Denikine captures Orel as Bolsheviks face crisis
In London reports say General Denikine's anti Bolshevik army seized Orel a key rail hub with thousands of prisoners and large quantities of material Two batteries of Bolshevik artillery fell into Denikine hands The capture enables a secure hold on vast territory south of Moscow and comes amid intensified fighting around Petrograd and Yamburg with further Baltic and Riga clashes unfolding.
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U S Not In Blockade Of Russia, Berlin Dispatch
Berlin reports a state of siege at Milan and General Eberhardt inviting Lithuanian delegates to a Latkany conference, accepted. Paris notes the United States did not join Entente powers in pressuring Germany over a blockade of Soviet Russia and denies American participation in any aerial Baltic blockade. none of the allied powers is at war with the Soviet government.
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Ratify Treaty Colt Plea Ties to Reservations
Senator Colt of Rhode Island argued that textual amendments to the peace treaty would defeat it and yield no practical gains. He said the Shantung amendment and League voting changes would reopen negotiations and that reservations would leave the treaty intact while altering it only for the reserving motion.
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Foils Attempt on Payroll at Western Electric Building
In Newark on October 16 two armed men attacked workers Ernest Cigarelli and William Wagner in the hallway of the Western Electric building and tried to seize a payroll package valued at 2851. One robber was captured. the other fled. Cigarelli identified the captured man as a former employee after tearing off the mask.
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Samuel Gompers Ill As Family and Labor Leaders Hope
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is confined to his Washington home in a state of nervous exhaustion with a 101 degree temperature. He grew ill after addressing the Industrial conference on the U S Steel dispute and his condition is serious. Mrs Gompers also is seriously ill after a recent stroke.
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Henry Parker
United States Steel Corporation
Coal Miners Strike Call Issued Amid Wage Talks
The United Mine Workers issue a nationwide strike order to cease coal production at midnight October 31 1919 with local unions to protect property. John L Lewis signs as acting president and William Cree as secretary treasurer. A Washington mediation meeting with Secretary Wilson may countermand the order if a deal is reached.
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William Cree
Philadelphia
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Washington
Wilson
Lewis
Japanese Troops Sent to Iberia and Manchuria
The war office announces a brigade of infantry and a battalion of engineers from the Thirteenth division will be dispatched to Iberia and to north Manchuria.
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Labor department mediation call highlights wage and condition issues
The notice points to the law creating the Department of Labor which tasks its head as mediator in labor disputes. It also notes that Thomas W. Brewster, president of the Canal Operators' Association, was asked to attend the conference.
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Department of Labor
Thomas W. Brewster
Canal Operators’ Association
Germans Sell War Material to Czecho Slovakia
Finance Minister Erzberger told the national assembly that Germany sold armaments valued over 100 million marks to Czecho Slovakia with Entente approval. He said Germany received lignite and other raw materials in return.
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Erzberger
National Assembly
Germany
Employers Clash Over Steel Strike Arbitration
Washington report on the industrial conference shows employers seeking immediate action to arbitrate labor’s steel strike proposal. The labor and public groups, except for Albert H. Gary, vote to postpone. the panel adjourns as talks continue and Wilson’s approval is awaited.
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Elbert H. Gary
United States Lives Corporation
Harry A. Wheeter
Capital Group
J. W. O'Leary
Chicago
L. F. Levee
Delaware & Hudson Railway
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White House
Military finds evidence of radical elements behind strike
Documentary evidence shows a radical group sparked the strike by circulating handbills urging workers to overthrow the army and seize the government. The strike prompts a flight of aliens to their homelands and steamship offices report 250 passenger applications through October 16, with expectations of 1000 more by month end.
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United States Army
Japan Plans Building 24 Warships Including Battle Cruiser
Tokyo reports the government will start next fiscal year on a program to build one 40 000 ton battle cruiser and 22 other warships. The fleet includes three light cruisers six destroyers twelve submarines and three river gunboats with construction costs around 1200000 yen.
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Jana Rese
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Thugs Fire Over 20 Shots in Chicago Robbery
Merel Bucker a 50 year old secretary for the Downey Farrell company at 500 North Union avenue was shot twice by four bandits who attempted to hold up the cashier Miss Mary Wiegand as they demanded the $2,500 payroll. About 20 shots were exchanged inside the office before the four fled in a black automobile without securing any money.
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Merel Bucker
Downey- Farrell Company
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Strike Ties Up Ottumwa Street Cars
Ottumwa Iowa workers strike after Hecht company rejects a new wage schedule. The stoppage affects street car service as employees demand an 18 cent per hour increase effective October 1.
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Railway and Hecht Company
Two More Racers Killed in Flight
Salt Lake City October 16 two pilots Lieut Prench Kirby and Lieut Stanley C Miller aboard airplane No 44 in the transcontinental derby crashed near Castle Rock Utah. The engine stopped in flight and the plane dived from about 700 feet. Kirby died instantly and Miller succumbed later despite medical aid.
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Prench Kirby
Stanley C. Miller
Castle Rock
Utah
Kirby
Rigby Ranch
Miller
Sudenly
Lieuteant Miller
Castle Neck
Evanston
Wye
Federal raid nets drugs valued at over seventy thousand
Federal authorities raided the apartments of Aaron Loewry at 508 Cass Avenue in October and seized opium and morphine valued at more than seventy thousand dollars. Loewry was arrested in connection with the drugs.
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Detroit
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Senate Labor Panel Ends Work Strike Investigation
The Senate labor committee decides to end its investigation into a work strike. No further action planned as committee concludes review of the labor dispute and related allegations.
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Will Demand Names of Alleged Radicals
Senator John Fitzpatrick pledges to demand the names of alleged radicals from the War Department. The Senate Labor Committee ends its steel strike investigation after a few more witnesses, with no further travel to strike zones. Lemuel Gompers has recovered enough to attend the industrial conference this afternoon.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Senate Labor Committee
Lemuel Gompers
Labor leader demands War Dept publish names of radicals
John Fitzpatrick president of the Chicago Federation of Labor said he would demand the War Department publish the names of every alleged radical member suspected of fomenting disorder in the steel strike zones.
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Chicago
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
War Department
Soviet Army Faces Defeat on Four Fronts
Special to Evening Journal reports the Soviet government forces pressed back on four fronts as enemy onslaughts threaten a catastrophe. London dispatch dated October 16 describes a possible disaster for Soviet Russia's armies amid heavy fighting and strategic setbacks.
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Russia
Day bill goes to president
The prohibition enforcement bill was signed by Vice President Marshall and Speaker Gillet for transmission to President Wilson. The president has ten days from receipt to sign or let it become law automatically. The White House announced the bill would be sent to Attorney General Palmer for a constitutional opinion before any executive action.
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Flyers Start Back West From Mineola
Maj. Carl Spatz began the return flight to San Francisco in a de Havilland Bluebird at 2 20 7 18 oclock on Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Lowell H. Smith followed in a Bluebird a few minutes later on the same return trip.
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Carl Spatz
San Francisco
Lowell H. Smith
End Gotham Harbor Strike Reaches Settlement
York reports harbor workers return to work after accepting the wage scale set by the national labor commission through December 1, ending days of disruption at Gotham Harbor. International Longshoremen’s Association members vote to resume duties as the strike eases. Burn Way Into Bank Vault in St Louis as two bandits loot a Missouri bank, escaping with about $25,000.
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