Forty Warrants for Food Violators Reported in Ohio
Ohio officials announce approximately forty arrests tied to alleged violations of the Smith Storage Act as Governor Cox seeks federal help to obtain about 2.5 million pounds of meats held illegally. Mitchell Palmer may oversee prosecutions. cases hinge on Supreme Court rulings regarding evidence from storage act violations.
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Yes
Execu
Columbus
Mitchell Palmer
United States Army
James M. Cox
Ohio
Ocal
Governor’s Office
Attorney General’s Department
Chicago
Supreme Court
Franklin County
Hugo N. Schlessinger
Ford Awarded Six Cents In Anarchist Editorial Suit
Henry Ford won six cents damages in a $1,000,000 suit against the Chicago Tribune over an editorial titled Ford Is an Anarchist. A jury in Judge James Tucker's court deliberated 11 hours and 20 minutes. The Solomon News Company was dismissed as a co defendant, ruled only a distributing agent unaware of the editorial content.
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Ford
James Tucker
Solomon News Company
Tucker
News Company
the Tribune
Strikes Surge Across New York Industries and Trades
In New York labor leaders report widespread action with strikers among gators and railroad shopmen joined by painters plasterers machinists carpenters shopmen at Brooklyn Union Gas Co cigar makers brass workers shirt makers furriers brass bed makers umbrella makers and art lamp workers in a historic wave of labor unrest.
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New York
Gators
Brooklyn Union Gas Co
Pittsburg Railways Strike Halts Street Car Service
Pittsburg Pa. street car traffic halted by a 3000 member walkout of motormen and conductors of the Pittsburg Railway Company. Cars were sent to barns and none operated after the strike began.
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Pittsburg
Pittebug Railways Company
Mobs Attack Steel Plant in Hammond Strike Riot
City and county authorities in Hammond Indiana appealed for state militia after rioting at the Standard steel car plant. The clash lasted about an hour as police tried to force passage for workers into offices. An officer was struck on the head and others were injured amid alleged disregard of a federal injunction against picketing.
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Hammond
Ind
Caphlon
John Hesterman
Embargo on Arms Ordered Amid Mexican Note Exchange
U S warns Carranza regime over protection of Americans. Mexico may lose diplomatic ties or recognition if Americans are not safeguarded. Editorials in Mexico City papers reflect seriousness, with cautious commentary on the note and potential embargo enforcement.
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Washington
Carranza
United States
Mexico
State Department
Mexico City
Armour tycoon urges shoes and wardrobe gift over cash
J Ogden Armour head of the big five packers reveals in a Builders and Traders Exchange letter that he wears half soled shoes and an aging overcoat, asks members to fund new outfits for a year noting utilitarian needs over decoration.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Builders and ‘Traders’ Exchange
Armour
Wilson Asked to Report Washington Relief Fund Use
President Wilson was asked by Rep. James W. Good to report to the House on how the $1000 fund appropriated for relief of destitute Europeans was used.
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Washington
Wilson
James W. Good
Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Europe
British munition dump explosion kills fourteen in Kalk
A British munition depot in Kalk an eastern suburb of Chicago exploded killing fourteen workers and injuring many. Authorities investigate cause and assess blast reach across the area.
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Chicago
Kalk
Government targets profiteers in food price rise drive
Washington reports Attorney General Palmer pushes to prosecute dealers overcharging under county fair price lists. Seizures of butter in Chicago and coffee and sugar in St Louis and Birmingham underscore the push. Palmer backs amendments extending food control act to clothing with a 5000 dollar fine or two years jail to curb profiteering.
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate Agricultural Committee
Fair Price Committee
Chicago
St. Louis
Birmingham
Palmer
Senate
Department of Justice
Wilson vetoes bill repealing daylight savings law
President Wilson vetoed the daylight savings repeal bill with reluctance, saying the law brings serious inconveniences to farmers while stressing national need for industrial production and balancing disadvantages. He returned the bill without his approval.
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Wilson
Washington
Pricey Butter and Eggs Seized in Buffalo Cold Storage
Federal investigators locating three and a half million pounds of butter and more than eight million eggs in Buffalo cold storage. The find covers accumulations begun last May per the U S District Attorney's office.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States District Attorney's Office
Attorney Ends His Life in Reeves Ga Sani Trium
Chattanooga lawyer Sam M Chambliss brother of Chattanooga mayor A W Chambliss killed himself in Reeves Georgia. He died from a bullet wound to the head.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sam M. Chambliss
A. W. Chambliss
A Reeves
Chambliss
Furniture Stolen from Hotel During Island Visit
Spectators and strangers aboard boats from Put-in-Bay carried away thousands of dollars worth of furniture from a Sandusky hotel. Authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident and the thefts reported on the island.
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Sandusky
Put-in-Bay
Berlin Defies Allies on von Der Goltz Recall Demand
The German Government rejected the Allied demand to recall General von Der Goltz, commander in chief of German forces in the Baltic provinces, maintaining the appointment.
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Berlin
General von der Goltz
Baltic
Agreement on Thrace Near A Peace Path
Paris reports a compromise plan to internationalize Thrace as a separate state with Bulgarians gaining rail access to the Aegean and Greeks receiving both sides and a Black Sea port. Greece may accept the arrangement though seeking full Thrace. The proposal could unlock peace with Bulgaria and ease Near East tensions.
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Thrace
Aegean
Paris
Bulgaria
Greece
Romania
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Adriatic
Forty nine Bisbee deportation defendants bound over
Forty nine defendants in the Bisbee deportation cases were bound over to the Superior Court for trial on kidnapping charges at their own request after lengthy preliminary hearings in the local Justice Court. They stated they asked for transfer without argument, claiming collective guilt if any were guilty.
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Douglas, Ariz
Superior Court
Morris Denounces Egg Seizure in Chattanooga
Howard Morris of Morris & Co. argues in a telegram from Chicago that Chattanooga has no reason for the government seizure of 2,800 cases of eggs. The action, a libel suit filed by U S District Attorney W T Kenne gley in federal court, names Atlanta egg dealers.
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Morris
Chattanooga
Tenn
Morris & Co
Chicago
Howard Morris
United States
W. T. Kennegly
Atlanta
New York Polygamist Sentenced to Sing Sing
Charles Hugh Wilson, 47, a self confessed disciple of Solomon, pleaded guilty to marrying eight women and was sentenced by Judge William H. Wadhams to three years and six months in Sing Sing prison.
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New York
Charles Hugh Wilson
Solomon
William H. Wadhams
Sing Sing
Battle Death Rate High Washington Analysis Shows SanGuinary War
A final casualty analysis from the Central Records office in France finds World War I the most sanguinary. Among American enlisted men battle deaths averaged 8 per 1000, emergency officers 11 per 1000, and regular army officers 14 per 1000. Of officers landed in France 880 per 1000 were killed or wounded. West Point graduates suffered 87 per 1000 versus 18 for non graduates.
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Washington
Central Records Office
France
West Point
It’s Not Your Heart It’s Your Kidneys How to Help
An article urges kidney health noting kidneys filter血, shows common symptoms such as backache fatigue and nervousness, and promotes Haarlem Oil Capsules Bevery GOLD MEDAL as a remedy with a money back guarantee. It advises visiting a drugstore, taking capsules daily until improvement and then tapering.
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Nature
AL Haarlem
Haarlem
Bevery
Willing to Work Keeps Man at Duty During Summer
A Louisville Courier Journal quote shows an old man urged to rest but choosing to work to send his wife the summer board money. He insists he must labor hard to provide for his wife despite advice to take it easy.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Lift off Corns With Freezone
A tiny bottle of Freezone bought at a drug store relieves foot corn and callus pain by applying a few drops. It claims to remove the corn or callus, root and all, without pain or soreness. The ad promotes painless removal and urges purchase for quick relief.
It Wasn’t Tom a Lesson From Delivering Groceries
A small town grocer recalls trading a horse and wagon for a car and the moment he shouted Whoa Tom as the vehicle rolled into a ditch. The mishap left the car with smashed lights and a dented fender, revealing that an automobile does not behave like a horse.
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Chicago Tribune
Did Not Get the Point Exchange Pedagogical Warning
A schoolteacher notices Willie wearing rubbers during lessons and urges removal to prevent eye injury. Willie resists, claiming the rubbers are new, then pleads he will not look at them while acknowledging the danger.
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Willie
Is Professor Diggs a savant in Birmingham tale
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a character praising Professor Diggs as a savant with extraordinary Mars knowledge while noting his detachment from ordinary matters. The exchange questions his status as a scientist and hints at eccentric fame.
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Diggs
Mars
Birmingham Age-Herald
Man and Motorist in Rainlit Road Incident
In a heavy rain seven miles from town a man flags down a motorist to warn about his wife and a gasless car. The motorist replies he has gas too and drives away, leaving the scene as rain continues. Battery of the Spring suit and umbrella are noted with no further details.
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Kansas City Star
Wrong Train of Thought
A nostalgic vignette set near the Ann Arbor railroad yards describes Archie admiring a girl at night. He murmurs a poetic line about Egypt in her eyes while a switch engine passes, and she humorously downsplays the moment as mere cinders.
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Ann Arbor
Egypt
Archie
Michigan
Preamble or Step Across Stage Before Speech
The speaker’s crossing the stage before speaking serves as the preface to his remarks, a nonverbal introduction signaling readiness, calm, and formality for the address. The quip suggests the movement was a deliberate preamble rather than part of the speech itself.
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Chicago Meat Packers
Cox
Saloniki
Balkan
Prison For
Tom
Batonic
Eatonic
Taloum
Dept. BR
Beaton
Ww. N. Y
Cincinnati
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