Carranza Warned to Stop Murders in Remote Areas
The United States warned Mexico on July 22 that US policy could change if Americans remain unsafe. The note urged Carranza to protect citizens and suggested relocating foreigners to populous centers as attacks continued, including the Catron murder in San Luis Potosi.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Mexico City
State Department
Peter Catron
San Luis Potosi
Catron
George T. Summerlin
Department
Pear
Tum
Andrew Carnegie Laid to Rest in Lenox Mass
Funeral rites for Andrew Carnegie were held at Shadow Brook Lenox amid heavy rain. Forty mourners gathered as Rev Dr William Merrill and Rev Benson Wyrmen officiated with the service noted for its simple dignity.
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Lenox
Mass
Shadow Brook
Sumer
Andrew Carnegie
William Pierson Merrill
Brick , Presbyterian Church
New York City
Benson J. Wyrmen
Carnegie
Merrill
Six Submarine Chasers Race From Bermuda To New York
Six veteran submarine chasers that fought in the North Sea and the Adriatic will depart Bermuda and race to New York under service conditions. The aim is to tow the Bermuda to New York record for gasoline vessels of eighty eight hours.
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Washington
U Boat
North Sea
Adriatic
Bermuda
New York
Dump Blows Up Killing 14 at Kalk Near Cologne
A British munition dump in Kalk an eastern suburb of Cologne exploded killing 14 workers and wounding many nearby. The blast disrupted the area and drew emergency crews to the scene.
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Cologne
Kalk
Cossacks Retreat as Bolsheviks Close on Odessa Front
London reports say Kolchak forces retreat in the Urals as Bolsheviks push 60 miles south of Uralsk and reach Miass and Isset rivers. Petlura advances toward Kiev to sever railways toward Odessa while Russian volunteers press from northeast and east to seize the coast.
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London
Ural Mountains
Admiral Kolchak
Uralsk
Urals
Kolchak
Cheliabinsk
Shadrinsk
Odessa
Ford Wins Libel Verdict Over Anarchist Claim
Henry Ford wins a libel verdict against the Chicago Tribune in Mount Clemens Michigan. The jury awards 6 cents in damages after three months of testimony and deliberations ending at 8 15 PM. The case followed precedent from the Roosevelt Gamage suit and centered on the charge that Ford was an anarchist.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
Edsel
the Tribune
Ford
Roosevelt Gamage
Tucker
Solomon News Company
Michigan
Maintiff
Jury to Interpret Anarchist Terms in Editorial Libel Case
Defense rests on two lines of defense with the jury to decide how the newspaper used anarchist and ignorant idealist terms. The court states the editorial appears libelous per se, while the Chicago Tribune admits publication and argues it was true or fair comment on a public interest.
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Nidge Tucker
Ford
Pir
Chicuro Tribune
Sugar Price Set at Eleven Cents
Washington April 15 The Department of Justice aims to use license regulation and the food administration to cancel profiteering in sugar not through criminal food control act provisions but via anti profiteering actions. Attorney Palmer met with Clarence Wilson in DC and F C Henderschoot in New York to push price-reduction efforts and testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee on amendments extending anti profiteering to clothing and other necessities with penalties for violations.
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Washington
Food Administration
Department of Justice
Department
Railroad Shopmen Vote to End Strike in Central District
In Chenango on August 15 the break in the shopmen's strike came as 27,000 car men voted overwhelmingly to return to work and align with the international union. Delegates will discuss presenting their case to the government and setting a return date. The session, marked by tensions with a Chicago district faction, followed a resolution by P A Hallen urging immediate resumption of duties.
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Chenago
International Organization of the Union
Chicago District Council of Federated Shop Crafts
LW. W
P. A. fYialleen
Car Men
J. M. Patterson
Association
Chicago
TL. W. W
Halleen
Jewell
B. M. Jewell
Executive Council of
Grand Lodge
Atlanta
Iowa
Wabash
Decatur
St. Louis
Chiergo
Wisconsin Egg Price Cut Ordered by Federal Mandate
Madison August 15 United States District Attorney A C Wolfe says egg prices to Wisconsin consumers will be reduced immediately under a federal mandate. He plans prosecutions against storage houses that fail to market eggs promptly.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
A. C. Wolfe
Roumanian Troops Set to Leave Budapest
Roumanian troops are about to depart Budapest following a note from the peace conference, according to a wireless dispatch from Vienna. The report says the move is in response to Allied demands and signals a shift in control of the city.
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Budapest
Amsterdam
Roumania
Vienna
Butter Hoarders Targeted as Federal Seizures Expand
In Chicago on August 15, federal agents seized 85 000 pounds of butter from cold storage and freight cars, with more than 100 000 pounds anticipated. Authorities plan warrants and further raids to uncover profiteers and hoarders, including sugar and canned goods violations, as Deputy Marshals scour the city. United States Attorney Clyne expected to sign warrants upon his return from Washington.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Federal
United States
Clyne
Washington
U. S
State to Issue Warrants After Arrest Spree
Forty men have been caught with the goods as warrants are issued by the state for their arrests.
Confiscate Supplies Aims At Meat in Cold Storage
Governor Cox announced 40 warrants for arresting food profiteers and said he would ask the government to confiscate 2,000,000 pounds of meats in cold storage. In Washington, GOP senators push rapid ratification of the peace treaty with reservations while Wilson vetoes daylight saving repeal.
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Evening Journal
Columbus
Ohio
Cox
State of
Washington, D. C
Senate
Wilson
Coffee seized in St Louis warehouse hoarded to raise price
Federal officials seized 284,180 pounds of coffee held in storage in a St Louis warehouse on a libel information by the United States district attorney. The coffee, alleged to be for J Aron & Co of New York, had been in storage since October 1 and was allegedly hoarded to boost prices.
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St. Louis
Aug. Mi
United States
J. Aron & Co
New York
Congress to reconvene to tackle high cost of living bills
Washington August 15 members of the house were ordered to return from absence to resume work on high cost of living legislation. Leaders sent telegrams after a conference to muster attendance and press the next session.
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House
Washington
Republian
Mendet
Clark
Wisconsin Prosecution Targets Beer Makers in Western District
U S District Attorney Wolfe announces that every man involved in beer production in the western district of Wisconsin will be prosecuted. Five warrants have already been issued amid reports and examinations showing alcohol content around 23% returnable and 3.35 percent by volume, with more details expected.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
Wolfe
Watske
Des Moines Strikes by Street Railway Workers Unite
Support for Des Moines street railway strike grows as six local unions back the action. About one hundred strikers walked out Wednesday demanding pay increases from 27 to 40 dollars weekly.
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Des Moines
Streat Ext
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