Senate Deliberates on German Peace Treaty Covenant
In Washington on September 16 the German peace treaty and the League covenant were pulled up in the Senate but no rush to act is planned until next week after Pershing ceremonies. Senator Sherman will lead attacks on the covenant and Reed, with Johnson’s California amendment sparking debate. Reading of the treaty is deferred. Lodge to print it amid Hitchcock objections. ratification votes foresee daily discussion with November possible end.
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Illinois
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Missouri
West
Johnson
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Lodge
Austria
Chicago
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Jones
New Mexico
Overman
North Carolina
McCumber
North Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
Large Oil Fire Dims After Long Island City Blaze
New York Sept 16 The massive oil fire at the Stone and Fleming Co plant in Long Island City, injuring over 50 and causing millions in damage, is easing but not ended. Officials say the blaze remains brisk and may burn for two to three days as gallons of oil burn away. Herbert L Pratt of Standard Oil estimates property damage will exceed 2 million. Six large oil tanks have been destroyed.
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New York
Stone & Fleming Co
Long Island City
Herbert L. Pratt
Standard Oil Co
Stone & Fleming
News Writers Strike Knocks New Haven Papers
The Negtater Times Leader and the Union in New Haven Connecticut operated without their regular editorial staffs after reporters and copy readers walked off Monday in a strike.
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New Haven
Conn
Jewish homeland praised at Paris peace talks
Dr. Stephen S Wise of New York lauded the part played by President Wilson and the American peace delegation in pushing for Palestine as a national homeland for the Jewish people. He stressed justice in peace treaties and urged immediate acceptance of the league covenant. Justice Brandeis, expected to speak on Palestine findings, did not address the meetings.
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Chicago
Wilson
Paris
Palestine
Stephen S. Wise
New York
Zionist Organization of America
House
Lansing
Louis D. Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Johnson urges stand against world pact in America
Senator Hiram W. Johnson urged vigorous opposition to approving the peace treaty and League of Nations covenant without safeguards. He argued the United States must not bear the burdens for England France Italy and Japan, warning it would deny weaker nations and extend American costs and power beyond self defense.
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Des Moines
Senate
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
California
William E. Borah
Idaho
Johnson
Chicago
Washington
Grant Club
Coliseum
League For the Preservation of American Independence
Sioux City
Lincoln
Neb
England
France
Italy
Japan
China
Italians fortify Fiume as D Annunzio occupation endures
In Paris the Italian peace delegation reports 26000 Italian troops in Fiume with constant reinforcement from desertions. British and French troops withdraw, harbor flags lowered at D Annunzio's request. Nitti's government crisis looms as Tittoni heads home. Badoglio proclaims to soldiers to return to regiments. 2600 marched in, many following officers. Some troops rejoin units. British and American troops embark. French return to base.
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Associated Press
Paris
Fiume
D’annunzio
Nitti
D'Annunzio
Signor Tittoni
London
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Badoglio
Pershing Settles Into Capital Office After London Ceremonies
General John J Pershing settles into office routine at American Expeditionary Forces headquarters Washington after a round of parades and receptions in France and a theater visit. His staff unpack papers from Chaumont as office work begins with plans for his vacation and final accounting for the great task abroad. He aims to minimize ceremonies and seek extended rest once his preparatory duties are completed.
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Washington
France
Gen. Pershing
American Expeditionary Forces
American Expeditionary Force General Headquarters
Chaumont
Mexico
Villa
Judge trusts woman for fine and costs in Belleville
In St Louis on a Sunday, Miss May Schneider, 17, was arrested for speeding in Belleville with only gasoline money. Justice Eggermann offered the lightest fine of one dollar plus costs, trusting her to send a check tomorrow for eight dollars. He believed she would repay citing her honest face.
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St, Louis
May Schneider
St. Louis
Belleville
Justice of the Peace
Eggermann
Townley jailed for disloyal work in Minnesota case
A. C. Townley, head of the National Non-Partisan League, and Joseph Gilbert were sentenced to three months in Jackson County jail by Judge E. C. Dean after a July conviction for conspiracy to teach disloyalty. Judge Dean condemned the league’s publicity bureau for propagandist misrepresentations and said few connected with the trial were pure.
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Jackson, Minn
A. C. Townley
National Non-Partisan League
Joseph Gilbert
Jackson County
E. C. Dean
Towley
Gilbert
Dean
Bean
Townley
Non-Partisan League
George Hoke
St Louis Patriarch Baptiste Dies At 101 In St Louis
Alexander Baptiste of Walton road and Lackland avenue in St Louis County died Sunday morning. He led Baptiste Tent and Awning Co. for decades, lifted 1200 pounds in strength feats, and remained vigorous into old age. Born in Athens Greece, he advised longevity through early rising, daily exercise, and temperance. His death ends a 71 year era in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Alexander Baptiste
Walton Road
Lackland Avenue
St. Louis County
Baptiste Tent and Awning Co
North Third Street
Baptiste
George
Louist
Missouri
Athens
Greece
Pierre Chouteau
New Bill Offered to Gurb Railways
Washington September 16 a new bill proposes a permanent private operation under government control reflecting views of the United States Chamber of Commerce. It sets a federal transportation board with broad power under the Interstate Commerce Commission and outlines railroad governance with twelve directors six with employee involvement and stockholder selection, plus labor boards and six percent dividends.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Frelinghuysen
Republican
New Jersey
Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Federal Transportation Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Owever
Transportation Board
Steel Workers Hinge Delay on Washington Conference
Pittsburgh reports indicate the next steel strike may be postponed pending the Oct. 6 industrial conference called by President Wilson. Labor leaders weigh Wilson's wishes amid reports of Gompers pressuring unions to delay and broader union tensions over wage scales and layoffs.
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Wilson
Washington
National Committee For Organizing Iron and Steel Workers
M. F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Tighe
National Committee
William Z. Foster
Gompers
American Federation of Labour
Federation
Boston
Mr. Gompers
United Mine Workers In Convention
Cleveland
Steel Workers
Johnson
International Machinists’ Association
Stecel
Labor Federation
Bolshevik Front Broken At Three Points
London Sept 15 Admiral Kolchak’s forces broke the Bolshevik front in three places in a pursuit offensive. Official reports say the all-Russian counter movement threatens to outflank Bolshevik forces advancing from Tobolsk.
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London
Kolchak
Tobolsk
Cholera Widespread in Seoul As Deaths Reach Hundred Daily
Special dispatches from Seoul report cholera widespread with about a hundred deaths daily. A committee has been organized to combat the disease on the ground in Korea.
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Korea
Associated Press
TORIO
Seoul
Baker Defends Siberian Troop Policy As Bank Debunked
Secretary Baker told the House military committee the Siberian force exists to guard the Trans Siberian railway and Vladivostok supplies, with Czecho Slovak remnants support. Rep Fuller calls the motive bunk while Rep Mason pushes for withdrawal, though Chairman Kahn says Congress cannot compel it.
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Washington
Baker
House Military Committee
Siberia
Trans-Siberian Railway
Fuller Republican
Massachusetts
Fuller
Vladivostok
Mason
Republican
Illinois
United States
Kahn
Congress
Debekker Claims Plot Against Mexico During Hearing
Washington reports reveal League of Free Nations officials based their intervention claims on sources from George F. Weeks of the Mexican Review. Debekker testified he relied on clipping services for evidence and asserted the United States president knows who backs the alleged plot while defending Carranza.
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Washington
League of Free Nations Association
Mexico
George F. Weeks
Mexican Review
Caranza
L. J. Debekker
Senate Foreign Relations
Debekker
League
Fall
Brandegee
Debskker
Carranza
United States
Mexico City
Carfranza
Finance Cabrera
McAdoo Pass Record Attacked in Senate Debate
In Washington on September 16, former Secretary McAdoo faced Senate criticism over his railroad passes for himself and family. Senator Sherman cited a newspaper editorial attacking the practice, while Senator Robinson defended McAdoo as unpaid special counsel for the railroad administration. Senator Kellogg noted the large number of passes amid ongoing railroad losses.
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Washington
McAdoo
Senate
Sherman
Illinois
Robinson
Arkansas
Rairoad
New York
Kellogg
Minnesota
Corpus Christi Struck By Tropical Hurricane Sees 25 Dead
Tropical hurricane devastates Corpus Christi Texas driving 3,000 homeless and leaving at least 25 dead with more than 50 missing. Red Cross mobilizes. relief trains arrive from Kingsville and Rosstown. Mayor requests National Guard and aid as bay and streets flood. Spahn sanitarium and a U S hospital host refugees. Government and railroad officials scramble to restore transport and utilities.
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Texas
Kingsville
Rosstown
Red Cross
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