Steel Boss Gary rebuts union claim open shop stance
In 1919 New York United States Steel chairman Ebert Gary published a reply to the American Federation of Labor committee led by John Fitzpatrick. Gary defends open shop policy, rejects closed shop, and emphasizes welfare and fair treatment for employees while inviting a written submission for a potential hearing.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel Industry
Altho
Perteininge
State Steel Faces Strike Decree If No Interview Granted
States Steel Corp warns a strike decree will be enforced unless it grants a conference to a workers committee. Judge Gary notes the reply blocks collective bargaining and questions the committee’s authority to represent the majority. The letter pushes for wages hours and conditions talks amid severe worker misery and an impending deadline.
American Policy at Paris Sparks Balkan Compromise Debate
A critical view of the Paris peace talks argues that the proposed arrangements for the Aegean coastal strip and Thrace betray Greek interests. The piece contends that Bulgarian access to the sea via open roadsteads, Italian pressure, and Greek concessions threaten Balkan stability and betray longtime allies. It warns American leadership could provoke new Balkan wars by pressuring Greece, Romania, and Thrace while appeasing Bulgaria and Hungary.
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Maritza
Dedengatch
Feague of Nations
Greece
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Constantinople
Dedengatcha
Nuloi
Ares
Asia Minor
Thrace
Paris
Near East
Salonica
Monastir
Adrianople
Kavala
League of Nations
Car Stolen for Ride Returned in Chicago Night Theft
A car was stolen on Loomis Street Friday night by four men who fled with $20 and a phone, promising the owner a car return after a ride. At 10 o’clock the owner received a call claiming his auto was on Fiftieth Street near Grand Boulevard and California Avenue. He found the car later at the location after pursuing the report.
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Chicago
Ang
Navyey
Gare High
Loomis Street
Wim
Jay
Nover
Champlain Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Grand Bowlesard
Caluryer Avenue
Alin
Ex-Gov Ammons Opposes Packing Regulation Proposals
Former Colorado governor and cattlemen leader M Ammons testifies before the Senate agriculture committee, opposing licensing to regulate stockyards and dairy car ownership while urging clear laws that provide fair trials and curb misinformation. He argues owners in the industry deliver better facilities and competition than investors, and questions harms to freedom of the press.
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Asanciated
Washington, D. C
Kenyon
Kendrick
Senate Agriculture
M. Ammons
Colorado
Otlein
Senator Ransdell
Fake Cream Records Confession Sparks Dairy Controversy
An affidavit and retraction cast doubt on New York dairy tattle record faking. Charles Cole claimed a $10,000 confession involving injecting cream into milk pails during official tests aimed at Cabana. Prof. H H King said Cabana records appear bona fide, while a Molstein Friesian committee hears the dispute in Buffalo.
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Buffalo
New York
Cole
Cabana
H. H. King
State College of Agriculture
Rebels in Bonduras Claim Reoccupation of Intibuca Capital
Rebels in Bonduras report re occupation of La Esperanza capital of Intibuca, with two artillery pieces captured and ammunition seized. Government forces were routed at Trinidad, and Santa Barbara fell to rebels. General Cardona, operating with rebels, controls Caridad.
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Bonduras
Intibuca
Associated Press
San Salvador
Honduras
la Esperanza
Trinidad
Santa Barbara
Cardona
Tegucigalpa
Caridad
Arrival of corn at packing plant heavy with years
Weather and cool spell push vast corn arrivals to Waterloo Canning Company plant causing traffic congestion and strain on workers. Farmers rushed to market after rains and warm days, with police asked to ease street access. Mayor Ole Hanson says he will resign when the city council meets, amid health and engagement concerns and rising costs.
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Waterloo Canning — Company
Jack Prost
Searle
City in Brief from West End Highlights and Local Moves
Local notes report a marriage license issued to Louis Hanson and Emma Kretechmar near Cedar Rapids, plus moves and visits across Waterloo and surrounding areas. Residents travel for education and family, with hospital recoveries, school moves, and lyceum activity noted as community life continues amid wartime efforts.
Mortuary Notices for Berich and Rasmussen
An infant son born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Charles A Berich 519 Songer street died this morning. After a short prayer service at Petersen Bros chapel burial was in Elmwood Cedar Falls. Rasmus H Rasmussen age 17 died at his father's home west of town at 930 pm yesterday after a long heart illness. He had been in serious condition for a month. Funeral will be held at Fredsville Saturday.
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Dan Dever
Rockford
J. G. Enos
Henry Heiser
Frank Heiser
Shell Rock
H. D. Lee
Waterloo
West
Third Street
Lee
Fred J. Clark
Beaulah McDonald
Washington, D. C
Genevieve Dunn
Pittsburgh
Kathryn Dunn
Atlanta
Dunn
W. Atkinson
Ashville
N. C
Associated Lyceum Bureaus
Atkinson
Lyceum
Chautauqua
B. P. O. Elks Lodge
Dubuque
Elks
W. F. Wissinger
Constance
Sarah Alice
Jackson
Minneapolis
Loretta Johnson
Pearl Jensen
Fort Dodge
B. M. Storm
Chicago
Auto
Wissinger
Lucile Held
Bertch
Charles A Berich
Songer Street
Petersen Bros
Elmwood
Cedar Falls
Rasmus H. Rasmussen
Nels Rasmussen
Fredsville
Arsenic Poisoning Scare at Chicago Lunchroom
The Associated Press reports arsenic found in coffee samples from a downtown Chicago lunchroom after diners were poisoned yesterday. Health Commissioner Robertson suspects deliberate poisoning. Officials believe those who drank the coffee may recover after treatment.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Uoealth
Robertson
Moss
Father and son share skin graft after accident
A three year old boy, Michael, lies in a Chicago hospital with a graft taken from his father. Surgeons hope to save the boy’s life after a severe accident left damaged flesh on the boy’s body.
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Vparhear
Cpscefe
Chieaeee
Michael Aia
Hosniti
Youngest Sleuth Emerges From Paso Jailer’s Son
In Paso Texas 14 year old James Alexander Hill son of jailer Jim Hill gains fame as the world’s youngest detective by tracking a missing boy. He finds the child without reward, returns him to his mother, then the case ends when the boy later returns home alone. He offers services for 12 year olds who prove their mettle.
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Paso
Tex
Ann Father
James Alexander Hin
Jim” Hill
Booth Tarkington
Hill
Sherlock Holmes
Watson
James Alexander Hilt
Blacks Shot, Church Burned in Gemulgee Georgia Riot
Eli Cooper, an African American man, was killed by a mob in a Gemulgee church near Eastman Georgia. The church burned, and reports of planned uprisings allegedly sparked further arson against nearby black churches and a lodge.
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Associated Press
Eastman
Eli Cooper
Gemulgee
Ner Gsroes
Carnegie Will Reveals Vast Estate and Public Gifts
Andrew Carnegie's will places the estate value between 25 million and 20 million dollars while noting public gifts and charities during life exceeding 350 million. The Carnegie Corporation of New York is residuary legatee. annuities go to Taft, Lloyd George, Mrs. Cleveland, and Mrs. Roosevelt. Bequests include Cooper Union 60000, Pittsburgh University 200000, Hampton Institute 300000, Stevens Institute 100000, and others.
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Ansociated
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Frommaster
Elihu Root, Jr. Baye
Carnegie
Miller
Carne ‘Gie Corporation
Taft
Lloyd George
England
Grover Cleveland
Themes J. Preston
Theodore Roosevelt
Cooper Union
Pittsburgh University
the Authors Club of
Hampton Institute
Virginia
Stevens Institute
Hoboken
N. J
St. Andrews Society of New York
Passport Amendment Causes Revocation in Van Alen Case
New York reports J. J. Van Alen had his passport revoked while in Paris last spring. Breckinridge Long informed H. Snowden Marshall that no fault lay with Van Alen. a local passport agent amended papers to permit travel to England France and Italy, contrary to regulations restricting travel to Spain for health.
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New York
J. J. van Alen
Paris
State Department
H. Snowden, Marshall
van Alen
Breckinridge Long
England
France
Italy
Spain
Auction planned for 100 ancient navy vessels
More than 100 naval vessels of varied types including seven old gunboats and a monitor will be offered for sale to bidders in the near future. The sale, announced by the department, includes about 90 standardized submarine ballast type vessels. A broad ad mentioning prices appears later in the advertisement.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
National Equal Rights League
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
A. Whaley
New York
W. M. Trotter
Boston
Teague
America
Kamerun
Africa
Joseph T. Thomas
Cleveland
National Race Congress
Germany
Egypt
Abyssinia
Liberia
League of Darker People of the World
Equal Rights League
League of Nations
Goltz Forces Face Etish Headquarters at Mietau
Dispatches report Gen von Der Goltz forces attacked Mietau and seized 50 000 rubles from etish headquarters. In New York the Mays case about Carl Mays suspension is postponed to Sept 4 by Referee Gillespie.
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Goltz
Mietau
Paris
von der Goltz
Ettish
Mays
New York
Johnson
American League
Carl Mays
George J. Gillespie
One Dead and Several Hurt in West Union Car Crash
At five miles southeast of West Union Iowa an auto owned by John J. Hurley rolled over twice on a steep hill at 10 a m. injuring Evelyn Hurley age 3 who died instantly and wounding several family members including Mrs. John J Hurley and Jene Hurley age 13 Myrtle Hurley 11 Hazel Hurley 6 John J Hurley 40 and bystanders Mrs Shea of Volga and Miss Ruth Miller of Clermont all taken to the hospital with varying injuries.
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West Union
Evelyn Hurley
Wee
John J. Hurley
Jene Hurley
Myrtle Hurley
Hazel Hurley
West Union Fair
Here
Hurley
Illinois Miners Head Fight Remains Farluff? Insurgents
Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois miners union, returns to Springfield to direct the campaign against insurgent coal miners. He says the rebellion’s leaders last card was a state wide strike and that the substantial mining element will ignore the appeal. Far fewer miners are idle now than during the initial 15,000 idle.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners’ Union
Farrington
Plumb Plan Opposed as Unfair to Labor
In Washington Senate Democrat Senator Smith of Georgia denounced the Plumb plan for tri partite railroad control as unreasonable and socialistic. He cited a Savannah Ga letter arguing the plan would unfairly advantage operators and harm railroad workers who cannot afford such a position.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Smith
Georgia
Chamber of Industry
Savapnah
Wool Exports to U S Possible After June 30 1920
Australian wool exports to the United States may begin after June 30 1920 when the central wool committee ends its control. The British government had arranged for all Australian wool to be sold to Great Britain through the end of the 1920 fiscal year. Heavy rains in New South Wales and Queensland promise large crops. Advertising is always NEWS.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Austrian Telegraphic Agency
Australia
United States
Central Wool Committee
Great Britain
New South Wales
Queensland
Get Acquainted With Girl Ere You Marry Her Court Warning
Judge Swensurd warnedGeorge F. Drummer of 74 East Randolph Street and men in general to know their partner before marriage. Drummer faced two support charges from wife and former wife and was jailed for a year for lack of funds. A mailman, William Hoppe, sought to annul marriage to Stella. The divorce docket will resume next week with six courts sitting.
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Chicago
John A. Swensurd
George F. Drummer
East Randolph Street
Drummer
George
House of Correction
Wiliam F. Hoppe
Stella
George Dittman
Wil
Second King murder hearing today faces doubt on third charge
Eskridge Kansas August 28 Rufus King bound over to district court on a murder charge in the Reuben Gutschall case with a possible be buried on his Maple Hill property. Today he faced a preliminary hearing on a second disappearance tied to a partly identified skeleton of John Woody. The fate of a third charge accusing King in the murder of an unidentified jewelry pedlar remained undecided. Separately in Washington Dr Paul J Reinsch resigned as American minister to China citing ill health and a wish to return to private life.
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Associated Press
Eskridge
Kan
Rufus King
District Court
Reuben Gutschall
King
Maple Hill
John Woody
Reinsch
Washington, D. C
Paul 3. Reinsch
China
Silesian Miners Return Boosts Regional Outlook
Paris reports that 70 to 80 percent of idle Silesian miners have returned to work improving the region. New York producers note a chorus girl shortage despite doubled wages in recent years. An apparatus tests screw threaded parts by projecting magnified images on a screen for high accuracy.
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Associated Press
Paris
New York
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U.9. Steel
Fitzpatrick
Corporation
Gary
Union
Durie
American Federation of Labor
Tudeday
Continental Hotel
New York City
Basten
Fitzpat
Thanneal
Seta
Steel Corporation
Cnet
Dienes
Sheetoytes
Washington
Mant, OR
Pedjerstion
Steel and
Feag
Ke VD Gare
Directorye
United
Ammons
New Yorker
Seattle
West End
4Th Street
Dr. BE
J. Moffitt
Manhattan
Kaun
Mruw
J. C. Skillman
Schultz
Louis
Hanson
Emma Kretechmar
Morris Plan Company
Bridge Street
Ethel &. Brown
Columbia University
PA. Wilson
Minois
H. A. Manning
Mable Foster Widell
St. Francis, Hospital
Marshall A. Shores
U. S. Navalraining Station
Great Lakes
U. S. Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
N. H
Jett
Charlen FP. Zeising
The
Courier
H. 3. Zeising
Zeising
Mary Kelly
P. D. Kally
Vermont Street
Boulder
Colo
Mareetmne
Majestic Building
Direct
Pond
U.S
Illinois
Central Labor Union
R. C
Boemecke
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