Wilson to Tour West Very Soon
President Wilson plans a swing around the circle to promote ratification of the peace treaty. The itinerary covers at least 50 major cities with a Pacific coast finish and a return by the southern route. Public addresses will focus on immediate ratification as Senate debates amendments unfold.
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Washington
Wilson
Pacific Coast
White House
San Francisco
Tumulty
Golden Gate
Roosevelt
Pershing
Gen. Pershing
New York
Tumulto
St Louis
Chicago
Columbus
Cincinnati
St. Loui
Sioux City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
Bismarck
Nod
Ridings
Helena
Ment
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Witnesses across nation oppose Kenyon and Kendricks bills
Witnesses from Texas to New York City representing stockmen grocers farmers feeders bankers and commission men testified against the Kenyon and Kendricks bills regulating the packing industry before the Senate agriculture committee. Opponents argued the bills would license and regulate the industry, with discussion of price and supply implications and alleged wholesaler collusion. An embargo on passenger and baggage service to California was also reported in Kansas.
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Swashington
United States
Texas
New York City
Kenyon
Kendricks
Senate Agriculture Committee
Frank Currie
Gard
Neb
Germany
Currie
Woody D. Williams
Omaha
French Chamber Delays Vote On German Peace Treaty
Paris August 27 slow progress marked the chamber of deputies debate on ratification of the German peace treaty. After three speakers the House adjourned until tomorrow with Premier Clemenceau and ministers present and audience shouting lazy men as the vote option was chosen.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Benoist
League of Nations
Jhdy
War laws divide on Cavell case bar says
Edith Cavell’s death, executed by Germany, is cited by a minority of the American Bar Association as in line with civilized warfare. A majority push cautions against abolishing the death penalty for women spies and favors trained military lawyers and stricter counsel for accused soldiers.
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Baltimore
Edith Cavell
American Bar Association
William P. Bynum
Greensboro
N.C
Gregory
Andrew A. Bruse
Minneapolis
Martin Conboy
New York
John Hinkley
Mr. Gregory
Paces
Palmer promises wide cleanups after New York arrests
Attorney General Palmer announced that arrests in New York for violation of the prohibition law will be followed by cleanups in other cities. He said liquor dealers who thought enforcement lay idle for wartime price controls would be shown their mistake and that saloon keepers maintaining their organization may face action as constitutional prohibition goes into effect. Enforcement will be split between the justice department and Treasury internal revenue service with a new bureau and experienced staff.
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Washington
New York
Palmer
Department of Justice
Mr. Palmer
Bureau of Investigation
Treasury Bureau of Internal Revenue
Roper
Internal Revenue
Miners Union Split Over Strike Order
An Illinois policy committee of insurgent miners calls a statewide strike to oppose President Farrington, predicting most mines will shut by Monday. J Th Slinger signs, with seven of eleven sub districts organized and mass meetings planned. In Chicago, southern Illinois operators may remit fines if miners return to work under the old contract. Farrington warns locals may have charters revoked if they don’t.
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Springfield
Til
Illinois
Farrington
J. TH. Slinger
Ilinois Fields
Slinger
Chicago
Mlinoig
Frank Farrington
Rice Miller
Hillsboro
Pittburgh Railway Strike Ends After 11 Day Walkout
Pittsburgh area strike by Pittchurch railway company employees ends after 11 days. Cars to be operated today by strike breakers under deputy guard as company resumes service.
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Pittsburgh
Arg
Strese Car Verice
Fufbee
Pittchurch Raidlways Company
Hogs Off Dollar In Chicago Market Due To Lack Of Buyers
Chicago market reports a $1 per hundredweight drop in hog prices while beef cattle prices fall. Market men blame high living costs and weak demand as packers withdraw buyers, leaving thousands of hogs and cattle unsold amid rising livestock receipts. Prices broadly decline as crop abundance and fruit and vegetable costs ease. United States Bureau of Markets notes 204 carloads of potatoes on track and notable fruit arrivals.
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Chicago
United States Bureau of Markets
New York to Welcome Pershing with September Parade
New York plans a September 10 military review to honor General Pershing. He will ride at the head of thousands of overseas veterans led by the First Division and other U.S. forces along Fifth Avenue. The Leviathan, carrying Pershing and staff with about 10,000 First Division troops, arrives Sandy Hook September 8, escorted by flotillas of boats and aircraft.
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New York
General Pershing
New York City
Hylan
Sandy Hook
Plane Blazing Path Over U S In Chicago
A Milwaukee built 26 passenger plane flew 100 miles in 58 minutes arriving in Chicago on the first leg of a planned trans continental route. Alfred W Lawson announced the ship left Milwaukee at 66 p m and reached Chicago at 6 58 p m It measures 50 feet long 95 foot wingspan with twin Liberty engines The enclosed cabin seats two dozen feet by seven feet with seven feet interior height The flight carried no passengers and a pilot plus three mechanics accompanied Mr Lawson on the trip plans to depart for New York in a few days and then across the continent to San Francisco.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Alfred W. Lawson
New York
Lawson
San Francisco
Steel Workers Chief Sends Letter To Gary
John Fitzpatrick of the steel workers committee says a new communication has been drafted in reply to E H Gary refusing to recognize the union. Samuel Gompers and AFL executive board will meet in Washington next Thursday to consider steel workers demands. Martial law extended to all Hungary per Budapest dispatch. New York stock exchange board of governors has voted to close Saturday.
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New York
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
John Fitzpatrick
Steel Workers’ Committee
Gary
Fitzpatrck
Samuel Gempers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Paris
Budapest
Hungary
Havas
Close Exchange
Board of Governors
End of California Strike Threatened by Railway Union Order
W. G. Lee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen ordered Southern California members to return to work or face suspension, warning the sympathy strike worsens the situation. Gov. Hines said leaders sent final instructions to end the strike, aiming to restore control before government action. Train cancellations and embargoes disrupted Pacific coast rail traffic, with fruit shipments and gasoline sales affected and South California stations largely idle.
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Los Angeles
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway
Brotherhood
California
Lee
International Organization
Warren S. Stone
Hines
Washington
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Ward and Switchmen
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Southern
Southern Pacfic Company
Santa Clara Valley
San Jose
San Francisco Bay District
Western Pacific
East
Santa Barbara
Fresno
Pacific Electric System
Navy Uniform Robbery At Paris Bar Targets Footit
Six men in United States navy uniforms held up a Paris bar last night. They forced patrons against the wall and rifled the till, taking 10 000 francs, Footit the clown's watch, and a diamond ring. Footit struck a assailant with a champagne bottle, causing no serious injuries.
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Ty Associated Press
Paris
United States Navy
Footit
Aftr
Ambassador Morris Pleads For Kolchak
Cablegrams from Ambassador Morris urge immediate U S recognition of the Kolchak government to save Siberia from Bolshevism though it may come too late. The plea stresses recognition as the only action to salvage the situation in Siberia.
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Washington
Morris
Kolchak
United States
Siberia
Prices falling slowly as federal drive weighs in
Washington reports prices are easing in parts of the country but the decline lacks momentum for immediate impact. Attorney General Palmer says the government seeks a fair chance to show it can lower living costs, with expected gains when Congress amends the food control law to sanction profiteers. Palmer notes progress in securing promises from shoe makers to cap prices and condemns shopkeeper propaganda predicting higher future prices.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Palmer
Congress
Mr. Palmer
Submits Novel Railroad Plan for 10 House Body
Washington Aug 28 Judge G G Anderson urged a federal railroad company plan combining government and private ownership. The plan forms a single national system with eminent domain, labor on board, and rates set on service at cost subject to ICC. Present bonds and dividends protected, stock exchange options offered. Senate bill seeks unification into one privately owned system with minimum earnings guarantees.
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Washington
G. G. Anderson
United States District Court of Boston
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Anderson
Senate
Lenroot
Wisconsin
I.tem
Cardinal Mer cer to sail for New York on Agamemnon
In Brussels on August 27 Cardinal Mer cer will depart Brest bound for New York aboard the army transport Agamemnon. The U S Government extended an invitation for him to sail on the transport.
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Brussels
Cardinal Mercder
United States
New York
Agamemnon
Brest
Senate clash over Shantung aid sparks heated debate
Aug 28 Senate debate on the peace treaty turns bitter as Fall accuses McCumber of defending Japan’s Shantung seizure. Both men raise voices and pound desks while Nelson heckles. The foreign relations panel delays further action as hearings schedule extends and a Republican conference discusses a substitute reservation.
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Fall
New Mexico
McCumber
North Dakota
Shantung
Japan
China
Germany
Foreign Relations Committee
Nelson Republican
Minnesota
Senate
Nelson
White House
Five Thousand Fight Forest Fire In West
MISSOULA Mont Aug 28 Five thousand men composing the fire fighting forces of the federal forest service are battling hundreds of fires sweeping Montana and northern Idaho with little hope of controlling the flames until rain intervenes The forest service HQs here said federal troops refused to aid and there is no shortage of men feared
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Missoula
Mont
Federal Forest Service
Atso
Montana
Idaho
Forest Service
Shopmen In Moline Reject Four Cent Wage Boost
In Moline United States railway shopmen react to a four cent an hour wage increase offered by the railroad administration. At Silvis where 1500 men work, workers inscribe cries like we get only four cents and heed the Almighty’s words. A local strike vote is planned for Friday at noon.
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Moline
Wilson
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Silvis
United States
Railroad Administration
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