World events brief with interwar notes and incidents
Former Field Marshal von Mackensen interned in Saloniki after arriving from Washington City. Railroads inventory orders issued by Director General Hines as private control returns. House committees study war expenditures at about ten thousand dollars monthly. Boston police strike sparks quip about Ole Slanson. Honduras leader Bertrand departs Tegucigalpa amid looting and a Marine landing at Puerto Cortez. Robbery and highway crash kill two reporters in Oregon. Port Aransas hurricane destroys town. Beeville bodies found near Portland. Indiana schools shut over trustee union conflicts. Townley and Gilbert jailed in Minnesota. Prison escape via tunnel at Port Lovell. Family murder-suicide in Chicago. Poisoning at Fort Benning hospital. Philadelphia restaurant clash leaves two dead. UK reexports cotton. Gompers urges Boston police to return. Scranton mine strike continues. League of Nations debate spurs Bell elected GAR commander. Indictments in Indianapolis cost of living probe. CA encampment opposes peace treaty ratification. Ward Line Corydon tragedy. Yarbs beaten at Ysleta.
Series to feature nine games announced in Cincinnati
Garry Herrmann, chairman of the national baseball commission, announced in Cincinnati that nine games will be played in the world series this fall. He outlined plans for the extended series and noted its significance for the sport.
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Cincinnati
Garry Herrmann
National Baseball Commission
Cardinal Mercier Honored At Baltimore Dinner
Personal Cardinal Gibbons hosted a dinner at the archiepiscopal residence in Baltimore in honor of Cardinal Mercier with leading citizens of Baltimore and Washington in attendance. County Judge Thomas F. Scully died at St. Joseph's hospital in Chicago after an operation to remove an ulcer in the stomach. Judge Henry Guerin of the Chicago superior court drowned in Lake Michigan near Muskegon Michigan. Before leaving for Baltimore Cardinal Mercier issued a signed statement praising the American army and General Pershing.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Cardinal Mercier
Washington
Thomas F. Scully
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Chicago
Tienry Guerin
Chicago Superior Court
Lake Michigan
Muskegon
Ie O
General Pershing
Foreign Marshal Foch Seeks Body of Son Killed in 1914
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Foch requests Belgian authorities search for his son’s body who fell in August 1914 in the Ardennes. Admiral Kolchak advances against Bolsheviks according to London sources. Britain allocates 4.5 million pounds to Red Cross hospitals in Ireland and Wales. A Franco Polish treaty will move 100000 Polish workers to France to ease unemployment. Monarchist agents travel to Vienna from Switzerland amid calls for German backing.
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Marshal Foch
Belgian Ardennes
Paris
Kolchak
London
Plan to Cancel Strikes in U S Widens Labor Crisis
A秘密 memorandum to President Gompers proposes that the U S president join the A F L and that all strikes be halted to meet a perilous national crisis. The plan seeks elected union officials by secret vote and grants the president power to suspend or remove strike actions during a national emergency.
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New York
United States
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
League of A. F. of L
John J. Pierce
Isadore Westein
James P. Holland
State Federation of Labor
Holland
Messrs. Westein
Pierce
A. F. of L
Executive Council
League
Europe
Hergesheimer Speaks on Copyright and Lifespan of Art
Joseph Hergesheimer addressed the Authors' Club in New York on copyright law and losses to writers and heirs after 58 years. He quipped that authors fear not Bolsheviks, noting artists like Rubens left many works, suggesting lasting influence beyond a single painting.
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Joseph Hergesheimer
Authors’ Club
New York
Hergesheimer
Rubens
Freezone unveils quick corn removal with painless drops
Advert says Freezone costs little and, with a few drops, lifts off any corn or callus without pain. It claims instant relief and rooted removal using a tiny bottle, sold at drug stores and applied by fingers.
A Great Season
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls sailors meeting people at the sea, two charming men opposed by parents, and the notion that a sailor who falls out of his ship feels all in while many men gain training by making excuses.
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Lars
Stern Father and Son In New York Wire To $200 Rescue
Colonel Breckinridge of the Navy League commented in New York on a stern father and a son in trouble. He said the father sent the son to New York to seek an opening, and the son telephoned to wire $200 as he found himself in a hole.
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Colonel Breckinridge
Navy League
New York
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von Mackensen
Saloniki
Washington State Department
Hines
Besen
House
Page
Appropriations Committee
Boston
Senate
Myers
Bertrand
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Cleveland
Puerto Cortez
Ben F. Alien
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Port Aransas
Tex
Trouston
Beeville
Portland
Whitepoint
Corpus Christie
Stockton Township
Greene County
Indiana
Linton
James T. Roach
Nonpartisan League
Ad Joseph Gilbert
Jackson County
Jackson, Minn
J. C. Dean
Port Doveglas
Salt Lake City
James Kolarik
Oliver Enger
Fort Benjamin Garrison
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Dominions
Samuel Gompers
Delaware & Trudson Company
Scranton
Hiram Johnson
California
William E. Borah
Idaho
Medill McCormick
Ilinois
Wilson
Middle West
Highty-third Street
Jeffery Avenue
Harriet McCrea
Dora McCrea
United States Steel Corporation
James D. Bell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Grand Army of the Republic
Columbus
O. D. M. Hall
Ingk
Indianapolis
G. A. RR
Ward Line
Corydon
Bahama Channel
Florida
Miami
HH. A. Garnes
Rio Grande
Ysleta
Erestland and
Wales
British Red Cross Society
France
Poland
Vienna
Switzerland
Karl
Austria
Germany
U.S
Toit Organization
Ackage
Talenmaticnra
Dat. B
Parker
Hinderco
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