Profiteering in Siberia Reaches High Art Across Regions
Reports from Omsk describe profiteers in central and western Siberia extracting up to 1000 percent gains on scarce goods. Smugglers stash items on special trains, evading ports and officials, with Red Cross efforts occasionally thwarted by oversized shipments. Officials expect a decline as inter allied committee management tightens controls and legitimate commerce resumes.
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Omsk
Siberia
Wigdivestock
Harbin
Red Cross
Irkutsk
Dairem
Darren
Cambria Cathedral Campanile Saved From Destruction
Cambria France September 5 The cathedral campanile with a breached corner column was spared immediate demolition by intervention of art supporters. The plan to remove it stone by stone and store the material for reassembly after restoration was announced, while the army engineers warned of public safety hazards.
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Cambrai
France
Cambria
Friends of Art
Chilean employers refuse to meet strikers sparks general strike
The Associated Press reports in Santiago on September 5 that breweries declined to grant workers demands, prompting a sympathy strike by brenary workers. Cars, taxis, shoe makers, bakers and other unions join as railway workers decide to strike, tying up transport.
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Associated Press
Cantiago
Chile
Robber Suspects Nabbed by Sheriff Sprague
Two men accused of robbing a hardware store were arrested yesterday afternoon beyond the county line by deputies of the sheriff's office. The suspects, identified as Warl Johnson and Frank Budd of Portland, reportedly possessed some of the missing articles.
Cable across the Pacific nears second link
London reports George G. Ward of Commercial Cable says negotiations nearly guarantee a second transpacific cable from San Francisco via Midway to Japan. He urges Japan to grant landing rights for efficient construction and notes limited gutta percha supplies and prior orders for cables worldwide. A separate Tokyo advisory mentions a $25 million US–Japan line planned with US business support.
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Associated Press
London
George G. Ward
Commercial Cable Company
San Francisco
Pacific
Midway Island
Japan
Ward
United States
Businss
Sighting near San Juan de Dioé revives hope for missing men
Miles offshore from San Diego a sighting near San Juan de Dioé renews hope for the missing men. The report implies renewed search and concern as authorities pursue details of the encounter at sea.
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San Diego
San Juan de Dioé
Babe Ruth Signs for Motion Picture Role
Babe Ruth the Boston American League home run star has signed a contract to act in a baseball feature motion picture to be filmed in California after the league season. The news was announced in Boston today.
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Boston
Babe’ Ruth
California
Arranging Gantana for His Attitude
Washington dispatch reports General warns Mexicans that U S intervention is imminent amid tense border mood. The dated note reflects early crisis rhetoric as military and political maneuvers unfold near the border.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Alvarado Demands Change in Mexican System and War Toll
Salvador Alvarado writes to Carranza and generals urging terms for reform in Mexico. He cites a daily death toll of 100 from civil fighting and 8,000 children dying yearly in Mexico City from deprivation. He condemns the shift from obstructionist congress to a despotic presidential regime and accuses the justice system of seller influence.
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Salvador Alvarado
Carranza
Oregon
Gonzales
Mexico
Alvarado
YuzCatan
Mexico City
Alonde
Congress
Administration of Justice
Marines to Maintain Order in Fiume
Paris reports the allied commission guiding peace talks urged a force to keep order in Fiume. The plan calls for a joint American and British police presence with U S Marines in the lead to quell disturbances amid French casualties.
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Fiume
Paris
Nome Sees Bering Sea Ice In Mid Summers First
Nome Alaska Sept 5 For the first time in Nome s history Bering sea winter ice appeared off the city in mid summer. Although the year is half gone ice still blocks the straits into the Arctic ocean.
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Nome
Alaska
Bering Sea
Arctic Ocean
Paris Louvre holds no portraits until artist’s death
Prohibitionists in England are nicknamed pussyfoots. The note contrasts museum policy on art with a slang term used for activists, reflecting cultural contrasts across Europe.
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Louvre
Paris
England
Relics of the Magi viewed at Cologne cathedral mass
British army chaplain conducts mass in Cologne cathedral at the relics of the Magi skulls. American officers and soldiers from Coblenz area attend and view the relics as history records recount their journey from Constantinople to Milan and to Cologne.
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Cologne
Tex
Bethlehem
Coblenz
Helend
Constantinople
Milan
Federick Barbarossa
Reinald von Lassel
A. S
Shamrock Club Social Meeting At Mrs Griffiths Home
The Shamrock club held a delightful social meeting at the home of Mrs. James Griffith on Thursday afternoon. Miss Alice Peterson won the prize of the afternoon. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Huff on September 18.
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Shamrock Club
James Griffith
Alice Peterson
Huff
Eastern Star Opening Meeting At Masonic Hall
The Eastern Star will hold its opening meeting at the Masonic hall on Tuesday evening. Mrs. McRoberts will report on the grand chapter meeting. A separate note mentions the rising tide being used to raise ships from the sea bottom.
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The
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
McRoberts
Grand Chapter
Maitland resigns as head of Overseas Trade
London Sept 5 Sir Arthur Steel Maitland resigns from the post of head of the Department of Overseas Trade citing persistent interference from the hybrid nature of the department. The new government creation aimed to coordinate foreign office and board of trade to boost British trade. Responsibility to two masters partly blamed for his difficulties.
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London
Arthur Steel-Maitland
Overseas’ Trade
Department
Department of Overseas Trade
Foreign Office
Board of Trade
Arthur
Deposed Peru President Reaches New York
The former Peruvian president Pardo y Barreda, twice called president, arrived in New York today aboard the Tivnes from Colombia after a bloodless revolution in Lima on July 4. He came with his wife, mother-in-law, and six children.
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Associated Press
New York
Rept
Trose’ Pardo Y Barreda
Peru
Lima
Tiviyes
Colombia
Senor Pardo
Flotilla at Portland River Navy Visit
Portland dispatch reports Rear Admiral William Wiley aboard the cruiser Birmingham leading a flotilla near Portland. The Associated Press notes the fleet arrival marks a naval demonstration with multiple ships and coordinated maneuvers. Details on timing and unit names are to follow from further bulletins.
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Associated Press
Portland
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