Steel strike leaders push arbitration to end walkout
John Fitzpatrick and United States Steel executives clashed over arbitration as Senate inquiry opened into the nationwide steel strike. Fitzpatrick urged federal action and said an arbitration pact by 24 AFL unions could end the walkout, while J P Gary dismissed negotiations with labor leaders as improper.
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New York
Albert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
John Pitzpatrick
Biizpatrick
Washington
Senate
John Fitzpatrick
Education and Labor Committee
Fitzpatrick
Senate Labor Committee
United States
Steel Corporation
iPitzpatrick
Joint Steel Committee
Chatroman
Gary
Indus— Lury
Nebraskans Rep Reavis Probes Army Surplus Autos
Representative C F Reavis of Nebraska chairs the house subcommittee investigating Army quartermasters department expenditures. He charges 17 000 surplus motor vehicles, many high priced, unused since the armistice, were not sold and new deliveries were accepted as late as May. Hearings followed at Camp Holabird near Baltimore where 11 000 cars sit in open storage.
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C. F. Reavis
Nebraska
House
Quartermasters Department
Army
War Department
Gamp Holabird
Baltimore
Seven shot as guards fire on strike pickets in Pittsburgh area
In the first tragedy of the great steel strike, guards at Carnegie Steel in New Castle exchanged fire with striking workers and sympathizers. Seven people were hit by bullets, including two women, six seriously wounded. over 100 shots were fired after bricks and missiles were thrown in the afternoon.
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Pittsburgh
William Z. Foster
National Committee For Organizing Iron and Steel Workers
Chicago
Cleveland
Youngstown Propert
Ersee
Youngstown
Sharon
Farrell
New Castle
Strowthern
Butler
Canton
Massillon
Buffalo
Braddock
Monessen
Donora
Steubengile
Pueblo
Mekeesport
Duquesne
Carnegie Steel Ecompany
Wilson to Welcome King Albert and Queen Elizabeth
President Wilson will personally greet King Albert of Belgium and Queen Elizabeth upon their arrival in the United States on October 4. He will meet them at Hoboken and escort them to Washington where they will be the personal guests of the President and Mrs. Wilson at the White House.
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Reno
Wilson Willl
Albert
Belgium
Elizabeth
United States
Hoboken
Washington
Wilson
White House
Kill Former Villa Chief Epifanio Holguin Slain by Carranza Troops
Military officials in Juarez report Colonel Epifanio Holguin a former Villa leader who deserted after the Juarez battle on June 16 was killed by Carranza troops near Sabinal, Chihuahua. Holguin’s followers were also said to be killed with two captured.
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Epifanio Holguin
Juarez
Carranza
Fl Paso
Tex
Villa
Simnesty
Sabinal
Chihuahua
Hoirula
Cranberry Crop Forecast For This Year
Washington reports the September forecast shows this year’s cranberry crop around 67 000 barrels with a total annual yield near 860 000 barrels.
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Washington
Department of Negriculture
Senators Call Leaders In Big Steel Strike For Testimony
The Senate labor committee moved to investigate the steel strike to see if federal action is possible. Elbert I. Gary and John Fitzpatrick were summoned to testify after a Kenyon resolution authorized the inquiry. Senators voiced concern over the broader industrial dispute as they weighed constitutional rights and the role of unions.
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Tabor
Federation of Labor
Fitzpatrick
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
William Z.wester
Kenyon
Bitapatrick
Steel Corporation
Iggbor
Jones
Dem
New Mexico
America Federation of Labor
Yitepatrick
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Elbert I. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
John Fitzpatrick
Senate
Rep
Iowa
Thomas
Denn
Colorado
Severn
Rockefeller Gives $2,000,000 to Baptist Mission Board
John D. Rockefeller donated $2,000,000 to the ministers and missionary board of the Northern Baptist convention in New York. The gift carries no use restrictions and will aid indigent Baptist ministers across northern states, announced in a letter to Rev. B. Tomlinson, executive secretary.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Ministers and Missionary Board
The
Northern Baptist Convention
BT. Tomlingon
Named New Head of Navy Chief of Naval Operations appointed
Secretary Daniels announces Rear Admiral Robert B Coontz will become chief of naval operations succeeding Admiral William Benson who retires today He commands a dreadnaught division of the Pacific fleet prior to the change in leadership.
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Daniels
Robert E. Coontz
Washington
Robert B. Coontz
Navy
Coontz
William §. Benson
Pacific
Country wide steel strike spreads aims and actions
Chicago and Calumet districts report mass refusals to work as a nationwide steel strike begins. In Gary, 6000 hear union officials condemn steel firm refusals to negotiate while 3000 already strike. Across Pittsburgh district 185000 idle as meetings turn disorderly and arrests occur at Clairton.
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Chicago
Calumet
Gary
East Side Park
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Clairton
Carnegie Steel Company
Bolshevism Seen as Threat by Congressman Towner
Washington reports Representative Towner of Iowa warned Congress Bolshevism is a real U S menace already existing here and must be stamped out. He linked the Communist party to international socialists, saying its platform centers on domination of the working class and destruction of capitalism and the Constitution.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Representative Towner
Iowa
House
Communist Party
Thussia
Towner
Slayer of Child Must Die
Thomas Fitzgerald confessed slayer of six year old Jane Wilkinson. Judge Crowe sentenced him to be hanged October 1. Fitzgerald expressed remorse and asked forgiveness from the child's parents and mercy from the court.
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Thomas Fitzgerald
Chicago
Thomas Fitzgeral
Jane Wilkinson
Crowe
Mexico Lione Exhibition In Texas Canceled
Mexico cancels plans to send a major exhibition and business delegation to Texas fairs next month after Governor Hobby’s advocacy of armed intervention in Mexico. The Mexican government halted the Texas event set for September 25 in Dallas.
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Mexico
Texas
Dallas
Tex
Hobby
United States
Ben and Eggs Act: a Prompt Era Pun Exchange
A playful exchange plays on trusted phrases and egg puns. The banter centers on a lighthearted misquote about speaking well and eggs, ending with a cheeky punchline.
Back Like a Board Kidney Pain Remedy Ad
An old ad touts Gold Medal Haarlem Capsule as a cure for kidney back pain. It claims stiff backs signal kidney issues and promises quick relief by purging toxins. The box bears the Gold Medal name with a money back guarantee and multi size packaging.
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Haarlem
Holland
Little Jasper Senter Makes A Clay Man
A boy named Jasper Senter believes a minister that toun is clay and sets to craft a man from clay. After lunch he completes all but one leg and later confronts a one legged man in the street, claiming he would add the missing leg at home.
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Jasper
Toun
Fortunate is the girl who loses her temper and never finds it again
A Kansas City Star quip mocks a movie style butler, noting his grand pose and lazy cue timing as he bumbles through a reception scene. The line wit and wry humor lampoons stage manners and the mismatch between screen image and real life in a light, humorous critique.
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Ysabelle
Buggins
Butler
Kansas City Star
Fortunate
Bayer Cross on Genuine Aspirin Promises Safe Use
A brief ad notes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross to be genuine and warns buyers to select unbroken packages with proper directions for relief from headache and toothache. It mentions price and packaging in small tins and larger boxes and identifies aspirin as Bayer’s trade name and chemical origin. A humorous London Tit-Bits quip contrasts parental scolding with a child’s ironic request to sit beside the coachman.
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Bayer
Big Mother
London
Naughty new neighbor boy moves in
A mother warns Gordon not to play with the new boy in the next yard. Gordon defies the warning, calling the boy over to his own yard by claiming he is not naughty. The exchange ends with both boys inviting each other over, highlighting playful misunderstanding.
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Gordon
Exonerated Line Sparks Nonsense Proposal
In a brief exchange the man says nothing attracted him to marry, claiming it was not the woman’s fault but his own foolish visions. The Boston Transcript notes the humorous miscommunication and suggests consulting an artificer in hindsight.
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Boston Transcript
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Oklahoma
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Smith
South Carolina
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Representative Cooper
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Labor Organization Committee
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Cooper
Europe
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Oll King
Thomas L. Chadbourne
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Towner Hits
Saya
Russ Reds
Joe Drors
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York
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