Kenyon Defies Push for Pack Control Despite Protests
Washington Aug 16 Senator Kenyon presses the Kenyon-Anderson packet control bill amid protests from commercial groups in towns and states. Representative Good accuses the government of hoarding and urges scrutiny of department requests for funds to fight profiteers. Six submarine chasers race from Bermuda to New York while ads note Courier delivery before 6:36 p.m.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Kenyon
Ogden Armour
Congress
Kendrick
Wyoming
Senate Committee and Agriculture
Gay
Hitchcock
Poindexter
Nebraska
Washington
Kenyon-Anderson
Representative Good
House Appropriations Committee
Good
Mr. Good
Associated Press
Bermuda
New York
Riots and Looting Roil Londonderry and Lisburn Feud
From Belfast to Londonderry and Coal Island in County Tyrone unrest erupted as Nationalists and Orangemen clashed. Ten injured at Lisburn after a Lady Dig celebration, while Londonderry faced heavy rioting with troops stoning demonstrators and shops looted. Police estimate thousands in damages, several officers hurt, darkness shrouding the city overnight. Troops report no shots fired, bayonets raised, and continued fears of further trouble tonight.
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Belfast
Lisburn
County Down
Coal Island
County Tyrone
Louth
Londonderry
Ireland
Edward de Valera
Althe
Strike Disease Needs Remedy by Congress Opinion of Thomas
Senator Thomas of Colorado in the senate urged Congress to combat a so called strike disease. He suggested lawmakers might unionize and refuse to legislate until conditions improve or until re election in 1920. He warned that money in circulation is high and production must not fall to stave off winter suffering. He favored a law prohibiting policemen from forming unions that could hinder action during strikes.
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DD. C
Ang.le
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Congress
Left wing socialists call convention to organize Communist party
A call from left wing Socialists urges radials across the country to attend a Chicago convention to form the Communist Party of America. The document, released to the state joint legislative committee, seeks severing outside contact, a dictatorship of the proletariat, nationalization of business, and alliance with Bolsheviks, Spartacists, and anti bourgeois reforms.
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Associatea
New York
Aue
Chicupzo
Communist Party of America
Joint Legislative ” Committee
Ich
Bolsheviks
Russia
Spartacans
Germany
First Division to Leave France for Camp Taylor
The first American division, famed for Cantigny, begins home departure from Coblenz with the eighth infantry to guard the Rhine. Most units head to Camp Taylor, Kentucky, within a month, while French take over Coblenz fortress and bridgehead duties.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
France
Cantigny
Rhine
Montdidier
Brest
Cobleng
Eighth Infantry
Highth Infantry
Ehrenbreitsein
Moleberge
Camp Taylor
Bolshevik Forces Suffer Heavy Losses in Northwestern Russia
Dispatches from Helsingfors report several Bolshevik battalions wiped out in a new counter offensive along the Luga river near Narva and Pskov. Soviet forces lose prisoners, machine guns, and ammunition while anti Bolshevik detachments raid fronts and seize 500 prisoners. An entire Soviet regiment deserts to the Esthonians near Podsevy.
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Associated Press
London
Uga
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Luga
Narva
Alexandrofiskaia Gorka
Pskov
Podsevy
Idaho Forest Fires Reach 250 Firefighters In Struggle
High winds whip brown fires across Solway nations forest and stretch 40 miles on either side of Torksaw creek. About 240 men fight the blazes, seeking safety as fires scorch over 3,000 acres. Locations near Rooskia and the Montana line are described with the worst areas advancing through timber.
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Ida
Solway Nations
Torksaw Creek
Rooskia
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Montana Line
Tn Crown
Trettop
Treeton
Roosevelt War Story Begins Today Against Attacks
Theodore Roosevelt frames the upcoming conflict as a duty to defend, asserting the necessity of action over hesitation. The feature May quote underscores a decisive stance on wartime policy and national resolve, inviting readers to follow the full narrative across installments.
Untold Anecdotes of Fathers and War Adventures
A fragment from Waterloo Evening Concier highlights fathers urging enlistment, patriotic counsel, and the four best men at Mattsburg training camp. It promises war adventures from training days to the armistice and other absorbing features shaped by union, portraying a fine war history.
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Union of the History of Fine War
U S Women's Ankles at Top for Beauty in Paris Fashions
Paris fashion displays begin as American buyers arrive from New York and other cities. Designers push soft materials, flounces, and feminine silhouettes with seven to eight inch skirt hems, while Americans seek independence from prewar dressmakers and favor browns, grays, and velveteen.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mrnday
America
Reneh
Holby
Altho
Los Angeles transit strike halts card service for 0,000 workers
An Associated Press report details a strike by motormen and conductors of the Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric Railway, demanding higher wages. Cars were ordered to operate through morning. Separately, Pittsburgh street railway workers seek a compromise to end a two‑day service disruption, with wage talks at river receivers and city officials. No cars moved from barns in East St. Louis as regional service stalls.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Mao J Formen
Vibe Pacific Eleetris Railway
Los Angeles Railway Company
Canyon Tian
the Angeles Railway
Los Angeles Railway
Pacific Electric
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Street Railway Company
B. V. Babcock
Alton
Belleville
Elaborate Halifax reception planned for Prince of Wales
Elaborate preparations were completed in Halifax for the Prince of Wales reception, with city and provincial greetings staged Monday and a likely shore visit for nearby attractions Sunday afternoon. Prominent Canadians have begun arriving to participate in the royal visit aboard the Dragon, as officials extend their holiday welcome in this maritime city.
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Halifax
N.S
Prince of Wales
Dragon
Atul
Raf Canada
Shopmen End Nationwide Strike Move Back to Work
Railway shopmen idle since August 1 resume duties after a mass meeting in Chicago led to action. M J Gormley Northwestern regional director signals traffic disruptions easing, with railroads urged to return to normal by next Monday. Bridgeport reports 1,500 Bryatt Elevator workers vote to accept compromise and return Monday.
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Chicago
M. d. Gormley
Northwestern Reion
Mexico Court Places Oil Cases at Head of List
In Mexico City on Friday Aug 10 the supreme court voted to grant foreign oil cases urgent status. The court action, paired with the senate’s move to begin petroleum legislation ahead of the lower house, raises hopes that an international crisis can be avoided.
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Associated Presa
Mexico City
Supreme Court
Senate
Minimum Income Plan Proposed by Henderson
The latest labor reform idea, pushed by Arthur Henderson, seeks a nationwide provision for a permanent weekly income of 2.28 pounds for every person. It would fund this from a 10 percent levy on all income directed to a research department and a pool aimed at replacing old age pensions and related relief agencies.
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Arthar Henderson
Labor Party
Sa Go Hs
Reaearch Department
Rome
Everbody
Food and clothing costs surge 1914 19 figures show
Seizures of eggs and food stocks across cities highlight wartime shortages. Government reports reveal dramatic cost increases from December 1914 to June 1919, with Chicago showing about 157 percent rise in edible goods and Detroit about 125 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Perember, Ltd
Juar
Ltslie
Chicago
Cleveland
Buffalo
Portland
Maine
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Hoover Degree Recipient From Galician Cities
A report from Warsaw notes Hoover receiving a degree from Galician cities. The event included a delegation from the Soviskat party and a presentation in Wea Cheneio. Hoover announced plans to seek a tranquil, orderly government as he departs for Lemberg Cricow to receive further university honors.
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Vloagse
Wea
Cheneio
Forting
Auerica
Tudga Purselves
Tose
Ate. Moovler
Gen
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Pad. Kerewaki
Thuy
Amerinim Pe.fet
Childran
Stripping of Hungary by Roumania Barred in Allied Reply
A draft message from the supreme council states Hungary cannot be stripped by Roumania. The decision on reparations and distribution remains under allied control with final allocation to be decided by the allied powers.
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Roumania
Rou
Supreme Council
Thucharest
Feng
Conneil Banh
Xing
Mayor as Mediator in Indiana Steel Strike
Hammond Ind Aug 16 Indiana guard asked mayor as mediator in a strike involving 2000 Standard Steel Gear Company workers who walked out over wage demands and a closed shop. Gov Goodrich was asked to keep state troops ready for strike duty. Plant formerly produced ordnance during the war. Negotiations aimed to restore prewar conditions.
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Associated Press
Hammond
Ind
Donald Brown
Standard Steel Gar Company
U S Rail Officials Prepare to Take Up Wages of Shopmen
Washington on August 16 the railroad administration moves to negotiate a new wage agreement with thousands of shopmen returning to work after a strike begun August 1. The talks hinge on President Wilson’s prior letter to Director General Hines conditioning the talks on workers resuming duties.
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U.S
Associated Frogs
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Hines
Disaster faces Europe on coal shortage and Bolshevism fears
Berlin reports conferees warn Europe faces winter coal scarcities. Leading figures such as Walther Mehling weigh options as Germany grapples with a coal shortage feared to fuel unrest. experts estimate a 100 million ton gap and foresee the United States aiding to offset the shortage.
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Pres
Berlin
Pritay
Walther Mehling
Hain- Nte
Germany
United States
Weather for the Week Predictions in Washington
Washington forecasts for the week beginning Monday August predict upper region temperatures near normal with generally fair conditions across the Missouri and surrounding areas.
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Washington, D. C
Tik
Missouri
Secret probe of bean purchases by Barnes head
A secret investigation into bean purchases for the food administration during the war implicated Julius H. Barnes of New York, president of the United States Grain Corporation. Two food administration employees were forced to resign, with evidence presented to Senate and House committees. California and national growers warned of wartime procurement issues and price pressures as oriental beans were purchased and American beans left unsold.
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Washington, D. C
Food Administration
Julius H. Barnes
York
United States Grain Corporation
Senate
Home
G. A. Turner
California
Turner
Ion
Turter
NewYork
Départment of Justice
Kenyon
Iowa
Michigan
Mer. Turner
A. M. Loomis
National Grange
Slammedington
House Agricultural Committees
J.R. Howard
Iown Farm Brresa Federation
Howard
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