Wilson Heads Across Nation in Grand Speaking Tour
President Wilson leaves Union Station aboard a special train to campaign for ratification of the peace treaty and the League of Nations. The twoCar party includes Mrs Wilson, Baruch, Tumulty, eight secret service men, and a recordbreaking 20 newspaper men ready to file up to 75 000 words daily.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Union Station
Wison
Norman Davis
Wilaon
Bernard Baruch
Ray Baker
Mint
Walker J. Hines
Norman
Secret Service
Admiral Grayson
Tumulty
Murphy
Railroad Administration
Middle West
Presidential train carries film men and telegraph crews
Reporters copy by telegraph with special stroke arrangements as detachments of telegraphers go to stations ahead. Five moving picture men travel on the train to accompany a presidential special for the first time, representing reading movie weeklies.
Stigmatize Many Deserters
Geneva reports nearly 100000 officers and men are deserters from the German army during the war. Many were in America or England at the outbreak and barred from joining the colors though advised to enlist. Switzerland leads neutrals with 40000 deserters. Amnesty offered if they return to Germany this year, but many refuse. The amnesty does not apply to those accused of treason.
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Geneva
Munich
American
England
Switzerland
Germany
Reds Sue for Peace and Kolchak Evacuates Omsk
A dispatch from Helsingfors reports Admiral Cowan arriving for possible attack plans on Petrograd with the British military mission. Bern notes Bolsheviks seek peace after routs surrounding their forces. Moscow wires say Kiev outskirts are held by antibolsheviki while Dvinsk fortifications fall. Kolchak evacuates Omsk and moves headquarters to Irkutsk as Catherine Breshkovskaya returns toward Russia. Hugh Gibson arrives in Paris to discuss Polish affairs with Morgenthau commission.
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Helsingfors
Cowan
Baltic
Petrograd
London
Kiev
Moscow
Dvinsk
Dunaberg
Duna
Warsaw
Kolchak
Omsk
Irkutsk
Mme. Breshkovskaya
Paris
Catherine Breshkovskaya
Prague
Russia
Hugh Gibson
Poland
Buffalo Faces Rail Strike In Union Split
The radical element among 15,000 Buffalo area railroad shop workers is said to be gaining control and a general strike is expected before week’s end despite union leaders’ efforts. A meeting produced the statement We might just as well starve without us within the shops.
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Buffalo
Buffalo and
More Troops Disembarked to Bolster Northern Ireland
Belfast reports another thousand troops landed in Ireland and rushed to the north where officials say 20,000 may be mobilized.
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Ireland
Belfast
Northern Counties
Wage Parley Set With Labor Capital In Washington
President Wilson announces a conference on economic conditions to be held in Washington from October 5 to 10. He seeks nominations from business agricultural and labor groups and will finalize delegate lists within a week. The White House notes 40 to 45 delegates will be chosen and preliminary arrangements were discussed Tuesday.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lst
Pacific Coast
Appeal to Russians to join arms for victory
The head of the government at Omek appeals to all Russians capable of bearing arms to join the ranks. He declares the fate of Russia at stake and states the government will not lay down arms until victory is won.
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Omek
Russia
War department offers frozen meats to municipalities
Five million pounds of frozen meats now in cold storage in New York and Chicago are offered by the war department for municipal resale. The sale runs until Sept. 25 and includes about 1,250,000 pounds of poultry in New York and over 1,000,000 pounds in the Chicago zone. Prices range from 16 to 27 cents a pound, with poultry at 22 cents per pound and large lots of mutton and pork shoulders and loins available.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
War Department
Columbus Car Men Strike Shuts Streets In Morning Tie Up
Columbus awoke to an unexpected strike by motormen and conductors on the street car lines. The union says the walkout aims for better working conditions and higher pay and is not in sympathy with the linemen strike.
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Columbus
Lawmaker Proposes Panel to Stabilize Gold Dollar Value
Washington outlines a resolution by Representative Husted to create a special House committee to study measures that would stabilize purchasing power of the gold dollar. He cites statistics showing large declines since 1896 and 1913, arguing $1.00 buys far fewer necessities today than in the past.
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New York
Ssman
Washington
House
Representative Husted
Rep
Husted
Senate rejects La Follette plan on land lease controls
Washington report states the Senate rejected an amendment by Senator La Follette Wisconsin to a land leasing bill. The proposal would have let the president fix and control prices of contr oll and other products from government lands leased under the measure. It faced strong opposition from western senators.
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Washington
Senate
la Foliette
Wisconsin
Willing to Yield Duties to World War Veterans
Columbus Ohio September 4 Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic plan to pass duties to sons and to World War I veterans joining the American Legion at the fifty third encampment in Columbus. Governor Campbell predicts this may be the last great G A R encampment as the organization shifts activities to younger veterans while inviting WWI participants to parade and partake in events. Seven affiliated groups including the Woman’s Relief Corps and Daughters of Veterans will meet concurrently.
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Columbus
Grand Army of the Republic
American Legion
James E. Campbell
Ohio
Campbell
G. A. ER
Sons of Veterans
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Daughters of Veterans
ex-Prisoners of War
Disciples of Christ Support Illinois Education Fund
A recommendation to raise two thousand dollars for education and missionary development was presented to the Illinois state convention of the Disciples of Christ meeting in Charleston TL.
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Charleston
Ilinois
State Convention of the Disciples of Christ
Bolsheviks Occupy Dubovka Town on Volga South of Saratov
London dispatch reports the Bolsheviks have occupied Dubovka on the Volga 180 miles south south west of Saratov, per an official Soviet government statement received by wireless.
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London
Dubovka
Volga
Saratov
Moscow
PLAN WORLD SERVICE BY AIR
The Great Northern Aerial syndicate forms in Liverpool to launch a passenger airship service next May. Rigid airships will carry 150 passengers with a top class and a bottom class. Feeder routes use smaller ships for 50 passengers. The first route links Liverpool York Hull Copenhagen Stockholm Petrograd Tomsk Peking San Francisco New York Queenstown and Dublin.
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Liverpool
Great Northern Aerial Syndicate
York
Hull
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Petrograd
Tomsk
Peking
San Francisco
New York
Queenstown
Dublin
General Pershing to be Welcomed by Congress Upon Return
Washington announces General Pershing will be welcomed in New York by a joint House Senate committee after more than two years commanding the American Expeditionary Force in France. The panel will coordinate plans for his Capitol reception and consult with him.
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Washington
Pershing
Leviathan
France
New York
House
Senate
Capitol
Twenty Houses Burn in Argo Near Archer Avenue
Twenty houses were destroyed by fire in Argo near Archer Avenue and West Sixty-first Street today. Many families were left homeless as Argo firefighters called in Chicago units for aid, with three companies dispatched to the scene. In Atlanta, women voted in a city Democratic primary for the first time, despite state law excluding women from suffrage, as the primary committee allowed participation in nominating municipal officers.
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Chicago
Argo
Archer Avenue
Sixty-first Street
Atlanta
Ultimatum sent to Roumania over Hungary crisis
Paris reports the peace conference supreme council will issue a strict ultimatum to Romania demanding evacuation of Hungary by its army and transfer of requisitioned goods to the allies. It threatens cessation of diplomatic relations if Romania refuses within the time limit.
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Paris
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Hungary
Roumania
Bucharest
Romania
Alles
Mexican Leader Planned Invasion of United States
A Mexican leader outlined a plan to invade the United States amid tensions reported in the article. The piece notes military movement and potential strategic aims, with references to national figures and geographic scope.
Carranza Implicated in German Plot, Altendorf Claims
Dr Paul Altendorf a former US intelligence figure says Mexican President Venustiano Carranza was directly involved in a German plan to invade the United States. He cites a January 15 1918 interview and a wire to General Calles. Altendorf shows a code prepared by Carranzas secretary Mario Mendez for use with Calles and Kurt Jahnke.
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New York
Paul B. Altendorf
American Military Intelligence Service
United States
Carranza
Mexico
Altendorf
Sonora
Doctor Altendorf
Calles
Carranza Did Say, However, According To Doctor Altendorf
Callies
Mario Mendez
Wilson Opens National Peace Tour in Columbus Address
President Wilson began a nationwide speaking tour to promote the peace treaty. In Columbus he said his purpose was to go out and report to his fellow countrymen, adding that the only people he owed a report to were American citizens.
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Evening Journal
Columbus
Ohio
Wilson
United States
Jap Peace Envoy Welcomed After Paris Conference
Marquis Kinmoshi Salonji, ex prever and head of Japan's Paris peace delegation, arrived in Tokyo to a mixed reception. Thousands cheered at the station while a student denounced him and several workers threw stones, causing no injuries and leading to arrests.
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Tokyo
Marquis Kinmoshi Salonji
Paris
Marquis Salon
Staton
Plane attacked was in U S territory near Laredo
Reports from southern department headquarters claim an American army airplane attacked by Mexican federal soldiers near Laredo occurred in United States territory. A Chicago school budget shows a deficit of 7.52 million dollars as the 19 percent year ends.
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San Antonio
Tex
Southern Department
Laredo
United States
Chicago
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