Ready for the Attack on Costly Living and Labor Peace
President Wilson names 22 citizens to the Washington labor conference on October 6 to shape a new relation between capital and labor. Attorney General Palmer says indictments of the Big Five packers may come this week. A House subcommittee drafts cold storage rules with quarterly reports to the Secretary of Agriculture. The nation seeks relief from rising prices through restraint of profiteering, hoarding, and price manipulation while urging restraint from both sides as a steel strike looms and the country tests its industrial stability.
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Wilson
Washington
Palmer
America
House Committee On Agriculture
Labor Conference
Congress
Burden of Proof in Home Made Cider Measure
The piece critiques the idea of proving home brewed drinks are non intoxicating without lab tests. It questions standards, notes the impractical burden on families, and satirically references court proof and vague government benchmarks. A sharp warning about flawed policy and legal ambiguity.
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Sahara
Nuet
The American farmer’s patriotism and role in policy
In a Nations Board address Senator Capper of Kansas extols farmers as patriotic, yet warns against singling out agriculture as supreme. He notes farmers pay taxes, buy bonds, suffer shortages, and deserve parity with other workers, while tariffs and taxes reflect agricultural influence.
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Board of Farm Organisations
Semater Capper
Kansas
Capper
Prevent Influenza Awareness From Australia To Local Health
The piece warns of a possible fall influenza outbreak after reports from Australia of a virulent pneumonic strain in New South Wales. It urges health authorities to act at ports and prepare preventive measures, noting high fatalities, crowded areas, and shortages of nurses and doctors. The author links troop movements from Europe to potential spread and stresses rapid, energetic precautions.
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Australia
New South Wales
Sydney
Europe
Heatih
Satepa
Bir Eyre Crowe as British envoy to German policy debated
The French and British press weigh Sir Eyre Crowe as principal British representative at the peace congress in Paris though Germans view him as hostile. Crowe, 34 years in the foreign office, married to German nobility, is praised for insight into German behavior and policy despite criticism from Berlin. His career includes key posts at The Hague and London Naval Congress, with deep ties to German and French circles. The article also notes Crowe’s lineage and residence in Bavaria with his wife, Baroness Clema von Bonin, and touches on Gordon Castle and royal visitors in Scotland.
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Sngiish
Bir ‘Brre Crowe
Wrrtwa
Berlin
Teuton
Linzi George
Arthur Balfour
Lord Corson
Germany
Bir Eyre Crewe
Foreign Office
Sir Joseph Archer Crowe
Europe
Sir Eyre
England
Lord Haldane
Asquith
Bir Byre
London
Brunsels
Hague
Eyre Evans Crowe
White
Sir Joseph Crowe
Delaroche
London Times
Vienne
Leipzig
Dusseldorf
Gambure
Bavaria
Stauon Baron von Barby
Paris
Order of the Bath
Eyre Crowe
Hug
France
Clema von Bonin
Gerhardt
Frederick
Edward VII
Crowe
Empress Frederick
Victora
Bismarck
Aly Fallowers
Kapipar
Lady Crowe
King George
Highlands
Duke of Richmond
Gordon Castle
Elginshire
Victoria
Nathaniel Willis
Pest
Kite George
Spey
Antate
Robert Burns
Macpherson
Richmond
Duke of Gordon
Gordon
Duke of
Scotland
Weson
Jean Duchess of Guirdon
Gordon Highlanders
Marrume DS Fontenot
Proceedings Briefly Cover Pershing Welcome and Committee Deliberations
Proceedings note Gen Pershing receives welcome in a joint session with the Senate and House. Key figures include President pro tempore Camminn and Speaker Gillett. Also covers Reclamation Service funding needs, Esch Pomerene water carrier clause concerns, juror pay rise proposal, and debate on seating Victor Berger.
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Senate
Gen. Pershing
Sénate
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Camminn
Pre Tem
Gillett
Clark
House
Towner
Town
Moore
Virginia
I L. Clark
Precific Steamship Company
Seattle
Interstate Commerce Committee
Esch-Pomerene
Chilean trade promising with United States says envoy
Santiago Chile Wednesday Bapt 17 US Ambassador Joseph H Shea says relations with Chile will grow closer with expanding export trade He cites Latin America interest Chile's mineral wealth and industrial prospects and believes US Chile trade will rise substantially in coming years
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Joseph H. Shea
Shea
Latin America
Honduran Officials in Guatemala City Claim Presidency
In Guatemala City Dr Alberto Membreno Vice President of Honduras plans to claim the presidency from exile after an arrest order by President Francisco Bertrand. He is preparing to sail from Banjos port to assume duties as provisional president in a revolution victorious environment. General Gutierrez, Honduran revolutionary leader, reports a complete triumph from Tegucigalpa.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Alberto Membreno
Honduras
Guatemala City
Francisco Bertrand
Membreno
Ban Joss
Bertrand
Franccisco Bogran
Gan Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Gutierrez
Tegucigalpa
Day of Prayer in Ireland Urges Public Conscience
The Rev. Joan Baptist Crosier archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland asks a day of special prayer on Sunday September 28 in response to recent killings. He condemns the brutal murders and says public conscience is paralyzed as perpetrators evade consequences, calling self government folly for a people who condone such acts.
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Episcopal
Joan Baptist Crosier
Armagh
All Ireland Church of Ireland
Ireland
Primates
Plot to Kill Erzberger Reported in Potsdam Probe
Berlin dispatch reports a plot by Potsdam officers to assassinate Erzberger, the vice chancellor and finance minister, revealed during the maltreatment trial of a brother officer. Also notes Prince Faisal of Hedjaz's arrival in Marseilles and a Mississippi Alabama vote on suffrage related amendment.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Erzberger
Condersed Time Table of Trains to Principal Cities
Washington Post presents a condensed timetable for trains to major cities. It lists departure times from Washington for Chicago Boston Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit and other destinations with multiple daily slots drawn from railroad administration data. The schedule notes electric service along Fourteenth Street and New York Avenue and indicates schedules may change as new railroad announcements occur.
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Washington Post
Washington
Chicago
Railroad Administration
Atlanta
A. m
Fourteenth Street
New York Avenue
Bostom
P. R. RR
Cincinnati
Cleveland
P. R. BR
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
P. RB
Richmond
ST. Louis
France has its Carnegie in M Cognacag’s wealth
Paris reports a French Carnegie in M Cognacag who built a dry goods empire and donated 410 million francs for war relief. After the war funds go to infirmaries, and he recently gave 5 million francs to the Academy of Medicine to fund 25 thousand franc prizes for nine children born in the same marriage. Ninety families yearly may benefit while funds last. He defends the marriage condition to prevent manipulation for funds.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Carnegie
M Comnaca
Academy of Medicine
M_ Cognagag
German Flags Torn Down In Repatriation Train
In Coblenz the first train of repatriated German POWs from French camps arrived in American occupied territory. Colors of the old flag were torn from the coach windows by military police as the train left, and the escorting American officer was reprimanded and relieved. The 560 officers headed to Limburg for transfer to German authorities for homeward transport.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
France
Coblengz
Germany
Limburg
Gonzales Named Provisional Governor of Tamaulipas
El Paso Tex Sept 18 Gen Francisco Gonzales commander of the Juarez military district has been appointed provisional governor of the state of Tamaulipas The state includes Tampico oil fields and Gonzales will control civil officials in charge of oil district affairs
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Pas
el Paes
Tex
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez Military District
State of
Tamaulipas
Mezican Genera
Tampico
Genesies
Adairs
Views on the league of nations and Shantung in Washington
Visitors in Washington voice strong opinions on the league of nations and British influence note opposition to six to one voting and Shantung being controlled by Japan. The Spanish influenza warned by Dr. P K Pearson with emphasis on prevention and early treatment.
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Middle
Far West
Senate
League of Nations
George C. Holmes
St. Louis
Willard
United States
Great Britain
Wilson
Britain
Persia
Hedjaz
Portugal
Shantung
Japan
China
Farmers Expenses Growing Amid Irrigation Urgency
A Raleigh discussion cites rising costs for farmers with labor and dairy feeds jumping over three years. Experts say consumer middlemen and drought threaten agriculture, urging rapid irrigation development to avert widespread hardship and enable stable food supplies and trade with irrigated regions.
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West
Gaid
R KR Minnick
Saco, Mont
Raleigh
Montana
Dakotane
Creat
Rockies
Missouri River
Swiss Peasants Rally Against Bolshevism
In Fraupfeid on Tuesday Swiss peasants gathered to oppose Bolshevik propaganda spread by Swiss socialists. About 4,009 men attended the meeting as part of rising resistance to revolutionary intrigues.
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Gwiss
Fraupfeid
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