Ford jury gets case this week in $1,000,000 libel suit
Mount Clemons Mich August 13 The Henry Ford libel suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune nears its close with final arguments and instructions pending. Alfred Lucking for Ford argued against the Tribune's portrayal of Ford as an anarchist and defended fair comment while Elliott G Stevenson claimed Ford was attacked for his views.
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Mount Clemons
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Alfred Lucking
Tucker
Elliott G. Stevenson
Stevenson
Ford
The
Tribune
Lucking
United States
Emma Goldman
Goldman
Detroit
Army Demobilization Complete By Oct 30
Washington Aug 13 Demobilization of combatant troops will be completed by the last of October Secretary Baker announced. Many men will be retained to care for equipment on hand while the army is reduced to peace time strength by Sept 30. Emergency enlistments remain and will be released as replacements arrive.
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Washington
Baker
Nebraska corn crop reduced by drouth
Nebraska's 1919 corn yield forecast at 174,830,000 bushels, 51,744,000 above last year but 13,766,000 below the 1913-1917 five year average. Cold and wet spring, cut worms, and drought in summer blamed for lower than hoped yield.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
State Board of Agriculture
Buys Whiskey For Eight Dollars Per Quart Profiteering
Deputy U S Marshal Parker traced a tip via long distance call about profiteering by selling whiskey at eight dollars a quart. A man claimed to have bought 28 quarts for eight dollars total and suspected a local seller. Authorities prepared to present names and places to a federal grand jury over liquor law violations.
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ST. Louis
United States
Parker
East St. Louis
Clemency Denied for Clarence Marshall and Others by Gov Lowden
Springfield Aug 13 Gov Lowden on recommendation granted clemency to six offenders and denied more than twenty pleas for state law violations. Notables denied include Robert Higgins life term for wife murder and Charles Hanna for murder. others denying pleas cover multiple counties with murder and related offenses. Several are at Joliet penitentiary and Chicago house of correction inmates also affected.
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Springfield
Division of Pardons and Paroles
Lowden
Robert Higgins
Mercer County
Charles Hanna
St Clair County
East St. Louis
Joliet Penitentiary
John Jesenicnik
Williamson County
Tug Taylor
Macon County
William A. Hoffman
Monroe County
Clarence Marshall
Adams County
William Sora
Saline County
William Shaw
Shelby County
de Witt Stringfellow
Frank Kozilast
William J. Quirk
Joseph Boush
Frank Kaminski
John Christopher
Fred Bickerman
Cook County
House of Correction
Chicago
Packing House Men Demand Higher Wages in Chicago
Chicago packing house workers, before Federal Judge Samuel A Alschuler and a federal mediator, seek wage increases from 7 cents to 1.10 dollars an hour with a 44 hour week and uniform rates across companies. A household budget asserts $1,918 yearly for a family of five, up from $1,618 last October, reflecting 20 to 30 percent living-cost increases since June.
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Chicago
Samuel A. Alschuler
Annan McQuillen
Stock Yards
Iike
Government Selling Two Million Blankets
The War Department announced the sale to the public of two million surplus wool and cotton wool blankets. Distribution will be through post offices and municipal channels similar to foodstuffs. Individual prices range from 1.25 to 0aapiece.
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Washington
War Department
Goodyear airship crash prompts death claims in probate
Relatives of nine individuals killed when the Goodyear airship burst into flames and crashed through a downtown bank roof July 21 filed death claims in probate court Tuesday. Claims will be settled by arbitration as ordered by the company.
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Chicago
Goodyear Tipe and Rubber Company
Swenson urges immediate wartime license system for food dealers
Magnus Swenson the state foods administrator wired the federal Department of Justice urging that the wartime license system for food dealers be put into effect at once.
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Madison
Wis
Magnus Swenson
State Foods
Federal Department of Justice
Plumb cites new facts on railroads and public lands
Washington August 13 The railroad brotherhoods through counsel Glenn E Plumb testified before the House interstate commerce committee alleging systematic plunder by financial interests and illegal holding of millions of acres of public lands by major rail systems He charged eighteen railroads with stock totaling 450 million dollars between 1900 and 1910 paid millions in dividends and said they were controlled by Morgan Rockefeller and Gould interests He urged Congress to investigate to reveal potential exploitation and the hearing addressed plans for public ownership and operation of railroads with a later review of proposals by security holders and executives
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Washington
Glenn E. Plumb
House
Ingistate Commerce Committee
Plumb
Morgan
Rockefeller
Gould
House Committee
Organized Labor
Congress
Esch
Jamb
A. B. Garretson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Garretson
Evel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Underwood
Erie Railroad
Railroad Brotherhoods
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Teaches Canary How To Warble Opera By Using Her Victrola
A Kansas City woman gets a canary singing lesson from an upstairs neighbor. Mrs. G A Ziehlke places an opera aria on a Victrola, cranks the speed high, and Joe the canary begins a grand opera influenced chorus alongside the “Hot Baby Jazz” rhythm.
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Canary
Victrola
Kansas City
Kan
Jesse H. Mayberry
East Forty-first Street
Joe
Miners In Yorkshire Reject Settlement
London August 12 The Yorkshire miners council urged over 200000 striking miners to resume work, rejecting the government and miners representatives settlement.
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Yorkshire
London
Yorkshire Miners’ Council
Did You Ever Get Floored Information Bureau Ad
A Whig Information Bureau advertisement promises readers they can ask any question and receive a known answer. Directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D. C., the bureau offers verified information to readers seeking factual responses.
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Whig Information Bureau
Bolsheviks recapture Riga reported by Berlin paper
A Russian newspaper in Berlin says the Bolsheviks have recaptured Riga. An Archangel report calls on Allied nations not to withdraw troops from Russia. A Danish Red Cross mission notes Bolshevik actions against foreigners and seizures of consulate depots in Moscow and legation stores in Petrograd.
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Archangel
Russia
Sometvos
Constituent Assembly
Red Cross
Warsaw
Petrograd
Moscow
Samara
Homel
Chicago Actors Walk Out Close Theaters
Chicago theaters shut after actors walkout aligning with New York action. Francis Wilson of Actors Equity urged broad participation. The Cort theater and Cohan's Grand Opera House closed while others continued, with actors William Courtenay and Grant Mitchell among those taking part.
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Chicago
New York
Cort Theater
Cohan
Francis Wilson
Actors’ Equity Association
William Courtenay
Grant Mitchell
Hoover in Prague Discusses Czech Food Policy
Herbert Hoover head of the inter allied relief commission arrives in Prague unannounced with a staff of experts. He meets with the ministry and the president as long discussions focus on maintaining Czech Slovak aid through the next year amid tightened food conditions.
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Associated Press
Prague
Bohemia
Herbert Hoover
Inter-Allied Relief Commission
Hoover
Czecho-Slovania
Thirteen White Men Indicted In Chicago Riots
Thirteen white men were indicted Tuesday in Chicago for participation in race riots two weeks earlier. The indictment total now reaches 50 Negroes and 17 whites. Among those named is George Stauber, accused of instigating the stoning of a Black boy who drowned after falling from a raft in Lake Michigan on July 27, charged with manslaughter.
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Chicago
George Stauber
Lake Michigan
Hello Girls End Strike At Southwestern Bell In St Louis
In St Louis on August 13, girl operators and male electrical workers of Southwestern Bell Telephone voted to return to work after the company pledged wage increases. The walkout had begun in June and the decision ends the labor action.
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Hello Girls End Strikd, BT
Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gift to University of California Seeks Preservation Endowment
Aug 13 in San Francisco reports Edward Searles of Massachusetts donates stock valued at 1.5 million dollars to the University of California. The gift comprises 25,000 shares of stock in the preseriet company to support the university’s preservation efforts.
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University
San Francisco
Calif
Ous
Universality of
California
Edward Searles
Massachusetts
Leather Men Predict Drop In Shoe Prices by 1920
Boston aug 13 leather dealers and shoe manufacturers testified at the grand jury probe into the high cost of living. They predicted a decided drop in prices but cautioned the decline might take up to a year. Witnesses said demand for high grade shoes remained strong and profits on top lines were not greater than in cheaper eras.
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Boston
Joseph C. Pelletier
Rebellious Miners Vote to Stay on Strike in Illinois
Five hundred miners at a Springfield meeting voted to remain on strike and sent delegates to Belleville. The session was tumultuous as conservatives were shouted down while speeches accused state miners officers. Telegrams from Belleville and Peoria said strikes there were progressing well. Frank Farrington, state miners’ president, defended his stance against radicals, noting only about 15,000 of 90,000 union members were idle and that mine closures were due to core shortages. operators claimed only two nearby mines were affected.
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Springfield
Belleville
Helleville
Peoria
Frank Farrington
Farrington
Mooney
Miners’ Union
Striking Shopmen Return to Work Across Nation
Reports from railway officials indicate strik ing shopmen are returning to work in most regions except Chicago Boston and Atlanta In Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin over 1000 men returned About 600 shopmen returned in Chicago leaving about 28000 still out One thousand one hundred sixty two livestock cars arrived at stock yards along with 592 perishable freight cars shifted by Indiana Harbor Belt line Passenger service remains difficult International union officers preach return while boilermakers hear the protestors assert they will not concede without gains
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Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Indiana Harbor Belt
International Union
Grant Increases To Traction Workers
The war labor board at its final session granted a 12 percent wage increase for workers at ten traction companies centered in Boston Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Named companies include East St. Louis Columbia Waterloo Railway Alton Granite and St. Louis Traction.
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New York
War Labor Board
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
East St. Louis
Columbia & ‘Waterloo Railway Company
Alton, Granite & St. Louis ‘Traction Company
Freight Embargo Lifted by Major Rail Lines
LIFT FREIGHT EMBARGO ST LOUIS Aug 13 The Missouri Pacific Pennsylvania and 8st Leyte and San Francisco railroads have lifted the embargo on freight shipments caused by the shopmen s strike.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Pennsylvania
8St
Leyte
San Francisco
Cheers and clashes mark Lodge senate address on League
In Washington on August 13 the senate gallery erupted in applause and later hisses during Senator Lodge of Massachusetts foreign relations speech opposing League of Nations covenant provisions. Senator Williams and Senator Hitchcock rebutted with sharp remarks as Vice President Marshall warned to restore order. The session also examined Miller, the League of Nations adviser, on covenant origins and negotiations, with Republicans pressing questions and House connection revealed.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Williams
Mississippi
Lodge
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Marshall
United States
League
David Hunter Miller
League of Nations Commission
Versailles
Miller
League of Natons
Commission
C. J. P. Hurst
British
Foreign Office
Gordon Auchincloss
E. M. House
State Department
Colonel House
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Torc
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
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Lodges
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