Senate Galleries Erupt Over Reed Speech On League Treaty
Senators Reed and Lodge spar over the League of Nations as a gallery uproar follows Reed’s four hour address. Cheering and hissing fill the chamber, guards struggle to control the crowds, and calls to adjourn echo as tensions rise over ratification debates.
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Washington
League of Nations
Reed
Missouri
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Ars
Pge
Ashurst
Arizona
Freed
Nations
Senate of the
United States
Louge
Piiteheuck
Hides
Lodge
Jeaning
Marshall
Senator Reed
Rioting at Carnegie Plant Leaves Seven Shot
In New Castle Pa on September 22 seven people were shot as about 400 protesters tried to stop millworkers from entering the Carnegie Steel Company plant. Guards and deputy sheriffs fired after missiles rained down. two women were wounded and a man critically injured. A second clash at Shenango Tin Plate left two local policemen wounded, one stabbed and one shot.
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Carnegie Plant
New Castle
Carnegie Steel Company
Shenango Tin Plate Company
Weather summary for Ohio Indiana and West Virginia
Weather shows fair to good conditions across Ohio and Indiana with warmer temperatures. West Virginia reports fair in the west region, showers and cooler conditions in the east, with warmer conditions expected in the west. Temperature readings at selected stations include Kansas City 168/70 and New Orleans 75/88 with mixed rain data and a Cincinnati September 22 1919 record ending at 7 pm.
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Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Leston
Kansas City
New Orleans
Bae
Milwaukee Mayor refuses to invite King Albert to city
Milwaukee Mayor Hoan denounces inviting King Albert and Queen Elizabeth to Milwaukee in a letter to A. T. Van Scoy of the Milwaukee Association of Commerce. He says he stands for the working man and offers to forward any citizen invitation, while rejecting royalty. He notes Socialist history with royalty and asserts self respect over royal pomp.
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Milwaukee
A. T. van Scoy
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Hoan
King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Viense
Prince Henry
van Scoy
Boys Offer Bond For Ride In Albany Scam
A Brooklyn taxi driver recalled joyful when two well dressed youths George Woodward 16 Lay Ridge and Henry McNaughton 17 Manhattan hired him to drive to Albany on firm business. They paid $12 and claimed bonds were in the package but Tobin found neckties socks and timetables instead. They confessed they did it for a lark and were jailed on a disorderly conduct charge.
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New
Fork
Esdward J. Tobin
Long Island Rivilroad
Brooklyn
George Woodward
Seventy-eighth Street
Lay Ridge
Henry McNaughton
West Ninetieth Street
Manhattan
Albany
Tobin
New York
West 177Th Street
Camden fare protest damages trolley system
Attacks on the Camden trolley system resumed in Camden New Jersey with tracks ripped up near Somerdale and Magnolia wires torn and curled into a bonfire feed line. A Haddon Heights line car was damaged by stones and bricks as the zone fare system neared one week of operation.
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Camden
N. J
Somerdale
Magnolia
Haddon Heights
Gifts alleged to be worth over a million at Paris peace talks
Senator Penrose charged in the Senate that President Wilson and his party returned from the Paris peace conference with jewels and gifts from crowned heads valued at more than $1,000,000. He claimed customs officials valued the presents above $1,900,000 while interrupting Senator Ashurst’s speech.
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Washington
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate
Wilson
Ashurst
Arizona
Europe
Penrost
School Board Seeks 90 Million in Bans and Improvements
A school board requests 90 million dollars for bans and improvements. The proposal outlines funding for district projects and safety measures amid community debate.
Board of Education seeks five million bond issue
Dr John M Withrow president of the board says public schools could not proceed with improvements in recent years and asks voters to approve a $5,000,000 bond issue. He cites high building material costs and loss of Longworth act bond issuing power as creating a new situation with many delegations seeking upgrades. Continued on Seventh Page.
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Board of Education
John M. Withrow
Women Imitate Men In Seeking Freedom Says Physician
Dr Celia Mosher of Stanford told the International Conference of Women Physicians that women must discard the handicap idea and avoid merely imitating men. She urged returning to a Greek ideal of physical culture and emphasized motherhood as central to female development.
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New York
International Conference of Women Physicians
Celia Mosher
Leland Stanford University
Mosher
Innocent Near Beer Goes Wild After Sun Exposure
In Chicago, a Milwaukee beer seizure valued at 159000 dollars was tested after sun exposure. A chemist reported the beer’s alcohol content rose from 5 to 15 percent when left in sunlight, risking bottle explosions. Judge Landis noted the brew’s danger as Milwaukee brewers watched.
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Chicago
George R. Johnson
Milwaukee
Wilson Rejects Direct Action on Steel Strike and Praises League
President Wilson, aboard a special train at Sacramento, said he would not intervene in the steel workers strike for now, asserting he has done all possible and that order must be maintained. He told a 12,000 strong crowd that the League of Nations covenant is the world’s only hope and urged disputes be settled by reason.
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Wilson
White House
Sacramento
Cal
League of Nations
Germany
China
Shantung
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Italy
Fiume
Italy Appeals for Allied Force to Drive D Annunzio From Fiume
The Italian government asks allied powers to send an force excluding Italians to remove D Annunzio from Fiume. US naval authorities decline intervention and will await Washington guidance. President Wilson warns Fiume should reflect nationality and self determination, not strategic aims. Naval vessels near Fiume stay outside three mile limit until instructed.
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London
Associated Press
Italy
D’annunzio
D'Annunzio
Fiume
United States
Riot Insurance Placed On Great Mills by Steel Corporation
Riot and civil commotion insurance policies totaling over 100 million dollars were bought by business men in Pittsburg and other U S Steel plant cities. The amount is expected to double within a week, with policies up to 6 million dollars covering buildings and contents against rioting and other specified risks. About 200 companies offer this policy, an outgrowth of war risk coverage, rising since labor troubles began.
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New Yorx
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Dalmatian Settlement Hints Gain Support in Paris
Indications from Paris on Sept 22 suggest the Supreme Council may back a formula to make Fiume Italian yet neutral with internationalized docks and railways. The plan aims to safeguard Jugoslav and Central European interests while not allowing Italian troops to remain in Fiume.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Fiume
Italy
President Wilsons Special Train Near Stockton Firm on Fiume Talks
White House aides aboard the President's special train near Stockton refuse to discuss reports of a new plan for disposing of Fiume. Officials say they will not comment while en route, keeping details under wraps.
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Wilson
Stockton
Cal
White House
Fiume
Peace of Pacific on Own Terms Urged by General McAndrew
General J W McAndrew urged a Pacific security policy anchored by control of the Panama Canal and Hawaii to ensure peace of the Pacific on U S terms He favored a 300000 man peacetime army with divisions at key locations including the canal and Hawaii and urged six months universal training rather than three months while stressing coast defense and timely reinforcement from the Atlantic fleet
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Washington
America
House Military Committee
J. W. McAndrew
Pacific
Panama Canal
Hawaiian Islands
McAndrew
General Staff
War Department
Department
McAndrewaid
Hawaii
Mexican
Philippines
Alaska
Hawa’‘i
Japan
Asia
Spiritualists Claim Valbanera Afloat in Seance News
Havana reports spiritualists from the Dr Antonio Valetti Society announce that the Spanish steamship Valbanera is still afloat near the Sal Key. They plan a search by a tugboat with carrier pigeons for communication, despite official reports of recent sinking and presumed loss of all aboard.
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Havana
Broken Water Main Floods Norwood Streets
A twelve inch water main burst at Men tor and Main avenues flooding two homes and lifting granite pavement nine inches over a forty foot radius. Norwood Water Department shut valves after more than twenty five minutes. Motorists criticized Norwood during the geyser incident.
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Norwood
Mentor
Main Avenues
Norwood Water Department
Riot Troubles Mark Opening Day of Steel Strike
Pittsburg district faces disorder as crowds clash near Carnegie mills in Newcastle Homestead and Donora. Eleven arrested in Homestead clashes with troopers dispersing crowds. Donora and Clairton see earlier and ongoing scuffles with minor injuries. Notable figures John Patterson and J L Beaghan named among arrestees.
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Pittsburg
Newcastle
Carnegie
Clairton
American Steel and Wire Company
Donora
Fourth Street
Carnegie’ Company
Homestead
McKeesport to Use Legion for Order in Steel Strike
City officials grant Mayor Lysle authority to act as needed as crowds threaten Carnegie steel workers at Duquesne plant. Eight arrests reported and a fatality linked to the Nations Malleable Casting Company strike. American Legion Hast Linbery Post vows readiness to aid authorities if required. Police report arrests of union organizers in Pittsburgh district amid widespread labor action.
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McKeesport
George H Lysle
Duquesne
Carnegie Steel Company
Farrell
Alexander Russ
Foster
M& Foster
Homestead Works
Carnegie Company
Teeburg
Troster
Pennsylvania Works
National Tuba Company
Toe Night Company
Steel strike shows mixed plant operation in Pittsburg district
Opening clash leaves both sides claiming leverage as mills in the Pittsburg district mostly operate. Officials say some plants run while others face shortages and uncertainty for day two. National Committee leaders express confidence amid widespread unionization efforts and a campaign led by William Z Foster.
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Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
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