Hurley Heads West to Push Federal Labor Settlement
Chairman E N Hurley will travel to San Francisco to present federal arguments to labor and capital in shipyard disputes affecting the Pacific coast. President Wilson may intervene if needed as the government seeks a rapid settlement of strikes involving about 26 000 ironworkers and shipbuilders.
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Pacific Coast
Wilson
Adjustment Committee
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
E. N. Hurley
San Francisco
White House
Hurley
W. T. Boyce
Secretary of Labor
Union Ironworks
Oakland
Alameda
United Railroads
Conservation skirt appears in Washington fashion
The new Parisian style called the conservation skirt has reached Washington. The tailor made gown is designed to conserve wool by omitting fluffs and ruffles and resembles the old time slit skirt.
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Washington
Baseball Standings Across Leagues
National League leads New York Chicago Philadelphia Brooklyn St Louis Boston Cincinnati Pittsburgh despite uneven records. American League shows Chicago Washington New York Cleveland St Louis Detroit Philadelphia Boston and St Paul Milwaukee Minneapolis Louisville Kansas City contesting top spots.
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Chicago
Philadelia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
American League
Wash'gton
Cleveland
Detroit
American Association
Indiapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Mineapolis
Louisville
Kan. City
Columbus
Toledo
Baseball Scores Across Leagues on Busy Day
National League results show Cincinnati beating Philadelphia 1 0 and New York routing Chicago 4 0 with Boston 5 1 over Pittsburgh and Cleveland 5 Washington 9. American Association sees Indianapolis 16 Milwaukee 9 and St Paul 9 Columbus 4. Toledo 5 4 Minneapolis 4 3 in ten innings. Western League reports Joplin 3 Hutchinson 6 and no other games.
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Philadelphia
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New York
Pittsburgh
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Brooklyn
Cleveland
Washington
Toledo
Minneapolis
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Milwaukee
Louisville
Kansas City
More Selected Men Go To Camp
Crowder calls for bars to shut as more selected men head to camp amid wartime tightening of civilian restrictions.
Suffrage Act Invalidated by Indiana Judge
Indianapolis judge declares the limited woman suffrage law unconstitutional under state constitution provisions defining voter qualifications. The ruling follows a test case brought by lumberman William W Knight, with the first of the three wartime laws struck down. Prohibition and constitutional convention acts remain to be tested.
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Indianapolis
James Rochford
Marion
Rochford
William W Knight
War Tax Bill Delayed by Senate House Conference Strife
Washington reports growing discord between senate and house conferees as final votes near on the war tax bill. Conference leaders expect delays possibly until Friday or the next week while key issues such as a zone system for second class mail rates and war profits and income taxes are settled. The conferees reportedly tentatively agree to an 8 percent levy replacing both house and senate rates, aiming to raise about 57 million dollars versus 75 million and 37.5 million under prior plans.
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Washington
America
Camp Meade
Crowder
Senate
House
Simmons
Stockholm socialist conference urges Russian unity
The Stockholm organizing committee reports the conference not abandoned and that a date will be set once passport issues are resolved. It notes Stockholm’s ties to the Russian revolution and urges Russian comrades to close ranks with Russian democracy to resolve the crisis. Working classes hail the emperor's fall and condemn counter revolutionary efforts.
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Stockholm
Russia
French Policy Declared in Chamber Read by Painleve
Paris September 19 The ministerial declaration read by Prof Pauli Painleve the new premier reaffirms France will wage war until Alsace Lorraine is disannexed and damaged areas are repaired. It vows justice in inquiries against traitors and stresses a vigorous republican and social policy regardless of socialist party representation.
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Pauli Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Socialist Party
Probe into missing ships sparks Lloyds inquiry
The Daily Mail reports Lloyds will conduct a wide ranging probe into missing vessels not listed in the weekly admiralty report. It notes as many as six ships daily disappear and links the rise to the sink without trace cipher message from Germany to Argentina. Many listed losses this year exceed £250000 each.
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Argentina
London
The
Lloyd’s
Admiralty
Kaiser Boosters on Job
Washington reports that state department officials deny rumors of a separate peace between Russia and Germany. They say Petrograd's situation grows more reassuring daily and the strengthened Verensky cabinet signals renewed resolve to carry the war to a decisive end.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
State Department
Petrograd
Verensky
Germans Killed or Wounded in Roulers Raid
Amsterdam dispatch reports a raid by Entente airmen on Roulers Belgium. A bomb struck near the market killing or wounding 900 Germans, per the Courier de la Meuse in Maastricht.
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Amsterdam
Roulers
de la Meuse
Maastricht
Holland
Seven Billion War Deficiency Bill Advances
Washington reports the 7 000 000 000 war deficiency bill, the largest supply measure in U S history, passed the house unanimously and moves to the senate for swift action. It appropriates 4 830 000 000 with contracts for 2 14 000 000 more, funding the shipping board fortifications naval and army needs.
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Washington
House
Senate
Shipping Board
War Department
Baker
War Conference Addresses Duty to Opportunity for Democracy
Secretary of War Baker tells Atlantic City business leaders to view duty as opportunity and back America's war effort to secure democracy. He cites forged unity, a million-strong army and new industries, urging courage and sacrifice as Germany seeks world mastery.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Baker
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Europe
Germany
America
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Congress
France
Belgium
Berlin Denies Peace Talk Reports
The German foreign office denies Danish and other foreign press reports that Germany has indirectly communicated peace terms to Washington or sent trial balloons to gauge U.S. sentiment.
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Washington
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
United States
Alien Enemy Ends Life in Baltimore Prison
Gotthold Prusse aged forty one imprisoned since August 20 as an alien enemy who left a restricted zone without permission committed death by his own action in the city jail. Prusse helped design the German submarine Deutschland and arrived in Baltimore on her first voyage.
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Gotthold Prusse
Jar
Prusse
Lynching in Georgia: Rufus Monscrief Found Hanged
In Athens Georgia on September 19 Rufus Monscrief a 30 year old Black man was lynched near White Hall by a mob. The charge cited was the usual crime and his body hung beside the road, authorities reported.
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Athens
Rufus Mons Crief
White Hall
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