Bloodletting danger in treaty forecast by Knok
Washington August 29 Republican and Democrat representatives clashed over the league of nations and President Wilsons touring speeches. Murphy attacked the covenant calling it tying young Americans to the cannon wheel while Welty and Blanton defended the league as an instrument of peace. Kalin praised conscription and the debate reflected sharp party lines in the house. The white house sent the Rhine occupation treaty and Versailles agreement covering Poland and the allied powers to the Senate for consideration with Germany.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
House
League of Nations
Wilson
Murphy
Qhie
Welty
Ohio
Blanton
Texas
Washington, D. C
Poland
Versailles
Rhine
Foreign Relations —Committee
Germany
Senate
Washington
Whansvs
Warfield plan backed by 5,000 institutions and 150,000 people
Memorial backing Warfield plan calls for minimum 6 percent return on railroad securities and mandatory rate adjustment by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Signers include 5,000 investing institutions and 146 municipal trade groups with vast policyholder and savings bank representation. Officials urge Congress to provide a just solution, not autocratic methods.
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Washington, D
Interstate Commerce Commission
Warfield
Congress
Tour West to Visit 5 Pacific Coast Cities
A 40 city tour led by President Wilson was announced with stops planned in Columbus Indianapolis Omaha Sioux Falls Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Denver and many others from September 6 to September 29. Lawmakers debated postponement while Rodenburg and Sirens urged delaying the trip to address cost of living and labor issues.
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Washington
D. C
Wilsam
Altes
Cay
Rere
Columbus
Ne Idianapolis
St. Louis
Wan
Las Otty
Des Maines
Omaha
Neh
Sioux Balls
Minneapolis
Bismarck
N. C
Billings
War Bonfire and Other Waste Under Probe
The war expenditures investigation committees of Congress focus on destruction and loss of American expeditionary forces materiel in France. They probe aviation stocks burned at Colombey La Belle and motor vehicles at Romartin, noting disputes over value between American and French officials. The inquiry aims to detail a bulk sale of food and clothing to the French government totaling hundreds of millions.
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Faris
France
War Expenditures Investigation Committees
Congress
Colomibey-Laelle
Romartin
Colombey-La Belle
US senator opposes Versailles treaty as too risky for nation
Senator Knox argues the Versailles peace terms threaten world peace and US independence. He urges rejecting the treaty, renouncing indemnities, and pursuing a separate German peace while preserving liberty of action with other powers. He warns the pact could trigger centuries of bloodletting and entangle the United States in global quarrels.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
M. de Gailhard-Bancel
Catholic Party
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Knox
Pennsylvania
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Versailles
Mr. Knox
Newspapers urged not to publish Ludendorff story
Washington August 24. Senator Chamberlain of Oregon urged newspapers to refuse printing Gen Ludendorff's war narrative. He warned several papers planned to publish the German general's account, describing it as dangerously sympathetic to the war conduct. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts urged restraint.
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Associated Presse
Washington, D. C
Senator Chamberlain
Democrat
Oregon
Gen. l Ludendorff
Chamberlain
Senate
Congress
Germany
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Pittsburgh Cars Run by Old Men End Strike
Pittsburgh street railway service resumed after two weeks as 800 striking motormen and conductors returned to work. Workers accepted a five cent hourly wage increase granted by the national war labor board, with negotiations planned for fall. Strikebreakers were paid off and left the city en route to Los Angeles amid police protection.
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Associated Press
Pitttsburgh
Pittsburgh Street Railway Company
National War Labor Board
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Pittsburgh
International Vicw
Te c Cmpany
Los Angels
Packed Army Courts Laid To Baker Crowder
Samuel T Ansell former acting judge advocate general told the senate military subcommittee that army court martial inquiries were biased and packed. He charged Secretary Baker and Judge Advocate General Crowder with fostering prejudiced investigations and said inquiries by the American Bar Association committee Inspector General Chamberlain and the Ker Nan tribunal favored the current proceedings.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Baker
Crowder
Samuel T. Ansell
Vcting
Senate
Ansell
American Bar Association Committee
Chamberlain
Army
Ker Nan
License Plan Opposed for Packers by Omaha Exchange
W R Tagg for the Omaha Livestock Exchange urged against a single man license plan in Washington. He called for a livestock commission with industry representation and similar to an interstate commission, asserting boards should include shipper representatives and yard company directors. Delegations from Kansas and Nebraska producers were to appear before the Senate agricultural committee.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Kenyon
Kendrick
Senate Agricultural Committee
W. R.tagg
Omaha Livestock Exchange
Washington
Tage
Kansas
Nebraska
Unclear Kansas Crop and Chicago Market Report
A Kansas August crop forecast shows 56,445,000 bushels with 4,199,000 acres planted and an average yield of 13.7 bushels per acre. The condition indicator sits at 43.8 percent, much below July and status as one of the five smallest Kansas crops in 46 years. Prices for hogs and cattle decline in Chicago amid weak demand and slow dressed meat sales.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Monier
Thes of
Segriculture
Ghitaga
Sharkguardsmen
Chicago
Thuredas
Barneys Force 10 Investigate Show Paces
Announcement by state food and dairy commissioner W R Barttes outlines a new probe into the area of commodities including shoes in Iowa. The cost of living investigation is led by state officials with a focus on popular cigar advertising and distribution details.
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Tes Moives
Ariea
Towa
W. R. Barttes
No Troops to Silesia Decided Upon, Baker Tells House Members
Secretary Baker told the House affairs committee no decision had been made on sending troops to Siberia or Silesia. He said a brigade of regulars might go to Europe to replace units from the First Division, with about 1,000 combat troops and 60,000 service troops in place after the treaty. Selective service men would be recalled as volunteers replace them. Allied forces in the region totaled about 46,000 in June with 1,450 in other territories.
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Waller J. Hines
Generul
Milroads
Triains
Owelock
Railway Administration
Watk i
San Francisco
Ravine
San Jose
Tracy
Oakland
Los Angeles
Railroad Administration
San Bernardino
Big Four
Poker Aot
Europe
Sionen
Serreliry
Kure
Siberia
A T Hukill Named Census Supervisor Third Iowa District
Anson T Hakill of Waterloo is named census supervisor for Iowa's Third district. The appointment covers seven months with pay set by law at 1500 dollars plus one dollar per thousand population enumerated. Clerk hire and other expenses are government funded. The Third district population is about 145,000.
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Washington, D. C
Anson T. Hakill
Waterloo
Iowa
Altho
Reds Take Towns on Don in Finland Hearings
Reports say Bolsheviks capture towns along the Don front and near Kharkov, with bombardment claims from British naval and air forces. The Russian Soviet government announces advances after the fall of Pskoi, noting further captures on the Don and at Pavlask while Kronstadt remains contested.
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Finland
Majed Tress
Lomlen
Vibes
Winkand
Kronstadt
Boleshevik Tay Mo
Metro Greed
Helsingfors
Briish Admiralty
London
Zoarte
Sipsingsk
Kharkov
Pavlask
Ron River
Voroneal
Pskoi
Governors at Capital Aim to Back War on H C L
Governors convene in Washington to discuss coordinated action and cooperation with the President. They plan joint conferences with Aubrney Gomery Palmer to consider the lost maths and secure support through Mant for satall fcos sin fourdless. The session ends with a pledge of continued liaison with the White House.
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Pie Agdinda Ton Peers
Washington
2. C
Ale
Seen Shales
Maliganad
Aubrney Gomery Palmer
Furane
Wilkan
Labor unrest discussed by A F of L leaders in Washington
Washington Aug 29. President Gompers and the American Federation of Labor executive committee opened further talks on the labor situation. They planned to discuss with President Wilson at the White House the threatened steel strike and railroad wage demands amid rising costs. Frank Morrison signaled a general statement likely to follow.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
United States Steel Corporation
Start
Gary
Washington, DC
Muel Gompers
American Fedration of Labor
Gompers
White House
Maltern
U.S. Stand on Rail Strike Lifts Stocks at Open
Government stance against railway strikers boosted early market activity in New York. Southern Pacific shares rose on initial trades, with a block of 20,000 shares moving at 163 to 105. Steel makers like United States Steel, Crucible Steel, Baldwin Locomotive, and Mexican Petroleum also showed strength.
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Associated Press
New York
Southern Pacific
Talted Sta Steel
Crucible Steels
Baldwin Locomotive
Mexican Petroleum
Modest President Seeks Extra Peace Delegation Funds
President Wilson asked Congress for an additional 825000 for the American peace commission in Paris from July 1 to year end, bringing total costs to about 1506507. The leaders cited subsistence and international travel expenses as major items, noting civilian staff reductions and unacted state department requests for a 5000000 appropriation.
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Associated Cross
Washington, D.C
Wilson
Tongress
American Peace Commission
Paris
Federal Judge Smith Taken to Hospital After Illness
Walter I. Smith, a federal judge and former congressman of the circuit court of appeals, was removed from his home to a hospital late Thursday after a stroke-like facial paralysis. The attending physician, FW Hougstan, described the condition as serious.
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Council
Suspects in Chicago Case Linked to Des Moines Family
Two sisters, Dolly Ford and Mary Owen, tied to the Jukes lineage, face Chicago morals charges after being hired by lawyers and officials as informants. Mary Richardson, accused of bigamy and perjury, and Dolly Ford, once Mary Owen, are tied to a string of offenses from potting to arson.
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Chicago
Ange
New York
Wes Moines
Welgee
North Dearhorny Street
DaWy Rose Richardson
Des Moines
Harry M. Fisher
Central Court
Maryford
Towa
John Ford
Colorado
Catherine Strain
Mary Owen
Dolly Ford
Fisher
Juvenile Protective Association
Richardson
Louis Bliss
Jesse Richardson
Clarence B. Owen
Mary Kelly
Rosé
Mary
Thomas Connolly
Pacify Labor U S Move Urged By Poindexter
Senator Poindexter charged both capital and labor with inconsistency and narrow views and urged the government to compel a meeting. He said a conference could settle labor disputes threatening the peace and well being of the country. Chairman Kenyon said plans were underway for joint House and Senate committee consideration.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Poindexter
Republican
Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Labor Committee
House
Administration bill to keep 180000 officers sent to conference
The House approved an administration bill allowing the War Department to retain 180,000 officers of the army into next July. The measure now moves to conference as discussions proceed.
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Bathru
Washington
TD. C
War Department
House
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