President Wilson pushes extended food control and anti hoarders drive
The article recounts President Wilson urging Congress to extend food control, curb profiteering, regulate cold storage, require price labeling on storage goods, license interstate corporations, and pass measures on security issues. It notes strong Democratic support and contrasted reception with his peace treaty address.
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Wilson
Congress
America
New Jersey
Capital Issues Committee
Dynamite Mystery Solved in Los Angeles
Charles H. Mc Gwire assistant engineer in Los Angeles Public Works leaped from the Hall of Records after learning of an impending indictment for dynamiting Oscars Lawler home former assistant attorney general of the United States. Public officials held him responsible for the recent dynamiting and Woolwine District Attorney's office was involved.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles H. McGwire
Municipal Department of Public Works
Thomas L. Woolwine
Hall of Records
Oscar Lawler
United States
McGwire
Injunction Sought Against War Time Prohibition
Scatena Lawson and Perell sue in federal court to bar enforcement of the war time prohibition. Plaintiffs, California vineyard and winery owners, name United States District Attorney F Gaffey and Internal Revenue Collector William H Edwards as defendants. They ask for an injunction against enforcement of the prohibition law.
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New York
Scatena, Lawson & Perell
California
United States District
F Gaffey
Willam H. Edwards
Internal Revenue
Secretary Lanning says American draft not pressed at Versailles
Secretary of State Stobert Lanning testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the American plan for a League of Nations was not pressed at Versailles and was never presented to the full peace conference. He could not confirm whether any draft remained in the President's possession.
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Lansing
Washington
Plumb Faces Questions Over Rail Labor Plan
Glenn B. Plumb appearing before the House Interstate Commerce Committee defended the Railroad Brotherhoods plan for tripartite rail control. He warned of possible revolution if Congress rejects the proposal, and described democracy in industry as essential. He disputed the Soviet comparison and described popular misperceptions of the Soviet system.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Glenn B. Plumb
Organized Labor
Plumb
Congress
Sanders
Indiana
Government flour sale plan set at 8.10 a barrel
Julius H. Barnes announces United States Grain Corporation will sell flour at 8.10 a barrel with price limits for wholesalers jobbers and retailers. Flour in 140 pound sacks priced 10 in the West of Illinois Indiana line and west of the Mississippi Cairo to the Gulf excluding the Pacific coast and 10.25 for the rest of the country.
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New York
United States Grain Corporation
Julius H. Barnes
Illinois
Indiana Hne
Mississippi River
Cairo
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast
Hines to Pass on Wages Demands
President Wilson notified Director General Walker D. Hines that he is authorized to evaluate the wage demands of railroad shop employees on their merits. The White House letter states the issue must remain at a standstill until workers return and recognize their union authority.
Albert and son to tour America this fall
Brussels prince Albert and his son, Prince Albert, plan a mid September departure for a nationwide American tour. They will not return until Belgian elections require their presence. Cardinal Mercier is set to sail for America on September 4.
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Albert
America
Brussels
Prince Albert
Cardinal Mercier
Four Finns Arrested in Bronx for Anarchy Literature
Four Finnish men were arrested by bomb squad detectives after a raid on their Bronx apartment. They were charged with criminal anarchy under an old penal code section. Investigators found anarchistic literature and a loaded revolver. Authorities say the men distributed substantial revolutionary propaganda among foreign born workers urging violent measures to overthrow the government.
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New York
Bronx
United States
Guarded Brooklyn Cars Deepens Citywide Rioting
On the second day of the Brooklyn street car strike, three people were wounded by revolver fire, seven beaten seriously, and over fifty injured in scattered clashes. Mayor Hylan sought federal arbitration as police deploy large forces to prevent further bloodshed while transit lines remain largely paralyzed.
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New York
Brooklyn
John F. Hylan
Lindley M. Garrison
Federal Ac
Brooklyn Rapid Transs
Manhattan
Manhattan Island
Food stocks higher in June than 1918 despite price rise
Washington reports that storage of key foods on June 1 rose 20 percent from a year earlier, excluding government stocks. The Federal Trade Commission memorandum says larger supplies while prices stay high suggest speculative withholding for anticipated world demand and wage-driven price effects.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Governor Bilbo Attacked in Mississippi Office
Governor Theodore Bilbo was knocked down in the Mississippi Secretary of State office. Assistant Attorney General Walter Dent reportedly struck the governor with a punch, prompting officials to intervene. Dent allegedly attacked after Bilbo reflected on him in a newspaper lawsuit.
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Bilbo
Jackson
Miss
Theodore Bilbo
Walter Pent
Secretary of State
Dent
Girl Restores Soldier’s Speech With Tickling Tale
In Laporte Indiana a pretty girl named Miss Margaret tickles Will Pabrman a soldier, reviving his voice seven months after it vanished overseas. Doctors remain puzzled as relaxed muscles show no healing progress.
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Laporte
Ind
Will Pabrman
Miss Margaret
Physician Stain in Springfield Shoots Woman Over Marriage Refusal
Dr Henry Zimm erman, a Springfield physician just discharged from the army, was shot and killed by Miss Jennie Zimmerman after a street quarrel over his refusal to marry her. The shooter, not related to the victim, has Red Cross and war-work ties and is sole support for several children since her father's death. Her mother is in Northampton Hospital for the Insane.
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Springfield
Mass
Henry Zimmerman
Jennie Zimmerman
Miss Zimmerman
Red Cross
Northampton Hospital For the
Allies Agree on Thrace Division for Free States Plan
The Paris peace conference proposes splitting Thrace into Eastern and Western sections with Greece gaining portions and two thirds of Western Thrace forming a League of Nations free state. Eastern Thrace halves into Greece and Constantinople area with a third to a future state. A technical commission will implement the plan before a September vacation.
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Constantinople
League
Paris
Thrace
Greece
League of Nations
Congress Urged to Probe Railroad Looting Claims
Glenn B. Plumb told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that information from Wall Street and major banks points to a systematic plundering of public transportation highways. He cited rail lines including New Haven, Chicago and Alton, Rock Island and Frisco as examples and said further concrete information would be provided to warrant a full congressional investigation.
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Washington
Wall Street
Morgan
Rockefeller
Railroad Brotherhoods
United States
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Glenn B. Plumb
Chicago
Plumb
New Haven
Striking shopmen begin returning to work nationwide
Reports reach the Railroad Administration that striking shopmen are returning to work while wage demands are adjusted by Director General Hines. Officials in Kansas City and Cincinnati expect normal conditions to resume and local authorities are aiding union chairmen in urging a swift return to work.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Hines
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Boston food riot as Mattapan women boycott stores
In Mattapan Boston twelve hundred people mostly women joined a food price protest. Eight police officers were needed to disperse the crowd after a woman faced attack for breaking the boycott by purchasing a chicken.
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Boston
Mass
Mattapan
Government to Put Packers Case Before Federal Grand Jury
In Washington the government will place the five big packers case before a Federal Grand Jury meeting in Chicago in about three weeks. Charles B. Clyne, U S district attorney at Chicago, said indictments under the Sherman act will be sought and civil suits would follow under the same statute. The packers would also face charges under the food act for violations connected with their operations.
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Washington
Chicago
Charles B. Clyne
Push Campaign Against Profiteers Names Investigation Boards
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports a nationwide push by Food Administrators to form fair price committees in each county. Attorney General Palmer urges committees to gather accurate pricing data and post fair prices, with enforcement by the Justice Department against profiteering in essential commodities.
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Union News Service
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Palmer
Congress
Department of Justice
United States
Five Die in Auto Train Crash Near Lawton Michigan
Westbound train struck a car carrying a man, his wife, and three children near Lawton Michigan. The man was identified as George Polakow and his 12-year-old son. The Chicago woman, Mrs. Silverman, and her two daughters aged 10 and 6 also perished. A flagman warned the crossing but the car allegedly stalled onto the tracks. The collision occurred beside a crowded station platform where spectators were awaiting an eastbound train.
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Lawton
Mich
George Polakow
Pawpaw
Silverman
Chicago
Pollakow
Seven Die in Fire at Montreal Scenic Railway Amusement Park
Seven persons including three men two women and a boy perished in a blaze at a scenic railway attraction near Montreal. Rescue crews recovered three male and two female bodies with a boy and others still missing. Authorities fear more deaths as searches continue. cause undetermined though suspected to be a cigarette or match.
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Montreal
Murphy Accuses Wilson Over Ireland Visit Refusal
Irish-American Commissioner J A Murphy accuses President Wilson of colluding with Britain's government to suppress an Ireland inquiry after being denied permission to visit Ireland. Murphy says he will sail to New York in a few days and predicts the Peace Conference will ignore the Irish issue due to Wilson’s stance with Lloyd George.
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Paris
Ireland
J. A. Murphy
Wilson
Great Britain
Murphy
New York
Lloyd George
Aviators Shatter Cross Country Flight Record
Air service aviators covered 60 482 miles in the week ending, the highest total for cross country flying on record. The figure excludes training flights at camps.
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Washington
Freight Car Shortage Seen With Privatization Nears
The equipment industry consensus warns of a freight car shortage in the United States as privatization nears. Poor car condition, inefficient handling, and delays in repairs drive the issue while the Railroad Administration is not expected to order new cars as railroads transition back to private ownership.
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New York
Privat
Islands Almost Solid Rock On Aran Islands Of Galway
The Aran islands near Galway are nearly bare rock with soil eroded away by wind and rain. Once religious strongholds, they now show only ruined monasteries and churches. About 8,000 residents are a hardy mix of Irish Spanish and French heritage. They spin and sew using cowhide, and women wear bright scarlet dresses against the gray landscape.
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Aran Islands
Galway
The
Arans
Drinks at Dutch taverns in early New York history
The piece lists 18th century beverages from a Dutch tavern in what is now New York, naming Aniseed Water, Orange Water, Cordials, Irish Whisky and other liquors. It notes funerals served many liquors but the custom faded as mourners’ intoxication seemed improper, drawing a quip that Temperance ended funerals.
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New York
Wordsworth Praises Harriet Martineau's Ambleside Home
Wordsworth visits Miss Harriet Martineau at Ambleside and comments on the landscape. He predicts the property’s value will triple within ten years, surprising the guests with a humorous note on the domain’s future.
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Wordsworth
Harriet Martineau
Ambleside
Miss Martineau
Widow told to worry man over chicken pie claim
A West Dallas widow reports a lunch counter magnate offered to teach her to make a chicken pie without handling a chicken if she agreed to worry him. She alleges the offer was a trade secret pending.
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Dallas
Texas
Pay Attention to Brakes and Proper Adjustment
Do not expect to stop quickly if brakes are too loose. Brakes operate effectively only when kept in good condition and properly adjusted.
Cincinnati Markets Hay and Grain Prices Summary
Cincinnati markets report varied commodity prices from corn, hay, butter, and cattle. No. 2 white corn quoted around 2.04 to 2.05 with other grades near 2.02 to 2.08. timothy hay per ton around 26.82 to 28.76. cattle prices range from 7 to 18.75 for various classes. hogs and sows quoted up to 18.50.
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