Washington recall on Shantung treaty stance exposed
Professor E. T. Williams testified before the Senate foreign relations committee about the negotiations that gave Japan control in Shantung China. He described President Wilson’s leaning to honor existing treaties, despite objections to the 1915 pact and fourteenth-point concerns. Williams and British and American advisers favored China retaining German rights or returning them within a year. The witness noted no formal response from the President to his memorandum.
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Wasilington
Japan
Shantung Province
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
E. T. Williams
State Department
Wiliams
Shantung
Peace Commission
Ssi
Wilson
Esther
Williams
Germany
Tranfer
McClay
Mount Vernon
Johnson
California
Clayton Honors War Hero and Judge's Bravery Story
In Clayton, Aug 23, Albert Seibel, a former township boy, received a framed Pershing citation, a distinguished service medal, and a gold watch for heroism as a WWI soldier. Judge B. M. Chiperfield praised his three rescues amid a large crowd during a day of patriotic events.
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Clayton
Judge Chiperfield
Hill
Albert Seibel
Gen. Pershing
Neghbors
France
B. M. Chiperfield
Canton
Ill
Germany
Chiperfield
Seibel
United States Senate
Ilinois
Orator of the Day and Soldier Hero at Clayton Picnic
A Clayton picnic speech extols national conscience and independence from foreign dictation. It asserts the life of an American boy outweighs royal or imperial claims, advocates readiness to fight, and notes US unprepared in World War I with weapons made abroad.
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Clayton
Adams County
Minots
America
Lever Act extended to cover more items in cost relief
The House passed an amendment extending the Lever Act to cover clothing, food containers, fertilisers, fuel oil and production implements with penalties for profiteering. Proposals to include house rents and crude oil failed. Debate touched on the high cost of living and President Wilson’s League of Nations focus.
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Washington
House
Fnciay
Strong Republican
Kansas
Newton
Minnesota
Blanten
Texas
Palmer
Department of Justice
Wilson
Congress
Hutchinson
New Jersey
Rodenberg
Ilinois
League of Nations
China
India
Mississippi Valley
Porto Rico
Central America
New York City
Retail Meat Dealer Exposes $70 Farmer Profit Question
Thomas Dunn, a St. Louis meat dealer, told the Senate agriculture committee that farmers receive the extra $70 per bullock over five years while packers do not profit heavily. He insisted retail prices reflect consumer demand and denied widespread profiteering in meat and groceries. Dunn argued the farmer gets the $70, not packers, and urged clarity on price distribution.
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Washington
Thomas Dunn
St. Louis
Senate Agriculture Committee
Dunn
Senator Kenyon
Iowa
Packer
Rockefeller
Seizure of Sugar Car in Chicago Freight Yard
Federal agents seized a carload of sugar in a Chicago freight yard on Friday as part of an anti profiteering drive. It followed the arrest of the fourth sugar jobber, all charged under the Lever food control act. The car, consigned to A. J. Pappas & Co, had been moved after a tip to the district attorney.
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Chicago
A. J. Pappas & Co
John F. Campbell Company
Troops Called Out To Break Up Parade At Steel Plant
State troops dispersed a mob of about one thousand workers trying to march past the Standard Steel Car plant in Hammond Indiana after a mass meeting. Officers said the mob scattered when approached by the troops.
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Hammond
Ind
Standard Steel Car Company
Reports From Border Given To President
Washington reports indicate the war department has taken no action to halt the Eighth cavalry advance below the Texas Big Bend. Officials stay silent on aims and scope, with handling seen as White House directed. A telegram on Captain Mattacks rescuing aviators was reportedly killed. movement of motor trucks to the border is described as a local matter with no massing of forces along the Texas line.
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Washington
War Department
Eighth Cavalry
Texas Big Bend
White House
Wilson
Mattacks
Peterson
Davis
Dickman
Baker
Southern Department
Texas Line
Continued Hunt for Missing Aviators in Arizona-Sonora
American aviators and troopers aided by Mexican troops searched in vain for Lieutenants F. B. Waterhouse and C. H. Connelly, army aviators last seen leaving Yuma on a return trip to Rockwell Field. The expansive border area from the Pacific to the Gulf of California, rugged and sparsely inhabited, is being scoured by Rockwell Field and Calexico patrols with radio, telegraph, and carrier pigeons. Waterhouse hailed from Weiser Idaho, Connelly from San Diego.
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San Diego
Calif
F. B. Waterhouse
C. H. Connelly
Yuma
Arizona
Rockwell Field
Here
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of California
Pacific
Mexican Territory
Calexio
Waterhouse
Weiser
Idaho
Connelly
Delegate Dopes Claim After Banquet Gift in St Louis
Harry Snitzer of Baltimore a delegate to the 20th annual Inter National Photo Engravers union convention in St Louis received a purse of 125 dollars at the banquet at Hotel Statler. A policeman presented the gift and a tale follows.
Troops slow progress on third day in Mexico
Marfa Texas Aug 23 reports say American expedition forces made little headway as they move toward a new base south of previous positions. Rumors of bandit HQs or heavier casualties were denied. General Dickman cited caution to avoid treachery if Americans are captured, and plans to shift the base to Presili south of Marfa with aviation and supply lines reorganized.
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Marfa
Texas
Mexico
Jesus Renteria
Joseph T. Dickman
Southern Department
Dickman
Matlack
Davis
United States
Villa
Ojinaga
Presidio
Ildefonso
Pass
Trath
Presili
Rio Grande
Aviation Corps
San Antonio
Actors Strike Continues Amid Chicago Theater Walkout
A mass meeting at the Chicago theater featured speeches explaining the actors managers dispute and why the strike is in effect. Varied acts by actors followed the talks. The injunction hearing before Master Zeisler was scheduled to continue, potentially until Christmas, with both sides hopeful yet uncertain.
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Tors
Chicago
Polish Troops Rout Bolsheviks in Eastern Campaign
Warsaw reports a crushing Polish victory over Bolshevik and Soviet forces with pursuit underway. Rovno fortress in Volhynia has fallen after heavy fighting, and Polish forces reach the Ihumen Dortyn link east of Minsk.
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Copenhagen
Warsaw
Rovno
Volhynia
Dubno
Minsk
Ihumen-Dortyn
Brave Hill led charge in Meuse-Argonne battle heroism
The address recalls Henry Hill who died in WWI after leading a charge against a German machine gun nest. Col Chiperfield notes Hill’s bravery and recounts Allied efforts at Meuse-Argonne, credit to American troops joining British and Canadian forces for the first time in history. The piece also mentions political views on the League of Nations and a WilsonPalmer conference on high prices and food control act amendments.
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Meuse-Argonne
Adams County
Wil
Hill
Henry Hill
Col. Chiperfield
League of Nations
America
Ammerica
Britain Imposes License Trade Embargo on Key Goods
London August 22 The board of trade issued a list labeling several goods as unstable key industries and restricting their import after September 1 to licensees. Items include coal tar derivatives for dyes, various coalers chemicals optical glass scientific and optical instruments hosiery magnetoca and gauges.
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London
Board of Trade
New York Senator Calder Seeks Quick Audit of Palmer Garvan
Friday by Senator Calder of New York considered. The resolution, referred to the contingent expenses committee of which Calder is chairman, would authorize a five member Senate panel to audit the accounts of Palmer and Garvan and probe the administration of the office. Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, who opposed Palmer’s nomination as attorney general, plans to speak on the measure.
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Calder
New York
Senate
Palmer
Garvan
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Senate Modifies Oil Leasing Regulations
Washington August 23 The Senate without a record vote adopted the Smoot amendment to a leasing bill. It allows aliens to obtain leases on government lands under stated restrictions to obviate possible retaliation by foreign governments.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Thiming in His Ears Ends With Robbery at Banquet
A delegate named Snitzer, after feeling dizzy and hearing odd sounds, sat on a curb and later was robbed of 125 dollars while two men searched his pockets. He recalls being helped by a passerby to call a taxi and was later carried to a hallway. His fellow delegates made light of the incident at a banquet with a police-ordered presentation, and Snitzer credited friends with generosity and humor amid the mishap.
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Snitzer
Baltimore
Hearne
Manifesto Circulates Urging Provisional Government in Mexico
The document by Dominguez, denying rebellion and urging a provisional government, is being circulated along the Mexican border and in Mexican quarters of the city. It accuses Carranza of responsibility for all of Mexico's interior and exterior upheaval.
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Carranza
Vity
Madero
Dominguez
Mexico
Quincy Soldiers Arrive at Hoboken Friday
HOBOKEN August 23 Soldier arrivals Friday include Quincy men Wagoner Edwin F Weber of supply company seventh infantry Private Casper Kroegger of 1385 Chestnut street Company B seventh infantry Private Robert C Niehaus 1309 Spruce street Oscar T Otte 1804 Chestnut street and Private Frank B Trimpe 806 North Seventeenth street Company K fourth infantry.
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Hoboken
Quincy
Wagoner
Edwin F Weber
Seventh Infantry
Casper Kroegger
Chestnut Street
Robert C. Niehaus
Spruce Street
Oscar T. Otte
Frank B.trimpe
North
Seventeenth Street
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Henry R. Fil
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Enoch H. Selters
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H. F. Ewart
White Hall
Congresman Willam B. McKinley
Private Albert Siebel
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Delegate
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Senate Agriculture Sub-Committee
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