Deportation of Aliens Opposed in War Era Talks
Washington reports treaty constraints on deporting 1,745 aliens who withdrew citizenship declarations to avoid wartime service. State Department cites treaties with Norway and Sweden cautioning against deportation while Congress debates draft-exemption rules. Assistant Secretary Post notes cases sent to courts to cancel declarations and bar citizenship.
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Washington
State Department
Albert Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Robert Lansing
Congress
Johnson
Norway
Sweden
Lansing
Pelieved
United States
Post
Department of Labor
Big Five packers cited for widening food line control
Washington report notes the Chicago five meat packers also handle more than 200 foods outside meat, including poultry dairy substitutes and canned fruits. It questions if broader control lowers prices and improves quality, while warning of effects on politics and society. Armour is cited for soda fountain products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Caim
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Armour & Co
Fall Amendments Defeated in Senate Debate
In Washington the Senate defeated two more Fall amendments from the Foreign Relations Committee aimed at curtailing the American representative on the Reparations Commission. Senator Albert B. Fall of New Mexico introduced the amendments during a brief debate on the peace treaty.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
World Blockade Note Invites Nations to Impede Bolshevik Trade
The Supreme Council notes invite Germany to lead a blockade against Bolshevik Russia. Nations including Norway Denmark Sweden Holland Finland Spain Switzerland Mexico Chile Argentina Colombia and Venezuela are urged to prohibit their nationals from any trade with Russia.
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London
Supreme Council
Germany
Russia
Berlin ‘Tageblatt
Daily Herald
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
Finland
Spain
Switzerland
Mexico
Chile
Argentine
Colombia
Venezuela
Secretary Glass Returns Largest Check Ever Drawn
Secretary Carter Glass endorsed a 2,648,900,171.58 dollar check described as the largest ever drawn. The document, payable to the Treasurer of the United States, did not transfer that amount but served to account for redemption of certificates of indebtedness and other obligations in June.
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Washington
Carter Glass
United States
Png
Wasp
Operators Stand Firm as Wage Talks Resume in Washington
Secretary Wilson invited 82 miners and 82 operators to Washington after a full-day meeting failed to avert a coal strike. Operators refused a six‑hour day or negotiating with unions unless the November 1 strike is called off. John L. Lewis warned progress hinges on operator concession as both sides prepare for another conference next Tuesday.
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Washington
William B. Wilson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Wilson
Lewis
Washington court sentences for food control act hoarding
District Attorney John R. O'Connor reports two cases under the food control act. Huzett Merrit receives five months in jail and a $5000 fine for hoarding sugar while Jose Bermajo gets three months and a $250 fine for hoarding flour. A charge against Dunnavant Hammer remains.
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Washington
Rtment
Aty
John R. O'Connor
San Diego
Cal
Huzett Merrit
Jose Bermajo
Dunnavant & Hammer
Depatorne
Still Game. Baltimore Soldier to undergo lung transplant
Baltimore veteran James Woodburn, late of the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion, Second Division, who was gassed and blinded in France, is told he cannot live more than three years without a lower chance operation. He has gone to Washington for a sheep's lung substitute and, if he survives, may live ten years or longer.
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Baltimore
Mdi
Jas. Woodburn
Woodburn
France
Washington
Former Cashier Held on Embezzlement Charges
Elyria Ohio August 5 Treble former assistant cashier at the City Bank of Lorain remanded to jail in default of 850000 bond after arraignment before Judge W W Thompson on two counts of embezzlement. He was brought back from Los Angeles by Sheriff N D Backus and Detective Frank Lenaban.
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Elyria
W. W. Treble
City Bank of Lorain
W. W. Thompson
Treble
Los Angeles
N. D. Backus
Frank Lenaban
Government to Fight Unrest Across Nation
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, told Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs delegates that unrest since the armistice includes race riots and mob disorder but mainly industrial disputes. He said the Administration will enforce Federal laws and keep agencies unobstructed with Federal troops ready to respond.
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Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Washington
Senate rejects Shantung amendment to peace treaty
Washington reports the Shantung amendment proposed by Senator Henry C Lodge is defeated in the Senate by 35 to 55 after long debate. The measure aimed to replace Japan with China in treaty sections about Shantung, affecting six amendments. Austria’s National Assembly also meets to consider the Paris peace treaty draft.
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Washington
Henry C. Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Japan
China
Shantung
League of Nations Assembly
Austria
National Assembly
Paris
St. Germain
Oaths Disregarded by City Officials Spark Labor Drive
Pittsburg labor groups launch legal action over alleged denial of free speech and assembly by city and county authorities. A Hill equity suit seeks injunction against Mayor Babcock and police leadership to stop preventing labor meetings. Additional suits planned against multiple municipalities, county officials, and corporations over arrests and searches.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Allegheny County
Hill In
Equity
K. V. Babcock
Department of Public Safety
Superintendent of Police
Commissioner of Police
Collapse of Bolsheviki in Russia Prompting Alarm
Washington reports say the Bolsheviki regime in Russia faces a serious situation with collapse near as allied powers monitor a possible fall of Petrograd. State Department notes advices but calls them unofficial amid war unrest.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Petrograd
German Made Machinery at Half-Price in New York
A. I. Findley editor of the Tronis reports German manufacturers underbidding American firms in France. He arrived on the steamship Adriatic and spoke on the large extent of this practice in machinery offerings for business.
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New York
France
A. I. Findley
Tron Bis
Adriatic
Bolsheviki Evacuate Petrograd and Allied Movements Reported
Bolsheviki flee Petrograd as troops refuse to fight. Russkaya Zhizn reports General Denikin recognizing Poles as allies and ending accord with General Petlura. Proops of General Yudenitch’s NW Russian army occupy Pskov per dispatch.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Petrograd
Russkaya ‘Zhisa
Dentkine
Petlura
Proops
Yudenitch
Pskov
Housewives Aim for Economy to Tackle High Cost Campaign
Washington announces a campaign led by Attorney General Palmer to enlist housewives nationwide to curb inflation. Officials plan more surplus Army and Building supplies releases, with cooperation from the Consumers' League and League of Women Voters to counter profiteering and curb costly fashion changes.
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Washington, D. C
A. Mitchell Palmer
America
Department
Newton D. Baker
Josephus Daniels
Navy
John Barton Payne
Shipping Board
Baker
Daniels
H. E. Figg
Department of Justice
Edward P. Costigan
Consumers’ League
League of Women Voters
Council of National Defense
Sugar to be sold from unclaimed B and O freight
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad turned over about 30 000 pounds of unclaimed sugar stored at the Cincinnati freight station to the local Federal Price Commission. The sugar will be sold to the public in limited quantities per buyer.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Federal Price Commission
Arrests Made in Gary Under Radicals Raids
Gary Ind. raids by military authorities on radical centers continued. Fifteen men were detained for examination and some tied to the Russian Soviet movement or found with radical literature linked to Soviet propaganda.
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Gary
Ind
Yanks Sail for Germany to Oversee Occupation Plebsicite
A provisional division of 5000 U S regulars led by Brig Gen William H Sage sails from Hoboken aboard the President Grant for Europe. The Fifth Infantry under Col B K A Fry and the Fiftieth Infantry under Col F J McConnell are expected to proceed to Silesia to supervise the plebiscite.
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Germany
New York
United States
Willian H. Sage
Deadlock at Capital as Bargain Dispute Fails
The Industrial conference central committee fails to reconcile labor and employer stances after three hours. An individual bargaining clause is rejected by labor delegates, leaving the committee deadlocked and the session without results.
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Union News Service
Washington
National Industrial Conference
Central Committee
Russell-Endicott
Dr Carter's K and B Tea for Constipation
An advertisement extols Dr Carter's K and B Tea as a vegetable home remedy for constipation and liver issues. It claims long use by thousands of elderly drinkers, relief after a bedtime cup, and occasional maintenance cups for ongoing health. The copy targets parents and general shoppers, noting long-time drugstore availability.
War Secretary rebuts bank claim on high cost of living
Secretary of War Newton D Baker challenged a Harriman National Bank advertisement arguing that the wartime liquidation in France sold 1.75 billion in supplies for 400 million. He named the Liquidation Commission chaired by Judge Edwin Parker with members Hollis Dawes Pershing and others. He said the assets were removable and nonremovable property not worth transport home and would not affect living costs.
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Washington
Newton D. Baker
Harriman National Bank
New York
War Department
France
Baker
Wilson
Edwin Parker
Hollis
H. H. Johnson
General Pershing
Dawes
United States
Liquidation Commission
Two Soldier Bandits Hold Up Travelers Then Hanged
In Tennessee two former soldiers James Oliver and Hid Martin barricaded on the Dixie Highway. They robbed travelers fatally shot Deputy Sheriff W B McIntosh before Oliver was wounded and hanged by locals after victims freed themselves. Martin fled into hills as captives aided Oliver to a doctor.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dixie Highway
James Oliver
Martin
W. B McIntosh
Oliver
Ooltewah
James County
Armed Force Retained Pari More Than Seven Hundred Thousand
Semi official advices show French land forces at 650000 to 700000 with over 71000 naval personnel returning to civilian life leaving 70000 to 75000 in the naval force.
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Pari
Rush For United States Passports Influx Surges
An unusual surge in emigration toward America is reported with 2000 Italians applying for U.S. passports recently. The article notes widespread passport applications as people seek migration opportunities to the United States.
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United States
America
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