Control of Large Packers Urged by Trade Board
Washington dispatch reports the Federal Trade Commission urges federal control of large meat packers amid findings that the five Chicago packers own over 90 percent of refrigerator and brine tank car capacity. The commission cites railroad rebates and exclusive car arrangements as limiting competition and calls for equal operation terms for all meat transport cars.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Brawch
Parkers
Armour & Co
Dreaded turkey dish kills officers and guests
Alliance Ohio reports Col Charles Weybrecht 50 died after eating cold storage turkey at Lakeside country club Saturday night. Mrs Helen Gabris 33 also died. Mr and Mrs John Sharer gravely ill. Doctors from Cleveland and Alliance assisted the stricken. Amundsen drift near Siberia seeks pole voyage after long absence.
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Associated Press
Alliance
Col
Charles
Weybrecht
France
146Th Infantry
Lakeside Country Club
Canton
Helen Sebring Gabris
Wm. J. Gabris
Sebring
John
Sharer
Cleveland
Col. Weybrecht l
Gabris
Col. Weybrecht
Ohin
Pittsburgh
V. Babcoe
Pittsburgh, Street Hallway Company
W. D. McHibey
Louis H. Brush
Salem
Clem Bates
Willis F. Sanford
Missing Army Aviators Sought by Pacific Fleet
Three ships of the new Pacific fleet were ordered from San Diego to Lower California to aid in the search for missing army aviators Lieutenant Waterhouse and Lieutenant Connelly. A conference with Governor Esteban Cantu of Lower California was arranged to coordinate cross border search efforts with Mexican forces offering assistance.
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Pacific Fleet
San Diego
California
Waterhouse and
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Cal
Lieutena Erick Waterhouse
Lower California
Mexco
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Chicago hotels raise rates amid public outcry Y M C A responds
Indignant residents report a dramatic hotel rate hike. A Chicago hotel cites higher operating costs and a need for extra revenue as justification. Rates shift with 5c to 75c changes across room classes while weekly rates hold at $4. The piece notes a broader wartime context with German shortages influencing price pressures.
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Story
Morrison
Romanoff Slaughter by Lettish Soldiers Reported
A leaked French officer report details the July 17 1918 killings at Yekaterinburg of Emperor Nicholas II, Empress, Crown Prince Alexis, Grand Duchesses Olga Anastasia Tatiana and Maria, Court Doctor Botkin and three servants. Bolshevik Jouroveky and 9 Lettish soldiers entered an underground room, killing all occupants with revolvers. only the emperor's son survived briefly before another shot killed the crown prince.
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Reuter’s Limited
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Tatulana
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Orders to move regiments to Silesia for plebiscite policing
The Sixth infantry at Camp Taylor Kentucky and the Fiftieth at Camp Din have been ordered to prepare to go overseas to aid policing in Silesia during the plebiscite under the peace treaty. Actual movement orders not yet issued. Units to report to American army headquarters for field equipment.
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Camp Taylor
Din
Silesia
War Department
Associated Press
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Tena
Tas
Italy's Thirsty Sailors Grog Need Too Heavy for U S
Boston Aug 26 Admiral Hugo Conz thanked Acting Mayor Ford Chat for welcome to the Italian battleship Conte di Cavour and crew. He noted U S prohibition limits on supplying wine as medicine and warned the daily grog rations would exhaust U S supplies if a voyage along the Atlantic coast continued.
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U.S
Boston
Hugo Conz
Conte di Cavour
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Dreadnought
Admiral Cong
National Coal Association denies price fixing charges
Washington reports the National Coal association rebuts claims of a price fixing cartel among bituminous coal operators. J D A Morrow testifies that prices at mines fell due to competition, with about 4 percent of producers in the association supplying 60 percent of output. He notes open files and records for government review and cites higher production costs and reduced mining days as factors lowering profits.
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Washington
J. D. A. Morrow
National Coal Use Sactafion
Senate
Morrow
Cal
United States
National Coal Association
National Coal Association i
Oues
Nationaliaedion
I Washington
TL Co
Harry N. ‘Taylor
National Goal Association
Taylor
Kansas
Missouri
Waneis
Odessa Allies Bombard Reds as Bolshevik War Shifts
An Allied force of around 30 ships bombards Odessa for two days, with reports of Bolshevik gains nearby on the western front. Denikin’s anti Bolshevik government fights to maintain control as troops move toward Irkutsk and Odessa changes hands amid Ukrainian siege claims.
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Reds
Lonion
I Odessa
Thussian
Mack Sea
Moscow
Pskov
London
Austrian pact again taken up at peace table
In Maris AUS area discussions focus on the Austrian peace treaty. The supreme council planned allied response yesterday but did not complete it. Premier Clemenceau missed this afternoon’s session due to a chamber of deputies meeting. Paris: French parliament moves toward final stages of reviewing the German peace treaty with committees examining sections and objections voiced.
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Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Riot Dead at Raleigh as Troops Guard Streets
Raleigh August 26 reports state troops and deputies patrolled streets after a street car strike turned violent. Three men died and several were injured in clashes near Springfield mine as coal miners resisted operator fines. German, a miner, was killed during a gunfight with pickets. two others were wounded.
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Charlotte
Raleigh
Ty Uchartette
Springfield
Ave
Kher Ghiardig Ped
Nestra
Jones & Adam
Reconstruction Treaty Revisions Hit With US Shipping Involved
Washington Pan 2 Under a broad agreement the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved changes removing Aminrivan representation from most international commissions that will supervise European Reconstruction except reparations and those appointed by the League of Nations. About 20 commissions affected. Democratic votes split with Republicans on a blanket proposal. The Wall amendments cited American shipping interests. impact on other provisions unclear.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pan
Aue
Sanate Foreign Relations Committee
Aminrivan
Reparations Commission
League of Tatlons
McCumber
North Dakota
Hig Vola
Altho
Pny
Wall
New Mexico
Commission
Saar Lady
Tha’ R Basin
League
Fons Affert
Fall Flu Epidemic Seen Unlikely by Health Head
Cincinnati health officer Dr. Wm H Peters declared that a fall epidemic of influenza is unlikely, disputing New York's Dr Royal Copeland. He said the state and nation have been largely immunized and that epidemics do not strike the same place twice, though some influenza cases will occur yearly.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Wm. H. Peters
Royal
Copeland
New York
Symler
Dr. Peters
Britain's Spy Bars Alone Remains Up of Big Foreign Nations
An Associated Press report from Washington notes Britain alone among major European nations has not yet removed passport restrictions. It discusses prewar admission of persons under foreign passports to hide agitators or potentially disloyal individuals. The State Department lists countries where passports will be granted under prewar conditions after September.
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Britain
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mngland
Eeal
Lea
Parsons
State Department
Argo Strikers End Strike After Offer Accepted
Twenty two hundred workers at Argo Products Refining Co return to work after six weeks on strike. They initially refused a five cent hourly raise but voted last night to accept the offer.
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Chicase
Argo Products Refining Company
Washington Strike Vote Message on Rail Labor Wages
A wartime style bulletin outlines discussions among railroad unions regarding wage increases for 2,400,000 employees. It notes President Wilson’s position, calls for careful consideration, and states the executive council will hold a strike vote only after members decide their course, stressing constitutional process and unity.
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Nee Hines
Thie Lomis
Ehiss
Federat
Federadat
Soviet Funds in U S to Stir Racial Upheaval
Washington officials report Russian Soviet interests are supplying funds for propaganda aimed at stirring race antagonism in the United States. Justice Department sources say organized propaganda moves are being pushed by Soviet influence, with newspapers sprouting to sow discord. investigations continue into the alleged race agitation linked to Washington and Chicago events.
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Associated
Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Justice
Department
Byrnes
Caroline Miin
Pacis
Mets
Washington
Chicago
Propaganda Claims Hit Baker Crowder Figures in Hearings
Senate military subcommittee heard charges that Secretary Baker MaTien and Crowder allied with a propaganda machine to discredit the military system and defend it. Samuel Angell and L Ansell testified that officers and clerks were assigned to push press statements, with critics allegedly menaced or disciplined while supporters were promoted.
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Congress
Courier delivery notice for timely home copy
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 3 30. If errors or failure to receive the paper occur, please call 3380 so a replacement may be sent. Phone calls should reach this office by 0 p.m.
Stores to Sell Surplus War Goods in 14 Cities
Retail outlets for surplus war commodities will open September 4 in depot centers and large cities, with mail orders allowed via parcel post. Catalogues with prices will be at every post office, confirming a plan to curb high living costs and extend mail order access through post office stores in 14 initial zone cities including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and others.
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DB. C
War Department
Gor
Parcel Post
Postoffice
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Atlanta
Jeffersonville
Chicago
St Louis
New Orleans
San Antonio
Omaha
Bl Paso
San Francisco
German Dye Supply for U.S. Sought by Alien Property Head
Alien property custodian Francis P. Garvan asked President Wilson to issue an executive order letting him send an agent to Paris to buy from the reparation commission a six months supply of German vat dyes. He stated the formulas now under his control are being manufactured and will take six months to be ready for commercial use.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Francis P. Garvan
Alien Property
Wilson
Paris
Reparation Commission
James N. Ashmore Named Athletic Director at UT
Yor Colorado Aug 26 James N Ashmore resigns as director of athletics at the University of Colorado after six years to accept the directorship of athletics at Iowa State University announced today
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James N. Ashmore
Yor
Colo
James More
University of Colorado
Boulder
Towa State University
Senate committee readies two days of peace treaty revisions
The senate foreign relations committee prepared to begin two days of work on amendments to the peace treaty with public hearings set to start Thursday. Members believed a report would not be possible before hearings begin, as discussions focus on revisions and clarifications.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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