License Plan for Large Corporations Urged in Senate Measure
Senate debate centers on Kellogg proposal to license corporations with 10 million dollars in assets under the Federal Trade Commission. The plan aims to limit price fixing and monopoly power, with licenses revocable for abuse. Proponents cite wartime profits and rising living costs, while opponents seek broader enforcement.
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Washington
Kellogg
Minnesota
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Congress
Senate
Borah
City Car Men Resolve Seniority Question Without Strike
After a Monday conference with Mayor Hanson Superintendent Murphine Fred Hoover and union leaders the seniority dispute among city street car workers was settled without a strike vote The decision confirms city line seniority governs but the union pressed the old traction lines and the matter now rests with the board of public works and city corner for final settlement.
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Hanson
Morphine
Fred Hoover
Street Car Men's Union
Old Traction
Old City Line
Letty
Murphine
International
Public Works
Boys Steal Yacht Kidnap Two Girls in Grand Haven Plot
CHICAGO Aug 12 Suspected thieves seized the yacht Briar from Grand Haven Michigan and sailed away with two 16 year old girls held aboard as prisoners. A quantity of Aquor believed stolen from Grand Haven is aboard the craft.
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Chicago
Grand Haven
Mich
Lake Porta
Iria
Senate moves on treaty plans amid reservations debate
In Washington a "mild reservationista" camp pushes for quick ratification of the peace treaty. A conference with Lodge allies aims to win Democratic support for reservations. Senators press for fuller Paris records while hearings seek constitutional challenges to the pact and U S defense commitments to France.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Lodge
Capitol
Paria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
David H. Miller
State Department
Ledger
League
Judiciary Committee
America
France
Fire Fighters Die in Forest Flames Near Leavenworth
Sylvester Scritemier and an unidentified Japanese worker were burned to death while battling a fire near a Great Northern Lumber Co camp. Scritemier, brother of the lumber company’s manager, and another Japanese firefighter were overtaken by flames as a rear fire closed in. The remaining Japanese escaped to safety.
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Leavenworth
Sylvester Scritemier
Great Northern Lumber Company
Secritemier
F. 8
Scritemier
Drowning of Dorothy Richardson in Feather River
Dorothy Richardson, 12, daughter of Dr. N. F. Richardson of Yuba City, drowned in the Feather River today after stepping into a deep hole while wading. This marks the fourth drowning in the Feather River this summer.
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Yuba City
Cal
Dorothy Richardson
N. FE. Richardson
Feather River
Labor Capital Conference Plan Gains Mixed Backing
Washington reports a push for a joint capital and labor conference with bipartisan hearings planned. Critics from the American Manufacturers Association challenge the roster of invitees while labor groups voice support and Gompers protests potential exclusions.
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American Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
John PD. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Askea
Fred Britton
Chicago
Kelly Poindexter
Banking and Financial Associations
Chambers of Commerce
Manufacturers’ Associations
Britton
Murder suspect to demand his liberty
In Olympia on August 12, Mrs. Seabank says the murdered woman found near here last June was not Mrs. Roy Taylor of South Bend. She claims Mrs. Taylor is alive in Sacramento under the name Vivian Gilroy, and that Taylor and Mrs. Taylor boarded with Seabank in Portland. Taylor was arrested August 7 as authorities probe the case.
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Washington
Roy Dickinson
Ink
Kelly
Olympia
Here
Roy Taylor
South Bend
Mra
George Seabank
Taylor
Vivian Gilroy
Wardrobe Trunks and Fiber Steamer Trunks For Sale
Basement Union Street side offers Oshkosh Wardrobe Trunks priced from 37.50 to 150.00 and Belcher Wardrobe Trunks from 37.50 to 150.00. Fiber Trunks range 27.50 to 32.50, with heat and round-edge construction and heavy steel corners. Fiber Steamer Trunks in 36 or 38 inch sizes are 15.00.
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Oshkosh
Belcher
Union Street
Plan for New Fire Stations in 1920 Budget
The public safety committee recommended two new stations in the 1920 budget: one at 15th Ave and Harrison St costing $25,000 and another at First Ave S and Hanford St costing $25,000 to replace the outdated First Ave 8 S and Hanford St station. Remaining funds cover repairs to existing stations per Fire Chief F L Stetson and Building Superintendent J A Johnson.
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F. L. Stetson
J. A. Johnson
Public Safety
15Th Ave
Harrison St
First Ave. S
Hanford St
First Ave
Five Million Saved From Laurentic Wreck
Five million dollars in gold bullion has been saved from the hulk of the British liner Laurentic sunk during the war. Salvage operations continue on other vessels that carried gold and silver bullion when sunk by the Germans.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Laurentic
Gerrans
Vote cash for Seagit project advances city power plan
City council read a May or Hanson communication supporting the Gorge Creek power project. A. H. trons reported the site feasible and council approved a $30,000 increase to $60,000 for continued borings and work. Councilman Bolton sought details before voting, then endorsed the measure. The panel also adopted a 250 zone downtown safety rule and referred a fish market appropriation to committees.
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Hanson
A. H. Trons
Gorge Creek
A. F. Haas
William Hickman Moore
C. B. Fitzgerald
T. H. Bolton
Skagit
Bolton
Public Safety and Finance Committees
Plan to Discuss Longshore Wages
Portland delegates from shipping civic and commercial interests and Longshoremen's union leaders head for Seattle to attend a wage conference. The group aims to develop a program on demands for better working conditions and wage increases, seeking $1.00 an hour straight time and $1.50 overtime. The Seattle meeting is seen as vital for Pacific coast ports.
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Portland
Seattle
Sound City
A Charming Butterfly Negligee Sale Highlighted
An advertisement promotes a charming butterfly negligee priced at five dollars ninety five cents. The piece notes jacquard crepe a silk and cotton mix and emphasizes an enticing price.
Sinn Fein meeting dispersed by air surveillance
In Belepast Ireland authorities spotted a forbidden Sinn Fein meeting at Arma gh when an airplane overhead alerted police and soldiers who dispersed the gathering.
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Belepast
Irelanad
Sinn Wethers
Armagh
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Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Townsend
LaFollette
Underwood
Smith
South Caralina
Brandegee
Connecticut
Nelson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
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Lovie Basement
MANLY
Alf. Geldof
Star
Hasty M. Manly
War Labor Board
Poindexter
Pennsylvania
Joint Committee On Labor
J. M. C. Smith
House
Kenyon
Senate Committee
Congrena
Rockefeller, Morgan
Mmi Nole Manufacturers’ Association
Senator Poindexter
Basil Manley
Mantey
Taft
Redfield
Charles F. Hughen
Lane
Gompers
LABOR
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Tving
Pittsburg
Kolinsky
Alaska
Seagit
Council
Batiste
Copenhagen
BON Marche
Sinn Fein
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