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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY CHICAGO 111 August 14 Weather forecast Illinois Partly cloudy weather with local thunder showers late tonight or Friday Warmer tonight in north and centrat portions cooler Friday Mis ¬ souri Partly cloudy weather with local thunder showers tonight or Friday wanner tonight cooler Friday afternoon General forecast The indica ¬ tions are for thundershowers tonight or Friday from the east portion of the plains states eastward while fair weather will prevail in the sections farther west The temperature will be rather high this afternoon and tonight in the eastern and south ¬ ern portions of this forecast district followed by somewhat lower temperature Friday It will be cooler in the northwest states tonight tonightNEW NEW YORK N Y August 14 The board of directors of the American League in session here today overruled president Ban Johnson and rein ¬ stated pitcher Carl Mays who was suspended by Johnson when Boston sold him to the New York Yankees The board adopted a resolution calling upon Johnson to make a report of the financial condition of the league President Dunn of the Cleveland club was the only director not present Those present were Charles Comiskey of Chicago H II Frazee of Boston and Jacob Ruppert of New York President Johnson sent a letter to the meet ¬ ing saying that he did not recognize the authority of the board of directors to pass iipon his acts and therefore would not attend the meeting meetingCHICAGO CHICAGO 111 August 14 Eightyfive thousand pounds of butter held in storage in Chicago has been seized by the government to test the power of dealers to hold foodstuffs for purposes of specula ¬ tion The butter is now in cold storage awaiting court action on a motion from the district attorneys office that it be placed on the market at a fair price priceWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August 14 Members of the house intervened today to prevent a i ersonal en ¬ counter between Representatives Blanton and Hardy of Texas Hardy resented the charge that he was u mere rubber sfamp by his continued defense of the administration Hardy rushed at Blanton but was held back backLONDON LONDON England August 14 A demand for speedy settlement of their wage dispute which was construed as being in the nature of an ultimatum was made today by the locomotive engineers anil firemen upon Sir Auckland Jeddes British minister of reconstruction About 000 nien are involved involvedWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August 14 Warning that there would be u radical change iu the policy of the American government regarding Mexico if the Carranza government continued to fail to protect Americans in that country was contained in a note sent to the Mexican foreign office July 22 22WASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August 14 Appropria ¬ tions totaling nearly 000000 with which to help carry out the Presidents suggestions for reducing living costs were asked of Congress today by the agricultural department NEW BEDFORD Mass August 14 A tramp steamer a tug and three barges are ashore off Vineyard Haven it was reported here this after noon The vessels were barely visible from the shore shoreCOLOGNE COLOGNE Germany August 14 A British mu ¬ nition dump at Kalk an eastern suburb of this city exploded this morning killing fourteen workers and injuring many persons in the vicinity vicinityBLOOMINGTON BLOOMINGTON Ind August 14 Oil was struck at a depth of 200 feet south of this city yester ¬ day and work was stopped today pending vthe arrival of oil experts = wiril
