Troops Deployed at New York Piers as Longshore Strike Rages
Five hundred regular army soldiers arrived aboard the George Washington to assist at the Brooklyn piers amid a longshoremen’s stoppage. Brig. Gen. Davison said troops are to shoot only if necessary, while Gen. Shanks denied machine guns and said soldiers will handle government work. Pamphlets urging a soviet-style workers’ government were distributed to strikers.
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George iWashington
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Peter Davison
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Communist Party of Armerica
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Wage Adjustment Board
American Federation of Labor
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France
Jefe M. Cullison
1 Sth
13Th Regiment
Caps Upton
Merritt
David C. Shanks
Washington
Bileer
Taylan
Aly. Baker
Army Transport Service
Tie
Hylan
President Acts to Halt Labor Break At Industrial Conference
Washington Oct 22 President Wilson despite illness intervened in the national industrial conference to avert a break over collective bargaining issues. He dictated a letter to Secretary Lane urging discretion in presenting a plan to the three groups and held it in reserve as the conference adjourned without agreement. The outlook remained not promising as employers and labor delegates stood firm on their positions.
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Wison
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Retter
Lane
Wilson
Tabor Department
Bernard M. Baruch
Thomas N. Chadbourne
Committee of Fifteen
Tumutty
Pan-American Building
Capital
Tabor
Labor leader denies charge of Bolshevism
Samuel Gompers, weakened by illness, defended labor at the national Industrial conference against an insinuation that U S workers seek to overthrow the government. He recalled a pledge by labor to back the war effort and warned against Bolshevik talk as unfounded.
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Samuel Gompers
National Industrial Conference
United States
Gompers
L. F. Loree
Tie
Russia
Loree
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
War Labor Board
Federation
Wilson
Will Deport Gary Reds Amid Steel Strike Action
Military authorities in Gary move to deport seven prisoners held over the Calumet region steel strike. The men are charged with participating in a movement to overthrow the government. Paul S. Glaser said the detainees were Bolsehvik active in the strike but harmless. Officials expected the Gary steel strike to end in a few days with workers returning.
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Chicago
Gary
Calumet
Goverment
Paul S. Glaser
Auto Stalled He Freezes in Wyoming Blizzard
George Chandler prominent oil man disappeared in the Red Desert blizzard October 3. He died of cold after trudging twenty miles from a stalled car and was found today three miles from the Associated Oil company camp on the Rawlins to oil fields route.
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George Chandler
Red Desert
Wyoming
Gasper
Wyo
Ofl
Associated Oil Company
Chandler
Rawtins
Chaplain Required for Transports Over Two Hundred Soldiers
Secretary Baker directs Hoboken embarkation headquarters to ensure an army chaplain accompanies each transport carrying more than 200 soldiers. Washington report notes this new instruction for military logistics during October.
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Washington
Baker
Hoboken
Rail bill toughens penalties for strikers in Senate draft
Washington Oct. 20 The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee adds a penalty provision to the railroad bill targeting strikers and those who caused rail stoppages. The measure seeks to deter labor action by making disruptions subject to penalties.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Commodity Prices and Livestock Ranges in Market Report
The market lists clear and winter prices for feed and textiles, then detailed cattle hogs and sheep values. HAY and CATTLE sections show brand and weight ranges with figures from prime to common grades. Includes beef, veal, and sheep price bands across multiple categories.
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Timothy
Tax Payment Acknowledged as Public Benefit
Quote from Daniel C. Roper, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, asserts taxes fund public benefits and that evading tax liability is shortsighted. The statement emphasizes the broad purpose of taxation beyond individual gain.
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Daniel C. Roper
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue
Verbatim interview recollection from Birmingham Age Herald
A young reporter recalls interviewing a self-made millionaire who commends the piece. The exchange reveals informal speech and the older figure’s admission he would have used different words if he had attended college.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Jobbers Wanted for Carpentry and Bricklaying Work
Advertises steady work for carpenters and bricklayers. Applications or inquiries directed to the Chamber of Commerce in Michigan City Indiana.
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Chamber of Commerce
Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Fair Officials Reelect Fair Directorate For Next Year
The present fair directorate was endorsed Saturday afternoon with the re election of 1915 officers. President A W Taylor and Vice President S W Lower head the slate with Treasurer J Vene Dorland and Secretary James A Terry. The board includes A E Watson J E Bowell Guy Holmes Edward Hixon F C Mann FE W Bement and E Q O Graft as well as Fred Peters A C Heitschsmdt. Women’s department leaders are Mrs J A Terry president Mrs J Vene Dorland vice president and Miss Clara Peglew secretary. Executive committee members are E W Bement Fred Peters J W Dorland and J A Terry. A summarized activity report will be published after J A Terry returns from Chicago.
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S. W. Lower
J. Vene Dorland
James A. Terry
A. E. Watson
J. E. Bowell
Guy Holmes
Edward Hixon
F. C. Mann
FE. W. Bement
E. Q O. Graft
Fred Peters
A. C. Heitschmidt
Woman's Department
J. A. Terry
J. Vene Dorlund
Clara Peglew
E. W. Bement
J. W. Dorland
Chicago
Jewelers' Partner Hermann Oberreich Struck by Stroke
Herman Oberreich, partner in Oberreich and Arnold jewelers, suffered a stroke of apoplexy in the Rumely hotel lobby Sunday night. Attending Dr. J H Meyer reports the condition serious with paralysis in arm and leg, raising questions about recovery. Oberreich is a Laporte businessman and longtime health has been poor.
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Herman Oberreich
Rumely Hotel
J. H. Wm. Meyer
Oberreich
Meyer
Oberreich & Arnold, Jewelers
Laporte
Five Cities Seek Democratic National Convention
Chairman Fiomer Cummings will convene the Democratic national committee in Washington on January 6 or 7 to set the time and site for the next convention. Chicago San Francisco St Louis Cleveland and Indianapolis bid to host the event.
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Washington
Fiomer Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Moving sale at residence one mile west of Otis Kansas
A Kansas move sale will be held at the seller’s residence one mile west of Otis on Wednesday November 5 starting at 10 o’clock in the morning. Described property includes horses cattle hogs machinery and farm implements such as six head of horses several mares colts and calves two wagons buggies harness a six foot McCormick mower a John Deere riding cultivator walking plows and related gear.
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Kansas
Otis
John Deere
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