Offers of Hines Are Too Small
Washington Aug 27 Amid wage dispute over rail wages 500000 shopmen prepare to vote on Wilson Hines proposals or strike for higher pay Government aims to curb living costs and delay general increases while ready to adjust individual inequities Votes may take three weeks but could finish sooner Union leaders press for a strike if the president’s plan is not accepted The director general insists no broad wage hike until prices stabilize and promises targeted adjustments where justified
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Hines
Railroad Administration
Board of Railway Wages
Federated Shop
Membaship
Retail Stores Will Handle Army Stocks and Mail Orders
Washington Aug 27 government moves to curb prices include opening retail stores in fourteen zone centers to sell surplus Army socks underwear shirts raincoats blankets gloves tobacco soap and more at prices below market. Parcel post will deliver to nonlocal customers. Congress debates food control act amendments to curb profiteering and hoarding and to regulate cold storage while the FTC gains powers to investigate stock information.
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Washington
War Department
Federal Trade Commission
Army
Palmer
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Smith
Warrison
District of Columbia
House Agriculture Committee
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
R. S. French
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Two Regiments Ordered Overseas to Silesia
The Fifth Infantry at Camp Taylor Kentucky and the Fiftieth at Camp Dix New Jersey are ordered to prepare for overseas duty to police Silesia during the plebiscite. A brigade of two regiments plus support units may be sent, replacing older divisions long in France. Recruiting for overseas service resumes with one and three year terms. enlistees to Camp Meade Maryland. Signal corps seeks telephone operators and linemen.
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Washington
Camp Taylor
Camp Dix
N. J
Silesia
War Department
Europe
France
Camp Meade
Maryland
Signal Corps
Kansas City Enacts Broad Spoon ing Crackdown
Kansas City police under Chief Godley issue a strict order enforcing a new city ordinance that bans spooning and prohibits minors of opposite sex from riding in the same car after 9 PM without a chaperone. The move follows a campaign against spooning and aims to give municipal court judges a clearer basis to punish offenders.
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Kansas City
Police Department
Godley
France Edging Toward Ratification Of Peace Treaty
Paris reports winded first day debate leaves prompt ratification uncertain with only three of thirty one speakers heard. If this pace continues the treaty may not be ratified by September 6 and perhaps later as Clemenceau and ministers press to speed the process. Belgian Senate unanimously approves the German treaty.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Clemenceau
Germany
Versailles
Chamber of Denuities
Paul Deschanel
Stephen Fichon
Louis Nall
Justice
Etienne Clemente
Andre Tardieu
Brussels
Cuumber of Deputies
Yardmen Strike On Coast Railroads Across Cities
Workers in San Francisco and Oakland quit in sympathy with a Pacific Electric strike in Los Angeles. More than 1,000 yardmen walked out in San Francisco and Oakland before 8 PM. Santa Fe service west of Albuquerque was suspended indefinitely by orders cutting passenger trains.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Pacific Electric Company
Los Angeles
Vlls International Brotherhood
Oakland
Oquaklani
Calif
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Frrancisco
Coast Tracins
Needles
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
N. M
May Transfer Actors Hearing To New York
In Chicago on August 27 a decision on temporarily transferring the injunction hearing in the strike against the Up In Mabels Room company to New York will be made by Master in Chancery Zeisler. Levy Mayer, counsel for the managers, said testimony from A. H. Woods and other New York managers is needed to conclude the managers’ side. The injunction targets the production of Up In Mabels Room and Woods production.
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Chicago
New York
Zeisler
Levy Mayer
A. H. Woods
Mabel's
Company, & Woods Production
Pooling by Lincoln fruit firms saves money
Lincoln August 27 pooling of perishables purchases by two Lincoln fruit firms offers an economic edge to consumers, says George Burt manager of J Grainger and company wholesale fruit dealers. He testified in the state attorney general's investigation into marketing conditions noting faster unloading and return of railroad equipment and earlier benefit from market declines.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Fruit
George Burt
J. Grainger and Company
Gary Refuses To Talk With Labor Envoys
NEW YORK Aug 27 Elbert H Gary chairman of United States Steel declined to meet personally John Fitzpatrick and AF of L representatives seeking to organize iron and steel workers A written statement offered to receive any written proposals and stated no interview would be given A strike authorization set for August 30 could be used to push for union recognition and better conditions affecting iron steel and tin industries
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
John Pitzpatrick
American Federation of Labor
Iron and Steel
Mr. Gary
John Fitzpatrick
William Z. Foster
D. J. Davis
Gary
Europe
Samuel Gompers
The
Federation of Labor
Fitzpatrick
Peter Coley Wins after Seventh in First Heat at Great Western Races
Peter Coley owned by A. E. Dorsey and driven by Valentine won the 2:14 trot after finishing seventh in the first heat. Sunny Smiles and Alta Donovan followed. Also, Russell De Forest won the 2:17 pace and Riley McGregor took the 2:25 trot. Best times reported around 2:10 to 2:13.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Peter Coley
A. E. Dorsey
Valentine
Sunny Smiles
Eagan
Alta Donovan
Owen
Dean Swift
Handsome Bingen
Lucy Huz
D. J. Burke
Baby Lally
Velma Todd
Bobby Prigg
Russell de Forest
Brown
W.G. IL
Hardie
Bessie Lynn
Wesday
Little Benn
Vivian Chere
Jimmy L. Patchen
Ig Star
Daisy Grundy
Riley McGregor
Donnie
Shawnee
iAllen
Spike Tolus
Sorrento Bell
WilloBrook Todd
Nabob
Grace Huz
Major Lock Sir
Mexicans Locate Two Pilots Lost Near Border
Mexican cavalry under Captain Trujillo reported escorting to the international boundary two American aviators, Lieutenant Frederick B. Waterhouse and Lieutenant H. Connelly, missing from Rockwell Field since last Wednesday. Found alive in Lower California about two hundred miles southeast of San Diego, the area 800 miles south of the international line.
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EL Centro
Calif
Trujillo
International Boundary
Frederick B. Waterhouse
H. Connelly
Rockwell Field
Baranca
Lower California
San Diego
Three Vie For Honor In Air Race
Three American air service flyers competed in the Mineola to Toronto international aerial derby. Lt M J Plumb finished first at Roosevelt Field with a 26 hour 38 minute gross time, Lt C W Maynard was third after 26 hours 41 minutes, and Maj R W Schroeder completed his leg in 29 hours 27 minutes. Flying times will be official later. aircraft included DeHaviland Four and Vought models.
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Mineola
N. Y
American Air Service
Toronto
M. J. Plumb
C. W. Maynard
R. W. Schroeder
Plumb
Roosevelt Field
Schroeder
Maynard
American Flying Club
DeHaviland
Liberty
Trouble in Capital Over Miners' Strike
Springfield Illinois August 27 violence broke out at the Jones and Adams mine when a guard deterred a Black man from entering the mine. He fired five shots killing Elmer Ghiardi age 13 and wounding two strikers before being arrested. Gov London said militia could be called with state troops to be used if adjutant general recommends.
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Springfield
Jones and Adams
Ples German
Elmer Ghiardi
German
Chicago
London
Dickson
Break Into Jail And Free Two Prisoners
Two strangers broke into a Missouri jail using a bolt cutter and freed four prisoners, including B. F. Ranger from Texas. They tied up guards, cut cell locks, and fled in a waiting car. Ranger had been jailed for forged checks and an attorney from Cameron refused involvement. Western Union telegraph wires were cut, delaying notices until morning. Sheriff Whiteside was away in St. Louis.
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Columbia
B. F. Ranger
Texas
Ranger
Sallie Goldman
Cameron
Tex
Western Union
Nathan King
Morgan to Europe sails for vacation and relatives
J P Morgan sailed for Europe on the steamship Lapland on Tuesday. He says he has had no vacation in five years and plans to visit relatives in England and France. The trip is described as a rest and recreation stay.
Government Takeover of Coal Mines Proposed
Washington August 27 Nationalization of coal mines is urged by many mine workers and a bill to that end was prepared. Harry N Taylor president of the National Coal Association testified before a Senate committee. plan is for government to buy the mines and turn them over to the men for operation. He noted strikes in Illinois Kansas Missouri threaten coal supply this winter. He cited miners wages and conditions, and warned of buying and railway administration forces raising costs while prices to the railroads stay depressed.
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Washington
Harry N. Taylor
National Coal Association
Senate
Taylor
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
United States Railroad Administration
United States
Railway Administration
Railroad Administration
Fuel Administration
Murder of Czar and Family Reported by Reuters
Reuters releases alleged authentic details of the 1918 Yekaterinburg killings. A French officer's account, cited by a Bolshevik guard, says the emperor, empress, their children, physician, and servants were taken to an underground room and all shot by Bolshevik leaders and Lettish soldiers. Only the crown prince survived briefly before being killed.
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London
Nicholas
Russia
Yekaterinburg
Reuters Limited
Kourovsky
Jourvvsky
Killed While Trying To Escape From Cops
MARINETTE Wisconsin August 27 Leone Wiseman of Detroit a wealthy businessman was killed in Hermansville Michigan when a Northwestern freight train struck the automobile he rode with his chauffeur Spectators say the car attempted to beat the train The chauffeur fled the scene in another car a mystery to Hermansville people Escanaba Michigan August 26 The man killed near Hermansville appears to have been trying to escape Hermansville police who allege he and three companions fled in another car as automobile bandits
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Hermiansvilla
Escanaba
Mich
Hermansville
Hear
Sho
Falling Plane Kills Two At Scott Field
BELLEVILLE Aug 27 Second Lieutenant Floyd Meisenheimer of Detroit and Chauffeur Harold Ica of St Marys Ohio were killed at Scott field when their plane fell 200 feet and burned after impact. Meisenheimer piloted the craft while instructing Ice. Both men died at once. bodies charred and vehicle demolished.
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Belleville
Floyd Meisenheimer
Detroit
Harold Ica
St. Mary's Ohio
Scott Field
Meisenheimer
Ice
Severley
Senate committee amends peace treaty over American representation
Washington August 27 The Senate foreign relations committee adopted an amendment striking provisions for American representation on reconstruction commissions under the peace treaty. Debate raged on the Shantung section with McCumber and Borah opposing the change while Hitchcock predicted ratification in September. The panel split along party lines, nine Republicans for the amendment and seven Democrats against it, with Fall defending the broader strategy.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Shantung
McCumber
North Dakota
Borah
Idah
Hitchock
Nebraska
Wilson
Germany
Fall
New Mexico
Belgium
Free City of
Danzig
League of Nations
Hie
China
Japan
Shantung Province
Hitchcock
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Lower
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Carnier
Quincy Whig
Jones and Adams Shaft
Reuters
Czar
Reds
Hitchencock
Korea
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