Quitting Bridgeport Ordered by W L I U Leader
Shenkan head of the Workers' International Industrial Union is ordered to leave Bridgeport within 24 hours, while strikers and union officials refuse to acknowledge the edict and prepare to fight for life interests. Police report capture of fundraising efforts, and mayor's arrival at Rakoczy Hall prompts adjournment.
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Shenkan
Workers’ International Industrial Union
New York
Richard Mueller
Mueller
Pine Street
Lefkowitz
Louis Lefkowitz
Bridgeport
Graphophonie Company
Wilson
Rakoezy Hall
Graphophone Company
Prince of Wales Welcomed in Montreal
The Prince of Wales was greeted by enormous crowds in Montreal on Sept. 2 as thousands lined the streets and cheered while police kept order. Mayor Martin and city officials led the welcome before a brief formal greeting, then the prince toured the city by car and received a Mount Royal luncheon hosted by the city.
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Montreal
Prince of Wales
Jamtka
Martin
Mount Royal
Negro Veterans Eligible for American Legion Membership
NEW YORK Sept 3 Negro veterans of the world war are eligible to membership in the American Legion but local posts and state organization composition will be decided by the members. Henry D Lindsley, chair of the national executive committee, said states should determine their own methods and a local post may be all white, all colored, or mixed.
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New York
Ametican Legion
Henry D. Lindsley
Bullard Co to Buy Bridgeport War Plant
Washington reports the Bullard Machine and Knife Co plans to acquire the Bridgeport war plant built in 1917 and operated by Bullard until April. Valuation around 1 million dollars, with War Department ordnance bureau approval pending. Bullard aims to use the Bridgeport site to make heavy machinery and move equipment from Broad Street to Fairfield plant.
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Washington, Sept
Bridgeport
War Department
Bullard Machine and Kingeiwearing’ Company
Bullard Company
Ordnance Bureau
Jis
Broad Street
Fairfield
Milford Woman Keeps Slayer Secret In Husband Murder
Milford Sept 2 Special The funeral of Mrs Nathan Fenn who died in New York will be held at her home there with interment on the 12 47 train in Milford She is survived by two children Ellen F Brooks of New York and Frederick F Phat of Waterbury and several nephews and nieces She was born in Milford and lived on Cherry Street where her husband ran a general store later sold to M T Gregory The night of the murder Mrs Fenn heard a shot saw the killer rush out and the husband exclaimed Mother is shot then died She refused to name the man claiming he would be punished either here or in the next world
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Milford
Nathan Fenn
New York
Austria Must Pay Penalties War Says Allied Note
The note to Austria declares the Austrian people bear responsibility for the war, blaming the government and the empire for initiating conflict with Serbia. It cites Austrian guns at Liege and Namur as proof of Vienna’s links with Berlin and rejects Austria’s plea to escape accountability due to the empire’s dissolution. The piece notes Austrians supported the war from start to finish and criticizes their protests as insincere.
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Austria
Serbia
Liege
Paris
Hapsburg
France
Hungary
Taurope
Vienna
Germany
Lieze
Namur
Berlin
Tyrone
Hapeburg Dynasty
Wupsburg
Gang Murders Tied to Welfare League Abolition Effort
Boston reports at the American Bar Association conven tion detail a keynote on uniform state laws and juvenile probation. Judge Pain and Thomas Mott Osborne discuss gang murders in New York as a protest against abolishing the Mutual Welfare League at Sing Sing. Osborne cites Portsmouth naval prison reforms yielding high diversion from crime.
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Boston
Illiess
American Bar Association
National Conference of Commissioners On
Gz Committee
Jingo Pain
Cook County
Illinois
Thomas Mott Osborne
American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
Osborne
New York
Nod
Mutual Welfare League
Sing Sing
Naval Prison
Portsmouth
N. T
French Chamber critic says Clemenceau kept commissions in the dark
Former Premier Barthou accuses Clemenceau of keeping parliamentary commissions ignorant of peace talks. In Paris debates, Captain Andre Tardieu defends the treaty as Allied peace and argues the Rhine must be guarded by a long occupation. Barthou urges wider consultation with wartime leaders on the treaty.
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Barthou
Clemenceau
Paris
Seppe
Chamber of Deputies
Andre Tardieu
Kut
Senate
Furdien
Wpange
Rhine Trontier
Tardien
France
America
Great Britain
Rhine
Pardieu
Bront
Germany
Louis Barthou
Clemengeau
Aloha
M. Barthow
Shand
Ribot and
Viviant
M. Clamencean
Duty of Church Theme at Lake Geneva Conference
Secretary of State Robert Lansing urged Presbyterians at Lake Geneva Wis to lead a five year program to restore Christian principles after World War I. He warned against radicalism and the exaltation of physical might, calling for renewed spiritual life and adherence to Christ’s fundamental principles to rebuild society.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Robert Lansing
Perilies
New Jersey Senator Attacks Palmer Over Pro German Charges
New Jersey Republican Frelinghuysen defends Attorney General Palmer against pro German accusations in the alien property case. Democratic Underwood counters that criticism came from German interests and that sales were by a GOP led committee. The debate centers on Palmar’s wartime stance and handling of enemy assets.
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Washington
Sharyp
Senate Today
Freltghuysen
New Jersey
Palmer
Iran
Inderwald
Alabama
Pod Wittlama
Mississippi
Palimer
Prelinghuysen
Joseph Es
Frelinghuysen
Mr. Palmer
Lusitania
Germany
Ciizen
Office of
Alien Property Custodian
Frehnehuy
Underwood
Judiciary Committee
Attorney Generals
Frelinghursen
Scheme to have A. S. Run Packing Plants Dropped
Washington reports that plans for government operation of the Big Five packing plants during WWII were rejected by a Senate inquiry. Texas cattleman A M Sansom testified that a government takeover was debated but defeated by the committee after federal trade commission findings and a broad team had proposed federal regulation of the industry.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Agriculture
Sansom
Agriculture Department
Wenyon
Kendrick
Senate
Bis
Agricultural Department
Food Administration
Labor Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tavo
Hea Convantlea
Federal Trade
Protest Against R R Provisions on Phones
Washington, Sep. 2. FF. R. McKinnon vice president of the United States Independent Telephone Association and N.C. Singsbury vice president of American Telephone and Telegraph urged the Interstate Commerce Committee to postpone legislation affecting the telephone business and keep it separate from railroad reform.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Committee
FF. R. McKinnon
United States Independent Telephone Association
N.c.singsbury
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
President Wilson plans October labor conference invitations
President Wilson, preparing for a western speech tour, will invite labor leaders financiers manufacturers and farmers to a conference in October to discuss labor problems and those who direct labor. He aims to have all arrangements set before departure so the meeting can occur on his return at month’s end.
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White House
Seattle
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Gary Grayson
Tummity
Secret Service
Alumbbus
Louisville
Kentucky
Pilucco
Kayson
Prohibition Officer on Trial for Killing Boot Legger
MANASSAS VA Sept 7 The murder trial of a Virginia prohibition officer opens with focused openings by opposing lawyers. The case centers on the shooting of Lawrence Hudson and Re Shackleford by prohibition agents aiming to stop bootleggers. Prosecutor Williams says five shots were fired in a deliberate attempt to kill the whiskey runners.
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Manassas
W. Ut. Wall
Virginia Prohibition
Lawrence E. Hudson
Re . Shackleford
Sttle Prohibition
Wilams
Prohibition
City Traffic Deaths Reach 29 in Year Warn Rotary
Captain Charles Wheeler told the Rotary club last night that 29 people were killed in city traffic and more than 2,000 accidents occurred in 1918. He urged the Rotary Safety First campaign to cut the toll, with plans to mobilize twelve committees and broad publicity. The effort envisions driver and pedestrian education, newspaper and outdoor ads, and a dinner to launch activities.
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Rotary
Police Department
Charles Wheeler
Rotary Club
Wheeler
John H. Redguta
Cooperattost
Roary Lab
Clib
Ways and Medins
George C. Waldo
John C. Stanley
Board of Police Commissioners
Louis Pawlett
H. B Simons
Kd. Fk
von Wettberg
William J. Baird
Stiles
Aldermen Seek Gates on New Grand Street Bridge Approach
The Board of Aldermen urged the Public Utilities Commission to push New Haven Road to install gates at the western approach to the new Grand Street bridge, to operate 24 hours. They also adopted a $1,180 appropriation for the Schultz Library fund and referred edits to city ordinances. Hearings were held with broad property-owner support for various improvements.
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New Gand Street
Board of Aldermen
Public Utilities Commission
New Haven Road
Board of Education
Committee On
Esther Uolden Averill
Baker
Board of Park Commissioners
Almost Three Million Left in President War Fund
Washington reports that about 32,999,429.90 dollars remain of the fifty million dollar war fund granted to President Wilson last year. The House appropriations committee received the update, with calls for a full itemized statement of expenses from both the 50,000,000 fund and the 100,000,000 appropriation. The note cites major allocations to various departments, including 12,393,245 for transportation and 34,000,000 for the Trans and Chinese Eastern railway projects, as part of broad wartime expenditures.
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Washington
Wilson
House Appropriations Committee
Prsident
White House
Gool
Appropriations Committee
House
Gov
Agen
Mas
Department
Transal
Chinese Eastern Railway
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W.llu
Rakoczy Halls
Mail
American Legion
U. S
Supreme Council
Welfare League
Underworld
Sing Sing Prison
Osborn
Wai
Versailles
Tvo
Duty OF
Lansing
SOLON
Underwood and Williams
A. S. Run
Beatele
Washt
Saturn
Tumiuky
Neel
Oregon
New Grand Street Bridge
Evening Post
Sunday Post
Barnum
Post Publishing CO
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