Industrial meet pressed for worker committees to clear grievances
Labor leaders pressed for six member committees including two workers to decide terms of employment and living conditions. Aimed to curb steel industry disputes, the conference endorsed appointing nine members to study living standards and wage issues while promoting collective bargaining within firms.
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Rock‘atelier Resolution
Velne Ts
Washington
Per
Murkefetter, Jr
Inbor
STOMP
Iebor Grep
Lmonteremce
Watmitted Ts
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Polly Group
Garin Mca
Congress
Chatterune
Committee of Li
Charles Edtward Raswell
A. A Landan
de Vobile Group
Trace
Janine Mpstem
Fleury
Dennison
Tornllevin
Puller Caltway
la ‘Grange
Fin
Charles W. Mlot
Groupe
Camp Grant Auto Center designated wartime training hub
Camp Grant Maryland was named by the War Department as the sole motor vehicle training center for the United States. Drivers chauffeurs and dispatch oilers for seven army divisions will be trained. Also note leadership elections in the Service Star Legion with Mrs Robert Morris of Toledo Ohio becoming president. A Pennsylvania rail shops strike involves 7000 to 4400 workers. A Gary Indiana incident reports soldiers fired on during patrol with no casualties. Stockholm air service merger approved. Newark talks on abandoning trolley lines. Cleveland reports no U S building materials. San Francisco Presidio officer Col Robert Thornburgh killed in a two-car collision. House passes dry bill. wartime prohibition to enforce. Louisville suit challenges wartime prohibition constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grant
War Department
United States
Woebington
Presidio
San Avandiees
Robert M. Thornburgh
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio of
San Francisco
Thornburg
Bown
Army
New Blockade Of Germany Debated In Allied Council
Paris reports the blockade of Germany will go into effect at once to deny raw materials as reparations demands target German access. The supreme council urges immediate action against the Baltic dispute and hints Von der Goltz may be cut off from supplies despite denials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
von der Goltz
Baltic
Supreme Council
Berlin
Conneil
Prussia
Supreme Counci
Baltic Countries
Army Planes Race San Francisco From Mineola Kills Three
Mineola N Y Oct 10 Lieut J B Maeble in a De Haviland4 with Liberty motor led the coast to coast air race from Mineola to San Francisco at 9 15 a m with Sergt Jose D McClure. ten machine types entered including German Fokker craft captured on the western front French British Italian and American planes. The 2700 mile route stops listed between Mineola and San Francisco. Sergt W H Nevitt died after being badly hurt when his plane Metmoliat fell during the transcontinental flight testing aircraft reliability and aiding air service recruitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
J. B. Maeble
Cnast
San Francisco
Rarn
Jose D. McClure
Hln
America
Binghamton
Rock Center
Buffalo
Cleveland
Bryan
Chicago
Rock
Siiney
Chiyenne
Wolcott
Green River
Salt Lake City
Saidure
Battle Mountain
Reno
Sacramento
Wilson Eager For Work At White House
President Wilson's condition improves as physicians enforce rest and quiet at the executive mansion. Doctors allow limited reading but warn against eye strain while the president plans to resume duties when urgent needs fade. His two married daughters have returned to their homes at the White House.
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Washington
Wilson
Grayson
White House
Edward W. Pickard
Uprising Plot Arrests in Gary Ind Revealed by Reds
Gary Indiana Oct 12 ten members of the Red Brotherhood were seized in raids on secret Tanatchist rendezvous admitting they are not American citizens and came to Gary to incite revolution among workers. Federal operatives and regular soldiers planned a military court to try the prisoners for infringement of military law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Red Brotherhood
John Stravinsky
Alex Retunas
Jon Tenyou
Joseph Yamage
Crown Print
Russia
Hungary
W. C. Mapes
The
Calumet
United States
Clyne
Washington
Solons Hear Shots Near Homestead Steel Works
Pittsburgh October 1 Senators Kenyon and McKellar of the steel strike investigating committee stepped from an automobile at Homestead gates when two shots were fired from a passing street car. The shots aimed away from the senators. none hurt. The group rushed into the plant offices as state constabulary boarded the car and arrested foreigners. Senators Phipps and Sterling had already arrived. The Washington group seeks to ascertain working conditions near the steel wall and intensify the nationwide inquiry.
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Pittsburgh
Kenyon and McKellar
Steel Strike Investigating Committee
Homstead Steel Works
Brobers
Phipps
Sterling
Senate
Committee On Education and Labor
Washington
Wallie
W. S. Kenyon
Town
L. C. Phipps
Colorado
K. D. McKellar
Tennessee
Thomas Sterling
South Dakota
D. L Walsh
Massachusetts
Reds Champions of World headline from Chicago and Cincinnati
A announcement reports the Reds as world baseball champions with game results from Chicago and Cincinnati events in October. Orioles of White Sox performances are listed, naming players such as Williams Mayer and Schalk. The piece notes radio messages about naval destroyers, a d Annu nzuio plane crash in Oct, and assorted international notices from Berlin Stockholm Paris Vienna and Washington.
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Chicago
Cincinnati Belle
Worl
Cincinnati
White Sox
Crete & Isehaike Ancinnati
Hing & Wingel
Williams, Mayer & Schalk
Lynam Netomat
Ruether, Hing & Bariden
Kore & Schilhe
Coir
Orgor RL
Clootie & Alitie
Anetrnaty
Eller & Bariden
Flying Parson Wins Air Race in Transcontinental Derby
First Lieut. Kelvin W. Maynard piloting a De Havilland 4 finished the westbound transcontinental air derby with a 2,71 mile crossing recorded as 24 hours 50 minutes. He credited the Liberty motor for the win and noted no spark plug changes after Chicago. The San Francisco stop included greetings from Army leaders and officials.
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San Francisco
Kelvin W. Maynard
Hall of Paine
San Francisco Bay
Presidio
Minenta
N.Y
Maynard
W. H. Klein
Trixie
Varth Agin
Saldaro
Sierra Nevada
Hunter Liggett
Western Department of the Army
C. Z. Menoher
Air Service
Col
H. H. Amos
Western Department Air Service
Rolph
Five Gunmen Raid Kenosha Gaming House
Five young gunmen from a group dressed in hooded garb robbed Kenosha’s largest gambling house of about $12,000 in cash and $200 in jewelry. They fled by car but were followed by Zion City police who exchanged shots. Two suspects were captured and part of the money recovered. police say three others are still at large.
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Kenosha
Wis
FIUME BLOCKADE IS BROKEN
A Paris dispatch says a trainload of American and foreign troops destined for Austria has been diverted to Plume, breaking the stockade. The chatter includes quotes about factory work and salesmanship, with humorous exchanges about an optimistic traveler and a haunted house tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Austria
Plume
Industrial peace drive faces split over steel strike plan
Edward Pickard surveys tension in the United States steel dispute as radical elements push for direct action while officials push for arbitration and compromise. The Pan American conference seeks a path to industrial peace amid growing strikes and federal interventions. The British railway end and political maneuvers in Congress color a tense labor scene with unions, employers, and government eyeing a durable settlement.
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Senate
Employers
Lane
Barich
France
Gompers
Iabor
Gavin McNab
San Francisco
Carnegie Sets Sail For South Atlantic Ocean Survey
The Carnegie, a penmagnetic vessel built for ocean data gathering, sails from Maker West Africa on a two year provisioning voyage. Commanded by Capt. James T. Ault with a 17 man crew, the ship aims to chart remote southern waters, visiting Buenos Aires, St. Helena, Aden, Perth, Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Honolulu and Panama while collecting navigational and magnetic data for the Carnegie Institute.
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Washington
Carnegie
South Atlantic
Bavishc
Totlow
Carnegie Institute
Tate
Fein
James T. Ault
HL i Johnson
Japanese Statesmen Await U S Move On Shantung Question
Tokyo reports the Shantung issue as Japan’s top topic with calm anticipation of the United States senate action. Diet members press the government for likely steps, while officials emphasize adherence to restoring Shantung to China. Thiesler Hare praises Japan’s enhanced prestige from the Paris peace conference.
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Tokyo
Shantung
United States Senate
Diet
Anese
Asia
Thiesler Hare
Tuncheon
Salonji
Paris
Japan
Shantang
China
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U. 5
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Rilleworth Treet
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Stockholm
Reppelin
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Federal District Court
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Cifeuge
Marshall Bullitt
Loulaville
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Goltz
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Pussyfoot" Johnson
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Belgium
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Industrial Conference
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Weirton
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United States Steel Corporaton
Senate Committee On Labor
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Board of Rye
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Railway Brotherhoods
Samuel Gompers
Aclon Fiher
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Uncle Sam
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Simon Petlura
Denikine
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Siberia
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Old
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Kaiser
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