Rochester youth confesses to Erie gang murders and robberies
Joseph Higgins, 16, of Rochester, arrested in Erie with Ida Baker and others, confesses to murdered night watchman and a spree of robberies linked to a band that stole autos and plundered country stores. Officials say the gang’s loot includes jewelry, auto robes, and discarded vehicle parts. one member, Howard Miller, escaped after an Erie shooting.
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Joseph Higgins
Rochester
N. Y
Erie
Ida Baker
Miller and Everetts
Higgins
Carl Althof
New York
Herdit
Tietes Con
Y Althof
Abbott & Haggerty’s Hardware
Sugar Grove
Warren
W. W. Muir
Adams and
Olson
Abbott & Harverty
Paul Brockway
Outfit
Howard Miller
Hiram Tiffany
Higgins Boy
Yamg Higgins
Atlantic Coast
Akron
Ohio
Brockway
Althot
Conneaut
Tiffany
Miller
Baker
Young Higgins
William DeGraff
Wolcott
DeGraff
Hiveins
Howard Baker
Williams
Binghampton
Chicago Mills Resume Activity After Strike With Mixed Progress
Chicago area steel mills operate at about 50 percent capacity and gradually rise. Bethlehem works in Lackawanna see calm, and Joliet mills begin production again after the strike. At Waugegan, clashes have decreased as state troops are not deployed, while 300 businessmen organize a protective company.
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Chicago
Waugegan
Joliet
Bethlehem Steel Strike Returns Most Workers to Jobs
Bethlehem Steel says 88 percent of its men were working, a 3 point rise from Monday, asserting the strike did not seriously affect production. Strike leader David Williams said 75 to 80 percent of workers were out.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
David Williams
Conflicting Reports From Pittsburg On Steel Strike
Labor leaders claim all Pittsburg district plants are crippled by the steel workers strike while employers say more men are returning and mills run near full time. Strike headquarters report 375 000 iron and steel workers on strike, up 33 000 from last week. Many who joined recently walked out from Bethlehem Steel and Jones & Laughlin mills in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Bethlehem Steel Company
Jones & Laughlin Company
Steel strike drags on as Lackawanna remains calm
After more than a week of the steel strike, Lackawanna shows a Sunday like calm and the steel plant furnaces are cold and smokeless with no sign of an easy breakthrough in the deadlock.
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Lackawanna
Detroit Auto Plants May Halt If Strike Persists
If the steel strike lasts three more weeks with the same share of workers out, most Detroit automobile factories could suspend operations, potentially idling thousands of workers across Michigan.
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Detroit
New Yorkers Join Legion as Membership Surges
Ogden Mills states New York's Legion membership tops 400000 with over 100000 joining across 208 posts. He predicts the quota of 194000 for New York will be surpassed by mid next week as the national drive targets 1000000 members. The state convention is set for Rochester on October 10 and 11.
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Legion
New York State
Ogden Mills
New York
National Commission
The
Order
Rochester
Hard Coal Men Stick to Supplemental Agreement Through March
A Philadelphia conference of United Mine Workers district presidents and anthracite operators upheld the existing contract and its supplemental bonus agreement to remain in force until March 31, 1920. No other changes were made to the general contract as talks on a new agreement await later discussions. Attendees included Warriner, Richards, Huber, and Connell for the operators and Dempsey, Kennedy, and Golden for the workers. John L. Lewis could not attend but would sign later.
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Philadelphia
United Mine Workers of America
Wilkes-Barre
S. D. Warriner
W. J. Richards
C. F. Huber
W. L. Connell
John
National rail shopmen agreement set to take effect
The national agreement on working conditions for railway shopmen covering 600000 men will start on October 20 and stay in force through government control of the roads. Signed by the railroad administration and six international unions, it is now with the printer in Washington following President Wilson’s wage demands.
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White House
E. H. Gary
U. S. Steel Corporation
Judge Gary
John Fitzpatrick
Steel Workers Union
William Foster
Wilson
Washington
Railroad Administration
Railway Employes’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Rockefeller Gifts $2 Million to Northern Baptists
John D. Rockefeller contributed 2,000,000 in securities to the ministers and missionary board of the Northern Baptist Convention. The funds carry no restrictions on use and will support northern states, announced in a letter to Rev. B T Tomlinson, executive secretary of the board.
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Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Ministers and Missionary Board
Northern Baptist Convention
B. T. Tomlinson
Alabama Mob Lynches Two Negroes Near Montgomery
A mob of about 25 masked men took Miles Phiter and Robert Croskey from county officials five miles from Montgomery Alabama and shot them dead. Both men were charged with assaulting white women.
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Alabama
Miles Phiter
Robert Croskey
Oldier
Montgomery
Ala
Flu Cases Reported Across States Stay Mild
More than 309 influenza cases were reported by 14 states to the public health service. Officials say the spread does not constitute an epidemic and the majority of infections are mild.
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The
Public Health Service
Delmonico Cafe Declares Bankruptcy in New York
Delmonico’s famous Fifth Avenue restaurant, declared insolvent weeks earlier, filed a bankruptcy schedule in U S district court New York listing liabilities at 269,029 and assets at 174,381. Unsecured claims were spread across many creditors.
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Delmonico Cafe
Delimonico
Fifth Avenue
United States District Court
New York
Allies Deliver Sept 27 Ultimatum to Germany
The state department released the text of the ultimatum from Marshal Foch demanding withdrawal of Von der Goltz troops from the Baltic. If ignored the allies will block food and raw materials and cut financial facilities, with the United States as an associated power.
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State Department
Germany
Allies
Associated Powers
von der Goltz
Baltic
Marshal Foch
United States
Steel shipments limited to meet steel strike effects
The railroad administration orders moving coal and iron ore to steel mills by permit to match mills' consumption during the strike. Regional directors will issue permits to prevent terminal congestion and excessive use of railroad equipment, mirroring the wheat movement plan.
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Railroad Administration
New York Printing Plants Locked Out and Struck
Two hundred and seven New York printing plants employing about ten thousand workers were shut by a simultaneous lockout and strike. The action, ordered by the Printers league of the Association of Employing Printers, is backed by the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union and the American Federation of Labor in a power struggle with alleged outlaw local unions.
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New York
I New York
Printers’ League Section
The
Association of Employing Printers
International Pinting Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America
American Federation of Labor Body
Alabama Legislature Passes Anti-Strike Bill
Alabama lawmakers approved a bill banning strikes with penalties up to a fine and imprisonment for entering into combinations to impede industry. The measure moves to the governor to sign into law.
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Alabama
House
Senate
City of Nitro Powder Plant Receives Three Bids
Three bids were submitted for the government built powder plant in Nitro West Virginia. The highest bid offered was zero dollars with the government facing extensive disposal and maintenance costs.
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Nitro
W. Va
U S Soldier Demands Apology Over Siberian Arrest Flame
Maj. Gen. William S. Graves, commanding American forces in Siberia, seeks an apology from Gen Rozanoff after the arrest and flogging of Capt. Johns and Corp. Sperling by Cossacks under Gen. Kalmikoff. A Japanese officer’s conduct inquiry is also underway as the incident unfolds near Iman and Spaske.
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Graves
William S. Graves
Siberia
Rozanoff
Pre-Amoor Province
L. P. Johns
27Th Regiment
Benjamin Sperling
51St
Kalmikoff
Iman
Imen
Vladivostok
Johns
Spaeske
Sperling
Ichaborovsk
Spering
Khabor
Spasake
Milk price rise blamed on health impact survey findings
Health Commissioner Copeland reports from 11 007 families visited that 5 775 mothers say their children lack milk due to cost. He cites 1 294 malnourished, 993 anemic, 785 underweight, and 9 648 under nourished children. Dairymen's League disputes responsibility for a 2 to 3 cent per quart rise planned for October 1.
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Copeland
Fair Price Milk Committee
New York City
Dairymen's League
Health Department
Ciors
Shortage of gutta percha hinders Pacific cable link
Lieutenant Nagie told the Senate commerce committee that without a substitute for gutta percha the United States cannot lay two cables across the Pacific unless Britain supplies the material. He warned that South American gutta percha is insufficient and that British sources from Philippine trees may be needed.
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United Stats Ian
Pacific Ocean
Senate Commerce Committee
Lieut. P. BE. D. Nagie
Philippines
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Roy
George Walters
Foster
Fitzpatrick
Gary
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Company
U.S
Dairy League
Benjamin C. Marsh
Maine
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