Return of Adams county veterans from Chicago riot duty
Quincy and Golden county men of Company E under Capt. Ralph Lusk and Lieut. King arrived in Burlington after three days of riot policing in Chicago. They trained under fire, saw burned blocks and wounded, and helped restore order with the Tenth Regiment amid segregation lines and mass unrest. Over 6,000 militia served this week, preventing wider catastrophe.
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Quincy
Adams County
Chicago
Company E
Ralph Lusk
Lieut
King
Golden
Lusk
Co. E
Burlington
America
France
Fifty-first
Princeton Avenue
Quincy and
Golden Boys
Wentworth Avenue
Germany
Gateway Amendment League Endorsed in Chicago Conference
The Gateway Amendment league gained endorsement at a Chicago constitutional convention conference held at the Hotel Morrison. Delegates from labor, agricultural, and municipal groups approved three policy questions on initiative and referendum in two forms and public ownership of local utilities as advisory to convention delegates. The effort to place the questions on the November ballot requires 150000 certified signatures by September 1. Notable speakers included Duncan McDonald and A N Steinhart. Alderman Ellis urged home rule and nonpartisan support, with the address approved amid applause.
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Gateway Amendment League
Morrison
Chicago
Illinois Municipal League
Home Rule League of Illinois
Gateway League
Duncan McDonald
Illinois State Federation of Labor
A. N. Steinhart
Bloomington
Iinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Spaulding
Springfield
Pearsons
Evanston
Watson
Aledo
Perry C. Ellis
Quincy
Ellis
Illinois
Friends Surprise Mr and Mrs Bowe with Help
Neighbors gathered Friday night at 2630 Cedar Street to comfort the Walter Bowe family after last year’s house fire. They assisted clearing debris, supplied a cottage, and presented household gifts. Music, games, prizes won by Mrs B L Cole and others preceded a three course luncheon.
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Walter Bowe
Cedar Street
Mr. Bowe
B. L. Cole
Frank Mangold
Oil Arrives For Coatsburg Road Oiling Project
The Superintendent of Highways received word Friday that the oil had arrived at Coatsburg for the Cannon Ball Trail oiling between Coatsburg and Paloma. The road is in shape and the oil will be applied once heated.
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Coatsburg
Paloma
Chicago Riot Troops Restore Order and Earn Honors
Morale among police sagged as mobs attacked. troops arrived to cheers from thousands along streets to quarters. Bayonets sparked order and daily drills boosted discipline. Company E, the regiments crack unit in Chicago, earned high marks in riot duty with leaders Lusk King Hair Roath and sergeants Inman Baymiller Selby Clark plus corporals Ditmer Baird.
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H. E. Roath
B. G. Joseph
B. X. Clow
Inman
Baymiller
Selby
Clark
Bryant
Miller
McMullen
Venter
Ditmer
Baird
Ulster Moves to Revive Clubs After War End
In Belfast on Aug 8 Sir Edward Carson urged Ulster to deter encroachments on liberties and the Ulster unionists council agreed to revive political clubs dormant during the war. A Covenant day campaign will mark Sept 28 with Carson leading speeches.
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Prega
Belfast
Edward Carson
Ulster Unionists
Ulster Unionists Council
Ulster
Denver Shopmen Oppose Harmony Move
Denver, Aug 9 Striking railroad shopmen attacked President Wilson as playing politics and passing the buck at a mass meeting attended by 5,090 strikers. A resolution was adopted urging international officers to call a general strike to legalize the walkout.
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Denver
Colo
Wilson
Striking Shopmen in Chicago End Return to Work
Chicago August 9 A break in the railway shop men strike occurred as several thousand workers resumed duties following President Wilsons appeal and guidance from international representatives of six crafts. In Chicago 450 on the Chicago and Northwestern and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines returned to work while about 4000 in Kansas City and smaller numbers elsewhere followed. Seventeen CNW passenger trains were canceled but other discontinuances were not needed.
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Chicago
Wilson
R. H. Afshton
Northwestern
Hale Holden
Central Western Roads
Chicago District Council
Federated Railway Shopmen‘s Staion
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Keneas City
Tinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Police Unravel Old Tale Of Jilted Love From Double Murder
CHICAGO Aug 9 A woman identified as Gertrude Hoffman and a man from Coraopolis Pa John Lawrence United States Steel salesman were found dead in the woman's lodgings both victims appeared killed by revolver and poison. A ten page penciled letter written by the woman was found in the man's hand along with a letter to the state attorney. Police say the man could not have shot himself and that the couple had met Thursday through the rooming house keeper. The letters imply a love tangle and the woman may have slain Lawrence and then poisoned herself while blaming a married man Bob Aleff who was taken into custody. The letter pages read Hang Bob Aleff.
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Chicago
Gertrude Hoffman
John Lawrence
Coraopolis
United States Steel Corporation
Lawrence
Robert Aleff
Bob Aleff
Walsh Threatens To Discredit MacPherson
In New York on August 9 Frank P Walsh chairman of the American commission on Irish Independence cabled James Jan McPherson chief secretary of Ireland demanding he join in a request to the peace conference for a committee to probe alleged British atrocities in Ireland He threatened to attack McPhersons credibility if he denied cruelty charges raised by the commission.
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New York
James Jan McPherson
Ireland
Peace Conference
Frank P. Walsh
Unsigned Letters to the Editor Policy Note
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Public ownership vs private railways debated by Hanly
Menpecitare J. H. Hanly argues that governance by the public yields greater good for the many. He contrasts monarchy and democracy, noting profits to the treasury, extended ownership, and long term cost savings over private ownership, despite higher upfront prices in some installments.
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Whig
Ballance
Kaine
Pullman Men Strike Chicago Wage Demands
Pullman car builders in Chicago plan intensified wage protests with large numbers involved. The strike action centers on higher pay and better conditions, with figures referenced ranging toward millions in potential losses and cost impacts.
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Pullman
Chicago
Pullman Company
Plumb Opens Labor Plan Debate in Congress
Washington Aug 9 Glenn E Plumb counsel for railroad brotherhoods and author of the labor plan testified before the House interstate commerce committee. He argued the aim is democracy in industry and warned revolution remains a possibility if lawful means fail. He defended the Plumb Plan and urged regulatory measures, national licensing for interstate firms, cold storage rules, and price labeling to curb profits while stressing unity to lower living costs.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Glenn E. Plumb
Organized Labor
Plumb
Congress
Plumb Plan League
Brotherhood
Saunders
Indiana
Wilson urges Congress to fund inquiries and extend Food Control Law
The speech argues agencies need prompt appropriations to conduct essential inquiries and keep price lists updated. It calls for extending the food control act beyond wartime and widening its scope to include feed, fuel, clothing, and other life necessities, with enforceable hoarding provisions.
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Congress
House
Interned exiled Perdu ministry in Budapest
Associated Press reports in Vienna that Romanian occupying forces in Budapest have interned members of the deposed Perdu ministry. A Hungarian capital dispatch notes the action as part of postwar measures in Hungary.
Congress Sees Strength in Wilson Address on Costs
President Wilson spoke on the high cost of living drawing mixed reactions in Congress. Most members praised the address for its potential to ease conditions while some opposed specific proposals. Leaders noted sober labor warnings, with debate over power limits in the food act and treaty ratification timeline. One reference singled out as among the world’s richest iron ore deposits located in the Rajara hills.
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Washington
Wilson
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Gronna
Senate Agriculture Committee
Mondell
House
Gillett
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Great Britain
Senate of
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Germany
Poindexter
Rajara Hills
Ina
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Mr. Saunders
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Capital Issues Committee
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Ely
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