Bolshevik Treachery Denounced by World Leaders
Premier Lloyd George and Giolitti condemn Soviet profiteering in peace talks with Poland. They accuse the Soviet of plotting to bolshevise Poland by steering military control to radicals. The Minsk draft is seen as a breach of faith, deepening Western resolve and urging unity against Bolshevism.
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Russia
David Lloyd George
Europe
Poland
Lloyd George
England
Giolitti
Italy
Lucerne
Red Army
Lenine
Trotzky
Colby
Great Britain
Minsk
Ekameneff
Lloyd George and
Gen. Wrangel
District Commissioner Brownlow resigns after five years
After more than five years on the District of Columbia board of commissioners Louis Brownlow resigns to become manager of Petersburg Virginia. The piece notes his zealous work for the city and urges immediate replacement by civilian commissioners while predicting capable successors for the Senate.
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Board of Commissioners of
District of Columbia
Louis Brownlow
Petersburg
National Capital
Brownlow
Siene
Debs Campaign Opens Amid Critique of Order
Debs speaks from prison bars outlining radical views as a unified pro labor candidate. He denounces Harding Cox Baker Wilson Gompers and others calling the world a mess and urging blunt language. The piece portrays Debs as sole reformer while denouncing Providence and the present social order.
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Debs
Eugene Debs
Harding
Cox
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Labor Party
Baker
League of Nations
Obsequies for Raymond Chapman Highlight Public Admiration
The Cleveland star Raymond Chapman is remembered in a grand service at St. John’s Cathedral with bared heads and an eloquent sermon. The piece lauds his baseball career and his public service, noting his tragic death as a rare accident in sport and praising his honor, courage, and patriotism. It also comments on political and social remarks of the era, including notes on campaigns and suffrage discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Chapman
Cleveland
St. John's Catholic Cathedral
Chapman
Reullen
Interstate Commerce Commission to Hear Intrastate Rates in Illinois
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered hearings in Chicago on September 8 to consider Illinois railroad requests for intrastate rate increases matching federal rises. Illinois denied the 20 percent passenger rise and allowed freight only 3.13 percent, below the 40 percent sought. The FCC may extend action to other states as roads press for parity. Commissioner McChord to conduct hearings and report.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois State Commission
Federal Commission
Ulingim
Ilinois
McChord
Fll Commission
Retirement of Dr Davidson Primate of All England
The long serving Primate of All England Dr Davidson, archbishop of Canterbury, is poised to retire at age 73 after nearly forty years as spiritual head and royal adviser. A Scotsman educated at Barrow and Oxford, he rose from private secretary to deanery of Windsor to the primacy under Queen Victoria and has steered the Church of England with diplomacy. His departure will end close ties with the royal family and remove him from the House of Lords, with a pension and Lambeth residence adjustments pending for his successor.
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Church of England
England
London
America
Lambeth Palace
Randall Davidson
Temple
Victoria
Edward VII
George
Canterbury
Windsor
House of Lords
Halla
Edinburgh
Barrow
Oxford
Tait
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Cheas
United Kingdom
Farnham Castle
Surrey
Winchester
Higa
Davidson
Elizabeth
Henry VIII
Archbishop Parker
Parker
Elisabeth
Mary
Grindal
Margquise DP
Fointenoy
Wilsons Ordered to Report for Duty here
Lieut. Col. Chalmara R. Wilson of the signal reserve corps is ordered to this city for duty, following Col. C. K. Wilson here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
C. K. Wilson
Chalmara R. Wilson
Signal Reserve Corps
Three Vessels Delivered In One Day At Hog Island
Philadelphia August 24 Hog Island shipyard set a national record by turning over three ships totaling 28 666 dead weight tons to the government in a single day The ships include the army transport Cantigny christened by the Belgian king and two cargo carriers Carenco and Carlton The yard has now delivered thirty eight ships totalling 767 025 dead weight tons and expects the remaining twenty four built there to be delivered by January 1 next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hog Island Shipyard
Cantigny
Carenco
Export Transportation Company
Baltimore
Carlton
Page & Jones Company
Mobile
Ala
Hog Island
Abandonment of 1920 Financial Census Plans
The cengua bureau abandons plans to assemble financial statistics for municipalities and States for 1920. Field agents are tied to the Fourteenth Census work, and preparations for the 1922-1923 wealth and taxation survey will require the staff, necessitating dropping the 1920 financial statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cengua Bureau
Rogers
Eskimo Teeth Decay Rising With Modern Foods Says Explorer
Boston Aug 24 Eskimo in native flat living off land and sea has no decay but when eating civilization foods suffers extensive tooth decay Arctic explorer V Stefanszon told Dr Percy R Howe in a letter read today at the National Dental Association meeting He noted Rakimo showed decay with modern foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
V. Stefanszon
Percy R. Howe
National Dental Association
Kenosha and nearby cities show population gains in census data
Census figures released yesterday show Kenosha Wisconsin reaching 40,472 residents with a 19.1 percent increase and an 89.4 percent rise noted elsewhere. Bakersfield California counts 18,639 residents up 5,911 or 46.4 percent. Biloxi Mississippi reports 10,937 residents up 4,888 or 35.9 percent. Seneca South Carolina 1,460 residents up 147 or 11.2 percent. Waukesha Wisconsin 12,898 residents up 3,815 or 43.7 percent.
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Bennington
Kenosha
Wis
Bakersfield
Calif
Biloxi
Misc
Seneca
S. C
Waukesha
Wia
Appointing Reserve Officers Resumed by Baker
Reserve officers appointments to the officers' reserve corps were resumed yesterday by Secretary Baker after a pause to create a committee to handle the work. The organization of finance chemical warfare and medical administrative sections of the reserve corps was announced. Reserve officers qualified for tank duty will be transferred to the infantry officers' reserve corps as the tank corps becomes part of the infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Canadian Navy Growing With New Cruisers and Submarines
Ottawa reports the cruiser Aurora and destroyers Patriot and Patrician will be commissioned October 1 as the nucleus of Canada’s new naval force. They are to sail from England early in October and will join two Canadian submarines already in Dominion service upon arrival.
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Ottawa
Ave
Aurora
Patriot
Patrician
Canada
Naval Department
England
Canadian
Dominion Ion Navy
Germany toys rebound as trade eyes Britain worry
Germany recovers prewar toy trade with England, alarming British interests. Reports to the Department of Commerce yesterday say exchange rates favor German toys over English products. German manufacturers urge Britain to curb the import surge.
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Germany
England
Department of Commerce
Railroad incomes rise in March revenues grow
Freight revenues totaled 323,671,189 for March, up from 254,807,102 a year earlier. Passenger revenues reached 92,195,155, compared with 85,227,130 in March 1919, as released by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sugar profiteering appeals reach Supreme Court over 35000 fine
Sehon Stevenson & Co. of Huntington West Virginia filed appeals in the Supreme Court challenging Federal court decrees that the firm was guilty of profiteering on sugar under the Lever food control act. The company was fined 35000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Sehon Stevenson & Co
Huntington
W. Va
Bids Opened for Two Tankers by Shipping Board
Five bids totaling 2.845 million dollars were opened yesterday by the Shipping Board for two tankers under construction at Oakland California. The highest bid was 7.9 million from the American Fuel and Transportation Company of New York for the Palo Alto. The board reserved its decision.
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Shipping Board
Oakland
Calif
Palo Alto
American Fuel
Transportation Company of
New York
Water lines granted increase in passenger and freight rates
Shipping Board authorizes all water routes on Atlantic coast Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico to raise freight charges 20 to 40 percent and passenger fares 20 to 213 percent. New rates align with joint rail and water benefits approved by ICC. Rates may take effect on one day's notice, with lines already filing schedules to go into effect tomorrow. Norfolk and New Orleans assigned to specific regional sections for terminal charges.
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Shipping Board
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk, Vaig
New Orleans
Exports Grow in July Surpass June With Trade Surplus
The Department of Commerce reports July exports at 654 million dollars and imports at 537 million, yielding a July excess of 117 million. For the first seven months, exports reached 4.902 billion, up from last year, while imports totaled 3.492 billion, up 8 percent. Gold and silver trade figures show July imports and exports in the tens of millions, with seven month totals further detailing metals movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
CandyConsumers Shrink Alcohol Demand Under Prohibition
Walter A. Hughes, secretary of the National Confectioners Association, argued in a State Department letter that candy usage rose not from substituting alcohol but from increased spending power. He placed confectionery fifth among industries benefiting from prohibition, noting savings banks soft drinks ice cream and theaters also gained, while alcohol abstention did not drive candy consumption.
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Walter A. Hughes
National Confe Tmners’ Association
State Department
Inter- National Congress
Aginst Alcoholis
Hoghes
Plans Rat Proof Buildings Warns Surgeon General
Plans for nationwide rat proofing of business buildings dwellings and wharves are being drawn by the U S public health service. Surgeon General Hugh S Cumming says permanent ratproofing is essential and that one rat exists for every person in the United States. Beaumont Texas to study bubonic plague control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Public Health Service
Galveston
Hugh & Cumming
Cumming
United States
Beaumont
Tex
Wesley "Broad" Say Dancers
The American National Association of Dancing Masters opened its convention urging the Methodist Church to liberalize its stance on dance. After hearing Wichita teacher Miss L. Shaw recount denial of church membership, the board urged the amusement profession to oppose narrow policies not aligned with John Wesley's broader principles.
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New York
Methodist Church
Misa L. Shaw
Wichita
Kans
John Wena
Rail lines ordered to unload freight at Galveston
The Interstate Commerce Commission directed railroads serving Galveston Texas to remove grain from idle freight cars and store it in owner risk warehouses due to equipment shortages and tram congestion. The order covers unloading during free time and cites an emergency. Also proposed rules from August 25 to December 23 would absorb terminal charges in Galveston rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Interstate Commerce Commission
California Registration Signals Big Republican Lead in Primary
California officials report a historic registration surge with 1,209,961 total voters in August and 746,620 Republicans. Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan notes a three to one GOP edge over Democrats, predicting similar turnout in November. He cites unity in the Republican Party and references past conventions in San Francisco as pivotal in shaping the campaign. Senator King of Utah comments on the league's economic importance and foreign trade, while others critique taxation and price shifts amid wartime and postwar pressures.
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California
Harding
Frank C. Jordan
Washington
Sonta Clara
Calfornia
San Francisco
America
Wiliam H. King
Utah
Willard
Tam
Arcericana
League
Marke
Morveyer Europe
United States
Europe
Pankrupt
Cox
Andrew Jarkane
Heneye
Wosdam
Seterm Cox
United States Officers Sail to Help Rebuild Peru Navy
Four U S naval officers including Commander Freyer and Commander Causey depart from New York aboard the Santa Eliza to lead Peru’s navy reorganization. The move follows a recent Congressional authorization enabling U S assistance to South American navies. Peru requested this aid and becomes the first to receive such help.
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New York
United States Naval
Peru
Santa Eliza
Naval Academy
FW Freyer
Lewis D Causey
Charles G. Davy
Paul Fitaaimmona
Tris
Congress
Ocern
Pery
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d'Annunzio
Newport
Padarewski
Earth
Gossacks
Wrangel
Penca
Senate Committee
DR. Davidson
All England
Bureau
Entist
Kenosha, Wis
Usus
Ensus
Infant Fleet
Pasnenece
Vastea
National Confectioners
S. Public Health Service
Wesley “Broad
Dancers
the League and Business
Walter Sd le Vent
Harrington
Thal
Taskis
U. 5
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