AFL Leaders Discuss Labor Strife In Amsterdam Report
Washington August 31 Amid steel industry tensions Samuel Gompers reports the American Federation of Labor is seeking an amicable adjustment before any work stoppage. The AFL executive council met three days evaluating labor issues including steel, cigar workers and actors while deferring position on Plumb plan railway ownership pending a sub committee review.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Wilson
Gary
Steel Corporation
Amsterdam
International Trade Union
United States
England
France
Germany
Gernginy
Executive Council
Actors’ Eqity Society
White Rats Association
Actors and Artists Association of American
Federation
British Planes Fight in Emtsa Victory Reversed
Archangel August 30 The Suman led operations aided by 200 Australians in a stern fight along the railway front. A British plane bombed Emtsa, infantry and heavy guns pushed the front, capturing Emtsa with 350 prisoners including four commissaries. Bolsheviki counter attacked with armored trains and retook Emtsa. A fierce artillery duel rages as airplanes bomb the town and Russian infantry advances again.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Emtsa
First Division Units In New York After Two Years Overseas
Nearly 1 800 officers and men of the First division return home from France, with Major General McGlachlan and staff aboard the Orizaba. Advance party from the 28th Infantry and First Engineers arrived on the Pastores. More units follow via several ships within ten days. A parade on Fifth Avenue is planned with General Pershing possibly leading on Sept. 10. McGlachlan notes most are emergency men, unlikely to be sent to the Mexican border. He comments on Germany’s food shortages and calls Germans dollar chasers.
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France
Edward F. McGlachin, Jr
28Th Infantry
First Engineers
Orizaba
Tos
Pastores
Suwanee
Liberator
Freedom
Amphion
Callao
Santa Teresa
Leviathan
General Pershing
New York
Fifth Avenue
Pershing
Brest
Graf Waldersee
Towan
Peerless
Santa Leonora
Henry R. Mallory
Santa Maria
McGlachlan
Germany
Reserve transport in new army plan
Washington Aug 31 The war department proposes a permanent transport reserve able to carry 142000 troops as part of a wider army reorganization. Brigadier General Frank T Hines outlines using 15 former German passenger ships and cargo carriers with crews in the transport reserve and no vessel modifications. Ships named Leviathan George Washington Mount Vernon and Savannah would be retained if Congress approves the plan.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Frank T. Hines
Transport Service
General Hines
Leviathan
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Savannah
Congress
Khaki Actors Delight Camp Grant Soldiers
Khaki actors in camp entertain with amateur musical comedies at Liberty theater Camp Grant under Capt. Francis B Eastman. The dressing room to stage routine replaces professional actors amid the Chicago and New York strike, with volunteers called to serve as thespians in the camp morale program.
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Rockford
Liberty Theater
Camp Grant
Chicago
New York
Francis B .Eastman
Teutonic Invasion of Russia Era War Commentary
Herbert Corey reports on German emigration, predicting up to twenty million Germans may leave. outlines plans for German colonies in South America and potential moves to Russia. Discusses economic collapse in Germany, the Baltic German dominance in Russia, and the Allies’ cautious stance on handling Russia's turmoil.
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Germany
Russia
Russa
Treaty Must Stand as Labor Articles Defend Global Labor
Washington reports Samuel Gompers urging the Senate not to strike out labor articles from the peace treaty. He says the covenant for a league of nations and the treaty safeguard labor standards, hours, wages, and child labor, asserting universal justice for workers worldwide and warning that amending or delaying the treaty jeopardizes the global labor cause. He notes Senator Fall’s proposal to cut five labor articles and argues the articles were crafted by labor leaders for workers and should stand.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
League
Senate Foreign Relations
League of Nations
United States
Germany
Senate
Fall
New Mexico
Conference of Labor
Thousands slain in Siberia city terror report
Refugees from Yekaterinburg recount red terror after Bolshevik occupation. The destruction includes more than 20,000 killed in Yekaterinburg and nearby villages. Hungarian and Chinese detachments of the red army are described as the most cruel of Bolshevik forces.
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Omsk
Russian Telegraph Agency
Yekaterinburg
Red Army
Bolshevik to Push Propaganda Toward Asia
A Bolshevik wireless dispatch reported by the Siberian general staff notes a shift from Europe to an eastern strategy with Asia as the focus. It warns that Bolshevik activity in China could exploit ongoing unrest between northern and southern factions to mobilize millions.
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Omsk
Russian Telegraphic Agency
Boleshvik
Siberian General Staff
Europe
Asia
China
Bolsheviks
Powder House Explosion at Springside Mine Sends Miners Escaping
Three hundred miners barely escaped when the Springside mine powder house exploded and destroyed the top works. The men escaped through an air passage two miles long.
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Pana, Is
Springside
Call out troops to disperse mob in Knoxville riot
A mob of over a thousand attacked Knoxville streets after attempting to seize a Negro held at the county jail. Two Black residents were killed, a white man was hospitalized with a crushed skull, and shops were looted as troops arrived to restore order. Five trucks carried mob members toward Chattanooga.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Shopmen in Aurora Accept Wage Scale
Machinists in the Burlington railroad shops voted to accept President Wilson's wage offer. The new rate is 73 cents per hour for mechanics with a 10 hour day, five cents higher than prior daily pay on an eight hour basis. The raise dates from May 1 and windowed bonuses will be calculated by clerks recently added to the payroll team.
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Aurora
Burlington
Wilson
Proclamation From Siberian Army Leader Kolchak
The general staff of the Siberian army issues a proclamation to the army and population stating that under Admiral Kolchak the forces fight to reestablish a free, united, independent Russia based on democracy and a constituent assembly. It condemns Bolshevik crimes, vows to fight the enemy, and promises national regeneration.
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OSMSK
Russian Telegraphic Agency
Siberian
Admiral Kolchak
Russia
Yukon Dry Ends Saloons In Yukon Territory
Yukon territory enforces a dry regime as of Saturday night following a spring law. Twenty licensed bars remain with ten in Dawson. Dispensaries will operate in Dawson and Whitehorse selling by the bottle during limited hours under Commissioner McKenzie. A plebiscite will run through February to decide liquor’s future in the territory.
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Dawson
WY. Ty
Yukon Territory
Yukon
Whitehorse
McKenzie
Ebert urges unity in Stuttgart speech
London reports a Stuttgart address by President Ebert in which he says Germany formed a constitution after a terrible war and a deep breakdown. He calls for unity in one organization, urges Germans to shoulder to shoulder, defends free expression with limits, and warns against strikes destroying the economic base.
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London
Berlin
Stuttgart
Ebert
Germany
Daring manager defeats actors and saves show at Blackstone
Chicago Aug 31 Striking actors were defeated Saturday night as George T Tyler manager of On the Hiring Line and Blackstone theater leadership staged a successful performance after a week’s delay from a strike by stage hands musicians and bill posters. The house was full with substitute musicians and a muted chorus while the audience endured a tense atmosphere and the cast remained unaffiliated with Actors Equity.
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Chicago
George T. Tyler
Blackstone Theater
Actors’ Equity Association
Blackstone
Palace Music Hall
Near East Conditions Reported By Crane and King
The Associated Press reports that Crane and King submitted their Near East conditions study to the American delegation in three sections covering Syria Mesopotamia and non Arabic speaking Turkey They discussed Syria Palestine mandates and Zionist fears with delegations across Asia Minor Syrians favor Palestine within Syria while Turks largely back foreign mandates and the American mandate could extend beyond Armenia and Constantinople if adopted
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Associated Press
Paris
Charles R. Crane
Henry C. King
Near East
Syria
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Siveragas
Zionist Movement
Maaslems
Turkey
Lebanon
United States
Saris
Armenia
Constantinople
French Soldiers Executed for Murder of Two Women
Paris August 30 two artillerymen Moujet and Janin convicted of murdering and robbing two women proprietors of cases were executed at Vincennes. Moujet struck the warden, Janin was brought in a closed car. Both refused bandages and died shouting death to the police.
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Paris
Moujet
Janin
Vincennes
With’ Drmiz
Withanns Janin
Pershing to depart Paris for Brest on Sunday
General Pershing will leave Paris Sunday evening bound for Brest aboard the Leviathan on September 1. The Panama peace delegation, representing the Panamanian president, has presented Pershing with a gold medal honoring his service to the Allied cause.
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Paris
Aus
Citywide strike shuts many plants and idle workers
In Ilts Aug 31 report the general strike protesting a black list pauses into its second day with large factories closed while teamsters and ice handlers remain active. Streetcars resume. police arrest pickets. Ice and milk shortages hit hospitals and restaurants as unions press for full recognition amid ongoing plant strikes.
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Probla
Ilts
Lst
Peoria
Roosevelt Speaks in Chicago to Organize Legion
Roosevelt arrives in Chicago and meets with multiple receptions and meetings as he leads a speaking tour for the American Legion. Illinois posts are urged to mobilize in public movements, promoting Americanism and advocating for deportation measures and universal military training.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Oison
American Legion
Cronel Roosevelt
Illinois
Ilinois
Legion
Army Demobilization Progress Reported Rapid
Washington August 34 reports Ninety seven per cent of overseas forces and 97 per cent of those in the United States have been demobilized. Only a few hundred men remained overseas or in the United States to finish. The weekly War Department bulletin lists numbers enrolled for Siberian duty and other demobilization steps amid ongoing adjustments.
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Washington
War Department
United State
German Prisoners In France Are Released
London reports that a supreme court decision prompted immediate repatriation of German prisoners held in France. The first batch, numbering about 1 000, left today as Britain arranges sea transport to fulfill the treaty terms. Repatriation to England hinges on available shipping arranged by Germany.
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Parsugal
Supreme Court
Hell
Great
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