Wilson Cabinet Plan To Lower The High Cost Of Living
Washington August 1 Attorney General Palmer said federal laws will be used against profiteers in necessities and new laws may be sought to curb prices. President Wilson and cabinet discussed steps to reduce living costs while advisers study causes and solutions. Congress faces a recess with profiteering bills under review and calls for action on profits in essential goods.
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Washington, D. C
Palmer
Wilson
Supreme Economic Council
London
International Economic Council
Kenyon
Julian Heath
Housewives League
Congress
Kirby
Arkansas
Washington, D.C
Eoe
Missouri
Federal Trade Commission
House
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Commission Profiteering Report Ignored for Year
Washington dispatch notes the Federal Trade Commission report on profiteering remains unfought in public. It cites sharp gains in profits across industries including United States Steel, packers Armour Swift Cudahy and Morris, and various sectors like nickel copper sulphur lumber coal and canning milk, with figures from 1916 to 1917.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
United States Steel Corporation
Armour
Swift
Cudahy
Morris
Honest Bunch of Legislators Amid Capitol Furniture Thefts
Jefferson City reports quote Missouri permanent seat of government commissioner Louis Buck Ratliff defending the capitol interior. He states no furniture or rugs are missing and records show none carried away, though past sessions saw members stealing items for sale. He notes insignia of senate and house carved into furniture with a hot iron.
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Jefferson City
Capitol
Louis ‘Buck
Ratliff
Missouri Senate
Missouri House
Treaty Reservations Are Being Prepared Today
Washington August 1 Reservations to the peace treaty are being drawn today by international law experts close to the administration for submission to President Wilson. There was no intimation that the reservations were made at his request or with his knowledge. If acceptance of reservations must precede ratification, this series would be ready for presentation to the Senate.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
Race Rioting Simmers in Chicago Looms Over Hearings
Chicago August 1 A mob clash at a white bathing beach sparks a murder charge against George Stauber as detectives say a stone thrown by Stanber felled a black youth who drowned. One hundred sixty roes await hearings amid a rising death toll with thirty five killed. Authorities vow harsh penalties for arson and murder as investigations expand and photographs aid the search for killers. Violence ceases for the day but tension remains high in the city.
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Chicago
George Stauber
Stanber
Louis Taylor
Brundage
Hoyne
William DeBold
John Ward
Daniel Carton
Marriage Customs Echo Historic Chattel Links
The article links modern wedding customs to past practices where women were treated as chattels or slaves. It describes the shoe casting act as symbolizing transfer of authority, notes old abduction for marriage, and mentions a best man as a modern substitute. It also reports Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Davis returning from a Missouri river camping trip with a four foot fish.
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C. E. Davis
Weather Outlook East Central South Tonight and Tomorrow
Partly cloudy conditions persist tonight in south and east central portions. A slight drop in temperatures is expected. Tomorrow should be generally fair with moderate temperatures across the region.
Wilson Presents a Protocol to the German Treaty
Washington Aug 1 President Wilson submitted to the senate a protocol to accompany the German peace treaty. The letter with the protocol notes it arose from exchanges between American allied delegates and German representatives in Paris. It explains features the German delegates asked to have written as a memorandum. Lodge read the record noting the Rhine occupation agreement among the great powers and Poland. Also mentions Stevenson couple leaving for Kansas City and a northern tour in two weeks to Minneapolis and St Paul to view granite quarries for Stevenson Monument Works.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
Senate
Germany
Paris
Ter
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Poland
United States
France
Hogland
Rhine
Paw
Stevenson
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
S.C. Stevenson
Monument Works
Ira McAllister and Mrs Laura Bowden Married at Barrow Street
Ira McAllister and Mrs Laura Bowden were united in marriage last evening at 9 o'clock by Rev W W T Henson at his Barrow Street home. Both are well known city residents. The groom is an employee of the Wabash.
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Ow.t. Henson
Goldwyn Pictures to Acquire Shubert Woods Firms
In New York on Wednesday the Goldwyn Picture corporation announced a takeover of the Shubert and Woods theatrical interests and an increase of Goldwyn capitalization from three million to twenty million dollars. The combined organization will control rights to many major productions and employ stars and writers under exclusive contracts. The Grand Theatre in Moberly will screen the Goldwyn program. Local churches announce Sunday services and sermons with topics including Snowballs and The Pure in Heart, inviting all ages to worship.
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Motion
Tures
New York
Goldwyn Picture Corporation
Shubert and
Woods
Goldwyn
Shubert and Woods
United States
Shubert, Woods
Selwyn
Goldwyn Company
Geraldine Farrar
Pauline
Fredbeck
Mabel’ Normand
Madge’ Kennedy
Tom Moore
Will
Rogers
Rex Beach
Gertrude Atherton
Rupert Hughes
Mary J. Roberts Reinhart
Gouvengur
Morris
Basil King
Leroy Scott
Goldwyn. Piceture Corporation
Goldwytt
Moberly
Postal Revives Pre War Rates as WU Resists
New York Aug 1 control of the telegraph system shifted from the government at midnight with a 20 percent rate reduction for Postal Company lines, while Western Union kept its post takeover schedule. Postmaster General Burleson warned expenses could force future increases. Postal chief Mackay urged restoration to pre takeover levels, noting possible public concession if costs rise. Newcomb Carlton of Western Union declined to improve rates or discuss a long rate war, signaling a restrained stance on postwar pricing.
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New York
Postal Company
Western Union
Burleson
Clarence H. Mackay
The
Postal
Newcomb Carlton
Mackey
Postal General
Bell Telephone-Western Union
Postal Telegraph “Cable Company
British Industry Aflame and Unions Talk General Strike
In Great Britain industrial unrest grows after the armistice as unions press for action. Police unions debated while the government contemplates a reorganized force with penalties against strikes. Half a million Lancashire cotton operatives idle, Yorkshire miners on strike since July, Liverpool docks paralyzed, bakers set a Saturday walkout, and triple alliances threaten a secret-ballot general strike to push antiwar policies.
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London
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Mllion
Lancashire Cotton
Yorkshire
Liverpool Dock
Railroad wage talks surge as 690000 workers demand raise
President Wilson urged creation of a mandatory body to investigate railroad employee wages after a letter from Director General Hines highlighted rising living costs. Union leaders for conductors brakemen and shopmen seek about 35 to 50 percent increases with overtime at time and a half. A national action deadline was set for August 1, and Wilson asked Congress to delay recess until action is taken.
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Washington,d. GC
Wilson
Hines
Washington, D. C
R. F. Couch
Railroad Administration
Hinés
I. E. Shepherd
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Pemcens
Grees
John Scott
American Federation of Labor
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
House
Gilette
Government faces police strike as test of labor campaign
The government views the police strike as a dangerous test of the unrest and the labor campaign. Home Secretary Shortt vows firm stand with no compromise. Lord Askwith accuses the Premier of political interference in industrial matters. T. D. Sayre, Wabash agent at Ferguson, plans to donate land for a boyhood home memorial park in Clark Randolph area during visits to Randolph.
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E. Shortt
T. D. Sayre
T.D. Sayre
Wabash
Ferguson
Moberly
Sayre
Randolph
Clark
Him
Weimar ratifies new constitution forming German republic
August 1 Weimar National Assembly approves the nation’s constitution establishing a republican form of government for Germany. In Brookville Indiana H R Hayes Republican chair declines Indiana gubernatorial nomination, citing critical potentialities. Funeral planned for Miss Walkup at Washington Methodist Church. Burial in adjacent cemetery. Lingering linguistic disputes prompt proposal of airship graft inquiries.
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Berlin
Weimar
National Assembly
Germany
Brookville
Ind
Wit H. Hayes
Indiana
Revoes
Misa
Washington Methodist Church
Armstrong
Walkup
Rucer
Cemeé
Tery
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Methodist
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Williams
Rolling
Edwin
EB. Sparks
Cumberland
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Coates
Hagood- Sabbath School
Vv. Duvall
Domperstads
Wwill- Bring
W.U
Loyd George May
England
Triple Labor Alliance
Frances Jarthir
Decatur
West
Mies
Loretta ‘Malenfrant
South
Stre
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