Steel workers plan strike to begin Monday, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh reports the national organizing committee for iron and steel workers approved a Monday strike. John Fitzpatrick said no postponement or changes were made despite discussions of delaying until after the Washington industrial conference. A Gary letter defended wages and working standards. Miners in Cleveland watch Pittsburgh decision impacting miners in steel outfits.
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National Committee For Organizing Iron and Steel
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Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Labo
Gompers
Chaiman Fitzpatrick
New York
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Cleveland
United Mine Workers
National Organizing Committee
Steel Corporation
Mexico Pays Ransom for U S Aviators
Mexico’s treasury secretary is ordered to pay 10,000 pesos to the United States government to satisfy the ransom for Lieutenants Harold G. Peterson and Paul H. Davis, two American aviators captured by Mexican bandits in August. A treasury messenger will deliver the funds.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Harold G. Peterson
Paul H. Davis
Treasury Department
American Safety Razor Corp Formed In New York
SAFETY FIRMS COMMNN NEW YORK Sept 18 The formation of the American Safety Razor corporation a combination of the Gem Ever-ready and Star companies will control 90 percent of the dollar safety razor business worldwide The new company is capitalized at 30 600 000
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Commnn
New York
American Safety Razor Corporation
Gem
Star
Wilson Explains Shantung Attitude In 1898 Speech
In San Francisco on Sept. 18 President Wilson argued the peace treaty and league of nations give the United States authority to oppose actions harming China. He defended past German Shantung grants as unjust, praised the league for China’s benefit, and urged firm U.S. leadership.
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China
United States
Wilson
League of Nations
Incheon
Associated Women's Organizations
No Pledge From U S For Old World
Senator Hiram W Johnson of California denounces the league of nations covenant on its 132nd anniversary, warns it would create an international confederation and strip the United States of independence. He criticizes President Wilson for pressuring Congress and asserts American boys should not police the world. Johnson cites British and French amendments and Japan's Shantung issue as examples of the league being altered.
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Hiram W. Johnson
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United States
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League of Nations
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Omaha
Paris
Great Britain
France
Clemenceau
Japan
Shantung
Washington Honors General Pershing and First Division
Crowds along Pennsylvania Avenue celebrate General John J. Pershing and the First Division in a massive homecoming parade. Veterans in invalid chairs receive tribute while French 75 guns and marching regiments pass the reviewing stand as Congress prepares a formal reception at the Capitol.
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John J. Pershing
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George Dewey
Manila
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Capitol
France
America
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House Chamber
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Gillett
Champ Clark
Careful Buying May Stop Profiteering
Orrin Lester of the Treasury Department urged prudent purchases at a convention in Chicago urging retailers to cut costs through judicious buying. He said refusing to buy what you cannot afford helps prevent profiteering and high living costs.
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Chicago
Orrin Lester
Savings Division
Treasury Department
International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association
Washington
Lester
Patient speaker argues United States must resist enemy aims
The speaker asserts that Germany seeks to shape America's role and warn that yielding would harm national honor. He claims unwavering confidence in the eventual outcome, noting his patience and belief in the temper and high purposes of the American people across the nation.
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Germany
United States
Turks Resume Warfare On Armenia
New York dispatch reports that Turks have renewed attacks on Armenia threatening the nation’s existence. The cable message, sent from Paris by the Armenian republic’s representative, was made public by the American Committee for the Independence of Armenia.
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New York
American Committee For the Independence of Armenia
Paris
Glidden Named Starter for Balloon Marathon Race
Captain Charles J. Glidden will act as official starter in the army and navy balloon race to begin in St. Louis on September 2 and 6. Three entries from each branch will compete for the military championship of the United States in a long distance event.
Illinois Grand Lodge Adjourns in Bloomington Meeting
The Illinois grand lodge Knights of Pythias adjourned Wednesday night after installing officers. The next gathering will take place in Champaign. It was decided to admit Pythian Sisters to the Decatur home for aged Pythians.
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Tllinois Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
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Gastorf Free After Grand Jury Refuses Indictment
In St Louis on September 18 Herman C Gastorf 40 of 3934 West Florissant Avenue is freed after the grand jury declined to indict him for the June 5 shooting death of William Seattele 25 a discharged soldier of 3919A Sullivan Avenue The grand jury said it did not condone the offense and cited a court instruction that if conviction seems unlikely no indictment should be returned The case involves Gastorf claiming the un written law as justification and Seattele who allegedly boasted of assaulting Gastorf s daughter Ruth 17 is identified by a coroner s jury and a new witness Howard Green a streetcar conductor who said Seattele boasted of striking the girl The article notes Seattele a former member of the 67th aero squadron was shot five times at the Traffic Motor Truck company plant after a confrontation regarding the earlier alleged assault
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ST. Louis
Herman C. Gastorf
Florissant Avenue
William Seattele
Sullivan Avenue
Gastorf
Seattele
Ruth Gastorf
Howard Green
Grand Avenue Line
Green
McDaniel
67Th Aero Squadron
Miss Gastorf
Rosenbach
Traffic Motor Truck Company
Sesttele
Floats In Flood On House Top Rattlers Infest Raft Refuge
Corpus Christi dispatch describes Gulf storm survivors found on makeshift refuges. A 10 month old baby floated on a raft and survived, another infant was discovered under an overturned basket. Eli Rollins was rescued three miles from Odem after a tidal wave carried him on wreckage. Fisherman Higgins drifted across Live Oak peninsula and Puerto bay on a raft amid rattlesnakes, finally rescued after a 20 mile drift. His voyage suggests the tidal wave penetrated eight miles inland.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Eli Rollins
Robstown
Odem
Rockport
Higgins
Puerto Bay
Sinton
Live Oak Peninsular
Allies troops refuted in Fiume denial and D Annunzio advances
Monday reports deny American and English contingents in Fiume amid confusion from food administration presence. Col Buckey and Gen Johnson state no US troops stationed there while ten thousand D Annunzio regulars move on and occupy a fortified line surrounding Fiume with local support. residents vow destruction if resistance fails.
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Nome
Fiume
Mervyn C. Buckey
Evan M. Johnson
American Food Administration
Peru President Reported Slain Rumors Sweep Chile
Reports from Iquique and Santiago say Augusto B. Leguia, Peru’s president, was assassinated Tuesday amid a coup era. Censorship blocks confirmation while Peru’s government, installed after Pardo’s July overthrow, faces conspirators and arrests as U.S. recognition continues.
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Santiago
Chile
Augusto B. Leguia
Peru
Iquique
Elect Burch Bishop of New York in third ballot
Right Rev Charles Sumner Burch suffragan bishop of New York was elected bishop of New York on the third ballot at a sperta diocese convention He succeeds late Bishop David H Greer The 61 year old has been suffragan for nine years and was editor and manager of the Grand Rapids Evening Press Earlier he led St Andrews church on Staten Island before aiding Bishop Greer The confirmation by the general convention in Detroit is expected to be formal
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Charles Sumner Burch
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sperta. Diocesa
David H. Greer
Burch
House of Bishops
House of
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Episcopal Church
Detroit
Chicago
Grand Rapids Evening Press
St. Andrews Church
Staten Island
Greer
Rockford Reads War Lumber Sale Plan for Housing Shortage
One half of ten million feet surplus rough lumber from Camp Grant was sold to eight Chicago firms and will be bought by Rockford dealers to supply homes at pre war prices, easing local housing shortages.
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Rockford
War Department
Chicago
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