Treaty and steel strike loom over Congress this week
Washington reports the German peace treaty and the steel strike dominate the congressional agenda. Fall amendments on treaty reservations, Wilson’s return, and hearings on labor, antistrike provisions, and railroad policy shape the week. Senate leaders seek action while House committees push enforcement and rate reforms.
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Washington
Congress
Fall
Republican
New Mexico
Wilson
Senate
Labor Committee
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Capital
William Z. Foster
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Smith
Georgia
Borah
Idaho
McLean
Connecticut
Jones
South Carolina
Walsh
Massachusetts
United States
Great Britain
Interstate Commerce
Bethlehem and Pittsburg Steel Strike Forecast Today
Sunday in the Pittsburg district passed quietly as union organizers held mass meetings in Allegheny County. Steel firms expect a sharp turnout for a resumption of operations tomorrow with guards and officials confident in maintaining the strike line. Secretary Foster of the Steel Workers National Committee says Bethlehem and Jones & Laughlin will feel a strong effect. organizers canvassed mill towns to persuade wavering workers.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Foster
Ers’ National Committee
Bethlehem Company
Jones & Laughlin Company
Sharon-Farrell
Sharon Steel Hoop Company
Carnegie
Weather Outlook Across States and Temperatures
Ohio expects showers Monday in the west and afternoon or night in the east with cooler conditions Tuesday. Kentucky sees partly cloudy skies Tuesday with showers in the northwest and cooler air. Indiana reports showers Monday and likely Tuesday with a drop in temperature. West Virginia has partly cloudy Monday, warm in the east, then showers Tuesday and cooler in the west. Temperature readings at major stations show Boston 64/78, Kansas City 40s, New Orleans 80/84, Omaha 40s, Galveston 82/86, Denver 2 1, Nashville 81/86, Seattle 60/60, Cincinnati notes a September 28 record through 7 p.m. with clear conditions and scattered highs around 72.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Boston
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
Seattle
Memphis
San Francisco
Cicinnati
Aigeta
Weagnet
Procintcacion Etseeeeteeeens
Yale Club Waiters Strike Feeds Members Then Pickets
One hundred waiters and cooks at the Yale Club in New York staged a strike after dining on much of the members food. Eight hundred would-be diners watched as servers feasted and then left to eat elsewhere. Strikers demanded 20 percent pay rise, a weekly day off, and weekly paydays. Cashin noted the dining room could stay closed indefinitely.
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New York
Yale Club
Forty-fourth Street
Vanderbilt Avenue
D. B. Cashin
Cashin
County Coronerless Since January in Fayette County
Fayette County has been without a coroner since January 1 1919. No call was made for the coroner during that period. Dr C A Teeters was the hold over re elected against his wishes and never qualified.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington C. H
Fayette County
C. A. Teeters
Chicago broker shoots woman then kills himself in Paris cafe
In Paris a Chicago broker Ernest Ladd shot Adrienne Polinciani during a dinner then cut his throat and died. Polinciani survived with non fatal wounds while police say jealousy triggered the incident after a prior quarrel. Ladd, about 40, had been living at the Hotel Continental for six months.
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Paris
Ernest Ladd
Chicago
Adrienne Polinciani
141 War Brides Arrive With American Soldiers
New York dispatch reports the USS President Grant bringing 141 brides of U S soldiers and sailors from Brest, adding to 2,397 troops and civilians onboard. The youngest baby, Nelly Grant Scott, born three days before landing, stayed with her mother at Booth Memorial Hospital until home. Passengers collected $309 for the baby’s cradle and outfit in memory of the voyage.
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New York
United States Naval
Grant
United States
Brest
Nelly Grant Scott
Booth Memorial Hospital
First Football Fatality of 1919 Season Reported
Gardner D. Dow of New Haven, center for the Connecticut Agricultural College football team, died from a brain concussion after a tackle during a game with New Hampshire College. Dow was knocked unconscious in the second half while pursuing a punt return and also suffered stomach injuries.
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Durham
N. H
Belgian King and Queen Enjoy Navy Games Aboard
On the U S 5 George Washington King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium attended field day activities aboard the ship. The royal pair occupied front seats as flags flew and the Queen greeted Navy nurse spectators while Crown Prince Leopold distributed prizes to event winners. The voyage continued through the Gulf Stream with perfect weather.
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U. S
George Washington
Associated Press
King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
United States
Albert
Navy
Joy Riders Toll: Two Dead and Two Hurt Severely
A car crash on Dead Man's Curve at Central Bridge left two men dead and two others in critical or serious condition. Victims include Frank Meyer and Nicholas Lehnhoff. injured are Robert Rodgers Eugene Stemmlen and Vernon Adams. The vehicle belonged to William Gardiner, shooting gallery owner, who was away in Lexington when his car was allegedly taken without permission. Adams, Gardiner's employee, accompanied him to Lexington before the return. Continued on Tenth Page.
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Eugene Stemmlen
Cardiff Avenue
Oakley
Vernon Adams
Lexington
William Gardiner
Central Avenue
Gardiner
Adams
Fifty or More Frozen Eskimos Found in Barrow Village
Professor W. B. Van Vallin of the University of Pennsylvania unearthed a buried Eskimo village in Barrow Alaska with eighty frozen bodies of ancient inhabitants. He spent nearly two years in the region collecting relics of Alaska's Stone Age and shipped several mummy-like finds to Philadelphia.
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Nome
Alaska
W. B. van Vallin
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Barrow Country
van Vallin
Museum
The
Friendly grip under ban as spreader of disease
Montclair New Jersey Health Officer John Gaub warns residents against indiscriminate handshaking. He explains the habit spreads disease and influenza, urging the public to adopt safer greetings amid a close political campaign.
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Montclair
N. J
John Gaub
Ashokan Reservoir water level halves amid prohibition
The Ashokan Reservoir in the Catskills contains about 50 billion gallons, down from 128 billion, leaving New York City's water supply more than half diminished. The Water Supply Board provided the figures but did not attribute the drop to prohibition.
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Ashokan Reservoir
Catskill
New York
City
Ashokan
Catskills
Water Supply Board
Annual Pilgrimage of Fans to Cincinnati Mecca for World Series
The arrival of the vanguard of baseball fans signals the start of a city takeover in Cincinnati for the world series. Hotels report crowded rooms and high demand as governors, senators, mayors, and sports figures converge. Notables at Metropole and Havlin include Alen, Corbett, Grant, Stallings, and Comiskey, with Pat Moran and others arranging residences for visiting teams and writers. Continued on Ninth Page.
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Queen City
Mecca
Cincinnati
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
New Orleans
Hotel Metropole
Charles C. Maddock
Reds
Metropole
Governor Alen
Kansas
James J. Corbett
George Grant
Boston Braves
Stallings
Braves
Mordecai
Brown
Frank Chance
Barney Oldfield
Havlin
Charles Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Frank Hannah
Sam Crane
Charles Heiss
Pat Moran
Fitchburg
Mass
F. S. McCracken
Urbana
McCracken
Linton
Warren G. Harding
J. Fr. Pendergast
I. McDonnell
Harry Davis
Cleveland
Matt Hinkle
George M. Cohen
Roy Carruthers
Pennsylvania
European nations turn over coal shipments to U S profits fade
Washington reports European nations use their own tonnage for high value cargoes while US coal shipments to Europe shrink. Italy leads with coastal coal exports. Denmark Netherlands Sweden and Norway rely on American ships for coal, limiting US allocations. Shipping Board notes 35 vessels assigned to coal trade Aug 29 to Sept 9.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Europe
The
Italy
Denmark
South America
Gibraltar
Netherlands
Sweden
Tax on World Series Tickets Affects Ballpark Revenue
The U S Treasury expects at least 18000 from World Series tickets after a 1 cent tax per 10 cents of value. Ticket buyers face the levy and Internal Revenue officers will audit in Cincinnati and Chicago. A 50 percent excess-charge tax cuts scalping profits and brokers must register or face penalties up to a year in prison or a 10000 fine.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cincinnati
Chicago
Gunmen kill two in East Side shootout. seven safes blown on Canal
Two men die in a 40 shot gun battle on the East Side as three gunmen fire on bystanders and flee in a car. Seven safes are blown in a Canal Street building with three on the second floor and two on the third and fourth floors. A Hester Street cloakmaker is detained on burglary suspicion.
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New York
Canal Street
Catherine
Madison Streets
Brooklyn
East Side
Hester Street
Murky Ohio Waters Holds No Terrors
A city church baptizes in the muddy Ohio River as thirty or more converts wade into the water. The pastor calls them from the bank and they emerge, with some children needing assistance to be carried out.
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Ohio
Court Says You Drink Hair Tonic At Own Risk
Mobile Alabama September 28 Frank Corso sold hair tonic to two men who were blinded by drinking it. Court declares Corso not liable as to what the men did with the tonic after purchase. Reports note many cases of blindness from high alcohol content lotions nationwide.
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COURT
Mobile
Ala
Frank Corso
Corso
General Allen Revokes Antifraternizing Order
In Koblenz Major General Allen revoked the army rule that barred American officers and soldiers from fraternizing with Germans. The policy had taken effect in December after the Rhine advance by Dickman’s forces. British and French bans were lifted earlier. The change does not lift the ban on marrying German women.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Allen
Dickman
Rhine
Nebraska City in Lawless Grip War Dept Strikes
Nine hour reign of terror ends as body of Black man hangs from a noose near Nebraska City. Chief executive rescued by policemen who cut the rope after he lay unconscious in hospital. Local authorities defied the war department and fled forts nearby.
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Nebraska City
WAR Department
Black
Electric Polo
Omaha Riot Ends With Sheriff Seizing Lynch Suspect
A nine hour lynching riot in Omaha Nebraska centered at the County Courthouse after a black man allegedly attacked a white girl. Sheriff Mike Clark and deputies saved the prisoner William Brown from mob violence but Brown was eventually hanged from an electric pole as fire and looting raged. Mayor Edward P. Smith was briefly saved from the mob and later hospitalized. Patriot troops from Fort Omaha and Fort Crook were sent in as flames spread through the building and streets.
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Denise
Kerstein
Ft. Omaha
Ft.Crook
Mayor dragged by mob and hung from trolley pole
A mob lynched and dragged the Mayor half a block after a clash at the courthouse. Police cut the rope twice. he was taken to a hospital in critical condition as doctors fought to save him while fire damaged the jail and surrounding sections. Sheriff Clark and prisoners faced smoke and flames.
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Sheriff Clark
Brown
Smith
Sherif Clark
Mob Forms in Urbana After Brown Lynching Attempt
A mob of about fifty men triggered a chaotic scene near the Courthouse as deputies and volunteers rushed to quell unrest. William Brown is accused of attacking Agnes Lobeck with a revolver, prompting the violent crowd and police mobilization on a Sunday.
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William Brown
Agnes Lobeck
Miss Lobeck
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QTEEL
Bethlehem
Broker
President Grant
JOY Riders
Ead
Dead Man’s Curve
Central Bridge
Frank H. Meyer
Carif Street
North Fairmount
Nicholas Lehnhoff
Cook Street
Robert Rodgers
Neb
Edward P. Smith
Aternes Lobeck
Mike Clark
Der
Clark
Harney Street
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