Senate Panel Shifts Shantung To China In Treaty Amendment
The senate foreign relations committee voted 9 to 8 to replace Japan with China in the Versailles treaty articles 156 157 and 158. The change would return German concessions in Shantung to China and was led by Senator Lodge with McCumber voting with Democrats. Shields Hitchcock and Pittman were recorded negative due to absence.
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Washington
United Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Germany
Shantung
China
Lodge
McCumber
Brandegee
Versailles
Committee On Foreign Relations
Shields
Hitchcock
Pittman
Pockets in Shawls Spark Modern Fashion Curiosity
The piece notes pockets being added to women's shawls as a new trend, with observers joking about practicality and style. It discusses evolving tobacco use, pipes and cigars, and mentions cigaret prices and design trends in shops, reflecting a period interest in portable conveniences and fashion.
Poets Rhymsters Attention Contest Notices
A newspaper classified notice invites poets and rhymsters to submit entries to a contests section with details pending. The appeal requests attention and prompts interested writers to submit works for future publication.
Second Yank Force Crosses Into Mexico Reported
Austin August 23 The adjutant general's department received a telegram stating a United States army unit and Ranger Captain Charles F Stevens with five rangers crossed into Mexico from zero early today The telegram was from Ranger W J Robertson It gave no details on the reason for the crossing Fabens lies about 20 miles east of USO
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Austin
Texas
Adjutant General's Department
United States Army
Charles F. Stevens
Mexico
Fabens
Uso
W. J. Robertson
Speeding Bandit Hunt Continues In Northern Mexico
Marfa Texas August 23 American troops pursue a bandit gang across the border in northern Mexico seeking Lieutenants Peterson and Davis for ransom. The expedition marks the longest incursion since 1915 with four outlaws killed and an aviator shot a sniper. Plans call for a base farther south and more planes as forage and supplies move forward.
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Marfa
Tex
Mexico
United States
Peterson
Davis
Pershing
Ita
No Trace of airmen near San Diego
Anxiety grew over the fate of Lieutenants Frederick Waterhouse and Cecil H. Connolly from Rockwell Field as searches continued between San Diego and the Imperial county line. Ground and air reconnaissance followed the DeHAVILand plane last seen leaving Yuma on Wednesday noon, with reports of a cross-border sighting near Calexico and a possible crash in the Jacumba mountains.
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San Diego
Cal
Frederick Waterhouse
Cecil H. Connolly
Rockwell Field
North Island
Imperial County
de Haviland
Yuma
Ariz
Calexico
Eleventh Cavalry
Jacumba
Troops search for kidnapped doctor in Ajusco region
Mexican troops scoured the Ajusco area for Dr. Goenaga a Puerto Rican reportedly held for ransom by bandits. Several detachments joined the search after reports that the gang demanded 15000 dollars.
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Mexico City
Ajusco
Goenaga
Liberty Bond Quotations Reported In New York Market
Liberty bond quotations today in New York Ave A29 show 39s at 99.90, first 4s at 94.16, second 4s at 92.80, first 44s at 4.26, 45s at 98. ?eler 4% notes at 94.80, Victory 4% at 99.68.
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New York, Ave
Liberty
Gence
Hawaii Facing Japanese Political Rise Warns Missionary
Dr. George L. Cady of the American Missionary Society, visiting Seattle, warns Hawaii’s Japanese population may seize political control within 15 years. He cites population figures and dual schooling, noting Japanese birthright citizens and implications for Seattle and the Northwest.
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Hawaii
George L. Cady
American Missionary Society
Seattle
Cady
Hawaiian Islands
Northwest
Donovan Comes to Rescue of Disque in Rail Row
J J Donovan of Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills defended the costly Siems Carey Kerbaugh railroad built to move spruce for the war effort. He testified the project was completed far faster than normal and that labor and conditions reduced efficiency, while arguing ordinary circumstances would have lowered costs. He noted he joined the spruce production board after the contract was awarded and said Disque sought logger counsel throughout.
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Army
J. J. Donovan
Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills
Bellingham
Brice P. Disque
Congressional Investigating Committee
Ai Tho
Siems Carey-Kerbaugh
Donovan
Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh
United States
Spruce Production Corporation
Siems Carey Kerbaugh Corporation
Gen. Disque
Disque
Amos Benson
Portland
Mark Reed
Shelton
Col. Disque
Four Mex Oil Bandits Die
In Laredo Texas on August 23 a military telegram says four of seven bandits who robbed the Pennsylvania Oil company headquarters near Tuxpam Mexico of 50 000 pesos on August 15 were captured and executed by Carranza soldiers. Pennsylvania company employees were tied and gagged during the robbery.
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Laredo
Texas
lFour
Pennsylvania Oil Company
Tuxpam
Mexico
Carranza
Neuvo Laredo
Pennsylvania Company
Calabrian Lovers Tale Ends in Seattle Tragedy
In Siderno and Gerace two villages born of Italian romance, Annie Ravelli forgives her jealous husband whom she had slashed in Seattle. She recounts a long love arc from youth through letters, a marriage at seventeen, and a life shadowed by jealousy and drink. The husband lies dead. doctors expect her swift recovery as she returns to her two boys.
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Italy
Calabria
Siderno
Gerace
Rome
Seattle
Annie Ravelli
Ravelli
Mrs. Ravelli
New York
Swift & Co. Manager Fined for Cold Storage Violation
William G. Fletcher, manager of the Swift & Co. Cleveland branch, was fined 500 dollars plus costs for violating the cold storage act in a case tied to the fight against high prices. The ruling was delivered today in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cleveland
Ohio
William G. Fletcher
Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
Fletcher
Sugar Price Down in Dallas After Government Control
Government resumes control of sugar triggers a sharp drop in wholesale prices in Dallas. Extra fine granulated sugar quoted at 20.18 dollars per hundred pounds as of today.
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Dallas
Texas
Tex
Seattle Star Pays Record Price for Ludendorff Book Rights
The Seattle Star buys Northwest publication rights to General Ludendorff's war book for 3000 dollars, a record price. The New York World pays 15000 dollars for exclusive New York privileges. Ludendorff earns 500000 dollars from the McClure Syndicate and Lord Northcliffe for American and British rights.
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New York
Seattle Star
General Ludendorff
Seattle
McClure
the Star
New York World
McClure Syndicate
Lord Northcliffe
First Ludendorff War History Installment Scheduled
The first installment of Ludendorff's personal history of the war will appear in afternoon papers Monday September 8. After armistice General Ludendorff went to Sweden with records and staff to produce the document awaited by the world.
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Ludendorff
Hiladelphia Public Ledger
Chicago Daily News
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
San Francisco Examiner
Boston Post
Louisville Courier-Journal
Atlanta Georgian
Baltimore News
Los Angeles Examiner
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sweden
Northcliffe Wins Rights for Ludendorff War Memoir
McClure Syndicate and Lord Northcliffe secure serial and blanket rights for a German war memoir by Ludendorff. The book, described as intimate and authentic, details Germany's prewar plans, campaigns, and behind the curtain operations. Simultaneous publication is planned in the United States and major European markets.
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Ludendorff
McClure
George Hutchinson
Lord Northcliffe
Stockholm
England
British Empire
United States
Great Britain
France
Scandinavia
Spain
Italy
Germany
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Silks
Liberty Bonds
Timber Bay
Siems- Carey-Kerbaugh
John
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