U.S. Will Cut Wheat Price After Grain Industry Talks
A statement by Julius Barnes wheat director after lengthy talks with grain handlers millers jobbers and bakers says a reduced wheat price should reach producers through to consumers. Contracts would limit profits margins and align trade practices to reflect lower wheat and flour costs at mills bakers and retailers.
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New York
Julius Barnes
Barnes
Barnes Bans
Act of Congress
What the "NC" Stands For in Navy Planes
A Trepassey Newfoundland dispatch notes sailors object to the nickname Nancy boats for American seaplanes. Officially called Navy-Curtiss seaplanes the crews adopt Ency planes. pilots say Nancy is a misnomer and unfit for the trans Atlantic flyers.
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Navy
Curtiss
Nancy
Trepassey
N. F
Air Service
Nanvy-Curtiss
Ency Planes
Sammy
Cummins Elected President Pro Tempore at GOP Conference
Washington May 15 Senator Cummins of Iowa favored by the progressive group was chosen unanimously for president pro tempore of the senate at the organization conference of Republican senators. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts was re elected party leader and discussion of committee chairmanships for Penrose of Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming was postponed.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Warren
Wyoming
Forty Sub Chasers Reach U S Charleston
Forty American naval sub chasers with their mother ship and four ocean-going tugs arrived here from Europe by way of Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Charleston
S&s. C
Europe
Bermuda
Police Raid Vanderbilt Lab Seizes Whisky and Intoxicants
Nashville police raided the medical laboratory at Van derbilt University on May 16, seizing two patrol wagon loads of whisky and other intoxicants. Four students were arrested in the operation.
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University
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Dutch Hold On to Ex Kaiser
The Dutch government denies it has decided to surrender former Emperor William The question at present concerns only Germany and the entente with no immediate surrender likely.
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William
Germany
Representative Burnett Dead
Representative John L. Burnett of Alabama died in Gadsden after years as a leading House member and immigration committee chair.
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Burnett
Gadsden
Ala
John L. Burnett
Alabama
House
Committee On Immigration
Navy Doubles Loan Quota In Victory Liberty Loan Drive
Washington May 15 The navy capped its quota in the Victory Liberty Loan drive. Rear Admiral Cowle in charge of naval subscriptions announced the total exceeded 25 million dollars.
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Navy
Washington
Cowle
Milk Strike Paralyzes Chicago Milk Delivery
Milk dealers and 2,800 Chicago drivers walk out after wage talks fail. Telegrams to Winds, Indiana and southern Wisconsin halt shipments to Chicago, diverting 1,000,000 quarts and leaving nearly 1,000,000 quarts in trains to spoil. Drivers seek five dollars a day, effective May 18, while current pay is about 26 dollars weekly.
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Chicago
Garrity
Indiana
Wisconsin
W. A. Neer
Milk Dealers’ Association
Victory Loan over subscriptions reach high totals
Washington officials predict at least one billion dollars in Victory Loan subscriptions with 15,000,000 Americans purchasing Victory notes. Full totals await final district tallies, not expected before May 16.
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Victory Loan
Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
War Loan Organization
David Tod Dies At 42 In Youngstown Typhoid Pneumonia
David Tod a multimillionaire manufacturer banker politician and sportsman died at his Youngstown home at age 42 from typhoid pneumonia He was a 1914 Ohio gubernatorial candidate and former state senator long active in local and state politics.
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Youngstown
David Tod
MraTod
Ohio
Frank B. Willis
Army Soccer Championship Marathon Ends Three Hour Battle
The Sixth division defeated the Fifth division to claim the army football title in a three hour game. A Third division team led by Lieut. Paul of Boston won the tennis championship of the Third American army.
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Coblenz
Lieut
Paul
Boston
Ice Price Increase Hits Chicago Dealers
Chicago dealers announce a 40 to 50 percent rise in ice prices due to a shortage in the natural ice crop last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Soviet confiscate Tassilo Castle for sanatorium use
The castle of Prince Tassilo near Vienna was seized by the Hungarian Soviet government. Valued art gems inside are said to total many millions. The confiscated property will be converted into a sanatorium.
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Vienna
Prince Tassilo
Robbery Bandits Kill Watchman in Philadelphia
Automobile bandits in the mill district killed a private watchman during a warehouse raid and escaped with 3500 dollars in samples and cloth remnants. The May 14 incident prompted police to pursue suspects.
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Philadelphia
Mill
New Financing Consortium Forms for China Loans
Paris May 14 a new international consortium for financing Chinese loans is formed by American French British and Japanese bankers with Belgian bankers invited to join later.
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China
Paris
Germans Reject Versailles Peace Terms in Parliament
Berlin May 15 Chancellor Scheidemann declared the peace terms unacceptable to the nation in the Reichstag causing a surge of cheers. He called the Versailles text a dreadful document denying ships colonies and fair trade while forcing labor and exposing Germany to entente dominance. The imperial ministry weighed proposals but no firm plan was given to the Allies. Minority socialists under Hugo Hanse could rise if Ebert’s government falls.
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Berlin
Scheidemann
National Assembly
Hugo Hanse
Germany
Entente
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
Nyen
Versailes
Independent
Socialist Party
Die Freiheit
War meat disposal plan to export 100 million cans and 50 million pounds bacon
Washington reports a joint War Department and packing industry accord to dispose of about 100,000,000 cans of beef and over 50,000,000 pounds of bacon from surplus army stock. export is preferred to ease Europe’s food shortage. if export fails, the sales chief will regulate domestic pricing and distribution with packers as agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
Europe
Legion to Take in Women War Service Members
Women who served as yeomanettes army nurses and marine corps girls are eligible for membership in the American Legion region of veterans of the world war according to a statement from national headquarters New York May 15 1920
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New York
Army
Marine Corps
The
Association of Veterans of the World War
Bolshevik Defeat and Allied Naval Movements Reported
The Omsk government says Admiral Kolchak s Siberian army captured ten thousand Bolshevik prisoners along with 38 guns 200 machine guns two armored trains 50 locomotives and 200 river craft west of Ufa. Entente forces plan operations from Helsingfors base with about fifty thousand troops to attack Petrograd.
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Omsk
Siberia
Kolchak
Ufa
London
Helsingfors
Gulf of Bothnia
Stockholm
Petrograd
Finland
Ientente
Afton Tidingen
Farmers' National Council Pushes Public Ownership Plan
The Farmers' National council will advocate government ownership and operation of railroads packing plants and the war emergency fleet in the next Congress as part of a reconstruction program. It aims to repeal the espionage act retain high income and war profits taxes and oppose giving away natural resources.
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Farmers’ National Council
Congress
Washington
George P. Hampton
Hampton
Mexican Envoy Presents Credentials in Paris
Alberto J. Pani, newly appointed Mexican minister to France, presented his credentials to President Poincare. The Mexican government ordered Panis withdrawal from France after a long delay in Paris without presenting credentials.
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Pani
Poincare
Paris
Alberto J. Pani
France
Senor Panis
British sink Bolshevik gunboat on the Dvina river
Archangel May 15 British river flotilla and land batteries engaged enemy forces on the Dvina river and reportedly sunk one bolshevik gunboat. Allied ships aided by airplanes shelled along the Vaga river in a brisk bombardment.
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Archangel
Dvina
Vaga River
Italians Lead Large Forces at Zara and Sebenica
A Reuters dispatch from Belgrade says Italian troops are leading large forces on the Dalmatian coast at Zara and Sebenica and are being moved eastward.
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London
Zara
Sebenica
Dalmatia
Reuter
Belgrade
Son of Mrs William K Dick Born in New York
Mrs William K Dick formerly Madeline Force gave birth to an eight and one half pound boy Monday in New York. The infant is the son of Mrs Dick and is linked to the Astor family through Madeline Force.
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W. K. Dick
New York
William K. Dick
Madeline Force
John Jacob Astor
May Oust Woman Workers In Cleveland Move
Cleveland May 15 Councilman Daniel Carroll introduces a city council resolution urging employers to discharge women war workers and hire returned soldiers and sailors to replace them.
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Cleveland, O
Daniel Carroll
Foe Official Assassinated En Route From Vienna to Budapest
Doctor Navay former president of the Hungarian reichstag was assassinated Monday while traveling on a train from Vienna to Budapest according to a dispatch from the former city.
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Foe
Milan
Navay
Reichstag
Vienna
Budapest
Four Killed by Earthquake in Canary Islands Event
The May 15 report from Las Palmas notes four deaths from earthquakes that shook Yuertavenura Island. The quake affected most of the island’s population and caused widespread impact.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Yuertavenura
Wilson to Stay in Paris to End Talks by June
Paris May 15 President Wilson will remain in Paris until the peace treaty is signed but warns the Germans must not protract discussions beyond June 15 per Echo de Paris report.
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Wilson
Paris
Echo de Paris
Spain Seizes German Ships in Madrid Action
Spanish maritime authorities seize the German ships interned in Spanish ports to prevent sabotage. Six of the vessels are crewed by French crews.
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Spain
Madrid
Two American MP's Attacked in Nice. One Fatally Wounded
In Nice France on May 14 two American military policemen were attacked by a gang. Herbert Larsen was fatally wounded after five revolver shots, three strikes landing on Larsen, as the others escaped.
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Yank
M. P
Slaiie
France
Nice
Herbert Larsen
Larsen
All Britain Pays Tribute to Nurse Edith Cavell
England held a public funeral for Edith Cavell, the nurse executed by Germans in Brussels. High officials and foreign representatives attended Westminster Abbey and Norwich Cathedral services with solemn hymns and the burial rite.
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London
England
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Norwich
Westminster Abbey
Lendon
Westminster
Sullivan
Chopin
Miss Cavell
Bandits Rob Dolton Bank in Major Heist Seizure
Bandits seized 60000 dollars from the First National Bank of Dolton in Illinois. The haul included 30000 in Liberty bonds 20000 in certificates for indebtedness and 10000 in cash. Horace Holmes the cashier said virtually all valuables were taken. Dolton lies in the Calumet region near Chicago.
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First National of
Dolton
Chicago
First National Bank of
Enraged Lover Kills Two Wounds Two in Port Washington
Ray Schwartz a traveling salesman shot and killed Amelia Barry twenty and Frederick Yerkes in Port Washington after finding another man with the girl he loved. Marie Barry eight, a sister, and Albert Ratz an innocent bystander were wounded.
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Port Washington
Ray Schwartz
Chicago
Amelia Barry
Frederick Yerkes
Marie Barry
Albert Ratz
Iowa Veterans Feted by Rainbow Division Welcomed
Des Moines Iowa May 17 back from 21 months service over there Iowa's veterans of the Rainbow division the One Hundred and Sixty eighth Infantry were feted here by thousands.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Rainbow Division
One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Infantry
Wilson to deliver brief message to Congress soon
President Wilson has told cable companies the forthcoming special session message will be concise, not more than a few hundred words, allowing rapid telegraphic dispatch. The note emphasizes speed and clarity for timely transmission.
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Wilson
Paris
Congress
Six Die When Barge Sinks in New Hampshire Crash
Portsmouth N H May 17 Six persons including the captain s wife and four children and the engineer were drowned when the coal laden large Nanticoke owned by the Potter Transportation company sank.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Potter Transportation Company
Industrial Workers of the World Meeting Cancelled in Milwaukee
The proposed I W W meeting in Milwaukee will not be permitted to take place as advised by Governor Philipp. The gathering was planned for Saturday night at a hall in Bar I W W Meeting.
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W. W
Milwaukee
Industrial Workers of the World
Philpp
Fosdick to represent America on League council
Raymond B. Fosdick former chairman of the wartime commission on training camp activities will serve as the American representative on the council of the League of Nations.
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Fosdick
Washington
Raymond B. Fosdick
Commission
Council of the
League of Nations
Health Fads Foolish, Says Stephen Leacock Parody
A humorous reminiscence taunts early health fads. It recalls Jiggins who cold plunged and shadow exercised, claiming pore control and clear brain, then died young from overzealous routines. The piece mocks enthusiasts who shun common foods and habits, calling them fearful cowards.
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Jiggins
Stephen Leacock
Dallas’ News
Treaty Handwritten by Renowned French Calligrapher
Paris dispatches report a tradition of handwritten treaties continues as Jo seph Cario of the French foreign affairs ministry, longtime official calligrapher, crafts the new peace treaty. He succeeds M. Garapin who held the post for about forty years and loved the pen.
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Paris
Joseph Cario
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
M. Garapin
Pretty Smart Chickens
A Missouri farmer loaded three crates of chickens and five bushels of potatoes in his trailer and drove toward town. He discovered the trailer missing near home, returned to find crates empty and potatoes frozen. The next morning all the chickens were back in the hen house with no signs of theft or escape.
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Missouri
Army Discipline in Patchwork Cistern Slip
A London Evening News writer recounts a master plumber and demobilized men inspecting a leaking cistern. The master points to the leak and tells Jim to patch it, but Jim places the patch at the side of the hole. Jim defends his action saying his two years in the army taught him to follow exact directions.
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London Evening News
Jim
Guvnor
Letters From The League Of Nations Spark Post Office Buzz
Senator sorgum jokes about letters from the League of Nations keeping the post office busy. The exchange plays on Valentine day humor and village life.
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League of Nations
Senator Sorghum
Doomed to Wretchedness and Self Reflection
A Pascal quotation argues that without occupation or amusement a person will feel meager felicity and fall into gloom about the future, leading to inevitable wretchedness if activity does not pull them outward from themselves.
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Pascal
Woman's nerves strengthened by Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Winona Minnesota woman Mrs Albert Sultze says she suffered over a year from nervousness and sleepless nights until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored rest and energy. The ad touts the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities pains and nervous prostration in women.
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Winona
Minn
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra
Albert Sultze
Olmstead St
Boschee's Syrup Promises Cough Relief and Health Boost
An ad touts Boschee's Syrup as a long standing remedy for coughs sore throats and lung inflammation. It claims to quiet irritation aid sleep and ease morning expectoration and notes its American origin and fifty two years of sale. It also highlights usefulness for lung trouble asthma croup and bronchitis.
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America
Adry
Living Costs in England and War Prices Mentioned
The piece notes England faced high costs items like Australian wine and apples, with flagons rising from 42 cents to 1.14 dollars and apples at 86 cents, reflecting wartime price pressures.
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England
Solomon
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Blood Ingot
Advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cleanses the blood and affects mucous surfaces, listing tonics and blood purifiers. Endorsed by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with testimonials available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Reverse Situation Echoes Across Continents
Fragmentary dialogue contrasts fate in Europe and America with Nell noting Europe’s downturn yet America’s relative rise. The terse exchange implies shifting fortunes and a global swing in prospects.
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Europe
America
Shave With Cuticura Soap Ad Promises Clean Skin
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as boosting razor efficiency while promoting skin purity and health. It claims no mug or slimy soap, no germs, no waste, and no irritation even with twice daily shaves, suitable for shaving bathing and shampooing.
Poet bares verses amid lively street exchange
In a spat over a poem a caller challenges lines saying all feet are wrong while the creator defends the piece and hails the critique as misguided. The exchange highlights tensions between poetic craft and public reception.
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