Rail commissions threaten price surge and wage rise says attorney
Clifford Thorne, a transportation attorney, warns the Interstate Commerce Commission's actions on railway valuations and rate adjustments may trigger widespread price hikes and higher wages. He notes the commission has reduced railway valuations, liberalized some rulings, and could impact grain pricing, while stressing the broader economic impact on shippers and the nation.
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Clifford Thorne
Proms
Thorne
Tim
Commission
Com
United
Thorne Sai
Lighting Department Budget Up For 1921 Up
Supt J D Ross seeks a 1921 budget boost for the lighting department with 227 50 appropriated versus 2247 00 in 1920 The council has granted most increases in a general blanket rise The request also included a $5070 salary raise for Ross and a new $3120 a year assistant The general supplies item asks 2077 50 against 1520 297 50 last year
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J. D. Ross
Ross
Japan Likely to Keep Occupied Siberia Amid Shifting Alibis
London officials debate Japan's next policy on Siberia after troop reinforcements and evacuations promises. They view Japan's aim as maintaining a dominant Far East position, justifying continued occupation with protection of subjects and frontier stability, while pressuring for recognition of the Verkhne Udinek regime as a Moscow tool.
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Foreign Office
Japan
Siberia
Vladivostok
Earder
Tokyo
Japon
Russia
Siberian
Verkhne Udinek
Moscow
Second Battalion Moves to Fort Lawton
Fort Lawton becomes the permanent home for Companies BE FG and H of the First Infantry. Maj Frederick A Barker leads the Second Battalion into Seattle after a three day march from Camp Lewin, with plans to recruit to 600. The Fourth Division troops arrive from Fort Dodge, and the Forty-fourth Infantry departs to the Presidio, California.
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Fort Lawton
George Washington
Paul Revere
Anthony Wayne
Seattle
Frederick A. Barker
All States Army
United States Army
Camp Lewin
Spokanest Bridge
L. E. Watford
Washington Good Roads Association
Police Department
Lawton
Camp Lewis
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Forty-fourth Infantry
Presidio
California
Tokyo Seeks U S Road Aid From American Engineers
Tokyo officials threaten agitation if three American road engineers ten assistants and twenty five workers are imported for a major road program. Samuel Hill influenced the plan, with Tokyo expecting 35 million dollars for improvements and a 1.5 million gift from the emperor. Work could take about five years.
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Samuel Hill
Japan
America
Daredevil and Pal Die in Aerial Crash at 1000 Feet
Lieutenant Omer Locklear a renowned aerial acrobat and Lieutenant Milton Elliott were killed when their airplane failed to recover from a high spin during a stunt sequence for The Flywayman film. Five searchlights lit the crash as the craft plunged and burned. both flyers were described as fearless and veteran army air service instructors.
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Cal
Omer Locklear
Milton Elliott
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Eliote
Filers
Elliott
Army Air Service
Arthur Davis to Speak on Irrigation at Northwest Congress
Arthur P. Davis director of the United States reclamation service will address the Northwest Irrigation Development congress in Seattle on September 16 and 17. He is in California attending the congress held in the interests of the Colorado basin project. Idaho will send exhibits of products from lands made productive by irrigation to the congress.
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Northwest Irrigation Development
Seattle
Arthur P. Davis
United States Reclamation Service
California
Colorado
Congress
Idaho
Democratic leaders hail Harding speech reaction in nation
Dayton leaders claim the nation reacts to Senator Harding's acceptance speech with optimism. They say Senator Harding's peace proclamation via congressional resolution, paired with a new world organization, will propel their campaign on a league or no league basis.
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Herbert W. Walker
Dayton
Ohio
Cox
Benator Harding
Hanting
Harding May Quit Front Porch Campaign
Marion Ohio August 3 reports Republican leaders seriously consider abandoning the front porch campaign. Advisers urge Senator Warren G Harding to tour the Pacific Coast and Atlantic seaboard, delivering no more than two speeches daily.
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Harding May
Front Porch
Marion
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Republican Ball and Rally Invites Gaps and Public
All Gaps invited to attend the Republican ball and rally in the Masonic auditorium Friday night hosted by the King County Women’s Republican club. The event aims to connect attendees with candidates, chaired by Mrs. H. F. Sheldog. The grand match starts at 8 o’clock.
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Masonic Auditorium
Women's Republican Club
King County
H. F. Sheldog
Delegates Gather for Pacific Coast Claim Conference
Delegates from Vancouver to Mexico and east to Salt Lake and Denver attend a two day session at the Rye Hotel. W. H. Whiteman chairs the conference with T. G. Fagen as secretary. Officers to be elected at tomorrow's meeting.
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Rye Hotel
Vancouver
Mexico
W. H. Whiteman
Western Pacific Line
T. G. Fagen
Amistant
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised
Washington Indiana woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and enabling a successful pregnancy and birth. She describes prior nervousness and fear, notes the medicine’s safety, and endorses its use for fertility based on her experience and similar letters published by the company.
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Washington
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Childreen
Lydia E. Pinkhem
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