United States as Senior Partner in League Debate
President Wilson in St Louis argues the United States must join the League of Nations to avoid isolation and to lead world recovery. He warns rejection would leave America a mere nonentity in finance, industry, and diplomacy, urging citizens to read the treaty and support partnership with other nations.
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Associated Press
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Family of Nations
Wilson
League of Nations
Reed
Unti
Germany
Deglay
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Japan
Wilson Secretary Redfield Resigns from Commerce Post
William C. Redfield of Brooklyn New York secretary of commerce in Wilsons cabinet since 1913 announced his resignation to return to private business. President Wilson accepted the resignation effective November 1 with no official hint on a successor.
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Washington
William C. Redfield
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wilson
Plan Goun ter to Wilson campaign plan
The Associated Press reports Senate engagements to discuss peace treaty in the east and midwest. Republican leaders say no plan to oppose President Wilson but to reply to his addresses on the floor and elsewhere. Senators Johnson California Borahy Idaho and McCormick Illinois to address a mass meeting and speak at Dun Kirk New York Pittsburg and New York City.
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Wilson
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Borahy
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McCormick
Illinois
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Dunkirk
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New York City
Railroad reorganization plan denounced as preposterous
A plan for railroad reorganization was denounced today as the best plan ever devised to drive the brains out of the railroad business. The remark came from the president of the Order of Railroad Station Agents before the Interstate Commerce Committee. Morton called the plan eighty preposterous and said it would not merit consideration.
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Order of Railroad Station
House
Interstate ‘Commerce
Morton
Miscue Rant Sparks Review Of Forest Fires In Montana
A garbled snippet notes weeks of fires in Montana forests and mentions a miscue or misreporting that sparked discussion. The fragment references ratings or spots and a singling out of a blaze, but lacks clear names, dates, or organizations to confirm specifics.
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Montana
League of Nations Principles Urged in Mexican Crisis
Washington reports that the council urges applying league principles to the Mexico United States situation. It cites past struggles for justice and democracy and the US role in shaping world peace, calling for reason, fairness, and harmony to guide negotiations and preserve friendly ties.
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Washington
League of Nations
Amer
Council
United States
League ‘of Nations
Mexico
Nogales Investigation Opens Into Death of U S Veteran
American Consul Francis E. Dyer in Nogales Sonora begins inquiry into the death of war veteran Hennessey, reportedly murdered by Yaqui Indians while traveling with a military escort in the Fiulgai area. Authorities identify Hennessey as the third American killed in the vicinity.
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Nogales
Ariz
Francis E. Dyer
Sonora
Mex
Alphonso
Afennessey
Fiulgai Sonora
Hennessey
Actors End Strike After Equity Victory in New York
The actors strike that closed nearly 200 theatres nationwide ends under an Equity victory. An open shop is agreed, all differences settled, with theatres expected to reopen today. A stage hands strike against Shubert theatres is ordered, with letters sent to 800 other venues to halt Shubert shows.
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Actors’ Equity Association
Augustus Thomas
Francis Wilson
Equity
Shubert
International Alliance of Stage
United States
Canada
United’ States
Shuberts
Natiy
Charles
Shay
Alliance
WP Facilities Must Be Increased
Benno Schoch Latin-American representative of the American Finance and Commerce company says San Francisco must greatly boost Pacific coast shipping facilities to keep trade supremacy as Britain and others enter the western South American market. He urges more ships and support from the federal shipping board, noting new district lines between Japanese and South American ports.
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San Francisco
Central
South America
Pacific Coast
Benno Schoch
American Finance and Commerce Company
Mr. Schoch
South American
Fécial Shipping Board
Schoch
Editor of Hamburg Volks Zeitung Sentenced to Three Weeks
The editor of the independent socialist newspaper Volks Zeitung in Hamburg was sentenced to three weeks in jail for insulting Gustav Noske, the German defense minister, in an editorial published Thursday September 4. The case highlights press limits in the period and the political tensions surrounding postwar governance in Germany.
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Hamburg
Volks. Zeitung
Gustav Noske
Bri
Senate Debates Wilson Peace Pact Reservations
Washington September 5 prompt senate debate over President Wilsons peace treaty and league of nations. Republicans Borah Sherman clash with North Dakotas McCumber over reservations and interpretation of Article 10 while critics accuse the presidents stance of disregarding law and authority.
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Japan
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