Profiteers Face Firing Squad Debate At Congressional Hearing
The Interstate Commerce Committee heard Labor leaders support the Plumb plan and wage cuts to curb living costs. Warren Stone warned of potential firing squads for profiteers while urging Congress to act to reduce prices and avert industrial unrest.
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Washington
Aug
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Onsy
Interstate Commerce Committee
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Congress
Morrison
Esch
Stone
Mr. Stone
Cleveland
Winslow
Japan's Pledge Publicly Clarified by Uehida Statement
President Wilson released a formal statement praising Viscount Uehida's frank remarks on Japan's Shantung policy. He cautioned that references to a 1915 agreement with China could mislead without considering Paris deliberations. Wilson noted Japan accepts returning Shantung in full sovereignty to China, retaining only German economic privileges and a Teing-Tao settlement under standard terms.
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Washington
Wilson
Viscount Uehida
Japan
Shantung
Uehidle
China
Paris
Aris
Shantung Peninsula
Germany
Teing-Tao
Optimistic Thought Shadows Heighten Life's Bright Picture
A concise meditation contrasts shadows with bright tints, suggesting optimism enhances perception of life. The phrasing evokes a reflective mood about attitude shaping experience without specific events or figures.
Roumania Demands Ultimatum After Occupying Budapest
Paris reports Roumanians have issued an ultimatum to the Hungarian government seeking terms beyond the armistice. Roumanians refuse to take orders from Marshal Foch and prepare large demands including army reductions, harvest and machinery seizures, Danube shipping, and food for 300000 troops. Hungary asks great powers to send regiments to Budapest as monitors and protection.
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Entente
Budapest
Paris
Foch
Bratiano
Ciple
Bowmanians
Romane
W. B. Causey
Danube
Romanelli
Clemencenu
Roumanian King with Army in Hungary as Budapest is bombarded
Geneva dispatch says King Ferdinand of Roumania is with his army in Hungary while Budapest is bombarded by Roathanians. A Budapest wireless report notes twenty one shells and a house hit with numerous arrests tied to the Soviet system. British troops head to Budapest to join Roumanians in occupation.
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Geneva
Bukharest
Perdinand
Roumania
Hungary
Budapest
Railway union to call general strike in police dispute
The National Union of Railwaymen plans a general strike in solidarity with the police union. The police group had ordered action after the government refused to withdraw its bill affecting the police organization.
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London
National Union of Railwaymen
Secretary Lansing Doubts Trial Of Former German Emperor
Secretary of State Lansing told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a legal trial of the former Kaiser would be doubtful. He noted American commissioners favored no criminal trial and suggested a military tribunal was possible, while Allies in London confirmed no action until the German peace treaty is ratified.
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Washington
Carmen
United States
Lansing
London
Andrew Boner Law
House of Commons
Packers Face Antitrust Action as Govt Targets Hoarding
Attorney General Palmer announced antitrust suits against five major meat packers Amor, Swift, Wilson, Morris and Cudahy for price fixing and hoarding. federal agents ordered to arrest profiteers and confiscate food hoards. Isidor J. Kresel to lead the case with DOJ support as the Wilson administration presses measures to curb high costs of living.
Justice Department to Pursue Packers Conspiracy
Attorney General Palmer reports a review of evidence on the packers combination by specialized lawyers. He states a clear antitrust violation and says prosecutions may be civil or criminal, with Isidor J. Kiesel in charge. The named firms include Swift, Armour, Morris, Cudahy, and Wilson, with broad, countrywide action against hoarders and profiteers under the Food Control Act.
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Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Isidor J. Kresel
Jerome, Rand & Kresel
New York
Palmer
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Wilson & Co
Kiesel
Jerome
Office of
Alien Property Custodian
United States
Lansing Silent On Fourteen Points At Senate Hearing
Secretary Lansing told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the League of Nations plan was not pressed or presented to the full peace conference. He said the talks followed armistice terms, relying on common sense and general principles rather than the fourteen points.
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Washington
Aug
Lansing
Senate Foreign Relations
League of Nations
Johnson
Latsing
Sebnator Johnson
Senator Johnson
800 Miners Go Out Tie Up at Carlyle and Chicago Stock Yards
Four hundred thousand members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Freight Handlers and Station Express and Steamship Employees plan to vote Friday on whether to strike immediately for higher wages or to await congressional wage proposals as urged by Hines.
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Washington, D. C
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Congress
Hines
Miners Strike In Illinois Over Living Costs
Special to Evening Journal reports about 400 coal miners in Carlyle Illinois going on strike to protest the high cost of living and demand relief.
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Evening Journal
Carlyle
Walkouts at stock yards amid race linked labor dispute
In Calago Illinois and Chicago Illinois on August 7 union workers protested military protection for black employees. Two hundred fifty white workers at Pecking plants left work as three thousand black workers returned under heavy police guard, signaling possible wider strike across stockyards.
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Calcago
Til
Bveame Journal
Chicago
Riot in Brooklyn Ends Day One of Transit Strike
Rioting and shooting at a wrecking crew marked the start of day two of the Brooklyn transit strike. No injuries were reported as the line tie-up continues across all routes.
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Even the Journal
Brooklyn
New York
Schooner Gallia Sinks Halifax Collision
Twenty persons perish when the schooner Gallia sinks after a collision with the British steamer Warwich near Halifax last night. Survivors are being rescued as authorities investigate the incident.
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Gallia
Halifax
Warwich
Archduke Joseph Heads Government Amid Coup in Hungary
In Budapest on August 7 the Allied Mission delegated government authority to Archduke Joseph as Pekdl government fell. Hungarian troops arrested cabinet members and carried out their duties without disorder during the transfer of power.
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Budapest
Archduke Joseph
Pekdl
Lansing says 23 nations could discuss plan for league covenant
Mr. Lansing praises the league covenant as a decided improvement over the American plan though he declines to detail, noting he is not a member of the drafting commission. He confirms awareness of Japan's demands on China and that the department knew of them as talks proceed.
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Lansing
Japan
China
Tree Trunk Growth Questioned in Botanical Note
A brief note states tree trunks do not grow in length from the tap root to the low branch and that cutting the tap root at a special length affects growth, phrased in a folk speculation about Beth.
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Beth. Oy Ybreeck
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Armour
Swift
Morris
Cudahy
Pittsburgh
Mendell
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Speer
Senate
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