Week in Review of World Affairs and Society
The report covers 1916 convention debates on divorce remarriage in the Episcopal Church, Lansing’s honorary doctorate from Albany, labor free speech cases in Pittsburgh, rail rate questions in Duluth, grain market cautions from Julius Barnes, a missing balloonist inquiry, and political shifts from labor, defense, and diplomacy as well as US ambassador Francis addressing suffrage groups in St. Louis.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Detroit
Robert Lansing
University of New York
Albany
Board of Regents
John H. Finley
University
Lansing
Watertown
N. Y
Pittsburg
Allegheney County
I. V. Babcock
Department of Public Safety
Polce
Walker D. Hines
Rairoads
Duluth
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Minonapolis
William H. Haddock
Kenyon
Senate
Fannie Sellins
United Mine Workers
West Natrona
Hagle
Navy Department
Lake Huron
Baptist Island
Cape Hurd
Congress
War Finance Corporation
General Committee
World Cotton Conference
New Orleans
William L. Nimo
Cincinnati
Andrews Steel Company
Newport
Stuart B. Edmonson
Chicago
Lake Forest
Warning on counterfeit 1919 war savings stamps issued in Los Angeles
Federal authorities in Los Angeles warn the public about a counterfeit of the 1919 war savings stamps found by perforation flaws. Other items note Robert A. Wolfe on trial in Tacoma for mail fraud, Seattle labor council actions on Mooney, and various postwar political and economic developments including figures like Admiral Kolchak and Attorney General Palmer.
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United States War Savings
Los Angeles
G. W. Hazen
Federal Secret Service
Robert A. Wolfe
Tacowa
Siberia
Zemstva
Admiral Kolchak
Behal
Strike Looms as Coal Miners Threaten November 1
Secretary of Labor Wilson led a four hour talk with miners and operators over a looming strike by about half a million bituminous coal workers set for November 1. Government could step in if no settlement, warning of halted rail traffic and closed plants.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
John T. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Brewster
Coal Operators’ Association
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Lewis
I. H. Penna
Terre Haute
Ind
Fuel Administration
Congress
Sentences Commuted for Camp Travis Killings
President Wilson commuted the death sentences of Privates Sam H. Williams and Daniel E. Evans from court martial murder convictions at Camp Travis Texas to life imprisonment. The men were involved in the shooting of Dudley White. The announcement was made yesterday.
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Washington
Camp Travis
Texas
Sam H. Williams
Daniel E. Evans
Dudley White
Wilson
Asquith Protests Russian Interference in London
Former British prime minister Herbert H. Asquith addressed Liberals at Westminster urging a full government statement on Russia interference after the armistice. He said hundreds of millions were spent and called for a drastic armament reduction as proof of good faith in the League of Nations.
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London
Westminister
Herbert H. Asquith
Russia
Great Britain floats quarter billion loan
J I Morgan & Co announced a proposed 250 million dollar loan to the British government in three to 10 year securities. Proceeds will retire about 135 million in government notes maturing November 1 and the rest will fund requirements for U S dollar exchange. This marks the largest postwar American banking flotation and is seen stabilizing London exchange.
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New York
J. I. Morgan & Co
London
French Senate Adopts General Amnesty Bill
Paris Oct 20 The senate adopted the broad amnesty bill but rejected the deputies panel granting amnesty to deserters. The bill frees most soldiers charged under military laws though deserters and mutineers in the Black Sea fleet are excluded. The act also provides amnesty for those convicted of procuring criminal operations.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Black Sea
DIH
Market report of grain prices in Minneapolis
Minneapolis grain market report from Oct 22 shows wheat at No. 1 dark northern 2.65 to 2.80 dollars, No. 1 hard Montana 2.25 to 2.36, corn No. 3 yellow 1.87 to 1.38, oats 66 to 68 cents, barley choice to fancy 1.22 to 1.28 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Montana
C. Barlay
Chicago Livestock Market Slips Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago and Omaha markets report weaker hog and sheep values with mixed cattle demand. Hogs receipts 42 000 mostly 50c lower. cattle receipts 19 000 unsettled to steady with varied price ranges. sheep receipts 44 000 market weak with lambs and ewes in the mid range. Omaha also shows lower hogs and active but strong cattle, while St Paul notes softer hogs and steady sheep.
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Chicago
Omaha
St. Paul
South St. Paul
Ewes
Indictments in Omaha Riot and Lynching
The grand jury returned murder in the first degree conspiracy to commit murder arson and rioting indictments against six men and two boys for the Will Brown riot and lynching in Omaha on September 28. George Sutluh is charged with assault and battery for beating a policeman at the courthouse during the riot.
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Omaha
Will Brown Tin
George Sutlul
Fall of Petrograd Reported by Finnish Army
Washington reports Petrograd and Kronstadt fallen to Russian anti Bolshevik forces per Finnish army staff and Viborg, with the claim echoed in Helsingfors causing market rush and ruble rise. massive rice deliveries arranged to reach Petrograd once treaty ratified.
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Washington
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Viborg
Northwest
Russia
State Department
Phillips
London
Helsingfors
M. Marguilies
U.S. Delays Participation in Peace Provisions Pending Senate Ratification
Washington reports that the United States will not join international commissions or police plebiscite districts until the Senate ratifies the peace treaty. Secretary Baker denied plans to move 5,000 troops to Upper Silesia and said no action would occur without Senate approval. The State Department and War Department announcements aimed to calm Senate fears over premature U.S. involvement.
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Archangel
War Department
Public Land Oil, Gas
Senate
House
Public Lands Committee
Sinnott
Oregon
State Department
Palmer
Congress
Department of Justice
Washington
United States
Supreme Council
Versailles
Baker
Coblenz
Upper Silesia
Department
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
John C. van Hook
Montana
Air Patrol
van Hook
Strikers and producers both claim improvement
Pittsburg Oct 21 The National Committee for Organizing Iron and Steel Workers held an extraordinary session. John Fitzpatrick said the fifth week finds the strikers in a better position than before. Carnegie Steel reported Pittsburg plants at 85 percent capacity aside from the Duquesne mill with full operation. Independent mills also showed gains in employment and tonnage.
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Pittsburg
National Committee For Organizing Iron and Steel Workers
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Fitzpatrick
Carnegie Steel Company
Duquesne
Turkish cabinet opposed to Paris peace conference
Reports reach French political circles say the Turkish cabinet formed October 6 under General Ali Riza Pasha is Germanophile and plans to oppose the Paris peace conference decisions. The group is described as aiming to continue Christian extermination in Turkey.
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Paris
Ali Riza Pasha
Turkey
Road truck woes prompt Montana county bond suit
Supreme Court action seeks Hills County relief bonds totaling 1 million dollars for drought victims. Officials dispute truck rental plans and bond limits while state forest air patrol plans advance with three squadrons and mountain landmark mapping. Nov 11 American Legion Day set. Lewis and Clark post to hold victory ball with Governor Stewart leading the grand march.
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American Legion
Samuel V. Stewart
National Headquarters
The
Henry D. Lindsley
National Executive Committee
Lewis and Clark Post
Stewart
Adjt
Phil Greenan
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Ever
Seattle
Central Labor Council
T. d. Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
National Assembly
St. Germain
Vladivostok
Sudian
Benjamin Sperling
Kalmikoff
Omsk
Far East
Women of America
State, War and Navy Departments
Wadsworth
Senate Military Committee
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Great Britain
U.S
Helena
Supreme Court
Campel Hill County
Dreuth
Miles City
Commission
Highway Commission
Frank Galles
Hill County
State Supreme Court
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