Carnegie Dies In Simple August Funeral At Shadow Brook
Lenox Massachusetts August funeral for Andrew Carnegie held at Shadow Brook with no eulogy and no pallbearers. Service lasted about 20 minutes followed by transport to Sleepy Hollow and Sleepy Hollow interment, body in plain casket adorned with flowers. Family and close associates attended including Mrs Carnegie and daughter Mrs Roswell Miller, plus Charles M Schwab and other industrial and philanthropic figures.
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Associated Press
Lenox
Mass
Andrew Carnegie
Shadow Brook
Berkshires
Presbyterian Church
William Pierson Merrill
Brick Presbyterian Church
Fifth
New York
Lake Mahkeenac
Mr. Carnegie
Dunfermline
Scotland
Charles M. Schwab
Carnegie Steels Company
Robert A. Franks
Iron Master
Carnegie Corporation
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Frederick H. Lynch
Carnegie Peace Foundation
Paris
Oliver Rickets
Henry Phipps
Carnegie
Howard
R. S. Woodward
Carnegie Institution At
Washington
Elihu Roat, Jr
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
James ¢. Greenway
Signor G Marconi Cited as Potential Italian Ambassador
The article notes Signor G Marconi as the favored candidate to be Italy’s ambassador to the United States, expected to mend Washington’s tensions over the Adriatic dispute and boost bilateral trade. A funeral service followed with prayers, readings, and hymns as rain eased before the burial hour.
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Signor G. Marconi
U. S
Dr. Merrill
Wilson Maintains Stand Against Reservations in Treaty Debate
President Wilson reaffirmed his opposition to reservations as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to speed treaty consideration. Hitchcock warned that if the panel stalls, the measure could be brought to the Senate floor. White House intimated a possible speaking tour upon committee report while preparations for war legislation to curb living costs proceed.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Hitchcock
White House
Nebraska
Senate
Tumully
Pacific
Washington
Congress
Stockyards Workers Accept Alschuler Findings After Meeting
Stockyards workers decided not to strike following a meeting late last night where Johnstone, secretary treasurer of the union, presented Judge Alschuler’s findings as guidance. The sentiment favored abiding by the ruling, with the labor council to meet again Monday to consider a general strike option.
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Presta Chiu
Avie
Thenvar
Alschuler
Johnstone
Stoarkyards
Labor Council of
Bolsheviks Pressurize Kolchak in Ural Region
The Associated Press reports Bolshevik forces drive the Kolchak army 60 miles south of Uralsk and reach the Miass and Igset rivers near Shadrinsk while capturing Tiumen east of the Russian Siberian border. U. S. arms may still reach Siberia to aid Kolchak, despite Entente policy setbacks. News from South Russia says Ukrainian anti Bolshevik leader F. Lura advances toward Kiev to sever railways toward Odessa as Denikin closes on Odessa. Black Sea coast to be liberated from Bolsheviks.
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Associated Press
London
Liral
Admiral Kolchak
Uralsk
Urals
Kolchak
Cheliabinsk
Shadrinsk
Miass
Igset
Tiumen
U. S
Bulshevik
America
Siberia
Miral Kolchak
Entente
Russia
South Russia
Lura
Kiev
Odessa
Denikine
Black Sea
Bathing Men’s Charm Provokes Outcry on Beach Dress
An Atlantic City item outlines Mrs. H B Harrison of Washington urging beach authorities and Chief Surgeon Charles Bossier to enforce strict bathing attire for men. She argues men parade in scant suits, unstocked limbs and bow legs are unsightly, proposing stockings and longer coverings for men to protect decency on the shore.
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Atlantic Ct & T
Aug
H. B. Harrison
Washington
Charles Bossert
Jong
Congress Claim Challenges Coal Advertising Tactics
Washington August 14 Representative Jiddleston, Nenis erat, Miabama, charged in the house that the National Coal Association spent 50 600 for advertising in four newspapers to spur people to buy coal now at high prices to avert a supposed shortage. He called it an act of Congress to curb operators profiteering, insisting there is no coal or labor shortage and accusing coal operators of exploiting suffering humanity next winter.
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Washington
WW. C
Jiddleston
Neniserat
Miabama
National Coal
Congress
Unions' O K on Des Moines Car Strike and City Strikes
Aug 14 Des Moines unions back a sitdown car employes strike that began yesterday and support a 600 teamsters strike. Police, firemen, and city workers seek wage increases. Unions favor a tripartite railroad control plan and oppose Iowa National Guard reorganization. Settlement unlikely. street conflicts may persist as workers push higher pay while transit service remains disrupted.
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Mreas
Ars Moines
Gabor
Mion Tripartite
Iowa Nationaluard
National Guard
Eamsters
Roosevelt Fund Preliminaries Plan National Campaign
Chicago date August meeting of Theodore Roosevelt association officials from Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin to raise 5 million for a Roosevelt memorial at Oyster Bay. Gov Lowden and W B Thompson presided. Attendees included Maj Gen Leonard Wood Fay ette Young B Harris Garford Dobbs King Johnson McNider Molds and other state chairmen.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middlewest
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Illngis
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Frank G. Lowden
Illinois
W.B. Thompson
New York
Association
Leonard Wood
Lia Fayette Young
Des Moines
B. F. Harris
Champaign
Arthur L. Garford
Elyria
Wim
Drastic Action Plan of Commons to Ease Living Cost
London August 14 The government plans drastic measures after passing the profiteering bill empowering action to curb the high cost of living. The House of Commons, meeting as a committee, accepted some Lords amendments to the transport bill but rejected others and rose after 17 hours in session. In Chicago on the same date federal officials announced immediate action against food hoarders and profiteers, with a planned case against Central Sugar Company of Chicago over 70,900 pounds of sugar held in Rockford where 14.72 cents a pound is alleged.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Chicago
Central Sugar Company of Chicago
Rockford
Salaried doctors seek AFL affiliation in New York
In New York on August 14, a committee of physicians in private practice but employed by insurers and commissions asked Hugh Frayne of the American Federation of Labor how they might affiliate with the federation. They say reduced salaries erode living standards, a new request for organizing a professional group within labor ranks. The query remains pending as negotiations and practical terms are considered.
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New York
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Lab Por
Wen
Frayne
Warfield Plan Seeks 6 Percent Return on Railroad Assets
The Warfield plan, presented to the House Interstate Commerce Committee, calls for a flat six percent return on capital in railroads with surplus divided among employees, the public, and investors. It proposes regional commissions to settle wage disputes and argues for labor participation in earnings while opposing federal incorporation or a cabinet transportation post.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Interstate Commerce Gonmit
Teely
Luther M. Walter
National Association of Owners of
Walter
Dan
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Transportation Board
Secretary of Transportation
Waller
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Interborough Boosts Wages in Bid to Avert Strike
New York August 14 The Interborough Rapid Transit company announced a general wage increase of 1 percent at the request of the Brotherhood of Interborough Employees. The raise aims to forestall a potential strike that disrupted Brooklyn transit last week.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Fin
Manhattan
Brotherhood of Interharouth
Brooklyn
Jury Deliberates In Ford Case Over Fair Comment Rule
Mount Clemens Mich Aug 14 The jury in Henry Ford's libel suit against the Chicago Tribune retired after three months of testimony and arguments to consider its verdict Judge James Tucker outlined fair comment and defined anarchist in court instructing the jury to weigh its use of those terms. The defense hinged on truth or fair comment while the jury also dismissed claims against the Solomon News Company for distributing 208 copies of the Tribune issue containing the disputed editorial. Captain Jonah M. Patterson attended as a publisher.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Rord
Chitage
Lay Tribune
James Ch. Torker
Comemonk
Gas
Solomon News Company
Michigan
Tribune
Mpord
Solomon Brothers
Patterson
Joneah M. Patterson
The
Mord Ta
Adirondarks
Tucker
Ford
Chicago Tribune
Mexico and United States Policy Warning Note
An Associated Press report warns that Mexico could see a radical shift in U S policy if the Carranza government fails to protect Americans in Mexico. The note was sent to the Mexican foreign office indicating potential U S actions if safety conditions do not improve.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Carranzi
World War Death Toll Sets Grim Record in France
An Associated Press analysis from the central records office in France shows European war casualty rates are the highest in history. Battle deaths per thousand among American enlisted men ran eight, emergency officers eleven, and regular army officers fourteen. Of 1000 officers landed in France, 230 were killed or wounded, with 27 per thousand among West Point graduates versus non-graduates. Also: the People’s Inter national party renames itself the Americana party in Fort Worth.
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Associated Press
Washington, PD. C
Central Records Office
France
West Point
All Cars Smokers in England Since Women Have Habit
London Aug 3 AP dispatch reports a surge of female smokers in England leading railway workers to lax enforce smoking rules on first and second class carriages. If women passengers object or a compartment remains smoky, the practice persists.
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England
London
Associated Press
Wilson seeks euro relief fund use report
President Wilson was asked by Representative Good to report to the House on how the $100,900,000 European relief fund appropriated by Congress was used. The request was introduced in a resolution by the appropriations committee chairman.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Good
Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Europe
Bloodshed in Illinois strike ends with truce talks
Peoria Illinois Aug 14 two sides in a Keystone Steel and Wire strike met with Adj Gen Dickson state militia officers and Peoria mayor Woodruff and produced no new settlement. About 1300 Illinois reserve militia soldiers remained at armories and a night armistice was declared to hold peace while leaders promised to keep strikers in check pending a further statement from W H Sommer vice president of the company. Five people were shot during guerilla clashes between striking workers and strikebreakers.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Til
Keystone Steel & Wire Company
Adj
Dirkson
Woodruff
South Bartonville
Here
Dickson
W. H. Sommer
Arts
Inca
Becan
Pitcher Carl Mays in Detroit Series Prompts Ruling
Detroit Aug 14 Col T L Huston part owner of the New York American league club obtained a restraining order preventing President B K Johnson or any agents from hindering the use of pitcher Carl Mays in the opening series between the New York and Detroit teams here.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Col. T. “L. Huston
New Y York
White House Dispute Over Hearings On Peace Treaty
Washington Aug 14 Members of the House intervene to prevent a personal clash between Representatives Blanton and Hardy of Pennsylvania Democrats The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to notify President Wilson to hear at the White House regarding the peace treaty and to disclose information from the president. Committees also discuss disengaging United States from obligations in European affairs and open hearings with Bullitt Williams Hornbeck and others invited as witnesses.
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Ryho Associated Press
Washington, D.C
House
Blanton and
Hardy
Peans
Blanton T Hat Iee
Hillredy
Washington
D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
White House
BT. Williams
Hornbeck
Wm. C. Bullitt
American Peace Commission
Paris
Col. House
Gen. Bliss
Henry White
Senator Mettimber
North Dakota
Harding
Ohio
Tonquries
Tumulty
Platts
Sidiidual Com
United States
Fall
New Mexico
Europe
Kaos
Pennsylvania
Senate
Borab
Johnson
League
Lodge
Messrs
Bullitt
Williams
Thomas F. Millard
Todge, Borah
Brandegee
Knox
New
Moses
U.S. Farm Bureau seeks $600000 for cost reduction plan
Washington reports nearly $600,000 in appropriations asked of Congress to fund the president's living cost reduction recommendations. Justice Department notes on sugar pricing are shared with district attorneys as part of the anti profiteering drive, though Attorney General Palmer says the government cannot fix a sugar price.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Agriculture Department
Food Administration
Department of Justice
Palmer
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Ural Region
U.S
Petlora
O. K
Commons
A. F
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Warfield
Interstate Commerce Body
Interborough
B. C
War Department
Holldas Sutmarcaring
Mount Clemens, Mich
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Lexchang
Hoghhand
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R.A. Milroy
Fort Worth
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Bliss
U.S. Farm Bureau
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