White House affirms no abridgement of free speech during strike actions
The White House states there will be no interference with lawful speech but warns that meetings aiding strikers or obstructing commerce may trigger the injunction against rail labor. Cabinet notes say authorities will protect railroad operations while enforcing constitutional limits. Labor leaders condemn the stance, with Gompers reasserting AFL opposition to government actions.
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Gomperships
Washington
Rall
White House
Daugherty
Chicago
W. H. Johnston
Ile
Gompers Attacks Government Over Railroad Strike Injunction
Samuel Gompers denounces the administration for using government power to restrain striking railroad shopmen. He accuses officials of legal manipulation that harms workers and leaves them at the mercy of management. DOJ operatives have been shadowing him since his arrival, with some staying at a Chestnut Street hotel serving as headquarters.
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Chestnut Street
Theodore A Bell Killed in Tempe accident near Rose
San Rafael Cal Sept 6 Theodore A Bell San Francisco attorney former congressman and Democratic governor hopeful was killed in an automobile accident near Rose Bell was pinned beneath a overturned car and died likely instantly Mintzer Bell host sustained a broken arm as another car passed
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San Rafael
Cal
Theodore A. Bell
San Francisco
California
Lere
Tudi& Mintver
Bell
Rose
Bel
Mintzer
Baseball Standings Narrow in National and American Leagues
National League results show New York 6-2 Boston 6-4 Brooklyn 8-8 Philadelphia 1-7 Chicago 3 Cincinnati 1 St Louis 0 Pittsburgh 11. American League records list Boston 4-4 New York 3-5 Detroit 9-5 Chicago 8-15 with incomplete games and a note about weather causing postponements.
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Pet
New York
Pittsburgh
Eebotesier
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Renesseues
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Detroit
Cleveland, & Strous
Bonus measure again delayed in tariff talks
Senate and house conferees vote five to eight to refuse sidetracking the administration tariff bill for the soldiers bonus. McCumber Simmons Walsh support immediate action, while Smoot Fordney Longworth Green Collier and others oppose. Democratic conferees invited but excluded after the vote as Republicans press ahead with tariff revisions.
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Senate
House
McCumber
North Dakota
Simmons
North Carolina
Walsh
Mass
Smoot
Utah
Fordney
Mich
Longworth
Ohio
Green
Iowa
Collier Demo
Mississippi
Greeks In Asia Minor Evacuate As Allies Move To Intervene
Greek forces retreat east of Brusa as Turks push toward the area. British battleships Iron Duke and King George V head to Smyrna to protect interests while Admiral Bristol is ordered to assist evacuees. Refugees stream toward Smyrna amid widespread destruction.
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Smyrna
Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Admiral Bristol
Amerean
Constantinople
Bristol
Athens
Greece
Asia Minor
London
The
Daily Mail
Daily Telegraph
Great Britain
Alles
George V
Justice Clarke to resign from Supreme Court retirement at sixty five
Washington reports the resignation of John T. Clarke of Ohio as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court effective September 18 at age sixty five and the appointment of ex Senator George H. Sutherland of Utah as his successor.
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John T. Clarke
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
George H. Sutherland
Utah
White House
Justice Clarke
Clarke
Sutherland
Supreme Court
Wilson
Surandeis
Justice Brandeis
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harding
Buckinghamshire
England
University of Michigan
Senate
Rail Strike Peace Terms Agreed Upon
A tentative peace plan ends the railroad strike with a ten cent raise for men and a compromise on seniority. Most old workers to regain jobs. Temporary injunctions may be adjusted. government involvement kept limited. Key figures include B M Jewell and railroad executives. settlement expected to be ratified in Chicago after secret talks near Washington.
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B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Chicage Toflay
United States Railroad Board
Washinton
Jewell
Harding
Rowds
Labor Board
Charles H. Markham
Illinois Central
Wilkerson
Dirt farmer urged for tariff commission appointment
A Washington dispatch reports senators from the farm bloc urged President Harding to appoint a dirt farmer to the tariff commission replacing Thomas W. Page whose term ends. The push comes from Capper McNary Gooding and Bursum noting farm business expertise would aid agricultural interests in tariff data. They also discussed a farmers’ rep on the federal reserve board, with J R Howard under consideration.
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Washington
Harding
Tariff Commission
Thomas W. Page
Page
Capper
Kansas
Fght
Federal Reserve Board
J. R. Howard
Board of Farm Organizations
Body of Girl Found In River Near Kansas City
The body of a girl about twelve, found in a gunny sack drifting in the Missouri River near Kansas City, prompted a police search. She wore a blue gingham dress and blanket. no identification. The corpse appeared in the water for several days. skull fractured and nose crushed.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Here
Kish Rebels Use Bombs on Carrickmacross Barracks
Irregular forces attacked the barracks at Carrickmacross County Monaghan at 2 a.m. using machine guns rifles revolvers and bombs. Forty defenders held the position while the attackers suffered one killed and two wounded.
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County
Monaghan
Belfast
Carrickmacross
County Monaghan
Boxers Killed in Ring In Michigan Bout
Sam Kid Johnson a twenty colored heavyweight fighter from Smithsville Mich and formerly with the A B F died after collapsing in the eighth round of a boxing match against Danny Maxon a white boxer from Bay City Johnson had absorbed heavy blows in the seventh and weakened at the start of round eight before collapsing in Houghton Heights Michigan
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Houghton Heights
Mich
Sam
Kid") Johnson
Smithsville
Danny” Maxon
Bay City
Johnson
Bishop Fallows Dies in Chicago at 84
Bishop Fallows of the Reformed Episcopal Church dies at his home 1618 West Adams Street after a long illness. Physicians gave little hope a month ago as he returned from a health trip to the west coast.
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Chicago
Fallows
Reformed Episcopal Church
West Adams Street
Forty miners entombed in English coal pit blast
Forty workers are entombed after an explosion at a White Haven coal pit. The Evening Chronicle reports ten bodies recovered so far with efforts continuing to rescue others.
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White Haven
England
New Castle
Evening Chronicle
Regent of Jodhpur Dies in Simla
Sir Pertab Singhji regent of Jodhpur died yesterday in Simla of heart disease. The death occurred Sept 5 and ends his regency leadership during the Jodhpur state affairs.
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Jodhpur
Simla
British India
Sir Pertab Singhji
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