President Wilson Feted by Crowds on Transcontinental Trip
President Wilson toured crossings and towns on the first day of his transcontinental journey meeting thousands at stops from Dennison to Urbana. He heard callers for Mrs Wilson and answered questions as he spoke briefly at Michmond, Indiana, and Urbana, Ohio. The crowd size swelled beyond management and a local official’s long remarks caused confusion.
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Columbus
Dennison
Hughes
Urbana
Ohio
Shantung
Japan
China
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
President Delivers Richmond Speech Before Thousands
The president spoke before several thousand people at the Coliseum on state fair grounds after a Columbus address. He will have made 31 speeches by the Washington return if he keeps his present program, escorted by Gov. Goodrich Mayor Jewett Thomas Taggart and others from Indiana. The crowd cheered as the president passed through crowded streets.
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Columbus
Richmond
Washington
James P. Goodrich
Jewett
Inianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Samuel L. Ralston
Franklin McCray
Indiana
The
League
Williams Shows All Papers Before Senate Banking Panel
Comptroller of the currency John Skelton Williams laid before the senate banking committee his personal diary and confidential reports on Washington banks. The materials, requested by Frank J. Hogan attorney for Riggs National Bank, are to be reviewed in executive session and aim to substantiate charges of discrimination against Riggs.
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Washington
John Skelton Williams
Senate Banking Committee
Frank J. Hogan
Riggs National Bank
Wage Conference Makeup Sets October 6 Start
President Wilson calls a labor and industry conference to meet in Washington on October 6. The group will include five chosen by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, five by the National Industrial Conference Board, fifteen by the American Federation of Labor, three by farming organizations, three by investment bankers, and fifteen public representatives.
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Washington
Sept
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
American Federation of Labor
Women Demand Representation in Government Roles
London delegates of the industrial woman's organization adopted a resolution urging the government to provide for representation of women in naval departments of the League of Nations.
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London
Sept. S
Industrial Woman's Organization
Naal
League of Natenes
Massacre Report Outlines Yekaterinoslav Executions
A physician reports more than 1000 people executed by bolsheviks before the city was evacuated. Victims were beheaded or crushed with hammers and many bodies found with broken limbs. The strike followed Bolshevik pillaging and was led by workers and Chinese elements in the city administration. Separately Kiev fell to General Denikin after two days of heavy fighting.
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Constantinople
Yekaterinoslav
Russa
Robin
Arong
Vallavka
Ratifying Peace Pact With Four Reservations Adopted
Senate foreign relations committee approves ratification with four reservations and four amendments to the Versailles peace treaty. The resolution requires acceptance by at least three of Britain France Italy and Japan before the United States consents to join.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
United States
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Versailles
League of Nations
League
United States Rejects League of Nations Arbitration on Domestic Policy
The United States asserts exclusive right to decide its domestic questions including immigration tariffs and commerce, rejecting arbitration by the League of Nations Council or Assembly. It states the Monroe doctrine remains solely an American policy and outside league jurisdiction.
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League
Congress of the
Fta
Council of the Assembly of the League of Nations
Assembly
Council of the
League of Nations
Germany
Chiefs Decide on Future Action in Wage Strike Vote
Rail shopmen vote 325000 to 25000 against Wilson wage offer but yield decision to international officers. Executive council delays strike vote until government cost of living relief efforts show results. About 600000 union members involved. report notes ongoing negotiations as war costs press.
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Washington
Wilson
Executive Council
Railway Employees' Department of the American Federtion of Labor
The
United Brotherhood of
Austria Granted Two Day Extension On Peace Reply
Paris reports the supreme council granted Austria a two day extension for submitting its peace terms response. Dr. Karl Renner, head of the Austrian delegation, says allies show benevolence over Austria’s economic plight but Austria should again protest territorial clauses. Echoes of Serbian and Roumanian concerns surface over minority protections and sovereignty.
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Paris
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Vienna
Karl Renner
Austria
Serbia
Roumania
Petit Parisien
Belgrade
Bank Robbery at Crescent City Seized Bonds and Papers
Four armed bandits held two men at gunpoint inside the First National Bank of Crescent City Illinois. They robbed bonds and papers valued at several thousand dollars and fled in an automobile. extent of the loss not yet known.
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Kankakee
Iil
Crescent City
First National Bank
Gary Urges Quick Trade Restarts and League Support
Elbert H. Gary, head of United States Steel, urged immediate resumption of trade with Germany and Austria at the American Bar Association meeting in Boston. He said most Americans favor the peace treaty and League of Nations and argued restoring central powers’ commerce would stabilize exchange and benefit the US economy. He also proposed US financing for other nations to rehabilitate productive capacity and purchase their goods within limits.
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Boston
Mass
Germany
Austria
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American Bar Association
Gary
America
League of Nations
United States
Iary
Aeron Businges
President presses steel talks with workers and firm
The president insists on a conference with the steel company and its workers to resolve ongoing labor tensions. Top officials seek a path to agreement amid stalled negotiations and mounting public interest.
War Price Ebbing Prompts Talks With Steel Firms
Prices have begun to recede from wartime highs. The Federal Trade Board reports easing prices in August as relief moves to avert a steel strike. President Wilson agrees to mediate a conference between steel workers and United States Steel Company to avert disruption.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States Steel Coporation
Federal Trade Board
Allied generals urge marines to restore order at Fiume
Special tovening report says Commission of Allied generals, sent to Fiume after clashes in which French soldiers were killed, recommends to the peace council that American and British marines be deployed to maintain order.
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Paris
Fiume
Peace Council
Merchant Marine Ideal and Cooperative Business Spirit
The speaker urged the nation to view the country as a fertile field for adventure and exploitation and called for a tense spirit of cooperation between workers, capital, and private interests. He insisted on a merchant marine equal to the best, unhampered by laws or regulations that hinder practical operation.
March Asks Preparedness for Future Military Policy
General March told the House Military Committee that U S war expenditures were used for preparedness in peacetime. He testified on plans for a permanent military policy including universal military training and a regular army of 576000 men funded by the war department’s interest on 14000000000.
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Washington
Germany
United States
War Department
House Military Committee
General March
Department
Mexican says regret over plane firing at border
Washington reports the Mexican government expressed regret over the firing at an American army plane on the border Tuesday. The State Department announced assurances of an immediate investigation to secure a satisfactory adjustment.
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Washington
State Department
To Meet State Pay Roll In North Dakota
To meet the August pay roll the general fund could not cover due to a shortfall the Bank of North Dakota transferred 25000 dollars to the general fund at the order of the Industrial Commission.
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N. D
Bank of
Neo Deketa
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