Governors stance on war freedom sparks labor day clash
Gov Frank O Lowden in a Labor Day address defends free speech but labels pacifists as treasonous if aiding enemy. Chicago labor case shows Comerford refusing to speak after union stance. Bloomington crowd 3000 unions parade. Comerford explains he could not accept antiwar conditions and refused to alter his speech.
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Ottawa
Frank O. Lowden
Chicago
A. J. Conner
Lowden
White House
Berlin
Rant
iWe
Comerford
Bloomington
Frank D. Comerford
Springfield
Patterson
Mary McDowell
John B. Lennon
American Federation of Labor
Frank Comerford
Allied Labor
Kelly Tries to face trial for killing Lena Stilliner
RED OAK Sept 4 Revy Lynn 3 1 Kelly will be brought here from gan to face trial on an indictment urging him with killing Lena Stillin er 11 years old one of the eight victims of the Vills In murders of
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Kelly
Poday
Red Oak
Revy Lynn
Gan
Lena Stilliner
Vills
Loyalties Tested as Treason Cloaked by Free Speech
Chicago in September 4 reports Governor Lowden branding the National Council of America for Democracy and Peace a treasonable conspiracy and warning that free speech will not shield treason as plans to charge Mayor Thompson before a grand jury unfold. Officials debate actions while peace meeting directives trigger state guardsmen and police deployments.
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Lowden
Chicago
Thompson
People's Council
National Security League
Scully
Brundage
Council For Democracy and Peace
National Councill of America For Democracy and Peace
Peace Council
National Army
Resolutions Committee
Burnquist
Minnesota
Philipp
Wisconsin
St Nots
Constituent Assembly of the People’s Council of America For Democracy and Peace
People's Council of America For Democracy
Sheriff Trager
Dickson
National Guardsmen
Springfield
State Council of Defense
Springfield Riot Quelled by Illinois Troops in Street Car Strike
In Springfield on Labor Day eve 1900s style riot, Companies F and G Ninth Illinois infantry charged a mob of over 1,000 strike sympathizers halting wrecking and looting at the street railway and gas firms. Six soldiers guarded headquarters. rioters fled after bayonet charges as reinforcements arrived. Seventeen ring leaders arrested. police inactive. Six streetcars wrecked in the chaos. rain aided dispersal. Captain Zoller rushed from Quincy to take command.
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Springfield
Ill
Ninth Illinois Infantry
Street Railway Company
Springfield Gas and Electric Company
Bloomington
Motoman
Iowa Man Named Aide to Food Chief in Hoover Aide
Charles City dispatch states D. Davis secretary treasurer of Hart Parr Co a central machinery maker has accepted appointment by Herbert Hoover as executive manager of the New York headquarters for the division overseeing production profits and government export sales of our food program.
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Charles City, Inc
D. Davis
Hart Parr Company
Focal Machinery
Herbert Hoover
New York
Riga Falls to German Forces in Dvina Advance
Petrograd reports German offensive on Riga front began with heavy artillery and an assault on the Uxkull line. Russians retreated from the Dvina defense as Germans crossed bridges and pushed northward. Evacuation of Riga district confirmed, with bombardment and city panic described.
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Petrograd
Riga
Uxkull
Dvina
War Office
Associated Press
Higa
Novce Vremya
Russia
Gulf of Riga
Uxhull
Gulf of Finland
Bainsizz
Bhestovizza
Tolmino
Washington
Udine
Italy
Haig
Flanders
German air raids hit southeast England in Luftwaffe night raid
London reports German planes attacked the southeast coast Sunday night with bombs at multiple sites. No casualties or damage were confirmed. Meanwhile German forces advance near Riga driving retreating Russian troops eastward as Austrians suffer heavy losses in the Italian front.
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London
England
Hold Up Men Arrested After Midnight Robbery
John Jennings robbed of 11 dollars between the American Strawboard paper mill and the work house at midnight. Detectives Piercy and Cassell arrested three river laborers aboard the steamer Gardie Eastman within 45 minutes. The trio Tom Goodwin Slim Langa Heavy Hill were jailed and later identified, to be arraigned on highway robbery charges.
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John Jennings
Piercy
Warren Cassell
Roi
Jennings
Harrison Street
American Strawboard Company
Pat Piercy
Gardle Eastman
Tom Goodwin
Slim” Langa
Heavy” Hill
Gordie Eastman
Tudea Reardon
Welcome to the National Army from President Wilson
President Wilson greets new National Army soldiers as they begin training. He urges high standards, unity, and moral conduct, noting the world will watch as the nation joins in a great war and calls them soldiers of freedom.
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Washington
National Army
Wilon
America
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Three Honor Convicts Escape From Joliet Prison Farm
Three honor prisoners Albert Brown Robert Miller and Clarence Schollman alias Clyde Clow escaped from the Joliet state penitentiary farm. Officers from Joliet and nearby towns scour the country as escapees tally nine in the last month. All three were serving murder sentences from Cook County.
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Joliet
III
State Penitentiary
Albert Brown
Robert Miller
Clarence Schollman
Clyde Clow
Cook County
Cartridges questioned over bromide in US ammo
Washington reports steps to investigate chemical bromide found in about two percent of U S army cartridges sent to France. Brigadier General Crozier asked for a board of inquiry as the Senate military committee plans to call Secretary Baker for explanation before deciding on a broader probe.
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Washington
France
Crozier
Senate Military Committee
Ceveral Crozier
Frankford
Ordnance Department
Baker
Senate
German prisoner scoffs at US war promises before Pershing
A German officer captured north of Verdun scoffs at American aid, saying President Wilson will not commit fully. The prisoner is brought to General Pershing who, upon meeting him, causes tears and a grim remark that the war is lost for Germany. French officers counter with claims of American troop landings and imminent front service.
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Paris
Verdun
Echo de la Rochelle
United States
Germany
Wilson
United States of America
France
England
London
General Pershing
Verdun Front
Uprising in Poland Declared Fiasco
A London dispatch reports from Helsinki that a socialist demonstration against the government in Poland ended in a fiasco as Polish horsemen blocked the opening of the diet. The Finnish governor general issued a proclamation thanking citizens for their calm during the crisis.
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London
Exchange
Hagen
Hellfinger
Helsingfors
Laborers Convention Votes Against AFL Affiliation
Boston September 4 The National Association of Post Office Laborers at its sixth annual convention voted against affiliating with the American Federation of Labor at this time.
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Boston
National Association of Post Office Laborers
American Federation of Labor
Lieutenant Johnson Home on Short Furlough
Lieut W A Johnson and five other members of the Quincy Naval Reserve from the battleship Kansas have arrived in Quincy for a five days furlough. All the men look in tip top condition.
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W. A. Johnson
Quincy
Kansas
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