Public Robbed By Profiteers Says Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission reports profiteering across multiple industries including flour millers meat packers leather manufacturers shoe makers coal and steel producers copper sulfur petroleum mill canners and salmon canners while lumber zinc and nickel are deemed non profiteering The commission notes high profits driven by cost plus pricing and war time production pressures with some firms benefitting from government fixed prices and others bearing elevated costs and inflated margins The findings emphasize the impact on the public and the role of price fixing in stabilizing or distorting markets The report cites extensive profit taking under wartime conditions and calls attention to fraud and negotiation failures in pricing practices.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Europe
America
Commission
Matute
Basi
Sach
Ateel
Germany Plans Intervention in Russia Reported
London dispatch says German government, per German newspapers, is preparing to intervene in Russia to restore order. Troops would be sent with Maximalist support to back the operation. A separate Stockholm dispatch quotes War Minister Trotzky in Moscow noting Bolshevik-German alliance risk and preferring German orientation if Allies invade Siberia.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
Exchange Telegraph Company
Zurich
United Press
Stockholm
Germany
Siberia
Trotzky
Moscow
M Adoo Turns Back 1700 Short Lines
Washington June 29 about 1700 short line railroads were turned back to private management by the Railroad Administration just hours before Congress passed legislation aimed at preventing relinquishment. About 400 lines were retained in the national system while 60 to 400 sought to stay under government control.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Congress
House of Congress
Convicted in Emerson Motors fraud case by federal jury
A federal jury found Emerson Motors Company and several associates guilty in a long, mail fraud scheme that drained investors of nearly $1.59 million after an exposé by The Tribune on October 12, 1916. Sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday, with bail kept intact and ongoing appeals anticipated.
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Emerson Motors Company
Federal District Court
The
Tribune
Martin T. Manton
Emerson Motors Company, Inc
Robert P. Matches & Co
R. Berry & Co
Nicholas Field Wilson
Robert F. Matches
William Loomis
Osborne E. Chaney
Theodore A. Campbell
George N. Campbell
George B. Gifford
William H. Stetson
George Gordon Battle
Manton
Emerson Motors
Upton Men Hold First Line as U.S. Troops Reach Italy
General March at his press briefing said the West front is extremely favorable to the Allies. He noted five American divisions trained with the British were returned to Pershing, forming a distinct U.S. force. The Italian front’s progress and Americanization of troops were praised, with emphasis on training value and rapid readiness for battle.
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U.S
Italy
C. W. Gilbert Washington
Men Today
West Front
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National Army
New York City
Camp Upton
Long Island
J. Franklin Bell
France
Johnson
Mureh
Germany
City Upton Army Brigade Returns to France Frontlines
The United States protests Carranza oil tax in Mexico, deeming it a potential confiscation that threatens American rights. State Department notes emphasize justice and fair dealing, warning against arbitrary seizure of property. The note follows President Wilson’s remarks to Mexican editors and cites concerns over Mexico’s oil decree and its impact on U S interests.
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United States
Mexco
State Department
Carrante
Wilson
Himz
Department
Mexico
Fletcher
German Chief Predicts New Blow At Allies
General von Liebert, commander at Lodz, says another German surprise blow is near. He admits Austria failed at the Piave, blaming weather. Vienna reports gas method failure against Italian artillery at Sette Communi as disastrous.
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Piave
United Press
Amsterdam
von Liebert
Lodz
Tagliche Rundischau
Koelnische Zeitung
Vienna
Reichspost
Sette Communi
Americans Hold Cantigny Advance Capture 40 Prisoners
The 77th division drafted in New York City and trained at Camp Upton has taken a sector in France. General March said first American troops landed in Italy Friday. At Cantigny northwest of Montdidier, Americans captured forty prisoners including one officer after French reports of German counterattacks. Italians failed to cross the Piave as Austrian fire repelled the attempt. Local fighting and artillery duels continued elsewhere.
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France
New York
Camp Upton
Eeventh Avenue
Riverside Drive
Harlem
Bronx
Long Island City
Fifth Avenue
Yaphank
National Army
George W. Perkins
Sam Wah
John Cahill
Greenpoint
Plattsburg
Bell
J. Franklin Bell
Evan M. Johnson
Edwin Whitenmyer
The
War College
Doyle
Warnee
W. H. Perry
Bridge Department
New York City
Mary
Fropkies
General Bell
Amos
Philippines
America
Coney Island
Morris Fletcher
77Th
Peyton Q. March
Italy
March
Pershing
Cantigny
Montdidier
French War Office
Soisgons Lont
Piave
Vienna War Office
Foe Repulsed in Sharp Frontline Battles in France
London reports sharp local fighting on the French front west of Soissons with three German assaults repulsed by French gunnery. Italian forces on Bligny Heights repelled a Sudden German thrust as Allied air and ground actions continue. British and Australian units take prisoners near Nieppe and Merrig, while heavy artillery and aerial raids, including Mannheim bombing, shape the ongoing battle scene.
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London
Soissons
Bligny Heights
Rheims
Champagne
Ling
Berlin
Nieppe
Air Ministry
Germany
Mannheim
Jone
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M’adoo
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Balk
Two Hoses
William Randolph Hearst
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Bay State
Billy” Green
Fall River
United Train of Artillery
Providence
War Department
Soinson
England
St. Quentin
U. S
Carranza
New Hold
Sting
Flanders
Picardy
Nieppe Forest
Somme
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Frescati
Badhseheanind Soda
Hecblettiva
Mfely
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