International Labor Congress Ends With Key Resolutions
The International Labor Congress formed a new global federation and discussed the League of Nations socialization of resources and wartime blockades. American delegates opposed some points, citing mandate limits, while Gompers pledged to push worker welfare efforts and Legien endorsed broad international cooperation toward trade union strength and socialization of production.
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League
League of Nations
Russia
Hungary
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Afl
Herr Legien
Congress
Pythian Head Pursues White House Price Probe
Denver denounces high prices as a national crisis and appeals to President Wilson. Knights of Pythias supreme chancellor Charles S. Davis telegraphs for immediate government action to curb profiteering and hold exploiters to account.
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Denver
Colo
the Knights of Pythias
Charles S. Davis
Order
Wilson
Prince of Wales Sails for Canada on Renown
Associated Press reports from Portsmouth that the Prince of Wales departed for Canada aboard the cruiser Renown at 6 pm. King George and Queen Mary accompanied him, inspecting the deck guard of honor and attending a farewell luncheon before the Renown set sail for a prosperous voyage and safe return.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
England
Prince of Wales
Canada
Renown
King George
Queen Mary
Prince
Engineer L H Smith of Burlington Killed in Wreck
GALESBURG August 6 L H Smith a Co B Q engineer 50 of Burlington was killed when the car he rode in ran over an embankment on the Monmouth road about 4 o clock Monday afternoon Four women including Mrs Fred Hinman wife of the police chief Mrs Wilbur Beard and Mrs J H Wallis suffered injuries Mrs Smith received a bad cut and Mrs Beard and Mrs Hinman were bruised Mrs Wallis was pinned under the car and held under water before being rescued
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Galesburg
L. H. Smith
Monmouth Road
Knox
Waren
Smith
Fred Hinman
Wilbur Beard
Duffield Avenue
J. H. Wallis
East Main Street
Baird
Hinman
Wallig
Twenty Days Of Work On Farm a Year Ford
Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison party travels from Syracuse to Albany by auto, with H. H. Firestone Sr. and Jr. Ford predicts tractors will cut farm labor to 20 days annually, says 70,000 tractors produced and rising, farm work will soon be on an entirely different basis.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Henry Ford
Albany
Thomas A. Edison
H. H. Firestone Sr
H. H. Firestone, Jr
Adirondacks
Ford
Trial At Camp Grant Closed Tuesday
Rockford Ill Aug 6 after twenty three days of actual trial during which eighty three witnesses were summoned before the court the case against the eight Camp Grant Negroes charged with attacking a white woman in May 1918 was closed with the plea by the prosecution. A complete record of the findings will be sent to President Wilson for advisement for the second time the first time having granted the colored soldiers a retrial to decide the fate of the alleged criminals. Penalty for the crime is death under army regulations.
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Rockford, II
Camp Grant
Wilson
Chicago Council Probes Profiteering Landlords
Chicago officials authorize an investigation of profiteering landlords including hotel and boarding house operators and draft an ordinance requiring clear price marking of food items. The public service department probes high rents and will present findings to an aldermanic committee.
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Chicago
Department of Public Service
Storm Rips Northern Ohio Causing Fatalities And Damage
Storms crippled rail and streetcar service across northern Ohio. Ashland County suffered about 1 million dollars in damage with 40 to 60 bridges washed out. Flooding surpassed 1913 levels in Katotawa valley and Mohican valley. In Youngstown and Fort Wayne three people died from lightning as hundreds of homes were evacuated or flooded.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ashland County
Katotawa
Ashland
Mohican
Weather Bureau
Tiffin
Rock Creek
Kining
Youngstown
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana
British Controller Proposes 5 Steps for Cheaper Prices
London August 5 George H Roberts food controller told a Commons select committee the cost of living requires stronger price controls. He urged effective price control of food and distribution at all stages applying the method to shoes and utensils if standardized. He called for a single department to publish cost data abroad and at home and warned price rises could continue without reduced hours and no output gain.
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London
George H. Roberts
House of Commons
Roberts
England
America
Chorus Girls Actors Threaten To Strike
CHICAGO August 6 A strike threat from actors and chorus girls of the Actors Equity seeks extra pay for Sunday performances and rehearsals. Managers oppose, noting actors now earn three to four times previous wages. A chorus girl formerly earned 18 dollars weekly, now 30 to 50, while actors take about 300 dollars weekly from management.
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Chicago
Actors’ Equity Association
Harry J. Ridings
Chicago Theater Managers’ Association
Army Food Surplus To Be Sold By Parcel Post
Chicago residents and small merchants flood Postmaster Carlisle with inquiries after Washington announced surplus army foodstuffs would be sold to the public by parcel post. Lt. Col. G. F. Unmacht said army warehouses hold about 100 million dollars worth of foodstuffs, mostly canned goods such as beans, meat and fruit, with sugar in short supply.
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Chicago
Carlisle
Washington
G. F. Unmacht
Plane crash in San Diego harbor claims radio technician
A seaplane returning from a Pacifica fleet flight crashed in San Diego harbor Tuesday night. Radio electrician S. H. B. Devers was killed. Pilot Lieutenant O. P. Kilmer and Willis C. Baker escaped with minor injuries. Separately in Chicago, International Harvester tractor works resumed after a 19 day strike, following a council recommendation and signs of wide return-to-work.
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Ban Diego
Calif
O. P. Kilmer
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego Harbor
S. HB. Devers
Kilmer
Willis C. Baker
San Diego
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Works’ Council
Burlington Shopmen in Galesburg Favor Passing Up Strike
A mass meeting of over five hundred Burlington shop employees in Galesburg discussed wage scale demands of eighty five cents per hour for mechanics and sixty five cents for helpers. They heard that the director general would not act on wages and awaited AFL instructions before any strike, with ballots sent and a plan to vote if a strike is ordered. Reportedly, J W Cyr was pressuring older workers to pledge support for the railroad company.
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Galesburg
Lescher Hall
Railroad
J. L. Davis
Burlington System Federation
Axel Rosine
A. C. Butler
System Federation
Washington
Burlington
Butler
Railway Emleyee Department
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
J. W. Cyr
Missouri River
Oid
Japan to cede Shantung only if China pledge met
Tokyo shows a statement by Viscount Uchida saying Japan will not claim treaty rights over Shantung. Troops to be withdrawn once an agreement with China is reached, and discussions may set up a general foreign settlement at Tsin Tao. Uchida recalls 1914 ultimatum for Kiao Chau and links it to peace terms with China.
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Tokio
Viscount Uchida
Japan
China
Shantung
Tsin Tao
Paris
Germany
Kiao-Chau
Peking
Sugar Prices Up in Cuba for 1919 20 Crop
Havana reports indicate Cuban sugar prices for the 1919-20 crop will rise above the U S equalization board figure. A House resolution proposes allowing presidential intervention in sugar and tobacco markets to secure a remunerative price for mill owners and planters.
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Havana
United States Equalization Board
Cuba
House of Representatives
Peace Convention of K. of C. Opens Tuesday
In Buffalo New York on August 6 the peace convention of the Knights of Columbus opened with a pontifical high mass at St Joseph Cathedral. Bishop William Turner celebrated and Bishop Thomas Shahan of the Catholic University of Washington delivered the sermon and tribute to the order. James A. Flaherty supreme knight presented his annual report at the opening business session.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Knights of Columbus
St. Joseph’s
William Turner
Thomas
Shahan
Catholic University of Washington
James A. Flaherty
Moose Lodge Opens Large Membership Drive
At Moose hall in Quincy a plan was made to grow the local lodge to about 1,000 members. J. E. Casey will lead the drive with a goal of each member bringing in a new recruit, while the initiation fee drops from 25 to 10 dollars. A banquet preceded talks on Moose benefits and the Moosehart home for dependent children.
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Order of Moose
Aes
Moose Hall
Quincy
J. E. Casey
Durig
Casty
Moosehart
Mcceehart
Ch Cigo
Moose Lodge
Mall
Hannibal
Quircy Moose
League Park
Railroad Shopmen Strike Grips Northwest Rail Lines
Rail workers across the northwest join the 8,000 strike in the Twin Cities. Northern Pacific crews stopped work in Billings Helena Livingston and Jamestown. Strikes spread through South Dakota with Duluth area crafts idle. Great Northern ore dock workers at Superior give employers until tonight on wage demands. Officials from trans continental lines meet. no replacements yet.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Twin Cities
Northern Pacific
Billings
Helena
Livingston
Mont
Jamestown
N. D
Northwestern
South Dakota
Duluth
Great Northern Railway
Superior
Britain Settles Her Debt For Munitions
Washington Aug 6 Britain has paid 35 176 123 dollars to the American government to settle its munitions debt from the war. The payment covers Liberty motors 13 6 million airplane spruce 13 274 million wood distillates 2 887 million powder 4 690 600 and the cotton winters pool 851 000. The letter to Secretary Baker from Chester W Cuthell notes the sum and allocations.
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Washington
Great Britain
War Department
Liberty Motors
Baker
Chester W. Cuthell
Mr. Baker
Railroads in St Louis Hit by Shopmen Strike
St Louis by shopmen strike. Major railroads through St Louis refuse to accept carload shipments. Lines including St Louis and San Francisco Wabash Rock Island and Chicago and Alton report partial crippling. Wabash declines perishables livestock per schedule from National Stock Yards East St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Rock Island
Chicago and Alton
National Stock Yards
East St. Louis
Wabash
Camp Point Man Held On Charge Of Woman
James Ellis charged with bastardy in a warrant sworn by Joséphine Blansett issued by Judge Reardon. He is held in the police station after being brought in by Constable Jeff Terry. Both defendants live in or near Camp Point.
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James Ellis
Joséphine Blansett
Reardon
Jeff Terry
Camp Point
Finlay Carrott Enjoys Vacation At Lake Placid
Friends around the court house report cards from Finlay Carrott saying he is enjoying a vacation at Lake Placid New York. He is quoted as saying he has been keeping plenty cool during the trip.
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Finlay Carrott
Court House
Lake Placid
New York
Highland Park Carnival Dance Tonight at Highland Park
A real jazz dance at Highland Park tonight repeats a carnival event from weeks ago with paper hats confetti and balloons. Thousands expected to attend and many new business fines will be found in The Whig Want Ads over the next three months.
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Highland Park
Marion Court Sets September 2 Bond Election
Marion counties special election for bonds to fund a hard roads program will be held September 2. County court set the date in session Monday after an error in the former call used the wrong year's valuation. Good roads supporters plan an energetic campaign across the county.
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Marion County
Good Roads
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