Italy’s Premier Glorifies Labor Peace Amid Strike Context
Premier Giolitti outlines a peaceful settlement between Italian plant owners and metal workers after a wage dispute. He notes workers earned 16 to 20 lire daily before, less than $1, and credits a peaceful transfer of control as avoiding violence. The accord includes higher wages approaching $1, a yearly holiday, and a joint government commission to review factory finances.
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Rome
Oct. S
Italy
Gloutt
United States
Sig. Gilolitti
America
Borah Opposes Alliance as Alternative to League
In Danbury Connecticut on October 5 Senator Borah spoke for four days in support of Senator Brandegee and argued against joining an alliance of nations proposed by Senator Harding as a substitute for the Versailles League. He said the United States gains strength from its freedom to act for justice and peace.
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Danbury
Conn
America
Association of Nations
Harding
League of Nations
Vercaillve
Borah
Brandegee
Versailles League
United States
Milk price cuts at Algonquin plant shock area
Belvidere TI October 5 price for milk fell sharply when the Borden plant at Algonquin cut payments from 5.70 to 2.524 per hundred pounds. Other plants at Garden Prairie and Cherry Valley trimmed price from 3.70 to 2.65 per hundred pounds.
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Belvidere
Borden
Algonquin
Garden Prairie
Cherry Valley
Flour Down 50 Cents a Barrel In Chicago Market
Chicago lenders report flour prices easing with the bar priced at $13 per barrel for grocers and bakers, down from $14.50, a relief that will soon reach household buyers at about $14 per barrel.
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Chicago
Sugar hits new low record for year in markets
New York reports fresh yearly lows in both raw and refined sugar. Raw sugar falls to 8.51 cents per pound duty paid, while refined sugar is quoted at 12.5 cents per pound by the Federal Sugar Refining Company.
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New York
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Schiff Millions Aid Charity
New York October 5 charitable bequests totaling about 1.3 million dollars were left in the will of the late Jacob H Schiff, filed in the surrogate court.
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New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Grand Duke Michael Alexander Said Alive in Siam
Russian author Breschkovsky reports in Figaro that Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the late Emperor Nicholas, survived Bolshevik captivity. He escaped Perm, journeyed to Siberia, and reached Siam where King Maha Vajiravudh welcomed him. The duke reportedly remains with the Siamese monarch awaiting Russia's developments.
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Paris
Michael Alexandrovitch
Russia
Nicholas
Siam
Nicolas Breshko Breschkovsky
The
Figaro
Perm
Siberia
Maha Vajiravud Phra Mongkut Chao
Petrograd
Grand Duke
Michael
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Goto Blames Politics for Japan Feeling in California Row
Former Japanese foreign minister Baron Shimpei Goto says anti American press tone is a phase of the presidential election and urges restraint as delegates plan a mission to the United States to ease tensions. He calls for honor and a calm, mutual settlement honoring both nations.
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Japan
Tokyo
Shimpei Goto
Reuters, Ltd
California
America
United States
Japan-American Society
J Jon Society Urges Renewed Pacific Peace Efforts
The J Jon Society of New York City calls for renewed efforts to dispel clouds of conflict on both sides of the Pacific, urging mediation and cooperative steps between nations to reduce tensions and promote regional stability.
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J.jon Society of
New York City
Pacific
New York Population Rises to 10 384 144 in 1910 Census
Statewide gain of 1 270 530 since 1910 with New Jersey Texas and Idaho also rising. Idaho up 32.4 percent to 451 826. New Jersey reaches 3 155 874. Texas at 4 661 027. New York City adds 620 040 to 6 203 165.
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Idaho
New Jersey
Texas
Washington, Dct. S
New York State
Iaho
Tojals
New York City
Suspect Held for New York Blast Inference Tenor
Florian Zelenko, arrested in Pittsburgh on dynamite possession, admitted to carrying explosive fuse. He claimed work with Island Creek Coal in Whitman Virginia and said he bought the device to use in mines. Police say he left New York September 26 for Whitman then Cincinnati before going to Pittsburgh. Suspicions hinge on remarks to a fellow traveler about the Wall Street explosion.
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Pittsburgh
Florian Zelenko
Police Department
Department of Justice
Zelenko
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Tsings
Wall Street
New York
Lewis Labor Agency
New
World Series Opens Today in Brooklyn Rivalry Begins
New York October 5 1920 the world series opens at Ebbets Field Brooklyn with Brooklyn and Cleveland meeting for the championship. Managers Wilbert Robinson and Tris Speaker lead distinct schools of baseball as Bagby and Coveleskie duel in the opener. Brothers Jimmy Johnston and Dee Johnston face one another for the first time in a world series.
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New York
Ebbetsfield
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Chicago
Wilbert Robinson
Baltimore Orioles
Robinson
Tris Speaker
Clevelands
Bagby
Marquard
Speaker
Jill Bagby
Stanley Coveleskie
South
Hox
Jimmy Johnston
Dee Johnston
Ten Vessels Sold For 1.4 Million To Buyer In New York
Washington October 5. Completion of a sale agreement shows Louis M Atha of New York will buy ten composite vessels totaling 400000 deadweight tons for 1400000 dollars The buyer may select any ten composites and make the initial payment on delivery of the first vessel.
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Washington
Louis M. Atha
New York
Shipping Board
Polish government pledges equality for Jews in Poland
Warsaw reports that the Polish government will pursue civil equality for Polish Jews. Vice Premier Ignace Daszinski told delegates at a Polish Jewish conference that current efforts must focus on defense and protection of the country.
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Ignace Daszinski
Warsaw
M. Daszinski
Comiskey Rewards Loyal Sox Players With $1500 Share
Chicago Oct 5 The 1919 White Sox players, except the eight indicted, receive $1500 each from owner Charles A Comiskey as the difference between the winners and losers shares. Manager Gleason and players Schalk Byrd Lynn Urban Faber Kerr Wilkinson Collins McClellan Liebold Murphy receive checks amid notes of justice and relief.
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Chicago
White Sox
Charles A. Comiskey
Gleason
Comiskey
Manager Gleason
Schalk
Byrd
Lynn
Urban Faber
Richard Kerr
R. H. Wilkinson
BE. T. Collins
J. Collins
H. McClellan
Harry Liebold
E. Murphy
Score in Opening Game Garners Early Lead
In the opener, a 3101 score began in the first inning and the team held the lead throughout.
World Series Opener Draws Capacity Crowd in 1920
The Brooklyn Nationals face the Cleveland Americans in game one as Cleveland wins 3 to 1. Cleveland scores two in the second, adds a run in the fourth, and holds the lead through the ninth. Brooklyn’s Marquard is relieved by Lamar in the seventh. Battery for Cleveland is Covelakie and O’Neill. for Brooklyn Marquard and Krenger.
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Frennie Journal
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Nationals
Cleveland Americans
Cleveland
Meveland
Marquard
Lamar
Cleveland Battery
Covelakie
O'Neill
Krenger
Gary Gets Data on France From Steel Leader
Elbert H. Gary, head of United States Steel, returned from a European trip aboard the La France with reconstruction data on France and Belgium. He plans to share findings with his company and the Iron and Steel Institute. He says the steel industry is healthy despite lower volumes and prices and that U S Steel aims to keep prices stable. He notes hopes freight-rate hikes will not greatly affect rail prices.
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New York
Elbert AH. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
la France
France
Belgium
Iron and Steel Institute
Gary
Informa
Steel Dustry
Russian Soviets Hit By Widespread Retreats and Desertions
London dispatches cited by the London Times correspondent report great anxiety in Russian Soviet circles. Frontier reports say Red forces are in retreat on both the western and Crimean fronts amid hunger and growing surrender and desertion in large numbers.
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London
Stockholm
Finland
London Times
Red 1 4
Japan Begins Evacuation of Nikolaevsk Island
Naval and military forces withdraw from Nikolaevsk to Sakhalin Island as cable dispatches reach Nippu Jiji in Tokyo via Kyoto. Authorities confirm evacuation plans amid shifting fronts with limited detail on exact dates.
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Siberian
Sakhalin
Honolulu
Hawaii
Nikolaevsk
Kyo
Nippu Jiji
Two Indiana Flyers Die In Michigan Plane Crash
Bartholomew of Waterloo and Cecil Keyes of Orland were killed when their plane fell 3,500 feet twelve miles south of Coldwater Michigan after a stay wing snapped.
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Coldwater
Mich
Bartholomew
Waterloo
Ind
Cecil Keyes
Orland
Here
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