Stalkers Dead and Wounded in Hammond Clash
A clash at the Standard Steel Car plant in Hammond Indiana left five workers dead and about 16 wounded after strikers attacked police and guards. Police fired about 75 rounds as the mob, led by a Polish lieutenant, rioted for 10 minutes.
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Associated
Standard, Steel Car Company
Ben Strong
Strong
Thomas Skuba
United States Army
Brick
Fred Hesterman
Jood
Aiale
Caillaux Leaves Cell for Hospital Over Health Fading
Former premier Joseph Caillaux, jailed for treasonous dealings with the enemy, will be allowed to enter a sanatorium this week as his health has weakened. Counsel for Caillaux argued the prison health conditions caused his deterioration and anxiety.
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Caillaux
Cell
Hospital
Varig
Joseph Caillaus
M. Caillany
Roumania Refuses to Sign Austrian Peace Treaty
Paris dispatch reports Hungary's premier Stephan Friederich sending a delegation to Bucharest to discuss a separate peace and possible union with Roumania. Roumania announces it will not sign the Austrian peace treaty citing minority rights reservations. Jugo-Slav delegation also unlikely to sign.
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Roumania
Paris
Havas
Stephan Friederich
Hungary
Vienna
Bucharest
Roumana
Associated Press
Austria
Supreme Council
Cotton growers plan to set price minimum
In New Orleans Louisiana on an unspecified date cotton producers from ten southern states decided to organize a buying corporation in each county and parish to purchase every bale offered and hold it until a minimum price is set by a growers committee.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Stntes
Corn Up Wheat Down in Government Crop View for September
The government September crop report shows spring wheat production down by 17 million bushels in August due to blight dust scab and grasshoppers while corn rises with a 70 million bushel larger prospective output than last month. The national corn crop is irregular but totals about 2 585 000 000 bushels with mixed conditions across states.
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Associated Wyess
Washington, D. C
Belgian Primate Mercier to Visit New York and Baltimore
Cardinal Mercier primate of Belgium arrives in New York aboard the Northern Pacific to thank America for wartime aid. He will be greeted by Archbishop Hayes and a Baltimore committee led by Cardinal Gibbons. He meets with leaders, addresses Baltimore Armory on Sept 16, and attends a Sept 17 New York reception.
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Associated Press
New York
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Northern Pacific
America
Patrick J. Hayes
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
WF. Broening
Father Stickney
C. T. Williams
Cardinal Mortier
Archbishop Hayes
Cour services: delivery by 5 30 each day
The notice informs readers the Courier will be delivered to homes before 5 30. If the newspaper is not received by that time due to carrier error or other causes, readers should call the office before 6 p m to request a copy be sent.
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Imo
Asao
Bolsheviks Reportedly Seek Peace Through Lithuanians
An array of dispatches claim Bolshevik forces sought peace with Lithuania, with reports from Berne and Paris noting surrounded units offering negotiations. Kiev’s seizure by Ukrainians is reported cleared, while Kolchak’s stance in Siberia triggers conflicting statements amid ongoing western campaigns.
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Geneva
Kiev
Red
Dnieper
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Kolchak
Tobol River
Paris
Our Country First Conference Opens With Call to Action
Chicago September 9 The keynote urged action over talk as business agricultural and financial leaders meet to address day labor issues and restore normalcy. L C Borle urged organized talk strikes and boycotts against noncompliant workers to speed the nation’s needs including shoes coal sugar and other goods.
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Chicago
L. CG. Borle
Washington
Ti Evershady
Norway hears wireless voice from America
Paris reports that the Bergen Norway wireless station has twice been called by a voice from an American coast wireless station. The Bergen station, lacking a wireless telephone transmitter, sent wireless telegraphic replies, and the voice was described as perfectly clear. An advertisement for San Felice Clears cigars appears.
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Paris
Christiania Annouce
Bergen
Norway
Memorials call for probe into Mexican killing of American citizen
Washington reports indicate Senator McGill was slain in Mexico by gunfire and ambush with his body cast into the Coapa river. A Senate foreign relations subcommittee, chaired by Senator Fall, will hold hearings in Washington New York and near the border to investigate the Mexican situation. Rev Dr Inman of New York a League of Free Nations officer was summoned as the first witness.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Merchert S. McGuit
Guapa
Chip
State Department
McGill
Flo
Coapa River
James K. McGill
Lockwood Avenue
Chicago
Senate Foreign Relations
Washington
New York
Fall
New Mexico
Inman
League of Free Nations
Plans to form patriotic federation of veteran groups
Columbus plans under way to merge Grand Army of the Republic Spanish War Veterans Confederate Veterans and American Legion members into one federation. Meeting to finalize details will be in Minneapolis November 11 and 12. About 250000 visitors expected at the 53rd G A R encampment as it opened with welcome addresses by Gov Gox and Mayor Karb.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Adams
Grand Army of the Republic
G. A
American Legion
Minneapolis
C. E. Adama
Gox
Karb
Allies to Demand Erasure of Austria Clause in Germany
Paris reports the supreme council will draft a note to Germany demanding suppression of article 61 of the German constitution allowing Austrian representation in the German parliament. The council reportedly finds Germany's reply insufficient and will publish the note today.
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Paris
Havas
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Germany
Present Pact Form Will Un Americanize People
Senator James Wadsworth warned in Salem that ratifying the peace treaty and league of nations in its present form would un Americanize the United States more than any force. He cited President Washington on entangling alliances and urged careful consideration as many nationalities now reside in the country.
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iBy
Associated Press
Salem
N. Y
League of Nations
French trench ground rentals denied by AEF official
Col Blanton Winship, head of requisitions and claims for the American expeditionary forces, testified before a Congressional committee that no claims for front trench ground rentals were made. He said only ground used in training areas, damaged to acclimate troops to front conditions, had claims.
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Blanton Winship
American Expeditionary Forces
American Congress
Iowa Stockmen Oppose Kenyon Bill in Senate Testimony
Washington dispatch reports Blackwell C H Will and J O Legler along with other Iowa stock shippers plan to oppose the Kenyon Packers control bill before the Senate Agriculture Committee. They argue high farm land values reflect Chicago packers ready hog market access and farmers sentiment against the measure. The item notes testimony from farmers and stockmen in Iowa and mentions a Nutmargarine brand tangentially.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterton Evento Courier
Washington, D.C
Blackwell
H. Will
Legler
Manseating
J. T. Benton
Dallas Venter
J. B. Nichols
Nichols
Kenyon Packer
Senate Agriculture Committee
Unfilled Orders Rise in August for U S Steel
New York September Unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation on August 31 were 6,109,163 tons, up 2,820,482 tons from July 31. This marks the second straight monthly increase and the third since last October, with the steel industry showing an upward trend and improving conditions.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Opponents Ask If Wilson’s League Is Worse Than War
Washington, Sept. 6. Senator Poindexter Republican Washington attacked President Wilson and the league of nations in a senate address. He said the president offers governance by counsel from Geneva and warned the league could abrogate the Monroe doctrine. He accused Wilson of blocking intervention to aid his reelection campaign.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
League of Nations
Wilson
United States
Lincoln
Poindexter
Washington
Senate
Geneva
Germany
Belgium
Pondexter
Oreder
Miners Meet In Cleveland Hear Plumb Plan Support
Delegates from coal regions in the United States and Canada convened in Cleveland with expectations of wage gains and shorter hours. William Green cites demands for 25 to 40 percent raises as a central issue while planners prepare a joint conference to set new wage scales. The Plumb plan for railroad nationalization garners labor support from key union leaders arriving for the event.
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Cleveland, O
United States
Canada
Cleveland Grays
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Min’ets
Great Britain
Atlantic
William Green
Green
Ohio
Vingis
Indiana
Pennsylvania
T. W. Raisse
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Timothy I. Shea
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
L. E. Sheppard
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Cleveland
Arling
John L. Lewis
United
Nation's Riches So Vast It Needs Room for Increase
Washington, Sept. 4. The government has whispered of the real need to expand vaults at the treasury to store wartime gold and silver. Congress may be asked to appropriate 7,500,000 to make vaults secure and provide for additional room for the treasury's metal reserves.
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Washington
DD. C
Reali
Treasury
President Wilson Calls World Peace Buildup Duty To US
President Wilson told Minnesota lawmakers that high living costs stem from a world wartime situation and future peace status. He urged the United States to set global trade standards, rehabilitate the world economy, and shift from provincial economic ties to international cooperation, noting railway facilities and labor capital relations as key domestic adjustments. The speech drew cheers as he outlined America's role in world affairs and peace.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Wilson
Minnesota
United States
J. A. A. Burnquist
America
Wilsom
St. Paul Union
Eortin
Mine Workers Convention Debates Wage And Peace Issues
The United Mine Workers of America convenes with opening ceremonies and reports from Acting President Lewis and Secretary-Treasurer Green. Discussions focus on wages, hours, and postwar policy, including treaty ratification and possible withdrawal from the Washington wage agreement by November 1 if a new scale is not agreed.
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Mine Workers of America
Frank IK
Kinges
Lewis
Wm. Green
League of Nations
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
Convention
the United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
United States Railroad Administration
McAdoo and
Hines
United States Fuel Administration
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Washington
Marek
Senate
United Mine Workers
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