Americans Endured Turkish Hostility in Hadjin Refuge
Miss Alice Clark and five other American relief workers sheltered about 300 Armenian orphans in a Hadjin compound under a neutral flag as Turkish Nationalists shelled and later occupied the city. The Americans faced threats, gunfire, and a forced departure, ultimately marching to Talas before Miss Clark reached the States via Constantinople. She says the experience yielded no lasting trauma and even sparked ambitions of diplomacy.
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Wilson's Coal Ruling Prompts Mixed Miner Reactions
Wilkesbarre Pa September 11 Anthracite operators call President Wilson's refusal to reconvene wage committees a relief stating it removes the peg on which vacationers hatched. They say miners face a choice to honor leaders' agreement or repudiate the contract. District 7 and 9 workers have been idle awaiting a potential reopened case while union officials prepare to present the issue to strikers.
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Wilkesbarre
Wilson
Thomas Kennedy
Italy Labor Talks Amid Unrest And Global Events
The report notes Italy facing industrial unrest with labor delegates meeting to seek agreement amid ongoing earthquakes near Naples with many rescuers killed. In Brooklyn a temporary injunction blocks gas rates, and a New York meeting at Lexington Opera House ends in a violent free-for-all. Authorities crack a forging ring tied to an international scheme, while Olive Thomas dies in Paris after a poison overdose. A trolley collision in Bay Ridge injures twenty-four, and Kaiser remarks about heads flying upon return. Gompers and Gov Smith plan talks on the B R Z strike. Nine strikers face murder charges. Satterlee crew members receive weekend liberty. VFW posts plan Washington delegation.
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Samuel Gompers
Smith
New York
Chicago Logs a Record Maple for Mall of Fame
In Chicago a giant white maple in Cook county forest preserve stands nine feet around, eighty eight feet tall, and estimated at about a thousand years old. Forester Ransome Kennicott reports the heart is dead but the exterior is sound and the tree may endure for many years, potentially the oldest living thing in Illinois.
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Chicago
Mall of Fame
Cook County
Gunview
Ransome Kennicott
Illinois
Mr. Kennicott
Cox Talks to More People at Minnesota State Fair
Hamline Minnesota September reports show Governor Cox drew roughly equal turnout with Senator Harding at the State Fair. Murphy, fair board president, cites paid admissions totaling 188,068 on Monday and 66,275 on Wednesday, with Cox drawing 99,000 paid on the Cox day and Harding 42,000.
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William Murphy
State Fair Board
George White
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Benatar Marding
Newfoundland to Develop Pulp Resources Across Island
Newfoundland plans a major push into pulp and paper, with grants from the colonial legislature backing two new mills. A British company will build at Bonne Bay on the west coast, near big spruce and fir stands and herring operations, while a Norwegian firm will establish at Bonavista Bay on the east coast, a hub for cod fishing. Additional projects target exploiting spruce tracts on the south coast, Reid Newfoundland timber holdings, and a St George venture to process birch into boxes and barrels, backed by British and American capital.
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Northcliffe
England
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Reid-Newfoundland Company
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St George
Grand Lake
St. Georges
Grand Falls
Washington
United States
Grand Central crowds witness pistol battle at station
In New York on September 11 crowds at Grand Central watched as Jacob Mendel, a station restaurant owner, and three men who had knocked him down fought over his cash of 2500 dollars. Two assailants were arrested after their guns ran dry. a third fled among police. One suspect was found stuck in a flour barrel clutching the money bags.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Jacob Mendel
Dispensations of Drugs Through Clinic Viewed as Failure
Chicago reports a committee of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology finds municipal drug clinics a failure. Dr T L Stanley cites New York and other clinics, notes fraud and lack of cures, and urges government monopoly of narcotics production and distribution.
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American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
T. L .Stanley
California State
San Quentin
Institute
Indianapolis
Stanley
New York
New Orleans
Los Angeles
San Diego
New York Clinic
Dr. Stanley
Ice as a delightful summer drink and supper helper
Arthur H. Fowler argues ice has untapped potential and offers tested serving ideas from Leslie's. Ice Water suggests crushing ice into a pitcher of water for a refreshing drink, while Ice a La Newburgh proposes boiling ice in a chafing dish and serving warm with lemon or paprika for a light midnight supper.
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Grant
Arthur H. Folwer
Leslie
Senate probe hearing held in New York
The Senate committee on campaign expenditures opened its final hearing in New York with Senator Base absent. Democratic members seek to reopen to summon William Boyce Thompson, while Republicans push to move to Pittsburgh for further inquiry into liquor interests funding Governor Cox's candidacy.
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New Jersey
Edge
Cox
International Revenue Office
Aber- SD
Royal C. Johnson
Chicago
Kenyon
New York
William Boyce Thompson
Republican Ways and Means Committee
Sinn Feiners Intercept Mail Spur Carrier Pigeon Plan
Dublin officials report a surge of mail intercepted by Sinn Feiners leading to plans for a carrier pigeon service. A large consignment of army pigeons arrived in Dublin with more expected as the London flight spans about 500 miles.
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Dublin
Dublin Castle
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Sinn
Scoutmasters Meet Monday In Bridgeport
The first fall meeting of the Scout masters Association of Bridgeport will be held at Scout headquarters Security building at 7 45 next Monday evening. A tentative program for the coming season will be discussed. Plans for the grand council fire at Bethany chapel on September 24 and the outing on September 25 will be announced. An overnight hike by patrol leaders is planned for October 2.
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Brideport
Baby survives four-story fall in cushioned carriage
New York witness Joseph YVecchie, an East Side resident, saw a baby fall from a fourth story fire escape and land in a cushioned stroller worthily unharmed. The infant cried and appeared in good spirits, prompting a swift reaction from onlookers.
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Joseph Yvecchie
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