Plan for Regional Railroad Systems Under Government Oversight
The interstate commerce sub committee submits a tentative bill to halt private rail ownership and create 20 to 36 regional rail systems under strict federal control. Key provisions set up a strong IPC with broader powers, a five member Transportation Board, wage committees, and penalties to deter strikes, with private ownership returning on enactment day.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Sub-Committee
Sub Committee
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Committee
Kellogg
Minnesota
Poindexter
Washington
Pomerone
Ohio
Robinson
Arkansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Iberniated N
Railway Transportation Board
Belgian Relief Funds To Build Education Foundation
The Belgian government accepted Herbert Hoover’s proposal to use the Belgian relief commission’s final assets, about 16.09 million dollars, to create a foundation for the higher education of children of workers and those with limited means.
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Herbert Hoover
Inter-Allied Relief Organization
Belgian Relief Commission
Rock Island arsenal boosts efficiency cutting costs on orders
Government reports credit the Rock Island arsenal with streamlined control of production and lower costs after an arsenal orders branch was created in the Washington ordnance department. Examples show mail locks dropping from 45 to 38 per 1000 and optics from 55 to 20.75, reflecting broader efficiency gains and worker satisfaction.
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Rock Island Ai
Rock Island Arsenal
Arness
Pri
Bokes
Democr
Ordnance Department
Washington
Baker
Rock Island
Steel Workers Seek President's Aid
A Washington committee of steel workers asks President Wilson to intervene in the dispute with United States Steel to avert a general strike. The workers accuse the steel company of hastening the issue before the president can review the merits.
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Wilson
Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Washington
Committee of Steel Workers
Steel Corporation
Campaign Badge for Soldiers
War Department announces campaign badges issued to officers and enlisted men who have met service requirements. Badges will be sold at cost through army depots on presentation of certificates proving service.
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War Department
Washington
Senate probes War Risk Insurance Bureau for legal changes
A Senate finance committee investigation into the War Risk Insurance Bureau was authorized to study possible changes in the governing law of the bureau.
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Senate Finance Committee
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Senate
House Passes Bill To Retain 18000 Army Officers
The administration measure authorizing the war department to keep 18 000 officers on duty through next July passed the house and proceeds to conference.
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House
Administration
War Department
Seven Die From Poisoned Olives At Chicago Dinner
Dr J P Dewitt reports seven deaths linked to poisoned olives served at a Chicago dinner party attended by Co Charles C Weybrecht and others. Officials investigate the incident as a food poisoning case.
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Charles C. Weybrecht
Chicago
J. P. Dewitt
Hindenburg Named Candidate by National Party
The National People's Party plans to nominate Marshal von Hindenburg for the upcoming German presidential election, according to authoritative reports. The announcement marks a decisive step in the party's campaign strategy and leadership contest.
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Hindenburg
National People’s Party
Marshal von Hildenburg
Germany
Beer Brewing Expansion Ties Jamaica to US Prohibition
American financiers join Jamaican businessmen to open a large beer and stout brewery in Jamaica driven by US prohibition. The venture signals cross island investment and a push to supply American markets despite Prohibition.
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Jamaica
United States
Atamaica
Mexicans Fire On American Airmen Near Laredo
Capt David W McNabb of the United States aviation corps was slightly wounded when Mexicans fired on an American patrol plane along the Rio Grande northwest of Laredo Texas The attack pierced the wings and occurred near an area where a Mexican federal outpost was known Buck Buck Colonel of the Laredo district confirmed the incident and the Mexican consul denied the report of firing saying he doubted it.
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Rio Grande
David W. McNabb
United States Aviation Corps
Laredo
Tex
von de &. Johnson
McNabb
Beaumont B. Buck
Fort MclIntosh
Parsons Shapes Peace Meeting Program in Philadelphia
Dr. Charles Parsons secretary of the American Chemical Society is largely responsible for the fine program of the societies peace meeting which opened in Philadelphia early this week.
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Charles Parsons
American Chemical Society
Philadelphia
Carnegie Inheritance Tax Set At About Five Million
Officials in Washington estimate the inheritance tax on Andrew Carnegie’s estate at nearly five million dollars, nearly six million or about one fifth of his thirty million dollar fortune. The exact payment will depend on exemptions for charitable and educational bequests before distribution to Mrs. Carnegie and other beneficiaries including servants in America and at Skibo Castle.
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Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Washington
America
Skibo Castle
Scotland
U S Must Lend Billions For Europe Relief Credit
Herbert Hoover testifies before a Paris subcommittee of war expenditures urging the United States to extend credits from 3 to 4 billion dollars for a year and a half to two years. He proposes European merchants operate under their governments with a U S guarantee to American merchants in interest, and warns against broad government control of transactions to preserve regular organizations.
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Congressional Committee of War Expenditures
Paris
Herbert Hoover
Inter-Allied Relief
United States
Europe
Hoover
Husband Dies With Wife in Chicago Train Crash
William F. Tanner a Baltimore & Ohio cashier in Chicago clutched his wife Mary as a Chicago & Northwestern train struck them. She died with her foot caught in a railroad frog. Tanner perished after uttering I will stay with you. Flagman John Miller lost a leg and fractured an arm while trying to help. Three children become orphans.
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Mary
William F. Tanner
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
John Miller
Tanner
Radical Arrest at Chicago Communist Convention
Dennis E. Batt, an organizer for radicals, was arrested in Chicago for advocating overthrow of the United States government. He was removed from a communist convention as delegates protested. police threatened to close the meeting to suppress rescue attempts.
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Chicago
United States
Dennis E. Batt
Batt
Germany plans a lottery loan of 459 million marks
Germany contemplates issuing a lottery loan of 459,000,009 marks as savings banks refuse new deposits beyond 2 percent interest. The proposed loan amount equals about 112.5 million dollars, signaling a burst of liquidity in the country per Stuttgarter Neues Tageblatt.
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Germany
Stuttgarter Neues Tageblatt
Manufacturer to Sell Army Shoes
War department authorizes sale of 30 000 pairs of army shoes at five dollars fifty cents each to Meade Shoe Company of Brooklyn. Company holds a large stock of regulation soldier footwear ready for distribution.
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War Department
Meade Shoe Company Cof
Brooklyn
Austria Given Revised Peace Terms at St Germain
The peace terms for Austria were handed to Austrian negotiators at St Germain. Romania plans not to sign, objecting to a minority clause and a treaty regulation clause. The resignation of J J C Bratiano as premier is seen as imminent. Bulgaria's treaty would bind it to future powers decisions on Thrace and the Aegean Sea.
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Austria
St. Germain
Roumania
Paris
J. J. C. Bratiano
Bulgaria
Paris Temps
Thrace
Aegran Sea
Hoover Warns of Food Speculation Driving Costs
In Paris, Herbert Hoover, head of the inter allied relief group, blames speculation for high food prices. He cites overflowing European ports with meats and dairy, noting merchants gambled on sales in Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Baltics, and Germany, where credit limits buying.
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Baltic States
Germany
Allies plan rapid repatriation of German prisoners
Semi official Paris note confirms that all allied powers will begin repatriating German prisoners immediately to ease war suffering. Continuation depends on the German government and people meeting all obligations.
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Germany
Paris
Union Drops Forder for Extra Wages in Subway Strike
Officials of the Brotherhood of Interborough Rapid Transit Employes said after a strike win in Manhattan they would not press the additional 25 percent demand. Arbitration had secured 25 percent, and President Wilson had urged workers not to seek further large raises.
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Brotherhood of Interborough Rapid Transit
Manhattan
Wilson
Prohibition Party Starts Chicago Meeting on Dry World Aim
National Prohibition party members open a two day Chicago gathering to map future work enforced by the constitutional amendment. They discuss party strategy and methods to make the entire world dry.
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National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
Chicago
German U Boats Allocated to Japan Reach Yokohama
German submarines allotted to Japan have safely arrived at Yokohama where they are open to public inspection and visible for crowds.
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Japan
Yokohama
Wilson to convene October labor conference with farmers invited
President Wilson issued invitations to labor leaders financiers manufacturers and farmers to attend a conference in October on labor problems and leadership. Cabinet discussions covered overall labor situation and swing around the circle tour with 30 speeches planned in the West and South.
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Farmers’ Representatives
White House
Wilson
Washington
Bpe
Senate
Cary T. Grayson
Tumulty
Navy to Sell Over 100 Naval Vessels to Highest Bidder
The Navy Department announced plans to dispose of more than 100 vessels of varied types, including gunboats Essex Yantic Copper Sandoval Princeton, Isle de Luzon Don Juan de Austria, monitor Amphitrite, and yachts Hiragle Waban. Submarine chasers of 110 feet with 660 hp engines, 18 knots, will also be sold. Bids due by noon September 4 at the Navy Department.
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Monitor
Navy Department
Essex
Yantic
Copper
Sandoval
Princeton
Isle de Luzon
Don Juan de Austria
Hiragle
Waban
British Destroyer Commander Identified in Red Fleet Destruction
The London Daily Express names Commander Dobson as the British naval officer in charge of the recent destruction of Lenin’s Bolshevik fleet. He reportedly captured several guns and held 500 prisoners.
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London Daily Express
Lenine
Dobson
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