President says he lacks power to declare peace by proclamation
President Wilson writes Senator fall that peace cannot be proclaimed before a formal treaty is ratified by the senate. He notes the treaty’s provisions until ratified only establish peace among ratifying powers and questions whether the league of nations is created by three allied governments. He discusses Germany’s possessions and trusteeships, and outlines positions on Saar, commissions, and overseas territories.
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Senate
Wilson
Fall
White House
Germany
League of Nations
Mall
Denar
League
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
Spain
Saar
Council of the
Strike Breakers Have Hard Luck
Washington reports favorable committee action on amendments to the food control act proposed by Attorney General Palmer. The bill would impose a $5,000 fine and two years imprisonment for profiteering and extends the act to include wearing apparel and other food related essentials. Columbus verdict notes Theodore Leonard Jr. found guilty of violating the Smith cold storage law by keeping meats in cold storage beyond the ten month limit and fined $500 plus costs.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Palmer
Columbus
Theodore Leonard, Jr
Yank Troops Kill Four of Mex Bandits
Marfa Texas report says four Mexican bandits were killed by American troops in Mexico after being surrounded in an adobe blockhouse in a mountain pass. Capt. Leonard Mattack arrived by plane to confirm the engagement. President Wilson plans to reply to Carranza demanding withdrawal, insisting pursuit of bandits is not invasion and will continue until bandits are captured or killed or pursuit ends as futile.
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Carranza
Wilson
Marfa
Tex
Mexico
Leonard Mattack
Washington
Cerranza
Administration
United States
State Department
Bonillas
United States Troops Pursue Invasion as Finnish Envoy Presents Credentials
United States reports an error led to troops crossing the frontier and landing near 12 kilometers south, captured by 20 bandits and later liberated. Washington protests ask for immediate withdrawal of invading forces. Secretary Baker offered no update on the punitive expedition. In another note, Armas Herman Saastamoinen, Finland’s first provisional minister, presented credentials to President Wilson.
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United States
Eighth Cavalry
Department of Foreign Relations
Washington
Baker
Credentia
Martial Law Proclaimed Across Hungary
Copenhagen reports a Budapest dispatch dated Wednesday stating martial law has been proclaimed throughout Hungary. News notes the move as a major political development with unspecified triggers and a wide regional impact.
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Hungary
Copenhagen
Budapest
Profiteers Will Be Sent to Jail in Deadlock City
Nashville and Louisville workers endure a three day streetcar strike paralyzing service. In Nashville, conductors join a walkout after nonunion cars were attacked by union sympathizers. In Louisville, 1,800 employees strike, 28 injured including eight serious cases as cars attempted to run.
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Nashville
Louisville
Nashville Railway and Light Company
Louisville Street Railway Company
Government to audit sugar refiners. licenses may be revoked
Attorney General Palmer orders a crackdown on licensed sugar refiners and dealers as part of the cost of living campaign. He instructs U.S. attorneys, food administrators, and investigators to target anyone with $100000 annual business, with licenses cancelable for violations. He notes aims to keep consumer sugar near 11 cents per pound and explains how control measures, including the U.S. Sugar Equalization Board, influence prices and distribution.
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Washington
Palmer
United States
Bureau of Investigation
Food Administration
Sugar margins and pricing guidance from food administration
The food administration notes historical margins for sugar wholesalers and retailers, totaling around 71 cents per hundred pounds at refinery net price, with 35 cent wholesaler margins plus discounts and expenses, and 1 cent per pound for retailers. It stresses reasonable profit under current law and licenses, aiming for fair consumer prices and avoiding blanket license cancellations.
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Food Administration
No News of Nicaragua Move in Costa Rica Affair
President Wilson told the Senate the United States had no knowledge of armed interference by Nicaragua in Costa Rican affairs. The state department urged Nicaraguan officials not to interfere. The Tinoco government in Costa Rica was described as legally non existent and not a belligerent.
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Senate
Wilson
United States
Nicaragua
State Department
la Follette
Costa Rica
Germany
Tinaco
Confirmation by mistake of Palmer as attorney general
Washington Aug 22 confirmation of A Mitchell Palmer to the attorney general was made by the senate through mistake It was discovered and the action may be reconsidered Opposition had been voiced but the Judiciary committee had reported favorable action and the senate was expected to approve
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate
Palmer
Judiciary Committee
Skeleton shown at hearing tied to Maple Hill murders
In Eskridge Kansas a skeleton placeholder was unveiled at Rufus King's preliminary murder hearing. William Gutshall identified the bones as those of his brother Reuben who disappeared from a Maple Hill farm in 1913. The scene drew the largest audience the town theater has seen with Mr and Mrs Gutshall among spectators.
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Eskridge
Kan
Rufus King
Maple Hill
William Gutshall
Reuben
Levi Gutshall
Militiamen Hold Men In Their Homes
Militiamen detain men in homes as shops reopen signaling a return to normalcy. Local authorities report controlled demonstrations and gradual restoration of commerce amid resumed street activity.
Archduke Jos. Out Resigns in Hungarian Government
Special to Evening Journal reports Archduke Jos. resigns as head of the Hungarian government as Polish forces crush Bolshevik resistance. In Hammond Indiana a Standard Steel Car plant strike ends as state militia enforce operations. Seventeen hundred strikers kept at home while strike breakers resume work after a rejected offer to compromise.
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Hammond
Ind
Standard Steel Car Company
Smith
Archduke Joseph resigns as Hungarian head of government
Paris reports Archduke Joseph has resigned as head of the Hungarian government according to official information received today.
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Paris
Archduke Joseph
Polish Forces Score Crushing Victory Over Bolsheviks
Special to Evening Journal reports Polish troops defeating Bolshevik forces with pursuit underway. Polish staff reportedly at Warsaw and Fort Rovno captured by Polish forces.
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Evening Journal
C ‘Openhagen
Warsaw
Fort
Rovno
King charged with murder in two cases amid plea of not guilty
The head fell as King faced formal murder charges in the John Woody killing and in a separate case of an unidentified person. King pleaded not guilty to both charges. A preliminary hearing is set for August 28 in this location.
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King
John Woody
Pardoned Soldiers Honored After War Service
Washington reports two American soldiers once condemned to death for sleeping on outpost duty were pardoned by President Wilson. One was killed in the Aisne offensive in July 1918, the other twice wounded and finally honorably discharged.
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Washington
France
Wilson
Aisne
Seven Bandits Are Killed by Carransa Authorities
Seven of the Mexican bandits who robbed sailors from the US cruiser Cheyenne near Tampico last month have been captured and executed by Carransa authorities. The official report to the Mexican Consul here says the bandits possessed property of the sailors.
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Galveston
Tex
Mexicdn
Cheyenne
Tampica
Carransa
Lueblo Gongales
Meade Fierro
Pearl Harbor Dry Dock Dedicated by Secretary Daniels
Honolulu Aug 22 Secretary Daniels dedicates the great Pearl Harbor dry dock with Mrs Joe Daniels pressing the flood button as the structure is flooded to mark the ceremony.
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Honolulu
Joesephus Daniels
The
of the Navy
Pearl Harbor Dry Dock
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