Steel Strike Tensions Persist Across Midwest Districts
Reports from Waukegan Gary South Chicago and Pittsburgh describe restraining orders minor clashes and a wait-and-see stance as unions push for workers to return. Gov Lowden and Adjutant General Dickson declined troops. 4 000 Illinois Steel workers and 2 500 Gary employees were at work amid standoffs.
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Landis
Plar Lak
Lowden
Dickson
Illinois
Waukegan
American Steel and Wire Company
Elmer Green
Gary
Ind
Chicago
Dlinois
Gary Mills
Gary Works
South Chicago
Joliet
Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Rike
National Committee
Carnegie Steel Company
Britain faces strike amid wartime emergency
London reports armed force readiness to back rail service as a national crisis prompts suspension of army demobilization and reduced rations. The government vows to protect volunteers and maintain essential transport while trimming butter and sugar rations and capping meat value at 20 pence per person.
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London
Associated Press
War Office
Food Ministry
Far East News Control Debate Moves to Trans Pacific Talks
W S McClatchy urged a low rate naval wireless news service to counter British and Japanese domination of Far East reporting. He warned such control could harm American interests and warned the open door in China might close to the United States if news is restricted or manipulated.
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E Gompers
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Gompers
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
John Fitzpatrick
Gary
William’ Z. Foster
Foster
Senator Phipps
Colorado
Wilson
Far East
America
W. S. McClatchy
Sacramento
Calif
Bee
McClatchy
House Merchant Marine Committee
United States
Orient
Pacific
Reuter
Kokusai
Hhe
Mec. Clatchy
Committee On Public Information
New York
London
Shanghai
Japan
China
Curry
California
Balloons Lead Army and Navy Derby Flight at St Louis
A large army and navy balloon aircraft passed over Sterling at 10 55 pm en route north. The St Louis launch began at 6 05 pm with navy craft followed by army entries. Ensign J H Stevens and Lieut W R Reed captained the leading navy balloon.
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St. Louis
Mt, Sterling
Army
Navy
J. H. Stevens
W. R. Reed
United States Naval Sation
Pensacola
Fla
E. P. Phillips
Byron T. Burt
Langley Field
Virginia
IT. W. Hiyt
F. W. Reichelderfer
Aany
Jacob Wuest
William E. Huffmann
R. Emerson
F L. Sloman
Isaac H. Coulter
Harold K. Hine
Jury Verdict Condemns Foreign Agitator After Mine Riot
A coroner's jury in Pittsburgh found Mrs. Fannie Sellens and Joseph Strazelecki died from gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown assailants during a riot as deputy sheriffs confronted striking miners at Allegheny Coal and Coke in West Natrona. The jury blamed foreign agitators and praised Sheriff Haddock for handling the incident.
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Pittsburgh
Fannie Sellens
United Mine Workers
Joseph Strazelecki
Allegheny Coal and Coke Company
West Natrona
William Haddock
Allegheny County
S. C. Jamieson
Senate Labor Investigating Committee
Washington
Senate Debates German Peace Treaty Amid Fall Amendments
The Senate pressed the German peace treaty for nearly six hours in session on Friday delaying the Fall amendments. Senator Lodge led on foreign relations while Cummins attacked the league covenant and Hitchcock clashed with Lodge over procedural rules. Johnson pressed a covenant amendment as debate stretched with no final vote.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Cummins
Iowa
J . . Ae Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Nebraska
United States
Senator Lodge
Senator Williams
Mississippi
California
Johnson
League of Nations
Williams
Oratory
Marshall
League
Rockefeller Gift Promises Medical Education Reform
The General Education Board announces a $20 million gift from John D. Rockefeller to improve medical education in the United States. The income will be used for current needs and the principal distributed within fifty years.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
United States
General Education Board
Confiscation of Fokker Estates by German Tax Bureau
The Schwerin tax authorities confiscated the property and fortunes of Anthony Fokker the airplane builder after he failed to provide 14,000,000 marks as tax security. The action aims to guarantee he did not dodge tax payments.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Schwerlbeter
Anthony Fokker
Fokker
Wilson Needs Rest as President Grayson Reports
Dr. Cary T. Grayson, President Wilson’s physician, said Wilson’s condition is not alarming but requires extended rest due to overwork and a lingering illness from last April in Paris. Secretary Tumulty announced cancellation of all engagements as the President sleeps and recovery begins in the private car.
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Wilson
Washington
Cary T. Grayson
Capitol
Mr. Wilson
New York
Albert
Belgium
White House
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Little Rock
Pueblo
Colo
Grayson
Mrs. Wilson
Tumulty
King Albert
Thosa
Labor and Industrial Conference
Kansas
Paris
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Liam Z. Foster
Steel Workers’ National Committee
Rc. Foster
Sand McLaughlin Company
South Side
Soho
Mon
Bethlehem Steel Company
E. G. Grace
Clairton
Homestead
Natrona
Haddock
Sherifs
Union
Kansas City
Quincy Merchants
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