Rail strike actions force federal control across Pacific coast
Union leaders urge acceptance of Wilson plan as four railroad brotherhoods agree to back government efforts to reduce living costs. Hines warns California Arizona Nevada rail chiefs to resume service by seven Saturday morning or risk replacement to maintain traffic and prevent interference.
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Union Officials Confer Over Railroad Strike Fallout
Samuel Gompers returns from Europe and meets with officials of 15 railroad unions to discuss President Wilsons wage policy as a potential strike escalates. Railway executives reportedly plan to resume service if the unauthorized walkout continues, with union men ready to operate trains. The union leadership declined to reveal Gompers position on the presidents wage stance.
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A E F Sale to France Complete Under War Department Plan
Washington reports completion of A E F sale to France totaling 3.4 billion dollars of property with exceptions for U S return and troop use. Payment in ten year gold bonds at 5 percent from Aug 1 1920. Bonds redeemable in gold. contract covers fixed installations logistics clothing stores munition and more.
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3000 Steel Workers Out on Strike in Meveland
Three thousand steel workers walked out in Meveland on August 20, with union officials using restraint to keep other organized steel workers from joining. Cleveland Blacksmiths' union business agent Cithert H Sharpe says the strike aims to pressure employers amid tense labor actions in the region.
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Balkans in Revolt Amid War Fever Across Montenegro
News from London reports Montenegro in a state of revolution with fighting erupting nationwide. Serbians tighten hold, rail links cut between Virpagar and Antivari, and Montenegrin resolve and anti-Serbian sentiment rise as reinforcements arrive. A separate dispatch notes Bolshevik Premier Lenin sending a peace delegation to Kishinev to discuss Romania.
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Two Flyers Dead in Southerfield Air Collision
Americus Ga August 20 Lieut John K McRae of Washington state and Private Robert A Brook of New Man Ga were killed when two aircraft collided at Southerfield at an altitude of 750 feet.
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Wilson Tour 10 Begins September 3 in West
President Wilson plans a three week speech tour starting September 3 to promote the peace treaty. He will speak in Columbus Indianapolis and California towns Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego with stops at Portland Spokane and Denver. A delegation urged a racial equality amendment to the police treaty in Washington.
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Planning Exodus to U S Britain to Bar Emigration
London reports a mass movement from war ruined central Europe as 10,000,000 people seek to emigrate. Britain plans to limit arrivals with continued immigration restrictions while authorities gather transportation data and monitor dangers in the unprecedented exodus.
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President's offer favored by Reading shopmen
Reading Pennsylvania Aug 20 over 4 000 railway shopmen may accept President Wilsons offer to pay four cents an hour additional After a meeting sentiment was said to be favorable for the proposal indicating worker support in the Reading shop community
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Wilson asks for 825000 to cover peace commission costs
President Wilson requests a new appropriation of 825000 for American peace commission expenses in Paris from July 1 through year end. The total cost to date is 1250620 with forecasts to 1506706, covering subsistence salaries and hotel rents amid high wartime prices. Campaign badges will be issued to organized militia members at cost via army depots on certifcates of service.
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Burleson and House Are Losers in Washington Clash
Washington Special dispatch says two Wilson appointees Col E M House and Postmaster General Burleson have been sidelined under a compromise. House in England with no duties while Burleson remains PMG but with presidential consultation on key post office policy.
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Carnegie will publicize vast Carnegie estate and legacies
New York Aug 20 will of Andrew Carnegie valued at 25 to 380 million leaves real estate art works and household goods to Mrs Carnegie. Residuary estate to Carnegie corporation with large charitable bequests to Cooper Union Pittsburgh university Hampton institute and others annuities to Taft Mrs Cleveland and Mrs Roosevelt and Lloyd George. Carranza orders Mexican census next year in Mexico City.
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Western cities relieved though 15 still closed to world
Western cities express relief as rail disruptions ease but fifteen ports remain blocked to world trade. Officials cite ongoing tie ups and lingering congestion hindering shipments and travel while recovery momentum slows.
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Separate Peace Declared as Unenforceable and Urged
The article notes calls for a separate peace and that the peace treaty framed cannot be enforced. It reports in Los Angeles the continuing railway tie up despite strikers in San Francisco and other cities returning to work following leaders' advice. The piece frames improved production and commerce as the route to broader benefits.
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Knox urges separate peace with Germany over Versailles treaty
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania told the senate that the Versailles peace treaty cannot be enforced and would only lay a foundation for centuries of bloodshed. He urged the United States to decline joining the settlement and seek a separate peace with Germany.
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President Wilson Set for Des Moines Stop on Tour
President Wilson will visit Des Moines on September 7 during a nationwide tour. He plans to address crowds in thirty cities, with stops announced across the country.
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Big Oil Suit Lost by U S
In Los Angeles Judge Benjamin Bledsoe dismissed six consolidated suits filed by the government against the Southern Pacific company and 221 others seeking to set aside patents to oil lands in the San Joaquin Valley. The litigation covered 165000 acres valued at 421000000.
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Pershing Receives Senate Review for Permanent General Rank
The House approved a bill to authorize President to grant Gen. John J. Pershing a permanent general rank in recognition of his World War I service. The measure now moves to the Senate for action.
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Germans arrest 3 Britons tied to Lithuanian mission
Three members of the British mission to Lithuania were arrested by German soldiers and taken to Mitau. Riga dispatches say the British mission to Riga later secured the men's release.
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U S Military Mission Leaves Berlin for Copenhagen
Berlin dispatch reports the American military mission in Germany has departed Berlin en route to Copenhagen and then to the United States under newly announced arrangements.
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