President Questions Congress Right to Impose Treaty Terms
President Wilson declined to follow Congress in ending sections of existing commercial treaties as allowed by the Merchant Marine Act. He argued termination would breach treaties and exceed congressional authority, with the State Department announcing the decision and Colby supporting the precedent. Wheat prices meanwhile fell sharply on profit taking and export demand shifts.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Dent
Star Department
Amercan
Tore
State Department
Colby
Hayes
USIS
China
Bias Gaid
Levenes Chosen as Premier in Millerand Government
Paris Georges Levenes minister of marine in the Clemenceau cabinet has accepted the call to prime minister under President Millerand. He will also serve as foreign minister. Other ministers are expected to keep their posts.
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Millerand
Paris
Georges Levenes
Marine
Clemenceau Cabine
Freign
Lumber Prices Drop After Co op Cuts Retail Rates
Descriptive notes say a ready cut iron company and a cooperative announced a 20 percent cut in retail lumber prices. Officials credit Henry Ford's pricing actions for triggering the lumber price decrease. In Des Moines Iowa coal miners are working at full capacity ending the risk of an outlaw strike, per George Heap Jr. and John L Lewis.
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Toledo
Co-Operative
Ready-Cut Iron Company
Henr Ford
Iowa
Des Moines
George Heap, Jr
Iowa Coal Operators’ Association
John L. Lew
United Mine Workers
Newspaper Man Regains Sight in Omaha Recovery
Henry Allen Brain erd, a Lincoln journalist and former Nebraska Press Association president in 1914, was nearly blind for two years and regained his sight after a surgical operation in Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
Henry Allen Brainerd
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Press Association
Wool Prices Fall at Cleveland Worsted Mills
Cleveland wool prices drop 15 to 30 percent as officials announce a paring of costs. George H Hodgson, vice president, cites lower raw material costs as the driver of the reduction.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Worsted Mills Company
George H Hodgson
World News Snippets From Washington and Beyond
Secretary Colby refused to refund his action on the federal suffrage amendment. Interstate Commerce Commission fixed October clearance rates for passenger travel. Liquor smuggling reported from Canada. Treasury seeks to buy 200 million in Liberty bonds this fiscal year. U S population near 105.5 million. allied governments owe about 12.6 billion with interest due in 1922.
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Colby
Washington
Tennessee
Hingis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Kouston
Treasury Department
Connecticut ratifies nineteenth amendment in assembly
The Connecticut general assembly in Hartford ratified the nineteenth amendment following a message from Governor Holcomb for a second session within a week. The report also notes unrest in New York and various legal actions across the country, including draft dodger trials and robberies.
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General Assembly of
Connecticut
Hartford
Tholcomb
Dinwiddie to Lead World Anti Alcohol Congress
Edwin C. Dinwiddie former Anti-Saloon League official is elected chair man of the Fifteenth International Congress against alcoholism held in Washington for a six day session. Clara D. Noyes sails to Europe to inspect nursing activities of the Red Cross. Brig Gen Nicholson elected president of the Army and Navy club of America in New York. Thomas F. Wilson reelected president of the Institute of American Meat Packers in Atlantic City. Miss Mary Super returns home shaken by Turkish nationalist actions in Madjin.
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Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Anti-Saloon League of America
Fifteenth International Congress Against
Washington
William J. Nicholson
One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Infantry
Army and Navy Club of America
New York
Thomas FE. Wilson
Chicago
The
Institute of American Meat Packers
Atlantic City
N. J
Mary Super
Children’s Pomeopathic Hospital
Philadelphia
N Madjin
Ruth Hits Record Homer as Yankees Beat St. Louis
Babe Ruth homered to extend his season total in the seventh inning helping the New York Yankees defeat the St. Louis club. Ruth's 4Sth run of the season pushed the visitors ahead and clinched the victory.
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Babe
Ruth
St. Louis
Seariig
New York
St Louis
Turmoil Across Europe as Violence Surges Worldwide
Reports describe Balbrizgan near Dublin wrecked by foreign police forces in re taliation for two officers shot. A dynamite blast in Talavera Madrid harms Friends club with no casualties. France’s Deschanel resigns. Alexander Millerand to run for presidency per Paris official. Italian workers and employers accept Giolitti mediation. Robbery hits Berlin hotel Action. Mexican communist meeting in Mexico City erupts with a pistol shot. Verona fortress Mantua destroyed killing five and injuring many with massive losses.
Iowa News Roundup Includes Fires Floods and Tragedies
Medical graduates and doctors exam at the state house as the University of Iowa dorm heating plant burns for an estimated $5000. Two masked robbers bound a man to his car and stole $92. A Santa Fe worker is killed when his train runs over him. Auto license receipts fund roads since 1911 total over $24 million. Census shows Jasper and Cass counties growing. Two children die in a house fire set by accident. A baby is struck and killed by a train in Council Bluffs. Several older residents die in accidents or natural causes. Other fires consume churches and threaten schools. Sabula creamery owners flee, leaving creditors. A Waterloo man revived after exposure to chloroform and gasoline.
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University of Iowa
Dick Devaney
Council Bluffs
Wabash
Thomas Whistler
Santa Fe
Fort Madison
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Roland
Co. H Christianson
Bureau of Census
Jasper County
Cass Cunty
Vic
L. D. Foreman
New Virginia
John A. Witte
Osage
Ira Smith
Charles W. Smith
Boone
Mexico
Holiness
Ucedruk
Frances Acuna
Lee Acuna
Rock Island
M A Rush
Fort Dodge
B J Price
George A Huffman
Des Moines
Grand Junction
Creston
Sabula
Boris Antin
Morris Vesel
White
Blue Star
George MocWaters
Waterloo
Sioux City
Western Canada Grain Fields Inspire Awe and Big Yields
A long tour through Western Canada's vast wheat belts highlights harvested crops of wheat oats barley flax and corn. Officials estimate the grain crop will surpass a billion dollars with wheat yields of 110 to 120 bushels per acre and prices around 280 per bushel. Cattle horses sheep and dairy output add to the anticipated multi million dollar total as buyers flock west this fall and winter.
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Canada
Western
Bauck
British Ships to Chile Named Almirante Laterre Change
The British battleship Canada was handed to Admiral Sir Louis Gomes of Chile and will not be renamed Almirante Laterre. Chile also takes over destroyers Broke Botha and Faulkner and tug Stofe. The Broke gained fame in 1917 for aiding a split German destroyer squadron in the Channel.
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Canada
Tomlin
Louis Gomes
Almirante
Buit
Aso
Broke
Botha
Faulkner
Stofe
Channel
Swifz
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American Association of the Baking Industry
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