Wilson Warns Reservations on Article Ten Threaten Treaty
President Wilson in Cheyenne declares that adopting any Senate reservation to Article Ten would amount to a rejection of the treaty and force a separate peace with Germany. He argues the league preserves democracy, cites 1776 example, and criticizes Shantung objections while urging support for the League.
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Senate
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wilson
Germany
V.t.ation
League Assembly
Mr. Wilson
East Lake City Tabernacle
United States
America
Thes
McKinley
Japan
China
League
Free Peoples
U S Voices concern on separate treaty with Germany
Speakers in Germany advocate a separate German treaty, warning it would violate league doctrines and unite the world against the United States. They urge consideration, arguing it would align the U S with Germany.
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Germany
League of Nations
United States
Reports on clothing profiteering probed by Justice Dept
Washington reports say the department of justice is investigating excessive profits by clothing manufacturers and wholesale dealers. Attorney General Palmer plans prosecutions when amended food control acts apply to clothing and hoarding is punished. He will meet October 6 with state attorneys general to coordinate enforcement.
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Palmer
Washington
Department of Justice
Congress
Wilson
Association of State Attorneys General
French Think League Insufficient Protection
Paris report on Sept 24 notes Premier Clemenceau argues the League of Nations could exist without the United States but would not guarantee France's security for years. He cites protective alliances with Britain and the US as essential, while US Senate action on ratification dominates the debate. Louis Barthou seeks explanations amid the fallout.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
League of Nations
United States Senate
France
Great Britain
United States
United
United Sates
Louis Barthou
University enrollment breaks all records at WVU
Morgantown West Virginia September 24 special closing of the third registration day at West Virginia University shows thirteen hundred students enrolled with expected rise to fourteen hundred. nearly a hundred girls to remain home for missing equipment but material has arrived and attendance may top two thousand for the year.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Logan County official shot in Cheries ton confrontation
Don Chafin clerk of Logan County and deputy sheriff was shot near the heart while attempting to arrest Luther Millis at the mine workers' headquarters in Cherieston West Virginia. William Petry vice president of the United Mine Workers district 17 is said to act in self defense according to attorney H W Houston. Petry reportedly ordered Chafin to leave the offices and fired when a weapon was seen.
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Cherieston
W. Va
Don Chafin
Logan County
William Petry
United Mine Work
Luther
Millis
Mine Workers
Peary
H. W. Houston
United Mine Workers
Petry
Chafin
Third Day Of Great Steel Strike Sees No Material Gains
The third day of the Great Steel Strike produced no apparent material gains for either side. Labor leaders cite 15,000 more quitters in steel centers while steel officials claim workers are returning to mills. Production in Mahoning Valley remains paralyzed with 44,000 idle.
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William Z. Foster
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Workers’ Union
Chicago
Youngstown
Strikkers
Youngstown Bressed Steel Company
Mahoning Valley
Canton
Ohio
Canton Sheet Steel Company
Colorado
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Puerto
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
New Castle
Farrell
Smith
Senate opens steel strike probe with cross examination planned
The Senate labor committee readies hearings in Washington for tomorrow to probe the nation wide steel strike. John Fitzpatrick and Judge Gary will testify with cross examination by committee members. Investigators will examine why negotiations failed and why Wilson asked for postponement.
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John Fitzpatrick
Gary
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Kenyon
Cohinities
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Fitzpatrick
United States Steel Corporation
Wilson
Pittsburg Detective Theories On Conti Murder Whiskey Swindle
Detectives probing the murder of Gregory Conti a 45 year old Italian wealthy liquor wholesaler in Pittsburg suggest the crime stemmed from a whiskey swindle. Conti was killed in his car after selling 110 cases of water to a New Castile Italian for 5500 under the pretense of liquor. Two unidentified men rode with him and he planned to leave for Italy with a large fortune.
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Pittsburg
Gregory Conti
Castile
Conti
Italy
American Forces Station in Fiume Under Pittsburg Command
American headquarters set aboard the cruiser Pittsburg under Rear Admiral Philip Andrews. The flagship anchors at Abbazia on the Bay of Fiume, five miles northwest of Fiume, with the American consul and residents taken aboard.
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Triest
Beeen
Onoard
Pittsburg
Dmiral
Philip Andrews
Abbazia
Bay of
Fiume
Reinforcements Raise D'Annunzio Force to 12000 Men
Allied officers returning from Fiume estimate D'Annunzio's contingent now exceeds 12 000 men after additional reinforcements reached Trieste on Monday September 22.
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Triest
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Fiume
Work on Peace Treaty Moves Outside Senate Chamber
Most of the day’s discussions on the peace treaty occurred outside the Senate chamber. Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey delivered a two hour attack on the treaty and the league of nations coverall as Republicans seek a method to handle Senator Johnson’s amendment for equalizing voting power between the United States and Great Britain in the league assembly. Continuous conferences and gallery applause marked the session.
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Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
League of Nations
Seenator Johnson
California
United States
Great Britain
League Assembly
Johnson
Organizers Move Into Pittsburg District Amid Strike Crisis
Reports show union leaders and company officials dividing views as arrests rise across the Pittsburg area. Striking workers push for further organization while authorities curb rallies and clashes occur near McKeesport and Glassport.
Striker Incident Leads to Arrests as Police Crackdown
A confrontation erupted as a pistol was drawn and a crowd surged around the chief, who was rescued by a state trooper. The chief was knocked down by a horse and the shooter was arrested. Elsewhere authorities report many arrests for strike regulation infractions such as disobeying police, carrying weapons, and inciting riot.
Dalmatians Seek Allied Help Against Serb Actions
Rome dispatch notes that Dalmatia is described as a powder magazine with volunteers enlisting and thousands moving toward Fiume while others stay to face Yugoslav aggression. Serbians allegedly enforce military service, deportations to Macedonia and Albania, and many flee, prompting Dalmatia to implore Allied intervention.
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Rome
Associated Press
Dalmacia
Giornale 'Italia
Fiumwe
Dalmatian
Dalmatia
Ragusa
Spalato
Macedonia
Albania
Big Five Packers Prospers During War
Washington reports the federal trade commission found that the so called big five packers earned profits two and a quarter to three times higher than pre-war levels despite licensing and other wartime restrictions. The June 28 1915 report to President Wilson was cited by Senator Norris in delivering the document to the Senate. The commission labeled peak profits unreasonably high and said food administration regulation provides inadequate safeguards for the public.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Senate
Seanor Norris
Nebraska
Hoover
Food Administration
Steel workers to appeal to U S Senate in protest
Pittsburg September 24. John Fitzpatrick of Chicago announced the iron and steel workers national committee will present the strikers appeal to the Senate committee investigating the strike in Washington. A sub committee will meet with railroad brotherhood presidents and another with Sheriff Haddock to protest state trooper actions.
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Pittsburg
United States Senate
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago
National Committee For Organizing
Iron and Steel Workers
Washington
Senate
William Foster
Williams. Haddock
Allegheny County
Net earnings exceed company estimate for 1918
H E Nease statistician for the public service commission reported after examining the Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company books in Philadelphia that 1918 net earnings would be 25668.21 dollars, above the company's 18879.47 dollar estimate. The commission previously valued the company’s investment at about 360000 dollars with total receipts 58196.39 and expenditures 32528.18, though Nease objected to several listed expenditures.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. E. Nease
Public Service Commission
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Philadelphia
Mr. Nease
Gompers Attacks Cummins Bill and Labor Unrest
Samuel Gompers testifies before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee condemning the anti‑strike provision of the Cummins railroad bill. He cites the steel strike led by United States Steel Corp and criticizes Judge Gary’s handling, warning the measure would fuel unrest and suppress workers’ last recourse. Also noted is Standard Oil’s German subsidiary repositioning twelve ships valued over ten million dollars for Allied allocations via the Firth of Forth.
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Washington
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Gompers
Senate Committee
Cumming
Asscss
McKeesport
Mr. Gompers
Urrest
New York
Standard O1f Co
New Jersey
Firth of Forth
Germany
Standard Oil Company
Deutsche-Amerikansgehe Petroleum Gezellschaft
Armed mobs invaders threat from Pennsylvania actions
Governor Sproul released a telegram rebutting the Pittsburg district strike leadership. He warned that armed mobs attempting to cross the state line to seize municipal officials would be treated as armed invaders of Pennsylvania. In Dayton Ohio, Major R W Schroeder raised the two man plane altitude record to 20 900 feet using a Lapere two passenger plane.
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Morrisburg
William C. Sproul
William C. Foster
Pittsburg
Dayton
Ohio
R. W. Schroeder
McCookfield
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Benson
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Daniels
Robert E. Coontz
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William 8S. Penson
Pacific Fleet
Think League
Wm. Petry
Miners Union of District 17, Will Plead
Mr. Kenyon
D'Annunzio
League Covenant
Freylinghuysen
Ber
Aire
Whie
Faber
Etee
Strikers’ National Committee
Great Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Ste! Corporation
Foster
Carnegie
Homestead
Clairton
Braddock
Duquesne
Pittsburg City
Carnegie Company
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
American Steel and Wire Company
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Mine Workers Union
Glassport
Fowder Magazine
BIG Five
Packers
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