Chicago Riot Quieted Under Troop Patrol After Four Nights
Chicago at 31 July shows 6000 troops patrolling the negro quarters after four nights of bloodshed that left 30 dead and nearly a thousand injured. Governor Lowden ordered soldiers after Mayor Thompson requested aid as clashes continued near 41st and Wabash.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowder
Thompson
41St Street
Wabash Avenue
Dickson
Garrity
Negro Homs
Lowden
Black Belt
Qutory
Motor Transport Corps
Y-First
Railway Trainmen Leader Calls Halt as Wages Clash Grow
Washington July 31 William C Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen declares the union will push action if railroads do not raise wages or cut living costs by October 1. He warns of upheaval from mounting living costs and urges restraint amid profiteering.
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Washington
William C. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Railroad Administration
Lee
Columbus
Board of Railroad Wages
Treaty With Reservations Or It Will Fail In Senate
Washington July 31 Senate leaders urged ratification of the league covenant with reservations. Senator New Indiana said it could be ratified with reservations or fail while opposing Article X. Senator Owen Oklahoma urged acceptance to establish a new world order and praised the covenant as wise and worthy.
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Indiana
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Senate
United States
Sdator Keyes
League of Nations
Taft
Charles Evans Hughes
Elihu Root
Keyes
New Hampshire
Wilson
Republic
League
Owen
Oklahoma
League of Victorian Nations
Europe
Germany
Randell Urges Ratification Of League Covenant In Senate
Senator Randell of Louisiana calls for prompt and unreserved ratification of the League of Nations covenant in a Washington senate speech. He argues the document nearly achieves universal peace and states the United States is the sole hope of man in this critical hour.
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Washington
Randell
Louisiana
Senate
United States
British to Send Naval Force to Evacuate Archangel District
London reports the British government plans to dispatch a naval contingent to Russia to cover the evacuation of Archangel by troops there. The move, announced today, aims to assist as needed with the evacuation efforts.
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London
Rusia
Archangel
Tegmar Army Bbe
Thurs Neeeavary
Pershing Advises Let Dead Rest in French Fields
General Pershing told reporters in Paris that he opposed removing American war dead buried in France. He is arranging a conference with American artists to plan a permanent cemetery and monuments to America’s dead.
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Pershing
Paris
Correspondents
United States
France
America
Wire lines return to private owners at midnight
Washington reports that telegraph and telephone lines seized as wartime measures on July 22 1918 will revert to private owners at midnight tonight. Postmaster General and congressional action authorize the transfer with expected improvements in operation guidance from Mountain States T and T district manager Sam Jones. Companies face the task of auditing equity and inventories, a process that will take months.
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Washington
Gene
L E
Sam Jones
Mountain States
Gover
Lockout at Brest Port Shuts Down Work
Brest port idle as employers declare a lockout over docker union demands. The Associated Press reports all work at the port has ceased due to the conflict between shipping employers and dock workers.
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Brest
Associated Press
House Urges Food Release and Cost Relief Plan
President Wilson weighs high cost of living as the House approves a plan to sell 125 million dollars worth of army food stocks direct to the people. Postmasters and carriers will distribute, while investigations probe price fixing by producers and dealers. Brotherhood leaders press for higher wages.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railway
Railroad Administration
House of Representatives
Baker
Burleson
Kelly
Pennsylvania
House
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Chicago Street Car Strike Nearing Settlement
Chicago workers halted mass transit as 15 000 surface and elevated carmen planned to vote tomorrow on a wage agreement. Leaders backed a union referendum for all members after a rejected plan on 65 cents for surface and 67 for elevated with eight hours and overtime.
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Chicago
Carmen
W. D. Mahon
Detroit
International
Mahon
Senate Debates High Cost of Living and Currency Reduction
Washington, July 31. The Senate debated the high cost of living in considering a resolution to reduce currency in circulation. Senator Myers linked money supply to living costs and warned of a Bolshevik and anarchist influence. Senator Poindexter argued the president could not fund a $100 million European food program for Americans. A House Democrat pressed for joint inquiries into the living crisis, but no decision was reached.
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Washington
Senate
Myers
Poindexter
Europe
Democrat
Missouri
House
Milk price hike hits Chicago shoppers amid producer boosts
Chicago distributors notified customers that milk will rise from 14 to 15 cents a quart and cream from 15 to 16 cents a half pint as producers raise milk prices by 52 cents per hundred pounds for August. Milk Producers Association officials face 1917 indictments for conspiring to fix prices, with trial expected next month after a wartime postponement.
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Chicago
Chappell
Milk Producers Association
Hoyne
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