The Russian Menace and Bolshevik Armistice Fates
A skeptical view of Bolshevik power in Moscow as Polish advances reshape Russia’s war, with former czarist generals returning to lead. The piece warns allies against red domination in Poland and Bessarabia, urging respect for Russia’s borders and an end to territorial seizures.
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Semenoff
Russia
Poland
Alles
Warsaw
London
Paris
Moscow
Germany
Europe
Lenine
Roumania
Bolshevists
Bessarabia
Red Army
America
France
United States
Coal Speculators and Rising Coal Prices
The piece argues high coal prices stem from speculators amid disrupted rail service. It urges full enforcement of fuel controls and government action to lower prices. It notes potential improvement as market conditions and mine and carrier operations stabilize, easing fear of shortages.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Great Laks
Coal Crisis Eases As Operators, Railroads Align
The piece argues that once the internal crisis is resolved prices will fall and speculation will ease. Coal operators and railroads are said to be acting in harmony, reducing uncertainty to only potential miner labor troubles. If miners are fairly treated, coal supply should stay stable for consumers. if not, the issue can be resolved without hurting the public, as long as speculators and profiteers are restrained.
Lingerie as War Stock Sparks Public Outcry
Cabled Paris reports reveal American army stocks sold to the French included layettes lingerie silk underwear and fine hosiery rather than military gear. Officials vow explanations while critics accuse waste lax inspection and deflationary excess in wartime spending across multiple towns.
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United States
Paris
Geddes Goes on Vacation in Maine
Sir Auckland Geddes British Ambassador spent a few hours in Oakland Maine on August 3 en route from Washington to Dark Harbor where he has leased a cottage. Accompanied by a secretary he said he left a competent staff in Washington and would take seven weeks of holiday rest.
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Aockland
Maine
Sir Auckland Geddes
Washington
Dark Harbor
Dark Tarbor
American Women Wedded to Hungarians Keep Titles
American and Austrian noble titles are traced through marriages. American women joining Hungarian nobility retain titles, while Austrian nobility lost under the 1919 law. The piece recounts the Forester family, a Germanic-English lineage, and the romance surrounding David Dyce Sombre and Mary Jervis, highlighting social uproar and wealth from mixed marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Forester
Lord Forester
Lord St. Vincent
Mary Jervis
David Dyce Sombre
David Dyce
India
Sirdhanna
Delhi
Sambre
Sir Walter Scott
George Middlemase
Sumroc
Wellington
Assaye
Monty
David
Europe
London
Princé Sugaroo
Thackeray
Lord
British Rail Plan Opposed by Group Reorganization
American Chamber of Commerce report says government proposal to amalgamate English rail lines into groups run by boards with shareholders and officials would be impractical. Rates would be set to match prewar earnings of absorbed companies, railway board reportedly opposes the plan and would not assist if enacted.
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Roup
England
American Chamber of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Railway Board
Japan honors mission head Clay MacCauley at farewell
In Tokyo on July 24, Rev. Clay MacCauley who finished eighty years leading the American Unitarian mission in Japan sailed for San Francisco. He was feted by American and Japanese groups for promoting good will between the two nations. In an AP interview he urged adjusting economic relations to resolve current Japan America differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay MacCauley
Tokyo
Japan
American Unitarian Mission
Colombia
San Francisco
Boston
America
Associated Press
MacCauley
Cable Conference Set For Washington September 15
The League of Nations allied powers conference will convene in Washington on September 15 with delegates from Great Britain France Italy Japan and the United States. Japan’s delegates have arrived to prepare. Main issue is the distribution of German cables confiscated during the war among the allied powers. United States representation includes Chairman Benson Postmaster General Burleigon Undersecretary Davis and Walter S Rogers.
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League of Nations
Washington
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
United States
Benson
The
Shipping Board
Burlegon
Davis
Walter S. Rogers
Committee On Public Information
Daniels Finds Oil in Alaska Resource Boost for Navy
Navy and geological survey officials report newly found oil supplies in Alaska as Secretary Daniels returns to Washington from a West and Alaska tour. He said Alaska could supply a large portion of the Pacific fleet’s oil needs and noted coal reserves totaling 400,000 to 600,000 tons in Navy lands. Plans include mining and washing coal for naval use and Interior Department development of large coal deposits for commercial sale.
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Navy
Geological Survey
Alaska
Daniels
Washington
West
Daniele
Interior Department
Insurance for U. S. Marine
The Shipping Board and the House Merchant Marine Committee plan to eliminate legal obstacles to American marine insurance in several states. Chairman Bengon announced a draft comprehensive marine insurance law for the District of Columbia as a model for seaboard states. He said an adequate service free from foreign domination is essential to maintain an American merchant marine and expand foreign trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Shipping Board
Merchant Marine Committee
House
Bengon
District of Columbia
Seaboard
Wanted union congressmen to balance lawyers in Congress
Officials of the American Federation of Labor urge electing men in sympathy with union labor. They note 365 of 531 last Congress members were lawyers while only 16 held union cards. They claim the ratio is unfair given 125000 lawyers versus 25000000 union workers in the United States.
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Congress
American Federation of Labor
United States
May assign railroad claims under ICC ruling
Shippers may assign for collection of reparations against railroads for consignments under a ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The decision aligns with a recent Supreme Court ruling, allowing shippers to pursue claims efficiently through assignment.
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Yeaterday
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
Public debt falls to 24.222 billion after July reduction
The Treasury report shows the public debt reduced by 76.4 million in July through retirement of Treasury certificates of indebtedness, leaving the total at 24.2229 billion. The note records the month’s debt contraction and the method of retirement.
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Treasury
Eee
Grayson Plans Two Week Vacation for President Wilson
After constant care from Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, President Wilson will take a vacation of at least two weeks in New York State. The president, very much improved, asked for the outing, with Cabinet members and officials expressing happiness at his progress. The trip follows a cabinet meeting and an afternoon automobile ride with Mrs. Wilson.
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Wilson
White House
Cary T. Grayson
Grayson
Washington
New York State
Grayton
Palmer
Colby
Wilton
Stockton Axton
Food profiteering rising in Massachusetts say state report
A Boston report on the six months ending July 31 notes a growing profiteering trend in meat and produce. The state commission cites no federal prosecutions as a factor and notes a 102.6 percent rise in cost of living since 1818, while raw materials drop and wages lag behind price increases amid uneven employment.
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Boston
State Commission On Necesaries of Life
Massachusetts
Kansas City Area Population Falls in Census Count
Census figures released show Wyandotte County and Kansas City area total at 122,218, down 22,150 or 22.1 percent. Other listed places include Ashtabula Ohio up 3,216 to 22,082, Washington Courthouse up 685 to 7,962, Dover up 1,480 to 8,101, Cleveland Heights up 12,281 to 15,238, Moscow Idaho up 286 to 3,958, Michigan City Indiana up 430 to 18,457, and Mount Vernon up 11,807 to 42,726.
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Wyandotte County
Kana
Kansas City
Ashtabula
Ohio
Washington Courthouse
Dover
Cleveland Heights
Moscow
Idaho
Michigan City
Ind
Mount Vernon
Canada Feels Lack of Coal Across Dominion
Ottawa reports a coal shortage severe enough to warrant an export embargo, with Eastern Canada hit hardest. Railways lack reserve stocks between Montreal and Sydney, the Bathurst pulp mill closed, and fuel price fixing may follow. Eastern production may fall to 5 million tons this year from prewar 7 million.
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Ottawa
Dominion
N B. Carvell
Railway Board
Canada
Montreal
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Bathwurst
New Brunswick
Carvell
France Ready to Pay Loan in October Obligation
Paris reports the finance ministry has nearly completed acquiring sufficient American exchange to meet the October 1 payment on the Anglo French loan totaling 500.9 million dollars, with France's share at 250 million. The move, discussed in high financial circles, is linked to Diagre’s explanation of recent dollar rise.
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Paris
Ministry of Finance
United States
Miller and Honors Harvard Head
Paris's Aug. 3 dinner honored Dr. A Lawrence Lowell president of Harvard University. Premier Millepaid attended along with ministers Francola Marsal Isaac and other notable figures including Gen. Lyautey and Generals Neville Mangin and Franchet dEsperey at James Hazen Hyde's-hosted event.
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Paris
Millepaid
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
James Hazen Hyde
Francola Marsal
Finance
M. Isaac
Commerce
Gen. Lyautey
Rocep
Neville, Mangin
Franchet d'Esperey
Aquitania Aims Speed Record Across Atlantic
New York reported wireless advices show the liner Aquitania traveling at an average 23.38 knots from Sunday noon to Monday noon in an attempt to set a new speed record. The ship, recently converted to an oil burner, departed from New York Saturday bound for Southampton.
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New York
Southampton
Spanish feminists push for ballot and rights equality
Madrid August 3 reports multiple feminist societies across Spain agreed to launch a vigorous nationwide campaign for women suffrage and equal legal rights. Women orators who attended the Geneva congress will tour the country to advance the movement.
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Madrid
Spain
Geneva
World court plan praised by diverse jurists at The Hague
A New York speaker lauds the Hague advisory commission for drafting a universal world court plan, with nominations to be drawn from each nation’s four judges and limited national representation. European unrest, labor strains, and rising radical elements are noted as risks to peace, while Hawaii’s swimmers prepare for Antwerp with Duke Kahanamoku setting a 190 meter record. Also cited are rising auto theft figures in 1919 and the reappointment of William S. Culbertson to the U.S. tariff commission.
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Ladislas Siebenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
New York
James W. Gerard
Sigray
Harriet Daly
Hungary
Table of Magnatea
Chamber of Peers
St. Stephen
the Hague
World Court of Justice
David A. Montgomery
New York City
Advisory Commission
Sgoula
Elihu
Court of Arbitration
Na Vions
Hague
Sipreme Court
Amal
America
Antwerp
San Francisco
Chicago
A J Smits
San Franc
Sco
Honolulu
Ralereh
Europe
Duke Kahanamoku
Neptune Beach
Helen Moses
Warren Keajioha
Lady Langer
Pua Fhealoha
Stubby Kruger
W. W Harrn
Hawaii
Eve
Jean
Elven
United States
OQ Marren
Blackburg
Dewar
St Louis
Thia
St. Louis
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Grand Council of
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Turkey
Panama
John Barrett
China
Shantung
Mexico
War Department
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George White
Aaron Watkins
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South Sea Utopia
Marie Henry Watterson
Kit Marlows
Geddes
Austria
Bohemia
Nora Iselin
Ferdinand Colloredo-Mannsfeld
Ci-Devant
Agnes Carroll
Carrollton
Dougheregan Manor
Anton von Heuesenatamm
Francis Joseph
Vienne
Weir of
Forester
Royal Horse Guards
Shropshire
Henry VIII
Lord Kinsale
Ireland
John
John de Courcy
Kinsale
Ulster
Scotland
Thea
Dyce Sombre
Restraini Ag
Continent
Dyce
Rannerd Parker Jervis
Marques Wy
British Rail Plan
CABLE
Pacific Fleet
U. S. Marine
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Union Congressmen
Capitol
Massachusetts Commission
Kansas City, Kans
N. B. Carvell
Aquitania
Harry Ford
Cleveland
Powhatan
Gium
Lloyd George
Pablo Opin
Culbertson
Willam S. Culbertson
Kansas
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