Indictments Over Cold Storage Food Seizures In Ohio
Prosecutor Louis H Capelle files two more suits seizing thirty thousand pounds of fish and forty thousand pounds of beef tripe plus twenty one thousand seven hundred four pounds of bacon. Indictments target Kroger Grocery and Cincinnati Ice Manufacturing and Cold Storage and eleven Hamilton County Truck Growers Association members for price fixing and storage abuses. Grand jury remains in office to continue high cost of living probe urging stricter enforcement of cold storage laws and placarding of mislabeled products.
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Cincinnati
Louis H. Capelle
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Cinccinnati Ice Manufacturing and Cold Storage Company
Hamilton County Truck Growers’ Association
Capelle
Louis Zeter
McAlpin Avenue
Clifton
John Sauer
Kroger Grocery and Baking, Co
Hamilton County Truck Growers Association
Harmilton
Death sentence imposed on Georges Gaston Quien
Georges Gaston Quien was convicted by a nine court martial of treasonable dealings with Germans and betraying Edith Cavell. He received the death penalty after the trial. Quien denied the allegations during testimony.
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Paria
Georges Gaston Quien
Edith Cavel
Quien
Miss Cavell
Quin
Holland
Brussels
Fines Leveled On 31 Hotel and Bar Keepers
Judge Rufus B. Foster in New York federal court imposes 50 dollar fines on 31 hotelkeepers saloonkeepers and bartenders for wartime prohibition violations. He notes the constitutional amendment creates a new order of things and urges compliance.
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New York
Rufus B. Foster
United States District Court
Yaqui Killings Reported Near Nogales Mexico
A. P. Hennessy an American truck driver and four Mexican Federal soldiers escorting a San Xavier Mining Company truck were killed by Yaqui rebels near Nogales. The dispatch cites forwarding agents of the mining company as the source and notes the strike aimed at the Ne mine supply line.
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Nogales
Ariz A. P. Hennessy
Immigration Service
San Xavier Mining Ay
Yaqui
Glltn Mining Company
Miguel Lopes Hene
Mensage
Miners invade West Virginia coal fields amid tensions
Governor Cornwell met with miners in Charleston urging restraint as armed bands prepare to march on Logan county. In Marmet and Ramage crews mobilize with estimates of over 1,000 reinforcements, while operators oppose unionization and warn of potential clashes. Coal output remains normal in Logan amid the unrest.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cornwell
Logan County
Winnifrede Junction
Kanawha County
Huntington
Marmet
Ramage
Boone County
Pork Seizure To Be Sold At Reduced Price
Seventy five tons of pork seized from the Columbus Wacking Co. will be sold at 4 price 1 cent less than prevailing retail prices. Receiver Chamberlain announced the pork, kept in cold storage longer than legal limits, was upheld by state courts. Justice Day in Canton refused a stay against selling.
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Columbus
Columbus Wacking Co
Chamberlain
United States Supreme Court
Canton
Agent Murdered in Petrograd by Bolsheviks
The American State Department reports a non American agent linked to an attempt to enter the American Embassy at Petrograd has been executed by Bolsheviks. Russian advices confirm the shooting. the agency did not disclose the agent’s name.
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Washington
American
State Department
Petrograd
Department
Constantinople
Yekaterinoslav
Russia
Wood shed trust ends in missing savings
John Jacklits of Cleveland reported his savings hidden in a wood shed were stolen after he believed the shed safer than a bank. He kept the money under a board and when he checked it was gone, prompting a police report.
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Cleveland
John Jacklits
John
His Fourth Flag Joins Polish Army in War
Ira Woodhouse of Arthur Nebraska joins the Polish army after serving in the French and American forces. He earned the war cross in 1915, was wounded and mustered out in 1917, volunteered again in January 1918 for France, then enlisted with Poland and was sent to Warsaw.
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London
Ira Woodhouse
Arthur, Ney
Woodhouse
America
United States
France
Warsaw
Peace Treaty With Germany Clears Senate Path
Senate Foreign Relations Committee reports the Versailles peace treaty with four reservations to the League covenant. The measure moves toward open Senate consideration with debate expected into September. Lodge to file majority report. Democrats plan a minority report.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Senate
Versailles
Wilson
United States
France
Henry Cabot Lodge
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
Lodge
League
Congress
Barkley Declares GOP Ticket Doomed At Kentucky Demo Meet
In Louisville delegates gathered to draft a statewide platform for November elections. Alben W. Barkley of Paducah asserted the Republican ticket faces defeat. The convention reviewed Democratic achievements since 1915 and praised national administration policies. Judge Charles A. Hardin chaired the gathering at Armory Hall. Dr. W. W. Landrum offered the opening prayer.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
Paducah
Charles A. Hardin
Harrodsburg
Democratic State Central and Executive Committee
Armory Hall
W. W. Landrum
Broadway Baptist Church
Emma Goldman Applies for Early Release from Missouri Prison
Emma Goldman of New York, sentenced to two years and a $10,000 fine for draft interference, files for release from Missouri Prison. She contends no property to pay the fine and seeks release after 60 days for nonpayment, noting the sentence has been served as of September 27.
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Jefferson City
Emma Goldman
New York
Missouri
Prison Terms for Food Violators in Cleveland
Report of the Cuyahoga county special fraud jury allege unlawful methods by Cleveland food dealers and urge remedies. Fifteen jurors, who were dismissed, recommend prison terms for men convicted of restraint of trade in food dealing.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Frank ©. Phillips
Non Pleas Court
Alvarado Warns Mexican Leader Urges Unity for Nation's Problems
General Salvator Alvarado, a Carranza ally, issues an open letter to Carranza Obregon and Gonzales denouncing conditions in Mexico. He cites a daily death toll among fighting forces, widespread hunger in Mexico City, and calls for unity to address pacification, army reform, debts, damages, petroleum, railways, and banking.
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Washington
United States
Salvator Alvarado
Carranza
Obregon
Gonzales
Mexico
Alvarado
Yucatan
Mexico City
Congress
State Department
Bond Market Quietly Sells 521 Issues in August
The Daily Bond Buyer shows 402 states and municipalities sold 521 bond issues in August despite weak demand, totaling 57,022,280 dollars. This compares with July 75,546,160 and June 92,128,475, with August 1914 at 82,153,418. Year to September 1 totals 440,?822, surpassing prior years 1918 262,818,844 1917 444,932,848 and 1916 497,403,751.
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New York
Plumb Plan Denounced Before House Committee
Harl H. Morton president of the order of railroad station agents denounces the Plumb railroad reorganization plan as the best plan ever devised to drive out the brains of the railroad business before the House Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Washington
Harl H. Morton
Order of
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Redfield Resigns as Commerce Secretary
William S. Redfield has tendered his resignation to President Wilson from the post of Secretary of Commerce and the resignation has been officially accepted effective November 1.
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Redfield
Washington
William
Commerce
Wilson
Market tone mixed as retailers hold back on advance orders
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports manufacturers’ orders strong and surplus regions well supplied, yet retailers delay advance purchases amid uncertain credit in importing nations. Export outlook to Europe improves with postwar relaxations, but buyers hesitate due to payment guarantees and weak sterling, franc, mark, and lire.
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Union News Service
New York
United Kingdom
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Women Readers Urged to Try Swamp Root Kidney Remedy
An appeal to women touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder issues, claiming restored health with testimonials. It notes sample bottles by mail from Kilmer & Co and available sizes at drug stores, then briefly mentions liver health and Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as another tonic, all amid a discussion of rising living costs.
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Urbana
Lydia Bb Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Orchade St
Ill
Explosion Destroys German Ammunition Dump Property
In Nieuwiedong near Coblenz a chain of blasts wiped out a German ammunition dump area, about 40 acres, with 50 buildings burning and millions of shells detonating. No American casualties reported. six German workers were knocked unconscious and rescued by American troops. The cause remains undetermined.
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Coblenz
Nieuwiedong
Ambush Attack on Belfast Soldiers Near Fermoy
Eighteen soldiers returning from church at Fermoy are attacked at an ambush by about twenty assailants using revolvers. One soldier is killed and three wounded while the rest are overpowered. The attackers seize rifles and depart in waiting automobiles. Fermoy lies nineteen miles northeast of Cork.
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Belfast
Fermoy
Cork
State Reformatory Battle Ends in Deaths at Pontiac
An inmate and a guard were killed and two officers and another prisoner wounded during a handgun battle at the State Reformatory in Pontiac New Jersey. Prisoners breached their cell bars and opened fire as officers entered the cell during an escape attempt.
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Pontiac
State Reformatory
Fifteen Men Arrested After Street Car Attack
Louisville police raided a poor room and arrested fifteen men accused of taking part in an attack on a crowded Fourth street street car on the line serving an exclusive residential district of the city.
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Louisville
Fourth Street
Eight Year Old Drowns in Quarry Near Genoa
In Port Clinton area, eight year old son of Karl Long of Genoa drowned after accidentally falling into a quarry near his home while playing. The body was recovered.
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Port Clinton
O.melven
Karl Long
Genoa
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Onio
West Point
Monroe, N. Y
Logan CO
Emma
U. S
Heaven
Wright
State Reformatory Battle
Iptsenrie
Feos Seaseant Basse
Ree Springfield
Mase
Cleveland City Hospital School For
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Kitsgerald & Co
Bk. Bldg
Loula
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