Lloyd George Appeals to America on British Social Reform
In London on the 20th chancellor Lloyd George rebutted James J. Hill and defended Britain’s social measures. He said old age pensions and insurance help the weak and cited growing democratic hope as America shows fatigue with mercantile piracy.
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Lloyd George
America
London
United States
James J. Hill
Washington
Hill
England
West
Great Britain
Supreme Court affirms Interstate Commerce power in rate case
The United States Supreme Court unanimously sustains the Interstate Commerce Commission's right to fix zone and differential rates for interstate rail traffic, upholding the Hepburn act's long and short haul principle and affecting pending appeals from Eastern railroads. The same day also settles oil land title claims in a Burke v. Southern Pacific case.
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Commerce Commission
Intermountain
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Commission
Pacific Slope
Commerce Court
Supreme Court
Edmund Burke
California
Southern Pacific Railroad
Burke
France
Paris
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Congress
Pri
Industrial Relations Commission probes Philadelphia factories
The Federal Industrial Relations Commission examined conditions in Philadelphia stores and factories this week. Professor Scott Nearing testified to the harsh plight of factory workers with incomes far below a family living wage, urging that the remedy lies in stopping excessive exploitation.
Congressional Battleships Sold to Greece Amid Senate Amendments
Congress moves to sell battleships to Greece with approval from multiple Senate amendments, signaling a shift in postwar naval policy. The measure outlines terms, timelines, and funding implications for the transfer.
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Greece
Senate
Half Salem Fire-Destroyed Shatters City Center
A major Salem fire in the leather district spread in a strong wind destroying over half the city heart. Twenty five factories and one thousand homes were lost leaving fifteen thousand homeless before dynamite blocks contained it around midnight. Soldiers arrived as Governor Walsh declared martial law and appealed for funds. King Peter Abdicates Throne in Servia due to ill health. Regent Alexander named as successor. Paris letter carriers win promise after brief strike as government pledges full investigation.
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Salem
Mass
Walsh
Peter
Servia
Alexander
Paris
Roosevelt Opens Fire On Wilson Policy And Perkins
Col. Roosevelt returns home and releases a statement attacking the Wilson Colombia treaty and the Progressive push to expel George W. Perkins from the party. He defends Perkins as essential to party principles and vows he would be removed only if he is forced out himself. He denounces the Panama Canal payment of 26 million as belated blackmail.
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Asquith
Sylvia Pankhurst
House of Commons
Pankhurst East End Federation
Downing Street
George Lansbury
Miss Pankhurst
Mr. Asquith
London
Lloyd George
Villa
Zacatecas
Francisco Villa
Constitutionalists
Huerta
Natera
Carranza
Gonzales
San Luis Potosi
Obregon
Pacific Coast
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Marquis of Crewe
Edward Carson
Ulster
Dublin
Germany
Berlin
Stettin
Baltic
North Sea
Hamburg
Bremen
Hohenzollern
A.B.C
Juarez
Ortega
Mexico
T. R
Col. Roosevelt
Wilson
Colombia
George W. Perkins
Perkins
Progressive Party
Panama Canal
United States
Panama
Bryan
Debates Over Panama Policy and Federal Reserve Nominee
A speaker denounces U S action in Panama urging restoration to Colombia and warns against blackmail diplomacy. The piece also covers President's defense of Thomas D Jones for the Federal Reserve Board appointment amid criticism over his ties to the harvesting trust.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
National Chamber of Commerce
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank Board
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Owen
Jones
Harvesting Trust
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Niagara Falls
Beilis
Mendel Beilis
Kiev
Ministry of Justice
John Wanamaker
Rockefeller
Colorado
Blanknburg
Mitten
Rapid Transit Board
Co-Operative Plan
Allen Johnson
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Westinghouse Electric Company
Herr
Pittsburg
Federal Department of Commerce and Labor
State Department of Labor
Denver
New York
Treasury
New Haven
St. Louis
San Francisco
Dry Goods Trust
H. B. Claflin Company
Butte
Miners’ Union of
Mont
Sheriff's Deputies
Moyer
Meyer
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Ohio
Columbus
House
Idaho
Mississippi
Turkey
McAdoo
Appropriations Committee
Secret Service
Senate Committee On
Post Roads
McKenna
McPherson
Iowa
McNamara
Eastern Lumber Dealers’ Association
Warren
Liberty Streets
Warren National Bank
Department of Banking
Inquiri
Nationales
Bank Positors
Congressional
Citizen’s National Bank
Penn’a Avenue West
H. B. Hyde
Optometris
Warren, PA
T. J. Foley
A. A. Davis & Co
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