Wilson Plans Definite Measures To Meet Price Issue
President Wilson returns to Washington to face urgent demands to cut living costs. Justice and cabinet aides study price relief options, including ending wheat price guarantees, with Palmer and Hines leading reviews. Rail labor pressure and profiteering probes threaten to widen actions aimed at lowering bread, food and living costs nationwide.
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Wilson
Palmer
Railways
Hines
the Treasury
Lefiiewell
Colver
Federal State Commission
Julius Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Congress
Vote 10 Strike Over 1500 Involved In Washington Area
1500 machinists and allied metal workers in Washington area vote to strike at 8 AM, threatening widespread impact on Southern Railway shops in Washington terminals Ivy City roundhouse and Alexandria yards. Unions push for wage hikes including 85 cents minimum for mechanics, 60 cents for helpers, and 10 cents more for apprentices. A secret session in Alexandria delays action while talks continue this morning at the Alexandria Trades Council.
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Alexandria
Southern Railway
Potomac Yards
Alexandria Trades Council
Alexandria National Bank
Washington
Typographical Temple
Street
Northwest
Carmen
Washington Terminal
Roundhouse
Eckington
Ivy City
Raiiroad
Strika
Railroad Administration
Board of Adjustment of Railroad
Potomac
French Demand Action as Treaty Faces Senate Clash
French deputies push for a decisive stance on the Franco American treaty amid fears of its dependence on the League of Nations. Republicans hint at amending the pact to replace the league with a direct alliance, as France demands guarantees and recalls Brest demonstrations.
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America
League of Nations
Clemenceau
Senate
League
Brest
Wilson
Chamber of Deputies
United States
M. Clementau
Rhineland
Germany
M. Clemenceau
France
Taft Calls Sympathetic Aid to Negroes Halt Rioting
Former president Taft urges suppressing race riots with swift military action and disciplined leadership. He traces outbreaks to southern migration and reports on African American troops in France. He decries direct action and stresses firm, coordinated action by both races.
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Taft
France
A Southern Leader's View After Booker Washington Luncheon
A thoughtful Southern leader writes to a Northern friend after the Booker Washington luncheon and ensuing Southern press debate. He compares views on spelling a creek name, notes nationalist strains, and argues progress comes through education and vocational training for Negroes. He divides Black leaders into those seeking legislative reform and those pursuing self restraint to temper prejudice, urging moderation to uplift the community. Continued on fifth page.
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Booker Washington
Chicago
Four Arrests After Double Policeman Shootings
Police incidents last night sparked race fears as Private J W White was wounded in an express wagon fight at Sixth and I Streets SE. Four suspects, including William Day and Silas Carter, were arrested, while Crossing Policeman J E Namey was suspended after firing at a speeding car driven by Crosby Bynum in a separate chase.
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J.W. White
Harbor Precinct
White
Sixth
Willis Lephew
Lawrence Miller
G. P. Waide
William Day
M Street
George
Thomas
Second Street
William Taylor
Silas Carter
G Street
Anre Day
Casualty Hospital
Harbor Station
Namey
First Precinct
Pennsyivania Avenue
Seventh Street
Union
Crosby Bynum
Third Street
Casualty
Lomax
Ninth Precinct
Byrum
Athes
Henry A. Starr
Leroy McLeod
Thirteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
McLeod
Starr
Grant
Chicago riot calm as militia patrols Negro district
Chicago Aug 3 order held in the Black Belt after last week’s rioting left 85 dead and hundreds injured. Gen Frank S Dickson and Police Chief Garrity praised the situation while militia and police policed the area. A white mob formed near the stockyards but no major outbreaks occurred. Captain Wehrheim was stabbed but will recover. a machine gun was used to disperse about 600 whites. Sheriff planned to rearm former soldiers as deputies and stockyard black employment will wait until tensions ease.
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Chicago
Chicago Black Belt
Frank S. Dickson
Illinois
Garrity
A. R. Wehrheim
Fourth Reserve
Stock Yards
China Demands Arms Amid Shantung Tension Crisis
The 1919 report notes China asking the embargo on arms be lifted, with Paul Reinsch tasked to inform the State Department. It details Wu Pei fu and other leaders urging strong defense against Japanese moves, the Paris treaty context, and Tokyo’s push to delay actions until ratification.
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Albert v. Fox
Washington Poat Co
Chineas
United States
Paul 8. Reinsch
Peking
State Department
Mr. Reinsch
China
Wilson
Wu Pei-fu
Shantung
Peking Foreign Office
South
We Pei-fu
Poland
Tsingtao
Tokyo
Japan under pressure over Shantung settlement impact
The article notes that delaying any Japanese plan is aimed at curbing current unrest and global agitation after the Paris Shantung settlement. It says significant efforts are being mounted by European powers and the United States to influence Japan, with Paris as the central hub of these activities.
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United States
France
Rhine
Clemenceau
League
China
Japan
Shantung
Tha Sagre
Jupat's
Paris
Orie
Paria
Germans Stop British Mission In Baltic Occupation Clash
Warsaw Aug 3 German troops slow to evacuate Baltic provinces despite Entente orders. Forces hold line south of Mitau through Radziwilischki, Rosienie, Maryampol, Suwalk and Augustowo and resist further movement. Lieut Col Robertson’s Allied railway mission car blocked at Augustow. German officer refused passport endorsement and ordered removal of the union jack. A brief clash followed as British occupants opposed, but the flag remained with the British. Robertson continued his journey unhindered amid hostile occupation troops.
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London “Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Warsaw
Entente
Baltic
Mitau
Radziwilischki
Rossienie
Maryampo
Suwalk
Augustowo
Col. Robertson
Berlin
Quake Shakes Fleet Off Colima Coast In Seaworthy Alarm
Six U S Navy dreadnoughts including the New Mexico reported a double earthquake shock near Colima Mexico at 4 18 pm. The flagship shivered but no damage was found as crews secured watches and sea tests followed. Admiral Rodman identified the quake and ordered fleet-wide checks. Seismograph readings were inconclusive but experts blamed tidal or volcanic activity.
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U. S&s
New Mexico
Colima
Mexico
Rodman
Hugh Rodman
Brainerd
Admiral Rodman
Georgetown University
Tondorf
Steamological Observatory
Pacific Ocean
Bomb Blast Targets Former U S Attorney General in Revenge Plot
Los Angeles police suspect a revenge motive tied to prosecutions of midwest dynamiters years earlier after a bomb damaged Oscar Lawler and seriously burned him and his wife, with their nurse and son rescued by bystanders. The blast used two five gallon gasoline cans and a ten inch iron pipe device. the family slept on a porch and escaped with injuries.
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U. & Attorney General
Los Angeles
Middle West
Oscar Lawler
United States
Oejana
Lawler
Witshire
Lawlers
Charles
Jane
Dan Murphy
Pebbly Beach
Onega Taken by Anti-Bolsheviks in Russia
London reports Onega on the north Russian front bombarded and captured by anti Bolshevik forces. The Bolshevik wireless says the town was landed and seized, with the northern part burning. Dispatches claim mutiny, town handover, and limited British presence on the Omega front.
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London
Onega
Opes
Art
Ang
White Sea
Aréli
Arigel
William I
Ironsides
Archangel
Amy
Onexa
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Barnes
Palmer After Profiteers
Department of Justice
White House
League of Nation
Brotherhood
L. B. Sheppard
Storney
Federal Trade Commission
Assington
U. S
Ryley Grannon
William Howard-Taft
Turton
Maj. Pullman
Maj. Pullmar
Gression
Putato
Midwest
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