President Wilson Tours States to Promote Peace Treaty
President Wilson travels through Kansas City Minn and Bismarck to rally support for ratifying the peace treaty. In Idaho he addresses Borah supporters and speaks to Coeur d Alenes residents as a nationwide push continues. Navy fleet sails past Golden Gate en route to Puget Sound. Local stops include Helena and Billings with planned speeches in coming days.
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Wilson
James A. Reed
St Louis
Kansas City
Minn
Bismarck
N. C
Idaho
Borah
Panhandle
Coeur d'Alenes
Hart Confesses Ignorance About Wilson Mission
Spokane Sept 6 Gov Hart of Washington says he has not been invited to meet President Wilson and has not been notified of the President's coming. He says he does not know what Wilson's mission is.
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Hart
Spokane
Gov. Hart
Washington
Wilson
President urged to curb spending amid high cost of living
Senator Norris of Nebraska criticized the President for excessive expenditures and travel, urging economy both personally and officially to ease the high cost of living. He cited lavish travel with “representative monarchs” as an example.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Boston Police Strike Triggers Unrest and Martial Law Threats
Boston faces an armed mood as 7000 state troops patrol streets and riotings resume. A general sympathetic strike hangs over the city while central labor orders calm remains tentative. Senator Thomas in Washington decries the strike as part of a broader unionizing wave. In London, mines on the North Sea are set to be cleared before autumn storms end mine clearing.
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Boston
Deplores
Washington
Senate
Thomas
Colorado
Tcoops
Central Labor Vion
London
North Sea
Alaska railroad funding debate heats up in Congress
Washington reports show Delegate Grigsby arguing the Alaska railroad could be finished with a 17 million dollar appropriation or left to the Indians. The House increased the project cost from 35 to 52 million. Senate committee later favored the 17 million railroad funding and Petersburg bond bills, signaling possible Senate approval but opposition may arise.
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Washington
Alaska
Congress
Grigsby
House
Senate Committee On Territories
Petersburg
Senate
Senate reports treaty with 45 amendments and four nations
Washington sept 10 the senate foreign relations committee reports the p2 treaty with 45 amendments and four nations the report frames the pact as an alliance not a league and warns it could breed wars senators Hitchcock and McCumber oppose or support the measure while reservations include unilateral withdrawal from the league limits on article 10 and domestic jurisdiction rights plus Monroe doctrine absolute reservation to the us alone the amendments grant equal voting power with england in the league assembly or retain shantung for china and keeping us off un commissions where not concerned
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Hitchcock
McCumber
League of Nations
Congress
America
England
League
Assembly
Shantung
China
United States
Renner Signs Treaty as Austrian Peace Is Formally Settled
Paris Sept 10 The Allies completed peace with Austria without full Versailles details Dr Renner Austrian chancellor and head of the peace delegation signed the treaty at St Germain at 10 oclock this morning
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Paris
Versailles
Austria
Renner
St. Germain
Local Native Couple Wed in Anvik Ceremony
Dr. Moore officiated the marriage for Mr. Muley John and Mrs. Mary Hamilton, two members of Anvik’s prominent native families. The ceremony Thursday was witnessed by Wm. B. Thomas and Andrew Andrews, with the couple departing yesterday to begin their life together on the Iditarod River.
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Dr. Moore
Muley John
Mary Hamilton
Anvik
Wm. B. Thomas
Tenas
Andrew Andrews
Iditarod
Jack Peterson Takes Forced Vacation After Steel Shard Incident
Jack Peterson, an old-time mixologist at the Upgrade claim in Flat Creek, goes on enforced vacation after a particle of steel lodges in his eye. The incident prompts safety checks at the site and a brief halt to work while he recovers.
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Jack Peterson
Flat Creek
Boats Schedule and Arrivals for Sept 7–12
The report lists multiple vessel movements and departures across a week. Washburn and Louise plan trips to Holy Cross, St. Michael, and Dikeman with connections via Victoria and a mail launch. Nancy Belle and Sea Wolf deliver freight for M. Co. and Applebaum, with reservations for St. Michael and Victoria and several 9 yam timings noted.
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Holy Cross
Dikeman
Louise
Reliance
Nulato
Seatria No
Kotlik
St. Michael
Seattle No
Marshall
Koyukuk
Victoria
Nancy Belle
Wail
Dikemao
Sea Wolf
Paprica Jensen
Applebaum
Melodi
Five Die and Dozens Wounded in Hammond Plant Riot
In Hammond Indiana police and guards at the Standard Steel Car plant faced a crowd of 1000 alien strikers as 200 American workers marched to the yard. After arrests the strikers opened fire and police responded with gunfire, a chaotic morning leaving five dead and twelve wounded amid seventy five shots fired.
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Hammond
Ind
Standard Steel
Standard Guards
Mov
Steel Workers Urge Action Ahead of Planned Strike
Washington dispatch reports steel workers may call a strike next Saturday unless President Wilson can arrange a conference within 48 hours with Judge Edward H. Gary, head of the steel corporation, and union leaders. Presidents of 24 affiliated unions issued the appeal today.
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Washington
Wilson
Edward H. Gary
Steel Corporation
Tacoma Newspapers at Work
Tacoma printers return to work at old wage scale after strike, agreeing to six months of resumed publication as jobs restart in the city.
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Tacoma
Bolshevik Report Claims Large Kolchak Prisoner Gain
A Moscow Bolshevik message claims 12,000 prisoners captured from Admiral Kolchak's All-Russian forces near Aktubinsk. The report says the surrender of the remaining southern Kolchak army is expected soon.
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Bolsheviki
London
Moscow
Admiral Kolchak
Aktubia Skorst
Kolchak
Kolchak Army Surrenders to Bolsheviks in Russia
Bolshevik wireless dispatch from Moscow claims the remaining Kolchak forces in the Aktubia Skorsk region have surrendered. Bolshevik captures from Kolchak’s army reach 45,000 men in one week.
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Kolchak
London
Aktubia Skorsk
Bolsheviki
Moscow
Rupture Among Leaders of Russian Solsheviks Reported
London reports through official sources that British agents confirm a growing rebellion within the Solsheviks leadership against the central soviet government. The crisis threatens Lenine and Trotzky and could remold the Russian political scene.
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London
British Foreign Office
Solsheviks
Lenine
Trotzky
Cyclone Strikes Florida City, Boats Adrift
West Florida, Sept. 11. A cyclone last night damaged a large number of ships. Forty five crew members of the steamer Miami are adrift in open boats after the storm.
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Y West
Miami
Aerial Transport Brought Under State Jurisdiction
Lincoln Neb Sept 11 The Nebraska state railroad commission has assumed jurisdiction over aerial transportation. Planes hired to carry passengers for profit are classified as common carriers and fall under the commission’s authority.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ne State Railroad Commission
Americans Refused Entry to Tampico Over Liability Waiver
In Tampico Mexico on September 6 American citizens were denied entry when they would not waive responsibility of the Mexican government for any injuries. The incident underscores tensions as travelers seek access to the Tampico area.
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Tampico
Mex
Mexico
Gen Louis Botha Dies in Pretoria Influenza Attack
Pretoria Sept 8 Gen Louis Botha premier of South Africa and minister of agriculture died here suddenly from an influenza attack.
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Pretoria
Louis Botha
South Africa
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