Redfield Resigns as Commerce Secretary After Cabinet Friction
William C. Redfield announces resignation from the Wilson administration effective November 1. He cited a desire to return to private life after more than eight years in Washington, denying it stems from clashes with Director General Hines over steel pricing and noting he offered to depart earlier but stayed through October. He is the sixth cabinet member to leave during Wilson's six years.
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Washington
William ¢. Redfield
Commerce
Wilson
Redfield
Hines
Europe
Paris
Mr. Hines
Railroad Administration
Mr. Redfield
Oil Fields in Tamaulipas and Vera Cruz Guarded by 3000 Troops
Galveston Tex Sept 5 General Francisco Burguia takes command of 20000 federal troops to safeguard order in Tamaulipas Coahuila and Vera Cruz where Mexico's main oil fields lie. Three thousand military police are also active in the same regions per official notice received by the Mexican consul.
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Galveston
Tex
Francisco Burguia
Tamaulipas
Coahuila
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Mende Fierro
Radio Station Fire Feared at Sable Island
Report from Halifax says operators near Camperdown could not reach Sable Island station after a late message indicated the station was on fire and feared destroyed.
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Halifax
N. 8
Camperdown
Sable Island
Betrayer Sentenced to Death in Cavell Case
Paris court martial convicts Georges Gaston Quien of betraying Edith Cavell and sentences him to death for the crime.
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Paris
Georges Geston Quien
Edith Cavell
Sherman flays president for his assertion
Senator Sherman of Illinois condemned President Wilson in the Senate for backing the Labor Conference to be held in the United States next month under the peace treaty even if the Senate has not ratified it. He warned that convening foreign representatives on American soil violates the law and government authority.
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Washington
Wilson
West
Middle West
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Illinois
Columbus
Sherman
Iinois
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Shantung
China
Japan
League Council
Great Britain
Lodge
Italy
Foreign Relations Committee
Fiume
Laguardia
Republican
New York
Huns Block Delivery Of Supplies To Poles From America
Polish troops and 669 horses bought in the United States are held up near the city due to Germany’s refusal to supervise rail transport. Germany cites coal shortages and locomotive lack as reasons. Meanwhile the First US Division departs August 15, with the Eighth Division to follow as French forces guard the Rhine region and American HQ stays at Coblenz. Territory under American guard totals about 24 square kilometers, part of a 37,000 square kilometer Allied zone.
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Cablena
Poland
United States Army
Germany
Refusel
Eighth Division
United States Expeditionary Forces
Rhine
Cochem
Moselle
Mayen
Anderrach
Ehrenhreitstein
Nueved
Montabaur
Coblena
Foch
Thia
Asehen Pershing
Americama
Austrian peace terms shock Hapsburg hopes for return
Paris reports the Austrian peace terms provoking surprise and indignation in Vienna. Monarchist circles fear the Renner government collapse and the possible return of the Hapsburgs is seen as finished. Charles of Austria contemplates leaving Switzerland as Hungary's future fate looms large.
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Hapsburgs
Geneva
Associated Press
Vienna
Renner
Charles
Italy Demands Justice Over Fiume Disturbances
Rome reports the inter allied commission findings on the Fiume incident as severe blows to Italy. The Giornale d Italia says the conclusions are hard to credit for governments that have shared arms with Italy. Paris notes the panel recommends keeping order in Fiume with an American-British police and American marines.
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Rome
Inter-Allied Commission
Fiume
Giornale d'Italia
Italy
Brotherhood of Arms
Paris
Sept. S
Viume
German Austrian Union Fails to Clear Allied Hurdle
Berlin reports German reply to Allied note on Austrian representation in the German Reichsrat. Germany says it cannot oppose a spontaneous German Austrian union, while the Supreme Council votes to press Article 61 versus Article 80 of the peace treaty. Paris says Kurt von Laramon travels to Berlin for brief talks.
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Berlin
Basle
Austria
Reielsrath
Germany
Reichstath
Rhine
Paris
Lurvas
Daron Kurt’ von Laraner
Wilson addresses St Louis on world peace and league
President Wilson spoke at a chamber of commerce luncheon in St Louis arguing the peace treaty creates a new world system and safeguards small nations. He pressed for open discussion, warned against isolation, and defended the league of nations as a vehicle for arbitration and collective security. The event drew 1700 attendees at a hotel roof garden.
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St. Louis
Wilson
Frederick W. Gardner
Missouri
Henry W. Kiel
Kiel
Washington
Shantung
League of Nations
USA
League
Treaty of peace with Germany includes four reservations
The foreign relations committee orders the peace treaty reported with four reservations and about forty amendments. The four reservations preserve U S withdrawal from the league, limit Article 10 and mandates, remove U S internal affairs, and keep the Monroe Doctrine outside league jurisdiction.
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Washington
Germany
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
League
Congress
Senator McCumber Backs Mild Reservation on League Article
Senator McCumber Republican North Dakota made public and discussed in the senate a milder reservation to article 10 of the league of nations. It would merely define Congress limits to undertake territorial guarantees, contrast to yesterday’s foreign relations committee proposal.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
League of Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Belgium imposes coal export ban to safeguard industries
Antwerp reports on Thursday Leyt 4M when Minister of Economies Jasper announced a strict prohibition on coal exports from Belgium to shield national industries.
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Antwerp
Jasper
Belgium
German nitrate properties restart in Chile sell 200000 tons
In Santiago Chile on September 5 work resumes on German nitrate properties stalled by the war. Reports indicate that about 200000 tons of nitrates have already been sold and are moving toward market.
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Santiago
Chile
Paris Road Wreck Kills Thirteen In Train Collision
Thirteen people were killed and 40 injured in a collision between two trains near Toulouse this morning.
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Paris
Sept. S
Toulouse T
Socialist Party Conventions Endorse Labor Takeover Ambitions
Milwaukees Congressman elect Victor L Berger resigns from the National Executive Committee saying he received only a twenty year sentence from the party. National Socialist convention pushes to control trades unions and form craft groups for propaganda while others oppose. Delegates from three radical conventions report financial strain as they depart Chicago.
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Chicago
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
National Socialist Party
Berger
Eery
A. G. Hoehn
St. Louis
Communist Labor Party of America
Mexico
Communist Party
New York
Massachusetts
Army lieutenants last seen flying over Lower California
Searchers hunt for two Army lieutenants F hd Waterhouse and C H Connnelly missing from Rockwell field since August 20. Radio reports say they were last seen flying over San Juan de Dios, a Lower California settlement 60 miles southeast of San Quentin, 162 miles down the coast from San Diego.
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Cal
F. Hd. Waterhouse
C. H. Connelly
Rockwell Field
San Juan de Dios
California
San Quentin
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Prench Road Wreck
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