Signal Corps to stay at Brooks McGrath Iditarod sites
Fairbanks August 30 Chief Signal Officer Col Lenoir at Seattle says in a telegram that Signal Corps men at Brooks, McGrath and Iditarod will not be withdrawn unless ordered by the War Department. The Commercial Club notes the firm stand and awaits further directive.
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Fairbanks
Fairbanks’ Commercial’ Club
Lenoir
Seattle
Signal Corps
Brooks, McGrath
Iditarod
War Department
Round Table Conference Set for White House in October
Washington announce a round table conference between labor and capital to be held at the White House between October 5 and 10. Forty persons will be invited to attend by the President.
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Washington
White House
Supreme Council Demands Austria Article Be Suppressed
The supreme council sent a forceful note to Germany highlighting a clash with the Versailles provisions in the new German constitution that allows Austrian representation in the Reichsrat. It set a two week deadline for removal, warning of possible allied occupation on the Rhine if ignored. Paris reports note progress on the revised peace treaty for Austria and a request to extend the negotiation period by two days.
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Supreme Council
Austria
Rhine
Paris
Peace Conference
Pershing Arrives in New York to Receive Congressional Sword
Washington reports a congressional committee will formally greet Gen. John J. Pershing on his French arrival in New York. Senator Ware of Wyoming, Pershing’s father-in-law, serves on the reception panel and may present the ornamental sword voted by Congress.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
John J. Pershing
New York
France
Wday
Ware Wyoming
Gen. Pershing
Mexicans Say Aviators Were In Mexican Territory
In Laredo Texas on September 3 the Mexican press reported that the Carrantistas who fired on American aviators claim the pilots were inside Mexican territory and that the attack was unwarranted. The men face probable punishment.
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Laredo
Tex
Usus
Warships clash as Glow Worm and Codh sunk near Archangel
In Archangel harbor on September 18, crews of the warships Glow Worm and Codh were killed when the vessels collided and sank while attempting to flee a burning lighter loaded with ammunition. The incident followed the lighter catching fire amid the harbor action.
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London
Glow Worm
Codh
Archan
Romania Allegedly Failing to Answer Allied Notes
Paris reports the supreme council condemning Romania for not respecting the council's notes. An Allied admiral is expected to travel to Romania with a strong formal note in protest.
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Rumania
Paris
Supreme Council
Bolsheviki Offer Peace as Lithuanian Advance Presses
Copenhagen reports that Bolshevik forces are surrounded on the Lithuanian frontier and offer peace. The Lithuanian delegation says the advance continues as talks unfold.
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Copenhagen
Lithuania
Majority of Young Men Killed, Paris Treaty Remarks
Paris on September 2 reports Captain Tardieu defending peace treaty ratification. He stated that 57 percent of French soldiers under 1 year of age had been killed, highlighting wartime losses to bolster the approval. The remark underscores severe casualties among young troops influencing public sentiment.
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Paris
Tardieu
Alaska Steamship Rates May Be Advanced
Frank Law counsel for the Alaska Steamship Company told the House commerce committee rates would rise if water transportation falls under Interstate Commerce Commission regulation. He said liability limits would end and insurers would raise insurance costs, passed to shippers via higher rates. Gov. Riggs favored interstate control and said water and rail transportation should be under one agency.
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Washington
Frank Law
Alaska Steamship Company
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Alaska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gov. Riggs
House
Commerce Commmittee
Guv Riggs
Treaty foes face prolonged trip as Senate plan eyed
Washington reports claim the Senate foreign relations committee aims to kill the peace treaty. Senator Huehfeld argues a majority would reject committee changes and warns that opposing the treaty risks national crisis. President Wilson embarks on a 10,000 mile speaking tour, visiting 30 cities through September 30, with stops including Columbus Seattle and St. Louis.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Huehevelk
Senate
League of Nations
Wilson
Columbus
Newark
N.J
St. Louis
Strike Discontinued and Railroad Strike Continues
Los Angeles reports all strike crews returning to work after a vote to discontinue the strike. Baltimore and Ohio shopmen reject President Wilson's offer and remain on strike, with full service expected soon by railroads.
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Los Aneles
Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wilson
King and Queen of Belgium to visit Washington in October
The King and Queen of Belgium will arrive in Washington on October 1 and stay for three days as guests of the President at the White House, with official functions planned during the visit.
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Washington
Belgium
White House
British General Gotti Plans General Attack on Petrograd
A telegram from Berlin dated Sept 2 reports British General Gotti planning a broad assault on Petrograd, signaling a potential large scale operation against the city.
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Petrograd
Berlin
Gotti
German Prisoners Go Home Contingent Arrives in Germany
Berlin dispatch notes the first group of German prisoners of war has reached Cologne and Reute from the British Calaigy camp, signaling the start of POW repatriation. The movement reflects postwar demobilization trends and near-term closure of wartime camps.
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Berlin
Cologne
Reute
Calaigy
Tolstoi area gold finds spark Alaska dredge interest
Mackle returns home from Tolstoi district and praises the payground along several creeks for dredge work. Reports from Gaines creek in the Whir district note Archie Higgins and Al Thorns striking rich pay this summer with large gold slugs, the largest possibly ever found in Alaska.
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Fom Mackle
Fint
Tolstoi
Mackle
Gaines Creek
Whir
Archie Higgins
al Thorns
Alaska
Seattle to Outstrip The City Navy review in Seattle
Seattle on September 4 reports forty eight warships will be reviewed in Seattle harbor by President Wilson, six more than the earlier tally reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Daniels in San Francisco last Monday.
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Seattle
Clemenceau Appeals to Hoover Over Europe Crisis
Paris Sept 5 Premier Clemenceau made a personal appeal to Herbert Hoover the American food administrator not to abandon Europe in its present economic peril.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Fiume Policed By Allied Guard Under Commission Plan
A commission of Allied generals sent to Fiume after recent disturbances that left French soldiers dead recommends the peace conference maintain public order there with an American and British police force. Marines will form the American contingent.
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Paris
Fiume
Packers Seek Records From Five Firms In 40 Cities
On September 2 subpoenas were issued seeking complete records of the five major packing concerns. The probes cover operations in 40 cities where the companies maintain offices, signaling broad federal scrutiny of the Packers.
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Packers
Chicago
Lue
Allied troops to occupy upper Silesia in clash with Poles
Berlin dispatch says Allied forces will seize upper Silesia where combat rages between German and Polish units. The report notes continuing fighting as London reports the move.
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London
Berlin
Upper Silesian
British Destroyer Victoria Sunk by Torpedo in Baltic
British destroyer Victoria was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea. Its crew are missing, and authorities report a search continues for survivors.
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London
Baltic Sea
Old Frisco's Big Time
On Sept 2 in San Francisco the second day of the Pacific Fleet celebration drew about 500000 visitors. War Women's day honored the women who served at home and abroad during the war as a large parade of service men and veterans from both the army and navy passed by.
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San Francisco
Army
Navy
Puppy Causes Murder in Seattle Neighbor Fights Over Chickens
Seattle on September 3 reports Frederick Bri aged 67 stabbed Lena Scho niter aged 48 to death after her father annoyed his chickens. The two families lived on adjacent lots. Bri is related to the Heinrichs, Seattle brewers.
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Seattle
Frederick Bri
Lena Schoniter
Heinrich
Pioneer Brewers
German Ambassadors Named for US and Britain
Berlin on September 2 reports Dr. Daniel von Hampausen, former counsel to the German embassy in Washington, chosen as Germanys ambassador to the United States. Dr. W Solf, secretary for the colonies, named ambassador to Great Britain.
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Berlin
Daniel von Hampausen
Washington
United States
W. S. Solf
Great Britain
War Department plan would not disrupt education and farm work
Washington on September 4. General March told the House committee on military affairs that the universal training bill for reorganizing the army on a peacetime basis would not interfere with the education and farm work of young men becoming eligible for service.
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Washington
War Department
Department
General March
House Committee On Military Affairs
Bomb Thrown at Egyptian Premier in Alexandria
A bomb concealed in a basket of grapes was thrown at Egyptian Premier Hussein Rosh Pasha in Alexandria yesterday. The premier was unharmed. The assailant was identified as a theological student.
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London
Alexandria
Bussein Rushi Pasha
Egypt
Resolutions Probe Profiteering and Slacker Laws
The Minnesota convention of the American Legion adopted resolutions calling profiteering punishable as a felony and barring alien slackers and conscientious objectors from homestead rights. The action was taken in St Paul on September 4.
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St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
American Legion
Nine American Soldiers Hanged in France Revealed
Paris reports that nine American soldiers were hanged and one shot for criminal offenses during the war. The figure emerged during a congressional committee investigation into war expenditures.
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Paris
Congressionsl Committee
Senate Likely to Approve Prohibition Enforcment Bill
Washington September 5 indicates the Senate will pass the House prohibition enforcement bill with little delay.
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Senate
Washington
The Old Oregon Heads to Columbia River Celebration
The battleship Oregon sailed today from North San Francisco toward the Columbia River celebration. The move underscores regional ceremony as coastal forces prepare for the event with the ship leading the parade reach and naval show components.
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Oregon
San Francisco
Une
Boats Schedule On-Yukon River Trade Routes
Daily log of steamers and trips along the Yukon and Alaska passages from September 2 to September 5. Vessels including Holy Cross Stanley, Seattle No. 3, Washburn, Reliance, Nancy Belle, and Gen. Jett C. Davis ply Dikeman, Kotlik, Nulato, St. Michael, Marshall, Gibbon, and Birches with departures around dawn and noon, noting up and downriver movements toward Fairbanks and Dawson.
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Holy Cross
Dikeman
Louise
Kotlik
Reliance
Marshall
Washburn
Kokrives
Seattle No
Nulato
Seattle
Jett C. Davis
St. Michael
Anupa
Lwunch
Nancy Belle
Yukon
Dawson
Alaska
Gibbon
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Persh
Pioneer Office
Tolsto
Puppy
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