Vast United States Army on War Department Plan
The war department outlines a vast emergency army with a regular core of 800,000 troops and a National Guard of 435,000 to form the first two lines. A large reserve force with 70,000 officers already appointed will be the final, most numerous section capable of rapid expansion. Nine military district corps areas will oversee organization and deployment, including National Guard and reserves, with pay scales set to encourage full participation.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
United States
United States Army
Yergeante
French Take 2 Turkish Towns Constantinople
Alntab in Asia Minor 52 miles northeast of Aleppo captured by French troops after Turks retreat. French forces march toward Marash 37 miles away amid stubborn Turkish nationalist resistance. Urfa in Asiatic Turkey 76 miles southwest of Dimbekir also taken. strong French column reported advancing on Urfa.
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Constantinople
Alntab
Asia Minor
Aleppo
Marash
Aintab
Urfa
Turkey
Dimbekir
Wilson Walks Without Aid For White House Trip
President Wilson, leaning lightly on Mesquite, walked to the White House front entrance and entered his automobile. It marks his first motor trip departure from the front route since his illness, with a crowd watching.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Plot to Boost Farm Tool Prices Charged
Washington reports that the federal trade commission described methods used by farm implement makers to raise prices through concerted action. It urged reopening anti trust cases against International Harvester and court actions against manufacturers and dealers for price increases 1914 to 1918. The commission cites price meetings inflated cost comparisons and standardization measures to sustain higher prices.
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Washington, Sept
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Senate
International Harvester Company
The
Trade Commission
Bans Liquor For Navy Ills In Medical Order
A Navy Department order cuts whisky from naval medical supplies. Whisky will be issued only to hospitals until depleted, after which no purchases will be made. If essential for life, ethyl alcohol from supply officers may be prescribed by a medical officer.
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Washington
United States Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Medica
Medical Department
Ship Blast Kills Three in Cleveland Boiler Explosion
The steamer Empire City was brought into Cleveland after a boiler explosion blew off the boiler house slide. Three men died, Anthony Cobb of New York and F. I. O’Neil of Chicago were killed instantly, Harry Cooper of Cleveland died later in hospital. The Empire City is sister to the Superior City lost near Sault Ste Marie with 29 lives.
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Cleveland
Empire Cley
Anthony Cobb
New York
F. I. O'Neil
Chicago
Harry Cooper
Sault Ste Marie
Kosciuszko Flyer Killed in Plane Crash
Warnenw report states Captain M. J. Mc Cullom of Montreal, a Kosciuszko squadron member, was killed in an airplane fall near Lemberg. The news comes from a martial aviation context and confirms the fatal incident.
Russians Put U S Radicals to Work
Soviet dispatch says Emma Goldman Alexander Berkman and fellow communists deported from the United States are now employed in hard labor building railroad rights of way. The group is divided into three classes: those at work, those who escaped, and those under arrest. Secretary Colby found the report amusing given their anti Russia rhetoric as they face compulsory labor.
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Washington
Hiuma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Russia
Stufa
United States
State Department
Goldman
Berkman
Saya Colby
Colby
England to Sell Liner Fleet For German Indemnity
Forty former German liners totaling about 400000 tons were offered for sale by Lord Inchcape for the government. Vessels including the Imperator Kaiserin and Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm were allotted to British ownership. Proceeds will form part of the German indemnity.
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London
Lord Inchape
Reparations Commission
Fatal Rock Fall Incident at Horseshoe Falls
Three people died and two were seriously injured when five tons of rock shale fell from the Horseshoe Falls area onto the bridge to the Cave of the Winds in Buffalo New York. The deceased were A Hartman age 37 and his wife Louise Hartman 36 from Brooklyn and Sarah M Faust 22 from Pittsburgh. A sixth person on the bridge escaped unharmed.
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Buffalo
Horseshoe Falls
A. Hartman
Louise Hartman
Brooklyn
Sarah M. Faust
Pittsburgh
Pontus Republic, Greek Aim Near Constantinople
A Greek division lands on the Black Sea likely at Incholl Asia Minor for Angora and may establish no Pontus republic. Greeks relieve the British at Ja mid. Pontus sits in northeastern Asia Minor near the Black Sea. The Pontus kingdom began in early Asia Minor history and peaked under Mithridates the Great.
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Constantinople
Black Sea
Incholl
Asia Minor
Angora
Pontus Republic
Jamid
Pontus
Asia Milnor
Mithridates the Great
Fire Ravages Lyndon IL Business District In Stove Blast
A gasoline stove explosion in Lyndon, Illinois, started a blaze that leveled more than half the village’s business section. Sve stores including two groceries were destroyed. no disastrous losses reported in White side county.
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Dixon
Lynston
Whiteside County
Sve
Belisario Porras Strengthens Panama Ties
Dr Belisario Porras newly elected Panama governor cements cordial relations with Panama before his third term. His administration plans reforms with a two million dollar surplus. He says business is booming, cost of living is low, and Panama is investing heavily in roads to attract visitors from the United States.
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Beligario ‘Porras
Panama
Panam
Doctor Porras
United States
Italian Workingmen Threaten Revolution
London dispatch reports Italian extremists at Milan meeting urge seizure of Italley factories as a first step toward a general takeover of industry. Moderates seek employer agreement if the government stays out. Workers control most metal plants. wages from last week reportedly refused as a result. Turin strikers threaten to wreck machinery if troops are deployed.
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London
Italley
General Federation of Labor
Metal Workers’ Union
Italian Socialist ‘Party
Milan
Mat
Italy
Turin
Watson Wins Georgia Senate Nomination in Democratic Primary
Returns from Georgia's statewide Democratic primary show Thomas E. Watson nominated for U.S. senator. Watson, outspoken against the League of Nations, faced Hoke Smith, Governor Dorsey, and John R. Cooper. Smith opposed Watson on Lodge reservations. Dorsey favored the covenant with reservations. Cooper ran on the wet plank.
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Atlanta
Thomas EB. Watson
United States
Georgia
Watson
League of Nations
Wilson
Hoke Smith
Dorsey
John R. Cooper
Macon
Smith
Cooper
Pittsburgh on Baltic reef aground near Libau
The armored cruiser Pittsburgh ran aground in the Baltic Sea three miles off Libau on the Courland coast. A navy report from Vice Admiral Huse said danger status was unclear. The transport Frederick, at Antwerp, has been ordered to assist the Pittsburgh after transferring its passengers.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Baltic Sea
Libau
Courland
Navy Department
Huse
Frederick
Antwerp
Miners Say They Didn’t Cause Coal Shortage in 1920
Ellis Searles, editor of the United States Mine Workers' Journal, asserts that American coal miners dug 58,000,000 more tons of coal in 1920 than in 1919 and that despite labor troubles no one can truthfully say the miners are responsible for any coal shortage.
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Indianapolis
Bept
Ellis Searles
United States Mine Workers’ Journal
Seven Slain Women Found in Bag in Vladivostok
A dispatch from Tokyo reports the mutilated bodies of seven Russian women were discovered in a hempen bag floated in Vladivostok harbor. Special dig patches indicate the grisly find, adding to wartime atrocities.
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Vladivostok Harbor
Tokyo
Italy Quake Kills and Destroys Several Towns
A powerful earthquake devastates Villa Collemandina and Fivizzano in Massa Carrara Province, killing hundreds and leaving 700,000 homeless. Red Cross and agencies rush beds tents medicines and doctors as rescuers search ruins. Pisa reports tremors and the Leaning Tower’s oscillation as King Victor Emmanuel tours affected areas.
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Rome
Tuscany
Villa Collemandina
Massae Carrara
Fivizzano
Galtinnrn
Plan
Lucca
Masne Carrara
Pisa
Italy
Cathedral Square
Victor Emmanuel
Fifteen Cent Paper Clothes Exhibit Here
Washington reports a department of commerce display of paper clothing and related items from Austrian factories. The exhibit includes workmen's suits table covers collars cuffs a laundry bag and a wall decoration. Prices cited show paper suits at about 15 cents and 55 cents in US money with a 40 percent paper salt remedy listed. Officials say the garments are washable and the exhibit will later go to manufacturers for evaluation.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Austria
US notes seek full protection for Americans in Mexico
Washington reports the United States sent a new note demanding that the lives and property rights of all Americans in Mexico be protected by the newly elected government. The move supplements prior representations over American oil interests. Spanish Warship Alphonso XIII arrives in New York from Annapolis to improve Spain US and Latin America ties.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Colby Bald
U. 8
New York
Alphonso XIII
Annapolis
Cuba
Spain
Onalaska Woman Praises Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Mrs Lester E Warner of Onalaska Wisconsin reports years of back and abdominal pain healed by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the medicine for restoring health and enabling housework and daily life. The letter explains many women write to share relief and urge others to try the remedy.
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Onalaska
Wis
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrea
Lester E. Warner
R. 1
Box 69
Lydia
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Chemistry Professor Name Three Articles Containing Starch
Student Two cuffs and a collar.
Swamp Root Kidney Liver and Bladder Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant herbal medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It promotes two bottle sizes and offers a sample bottle by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY with a sworn purity statement in each bottle.
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Carl Russell
Catt Hussell
Rockland
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Ells
John Alden
Thare
Harvester Company
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Tegister
Superior City
M. J. McCullom
Montreal
Lemberg
U.S
Emma Goldman
England
Aim
Lyndon, Ill
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Miners’ Union
Save Men
Red Cross
Lydia E. Pinkhan
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