President Wilson Heads Tour to Sell Peace Treaty
President Wilson embarks on a country wide speaking tour to urge ratification of the peace treaty. He tells a Memorial Auditorium crowd that the U S owes citizens a report on the treaty and defends its aims against misrepresentation. The trip will cover nearly ten thousand miles with stops from Ohio to the Pacific coast.
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Germany
United States
Memorial
Columbus
Ohio
Mississippi
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
600000 Appeal for President's Wage Increase
AUSTRIA AEG FOR MORE TIME ON PEACE PLN Paris reports the Austrian delegation asked the peace conference to extend the time for their answer by two days. The conference is likely to grant the request as Dr Renner notes allied understanding of Austria's economic situation. He anticipates Austria will protest the territorial clauses again in its reply.
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Paris
Vienna
Renner
Austria
Peace Treaty Action Soon In Senate Committee
Washington reports indicate the senate foreign relations committee planned final action on the German peace treaty with a likely adoption of the ratification resolution and possible elimination of labor provisions. Also noted was President Wilson’s Columbus campaign stop and wage dispute developments among 600000 railroad maintenance workers. Detroit reports a strike referendum showing 25000 in favor of a walkout unless a wage increase is granted, with 5000 voting against. union leaders hope for an agreement without a strike.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Terest
Columbus
Ohio
Wilson
Apescha
General Pershing
Detroit
United Brotherhood Maintenance of Way
President Wilson Opens Peace Tour in Columbus
Columbus, Sept 4. The city greets President Wilson for a country wide speaking tour on the peace treaty and league of nations. His special train arrives at eleven, an address at Memorial Hall follows at eleven thirty, then he departs for Indianapolis for tonight’s speech.
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Fio
Wilson
Washington
Waeter
League of Nations
Memorial Hall
Inpianapoli
Family courts urged to curb divorce menace
Boston, Sept 4 Chief Justice Hoffman of Cincinnati urged the establishment of family courts to combat the divorce problem. Speaking before the American Bar Association in session, he warned more than four hundred thousand divorce cases would be filed this year and said action is needed to save family life, the nation’s civilizing force.
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Boston
Mass
Hoffman
Court of Domestic Relations of
Cincinnati
American Institute of Criminal—bank and—Criminology
American Bar Association
Serbia Stance on Austrian Peace Treaty Mirrors Roumania
Paris dispatch reports Serbia likely to emulate Roumania by resisting the Austrian peace treaty unless minority protection clauses are amended. Belgrade government seeks sovereignty safeguards before assent.
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Paris
Serbia
Roumania
Petit Parisien
Belgrade
Catts Addresses Labor Day Event in Pensacola
The report covers a speech by Catts during Labor Day activities in Pensacola. He stated he would carry out the engagement if fifty deputies were needed, addressing concerns from boilermakers union members and clarifying his stance amid political tensions.
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Dav. Catts
Labor Day Comm
Catts
Boilermakers ‘Union
Blood-stained fingerprint found on murder car in Cooper case
Nashville police report a blood-stained fingerprint on the rear door of the automobile used in the killing of young attorney Robin J. Cooper near Belle Meade Park. Bertillon experts are en route to photograph the car and compare prints from local papers found inside the vehicle.
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Cooper
Hachvine
Robin’ J. Cooper
Nashville
Belle Meade Park
Richland Creek
Sugar shortage to persist nationwide in coming months
Washington reports the sugar shortage will not ease soon as George A. Zabriskie notes demand far exceeds refiners' capacity. A letter to Senator Hitchcock cites ongoing supply constraints and warns relief will be limited for the foreseeable future. Detectives pursue developments in a case linked to a blockade runner and bootleggers. Authorities question a woman connected to a whiskey dealer while seeking another suspect.
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Washington
George A. Zabriskie
United States Sugar Equalization Board
Hitchcock
Cooper
Nashville
SuNini
Senator Underwood Calls for Gov Run Wage and Rate Board
In a Senate address Senator Underwood of Alabama urged establishing a governmental commission with power to fix railroad wage scales and transportation rates. He said Congress could create an agency to determine wages and rates and that public sentiment would back the tribunal’s final verdict after an impartial determination.
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Senate
Washington
Underwood
Alabama
Interstate Commission
Congress
Massacres by Bolshevik Forces Reported in Yekaterinoslav
Constantinople dispatch says over one thousand people were executed by Bolshevik forces before evacuating Yekaterinoslav in southern Russia. A physician who witnessed the mass graves described pits for dumping bodies and noted most were crushed.
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Constantinople
Yekaterinoslav
Russia
Occupation District Fixed in the Rhineland
Coblenz, Sept. 4. Marshall Ieca fixed the extent of American forces control in the Rhineland. The area to be held permanently will be twice as large as the territory under American jurisdiction since the last combat division departed for home.
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Foch
U. S
France
Coblenz
Marshall Ieca
Rhineland
Fateful End After Firing Squad Scene
The report notes grisly harm as individuals were subjected to sledge hammer blows after a firing squad encounter, detailing the sequence of events and the brutal treatment witnessed.
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