Senate Fights Over Wilsons Peace Treaty Rules In 1919 Debate
Senate floor battle over President Wilsons peace treaty and league of nations drew sharp lines. Republicans Norah Sherman and McCumber urged reservations with changes to article ten and shifts on the Monroe Doctrine and Shantung while urging limits on British colonial voting power. Protests over Fiume and Rhine terms were aired as Lodge presented information, and hearings continued amid expected late next week consideration.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Senate
Indianapolis
Rah
Russia
Japan
Sherman
Columbus
International Labor Conference
McCumber
Congress
League
Shantung Province
China
Fiume
Foreign Relations Committee
Italy
United States
Paris
Lodge
Rhine
Rhine District
Inter-Allied High Civilian Commission
Chainman Lodge
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Shields
Tennesser
Belgium security guarantee disputed by British press
A fragmentary Sept 6 report from the Hyening Standard quotes Jeanna on behalf of Belgium’s security claims. The piece notes Britain’s position on guaranteeing Belgian safety amid ongoing disputes, but details are unclear due to the OCR damage.
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Ondon
T Jeanna
Belgium
Erthan Ag
Great Britain
Redfield resigns as Commerce Secretary to take up personal business
Secretary William C. Redfield tendered his resignation to President Wilson, effective November 1, after announcing the need to attend to personal affairs. He noted the decision was not due to disputes, though a prior steel price controversy with Hines was referenced. Redfield, the sixth cabinet departure in Wilson's six-year term, emphasized returning to private life and business.
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Washington
William ‘C. Redfield
Hig
Wilson
Redfield
Bagway
Railroads
Hines
Europe
Paris
Mr. Redfield
Bryan
Garrison
Awhow
Supreme ‘Court
Fresh Hero Among Yanks Rival Of Alvin York
NEW YORK Sept. 6 One lieutenant colonel twelve other officers and 360 snipers of the German army surrendered to Sergeant Bill Donnelly a fighting Irish member of Company B 18th infantry during the second battle of the Marne. Donnelly and six men surrounded a chateau full of snipers drove them to their bomb proof and called for grenades to blow them up. All surrendered and marched back to the first division lines under his direction earning Donnelly the French military medal and recommendation for the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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New York
Leutenant
Bill” Donnelly
18Th Infantry
Marne
Bill
Alvin C. York
Pall Mall
Tenn
Donnelly
Bil
President Wilson Departs Kansas City After Typing On Train
ST LOUIS Sept 6 President Wilson left here at 11 o clock Friday night for Kansas City where he will speak today. As the train pulled out the President was seen operating a typewriter continuing work.
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St, Louis
Wilson
Kansas City
Bulgarian Protest Sent To Paris Peace Conference
Paris notes that the Bulgarian peace delegation sent a note denying Bulgarian cruelty claims in Eastern Thrace. The commission on Versailles treaty and the Dutch Belgian affairs held morning meetings.
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Paris
Havas
Thrace
Deposed Peruvian President Arrives in New York
Jose Pardo Barreda, twice president of Peru, who was ousted in a bloodless Lima revolution on July 4 and imprisoned, arrived in New York to make his home in the United States. He said he seeks no politics now and will educate his sons, one to attend an American university and three to enroll in a New York high school.
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New York
Jose Pardo Barreda
Peru
Lima
United States
Senor Pardo
League of Nations
Wilson
Ogrowd
Reed
Mr. Wilsson
Paris wreck kills 12 near Toulouse station
Thirteen people were killed and 40 injured in a two train collision near Paris this morning. Authorities reported the wreck occurred as trains converged near Toulouse with emergency crews rushing to the scene.
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Paris
Toulouse Thiat
Police Firefight Reveals Thief Gang Arsenal in Kansas City
In downtown Kansas City a pistol battle between police and alleged thieves wounded one officer and two others, while three suspects were also hit. Police, pursuing owners of a car claimed to contain rifles, ammunition and nitroglycerin, found a pretentious arsenal with bank papers later. Authorities link the clash to an organized band suspected of bank robberies, motor car thefts, and murders across Kansas and Missouri.
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Kansas -City
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Actors Strike Ends in Thespian Victory
New York report says after four weeks of disruption nearly 200 theaters closed in this and other cities, actors return to work under an open shop agreement. Augustus Thomas arranged the conference and says all differences are settled. Francis Wilson calls the settlement satisfactory to both sides.
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New York
Actors’ Equity Association
Augustus Thomas
Francis Wilson
Equity
Making Headway On Balkan Peace Pacts
Paris dispatch reports progress on Balkan treaties with Austria and Bulgaria nearly finalized. The Austrian accord could be signed next Thursday and the Bulgarian compact within about two weeks, while the Hungarian treaty awaits Budapest’s government formation and delegation selection for Paris.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council
Budapest
Senate Passes Prohibition Enforcement Bill Without Vote
The Senate approved the war time prohibition measure Friday without a record vote, sending it to conference for House changes. Amendments added for the Panama Canal Zone liquor and drug prohibition. several rigid House provisions loosened. An 11th hour gambit by Senator Shields to limit enforcement failed, while Norris proposed equal enforcement penalties but drew little support.
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Washington
Senate
House
Panama _ canal zone
Shields
Tennessee
Warning to Mexican leaders on U S intervention
General Salvador Alvarado, a Carranza movement figure, sends a public letter to Carranza and Obregon denouncing Mexico’s government. He cites about 100 daily deaths in rebel and federal fighting and claims thousands of Mexican children die yearly from poverty. He condemns an extreme, unjust regime and corrupted justice.
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Washington
United States
Salvador Alvarado
Carranza
Obregon
Gonzales
Mexico
Alvarado
Yucatan
Mexico City
Congress
Administration of Justice
General Railway Strike Ties Up Traffic Across Austria
VIENNA September 3 A general railway strike has been declared throughout Austria. Strikers include ministry of communications employees. Postal workers have not acted yet. Southeast traffic is blocked and no food trains reached Vienna despite prior agreement to keep them moving.
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Vienna
Austria
Ministry of ‘Communications
Kansas City Bids Nonpartisan Welcome for Wilson
Kansas City eyes a nonpartisan reception for President Wilson controlled by the Chamber of Commerce. The committee mix favors Republicans with a few Democrats added to balance. Postmaster seating requests were refused and Senator Reed’s supporters show little interest in the visit. The Coliseum venue is expected to seat 12,000 as the President tours the city.
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Kansas City
Reed
Wilson
Democratic Party
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
William T. Kemper
Tom Pendergast
Senator Reed
Kemper
League of Nations
Caizf
Kansas
Missouri
Wilson Braves Rules Of Fashion Hat On In St. Louis
In St Louis on September 6 the President arrived and wore a straw hat defying local rules that fall hats must replace straw headgear on the reception committee. Goltra, a Democratic national committeeman, faced criticism for breaking the straw hat ban as the President appeared in a straw hat.
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Wilson Braves
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Edward Goltra
Goltra
Long Lost Son Arrested in Los Angeles
Chicago businessman Griffin W. Baker learns after 17 years that his son Stanley Miles Baker, now grown, has been arrested in Los Angeles after a dispute with a taxi driver in which a revolver was used. The driver is seriously wounded. the son is held on assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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Chicago
Griffin W. Baker
Stanley Miles Baker
Los Angeles
Baker
Cabinet names chosen for labor industry conference
Four members of President Wilsons cabinet Glass Lane Redfield and Houston met at the White House on Friday to prepare a list of names for fifteen public representatives at the upcoming labor industry conference in October The list will be submitted to the President immediately after the meeting.
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Washington
Wilson
Glass
Lane
Redfield
Houston
White House
First division arrives in New York from Brest
A convoy of 1,868 officers and men arrived Friday from Brest aboard the Zeppelin transport, with units including the first field artillery brigade headquarters and several regiments. Brigadier General Augustine McIntyre resumed command of the brigade. Additional troops and a second transport, the De Kalb, carried the third machine gun battalion and the sanitary train.
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New York
Brest
First Field Artillery Brigade
Field Artillery
Sixth Regiment of Field Artillery
Second Field
Augustine McIntyre
First Field Artillery
de Kalb
Prices Slowly Fall August Statement of Reserve Board Says
The Federal Reserve Board reports in August prices for foodstuffs and apparel eased slightly while overall business stayed at an extremely high level. Wage and price readjustment dominate discussion as labor unrest and transportation issues temper activity. Cotton is noted in poor condition and speculation has abated amid a generally strong underlying economy.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Fisherman Dies After Netting Big Catch on Mississippi
ST LOUIS September 6 John Kalwaitis a 65 year old fisherman pulled up a trot line from the Mississippi river under the east end of the tree bridge and collapsed dead from heart failure. Nick Owens who was nearby towed Kalwaitis skiff to shore and found him dead. Kalwaitis lived alone at 432 North Third street East St Louis.
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ST. Louis
John Kalwatis
Mississippi River
Nick Owens
Owens
Kalwaitis
North Third Street
East St. Louis
Child Dies In Beardstown Auto Crash
It occurred Friday evening when eight year old Matthew Ryan was riding in a car that collided with another vehicle. He was thrown from the car and crushed his skull on a stone curbing, dying instantly in Beardstown.
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Jacksonville
Matthew Ryan
Beardstown
Wilson Defends Peace Treaty In Addresses At St Louis Coliseum
President Wilson spoke to a packed Coliseum after a Chamber of Commerce luncheon arguing the Shantung provision as essential, defending Article 10, and warning that amending the treaty would isolate the United States. He urged U.S. leadership on the reparation commission and warned against a lone American stance in world affairs.
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St. Louis
Wilson
Shantung
China
Shantung Province
League Council
Chamber of Commerce
Coliseum
Frederick de Gardner
United States
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