Senate Investigation of Strike Under Way
An executive committee of the union of railwaymen meets government representatives this morning to discuss a threatened nation wide strike. The government signals willingness to continue negotiations, with a wartime wage agreement in place until December 21. Officials note political significance and public consternation in London media.
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Union of Railwaymen
Big Geddes
London
National Union of Railwaymen
Germany Must Make Large Loan Urged by Erzberger
Berlin reports Mathias Erzberger the finance minister told the national assembly that Germany could regain its economic position only through a large loan arranged by an international conference and supported by the United States. The Independent Socialists reportedly backed the proposal during taxation revision debate.
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Berlin
London
Germany
United States
Tage- Watt
Mathias Erzberger
Uhre National Assembly
Householders urged to lower living costs by self denial
Julius A. Barnes wheat director told the American Baking Industry Association that households can reduce the high cost of living through self denial of nonessential items. Eat more bread and dine with fewer luxuries, he urged, in Boise Idaho on September 25.
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Julius A. Barnes
American Association of the Baking Industry
Vote Almost Unanimous for Strike by Boatmen
Buffalo news reports 5000 members of the Marine firemen oilers watertenders and coal heavers union voted in support of a strike. Secretary Thomas Conway announced the near unanimous result as of September 26.
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Buffalo
Thomas Conway
Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders Mud Coal Paysers’ Union
Wermees Sey Aatenennes
North Dakota Bank Sells 3 Million in Bonds
The Bank of North Dakota, created under a Nonpartisan league program, sold 3 million dollars of bonds at par. Of this, 2 million are bank series 5 percent bonds and 1 million real estate 5 percent bonds. Col. C. B. Little guided the sale to two major bond houses in New York and Chicago.
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Bismerel N. D
Bank of North Dakota
Col.,c. B. Little
First National Bank
New York
Chicago
State Bank
Dayton aviator sets third two man altitude record
Major RH. W. Schroeder raised the two man altitude record to 30 900 feet. Other items note Admiral Coontz named chief of naval operations in Washington and a bill to reestablish interstate commerce rate regulation.
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Dayton, O
RH. W. Schroeder
Washington
Daniels
Robert E. Coontz
Naval Operations
Great pesters to Blame For the Situation Declares Garibaldi in Press
An interview printed in the Petis Parison Anziety Not Concended reports Garibeldi General Giaceppi (Pippino) Garibeldi claiming pesters are blamed for conditions in Rome as ministers weigh gravity of the crisis. The piece discusses Italy’s stance, persuasion, and potential shifts with Allied powers amid internal tensions and calls for cabinet resignation.
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Garibaldi
Paming
Giaceppi
Pippino) Garibeldi
Petis Parison
Rome
Attempt to Avert Miners Strike in United States
Buffalo N Y Sept 25 With a general strike of soft coal miners set for November 1 operators and representatives met to avert it by agreeing on wages hours and working conditions The scale committee report to the United Mine Workers proposes a 60 percent wage increase a six hour day five days a week overtime at time and a half and double time on Sundays and holidays Any agreement must be ratified at an adjourned United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
United Mine Workers’ of
Cleveland
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Indianapolis
Crookston City Council Names Election Judges
Crookston Minn Sept 25 judges for the October 16 special election have been selected by the city council. The vote will decide if the city charter is amended and whether a two mill levy may be imposed for highway construction within city limits. Judges will receive no compensation for their services.
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Crookston
Minn
Teachers Vote to Join Confederation Union
Paris on September 26 reports the teachers' congress voted to affiliate with the General Confederation of Labor. The move aims to unite teachers under a larger labor federation and expand organized labor influence.
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Paris
Havas
Teachers’ Congress
General Confederation of Labor
Clemenceau Urges U S Senate To Fast Ratification
Paris Sept 25 In the chamber of deputies Premier Clemenceau urged the United States Senate to hurry action on ratification of the Roemer treaty or pact as discussed during today’s session. The speech emphasized urgency and strong state interests in securing swift approval.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
France
Great Britain
Roemer
Clemenciau
Sarah
United States Senate
Red Star Liner Rosalind Stranded On Reef
The steamship Rosalind of the Red Star Line ran aground on Cow’s Reef in Long Island Sound while en route from St. John’s to Halifax with 140 passengers and a crew, prompting rescue efforts as officials assess damage and passenger safety. At Elkton, Maryland, Sept 25, Mrs. Lewis Lesser was found faint after accidentally igniting her clothing on a heated range, with workmen extinguishing the blaze and medical risks undetermined.
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Stamford
Rosalind
Red Star
Cow's Reef
Long Island Sound
John
Halifax
Pamen
Gers
Elkton
Lewis Lesser
James
Deportation of Japs Sought by Witnesses in Congress
Washington reports V. S. McClatchy and Miller Freeman urged absolute exclusion and deportation of Japanese already in the United States. They warned Pacific coast conditions could create a broader situation, claiming whites cannot compete with Japanese economic power. They opposed admission of Asians based on a scale, as immigration legislation moved through the house committee.
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Washington
Japan
McClatchy
Sacramento
Call
Miller Freeman
Seattle
Wash
House Immigration Committee
United States
Pacific
More stolen money found in Wisconsin farm cache
Chicago dated report says $42,500 was recovered buried on a Big Suamico farm linked to Onnery Weida, father of Chicago post office clerk John S. Weida who allegedly planned the robbery. The total recovered rose to $151,500 from $244,000 stolen in a Chicago Federal Reserve to Standard Oil shipment theft near Whiting Indiana. Officers say the missing funds were tied to the Filipkow ski brothers and the younger Weida, with much of the money deposited in family boxes.
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Big Suamico
Wis
Green Bay
Onnery
John) Weida
John S. Weida
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Welda
Pelee
Raenday
Teo
Walter Filiplowski
Filipkowaki Brothers
Supreme Council Approves Spitzbergen Sovereignty
Paria Sept 25 The supreme council approved the commission report on Spitzbergen granting Norway political sovereignty over the archipelago. The territory is valued for coal mines owned by Norwegians. The council also assigned the Kongu territory in Northern Mozambique from Germany to Portugal.
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Paria
Supreme Council
Commission
Spitzbergen
Norway
Mozambique
Portugal
Trimmings for turkey feast projected plentiful
A historic newspaper snippet notes abundant trimmings for Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. It mentions cranberries and other staples, with figures suggesting harvests around 637,000 and barrels near 350,000 compared with last year.
Railroad laws suspended to save livestock
Washington grapples with drought as the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizes suspending long and short haul provisions on livestock shipments from Montana Wyoming Utah Idaho and the Dakotas to grazing or feeding points in other states when cattle are intended to be returned. The suspension also covers feed shipments.
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Boise
Idaho
University of Idaho
Pacific Coast
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
Metana
Interstate Commerce Commission
North
South Dakota
New effort to end Ireland's trouble announced
London dispatch reports that after cabinet consultation with Viscount French the government will make another bid to settle the Irish question and that Viscount French will keep his post as lord lieutenant of Ireland.
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London
The
Evening News
Viscount French
Ireland
Lenine Rumor Reported Famously Killed in Paris
Paris report cites circulating rumor that Russian Bolshevik premier Nicola Lenine has been assassinated as of September 26 in the Bourgs. The unconfirmed claim spread widely, with no official confirmation from authorities or the Russian government.
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Paris
Nicola Lenine
Fierce Fighting in Pskov Region Shocks War Dispatches
London reporting from Sept 25 describes intense fighting across yesterday in the Pskov region southwest of Petrograd. Esthenian dispatches claim Esthenians annihilated two Bolshevik regiments as the conflict rages with no clear end in sight. In Cheyenne, Wyoming, Sept 0, 79 farm units of irrigated land, 50 to 80 acres each, will open for entry next month by the state immigration commissioner. The Shoshone project covers fifty five hundred acres with the dam completed in 1910 at a cost of 1 354 000 dollars.
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London
Pskov
Petrograd
Cheyenne
Wyo
State Commissioner of Immigration
Reunion
New Belief Wilson Misled On League Vote Power
Senator New Republican of Indiana charged that President Wilson misled the public by asserting Britain cannot outvote the United States in the League of Nations. He attacked the covenant as one sided, warned against foreign entanglements, and urged caution in withdrawing and arbitration rules in Article 12 and 18.
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League of Nations
Washington
United States
Wilson
New Republican
Indiana
Senate
League
New
Great Britain
Safety
Safety First Simns
Assembly
Wleen
America
United State
Council
Rioting Dies Down in Strike District as Guard Held
Rioting eased in the steel strike district but police remain on guard. Several men were killed in the unrest. The Senate opened an investigation, with John J. Fitzpatrick testifying for labor and Robert H. Gary for capital to uncover underlying causes and possible federal relief. In Chicago, Gary area operations resumed in part, while Ohio’s Mahoning Valley shows continued paralysis and local plant closures. An incident in Washington left a German shot and killed by state troopers during a search near a steel plant.
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Associated Press
Stoel
Atte Ington
Labor Comuni
Senate
Ing
John J.iepatrick
National Steel Areaers’ Committee
Robert H. Gary
United States Steal Corporation
Fitzpatrick
Steel Corporation
Poston
Menois Steel Company
Mahoning Valley
Minirser 5
Ohio
Pearse
Bar
Empire Rolling Mil Company
Amy
Cleveland
Corporation
Relais Savin Ateertod Aden
Ceet
Wilson Address Frames Great Question on U S World Role
President Wilson frames the central issue for the United States as whether it will uphold its pledge to the world. He reiterates that accepting amendments would amount to rejecting the entire peace treaty, warning that his declarations align with a rejection oriented stance.
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Wilson
United States
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