Turks Massacre 2000 Christians in Smyrna Warfield Willard plan unsettles strike
The Warfield Willard Jewell peace plan for ending the shopmen strike faces uncertainty as major railroads reject or accept terms. Some lines plan to restore former jobs under separate agreements while several large systems remain outside the deal. Leaders urge reconsideration as legal actions and AFL protests gather pace.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jewell
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Shop Craft System Federation
New Workmen Employed Here In Shops To Take Jobs
News item reports new workers filling positions of striking shopmen at Vicksburg Shreveport Pacific railroad shops. Officials deny rumors of strikers returning to work and state Monroe men have not been officially notified of inclusion. Company says reinstatement requests were not filed by Sunday.
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Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
E. Ford
C. N. Storey
Missouri Pacific
V. 8, & P. Lines
Monroe
Federated Shop
Crafts
Ford
Jones
Sur Aeme
Fer Guson
Ferguson
British cabinet weighs Turkish ultimatum and Saloniki demand
London notes an afternoon cabinet meeting may signal to Mustafa Kemal Pasha that he will face British troops and a Jugoslav army if he tries to seize Constantinople. Britain weighs Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Indian Mussulmans in policy amid Near East conference shifts.
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London
Mustaha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Kemal
Bosphorus
Thrace
Seros
Mediterranean Sea
France
Ima
Romania
Jugo-Slavis
Greece
Great Britain
Jugo-Slavia
Saloniki
India
Mesopotamia
Egypt
White House police force created by Harding bill
The White House police force is created by a bill signed yesterday by President Harding. The measure transfers 83 officers from the District of Columbia police to guard the White House grounds. In Birmingham Alabama a third dynamite attack on railroad workers' homes was reported as police investigated damage to the Boykin home.
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Washington
White House
Harding
District of
Birmingham
Ala
Boyles
Will Boykin
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Strike briefs across cities report union talks and legal actions
Baltimore officials say a negotiating committee led by W. J. McGee will meet Baltimore and Ohio executives to seek a settlement of the strike. In Washington impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty will be considered by the judiciary committee after Representative Keller's filing. Chicago tags for relief to rail strikers' families will proceed without violating a restraining order.
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Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Southern Pacific
Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Southern
Northwestern
Milwaukee
St. Paul
W. H. Finley
Chicago and
Kbb Greer
Executive Council
Bert M. Jewell
American Federation of Bor
United States Labor Board
Ben W. Hooper
Associated Press
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Today
W. J. McGee
System of Federation of Shopmen
Galloway
Washington
Daugherty
House
Representative Keller
Minnesota
Judiciary
Keller
Ins
James H. Wilkerson
Man Kills Friend in Woods Mistaking Him for Squirrel
In Morehouse Parish Louisiana W Townsel shoots Green Robertson from a treetop after misidentifying him as a squirrel during a hunting trip. Robertson dies from a .22 rifle wound. Townsel testifies before a Bastrop coroner’s jury, which rules the death an accident and finds no criminal responsibility.
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W. (. Townsel
Green Robertson
Doss
Morehouse Parish
Robertson
Townsel
Bastrop
Townse
New York Central and Workers Reach Agreement
The New York Central system and its conductors and trainmen signed a one year wage and working agreement starting September 30. Officials anticipate direct negotiations with engineers firemen and switchmen and a settlement of the shop crafts strike.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Central
A. H. Smith
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
L. E. Sheppard
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
United States Labor Board
New York Central Lines
Railroad Clerks Strike Averted Talks In Washington
Officials from the labor department and the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks Freight Handlers and Ticket Sellers met in Washington to avert a strike on the Pennsylvania System. The hurried conference aimed to resolve grievances before any stoppage occurred.
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Associated Press
Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad
Labor Department
Pennsylvania
Long demands normal railroad service in Louisiana.
Huey P. Long, chair of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, calls on railroads to restore normal shop labor and service. He cites multiple carriers willing to accept fair terms and warns of penalties if violations continue, urging action to prevent paralyzed commerce.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Lofty
Ong
State of
Louisiana
Railroad Labor Board
Williams
Taylor
Chemist predicts Argonaut miners will be found alive
Dr. L. H. Dusehak a consulting chemical engineer with the California Industrial Accident Commission issued a signed statement from Jackson California asserting that the forty seven miners entombed for eighteen days in the Argonaut mine would be found alive.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Cal
L. H. Dusehak
California Industrial Accident Commission
Argonaut
McAdoo Lands 17-Pound Rainbow Trout Alone in Wyoming
William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, reported catching a rainbow trout weighing seventeen pounds by himself in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, on September 15.
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M’adoo
Wyo
Associated Press
Yellowstone Park
William G. McAdoo
Hornsby hits his 36th and 37th homers in Philadelphia
Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals belted his 36th homer in the third inning against the Philadelphia Nationals and followed with his 37th in the fourth, as Ring pitched the game.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
Ring
Hornsby
Helen Wills Wins Girls National Tennis Championship
Miss Helen Wills of Berkeley California defeated Miss Helen Hooker of New York 6 3 6 3 to win the girls national lawn tennis singles title in Philadelphia on September 15.
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Philadelphia
Helen Wills
Berkeley
Calif
Helen Hooker
New York
Rum Schooners Captured Near New York Harbor
The dry navy seized two alleged rum running schooners with cargoes valued around 150000 dollars and 40000 in gold aboard near the New York harbor entrance. An unnamed launch sank while being towed into port and another swift power boat escaped.
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Associated Press
New York
Dry Navy Today
New York Harbor
Smyrna Fire Massacre Report Sparks International Outrage
Dispatches from Sept 15 describe Smyrna wrecked by fire and massacre with thousands feared dead. British fleet blocks Turkish troop movement, while refugees and bodies fill streets. Greek sources accuse Turks of arson to hide crimes. American interests suffer property losses.
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Associated Press
Constatinople
Smyrna
London
Asia
Europe
Associated Pres
Malta
Maine
Reuter
Massacres Reported Across Smyrna After City Fire
Reports from Greek and British sources estimate 1000 to 2000 victims in Smyrna as flames rage. Reuters and American arrivals describe hundreds dead in the streets and ongoing looting. Losses reach about 75 million dollars while European chancells weigh a peace conference.
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Smyrna
Reuters
Malta
Athens
Turk officer seen entering house as petrol cans trigger blaze
Miss Mills, matron of the American Girls' college, reported a Turkish regular army officer entering a house with petrol cans. Soon after, the house erupted in flames, with fire spreading to other town sections including near Basmakhane's Turkish quarter. The incident appears on page five.
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Miss Mills
American Girls’ College
Turks Regular Army
Basmakhane
Poison liquor raids planned in Brooklyn
The district attorney's office confirms reports of planned raids in Brooklyn to trace sources of poisoned liquor.
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New York
District Attorney's Office Today
Brooklyn
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Madania
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