Right of Way for Treaty Ratification in Congress
Washington September 7 Congress this week will move the peace treaty from the foreign relations committee to the Senate for final ratification with amendments and reservations. Lodge will report the treaty Wednesday, then it gains exclusive Senate floor time amid formal open executive consideration. Debates over reservations, minority revisions, and the overall Leagues of Nations controversy dominate the action while hearings on appropriations and other matters proceed.
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Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
Lodger
House
Hodge
Hitchcock
Nebraska
League of Nations
Versailles
Wilson
Pershing
Theater Benefit Nets Five Thousand for Orphaned Children
Sympathy for three children orphaned when their father and mother died in a railroad tragedy prompted an Auditorium Theater benefit. The event raised $5,000 as stars from a theatrical procession on strike last week contributed. Generous citizens in New York, Kansas City and elsewhere volunteered funds.
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Chicago
William F
Auditorium Theater
Tanner
New York
Kansas City
Chilren
First Snow Near Butte Signals Early Cold Spell
The first snowfall near Butte yesterday covered the highlands with a white mantle as residents noted a sharp temperature drop overnight. Early readings showed 39 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest since spring, with a high near 61 as the snow faded and a warm rain followed. Prognosticators predicted several weeks of summer weather before true winter returns.
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Butte
Tig
Wilson Heads For Northwest Today
President Wilson continues his speaking tour through Des Moines and Des Moines area before heading north and west. The schedule includes stops in Tacoma Helena Mont Bridas Coeur D Alene and Seattle with a final review of addresses delivered and distance traveled reported.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des
Presiden Wilson
Northwest
Canada
Lakes
Willena
Sioux Falls
Lowe ‘Pital
Raterton
Sien
Wilwon Fred
Hood
Aus Pauy
Ann
Miinneapolia
Gay
Tas Coma
Seattle
Healmont
Siapae
den Moines
Wearers of the Blue Gather in Columbus
Wearers of the Union blue in the days of 61 took possession of Columbus today as the vanguard of the old soldiers arrived for the national G A S encampment. The gathering formally begins Tuesday and runs through the week with events across the city.
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Columbus
Mob stormed jail lynching accused attacker in Florida
A mob of about fifty men stormed a jail shortly after midnight seeking a Black man held on assault charges. The prisoner was taken outside and lynched, amid reports of a hastily arranged vigilante action in St. Augustine.
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Gil Dut
St. Augustine
Welcome home General Pershing greeted by Leviathan
The Leviathan bringing General John J. Pershing home from Europe was 180 miles off Sandy Hook near 10 p m guiding 20 knots toward New York. A hydro air plane will drop welcome messages from Mayor Hylan and committee chair Rodman Wanamaker as the ship nears harbor before dawn. After docking in Hoboken, Pershing and staff will stay at the Waldorf Astoria and attend a dinner and theater.
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New York
Leviathan
John J. Pershing
Sandy Hook
John J. Perething
American Expeditionary Forces
New York Harbor
Elcome
Hylan
Rodman Wana~ Fer
Baker
Kent Marshall
Peyton €. March
Blakely
Hobo
Waldorf-Astoria
War Communications Service
Hoboken Dock
Watchman Foils Bandits In Whiskey Theft Shootout
A Sunday morning gunfight at the Reiner house on West Galena Street left watchman T P Martin with two bullet wounds and Hugh Riley mortally injured as three or more youths tried to steal whiskey. Martin returned fire, Riley, a gang member, fled to his sister’s home before being rushed to Murray hospital. Police pursued the suspects, who were later detained for vagrancy as the incident continued to develop.
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Mance
Murray Hospital
Sam Reiner
Galena Street
Hugh Riley
Vieth
T. P. Martin
W B. Daly
Reiner
Mr. Martin
Daly House
Mart
Reiners Yard
Martin
Sweet
Daly
Riley
Reiner Yard
Porphyry Stree
Theod. Gavin
Gavin
Famous criminal lawyer James W Osborne dies at 61
New York reports the death of James W Osborne, noted assistant district attorney and famed lawyer, from heart failure at his home aged 61. Born in Charlotte, he gained fame prosecuting Albert T Patrick for the Rice murder and charged in the Adams case of 1899. In Charleston, West Virginia, miners who marched to unionize Logan County returned by special train after yesterday’s action.
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New York
James W
Osborne
Charlotte
N.C
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Katherine B. Adams
Mike Ends
Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
Michigan Giant Created by Jim Leathers Story
In Jackson Michigan a supposed petrified giant was unearthed in Patrolman Oscar Nierman’s yard. Scientists from the University of Michigan visited, seeking how the 12 foot 7 inch figure was planted, and old residents recalled Jim Leathers and his “dummies” hoax.
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Jackson
Mich
Jimmy Leathers
Aimity
Oscar Nierman
Nierman
University of Michigan
Leathers
Campbell Bonner
Believe Missing Aviators Are Deal
In San Diego Frederick Connells and two other aviators vanished Aug 20 while flying south over a wind-wracked coast near Lower California. Maj Theodore MacCaute returned reporting bodies likely to be found this week. Rescue efforts note landing in rugged terrain is impossible for De Havilland planes. Navy tug Thatlenge heads south with supplies toward Rancho Catwetea.
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San Diego
Cal
Iats
Frederick “Waterh Cecil Connells
Pheodore MacCaute
California
Sam Juan de Dios
MacCauley
Wilson
Ambush Kills One Soldier and Wounds Three in Fermoy
A party of 18 soldiers returning to harry out a church at Fermoy was ambushed. One soldier was killed and three wounded. the others were overpowered. The attackers, about 20 in number armed with revolvers, seized the rifles and fled in waiting cars. Fermoy lies about 19 miles north of Cork.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Fermoy
American prelates may receive red hat
Rome September report states the pope will hold a consistory in December to create new cardinals. Vatican circles say the decision on American cardinals is undecided, with Chicago and Philadelphia archbishops the most likely to receive the red hat.
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Rome
Red Press
Vatican
Hicago
Philadelphia
Private Reuss Madsen Shot in German Neutral Zone
Private Reuss Madsen of Sacramento California was killed by German soldiers near the Koblenz bridgehead while deer hunting with Private Bert Balsinger of the Eighth Infantry. Balsinger said the Germans opened fire without warning as they approached their outpost, and a dispute over who fired first followed before Balsinger was captured and later handed to Major George Cockrell. Madsen will be buried in the American cemetery at Koblenz.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Reuss Madsen
Sacramento
Cal
Madsen
Bert Balsinger
Eighth Infantry
Balsinger
George Cockrell
Cobleng
Suit would break Fairbanks' will
Mrs Adelaide F P Timmons daughter of the late Charles Warren Fairbanks vice president seeks probate court to set aside her father’s will claiming unsound mind and undue influence at execution Her brothers Richard Warren and Frederick Fairbanks are named as pendants She says at death he owned 4 000 000 in Indiana property and 15 000 acres of Illinois land with a 4 000 000 total estate and she would receive far more than the 15 000 a year provided by the will
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Indianapolis
Ind
Adelaide FP. Timmons
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Richard
Warren
Frederick Fairbanks
Timmons
Gas Workers Strike Hits Seattle Hard
Seattle faces widespread disruption as gas workers strike for higher wages. Private home service and restaurant work cited as most affected. company officials warn further action may be imminent.
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Seattle
SuthKent
See
Fatalities From Prison Riot In Pontiac
One officer and one inmate were killed when prisoners in a Pontiac cell armed themselves with revolvers and attacked two officers, wounding one, before escaping.
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Pontiac, Ul
Sept. T
Explosions Destroy Ten Million Marks of Teat Investment
Explosions at munition dumps near Nieuwied destroyed about 10 million marks of material sold to a German company for commercial use. Fire followed the blasts damaging buildings across a large tract. Six German girls working in the dump were knocked unconscious and rescued by American soldiers as shells and ammunition were salvaged under supervision. The cause remains unknown.
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Coblenz
Urday
Associated Press
Nieuwied
Ermans
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