Administration seeks action as Congress balks on food control
The article notes opposition in the Senate led by Smith of South Carolina and others to Palmer’s power expansion. The administration laments Congress will do little without public pressure while fears rise that large food agencies will delay and block remedial legislation. Attorney General pledges aid to state officials to seize hoarded meat and stop interstate stock movement to dodge laws.
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Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Georgia
Ransdell
Louisiana
Palmer
Congress
House Committees On Agriculture
Ohio
Cox
Appeal to Farmers Nationwide Against Unfair Anti-Trust Methods
The national board of farm organizations urged farmers to protest by petition and ballot against what it termed unfair and un-American methods affecting farm organizations in the collective bargaining of farm products. It called Congress and state legislatures to clarify anti-trust laws to preserve the farmer's right to collective bargaining under the original intent of the law.
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Washington
National Board of Farm Organizations
Congress
Tin Imports From Germany Expanded Under New Rules
Washington says tin in pig or alloy form may be imported from Germany under war trade board regulations that modify the wartime blockade. The restrictions now apply only to coal tar products drugs and dyestuffs, easing previous limits on other tin imports.
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Washington—t
Germany
War Trade Board
United States
Convicted bigamist with seven wives gets Sing Sing term
New York. Charles Hugh Wilson 48 once YMCA evangelist and traveling salesman was convicted on a confession of seven living wives, one he married twice. He received three years and six months at Sing Sing prison where he said he would engage in prison reform work.
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New York
Charles Hugh Wilson
Sing Sing
Charles Confirms He Is Still King of Hungary
A courier arrives in Budapest with a letter from former Emperor Charles to Archduke Joseph. Charles declares he remains crowned king of Hungary and commissions Joseph to assume sovereign power until his return.
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Charles
Hungary
Berlin
Budapest
Archduke Joseph
Joseph
Definite Stage Reached in Senate Peace Treaty Talks
Washington reports negotiations between Democratic and Republican senators over ratifying a peace treaty with reservations. Democratic leaders gauge Republican sentiment and learn that while many Republicans want early approval, they insist on qualifications before ratification.
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Washington
Close Cooperation Between States and Government
Washington outlines close co operation between state authorities and the attorney general and his assistants to enforce the food control law. Attorney General Palmer orders Ohio district attorneys to aid Governor Cox immediately in the cost of living fight.
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Washington
Palmer
Ohio
Cox
Break in U S Mexico policy warned over murders surge
Washington reports a shift may be forced if Mexican outrages against Americans persist. Carranza is cautioned as the State Department releases an exchange of notes, citing a string of killings including Peter Catron in San Luis Potosi and other assaults on American lives and property.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
United States
State Department
Mexico City
Peter Catron
San Luis Potosi
Flood of Foreign Gold Blamed for High Prices
Yale professor Irving Fisher told the federal electric railways commission that a billion dollars in foreign gold caused bankruptcies in American trolley lines and pushed prices to high levels. He said bullion entered the U S before the war to finance purchases by belligerents.
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Washington
Federal Electric Railways Commission
Irving Fisher
Yale University
United States
Japan Refuses to Send Troops to Aid Kolchak
Tokio reports the Japanese government after careful deliberation has informed Admiral Kolchak that it cannot send divisions of troops to assist him. The cabinet and diplomatic advisory council weighed the request and decided against providing military aid.
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Japan
Admiral Kolchak
Tokio
Kolchak
Car Repairers End Strike Among Chicago Railworkers
Delegates representing 25 000 car repairers on Chicago railroads voted to call off the strike and return to work after a mass meeting. International Vice President J M Patterson denounced the walkout as radical.
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Chicago
International
J. M. Patterson
Government to suppress Sinn Fein groups in Ireland
London announces a crackdown in county Clare due to rising crime, ordering suppression of Sinn Fein and related organizations across Ireland. The move signals a broad security measure amid ongoing unrest.
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Sinn Fein
London
County Clare
Ireland
Two North Carolina Men Die in Boiler Blast
A boiler explosion at Caulborne brothers mill near Suffolk Virginia killed three men and injured seven others. The dead include Claude Hampton of Roduco North Carolina Carlton Parker of Burn North Carolina and Rufus Johnson of Savannah Georgia.
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Suffolk
Caulborne Brothers
Here
Claude Hampton
Roduco
N. C
Carlton Parker
Burn
Rufus Johnson
Savannah
Eight Die In Parkersburg Street Car Collision
Eight persons are killed after a street car filled with women and children en route to a picnic collided with a railroad switch engine near Parmanco two miles north of Parkersburg West Virginia. Five more died in hospitals, raising the death toll. The street car belonged to the Monongahela Valley Traction Company.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Parmanco
Here
Monongahela Valley Traction Company
Ex Governor Ferguson Leads New Texas Party Split
Fort Worth Texas reports two Democratic factions meeting to pursue rival lines of attack. Former Governor James E. Ferguson heads one faction forming the American party to return to Jefferson and Jackson principles in state and federal government.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Jefferson
Jackson
James E. Ferguson
Another Plan May Be Tried On Universal Military Training
Washington reports that General March warns the high cost of universal military training could sink any push for a permanent policy. A proposed general staff bill would cost about 900 million dollars annually, fund a 527000 officer corps, and train 660000 youths each year for three months. Opponents fear compulsory service and the bill’s expense overshadow any plan.
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Washington
General March
Army
Baker
Congress
Municipal ownership urged as solution to street railway problem
Washington report says municipal ownership is the only solution as private lines fail. Delos F. Wilcox, a New York franchise expert, tells the federal electric railway commission that urban transportation must be treated as an essential public service, citing his work with the Public Service Railway Company of New Jersey.
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Washington
Delos F. Wilcox
New York
Federal Electric Railway Commission
Public Service Railway Company of
New Jersey
Wilcox
Secretary Baker Praises Marines in France Tribute
Secretary Baker lauded the Marines in France as a new heroic demonstration of unconquerable tenacity and dauntless courage in a letter to Acting Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy Department.
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Washington
France
Baker
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Government wins first federal profiteering conviction
Washington reports a major push to curb living costs with Attorney General Palmer announcing the first federal conviction for profiteering. District Attorney Lucey in Binghamton, N Y telegraphs that a retail grocer was fined 500 dollars for selling sugar at 15 cents a pound with no further details provided.
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Washington
Palmer
Lucey
Binghampton
N. Y
Seizure of Hoarded Foodstuffs at Tampa
More than a million eggs, hundreds of thousands of tins of canned goods and about 30 000 pounds of sugar were seized by Justice Department agents under Federal District Attorney H S Phillips. Six wholesale concerns were served with papers alleging the goods are being held for an advance in prices.
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Tampa
Department of Justice
H. 8. Phillips
Hines Declines Talks With Shopmen Strike Leaders
Washington officials say Director General Hines will not meet with railroad shopmen strike representatives. He replies to James Hamilton Lewis that the strikes were not authorized under the shopmen organization laws.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Hines
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Railroads Accused of Systematic Plunder in Interlude Inquiry
Washington hearings reveal charges by railroad brotherhood counsel Glenn E. Plumb that 18 major railroads used private control to profit from stock bonuses totaling $450,414,000 issued 1900 to 1910 and paid millions in dividends on those bonuses. The testimony alleges extensive land holdings and corrupt financial practices by the industry.
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Washington
Railroad Brotherhoods
Glenn E. Plumb
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Brotherhood
49 498 Battle Deaths In U S Overseas Army
Final casualty reports from the central records office of the A E F in France show 49 498 battle deaths, 208690 wounded, and 4480 prisoners. Only slight revisions expected. Missing list corrected to 127 names. totals suggest final disabled cases near 200000.
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Washington
Central Records Office
The
France
War Department
England
War Risk Insurance Bureau
British Government Criticized Over Armaments Spending
In the house of commons ministers faced sharp criticism of armaments expenditure. Churchill defended government policy and signaled possible retrenchment while promising to meet public demand for economy.
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London
House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Financial plight of urban traction firms worsens
Washington witnesses before the federal electric railways commission agreed the financial health of traction companies is serious and likely to deteriorate due to rising costs and motor vehicle competition. Proposals ranged from municipal ownership and operation of urban lines to higher revenues and other regulatory remedies.
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Washington
Federal Electric Railways Commission
Couzins
Detroit
Baker Opposes Cabinet Run for Aviation Agency
Washington reports that Secretary Baker rejects unifying air activities under one cabinet headed by a member in the President's cabinet. The special aviation mission led by Assistant Secretary Crowell urged a single department for civilian naval and military aviation, a proposal Baker disapproved.
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Washington
United States
Special American Aviation Mission
Crowell
Europe
Baker
Department of Aviation
Strike of Shopmen Cleared Up Except Chicago and New England
Washington reports to the railway employers department that the shopmen strike is cleaned up except for Chicago and parts of New England where workers are expected to return by week end. Conferences with Director General Hines will begin once all men resume work.
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Washington
Railway Employers’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
New England
Hines
Homer S. Cummings Addresses Asheville on League of Nations
Homer S. Cummings spoke in Asheville after a 12000 mile cross country journey declaring strong sentiment for the league of nations and President Wilson. He warned that delaying the league would be an offense against humanity and civilization.
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Asheville
Homer S. Cummings
Atlantic
Pacific
League of Nations
Wilson
North State Telephone adopts monthly billing starting June first
The North State Telephone Co. switches to a uniform billing system used by other utilities. Beginning June first every subscriber will receive a mailed bill on the first of the month with toll message itemization. A collector's office will operate at 112 College St from 1 to 8 daily and 7 to 9 on Saturdays.
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North State Telephone Co
College St
Central
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Interstate Corporation Commission
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