Wilson to Tour 30 Cities to Promote Peace Treaty
President Wilson will swing through thirty cities between September 8 and 29 to present the Paris Peace Covenant and world league. The itinerary begins in Columbus on September 14 with stops in St. Louis Kansas City Des Moines Omaha Sioux Falls St Paul Minneapolis and more leading to San Francisco Seattle Portland and Louisville among others.
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Washington
Wilson
World League
White House
Columbus
Hip
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Des Moines
Omaha
Sioux Falls
S. D
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Bismarck
N. C
Billings
Mont
Helena
Coueur d'Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Wash
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
Reno
Nev
Salt Lake
Utah
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Pueblo
Colo
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma City
Okla
Little Rock
Memphis
Tenn
Louisville
The Price of Peace Costs and Pending Requests
The United States has spent over 1.25 million dollars in the peace conference and needs about 0.75 million more to complete the job. The president sent the expense account to Congress calling the bill modest given high living costs and travel. He notes no action on the $5 million request for conference expenses and mentions using part of the State Department emergency fund.
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Washington
United States
Congress
State Department
Wakefield
Scribner City
Fremont
Hooper Power and Light
Fremont City
McKelvie
Gordon
Gordon Street
William Margrave
Falls City
Perkins
Salvation Army
Nebraska
Home Service
Cc. C. Smith
Montrose
Cal
Alliance
Light and Water Department
Chadron
C. H. Lundy
Mousel Bros
Cambridge
Midland College
Fremont Driving Park Association
J. E. Hart
Secretary of Trade and Commerce
State House
Lincoln
Hitchcock
Omaha
Mercier to Sail from Brest on September 3
Cardinal Mercier the Belgian minister to the United States will sail from Brest on the Agamemnon on September 3. He is met by Baron and Baroness Rtaechinne who plan a visit to the United States by King and Queen.
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Paris
Cardinal Mercier
Baron
Rtaechinne
United States
Brest
Agamemnon
Belking
Bryan Proposes Dual Ownership of Rail Lines in Congress
W J Bryan presents a plan to the House Interstate Commerce Committee for combined state and federal control of railway lines. He advocates a federal skeleton system of ownership and reorganization to govern the rail network.
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B Ryan
W. J. Bryan
Washington
House
Interstate Commerce
Government moves to curb high cost of living
Attorney General Palmer reports price declines begin in parts of the nation but purchases hold steady for now. He says Congress aims to curb profiteers and hoarders under the food control laws while shoe makers agree to cap prices. He condemns nationwide propaganda urging early buying to avoid higher next season.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Palmer
Congress
Mr. Palmer
Chicago Negroes to Return South Says Louisiana Plan
More than a thousand Chicago families formerly from the south are to go back to Dixie. A Louisiana agriculture official surveyed the situation in Chicago and reports on how many families will return. Louisiana seeks plantation labor for rice cane and cotton crops and offers to facilitate the move back home.
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Chicago
Dixie
Department of Agriculture and Immigration of
Louisiana
Knoxville Race Riot Leaves Seven Dead in Rioting
A mob of over a thousand failed to seize a black man held in the Knoxville jail for the killing of a white woman. Sporadic rioting erupted citywide with seven dead and many injured. Lieutenant James W. Payne of the regular army was killed accidentally by a machine gun bullet fired by Tennessee national guard members. another guard member was seriously injured.
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Knoxville
Tenn
James W. Payne
Regular Army
Tennessee National Guard
Army camp appropriation requests listed for sites
Secretary Baker seeks funds for camp acquisitions including Mailli Hawaii 40000 Mather field California 78600 Marchfield California 64000 Arcadia balloon school Los Angeles 55600 Normoyle Texas 357400 Kelley field No 2 Texas 349600 Brooksfield Texas 140400 Ellington field Texas 40600
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Washington
Baker
Mailli
Hawaii
Air Service
Matherfield
California
Marchfield
Arcadia Balloon School
Los Angeles
Normoyle
Tex
Kelley Field No. 2
Texas
Brooksfield
Ellington Field
Letter from presumed dead Mexican bandit leader refutes death notice
Jesus Renteria, identified as a Mexican bandit leader, writes to the Douglas Daily Dispatch from Douglas, Arizona, expressing surprise at a published notice of his death and asking to relate facts to prove he still lives.
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Douglas, Ariz
Jesus Renteria
Douglas Daily Dispatch
French to Ratify Treaty September 6
In official circles here it is believed that the treaty of peace will be ratified September 6.
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Paris
Axtell
Mitchell
Cardinal Mercerere to Sail to United States in September
Cardinal Mercerer plans a September 15 departure for the United States. Reports say he will likely meet King Albert and Queen Elizabeth during his American visit.
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Cardinal Mercerer
United States
King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
America
Postal salary hike proposed by House committee
A $150 raise for each post office employee for this fiscal year is proposed in a resolution favorably reported by the House Post Office Committee.
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Washington
House Postoffice Committees
Nebraska Rural Growth Boosts Rail and Hempport Projects
Lincoln county reports fifteen bushels per acre wheat average while Axtell and Columbus plan new hotels and auto lines. Sidney builds a 100 barrel daily flour mill for about 25000, and notes on paving Shelton streets, monument plans, school buildings, and rail freight concerns across western Nebraska.
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Lincoln County
Axtell
Sidney
Shelton
Nebraska
Platte River
Colfax
McKelvie
L. ©. Chernies
Lincoln
B. F. Williams
State Board of Control
Board of Education
Meadow Grove
Columbus
Keith County
Ogallala
Nebraska Potato Improvement Association
Rushville
W. W. Cole
Antelope County
Department of Agriculture
Red Cloud
Sutherland
William C. Bullard
Omaha
J. C. Pedersen
Kimball County High School
Kimball
Saline County
Wilber
W. H. Grassmeyer
Riverdale
State Railway Commission
J. J. Welch
Omaha Grain Man
Prohibition Party to Field Full Ticket After Conventions
The Prohibition party will retain its national identity and hold a national convention next year after the Republican and Democratic conventions. The party aims to decide on candidates for president and vice president based on the dry platform and law enforcement stance, with talks of merging efforts with the W C T U to field a full ticket. Distinguished veterans John Sobieski and H A Miner spoke on the party’s origins and future.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
National Committee
Mrg
Jacob Nold
Nappanee
Ind
John Sobieski
California
H. A. Miner
Madison
Wis
Labor Situation Clearing New York
The labor scene shifts to a hopeful phase as strikes near resolution. Gompers returns from Europe amid developments signaling broader peace, with Southern California railway workers settling and markets rebounding as steel unions hand their case to the president.
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New York
Europe
Samuel Gompers
Southern California Railway
Government warns wheat dealers to secure licenses now
Washington urges all dealers in wheat, wheat flour and related products to obtain federal licenses immediately to avoid prosecution. License control under the wheat director supports the price guarantee for the 1919 wheat crop.
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Washington
French Brides Return Home From New York
Dispatches from Paris report sixty two former A. E. F. brides who could not adapt to American life and who secured divorces. They returned to France aboard the same steamer.
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New York
Paris
The
France
Cholera Spreads from Tokio to Yokohama in Japan
cholera plague from Tokio reaches Yokohama with several reported cases authorities warn of growing epidemic in Japan public health officials urge vigilance and sanitation measures in affected cities
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Japan
Honolulu
Tokio
Yokohama
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