolis
Bu Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
New Orleans
Galveston
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Astoria
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Rnvermountain Terriory
Grain Corporation
To Grain Corporation
First American Troops Land in Italy in War Effort
Washington reports the landing of the first American forces in Italy. The Seventy-noloth division, raised in New York and trained at Camp Upton, arrives under Major General Johnson. Five additional divisions with British integration return to General Pershing after completing training, including Kansas and Missouri units led by Major General Wright.
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Washington
I. 1
Italy
March
Pershlong
United States
New York
Camp Upton
Bell
Johnson
General Pershing
Kansas and
Missouri
Wright
British destroyers clash with German ships off Belgian coast
London reports an inconclusive action off the Belgian coast as four British destroyers duel eight enemy ships for 13 minutes before calling in supports. No damage to British vessels. Berlin notes German torpedo boats engaged off Ostend for half an hour with two destroyers showing hits. no German losses reported.
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London
Belgaan
Berlin
Ostend
Yeport
Senator Tillman Seriously Ill in South Carolina
Senator Tillman from South Carolina and head of the naval affairs committee is gravely ill at his home. Doctors report his left side paralyzed and he has suffered a notable cerebral hemorrhage since Thursday.
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Washington
Benjamin R Tillman
South Carolina
Naval Affairs Committee
KEY MEN TO STRIKE JULY 8
Chicago July 1 Monday July 8 at six a m Chicago time was announced as the date for the commercial telegraphers strike against the Western Union. The order was sent out by 8 J Konenkamp international president after a conference with representatives of the railroad telegraphers employed on all railroads in the country. The latter handle Western Union telegrams and have decided to aid the commercial men if a strike is called.
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Chicago
Western Union
J. Konenkamp
International
Telegraphers strike to affect thousands nationwide
President Rhonunkamp estimates 5 000 of 20 000 commercial telegraphers may quit. E J Thoma reports 33 000 workers could be affected. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers pledges support, with at least 10 000 affected. Strike date notices sent to local unions. postal service not involved. The offer notes Postal’s reinstatement of discharged men and right to organize.
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Rhonunkamp Sud
E. J. Thoma
Railroad Telegraphers’ Committee
International Frotherhood of Electrical Workers
Kononkampsid
Wilson
U S Flyers Die In France In Air Crashes
With the American Army in France July 7 three American airmen were killed in accidents. E W Maynor of Birmingham Ala and his observer were killed when their aircraft crashed shortly after ascent. Capt E P Ninos of Niagara Falls N Y was killed in a similar manner.
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France
E. W. Maynor
Birmington
Ala
E. P. Ninos
Niagara Falls
Debs Arrested as Marshals Nab Socialist Leader in Canton Speech
United States marshals arrested Eugene V. Debs here as he prepared to deliver a socialist address. The warrant tied to his speech at the Canton state convention on June 16. Fifth district Socialists nominated Debs for Congress here. Four Clintonville men escaped death when their car rolled on Coup road near Menasha, with only minor injuries. Camp Herring and the Kenosha Ordnance Instruction School, long maintained, were closed by the War Department, possibly to reopen later. A carnival lion in Wausau escaped during transfer, attacked two horses, and was put down.
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Cleveland
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Debs
Canton
Ferre Haute
Eugene ¥. Debs
Clintonville
Coup Road
Menasha
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad from Stevens Point
A local reader from Stevens Point Wisconsin recommends Dean's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney trouble. He credits quick relief and kidney strengthening after trying the remedy via Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. The ad also notes a 60 cent price and urges asking for Dean's Kidney Pills. The piece closes with a wartime line contrasting American and German material use at sea.
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J. B. Marshall
Monroe St
Stevens Point
Wis
Doan
Dean
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U.S
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
N Steel
Mde
Steel Corporation
Dwinsk
U. S. Naval
Vimes
Sharples
A. F. Gerdes
Marshfield, Wis
Hoover
Chicago—Grain Corporation
Americam National
Gelgian
Tillman
Lawmaker
Doubtful
Konenkamp
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Anti-Saloon League
U. S
First National Bank
Marshfield, Wisconsin
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