Government to act on hoarding price controls drive
Washington Aug 10 Tangible results from Palmer hoarding and profiteering probe expected soon as the secret service is ordered to aid investigations into extortion in necessities of life. Congress to push measures to curb high prices while hearings on cold storage controls begin. President Wilson plans linking high living costs with league of nations in upcoming talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Palmer
Secret Service
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Congress
Wilson
Mondell
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
White House
League of Nations
Suoen
Paris Premier Clemenceau Fights Frigo Sales
Premier Clemenceau tried frozen meat called frigo and found Paris butchers selling it as fresh meat. He summoned Vilgrain Roy and Autrand to organize victualling, with fifteen days to restore order. Vilgrain to open a hundred more sheds. frigo sales limited to municipal shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bis
Clemenceau
Frigo
M. Vilgrain
Ministry of Provisions
Henri Roy
M. Autrand
the Seins
Damages Paid France Amount To $1 a Man
New York Aug. 10 Damage claims paid to France for damages to property or injuries to civilians by the American army will not exceed $2,000,000 or about $1 a man for all the soldiers in the American expeditionary force, according to an estimate by Lt. Col. Robert E. Burkahm chief claims officer. This covers 50,000 separate claims from broken windows to a 3,000,000 franc charge for destruction of forests near Souge Bordeaux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
Robert E. Burkahm
St. Louis
Souge
Bordeaux
German peace delegation forms reparations commission
Baron Kurt von Levaner leader of the German peace delegation informed the conference secretariat that a commission headed by Director Bergmann of Deutsche Bank and including several government departments has been formed to negotiate with the Inter allied commission on reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Versailles
Auk
Baron Kurt von Levaner
Bergmann
Duutsche Bank
Inter-allied Commission On
Street Car Workers Get 6 Cents An Hour Increase
Springfield Aug 10 Two hundred fifty street car men employed by the Springfield Consolidated Railway Company were given increases of six cents an hour here Saturday.
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Carmen
Springfield
Springfield Consolidated Railway Compagny
Folk Will Practice Law in Washington and Missouri
Former Governor Joseph W. Folk resigns as chamber counsel and forms a law partnership in Washington with Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City. They may represent labor groups in railroads cases while Folk keeps a St. Louis residence and office. He will leave the chamber suit to abolish the bridge arbitrary, with Sept. 15 as his effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Joseph W. Folk
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
National War Labor Board
Missouri
Folk
United States
Reed
Walsh
Chamber
Wilson
War Labor Board
Ireland
Irsh-American Commission
Bolshevik Plan Backing Troops Against Petrograd Front
Copenhagen dispatch reports the Bolshevik government adopting Zinovieff’s proposal to support General Judeniteh’s forces operating south of Petrograd toward the Bathonia frontier. Bolshevik ministers also decide to continue propaganda in Estonia as their most effective weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Professor Haeckel Dies at German University
Jena Germany Aug 9 Professor Ernst Heinrich Haeckel renowned for his research supporting evolution died today at the University of Jena where he taught zoology. The scientist, famous worldwide for his work, passed away this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jena
Germany
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
University of Jena
Pinchot and Ruth Pickering Wed in New York Affair
Amos Pinchot of New York a noted lawyer and publicist and Miss Ruth Pickering a magazine writer of Elmira New York were married Saturday. Pinchot is 46 and his bride 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saugatuc
Conn
Amos Pinchot
New York
Ruth Pickering
Elmira
WN. C
Pinshot
Luzerne Socialists Denounce Allied Policy in Hungary
At the Luzerne socialist conference a resolution criticized allied policy in Hungary as reactionary and urged united action to face counter revolutions. Leaders Pierre Renaudel and M Grumbach urged unity among socialist groups and equal understanding among German and Balkan parties. The meeting also called for a Bolshevik inquiry, Balkan autonomy, and a Russian federation proposal.
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Luzerne
Aug
Havas
Hungary
Socialist Conference
Pierre Renaudel
French
Chamber of Deputies
Hapsburgs
M. Grumbach
Bolshevists
Internationale
Herr Crespion
Balkan
Burgarian
Markoff
Russia
M. Soukomlinoff
Pieter J. Troelstra
Australians Win Out In Finals At Newport
Gerald Patterson and Norman E. Brookes of Australia defeated Wallace F. Johnson and Vincent Richards in the Newport cup doubles final at the Casino Newport Rhode Island, 6-1 6-3 3-6 7-5. Patterson logged a strenuous 31 placements, with Richards showing stronger tennis for the American team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, R. I
Gerald Patterson
Norman E. Brookes
Wallace F. Johnson
Vincent Richards
Patterson
Richards
Rockefeller Writes Reconstruction Plea
John D. Rockefeller, in The Vamp August number for Standard Oil employees, urges cooperation as the key to rebuilding after the war. He says the world needs cooperation and that a new world is to be founded with this generation entering a noble heritage and urging focus, imagination, and judgment for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Vamp
Standard Oil Company
World crash reported near Central train station
Local report notes a crash at a city center transit hub with unclear details and several garbled names. The item references injured or disrupted services but lacks readable specifics such as dates or exact locations. Further transcription is needed to identify involved persons or organizations.
Shopmen in Chicago District Continue Strike Action
Chicago Aug 10 Representatives of the Chicago district council of the Federated Railway Shopmen's union which began a strike Aug 1 dominated conferences as international officers urged a return to work President Wilson was asked to intervene The district said 250000 men were on strike not fewer while in Chicago none returned to work Only a few workers resumed at Champaign Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis urged director general to seek harmony and direct dialogue to end the stoppage Federal managers noted slight improvement but the situation remained serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago District Council
Federated Railway Shopmen's Union
Wilson
John D. Sanders
Champaign
Lewis Wires Wilson
District Council
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Washington
Grand Lodge
Sanders
Federal
Sugar Hoarders Supplying Chicago For Nine Months
Chicago investigation finds enough sugar stored by hoarders and speculators to last nine months. District Attorney Clyne directs assistant to prepare criminal warrants under the food control act. Dealers questioned. identities of those to be prosecuted not disclosed. He plans to return to Washington for talks with Attorney General Palmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clyne
Washington
Palmen
Young Serb Radical to Head New Ministry in Belgrade
Belgrade Aug 9 M Davidovics former minister of worship and leader of the young radical party has been entrusted to form a new cabinet. He intends to seek a coalition with N P Pachitch former premier of the old radical party to form a ministry including members from both factions. A Vienna dispatch Aug 6 noted arising tensions and resignation rumors.
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Belgradde
Havas
M. Davidovics
Young Radical Party
N. P. Pachitch
Old Radical Party
Vienna
Mobs hold full sway in Chemnitz violence
Berlin reports fifty killed as disturbances in Chemnitz near Dresden surge after food shortages. Soldiers disarmed by a mob, horses slaughtered and fed to the crowd. Reinforcements sent as Spartacist agitators urge action. Telegrams from Dresden seek martial law lifting and food relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Chemnitz
Dresden
Realway
Famine in Petrograd Grips City Amid Dysentery Rise
STOCKHOLM Aug 8 famine in Petrograd has reached terrifying levels with an epidemic of dysentery spreading. Bolshevik governor M. Zinovieff issued a proclamation to agricultural bodies and corn districts as Petrograd rationing tightens. Food prices have surged with sugar at 12 rubles per lump and bread at 120 rubles per pound.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
M. Zinovieff
Farmers Arrested By Pittsburgh Ferrets
Thirty two farmers were arrested in Pittsburgh on Saturday for profiteering and unmarked measures. Murray Livingston, city ordinance officer, charged them with misdemeanor. Each farmer was fined one dollar for every basket or container not properly marked as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Murray Livingston
Building Records For Seven Months Broken
New York Aug 10 reports show all high building records east of the Mississippi shattered in seven months as housing shortages persist. Dodge data explain warehouses factories hotels and skyscrapers buoyed loan access while residential and apartment construction funding remained shut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mississippi River
F. W. Dodge and Company
Cabin Cruisers Set 112 Mile Handicap Run
Thirty one cabin cruisers from 80 to 50 feet began the 112 mile handicap cruise from Cleveland Yacht hub at Rock River to Put-in-Bay and back. They race for the Commodore W. E. Scripps reliability trophy and a $1,000 prize split among the first ten. Represented by Cleveland Detroit Erie Toledo and Venus on, the winner is expected to reach the Cleveland Yacht Club around 8 a m.
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Cleveland
Rock River
Detroit
Erie
Toledo
Vennison
Cleveland Yacht Club
Rail shopmen vote to refuse work Monday in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio, nearly 1,000 shopmen from the Pennsylvania Hocking Valley and Norfolk and Western railroads vote to refuse work Monday amid ongoing labor action. The move signals intensified disruption as crews prepared for a stoppage affecting multiple lines and services.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania, Hocking Valley
Norfolk and Westee
Grain Elevator Explodes Killing Eight In Ontario
Port Colborne Ont Aug 10 Eight killed and many injured when a large government grain elevator on the Welland canal exploded on Saturday Spontaneous combustion is believed to have caused the blast The loss is about 1 800 000 The elevator built eight years ago cost 2 000 000 with capacity over 2 000 000 bushels and bins about one third full
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Port Colborne
Ont
Welland Canal
Quebec
French Note Killed By Rumanian Censor
Berlin reports say Romanian army officials in Budapest banned printing Clemenceau’s note about allied generals to oversee the Hungarian armistice. Flyers over Budapest urged King Joseph, while Szegedin royalists favor monarchy and social democrats resist Archduke Joseph.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Budapest
Clemenceau
Avitar
Vienna
Hungary
Joseph
Social Democrats
Archduke Joseph
Ten Gotham Theaters Closed By Walkout
Ten New York theaters went dark Saturday night marking the end of the third day of the actors strike. The Globe joined nine others in closure as Actor's Equity aims for written equity contracts. Despite resignations of E. H. Sothern, William Collier, Holbrook Blinn and Alan Rinehart, producers offered financial aid to loyal actors affected by the walkout. George M. Cohan hosted a dinner for those who stood by him in the strike.
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New York
Globe
Actor’s Equity Association
Equity
E. H. Sothern
William Collier
Holbrook Blinn
Alan Rinehart
George M. Cohan
Young Teddy Attacks Democrats In Speech
In Oyster Bay on August 10 Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt opened his Nassau County campaign speech in a bake sale setting. He attacked the Democratic Party, condemning their influence on government and accusing the executive branch of dominating policy while Congress and the Senate merely rubber stamps.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Nassau County
Assembly
Treadore Roosevelt
Republican County Organization
Hugo
Col. Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Nine Biplanes Will Across Country Pathfinders Start Flight
Nine all American Pathfinders biplanes will depart Hazelhurst field for San Francisco Wednesday under the war department air service. The route covers 171 cities in 15 states and about 183 miles with stops at Effingham Illinois Rentoul Minnesota and Chicago. The mission includes educational outreach to recruit for military service promote air routes for mail and establish radio stations along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelhurst Field
San Francisco
War Department
Air Service
Effingham Tt
Rentoul
Chicago
Poisoning case rocks Macomb as doctor and wife held
Dr Frank L Alderson and Mrs Lawrence Clugston were arrested after coroner's jury found strong evidence of poisoning in the death of Lawrence Clugston on July 20. McNally's analysis found 427 grains of poison, with typhoid fever ruled out by the second physician. The couple are jailed pending September grand jury action. the case exposed amid an affair described as the Eternal Triangle.
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S. J. Bagley
Clugston
Alderson
Clugstons
Chicago
Lawrence Clugston
Bushnell
Alverson
Ruseler
Dr. McNally
McNally
Prairie City
Ufe
Hushwell
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W. G. Lee
W. S. Carter
W. S. Stone
A. RB. Gerrettson
Secret Service of
U. S
Prof. Haeckel
Newport
Rockefeller
Nn Avenue
Grossin
Abuonger
Crogsiyg
Ie nAnt
Mies
London
Koenigs Platz
Ontario
Gotham
Young Teddy
Macomb
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