Republicans count on Washington for treaty action
Washington. Senator Hitch cock Neb senior minority member of the foreign relations committee after a conference with President Wilson predicted ratification of the peace treaty in September with at least 12 republican votes. He said the Shantung amendment would be eaten and McCumber nailed its coffin. The committee adopted a sweeping amendment striking out American representation on many commissions, and the debate centered on the Shantung clause and league covenant while Republicans stood united for the amendment.
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
McCumber
Foreign Reations Committee
Inter
Senate
Chiel
North Dakota
Regar
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Germany
Fall
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Belgium
Danzig
League of Nations
United ‘States
the Today
Gompers Says German Defeat Not Yet Accepted
Samuel Gompers arrives from France and says he did not come home to interfere with labor programs but to help workers. He notes employers no longer rule all, urges workers having a voice in conditions, and says Bolshevism waning as German delegates show no lessons learned from war. He plans to be in Washington Thursday and will skip the Syracuse AFL convention.
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York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
France
George Washington
Gompers
International Trades Union Congress
Amsterdam
Washington
Germany
Gomper
Syracuse
Matrimonial Potpourri Delights Butte Divorces Court Attaches
A chaotic sequence of four marriages among John Templeman Myrtle Henke and their former spouses unfolds in Butte as licenses are issued and old unions dissolved. The tale spans Seattle Anaconda and Butte with two couples remarrying and children gaining stepparents as the complex cycle nears its third set of marriages.
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John Templeman
Myrtle Henke
Butte
Templeman
Henke
John Tem
Templeman Henke
Fred Henke
Fred
John
Lotus Templeman
Lamb
Templemans
Henkes
Fred W. Henke
Myrtle Henke Templeman
Lotus Templeman Henke
E. J. Groneveld
Myrtle Henke Templeman Henke
Myrtle “Henke ‘Templeman
Chilldren
Fires rage across Montana Idaho forests in late August
North Blackfoot valley flame front swells near Missoula as Swan River fires threaten Blackfoot and Rattlesnake country. Bitterroot and Neaverride regions report major blazes driven by winds. Helena area fires flare then ease. Fire crews bolster Duck Creek line while Big Horn forest burns 1200 acres with 12 million feet timber lost. Lost Creek fire near Idaho Montana divide covers 40000 acres as 150 firefighters battle spread.
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Missoula
Swan River
Blackfoot
District Forest Service
Idawweral
North Idaho
Neaver Ride
Powell Region
Lolo Forest
Wyoming Forest
Denver
Col
Big Horn Forest
Ming
Federal Forestry Service Oecials
Wolf Creek
Spokane
Spokane, Wash
Lost Creek
Idaho-Motana Divide
Many Fine Ranches in Danger Says Dr Renick
Dr W L Renick of this city reports to the Associated Press that a valley fire has burned on creek for weeks with fires spreading to Beaver and Glacier creeks. He notes lack of fighting and trails, and says elk creek fire burned a week before effort began, leaving ranches exposed and government foresters under supplied as they attempted a survey. The doctor warns most ranches will be destroyed.
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Renick
W. L. Renick
Swan River Valley
Associated Press
Beaver
Glacier
Elk Creek
Thade
Beaver Creek
Glacier Creek
War Department to Open Stores for Retail Goods
Washington Aug 26 the War Department announced plans to open retail stores in several cities to sell surplus household commodities and clothing at prices below current market levels. Stores will stock blankets shirts and other items with distribution via post offices and parcel post to reach nationwide customers. Congress considers food control and hoarding penalties while baring commissions urge stock inventories and data to curb prices and speculation.
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Washington
War Department
Federal Trade Commission
House Agricultural Committee
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Ten Coast Towns Paralyzed by Railroad Strike
Rail workers in Los Angeles and across coast towns strike, halting Santa Fe and Southern Pacific services from Oakland to San Francisco. Fresno and Barstow yardmen walk out, as emergency motor mail runs and blocked waterways strain cargo. Officials acknowledge no through trains moved from Oakland while striking crews refuse to heed national orders.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Albuquerque
N. M
San Francisco
Oakland
Santa Fe
Alburquerque
Fresno
Barstow
Southern Pacific
San Franciso
San Bernardino
Carmen
Railroad Administration
Pacific
Oakland Pier
Southern Pacific Coast Line
Santa Fe Overland
Billionaires And Stokers On One Plane
I N P Morgan and wife sail to Southampton for a six year gap from finance. He plans a month of shooting in Scotland and visiting. A stoker on the gangway greets him with humor, saying the ramp is for stokers and billionaires as Morgan boards.
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Billionaires
Stokers
York
I. N P. Morgan
Southampton
Otland
Mr. Morgan
Stoker
Street Railway Strike Spreads to Pacific Electric Ties
The platform men strike spread to the Pacific Electric with brotherhood unionists showing sympathy from Southern Pacific Santa Fe and Salt Lake. Los Angeles street railway resumes daylight service and declines talks while Pacific Electric restores normal service. The strike now ties up steam lines as a broader movement.
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Street Railway Company
Pacific Electric
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Salt Lake
Los Angel
Los Angeles Street Railway
Rike
Norway Gains Spitzbergen Isles In Coal Rich Archipelago
Paris August 24 The Spitzbergen treaty nearly finished and likely to reach the supreme council for approval this week. It grants Norway control of the Spitzbergen archipelago with coal mines developed by Americans and now held by Norwegians.
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Paris
Associated Press
Spitzbergen Teaty
Supreme Council
Norway
Spitzbergen
West Virginia
Five Million Germans Seek Emigration
Berlin reports that five million Germans have filed with the central bureau of emigration and its 64 interior departments for permission to leave the country. Most intend to go to America, with a large number seeking to settle in Palestine.
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Berlin
Central Bureau of Emigration
America
Palestine
Delegates Reject Terms in Historic Rail Strike Vote
Railroad shopmen nationwide will vote on whether to accept Wilson and Hines wage proposals or strike for a general pay raise. Officials see quick action to decide on wage changes while government control limits increases to curb living costs. The strike vote may take about three weeks, with unions wary of benefit limits and demands for broader raises.
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Hington
United States
Wilson
Hines
Rail Administration
Missing American Aviators Found by Mexicans
Mexican cavalry escorted to the international boundary Lieuts. Frederick Waterhouse and C. B. Connelly, missing from Rockwell field since last Wednesday, were found alive in Lower California about 200 miles southeast of San Diego. Captain Trujillo reported to Gen. Hipolito Baranca that the men are under escort and no further word has been received.
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AL Centro
Cal
Frederick Water
House
C. B. Connelly
Rockwell Feld
Trujillo
Gol
Hipolito Baranca
Lower California
San Diego
Somper promises actors assistance in New York
Ambiguous report notes Sompers pledging support from the American Federation of Labor to aid actors. The event drew an enthusiastic reception with a standing ovation as about 2,000 members gathered and speakers addressed the crowd.
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York
Howe
Dare Sn
Sage Tae Rene
Austria in cahoots with Bela Kun
Budapest dispatch claims Hungary's Bela Kun, ex head of the socialist government, is involved in a covert foreign matter. The report cites the Hungarian foreign state bureau and a N. Bauer source as bearing on entrusted documents and arms logistics.
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Austria
Bela Kun
N. Bauer
State Bureau of
Tro Documenta Very At Arms Iingaty
Budapest
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Henke Templeman
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