President’s disability sparks constitutional uncertainty
Officials weigh what to do if the President cannot continue duties as medical staff say rest is necessary. Cabinet or Congress may assume power. debates focus on who would rule and how long the transfer could last while doctors monitor lingering illness.
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Gray
Welson
Grayson
Ofi- Malis
Wiisen
F. X. Dercum
Philadelphia
Nerous
Congress
WeIens
Senate
House
Necaus
White House Bulletin Notes Continued Improvement
President in uncertain condition. officials report gradual progress but he remains confined to bed for an extended period. Graydon family aide praises steady recovery and cautious medical outlook while staff coordinate daily briefings.
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Grayson
Debate Over Presidential Disability and Succession
The article surveys options if a President becomes unable to serve. It discusses requiring Congress action to transfer executive power or a Supreme Court ruling, with Vice President Marshall viewed as unlikely to trigger measures unless necessary. The piece notes opposition to raising the issue and the President’s friends urging caution.
Fighting in Petrograd Deepens as Soviet Regime Clashes
Reports from Helsingfors indicate fierce fighting in Petrograd between Soviet supporters and counter revolutionary forces. Provisional authorities claim control of key buildings and government stations as Moscow Soviet votes to declare martial law and form a special committee to suppress the counter revolutionary league.
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Copenthagen
Helsingfors
Petrograd
Central Committee
Moscow
Rain Delays Auto Races In Cincinnati
Cincinnati Ohio reports the Goodyear world series automobile sweepstakes race at Cincinnati Speedway was postponed due to rain. The $3,000 event now reschedules to tomorrow at 2 o clock with participants and fans awaiting revised start time.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati Speedway
2000 LIVES LOST ON SHIP RUMOR REPORT
A wireless dispatch from Helsingfors Oct 11 claims two thousand lives were lost in the wreck of an unnamed British ship off the Norwegian coast. The report, unverified by Archangel or Lloyds, suggests a military transport possibly carrying British soldiers, and places the event as potentially the deadliest marine disaster to date.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Helsingfors Trondon
Oet
Admiralty of
Lloyds
Loashin
Jarrest
Triante
New Foundland
Advertising Omitted From Today's Newspaper Pages
Four pages of advertisements were omitted due to late receipt of copy and insufficient pages to place them. This disruption reduced the ad section, delaying potential promotions and announcements for local merchants.
Senate blasts on Shantung report and Japan links
The Senate heard Senator Brandegee accuse the State Department of swiping a commerce report on Japanese control of Chinese railways. Debate focused on Shantung amendments, reservations, and the aim to preserve U S open door while resisting Far Eastern entanglements.
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State Department
Japan
Wilson
Senate
China
Brandegee
Republican
Connecticut
Benater Brandegee
Paul Witham
Department of Commerce
Shantung
Daring Bandits Escape in Autos Across Cities
Reports from Philadelphia Toledo and Cleveland detail daring bandits fleeing by automobile after multiple robberies. In Philadelphia a trio seized 15 0 worth of diamonds and watches while one hid behind the counter. In Toledo bandits robbed a payroll car near Pinkerton Tobacco, wounding an employee. In Cleveland six robbers escaped with 11 000 from a paymaster after pepper is thrown, all by auto.
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Philadelphia
Toledo
Ohio
Pinkerton Tobacco Company
George Wilman
Shiman
Cleveland
Samue Emerson Company
Euclid Avenue
230000 Soft Coal Miners to Strike
The United Mine Workers of America announce a strike of more than 225,000 soft coal miners effective November 1 after wage talks in Buffalo failed to reach an agreement. John Lewis plans to issue the strike order from Indianapolis sources. Operators said no agreement was possible and adjourned discussions.
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Associated Preas
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Buffalo
Johni. Lewis
United Mina Workers of America
Indianapolia
Reading of a disputed coal wage agreement text
The document claims the demands were extravagant and unacceptable. It argues that a wage scale should be postponed until April 1, 1930, or until peace is proclaimed. It contends the public acts as a third party to the dispute and that the openstore cannot consent to scrapping or forcing a higher cost coal contract without its approval.
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South
Sherman
Ofllinois
Gor
League
Gronna
North Dakota
Norris
Shantung
King iDemocrat
Utah
Senate
Thrace
Greece
Knox
King
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Openstore
Strikers Riot in Brest as Arsenal Workers Strike
Paris reports a serious Brest crisis as four thousand arsenal workers strike parading with red and black flags and inviting dockworkers to join. Uniformed officers are assaulted while hydrants are opened flooding lower town areas. Marseille general strike renews with port traffic halted.
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Paris
Brest
Arsenal
Marselles
Jis
Mitru Bridge Seized as Riga Campaign Unfolds
Berlin dispatches report Col Avaloff Bermondt’s forces occupying the Mitau bridge to Riga and advancing toward Petrograd with German Russian support plans. London notes Britain may withhold blockade and foodstuffs while Lettish and Bathonian troops mobilize amid speculation of a Baltic occupation.
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Associated? Press
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Mitau
Col
Avaloff- Bermondt
Duns
Riga
Avaloff-Bermondt
Thorensberg
Duna
von @er Goltz
MS. Utmanis
Lettish
Letvia
Baltic Landwehr
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
London
Hathonians
von der Goltz
Great Britain
Race riot erupts in Chester Pennsylvania death toll rises
White residents clash in Chester after a race riot. One man shot and killed, five others injured, some fatally. Mayor McDowell appeals to the sheriff for help to restore order.
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Chester
McDowell
Transcontinental flight feats mark late 1920s air race
San Francisco and Minneapolis reports recount the Kautier transcontinental airplane reliability race. Lieut Belvin Maynard won the westbound leg in 2701 miles across 24 hours 58 minutes 55 seconds actual flying time, with Maj Carl Spatz close behind after a mislanding. Eastbound flyers Kiel and Spatz finished in rapid succession amid storm and darkness, with Spatz briefly credited for the first leg completion before official review. Crowds at Roosevelt Field greet the pilots as officials debate the results and honor the crews.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Belvin W. Maynard
Pacific
E. C. Kiel
Laatern
Carl Spatz
New York
Lieut
Maynard
Mineola
N. Y
Cheyenne
Nevada
Presidio
Lieut. Maynard
Sergt. Klein
Hunter Liggett
Western Department
Army
C. J. Menoher
Air Service
H. J. Arnold
Lieut Maynard
Planets
Minesota
EB. G. Kiel
Roosevelt Field
Maj
Hazelhurst Field
Minneola
Kiel
Binghamton
Maj Spatz
Binghampton
Arche Miller
George G. McDonald
Aviatora
Spatz
Maj. Spatz
Pennsylvania
Frederick
France
Boyertown
Miler
Hope to Find Aeronauts On Island in Lake Huron
Oct. 11 St Louis. The loss of the balloon Wichita was officially recognized as May A 15 Lambert announced Ralph H. Upson won the national balloon race traveling 1,069 miles while H. EB Honeywell finished second at 920 miles and B.S Coli third with 60 miles. Agencies in the U.S. and Canada will assist in the search for Capt Cart PW. Dammann and Locut Edward J. Werhayden, jr., pilot and aid of the Wichita, one of ten craft in the national race that started here and reportedly wrecked in Lake Huron four days later. The missing crew may have landed on an island in the region.
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St Louis
Wichita
Lambert
Ralph H. Upson
H. EB Honeywell
B.S Coli
United States
Canada
Cart PW. Dammann
Edward J . Werhayden, Jr
Geiber J
Lake Itron
Jim
Ray Lambert
Round the globe air derby commission departs for global tour
The eleven member special commission to arrange the first aerial round the world derby for 1920 leaves for a globe spanning tour to select landing fields. Nine stay in San Francisco while three sail from there November 3 for Yokohama.
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Commission
New York
Qel
Accra Club of America
Aerial League of America
Globe
Wight
San Franciso
Thée
Lewis D Beaumont
Charles J Gudrien
Benjamin Hillman
San Francisco
Yoiohama
Lone Gunman Robs Alberta Bank for 15000 Dollars
In Lawrence Virginia on October 11 a lone gunman robbed the Alberta bank during noon hours. He forced teller T P Wimborne Jr to hand over cash then fled amid a street chase. A running gunfight ensued. about 1500 dollars recovered. The suspect was driven into a swamp and disappeared. A posse of citizens pursued and fired near the town.
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Lawrence
Alberta
T P Wimborne, Jr
Banka
Wainborne
Winborne
Wilson Named Prophet by Egyptian Moslems
New York reports President Wilson hailed as a prophet by Mohammedans in Egypt. Missionary Roy of United Presbyterian in Alexandria province relayed that Moslem leaders issued a proclamation praising America and its president and referring to him as a prophet amid high admiration for the United States. Inter-Church World Movement surveys worldwide religious attitudes toward America.
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New York
Wilson
Egypt
Inter-Church World Movement
Mark
Roy
United Presbyterian Church of
United States
Judge Gary Seeks Mediation With Steel Directors
Newark and steel centers report pressure from Afgoen steering committee to secure concessions from United States Steel Corporation. Judge Gary, returning to New York, to confer with directors as Calder pushes for mediation and reinstatement of strikers pending adjudication. Senate debate denounces labor bargaining as inner government while three proposed bills target unions and industrial actions, with enforcement on employers and police.
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Inhor
Yeterday
Newark
Afgoen
Enmneiline Hered
United States Steel
Gary
New York
Steel Corporation
Calder
Senate
10 000 Teamsters May Quit Work in New York Today
New York October 11 Michael Aghal president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters notified the conference labor board that a strike of 10,000 teamsters would go into effect tomorrow unless demands made last May were granted. The demands, before the wage adjustment board of the railroad administration, involve workers at the American Railway Express Company. Gay Smith in New York sent a telegram to Walter D. Hines, director general of the railroad administration, urging immediate action to avert further unrest in the state.
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New York
Michael
Aghal
International Brotherhed of Teamsters
Conference Labor Board
Teamsters
All Printing Houses in New York Closed Until Tuesday
Virtually every book and printing establishment in New York City closed today until Tuesday. Advertising managers of manufacturers of technical products and Technical Publicity Association members issued a public stay resolution. They fully sympathize with printers and publishers resisting radical demands in the printing trade.
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New York
Mer
New York City
Firli&e
Technical Publicity Association
Emprenz
Car Inspectors at Altoona Join Strike of Shopmen
Altoona Pennsylvania October 11 car inspectors in this district joined the shopmen strike Xidle a notable number of workers idle across the system while train service remains uninterrupted. Both sides appear to seek instruction from Washington as railroad officials and labor leaders await orders from General Chairman Jones of the federation to resume work promptly.
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Altoona
Shert Organization
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washingtoun
J. B. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Jones
Federation
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French Kirby
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Mo Hartney
Euut J B Wrieht
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