Italian Labor Debates Rising Threats by Strikers
A dispatch from Milan reports Italian extremists advocate seizure of metal factories as a general takeover, while moderates seek an employer pact with no government interference. Workers occupy shops across Italy as threats of disruption mount and some factories resume after agreements.
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London
General Federation of Labor
Metal Workers’ Union
Italian Socialist Party
Milan
Daily Mail
Italy
Turin
Rome
Herald
Organ of Labor
Avanti
Paris
Mets
Havas
Viareggio
French Take Aintab and Marash in Asia Minor Campaign
Constantinople Sept 7 French troops seized Aintab after a push against two Turkish brigades. French columns also report advances on Marash 37 miles northwest and on Trin in Asiatic Turkey 75 miles southwest of Djarbekir. Ongoing operations threaten Urfa held by Turkish nationalists.
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Constantinople
Aintab
Asia Minor
Aleppo
Marash
Trin
Turkey
Djarbekir
Ourfa
Fire Kills Up To Fifteen At Oregon Opera House Blaze
In Klamath Falls Oregon a fire destroyed the Houston opera house and surrounding buildings. Police say eight bodies were recovered from a hotel ruin where labor day travelers awaited celebrations. Belief that ten to fifteen people perished is reported.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Houston Opera House
Klamath Falls Ore
Houston
Greeks Proceed in Asia Minor as Turks Withdraw
Constantinople reports Greek forces push into Asia Minor with Turkish nationalists fleeing from Kutayah and Aflum Karahissar. The Greeks enter both towns after Turkish troops retreat, amid ongoing advances in the region.
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Constantinople
Asia Minor
Kutayah
Bruszai
Aflum-Karahissar
Lithuanians to Clash Over Boundary Line
Paris reports border clashes as Lithuanian troops aided by Bolsheviks advance toward Suwalki and Augustowo. Warsaw says Poland protests to the League of Nations. peace talks at Mariampol may follow, with Lithuania seeking neutrality and a provisional frontier through Grabowo Augustowo Slatyn. The Lithuanian army numbers about 30,000.
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Paris
Poland
Lithuania
Mariampol
Kovno
Foreign Office
Warsaw
League of Nations
Suwalki
Augustowo
Grabowo
Slatyn
East Prussia
Russia
Grod
Rescue of Submarine S-5 Crew After Two Days Undersea
The submarine S-5, submerged 35 hours with dwindling air, was rescued 55 miles south of Cape Henlopen. The crew, saved by a buoy and the steamer Alanthus with assistance from General Goethals, were taken aboard the Alanthus without injuries.
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Philadelphia
C. M. Cook
Farmington
Conn
General Goethals
Goeth
Goethals
Alanthus
Navy
Secretary Daniels
Newport News
New York
Atlanthcus
Cook
Adjutant Bernard Booth Named Lifesaving Scouts Leader
Adjutant Bernard Booth oldest son of General Booth has been appointed assistant to the Salvation Army's young people's secretary. His duties will include chief organizer of the Life Saving Scouts.
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Bernard Booth
General Booth
Salvation Army
Young People’s
Life Saving Scouts
Wrangel's Men Win as Bolshevists Put Up Desperate Stand
Sept 7 Sebastopol. The Fourteenth Bolshevik army is driven across the Dnieper after heavy losses from General Wrangel's counter attacks. Wrangel's forces, about 60 000 strong, counter the Soviet advance in Crimea and Taurida while bolsheviks reinforce with 15 000 infantry and 2 100 cavalry from Kharkov and Moscow centers.
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Wrangel
Bolshevists
Moscow
Ejideman
Kahovka
Crimea
Taurida
Wrangle
Tauridaistrict
Kautsepol
Kuban
Alaglia
Finnish prohibition chief attends Washington congress on alcoholism
Dr. Matt Helenius Seppala of Helsinki Finland arrives in America to take part in the fifteenth annual congress against alcoholism, gathering in Washington to discuss anti drink measures and temperance issues.
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Matt Helenius Seppala
Helsingfors
Finland
America
Washington
Monday Baseball Scores Across American and National Leagues
The results show American League games with Chicago 6 Detroit 5 and Cleveland 7 6, while St Louis 2 5 and Boston 0 4. In the National League Chicago 6 1 beat Pittsburgh 2 12 and Cincinnati 5 4 defeated St Louis 3 2.
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Perch
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
T. Louis
Boston A
Washington
Detroit
Peer Rerer
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
May end coal vacation in anthracite fields possibly after miners meeting
Enoch Williams leader of the Insurgent mine workers in district No 1 United Mine Workers says the so called vacation of 100,000 coal workers may end after a meeting of the miners in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania.
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Wilkesbarre
Enoch Williams
United Mine Workers
Governor Cox at Minnesota State Fair Advocates Collective Bargaining
Governor Cox outlines labor and agriculture priorities at the Minnesota State Fair in St Paul and Minneapolis. He backs collective bargaining, higher postal salaries, and farm production growth while linking labor interests to the League of Nations and urging ratification for global peace and reconstruction.
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Minnesota
Cox
League of Nations
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Europe
America
Williamson Judge Reassigns Deputies in Coal Strike Fallout
In Williamson West Virginia Judge James Damren dismissed forty two deputy sheriffs who had patrolled Mingo county during the coal strike. He appointed twenty local business and professional men to serve as guards and revoked firearms licenses for over seventy citizens. The action precedes the September circuit court term where 27 men charged with murder in the Matewan shooting face trial.
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Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
James Damron
Damren
Circuit Court
Matewam
Obregon Secures Victory in Mexican Presidency Race
In Mexico City Gen. Alvaro Obregon of the liberal constitutionalist party won the presidential election with a light vote turnout. Opponent Alfredo Robles Dominguez of the national Republican party contested the result amid sparse reports of disorder.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Liberal Constitutionalist Party
Mexican Republic
Alfredo Robles Dominguez
National Republican Party
Illinois Coal and Coke Buys Pittsburgh Coal Lands
Springfield, Sept 7. Transfer of Pittsburgh Coal company property in Sangamon, Macoupin, Montgomery and Bond counties to Illinois Coal and Coke company announced. Consideration said to be 1,000,000 dollars.
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Springfield
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Sangamon
Macoupin, Montgomery
Bond Counties
Illinois Coal and Coke Company
Mexicans Seek Kidnapers In Raid At Autlan
Mexico City Aug 81—War department orders search for American and British captives taken by Pedro Zamora during the Cuale raid on August 20. General Rafael Buelna pursues the bandits, reporting they are demoralized and fleeing. Gov. Calles says Zamora losses exceed eighty in Rancho Divisadero fight. Autlan captives freed.
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Mexico City
Pedro Zamora
Jalisco
Caule
War Department
Rafael Buelna
P. Elias Calles
Guadalajara
Rancho Divisadero
Zamora
Autlan
Red Flag Stirs Decatur Union Over Mine Hoist
Decatur police and the local miners union seek those who hoisted a large red flag over a coal mine. Miner officials condemn the act as an attack on the union.
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Decatur
Ill
German Apology to French Marked by Diplomatic Gesture
Berlin reports Dr. Walter Simon and Herr Severing visited the French embassy to convey Germany’s apology for the Breslau incident where a mob attacked the French consulate. The report also mentions John Adams’ estimate on royalist sentiment in the colonies and the Tory resistance in New York amid wartime pressures.
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Berlin
Walter Simon
Herr Severing
Breslau
John Adams
Great Britain
New York
Snowstorms Delay Wabash Train Through Illinois Corridor
The crew of a Wabash train reported heavy snow and hail between Essex and Custer Park, covering the ground and riddling corn.
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Essex
Custer Park
Decatur
Ill
Marne Battle Commemorations Held in Meaux and Reims
Ceremonies marked the anniversary of the Marne battle in Meaux and Reims with senior French military leaders present. The American ambassador and representatives of the American Legion joined three marshals of France and 50 generals in attendance.
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Paris
Marne
Meaux
Reims
France
Eight Die in Interurban Car Crash Near Denver
Eight persons were killed and more than fifty injured in a crash of interurban electric cars in Globeville a suburb of Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Globeville
Nervous Student Works Through Sentence Moods
A western university examiner recalls a nervous student told to write examples of the indicative subjunctive potential and exclamatory moods. The curious episode showcases exam stress and linguistic instruction in action.
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Western University
Leather-Stocking Hero of Cooper's American Tales
The nickname Leather Stocking refers to Natty Bumppo a favored Cooper figure described as a half savage half Christian chevalier of American wildlife. The text portrays him as a storied frontier character in James Fenimore Cooper's Indian and sea tales.
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Natty Bumppo
James Fenimore Cooper
Cate
British Troops Retake Bakuba in Mesopotamia
British forces recaptured Bakuba, a town about 80 miles northeast of Baghdad, from Arab tribesmen who had seized it against British rule. The action met only light Arab resistance, and overall Mesopotamia patrols reported no significant change in the front.
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London
Bakuba
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Fenelon Sainthood Narrative in Cambrai Archbishop
The Swan of Cambrai Fenelon served as archbishop of Cambrai from 1651 to 1715. The Catholic Encyclopedia notes his status as a famous ecclesiastic and highlights his lasting renown in Catholic history.
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Cambrai
Fenelon
World News in Brief From Around the Globe
A light earthquake was felt in parts of Los Angeles with no damage. Belfast riots raise 25 deaths in a week. Korea reports 9,000 cholera cases and 300 deaths. W. B. Colvin resigns from the FTC. Japan plans to keep troops at Vladivostok pending life and property security. Max Miller and Richardson die in a Morristown air crash. Chicago census revises to 2,701,705. Britten questioned Britain’s money influence in the Democratic fund. Brazil’s Sao Paulo sails from Zeebrugge with King Albert and Queen Elizabeth to Rio. Turkish nationalists propose an Armenian armistice until borders defined by Wilson. Galveston exports rank second in the U.S. for the year. Aviators and others cited in Warsaw on Budenny’s defeat. Semenoff injured in a mine blast in China. Italy says U.S. and Italy nearly agree on Russia and Poland notes. Rome factories seized in strikes with Milan and Turin. Balmoral Castle king’s family in a clash with Irish servants. UMWA urges Wilson to reopen the wage deal for higher miners’ pay. 1920 U.S. auto exports reach $232,252,376, nine times prewar. Canton and Fukien hostilities flare with 20,000 Kwangsi troops advancing.
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Washington
Chicago
Britten
Senate Committee
Sao Paulo
Zebrugge
Belgium
Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Rio Janeiro
Wilson
Armenia
Constantinople
Galveston
Tex
United States
Esoerpsy
Warsaw
Budenny
Semenoff
Siberia
China
Peking
Italy
Russia
Poland
Colby
Rome
Milan
Turin
King George
Balmoral Castle
London
United Mine Workers of America
Scranton
Department of Commerce
Canton
Fukien
Chenhmin
Fukien-Kwangtung
American minister to Venezuela begins sixty day leave
U S envoy Preston Mc Goodwin arrives in New York on a sixty day leave from his post in Venezuela.
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U. S
Venezuela
New York
Preston McGoodwin
Markets Report from Chicago on Wheat, Corn and Cattle
The Chicago markets show fractional changes across grains and livestock. Wheat futures range with Sept and Dec positions around 2.40 to 2.43 with gains and losses noted. corn and rye follow similar small movements. Livestock prices list ranges for steers, cows, veal, hogs and lambs, reflecting varied demand and seasonal shifts.
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Chicago
Kansan
Wealthy Boston banker extols Canadian wheat fields
A Boston banker returning from a cross country trip tells Wall Street Journal readers of rich yields in the Canadian West. He notes vast golden wheat fields, strong postwar recovery in Canada, and forecasts up to two hundred million bushels exported, boosting national wealth alongside cattle and dairying growth.
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Boston
Canada
Wall Street Journal
Canadian Rockies
Dominion
Western
Too Early Welcome Turns Riot After Alarm Failure
A man waking at 4 a m starts his car in the wrong gear and crashes through his neighbor’s yard, nearly hitting a sleeping family. His wife arrives on the 4 a m train as neighbors gather, describing a riotous welcome in the Chicago Tribune style.
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Chicago Tribune
Cuticura Talcum Powder Promotes Fresh Skin
Advertises Cut Cura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic scented convenient economical powder for face skin baby and dusting use. Claims it renders other perfumes superfluous and notes it is part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Gloomy Prospect in Widow’s Witty Exchange
A newly made widow laments Thomas's fate and hopes he is not punished as a goat instead of a sheep. A condolence friend reassures that Thomas was good, though the widow notes he would still butt in.
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Thomas
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Seoul
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