Negotiations With Japan on Immigration Stir Broad Concern
Washington officials today suggested a broader meaning to the announcement of negotiations with Japan on immigration and the status of Japanese in the United States. The talks, sparked by California officials, aim to curb Japanese immigration while avoiding extreme measures, with both sides keeping details private.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
State Department
Stephens
California
Con
Nolding
Colby
Pacific Coast
Shidekeri
America
London Mayor Mackwiney Brixton Prison Appearance
London's Mayor Mackwiney Brid Brixton appeared at prison tonight with little changed condition. Relatives seem less anxious than a few days ago. Mrs Mackwiney is not paying her customary visit tonight.
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London
Mackwiney
Brixton
Imitate Americans Buy Ad Space in Brownsville Chiefly
Fragmentary OCR notes from Brownsville Texas dated September reference purchase of advertising space. Mentions American newspapers and a figure named Obregon with unclear context. Data is incomplete but indicates a colonial era or protest era advertisement transaction in Brownsville.
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Meireoang
Brownsville
Texas
American Pewapapers
The
Iddcy
Alvero
Obregon Waa
Gompers Attacks Open Shop Plan In Washington
Samuel Gompers denounces the Open Shop Platform adopted by the Chamber of Commerce as a device to undermine trade unions and constrain workers rights. He likens it to a spirit of the jungle man and accuses it of using state power to pressure labor, citing plank four about balancing employer and worker influence under state authority.
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Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Chamber of Commerce
Zela
Chamber
Gotpers “Sala
Belfast Riots Turn To Widespread Sniping And Evictions
Belfast reports describe extensive sniping across districts with North Street as the worst area. Troops struggle amid friendly onlookers while Ballymacarett evictions proceed. Casualties rise with two deaths noted and over 200 wounded. An armed raid disrupts a county Wexford hotel ball, and soldiers admonished guests for mingling.
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Belfast
Ballymacarrett
North Street
Gresham Street
Sinn Fetnera
Ballymacarett Street
Alfred Strees
Béltant
Ambuidnes
Roasclare
County Wexford
Woman Dead After Lightning Strike Near Colorado Springs
Maryville, Missouri resident Mrs Frates P Hollowell was killed by lightning near Pike Peak on September 1. The tragedy occurred while she was visiting the area, with reports noting severe weather and a fatal electrical strike impacting the unnamed party.
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Colorado Springs
Fratés P
Hollowell
Strike in Alabama coal fields sparks union action
John I Lewis, president of the United Workers of America, announces a strike in Alabama bituminous coal fields after Alabama operators refuse to implement the president's award. The International Union committee cited wasted factory conditions and called for joint conferences with miners' representatives to enforce the award.
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Indianapolis
Ini
John I Lewis
United Workers’oft America
Lnte
Alabama
International Legislative Board
International Union
Bituminous Coal Commission
Break in Brooklyn Transit Strike Possible as Talks Begin
New York Sept 1 First information that a break in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike may soon occur came on the fourth day of the walkout. About 5 000 car men urged their leaders to seek negotiations over a voluntary wage increase by the company. Surface trolleys operated today for the first time since Sunday and several hundred men gathered to picket lines. Sporadic clashes occurred between strikers and non unionists with police reserves repelling an attack on a car. Surface cars were guarded by heavy steel screens under police protection.
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Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn
Suffrage Leaders Quiet on Campaign After Tennessee Victory
Washington reports national women's party leaders expect Tennessee to sustain ratification of the suffrage amendment and will not mount an active drive for a 37th state. They will push for favorable action in Connecticut or Alabama legislatures meeting September 14, asserting Tennessee's legality cannot be questioned.
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Washington
National Woman's Party
Tennessee
Connecticut
Alabama
Alice Paul
The
Woman's Party
Revolt Against Bolshevik Rule in Baku Reported
Revolutionary outbursts against Bolsheviks flare among Tartars over rising living costs. Disturbances cited as cost of living climbs to twenty times higher since the government took power.
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Baku
Subcriber's late support boosts campaign votes
A Chronicle subscriber offered to pay his six year subscription, claiming it would yield 462,500 votes in the large star campaign, enough to place any contestant in the lead.
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Chronicle
Radicals Arrested in Abandoned Chicago Church
In Chicago on September 1, fifty four men and four women alleged to be anarchists and IWW members were arrested. Literature and newspapers were seized. The group met in an abandoned church where they supposedly planned mailings to towns in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Seven were released.
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Chicago
Ussia
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New Russian Anarchist Society
Miners Vote to Take Vacation in Protest at Work
In Wilkes-Barre on September 1 delegates from about 60 of 130 locals of the United Mine Workers, insurgent in stance, voted to strike for higher pay. They urged a stoppage Thursday morning and to continue until the 7 percent award is raised, opposing the decision expected from the joint state committee meeting at Scranton.
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Wilkesbarre
United ‘Mine
Wilson
N. J. Ferry
Scranton
Wooten Says Preparatory Departments To Open
Wooten announces that preparatory departments will open on September 13, with other departments following thereafter, signaling commencement of operations and phased rollout.
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Wooten
Ile Pane
Thompson Scorers Governor Lowden in Chicago Speech
Mayor William Hale Thompson denounced Governor Frank O. Lowden as a crook at political meetings in Chicago. He accused Lowden of promising home rule and then selling out, and vowed to strike at the Lowden camp on primary day. He warned voters ballots would reveal the truth, likening it to Babe Ruth’s swing.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Businoss
F.C. Lowden
Thompson
Lowden
Adiling
Frank O. Lowden
Babe
Ruth
Pershing May Visit South American Countries
Washington officials said the state and war departments weigh a goodwill trip by General Pershing to South American nations within a few months. No decision has been made and details will wait until then.
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Washington
State and War Departments
Rerahing
United States
Pershing
Tuberculosis Conference to Discuss Soldiers Care
In San Francisco on August 31 a program announced that care of former soldiers with gas injuries will be a reading topic at the Southwestern Conference on Tuberculosis meeting September 10. The migration of tuberculosis sufferers to the southwest will also be considered.
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San Francisco
Ita
Jazz Curfew Ordered in Greenwich Village Nightly
In New York on September 1 a reform wave reaches Greenwich Village where a Bohemian quartet, famed in song and story, is said to be involved in a nightly curfew at eight o'clock. The piece notes the novelty of this “ultra” idea and its dramatic attention in a society seeking new forms of order and entertainment.
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New York
Greenwich” Vilage
Janz
Democratic Officials Testify on Cox Campaign Funds
Officials of the Democratic National Committee told the Senate committee they found no evidence from Governor Cox to back charges of a Republican corruption fund yet believed the charges could be true. George White and Wilbur Marsh backed their assertion and produced copies of subscription lists linked to a Republican book. Marsh said the originals were with Cox or the justice department.
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Associated Press
Chicago
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Democratic National Committee
Senatorial Committee
James M. Cox
George White
Democratic Organiztion
Wilbur Marsh
Marsh
Wiliam Barnes
Albany
New York
Evening Journal
Marah
Lsta
Cox
Department of Justice
Attorney General
P. Christensen
Labor Party
Guy T. Scott
Republican Congressional
W. D. Jamieson
Jamieson
Messrs. White
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