Valbanera wreck details unfold amid Gulf hurricane
Navy report confirms the Spanish steamer Valbanera wreck off Rebecca Shoals Light after a Gulf hurricane. Divers found no portboat lowering. 400 passengers and 88 crew unknown. Radio logs show a last contact at 1 15 p.m. before silence. Ten survivors from Bayrento and Lake Winona stories recount dire conditions at sea.
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Decker
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Key West
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Valbanera
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Rebecca Shoals Light
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Allies demand extradition of ex Emperor William within two weeks
Paris dispatch says The Libre Belgique reports Holland will receive a formal Allied demand for ex emperor William's extradition within two weeks. Amerongen notes show German monarchists uneasy as Lincoln arrives with a German agent to discuss Hohenzollern plans.
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Havas
Libre Belgique
Brussels
Holland
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Strikero Stone State Notes on Crowd Control Tactics
Hundreds of Special Officers are being sworn in by the mayor of McKeesport to maintain order at any cost. Barbed wire and searchlights guard the great plants as gatherings are dispersed with crowds pressed back by police clubs and disciplined response.
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McKeesport
Lysle
Labor clash triggers Pittsburgh iron and steel strike
In Pittsburg district Pennsylvania State police clash with union crowds at mass meetings defying authorities. At North Clairton Troopers break up a meeting injuring some and arresting nineteen. McKeesport and Glassport also see unrest as 2 aliens arrested for defying orders.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
North Clairton
Weather Summary for Midwest and South Regions
The report notes showers and cooler conditions Monday across Ohio and West Virginia with Tuesday clearing and cooler. Kentucky and Indiana see showers Monday, clearing by Tuesday with cooler temperatures. A high temperature record is cited for Cincinnati on September 21, 1919, ending at 7 p.m. meridian time, with a comparison to the previous three years.
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Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Boston
Kansas City
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Orleans
Atica
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
San Francisco
Memphis
Winnipeg
B.W
Tation Sanebessionea’ Ane
Powder Fire Reaches French Camp Nitrate and Powder Depots
A large fire at the American military camp at Miramas in the Bouches du Rhone spread by evening to the nearby nitrate depots and gunpowder factories at St Chamas. Miramas lies twenty one miles northwest of Aix where gunpowder had been produced before the war in a government plant.
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Paris
Havas
Miramas
St. Chamas
Department of
Bouches du , Rhone
Aix
Girl Sells Hair to Fund Elopement in Philadelphia
Miss Constance Munich, 17, from Scarsdale N Y, fled home after a quarrel with her parents and later wed Joseph La Groyt a Philadelphia realty broker. With funds low she sold her hair for five dollars. The couple, married Saturday, were staying at 114 South Twenty second Street and laughed at reports of her disappearance. The girl blamed the ten day absence on family conflict and cited financial strain as the motive for shaving her curls.
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Philadelphia
Constance Munich
Scarsdall
N. Y
Joseph la Gro
Verne E. Munich
Sand
American Foundry Company
Langsmer & la Grossa
Honduran Cabinet Resigns After Brief Service
The Honduran Cabinet formed on September 12 after President Bertrand's forced resignation has resigned. A new ministry is set with Premier Vincente Mejia Colindres, Foreign Affairs Minister Melecio Alvaredo, and Agriculture Minister Antonio Bermudez. Dr Alberto Membreno declined the War Ministry to pursue a presidential candidacy.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Bertrand
Vincente Mejia Colindres
Melecio Alvaredo
Antonio Bermudez
Alberto Membreno
Ministry of War
Burglars Loot Fort Laramie Residence Liquor Stock
Sidney Ohio report says burglars entered Benjamin Vogelsang's Ft Laramie residence by cutting a cellar transom glass and stole bonded whisky valued at 1700 dollars. Vogelsang says the liquor was in stock before prohibition and stored for private use.
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Sidney
Benjamin Vogelsang
Ft. Laramie
Misery in Germany Alleviated by U S Fund
German Americans send funds and humanitarian aid to Erzgebirge Saxony. The Freiheit reports dire poverty with half of poor children lacking winter clothing and shoes, many children under ten weighing around thirty pounds, and rising tuberculosis.
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Germany
U. S. Fund
Berlin
Associated Press
The
Freiheit
United States
Erzgebirge
Saxony
Belgium and Holland Face Possible War Over Limburg
A Berlin dispatch reports Belgium and the Netherlands may sever diplomatic ties amid disputes over Limburg and the Scheldt corridor. Cardinal Mercier and M. Dessain warn that river lines and fortifications, not trenches, will define defense. Belgium pressures for safe eastern borders and free Antwerp trade.
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Limburg
Belgium
Scheldt
Antwerp
Germany
Cardinal Mercier
M. Dessain
Dutch Limburg
Kaisers Silence Maintained as Monarchists Seek Statement
A Berlin monarchist envoy to Amerongen failed to secure a public statement from the former ruler. German factions anticipate a future Hohenzollern leadership amid Bolshevik tensions as preparations for a long stay at Doorn continue. Lincoln, linked to the German faction, was met by General Bommers at Amerongen and later questioned about his identity.
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Anderson
Bentinck Castle
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England
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Helland
Wiliam Hohenzollern
Holland
Prince Henry
Prussia
Potsdam
Doorn
Bommers
Hague
von Essdorff
Boston Labor Union opts against general police strike
The Boston Central Labor Union, after a September meeting, rejects a general strike now. President O'Donnell reports the time is not opportune and urges cool collective action. The union plans weekly assessments to aid the 1,400 policemen and seeks broader union backing in coming days.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Michael J. O'Donnell
Committee of Seventeen
Central Labor Union
Johnson to Lead Fight for First Amendment
Senator Hiram W. Johnson left Minneapolis for Washington to press his amendment in the Senate this week. He plans to travel to California for speeches if the measure passes, aiming to equalize voting strength of Great Britain and the United States in the League of Nations covenant assembly.
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Minn
Hiram W. Johnson
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California
Johnson
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Great Britain
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Britain
Assembly
League of Nations
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League
House
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Reed
Democrat
Missouri
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate to Vote on League Covenant Amid Treaty Push
Washington dispatch reports a decisive Senate vote test on amending the League covenant will dominate this week. The treaty’s fate tops Congress’ agenda as labor and tariff issues receive secondary attention amid speeches and committee actions.
McKeesport Mobilizes as Civilians Rush to Aid Police
Mayor Lysle organizes rapid police support with 2500 civilian volunteers and 3000 plant employees named deputy sheriffs to guard McKeesport area plants. Plants in Duquesne Homestead East Duquesne under heavy guard as searchlights and barbed wire secure property. Union leaders canvass workers for walkout as nationwide strike looms.
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McKeesport
Duquesne
Homestead
East Duquesne
Financing Strike Settled At Union Meeting Planned
Finances of the iron and steel workers strike were discussed by the national committee and unions plan a meeting to finalize support plans. Labor leaders report no suspension efforts and indicate no new guidance from President Wilson. Guards staffed mills and officials prepared for emergencies while Amalgamated Association leaders urged workers to stay at work where bound by agreements.
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National Committee For Organizing
Iron and Steel Workers
Wilson
National Committee
American Federation of Labor
William Z. Foster
Rankin and Braddock
Amalgamated Association of Iron, ‘Steel and Tin Workers
M. F. Tighe
Tighe
Amalgamated Association
Alegheny County
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