Asquith Tries for Peace in 1917 Berlin Story
Berlin reports say former British prime minister H H Asquith sought a peace approach in August 1917. A Stuttgart peace group president quotes a Dutch antimilitarist official saying Asquith urged the Reichstag to declare its stance on Belgium and reveal real power. She claims Reichstag leaders showed weakness against military rule.
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Associated Press
Berlin
H. H. Asquith
Frau Frieda Perlen
Stuttgart
International Woman's League For Peace and Freedom
Freiheit
Jonkheer J. C. Jong van Beeken
Mr. Asquith
Reichstag
Frau Perlen
Belgium
van Beeken
Georg Michaelis
Frau
Perlan
Fire destroys barn and grain near Raymond killing cattle
A blaze at the Arthur Chaplin farm four miles northeast of Raymond wiped out a barn garage corncrib chicken coop and machine shed. Six cows perished and 3000 bushels of oats were ruined along with hay and a straw pile. Loss may exceed 5000 with grain valued at 2100 cows at 600 and buildings partly insured.
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Raymond
Arthur Chaplin
Massey confident on Shantung promises during Pacific visit
W. Massey New Zealand prime minister and Sir Joseph Ward visited Honolulu en route home from the Paris peace conference. They voiced confidence in Japan's good faith and pledged that the League of Nations will succeed and honor those who shaped it.
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Wanolulu
Associated Press
J Tanas
W. ¥. Massey
New Zealand
Honolulu
Sir Joseph Ward
Massey
Sir Joseph
League of Nations
Lard Substitute Import Denied by Ecuador
A cargo of lard substitutes from San Francisco was denied entry into Ecuador under the country’s customs law. The report notes the prohibition affecting such imports as of August 12 in Guayaquil.
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iPy
Associated Mrees
Guayaquil
Ecuador
San Francisco
Bank Robber in Capital Fires at Glerk
A man entered Munsey Trust in downtown Washington and demanded 150000 dollars. After firing at a clerk, he shot himself in the jaw, then a plate glass window shattered. Police identified him as John H Fetzer of Defiance Ohio, who said the hold up was easy and that he came from New York to rob Washington. He had prior hospital treatment for electric shock in Detroit.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Munsey Trust Company
Defiance
Toledo
Ohio
John H. Fetzer
Charles R. Fetzer
New York
Washington
Detroit
Polish German Peace Talks Open in Berlin Haimhausen Addresses Delegation
Berlin August 11 The Polish German peace negotiations began this afternoon with Dr Taniel von Haimhausen of the German peace delegation declaring Germany intends to follow the terms to the letter. The Polish premier pledged fair and just treatment for Germans in Poland.
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Berlin
Taniel von Haimhausen
Germany
Poland
McKellar Pushes Federal Cold Storage Reform in Senate
Senator McKellar urges a bill to regulate cold storage of food to curb high living costs. He says packers use delays to hoard food and raise prices, and the measure would limit storage time while preserving benefits, aiming for action amid price protests.
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Senator McKellar
U. S
yUy
Associated Press
Washington, D. CG
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate Interstate Commerce
Wilson
McVellar
Prince of Wales Attends Regatta at Quidivid Lake
A vast crowd gathered two miles from St Johns as the Prince of Wales visited Newfoundland for the annual regatta at Quidivid lake. Royal reception was enthusiastic with vantage points filled and cheering throughout the events. The royal party stayed late, ending at Government House in the room once used by Edward VII.
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Wales
St. Johns
Associated Press
Quidivid Lake
Prince of Wales
Government House
King Edward VII
Newfoundland
Once Iowa Educator Dead in Chicago to Be Buried in Fayette
Henry Frank Kling an educator for over 40 years died yesterday in Chicago where he was principal of the Bretano school. Born in Beaver Dam Wisconsin and educated at Upper Iowa University and University of Chicago, he once directed county institutes across Iowa Wisconsin and South Dakota. The body will be taken to Fayette Iowa for interment.
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Chicago
Henry Frank Kling
Bretano School
Beaver Dam
Win
Upper Iowa University
University of Chicago
Iowa
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Fayette
Erzberger Urges Mercantile Fleet and Tax Boosts
Berlin reports Erzberger, vice chancellor and finance minister, urged immediate steps to build a merchant fleet and aid Germans abroad with state advances. He said a bill to implement these projects would be introduced in a few weeks and called for careful handling of the loan situation to raise 25 billion marks via taxes to restore health.
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Tress
Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Aom Giance
National Assembly
Weimar
Erzbereer
Roumania Seeks Budapest Action Against Bolshevism
Premier Bratianu says Roumanian forces entered Budapest to restore order and curb Bolshevism with allied troops, after Transylvanian battles where Belarussian collapse followed. Allies plan immediate talks with Budapest commanders to avoid complications. Also mentions Wilson veto of daylight saving repeal and political maneuvers in Congress.
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Budapest
Bratianu
Toseay
Belaru
Aris
Bratidno
Roumania
Supreme Council of the
Peace Conference
Hungary
Paris
Bratigne
Supreme Council
Dnieper Reds Retreat Amid Volhynia Push
Ukrainian army captures the fort Duba in southeastern Volhynia from Bolsheviks and gains a strategic advance. Bolsheviks abandon Vinnitza and Lutsk as anti Bolshevik forces press along the Dniester line in northeastern Bessarabia.
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Associated Frogs
Vienna
Duba
Volhynia
London
Vinnitza
Ukraine
Kiev
Moscow
Wutsk
Kovel
Dniester
Bessarabia
Spain Cabinet Rocks as Absent Deputies Summoned
Madrid on August 13 reports a ministerial crisis as all absent deputies are summoned to Madrid. At Premier Toca's office an under secretary said the cabinet's fate would be decided at Thursday's meeting. He added the government may fall any time between now and November 15.
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Madrid
Spain
Toca
Rotary
Ori
Paige
Marid
Rail head trunk shop strike to end within a week
Associated Press reports that the federated railway shopmen's strike is being called off nationwide and workers are returning to their posts as settlement talks continue. Chicago district showed no break in the strike, with continued work stoppages there.
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Rail Heads
Chicago
Arg
Federated Railway
Atlanta
Grey Named Provisional British Ambassador to U.S.
London reports Aiga Grey former British foreign affairs official agrees to represent the British government in Washington while a permanent ambassador is appointed Lord Grey will go to Washington temporarily to handle issues from the peace settlement government spokesman Andrew Bonar Law said in the house of commons today
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London
Aiga Grey
Uufairs
Washington
Lord Grey
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Thrace Sea Access Debated at Peace Conference
The supreme council considered Thrace access plans with support for internationalizing three fourths of western Thrace to grant Bulgaria access to the Mediterranean via Dedeagatch or Mavri. Neutral status would be assigned to the chosen port area. No meeting was held today as Clemenceau left Paris for vacation with Pichon to lead in his absence.
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Andre Tardieu
Thrace
Bulgaria
Ane
Havas
Supreme Council
Echo de Paris
Mediterranean Sea
Dedeagatch
Mavala
Danzig
Dedleagatch
Supreme Council of the
Ree
Clemenceau
Vendee
Pichon
Congress Defines Booze Reach For Uniform Prohibition Enforcement
A Senate judiciary subcommittee filed a formal report asserting Congress has the right to define intoxicating liquor to ensure uniform enforcement of the prohibition law. The report includes a brief from the Adti saloon Leade of Aimering citing court decisions. No justification was given for home manufacture or use of light wines and cider.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate Judiciary
House
Aimering
Strike Leaders Plan Statewide Mining Walkout
Representatives of striking Illinois miners meet to craft a new wage scale and outline a statewide strike if operators reject it. The action defies state officials as leaders claim about 60,000 miners are idle in Illinois.
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Til. Aue
Ilinois Real
United Mine Worker
Telingis
Foreigners Expelled From Mexico By Carranza Officials
The El Mañana Spanish paper in Mexico City reports that about one hundred foreigners including Americans Spaniards Cubans and Argentine citizens have been expelled by Carranza Pemepent officials for misconduct while in Mexico. The notice is dated August 6.
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el Ma Aspanal
Mexico City
Liberals err in attacks on Wilson in Paris debate
This syndicated opinion argues French Socialists used Wilson to undermine established governments not to support his fourteen points. It claims Socialists in France sought to destroy their own system and viewed Wilson as a weapon, not a partner, in shaping Europe.
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Ani
Thias
Indinglind
Mc Wilson
Europe
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Orlando
United States
Senate
Paris
M. Clemenceau
France
Germany
Clemenccu
Arus
Mr. Wilson
Sagre Basin
Shantung Deeistong
Million to Carry Out Wilson Tips on H C L Requests
Federal actions target food hoarding and price controls as US agencies seek funds to enforce weight standards and calm markets. Plans consider seizing hoarded butter, eggs, fish, poultry, and meat from bulk storages in Chicago and other cities under the federal food control act. District Attorney Clyne awaits word from Washington on implementation.
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Washington
U. C
Mag
Eirnness Tachey Dy Haecanis Moerye
Akion
Depermnent of Commerce
Chicago
United States District Attorney's Office
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Future air warfare study urges centralized aviation authority
The American aviation mission reports that future wars will begin with air power and urges a single air department with cabinet status to coordinate civilian, naval, and military aviation in the United States. Secretary Baker rejects a fully centralized air service but the three-part report calls for unified leadership in design, commerce, and tech progress.
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Associated Press
Washington
W. C
Special American’ Aviation
Istant
Crowell
Europe
Baker
Department of Aviation
Senate Foreign Relations Panel Fast-Tracks Treaty Debate
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to speed up the penen treaty review. Re readings of disputed sections and possible amendments begin tomorrow as Hitchcock warns of a forced vote if action stalls. Lodge supports prompt action while Fall opposes rushing ratification amid unsettled treaty terms.
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Associated Press
Washington, D C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hitshcock
Nebraska
Senate
Chaiman Lodge
Senador Fall
New Mexico
Fall
Hitchcock
Lode
Lodge
United States
Plumb Plan Provokes Eastern Governor’s Socialist Charge
Gov. John J. Cornwell dismissed the Plumb plan for government ownership of railroads as not sane or fair. He warned that public ownership would lead to broad demand for control of mines and farms, likening the push to Bolshevik methods seen in Russia. The Associated Press reports the exchange follows a letter from the Chesapeake & Ohio railway employes federation criticizing his stance.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Gav
John J. Cornwell
Federation of Railway
Chesapeake & Ohio System
Cornwell
Russia
15000 Guns and Ammunition Rush to Kolchak Aid
American government rushes matériel to Admiral Kolchak’s retreating Siberian force. Official reports say 45000 rifles and several million rounds have already shipped from San Francisco, with more equipment to follow this week by army transport.
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Washington, D. C
Admiral Kolchak
Siberia
Vladivostok
San Francisco
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