General News Notes Of The Day, Daily Racing Form, 1919-08-17

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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY CHICAGO 111 August 16 AVeather forecast Illinois AAisconsin and Minnesota Fair tonight and Sunday somewhat cooler tonight Missouri Fair tonight and Sunday somewhat cooler tonight in cast and south portions General forecast The in ¬ dications are for generally fair weather in this forecast district during the next two or three days The temperature will be slightly lower from the Missouri valley eastward tonight while it will rise in the northwestern states Sunday SundayCHICAGO CHICAGO 111 August 16 AVhile government agents throughout the country were seizing 23000 100 eggs and large stores of butter federal author ¬ ities in Chicago got down to definite action against alleged profiteers by procuring warrants for the arrest of officers of the John F Campbell company a sugar jobbing house at 32G AVest Madison street Warrants charging violation of the Lever food con ¬ trol act were issued by United States Commissioner Lewis F Mason for the following John F Camp ¬ bell president and treasurer of the company John K Bunker vicepresident and manager of the com ¬ pany panyBERLIN BERLIN Germany August 16 The German gov ¬ ernment has addressed a note to the peace confer ¬ ence it was learned here today asking that nego ¬ tiations on certain questions affecting the inter ¬ nationalization of Danzig be commenced as soon as possible The people of Danzig the note says are anxious that its new constitution be drafted as soon as possible and that the citys relations with Poland be determined determinedLONDON LONDON England August 16 Several battal ¬ ions of Bolshevik troops have been wiped out in the new counter offensive of the northwestern Russian siriny along the River Luga southwest of Petro grad according to dispatches from Helsingfors dated Wednesday The Soviet forces also lost large num IMTS of prisoners machine guns and ammunition ammunitionPARIS PARIS France August 16 Dignitaries of the former Austrian regime have reiterated their re ¬ quests that former Emperor Charles assume an ac ¬ tive part in Austrian affairs according to a dis ¬ patch received here from Zurich It is said that the former monarch was sounded on the subject be ¬ fore Archduke Joseph seized control at Budapest BudapestPARIS PARIS France August 16 Seven persons were killed and thirtyfour injured Friday in a collision Ixtween an express train and a troop train The express train was running from Paris to Nancy and Strasshurg StrasshurgMILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE Wis August 16 Frederick Lay ton 92 oldest meat packer in this country died today following a weeks illness He had lived a retired life for many years He was noted as a philanthropist philanthropistWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August 16 Officials of the department of justice today planned an investi ¬ gation of storage houses in which holdings of butter eggs dairy products and poultry have increased from twenty to 299 per cent since lust year yearWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August 16 Discharges from the army now total 3208759 the war depart ¬ ment announced today leaving a net strength on August 12 of 590099 officers and meu of whom 109938 still were in Europe


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