Senators Trim Wardrobes to Battle High Prices
Washington reports lawmakers seek frugal wardrobe fixes amid rising living costs. McCormick remade overcoats with a New York stylist, while Sheppard and Gerry cut costs by not buying new clothes. Other senators pursue side jobs or investments to offset expenses, from real estate to book publishing, and even using old hats.
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McCormick
Washington Square
New York
Senator Sheppard
Texas
J. Ham Lewis
Senate
Colonel Lewis
J. Haw
Phelan
California
Capitol
Knox
Pennsylvania
Owen
Oklahoma
Senator Phipps
Colorado
Washington
Wolcott
Delaware
Gerry
Newport
R. L
Madden
Chicago
Two Suits and Frugal Winter Fashion Outlook
The speaker notes no purchases this winter, having bought only a pair of shoes last spring and planning no buys this fall. He laments high living costs and mentions a chautauqua in WHnels, pointing to a million dollars in automobiles on the grounds, while Washington society avoids fashion trends as a problem for the HCL.
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Nels
Washington
H.C. L
Berlin Girls Follow Yanks
Berlin reports that 30 enlisted men leaving after six months were followed by a parade of droshkies and taxis. The procession resembled a funeral as Americans, except those at headquarters, depart Berlin. The mission will mobilize at Koblenz on Wednesday and ship home as a unit.
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Berlin
Coblenz
United States
Kolchak Men Plead Guilty to Outrage
Siberian forces retreat and form behind the Tobol to repel invaders as Admiral Kolchak visits. General Graves leads American forces to the front. Reds in Perm and Ekaterinburg accused of brutality. executions and mass shots reported for prisoners and commissaries. Red prisoners moved east.
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Kolchak
Omsk
Tobol
Admiral Kolchak
Perm
Ekaterinburg
Isetsky Iron Works
Dietrichs
Daly Receives New Medal At Navy Recruiting Station
Sergt. Dan Daly of the Marines earned the medaille militaire at the Twenty third Street recruiting station in New York. Lieut. Henry W. Miller pinned the honor, Daly already holds the Congressional Medal of Honor the DSC and the French Croix de Guerre making him one of the most decorated men in the country.
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New York
Dan Daily
Twenty-third Street
Henry W. Miller
Daly
D. S.C
Japan Acknowledges Shantung Return in Face of U S Protest
Rt Rev John McKim a Tokyo bishop says Japan will restore Shantung to China eventually but resents Washington’s protest over its occupation. He notes Japan seized Shantung from Germany, not China, and cites concerns over China’s division and Western loans amid global power plays.
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Chicago
Japan
Shantung
China
United States
John McKim
Tokyo
Episcopal Church
Detroit
Lydia B. Hibbard
Prairie Neenue
St. James Episcopal Church
Cass
Huron
Port Sheridan
Germany
England
Wei-Hai-Wei Bay
Liao Tung Peninsula
Dutch Steamer Luna Sunk by Mine Near Calais
Dutch steamer Luna struck a mine five miles east of Calais harbor and sank. The crew was saved.
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Calais
France
Luna
Calala
Forest Fire Burns Seven Hundred Acres in Big Horn District
Sheridan Wyoming August 25 Seven hundred acres had been burned over in a forest fire in the Big Horn district near the Montana line according to information received here. Fire fighters have been rushed to the scene.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Big Horn District
Montana Line
Three youths killed by Dixie Flyer near St Anne
Three youths aged nineteen to twenty one died when their automobile was struck by the Dixie Flyer at 11 PM on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad near St Anne. Russell Son ele Evra Fortin and Sylviaus Forton, residents of farms near Benerville, were waiting for a freight to pass and did not notice the approaching passenger train.
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Kankakee
Ilinois
St. Anne
Russell Sonele
Evra Fortin
Sylviaus Forton
Benerville
Ren Aug Spartacan Breaks Reported in Towns
Reports from several large towns indicate outbreaks by Ren Aug Spartacan. The government vows vigorous steps to counter the disturbances and restore order.
Prices in Paris Rise as Rich Refuse High Bills
Paris residents confront soaring costs with demand for posted prices and fair charges. In upscale eateries across the Bois de Boulogne and Champs Elysées, patrons like a wealthy auto maker and wife balk at steep checks for peaches at 12 francs each, settled at 8 francs apiece. Restaurants now must display prices. the menu includes butter sauce charges and drinks at 8 francs, while some bars cut cocktails to 2.5 francs amid the household cost of living campaign.
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Paris
Bois de Bouluogne
Champhiysees
Armenonville
France
Walter E
Russian Exile Describes Russia Under Bolshevik Rule
Washington reports G A Alexinsky, a Second Duma member who escaped ten months in prison, has written on the present situation in Russia. He says anti Bolshevist groups unite against Lenin and that Kolchak gains favor with workers as Bolshevism cripples major industries through its economic policies.
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Second Duma
Washington
Second
Duma
G. A. Alexinsky
Russia
League of Russia
Regeneration
National Center
Committee of Public Men
Kolchak
Lenine
Alexinsky
Admiral Kolchak
Vriew
Bolshevists
Socialist-Revolutionaries
Social Democratic Internationalists
Maria Spiiridenova
Bolshevist
Bolshevik impact on Russian labor spurs union critique
The text argues that Bolshevism devastates the Russian labor movement shrinking workers from 10 million to 2 million in Petrograd and labels Bolshevik socialism as rascality. It cites Alexinsky's May 3 departure from Moscow as proof that the syndicalist movement has been damaged and transformed into bureaucratic service to the regime.
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Tose
Petrograd
Alexinsky
Europe
America
Caue
Aero Club Opens Prize For Transatlantic Flight
New York August 25 A $25000 prize offered by Raymond Orteig of the Aero Club of America to the first man to fly between France and New York in a heavier than air machine The flight must be completed by May 28 1924 It may be by land or water aircraft The contest is open to allied nations with valid aviator certificates and entry must be filed with a $250 fee 14 days before first attempt
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New York
Raymond Ortelg
Aero Club of America
France
International Aeronautical Federation
The
Ex Kaiser Cannot Be Delivered Ex Kaiser Cannot Be Delivered
Dutch press says William Hohe hzellern cod lissen and the former German emperor and crown prince may leave Holland freely and the Netherlands cannot compel their stay. The Handelsblad cites legal grounds questioning any government action to remove them, noting their status as aliens and lack of mandatory internment under the aliens acts.
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Washington
William Hohe
Hzellern Cod Lissen
Germany
Holland
Netherlands
Handelschlod
Hadelsblad
Puteh
Japanese Squadron Headquarters Identified in City
A Japanese squadron is reported to have its headquarters established in a major city. The presence signals a strategic military foothold and raises questions about operational scope and defense planning.
Think Bandit Dead Commander Confirms Renteria Death
Special to Evening Journal reports from Marfa Texas that Jas Yancey commander of the American punitive expedition says he considers the report authentic that bandit chief Renteria was shot and killed by an American air plane on Tuesday. The dispatch notes surrounding insurgents at Viadives stock, Japanese squadron arrivals, and U S forces in Siberia with headquarters at Viadivestock amid concerns of stability.
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Evening Journal
London
Viadivestock
Siberia
Marfa
Texas
Jas, Yancey
Renteria
Wilson Cancels Appointments to Meet Rail Shop Men
Special to Evening Joab reports in Washington on August 25 that President Wilson cancelled engagements to confer with Hines and representatives of the railroad shop men seeking a 25 percent wage increase.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Hines
R. R
France must have help from American capital says Hicks
Representative Hicks of New York returns from abroad arguing that U S capital must back French industrial rebuilding to create an export market. He notes France will restrict imports and favor long term credits, and that franc depreciation makes U S goods comparatively costly versus other nations.
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Washington
France
Hicks
New York
United States
Soldier Kills Wife and Two Men Then Self in Chicago Cafe
Private William K. Stewart, a returned overseas soldier in uniform with a injured right hand, entered the Royal Canton cafe and killed his wife Emma Stewart and Charles Schools before fatally shooting himself. Emma Stewart and Schools were dining in a booth when the gunfire occurred. The assailant used a left handed shot after drawing an army revolver and then killed himself.
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Chicago
Royal Canton Cafe
William K. Stewart
Mra
Emma Stewart
Charles Schools
Stewart
Schools
Bin
Car men ordered back by railway workers union
East St. Louis August 28 Striking car men of the St Louis and Suburban Railway were ordered to return to work by telegram from W D Mahon president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees.
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Mahon
Union Wires East &. Louis
East St. Louis
St. Louis and Suburban Railway Pany
W. D. Mahon
Armalzamated Association of Stree and Electirle Railway
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