Switchmen Return to Work After National Rail Strike
Chicago reports the United Association of Railroad Employees orders 250000 switchmen back to work nationwide. John Grunau, head of the strike, says about 10000 will return in Chicago, attributing the end to poor industrial conditions and men needing money.
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John Grunau
Outlaws
Chicago
United States
United Association of Railroad Employees
National Union
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Outlawn
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Gronau
Indiana
Maine Republicans win big in statewide election
Maine went Republican by a heavy plurality in the election Monday. Frederick H. Parkhurst led Bertrand C. McIntire by 64,568 in the governor race as only a few towns remained to report their votes.
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Portland
Maine
Frederick H. Parkhurst
Bertrand C. McIntire
Patent Electoral Returns From 502 Precincts Report
Late returns from 502 of 682 state precincts show Parkhurst 135817 versus Melntire 60249. Antecedent 1916 governor results show Miliken 80014 and Curtis 66652 for comparison.
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Parkhurst
Melntire
Miliken
Curtis
Drowned Bolshevik Delegates Reported in Neva Uprising
London reports claim six Bolshevik commissioners were drowned in the Neva during the anti Bolshevik uprising. The remaining officials reportedly fled to seek refuge in other locations.
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Neva
London
Berlin
Union Fire Dept. Unionization Tactics Debated in St Louis
In St Louis on September 16, delegates at the third general convention of the International Association of Fire Fighters discussed charges of spreading the unionization movement among municipal fire department members.
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St. Louis
Municipal Fire Department
International Association of Fire Fighters
Bolshevik Drive Opens on India Frontier
Bolshevik troops push toward the Afghan frontier from Bokhara per a Calcutta dispatch. Afghan forces are rushed to aid the governor of Turkestan, signaling a possible start of the Soviet advance against India. The British face ongoing unrest stirred by Soviet agents among tribes.
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London
Bokhara
Calcutta
Daily Mall
Kabul
Simla
Afghan
Turkestan
India
Clubs for More Home Work
Washington reports that the General Federation of Women's Clubs adopted Mrs. Thomas G. Winters of Minneapolis recommendation to continue club activity aimed at home improvement. About 2,500,000 women in clubs nationwide will be taught conservation in buying supplies thrift in household management and domestic science improvement through federation and state cooperation.
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Washington
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Thomas G. Winters
Minneapolis
United States
Alaska
Roy H. Kuehling freed after grand jury declines to indict
Roy H. Kuehling is released by police after the DC grand jury votes not to indict him in the death of his wife Gertrude V. Kuehling during a Potomac River canoe outing. A coroner’s jury absolved him of blame in the incident last week.
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Washington
Roy H. Kuehling
Gertrude V. Kuehling
District of Columbia
Kuehting
Potomac River
Connecticut ratifies woman suffrage becoming 37th state
The Connecticut legislature by concurrent action ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment, making Connecticut the thirty seventh state to approve the nineteenth amendment. The vote in the House was 216 to 11 with no Senate opposition. Governor Holcomb had urged a special session to act on ratification.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
House
Yeas
Senate
Brooks
Holcomb
Seite Colby
Marcus H. Holcomb
Republican House
King
Walsh
Orrder
Ratification through November Vote Marked in New Era
The passage states that ratification by November is effectively assured and urges women nationwide to vote. It notes workers will shift focus to Mary and a special fire session on November 20 to secure the thirty eighth state. It condemns opponents using legal assaults on ratification.
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Eve Fe
Mary
Weaver
Cox says Maine result signals campaign focus elsewhere
From Weiser Idaho on Sept 15 Governor Cox comments on the Maine election. He says the majority reflects the augmented total vote and asserts the fight will be decided outside Maine. He cites 1916 patterns where Maine voted Republican but Wilson carried 30 states in November.
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Weiser
Idaho
Cox
Maine
Hays
Wilson
West Virginia
Shell explosion kills 15 sailors on Haruna
Tokyo reports a premature shell blast aboard the Japanese cruiser Haruna kills Lieut Ramada and four crew, with nine more dead and several wounded. Vice Admiral Prince Fushimi aboard escapes unharmed as turret damage is limited. In Ferrol, Spain, the training ship Pelayo catches fire from rockets during a festival, with gasoline on board ignited and boats burned.
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Tokyo
Ramada
Haruna
Hokokaido
Prince Fushimi
Ferrol
Spain
Pelayo
Bandit Crime Ends With Fatal Inside Murder in Chase
A bandit gang attacked the Franklin Grove bank near Chadman and Leland, Illinois, exploding the safe with nitroglycerin. They fled toward Chicago after a confrontation at a repair shop where a gang member was shot dead by companions. The victim carried $1,100 and a letter to George L. Miller. The body was identified as a former lodger at a Park Avenue rooming house in Chicago.
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Aurora
Franklin Crewe
Franklin Grove
Leland
George L. Miller
Park Avenue
Chicago
Lincoln Highway
spelWftom
Yald
Sktin Grove
Chadman
Frances Barney
Robbery linked deaths spark city investigation at two sites
Witnesses describe a Miller as a possible bandit chauffeur who disappeared after an auto left behind a rooming house. Another body found at William H. Jackson factory on 1529 South State Street shows blunt force trauma and robbed pockets, with a manager named John Kolkowski identified.
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William H. Jackson Company
South State Street
John Kolkowski
Harding for Ban on Japs
Senator Harding urged Californians and the nation to support Pacific coast states by restricting Oriental immigration. He said only aliens who can assimilate with thorough Americanism should be admitted and warned against racial conflict while proposing measures without insulting any race or raising questions of inferiority.
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Marion
Rural letter carriers seek equipment maintenance allowance
Indianapolis reports Rural letter carriers at their first annual convention push Congress for a maintenance allowance of 600 dollars annually to cover equipment. Edward J. Gainer of Washington addressed the group as twenty states are represented. Sessions run through Friday.
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Indianapolis
National Federation of Rural Letter Carriers
Dward J. Gainer
Washington
National Federation of City Letter Carriers
Labor Loses Plea to Free Prisoners
Labor leaders urge amnesty for political prisoners while Attorney General Palmer says cases will be considered individually. The same issue prompts a resolution from the United Automobile and Aircraft Vehicle Workers of America asking President Wilson to pardon all federal prisoners held for political religious or industrial beliefs.
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Wilson
Washington
Palmer
Cleveland
United Automobile and Aircraft Vehicle Workers of America
League Plans for Big World Court
London reports the League of Nations publishes the draft charter for a permanent international court of justice. The Hague jurists led by Elihu Root prepared the text and a council letter to all League governments notes no opinion on merits yet. The court would decide treaty interpretation international law breaches and reparations.
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London
League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
Hague Committee of Jurists
Elihu Root
Council of the League
League
Attorneys Heard by Judge Wagner in Blankenhorn Case
Testimony in the David Blankenhorn versus W. J. Edgar contract dispute over the Edgar farm near Crawfordsville concluded in district court. E C Eicher opened for the plaintiff, J C McCord represented the defendant, and H W Livingston spoke for the plaintiff as spectators filled the courtroom. The next trial will involve the Rock Island Railway versus the county board of supervisors over drainage district damages near Kalona.
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David Blankenhorn
W. J. Edgar
Edgar
Crawfordsville
Blankenhorn
District Court
E. C. Eicher
J. C. McCord
Mt. Pleasant
W. Livingston
Rock Island Railway System
County Board of Supervisors
Kalona
Mines Battle Yields Wounding After Alabama Strike
In Jefferson county near Mulga, a trainer was shot in the abdomen and several others wounded during a fruit war at the mines. Since a general strike began in Alabama coal fields, two dynamite and two pistol battles have occurred, causing one death.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Alabama
Northeast Ohio Methodist Conference Opens in Cleveland
The northeast Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church began in Cleveland with 500 to 600 ministers in attendance. Bishop William E. Anderson of Cincinnati presided as the conference opened, and proceedings continue through September 20.
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Northeast Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cleveland
The
William E. Anderson
Cincinnati
Lynching in Alabama Over Alleged Insult
Alto Windham, a white man, was lynched near Hartford Alabama after remarks to a white woman. Affected husband alerted a neighbor who mobilized several men. Windham was taken to a nearby swamp and killed after a promise to spare him was not kept.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alto
Windham
Hartford
Reds Plan New Offensive On Polish Front
Copenhagen dispatch says Leon Trotsky has arrived at Lida to personally direct a new Russian offensive against Poland. Politiken reports Russians are fully prepared in the Berezine and Dnieper districts for a winter campaign.
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Copenhagen
Leon Trotsky
Lida
The
Tidende
Politiken
Berezine
Dnieper
Two Die In Flaming Plane Near Toledo
Air mail pilot Walter Stevens and mechanic Russell Thomas, both of Cleveland, are killed when their plane catches fire at 500 feet near Pems herville, Ohio, at 3 a.m. Local dispatch notes the tragedy as officials investigate the blaze.
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Air Mail
Walter Stevens
Russell Thomas
Cleveland
Pemsherville
Toledo
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