Labor Struggle To Democratize Industry Drives Miners’ Action
Delegates to the United Mine Workers of America convention in Cleveland plan action on wage and hour scales and nationalization of mines. The six day meeting pursues a dual or triple alliance, with a Buffalo conference set for September 26. A two plan for mine operation is under study, including direct government control or joint supervision by miners operators and officials.
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Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
Buffalo
Yom Mooney
National Labor Party
Wilson backs US voting parity in League covenant
President Wilson asserts that Britain will have no more voting power than the United States in the League of Nations. Senate supporters view this as a blow to the Johnson amendment, while opponents see it as ammunition. The decisive battle in the Senate over the amendment looms as Hitchcock plans to move next week. Borah says he and Johnson will argue the issue in days of debate.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Wilson
Great Britain
League of Nations
United States
League
Senate
San Francisco
Hitchcock
Borah
Johnson
Oshoc ton Honors Old Civil War Veterans Reunion
Coshocton marked the anniversary of Iuka and Chickamauga with a townwide turnout of aged veterans from the 30th 51st 98th 126th and 161st Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiments. Businesses closed as ceremonies and entertainments honored Civil War survivors.
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Coshocton
Iuka
Chickamauga
Attorney Rubin to Probe United States Steel riots and murders
A B Rubin general counsel for the United Steelworkers arrived from Pittsburg to announce a legal probe into the Hammond Ind riots and related killings. He said four hundred thousand workers will quit Monday and blamed United States Steel Corporation for suppression and abetting violence. He vowed to pursue investigations up to Judge Gary and questioned aborted inquests into deaths.
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New York
A. B. Rubin
Union Steel Workers
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Rubin
Hammond
Ind
Brackenbridge
Gary
Wilson
Washington
Steel Corporation
Attention Masons Special Communication at Paramathia Lodge
Fraternity notice for Paramathia Lodge No 25 F and A M Friday evening September 19 at 7 oclock Fellowcraft ROY HINCHMAN W M J A PALMER Sect For space limited Chicago firm releases a three wheeled gasoline truck that turns in a twelve foot circle
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Masons
Paramathia Lodge No. 25
Fellowcraft
Roy Hinchman
Hello Girl Wins D S M At Front
Miss Grace D Banker, from Passaic New Jersey, first uniformed young woman to serve overseas with the United States Army, returns from France after eighteen months with the Distinguished Service Medal. She led the first U S unit of telephone operators and was decorated personally by Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett.
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United States Army
France
U. S
Hunter Iggett
Passaic
N. J
GONGUMERS TO TART FIGHT ON GAS COMPANIES
Cleveland leaders plan a united front against Ohio gas firms. President Gahn will ask the common council to authorize joining a regional league with other cities threatened with service cuts by East Ohio and other producers. A follow up conference is set for next Thursday with invitations to nearby cities.
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Cleveland
Gahn
Cleveland Common Council
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
East Ohio
Youngstown
Akron
Canton
Alliance
Warren
Niles
Salem
Five armed bandits rob Nottingham Savings Bank in Cleveland
Five youths robbed the Nottingham Savings and Banking Company in Cleveland of 10000 dollars in currency and Liberty Bonds. Police hunted the five, with Akron joining the search after reports two offenders were from that city. Two bank employees were locked in a closet during the heist. loss is insured.
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Cleveland
Nottingham Savings and Banking Company
Liberty
Akron
Ohio Elks Conclude State Reunion in Columbus
Ohio Elks wrap up the annual state reunion in Columbus with an informal ball at the Elk's Home. Several thousand Elks and their ladies attended before the Lima 1920 reunion committee meets to set the next gathering date.
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Lima
Ohio Elks
Columbus
Ohio
Labor strike vows to democratize steel industry
Fitzpatrick heads toward AFL headquarters in Washington after leading a Pittsburgh protest over President Wilson. Some unions plan a Monday walkout demanding representation in steel plants, with Judge Gary facing intense criticism for delaying talks and alleged intimidation. Rubins and others prep strike districts while media accuse capital-controlled papers of bias.
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Washington
Fitzpatrick
Steel Workers Organization Committee
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Pittsburg
Wilson
Steel Corporation
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Workers’ Committee
John Fitzpatrick
W. B. Rubins
Eerie
Rubins
Gompers
New York
Eighteen Drivers to Enter 150 Mile Race at Sheepshead Bay
Eighteen competitors will race 150 miles tomorrow afternoon on the Sheepshead bay oval with a ten mile special match race also on the card. Entries include Ralph De Palma Tommy Milton Ralph Mulford the Chevrolet Brothers Ira Vail Joe Boyer Dave Lewis Denny Hickey Art Klein and Joe Thomas.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay Oval
Ralph de Palma
Tommy Milton
Ralph Mulford
Chevrolet Brothers
Ira Vail
Joe Boyer
Dave Lewis
Denny Hickey
Art Klein
Joe Thomas
Texas flood toll and aid drive rise after Sunday storm
Corpus Christi Texas reports 350 to 425 dead and 20 million dollars in property loss from a tidal wave and hurricane. 3,000 homeless seek shelter as rain continues. Former Mayor Roy Brown urges outside aid while noting residents’ resilience and need for cash to rebuild. A sea wall plan echoes Galveston’s prior defense.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Brown
Galveston
Bulgarians Accept Peace Treaty At Paris Office
Paris reports the Bulgarian premier Theodoroff announced concessions in the peace treaty after its delivery at the French foreign office. Bulgaria agrees to four frontier changes to favor Serbia, cedes western Thrace for future disposition, trims its army to twenty thousand, and pays 450 million dollars in reparations. The accord recognizes Yugoslav independence and renounces Brest Litovsk and Bucharest pacts. An infants’ rocker cradle patent is noted.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Theodoroff
Balkans
Bulgaria
Serbia
Thrace
Romania
Greece
Jugo Slavia
Brest
Litovek
Bucharest
Aegean Sea
Speeding Up Chauncey Glouster Road Work
Foreman Art Falloon in charge received two more trucks and an air drill. Stone hauling will move faster as work at the Narrows near Millfield is widened and materials used on other road sections.
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Art Falloon
Chauncey- Glouster
Millfield
Public car lines resume as boycott replaces vandalism
Camden New Jersey September 19. Boycott replaces vandalism as protest against the new zone fare system on the public service street railways southern division. All lines operate except those serving shipyards. A conductor reported 2.70 in fares for yesterday. Placards urge nickel fares. Three arrests for stone throwing and inciting a crowd.
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Camden
N. J
Public Service Street Railways
Southern Division
New York and
Pusey and Jones
Crooked Insurance Agent Convicted in Ohio Fraud Case
W. W. Fite, Jackson insurance agent, found guilty on three counts including forgery and defrauding an insurer. Fifteen more indictments target W. E. Fite and F. O. Fite as the case exposes broader frauds linked to Berlin M. E. Church policies. Canton hosts the 50th annual 104th Ohio volunteers reunion with fifty members present.
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Columbus
W. W. Fite
Jackson
Ohio
T. Alfred Fleming
Berlin
M. E. Church
Fite
Canton
104Th Ohio Volunteers
Promoter quotes Kearns set price for Dempsey at 250000
English promoter Redmond Barry says Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager, named 250000 dollars as the price for a heavyweight title fight, while offering 110000 for a London bout. Barry cites Kearns refusing any lower terms.
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New York
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Redmond Barry
London
Barry
Kearns
Abbey to bury six more famous figures says Canon Charles
London reports Canon H Charles in charge of Westminster Abbey graves says only six more famous remains can be interred and seeks extra ground behind Norman walls to reserve for instruments and future notable burials amid death and labor unrest.
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London
National Valhalla
Westminster
H. Charles
Australia
England
St. George of
Palestine
Charles
St. George
K Deal ers Freed By Jury
A Cleveland jury found seven members of the Ohio Farmers' Milk Co operative Company not guilty of violating the Valentine anti trust law. Defendants included H. W. Ingersoll of Elyria and company head, W. D. Richmond of Elyria, Allan Mills of Auburn, S A nn Perry, W Kellner of Lagran, L A Clark of Medina, and A Kent of Mantua.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Farmers’ Milk Co-operative Company
H. W. Ingersoll
Elyria
W. D. Richmond
Allan Mills
Auburn
A.nn Perry
W. Kellner
Lagran
L. A. Clark
Medina
A. Kent
Mantua
Car Conductor Survives High Tension Shock At Five Points
Hugh Barshall a 28 year old street car conductor was shocked when he grabbed a live high tension wire while atop a car at Five Points Akron Ohio He is hospitalized at Peoples Hospital with both hands badly burned despite surviving the incident and will live the report states
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Akron
Ohio
Hugh Barshall
Peoples Hospital
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