President Wilson Calls Labor Parley On Wage Reform
President Wilson marks Labor Day by urging a conference of capital and labor to discuss wage reform and the democratization of industry. He seeks broader worker share of profits and asks labor to avoid strikes while production rises and purchasing power improves.
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Washington
Wilson
Eudgels
EB. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
West
White House
Aguinett
Woodrow Wilson
Presbyterian new era movement boosts at Lake Geneva
President Wilson, reading an elder message to the Presbyterian new era movement in conference at Lake Geneva Wisconsin, receives applause from staff officers and delegates. The message emphasizes interest in the movement's character and purposes and calls for united effort.
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Wilson
Presbyterians
Lake Geneva, Wis
Lake Geneva
Wis
United States
Presbyterian Church
Wiliam Hiram Foulkes
Wigan
Movement of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
The speaker pledges deep sympathy and interest in the church moving to service and enlightenment. He argues the church’s focus on these purposes reflects the gospel spirit and the church’s vitality as a public service instrument in the nation.
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Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Red banners hauled down at Chicago communist event
In Chicago on September 2 red banners with slogans pro Clinton style in the hall on 0122 Bine istead avenue were removed after the Maxwell Street police demanded an American emblem. An attorney named Charles Montgomery was arrested for disorderly protestation.
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Chicago
Bine Istead Avenue
Maxwell Street
America
Charles Montgomery
Plumb Ready to Join Parley Over Railroad Control
Glenn E F Plumb backs President Wilson's call for a conference between capital and labor on railroads. He says workers supporting democratic control would join the president to seek solutions to railway industry problems.
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Philadelphia
Glenn E F. Plumb
Wilson
Republicans Abort Planned National Speaking Tour
Washington reports that an 8 member Republican Senate conference abandoned a planned organized tour of speakers following President Wilson's Transcontinental tour. Individual Republican senators will instead arrange speaking engagements, many in the travel route, promoting the League of Nations.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Pershing Leaves France for Home
General John J. Pershing commander of the American Expeditionary Forces sails from Brest aboard the Leviathan for the United States. Marshal Foch bids farewell and praises the Allied sacrifice as Pershing and Foch share final salutes.
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Brest
Segt
John J. Pershing
United States
Marshal Foch
America
Alrely
Washington
Laffayette
Pershing
France
Foch
Wilson Withholds Tentative Treaties From Senate
President Wilson tells Senator Lodge that draft treaties with Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey are in negotiation and must remain with the executive. He also declines to publish the Rhine declaration and notes public release would embarrass interested nations. The Poland treaty and Rhine occupation accord will be laid before the Senate.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Austria
Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Lodge
Rhine
United States
Hine
House of Commons
Poland
Senate
Lnst Trrday
Louge
Versailles
Camust
Committee On Foreign Relations
Brief Respite Allowed Rum Prohibition Holiday Planned
Prohibitionists consider a two month liquor holiday from November through December if peace is declared and army demobilized by November 35. Anti-Saloon league debates using tax powers to extend prohibition into next January. some lawmakers oppose delaying the country’s dry status.
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Washington
anti-Saloon League
Rui
Edward C. Dinwiddie
League
House
Senate
Munich Under Martial Law as Palatinate Revolt Erupts
Munich is placed under martial law as German troops guard streets amid Palatinate revolt reports. Adherents of Landau physician Haas seek independence from Prussia, with clashes at Ludwigshafen post office and two deaths noted. Bombs found on railroad track at Coblenz after attack by rebels.
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Godor Haas
Landau
Palatinate Republic
Coblenz
Copenhagen
Munich
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Berlin
Palatinate
Ludwigshafen
Hans of
Ludwigshafen Amt
Prussia
Deeter Haas
H. Dorten
Bonn
Rhenish Republic
Doctor Haas
Germany
Doctor Doorten
Republi
Rhineland
Earmy
Doctor Derten
Bombs Found Near Main Station After Track Blockade
Report notes bombs discovered beside the main station area after a period with no town movement by special train through Coblenz station for several days. The next train due on the line where bombs were found was four local cars from Cologne, carrying mostly German passengers.
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Coblenz
Severnl
Cologne
Shah of Persia Headed to Italy on British Vessel
The shah Ahmed Mirza of Persia travels from Constantinople to Italy aboard a British ship and then plans to Switzerland. He is unlikely to visit the United States. In Turkey he met his father the former shah at Principe island estate and received American relief commissioner Gabriel B. Ravndal, expressing appreciation for U S relief work in Persia.
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Constantinople
Ahmed Mirza
Persia
Italy
Switzerland
United States
Turkey
Shah
Hansion
Island
Principe
Gabriel B. Ravndal
Persin
Train Kills 2 Near Chicago at Hubbard Woods
Chicago a southbound Chicago and Northwestern train fatally struck Mr and Mrs William Tanner of Hubbard Woods as they hurried to catch a Chicago bound train. Gateman John Miller lost both arms trying to save them. all three were pinned under the engine and sent to local facilities.
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Chicago
William Tanner
Hubbard Woods
Chicago & Northwestern
Gage Street
John Miller
Tanners
Enutch
Miller
Evanston
Evanston Hospital
German industry faces alarming productivity decline
Berlin reports all branches of German industry show declining productiveness. The official bulletin of the majority socialist party warns the German people cannot survive unless production rises.
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Berlin
Socialist
President Wilson Attends Police Pension Fund Baseball Game
In Washington on September 2, President Wilson attended a police pension fund baseball game and threw out the first ball amid the civic event.
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Washington
Wilson
Police Pension Fund
Eastern Labor Urges Strike Truce Across United States
A New York report from the New York State Federation of Labor recommends suspending strikes and a six to twelve month wage and hour pause to help President Wilson cut living costs. The committee, formed July 20 by president James Heatland, consulted diverse interests to craft cost-of-living relief and restore normal conditions.
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New York Labor Committee
New York
United Sites
Wilson
New York State Federation of Labor
Americh
James O. Heatland
Weewort
Peace Offer Sparks Uncertain Ukraine Front Talks
Reported negotiations surface as Ukrainian forces consider truce proposals amid ongoing front line clashes and calls for immediate peace talks. Officials caution over terms and possible conditions tied to ceasefire arrangements.
Bolsheviks surrounded as Lithuanians press advance
The Lithuanian legation reports Bolsheviks encircled on the front and seeking peace while Lithuanian forces push deeper into enemy-held territory amid a reported cabinet meeting and ten thousand mile tour near Copenhagen.
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Avennue
Copenhagen
Wilson to Tour Nation for Peace Treaty Promotion
Special to Evening Journal reports President Wilson meeting his cabinet in Washington for the last time before a ten thousand mile speaking tour to advocate his peace treaty.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Dd. C
Wilson
Mexicans Fire on American Patrol at Rio Grande
U.S. aviation officers on border patrol near Laredo were fired on by Mexicans during a flight today. Captain Davis B. McNabb was wounded while Lieutenant Johnson managed to land the machine safely on the American shore.
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Laredo
Pene Journal
American Aviation
Rio Grande
Davis B. McNabb
Johnson
Call for National Unity to End Class Struggle
A committee urges a suspension of class and party conflict to unite the People of the United States. They warn that continued strife endangers prosperity and pleads for collective effort to steady the nation’s course.
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United States
Dutch-Belgian Talks Break Over 1899 Treaty Revision
The Hague reports that the Dutch government has broken negotiations with Belgium on revising the 1899 treaty. Dutch delegates will return to Paris in a few days after conferring with the government. the talks were limited to that purpose.
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Paris
Hague
Belgium
Detroit Thieves Net 71719 In 48 Hours
City officials report thieves burglars and holdup men in Detroit looted property valued at 71719 over a 48 hour period. The haul included 22 automobiles valued at 36000 and 9 dogs valued at 4500, plus additional items totaling 7719. Police say the incidents spanned the city during the period.
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Detroit
Midh
Iiles
Mexicans Slay An American Near Zacatecas Mine
Adam Reifer an American citizen was killed by Mexican bandits at a mine near Zacatecas on August 28, per telegram received. Reifer, a 55 year old independent robber operator, was killed in the attack. Two priests in Minnesota were also reported killed in a separate accident involving a Soo Line Limited near St. Vault.
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Tex
Adam
Sldte
Zacatecas
Shaefer
St. Vault
Minn
Conrad Glatzmaier
Jules Perigard
Sin
Soo Line Limited
Buld Kugi
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