Troops Off Quarantine After NYC Strike Meetings
Transport George Washington anchored off quarantine with hundreds of troops on board. Mayor Hylan urged Secretary Baker to delay landings until conciliators from Secretary Wilson and the national adjustment commission confer. Labor leader Gompers and ILBA chief O Connor held talks as 40 000 striking longshoremen gathered to press for settlement.
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Hylan
Secretary of War
Gompers
New York
Qgn
George Washington
North River
Baker
Wilson
National Adjustment Commission
Paul A. Vaccarelli
International Longshore Ben's Association
Hy- Jan
Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
T. W. O'Connor
International Longshoremen's Association
Vaccarelli
O'Connor
City Wall
Secretary of Labor
Fall of Petrograd Reported by Finnish Staff
The Finnish general staff announced Petrograd and Kronstadt fell to anti Bolshevik forces and Gatchina fortress was captured in a Berlin backed advance. The claim, reported from Viborg, lacks corroboration from other sources as officials say the report has not been confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. A
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Genera
Viborg
Northwest
Russia
Phillipa
War News Roundup From Washington And Chicago
War department auction of leather goods valued around 50000 to be held November 14 in Chicago. Senate rejects Fall treaty amendments while House passes wartime passport extension 28 to 1. Shantung settlement ratified by Senate but a related amendment is defeated. U S position on blockade of Soviet Russia remains nonparticipating. vice president and speaker sign prohibition enforcement bill for transmission to Wilson. Labor mediator Wilson assumes jurisdiction over the central field dispute with engainers and operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
Zone Surplus Property Officer
Chicago
House
United States
Marshall
Gillett
Wilson
Minols state synod formed at Rockford meeting
The northern central and southern and Chicago district synods merged to form the Minols state synod at the northern Clinois Evangelical synod convention in Rockford DL Arthur Williams federal food administrator for New York is planning to place the city on a sugar rationing basis similar to wartime. Three Steep Creek bandits convicted of murdering Constable James McKay last November died on the scaffold at Prince Albert Saskatchewan. The American army transport Great Northern sailed from Windivosta October 7 with 100 officers and 1 400 enlisted men returning to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minols State Synod
Northern Clinois Evangelical Synod
Rockford, DL
Arthur Williams
New York
Forea
Steep Creek
James McKay
Prince Alberc
Saskrs
Great Northern
Windivosta
United States
Hawkeye State News items reflect diverse Iowa events
The Webster City Evangelical Lutheran Synod elected officers for the year. Peils Canning plans pumpkin processing paying farmers five dollars a ton with some returns at forty cents per core. Colfax High School football's schedule is set but action delayed by circumstances. Cannell Bluffs hosts a Boys and Girls Work exhibit closing session with high attendance. About 100 to 150 Indianola singers will perform in Simpson College Conservatory's Messiah. Iowa wool growers report a $125,000 gain via association marketing. Irwin faces a serious potato shortage due to gopher damage. Webster City Universalist Church grants pastor leave. Rev. Harry Shook named active pastor. East Pottawattamie farmers push to remove scrub bulls, buying purebred stock. Lake City Community Memorial building progresses, serving as auditorium gym, city hall, restrooms, and American Legion rooms. Caetan Humphry buys an eighty-four acre Lime Springs farm at $325/acre, highest Payette county price. Salvation Army fundraiser misperception seen in Des Moines as donors help a mysterious collector. Des Moines banks report rising surpluses and profits. Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and McGregor auto trail plan boosts park access with ice cave and juniper and white pine forests. Iowa leads in Percheron, Shire, Clydesdale, and Belgian horse breeding statistics. Stock exhibition emphasizes the exhibitor’s enthusiasm as crucial to success. Three state park sites near Kensauqua Farmington and Mount Pleasant expected to be recommended. Farmington site donates a thirty-acre lake with peculiar pond scum and scenic hills aiding scientific study.
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Men's Brotherhood
The
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa
Webster City
Peils Canning Company
Colfax
Cannell Bluffs
Indianola
Simpson College Conservatory
East Pottawattamie County
Lake City Community Memorial
American Legion
Caetan Humphry
Lime Springs
H. M. Stafford
Richard Brackin
Christian Army
Des Moines
Salvation Army
Town National Bank of
Deg Moines
Des Moines Seyings Bank
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids and
McGregor
Bixby's Park
Towa
France
Belgium
Scotland
England
Town
United States
State Park Board
Kensauqua
Farmington
Mount Pleasant
Uhro-Rusinia Leader Visits Washington amid New Republic idea
The article notes Gregory I Zsatkovitch, an American citizen, as President of the Directorate of Autonomous Russia, visiting Washington after returning from duties related to Uhro-Rusinia. It describes American Russians in about 350 U.S. cities and the republic’s recognition within the Czecho-Slovak framework. It cites Uzhorod as capital and highlights Carpathian scenery and people in bright costumes.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Ilinois
American National Council of
Uhio-Rusins
Mid-European Union
Philadelphia
Czecho-Slovak Republic
D A R Exchange Gifts Flag to Congress in House Resolution
Representative Mondell announced a new flag presented by the Daughters of the American Revolution as a substitute for the 1901 flag. The House approved a resolution to accept and deliver the flag to the National Society archives, honoring the legislative history of 1901 to 1916 and wartime actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondell
Wyoming
Mre
George Thacher Guernsey
House of Representatives
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
House
United States
Board of Management
Governor Lowden Backs Federal Budget System Plan
Governor Lowden told the House appropriations committee that Illinois style control of public expenditures could be adopted nationally with the treasury secretary as chief appropriations officer. He urged a single central bureau to keep expenses down and warned against an independent budget commission. The audience rose in a standing ovation as he spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilnois
House Appropriations Committee
Lowden
Illnois
Olinois
Secretary of the Treasury
Omar H. Wright
Dlinois
Finance
Treasury Department
Department For
National Finance
Public Health Service
House
Appropriations Committee
American Legion Post Opposes Soldier Settlement Bill
Florida Senator Fletcher read resolutions from Tampa Post No 5 American Legion denouncing H R 487 the Mondell bill as favoring only a fraction of veterans and risking fraud and graft while endorsing a loan measure providing 1000 to 5000 at 4 percent over forty years for housing as fairer to soldiers and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enator Fletcher
Florida
Congressional
Tampa Post
American Legion
Congress of the United States
United States
Medical association pushes 5 million for flu study
The American Medical Association seeks Congress funds for an influenza investigation led by the U S Public Health Service. Ohio lawmakers Senator Harding and Representative Fess propose a 5 million appropriation to isolate patients and develop better preventives and cures. Senator Fruce supports emergency action but notes larger reform is needed, including a national health department with city and state branches and ample funds to combat contagious diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Congress
United States Public Health Service
Harding
Fess
Ohio
Senate
Joseph I. Fruice
Department of Health
Siite
Henry L. Doherty Leads Oil and Auto Industry Review
Henry L. Doherty, noted oil gas and electric property owner, chairs a petroleum producers and refiners committee. The group seeks a national petroleum institute to coordinate producers refiners and consumers, with Dr Van H Manning proposing a 1 million dollar annual appropriation to fund the new bureau. Doherty predicts a satisfactory solution without major fuel efficiency loss for car owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Doherty
Mexico
Ad Réiners
M Motormakers
United States
American Petroleum Institute
van H. Manning
United States Bureau of Mines
Institute
Doherty
Lodge Leads Senate Treaty Fight and Long-Serving Members
Portrait of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts headlines as he dominates public attention for his role in the treaty fight. The new Sixty sixth congress directory shows Lodge has the longest continuous service since entering March 4, 1899. Other long-serving peers include Warren, Martin, Nelson, Penrose, Culberson, McCumber, Dillingham, Simmons, Overman, and Emoot with varying start dates and continuous tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
United States
Senate
Wrancig B. Warren
Wyoming
Thomas @. Martin
Virginia
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
William P. Dillingham
Vermont
F. M. Simmons
North Carolina
Lee
Overman
North Caralinga
Reed Emoot
Utah
1920 Model Trust Threat to Competition
Federal Trade Commission chair W. B. Colver told the House Judiciary Committee about a rising “1920 model trust” that dwarfs Standard Oil by extending control to by products and substitutes. He urged broadened FTC and Clayton Act powers to curb this new form of restraint.
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Charman W. B. Colver
Federal Trade Commission
House Judiciary Committee
Colver
Trade Commission
Culver
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Wigon
Grayson
Gigss
Foreign Relations Committee
Shantung
Germany
Paris
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Baltimore
First National Bank
Rosette
N. J
Department of Justice
John R. O'Connor
San Diego
Brier Hill
Youngstown
Cristian
Peter Buyell
Tale
Railway and
Hebt Company
Congress of the Bulvetian Army of the United States
Jean Lind
Nidingurska Islands
Kattegat
Gothenburg
Williamson
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden
Trafic
Hamburg
Wea
Hawkeye State! News
Wastiington City
New Republic of Russia
Rusinia
American Legion Post
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Lodge
U. S. Senate
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