President Wilson Cards East for Versailles Ratification Fight
President Wilson moved his train northeast toward home to lead the final drive for ratification of the Versailles treaty. He argues a strong mandate for full approval and opposes the Johnson and Norris amendments, while monitoring a fragile postwar industrial scene.
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John Edwin Nevin
International News Service
Reno
Wilson
Pacific
Great Britain
China
Japan
Shantung
Senate
League of Nations
Washington
Fire Chief Connery Sidelined By Illness
Fire Chief Frank J. Connery is confined to his home with a nervous breakdown and illness. Assistant Chief Charles Lynn takes charge of the department while Fireman Jas Stockman is on the sick list and Roy Samuels fills in from extra duty duties.
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Frank J. Connery
Charles Lynn
Jas. Stockman
Central Station
Roy Samuels
Multiple Local News Items Include Suicides and Accidents
Reports include Lewis Gardner, 14, death threat from life with grandparents in Bradford. A 330 bushel per acre corn yield near Oil City. Boston declines general sympathy strike with police. Tony Morano shot dead by Joe Lambro in Braddock. A survivor of a British steamer wreck near Tampa rescued after a week without food or drink. West Virginia prosecutor Vester D. Dunn killed when his car overturned. William Irvine’s will leaves 750000 to the University of Pennsylvania. Chicago Anti-Saloon League to raise 50 million for prohibition enforcement and immigrant education. Farrell vaudeville and movie theater planned at 60 thousand dollars. Warren council rejects property revaluation to back larger bond issue. George Molnar, 25, commits suicide in Wheeling after Carnegie job loss.
Italian Troops Blockade Fiume Lines Formed Around City
Paris dispatch says Italian forces ring Fiume with a seven and a half mile Hindenburg line. Defended by 20,000 troops, they fraternize with d Annunzio raiders. Badoglio holds an armistice line five miles from the city as press access is restricted.
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International News Service
Paris
Fiume
Journal Today
Andre Tudosko
Hindenburg
Gabriele d’ Annunzio
Badoglio
M. Tudosko
D' Annunzio
Revolver duel ends in murder on Washington Street
George Cureton was killed and William Sparks wounded in a Saturday afternoon revolver duel at Washington and South Beaver streets. Officer James Wysner captured Sparks and Cureton is jailed pending hearing. Four shots rang out as a pool room dispute about a late loan escalated into violence.
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Washington and
South Beaver Streets
George Cureton
William Sparks
Sparks
William Ward
S. Jefferson Street
Cureton
Spark
Ward
James Wysner
Wysner
Ministers Named For City In New Castle District
The Erie conference of the Methodist Episcopal church met in Franklin and named charges and returning pastors for the New Castle district. Edenburg and Wesley go to J A Cousins. Greenwood and Rose Point to S L Maitland. New Castle Croton M E to C C Campbell. Epworth M E to C G Farr. Euclid Avenue to Claude Downs. First Methodist to A J Rinker. Grace M E to S H Barrett. Italian Methodist Mission to Angelo Fiala. Mahoning Methodist to A B Smith. Simpson Mission to J L Stratton. Savannah and West Pittsburgh to C H Quick. Volant to J E Hilliard. Wampum to W B Allison. Slippery Rock to R C McMinn. New Wilmington to E O Minnigh.
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New Castle
Erie
Methodist Episcopal Church
Franklin
Edenburg
Wesley
J.A. Cousins
Greenwood and
Rose Point
S. L. Maitland
Croton
M. E
C. C. Campbell
Epworth
C. G. Farr
Euclid Avenue
Claude Downs
First Methodist
A. J. Rinker
Grace M. E
S. H. Barrett
Angelo Fiala
Mahoning
A. B. Smith
Simpson
J. L. Stratton
Savannah
Boston Strike Conditions Report From Dr McKee
Dr H W McKee reports Boston in orderly but unsettled times with militia patrolling key areas and returning service members on city streets. He notes dark shop windows and a jewelry store storing displays in vaults while the militia, not police, direct traffic at a busy corner and the city feels unusually quiet at night.
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H. W. McKee
North Mill Street
Boston
Mass
Bluecoats
Most Sharon Men Report For Work
Sharon Pennsylvania reports mixed labor response to a strike threat. National Malleable Casting operates only a few departments while production remains idle. Shenango Furnace Company notes three blast furnaces active at Sharpsville as most workers stay on the job. Officials estimate about 8 000 valley workers affected with 1 500 actual strikers, production cut by labor shortages.
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International News Service
Sharon
National Malleable Casting Company
Shenango Furnace Company
Sharpsville
Shenango Valley
Wheatland
Shelby Plant At Ninety Per Cent Shelby Plant At Ninety Per Cent
Shelby plant of the National Tube company operated at ninety percent this morning as officials announced. Returned service men patrolled Ellwood City in uniform with clubs and guns, enforcing order. One Italian arreste d with three razors and a gun. Twelve arrests reported since midnight.
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Ellwood City
Shelby
National Tube Company
First Games In Cincinnati in Ice Series
The opening two games of the ice series will be held in Cincinnati with the remaining three games scheduled for Chicago.
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Ulletin
Cincinnati O
Cincinnati
Chicago
Carnegie Plant Runs Smoothly Amid Nationwide Steel Strike
On the first day of the steel workers strike, most plants in the city operated at good capacity. The Carnegie Steel plant reported full operation, while Shenango and New Castle tin plants faced lighter disruption. Authorities kept peace as strikers, many foreign born, gathered at Shenango entrances while police and deputies watched. by morning, operations were stabilizing with limited mill activity.
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United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel
Shenango
New Castle
Shenango Tin Works
J. H. Boyd
Jefferson Street Bridge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mahoning Avenue
Shenango Works
Auto Catches Fire As It Turns Turtle
Arthur J. Thomas's fine touring car was badly damaged Saturday night when backing down a steep hill from Sheep Hill on Pennsylvania Avenue it plunged over a bank by Big Run Creek and turned turtle. Oil fed the engine fire until firefighters corrected the position and stopped the oil flow. The vehicle suffered extensive damage from the crash and blaze. Thomas's engine stalled as he attempted to back down for safety.
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Arthur J. Thomas
Thomas
Sheep Hill
Pennsylvania Avenue
Big Run Creek
Atlantic Avenue Opens To Traffic In City Center
Atlantic Avenue was opened this morning for all vehicles and allows rapid travel from the city center to the Seventh ward. It will be usable by the fire department after an inspection conducted earlier today.
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Atlantic Avenue
Seventh Ward
Steel Strike Impact Across U.S. Cities
Reports from multiple cities show varied steel plant statuses amid strike actions. Some plants operate with near full forces while others are shut or crippled, affecting thousands of workers across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio.
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Lebanon
Steelton
Beaver
Beaver Valley
Farrell
Sharon
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Steel Industries Not Tied Up Yet Crippled by Strike
Reports from across the country indicate the nationwide strike order crippled steel plants while not fully tying them up. In Pittsburgh the Homestead Duquesne area remained the strongest operator stronghold with mills largely running though some departments suspended.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Colorado
Pennsylvania
U. S. Steel Corporation
Homestead
Duquesne
Series Opens October 1 in Cincinnati for World Championship
Pat Moran sees luck favor Cincinnati as the world baseball championship opens with two games in Cincinnati then three in Chicago. If needed, two more games return to Cincinnati and the ninth could be decided by a coin toss. The opening game is slated for Wednesday October 1 and the series runs nine games unless rain delays occur.
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Cincinnati
Pat Moran
Chicago
Glee Club Banquet Attracts Growing Interest In New Castle
The New Castle Glee club banquet set for Saturday at the Fountain Inn draws growing interest with a strong program planned. Two new participants join, John Varalius Thomas formerly of this city now in Orville Ohio and David Jones of Ellwood City. Seats are reserved for 105 attendees.
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Fountain Inn
New Castle
Glee Club
John Varalius Thomas
Orville, O
David Jones
Ellwood City
Deaths of William Reese Mary Mosely and others listed
Obituary notices list William E. Reese 53 of Pittsburgh Mary Mosely 89 of 302 East Lutton street Harold Layton 12 of Akron Jane White 86 at Almira Home Alexander Aldan 3 of West Pittsburg Sarah E. Johnson 16 of 717 East Main street Nellie Palmer Shaner 31 of Washington township Joseph Merill Hillman 38 of 817 Butler avenue Mrs. Lewellyn Thomas 44 of 1110 South Mercer street End of list.
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William E. Reese
Pittsburgh
Mary Mosely
East Lutton Street
Harold Layton
Akron
O. Jane White
Almira Home
Alexander Aldan
West Pittsburg
Sarah E. Johnson
East Main Street
Nellie Palmer Shaner
Washington Township
Joseph Merill Hillman
Butler Avenue
Lewellyn Thomas
South
Mercer Street
Youngstown Mills Paralyzed by General Steel Strike
Youngstown Ohio September 22 nearly all steel mills in the district except Warren are paralyzed by a general steel workers strike. About 40 000 men in Youngstown plants largely foreigners are on strike with 85 to 90 percent participation. Republic Iron and Steel and Bessemer plants near shutdowns and Brier Hill and Brier Steel mills report reduced output or planned closures as police prepare an armed flying squadron.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Uesne
aAll
Sharon
Tarentum
New Kensington
Vandergrift
Monessen
Bethlehem
McKeesport
Chester
Steubenville
Bellaire
Weirton
Ellwood City
International News Service
Youngstown
Warren
Republic Iron & Steel Mills
Republic Bessemer
Brier Hill
Brier Steel Mill
Police Flying Squadron
Senate probes steel strike via Senate resolution
Senator Curtis of Kansas introduces a resolution for an immediate Senate education and labor committee investigation into the causes and reasons for the steel strike. Senator Kenyon of Iowa is named to handle the measure, with a vote expected tomorrow. Georgian Buchanan, superintendent of the Lawrence Savings and Trust Co building, is reportedly ill at home.
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Washington
Senate
Curtis
Kansas
Kenyon
Iowa
Education and Labor Committee
Geo. Buchanan
Lawrence Savings and Trust Co
Naton Wide Steel Strike Gains Quiet Momentum
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the national steel strike began quietly with mixed plant responses. About 25 percent of workers in the Pittsburgh district refused to work while U S Steel plants largely remained in operation. Officials say both sides expect an eventual showdown with outcomes to favor their position.
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Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Youngstown
U. S. Steel Corporation
Automatic Revolver Found On Prisoner
Dominick Tosullo was arrested on Moravia street hill near the Shenango tin mill after officers noted suspicious actions. A loaded automatic revolver was found on Tosullo at the Central police station and he faces carrying concealed weapons charges. an information will be filed before an alderman this afternoon.
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Dominick Tosullo
Central
Tosullo
Moravia
Shenango
Thomas Lynch
Togullo
Temple Promises Sugar Relief Aid Promised by Congressman Temple
Communications report from Congressman H. W. Temple that two carloads of sugar have been shipped to the city by refiners and two more will be sent immediately. He will press other refiners to alleviate conditions in the near future.
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Board of Trade
H. W. Temple
Official Count Of Vote Delayed By Write-In Names
Return judges have not yet completed the official count of the vote cast at last Tuesday's primaries. The work is greatly delayed by the large number of names that have been written in.
Gary Gives No Comment on Steel Strike
New York Sept 22. Official of U.S. Steel refused to comment on the strike. Judge E H Gary chairman of the board met newspapermen in the morning and announced he had nothing to say but would meet them again in the afternoon.
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International News Service
New York
U.S. Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
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Oil City
Tony Morano
Joe Lambro
Braddock
Tampa
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Vester D. Dunn
Preston County
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William Irvine
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Antisaloon League
Ohio
George Molnar
Carnegie
Washington St
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Dr. McKee
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