Diplomatic Help to Maintain Special Interests
France Great Britain and Italy sign a tripartite pact to support each other in preserving spheres of influence in Turkey. The document, dated Sevres August 10, defines France in Silicia and Kurdistan near Syria and Italy in Southern Anatolia, while Britain's sphere remains undefined. The pact, not a formal alliance, commits diplomatic support and includes shared control of the Baghdad railway and Heraclea coal mines. The agreement awaits Turkish peace treaty implementation date and preserves non signatory access rights.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Great Britain
Italy
Turkey
Sevres
Silicia
Kurdistan
Syria
Anatolia
Bagdad
Heraclea
Endeh
Adana
Jezire ibn-Omar
Harding to Consult With Leading Minds on National Affairs
President-elect Harding begins fulfillment of his campaign pledge to consult top minds on a new association of nations. He plans to lay groundwork by inauguration next March to unite national sentiment. He will not consider a Cabinet yet and starts a vacation today. He has declined President Wilsons offer to provide a battleship for his voyage. Marion Ohio reports.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
Association of Nations
Panama Canal Zone
Point Isabel
Daniels
New Orleans
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Knox
Pennsylvania
Johnson
California
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Underwood
Alabama
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Simmons
North Carolina
Robinson
Arkansas
Red Cross drive kicks off with 300 workers in Butte
Three hundred workers including women and men will take part in the Red Cross roll call for 12 000 members in Butte starting Thursday Armistice day and lasting one week. Benjamin Owen chairs the effort with house to house canvassing and downtown solicitation led by Butte girls.
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Red Cross
Butte
Benjamin Owen
Roll Call
Owen
Congress Urged to Restrict European Immigration
Aberdeen Washington November 5 Representative Albert Johnsonwill ask Congress to restrict immigration from Europe to relatives of foreign born American citizens as the country cannot absorb the thousands arriving. Johnson, leaving for Washington, says restrictions are needed.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Europe
Congress
Albert Johnson
Washington
House of Representatives Committee On Immigration
Johnson
Washington, D. C
Equal vote count for Harding and Cox in Oklahoma
In Macalester Oklahoma November 5 the complete official ballot tally in Pittsburg shows Senator Harding and Governor Cox each with 5100 votes. Both camps expressed surprise at the rare parity in the general election results.
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Macalester
Okla
Pittsburg
Harding
Cox
Naval Governor of Samoa Terhune Dies by Self Sacrifice
Washington dispatch reports Commander J. Terhune naval governor of Samoa shot himself at noon on November 8 after being ordered relieved. He battled heart trouble and depression. a naval court of inquiry heads to Samoa to review Island administration. Terhune had trained naval recruits at Trimwoody Institute in Minneapolis during the war.
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Island
Washington
J. Terhune
Samoa
Navy Department
Terhune
Waldo B. Evans
Naval
Trimwoody Institute
Minneapolis
Northwest
Cox Declares No Yield in Principle After Victory
In Columbus Ohio Governor James M Cox democratic presidential candidate speaks in his first post election statement. He says he is proud as when the fight started and would not retrace a step nor yield a jot in principle. He notes republicans control both legislative and executive branches and urges against political sabotage.
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Columbus
Ohio
James M. Cox
Cox
Jailer Whitaker Defeats Judge in Kentucky Election
In Whitesburg Kentucky Fess Whitaker jailer defeats Judge Stephen Combs Jr for county judge after Whitaker was sentenced to six months by Combs for attacking officers. Whitaker escaped jailed recaptured then re sentenced in one of Kentucky mountains most exciting campaigns. Governor Morrow refused to pardon Whitaker three times.
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Whitesburg
Kentucky
Fess Whitaker
Stephen Combs Jr
Whitaker
D Judge Combs
Egain
Judge Combs
Morrow
Mysterious Slaying of Young Stenographer in St Louis
Miss Edna Ellis, 18, was found slain in a vacant lot in northern St Louis. Her throat was cut and a broken razor lay nearby. she showed severe beating and facial injuries, suggesting a desperate struggle. Police report no neighbors heard cries.
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ST. Louis
Edna Ellis
Ayer of Orerife Pays Death Penalty
Emmett Bancroft alias Neil Hart was hanged at Oregon State Penitentiary for the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor in Pendleton on July 25. He was pronounced dead at 8 41 this morning after the 3 27 execution. Bancroft’s last words expressed remorse and faith in God.
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Salem
Ore
Emmett Bancroft
Allias Neil Hart
Oregon State Penitentiary
Til Taylor
Pendleton
Bancroft
Non-Partisan League Wins in Colorado Legislature
Denver Nov. 5 The non partisan league of Colorado elected only four candidates to the state legislature. One senate candidate won while eight failed. In the house three candidates were elected and 30 were defeated.
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Denver
League of Colorado
Colorado
Senate
House of Representatives
Liquor Found In Raids Across Great Falls
In Great Falls on November 5 a raid targeted eight locations including two cigar stores a barber shop a grocery and a rooming house. Prohibition officers seized liquor in each site and made arrests in every location.
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Great Falls
Want More Revolutions Polshevist Leaders Declare Situation Is Desperate
London dispatch cites Nikolai Lenin admitting a severe Russian food crisis with Moscow paralyzed by famine. Trotzky calls for peasant delivery of food, warns the Red Army needs food and clothing and rebels abroad to hinder attacks on Russia.
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London
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Copenhagen
Proletaskaya Pravda
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
War and Marine
Red Army
Building Trust Still Under Fire New York Case
Forces of the law scored a point in the fight against the building trust as bench warrants were issued for three indicted individuals. George Backer the builder and alleged go-between in the trust faced a $25,000 bail with perjury an anticipated charge. Robert F. Sprindell president of the building trades council appeared at the criminal courts building as warrants were issued. The inquiry hints at a country wide scheme controlling the building industry and was noted before the joint legislative committee.
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New York
Building Trades Council
Criminal Courts
Joint Legislative Committee
Women Sweep Yoncalla City Election
Yoncalla Oregon voters elected an all female municipal slate on Tuesday. Mayor Mary Burt and council members Bernice Wilson Jennie Laswell Nettle Hannan Edith B Thompson won against men, securing every office.
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Yoncalla
Ore
Mary Burt
Bernice Wilson
Jennie D. Laswell
Nettle Hannan
Edith B. Thompson
Bank Messenger Robbed of 41 000 Bonds in Chicago Heist
Four bandits held up a Hyde Park State Bank messenger in Chicago and escaped with a satchel of 41000 in Liberty bonds and coupons plus 257000 in non negotiable checks. The messenger and a bystander were shot and beaten during the attack.
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Chicago
Hyde Park State Bank of Chicago
Deputy Warden and Trusty Beaten to Death in Jail
In Mount Holly New Jersey deputy warden King of Burlington County jail and Charles Vernon Bartlett a trusted inmate were beaten to death with a stove poker by Harry Asay a prisoner in delirium tremens. Asay a scrap iron dealer from Burlington had been jailed for drunkenness and sentenced to a month after he showed severe withdrawal. King aged 60 had visited his cell several times that morning.
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Mount Holly
N. J
King
Burlington County
Charles Vernon Bartlett
Harry Asay
Asay
Burlington
Bankers Convene for 100 Million Foreign Trade Financing Corp
John S. Drum president of the American Bankers' Association issued a call for a national meeting of bankers, producers, importers and exporters to organize a $100,000,000 foreign trade financing corporation. The meeting will be in Chicago on December 10 and 11. The corporation was authorized at the association's recent convention.
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San Francisco
United States
Chicago
Johns. Drum
American Bankers’ Association
Preus runs far ahead in Minnesota governor race
Unofficial returns from Minnesota’s election show governor candidates with Preus leading after 3,050 of 3,220 precincts reported. Preus tallies 394,390 votes to Hodgson 177,475 and Shipstead 262,123, giving him a rapidly growing 132,267 plurality.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Preus
Hodgson
Shipstead
Oil excitement in north prompts stern measures
Ottawa reports a rush of oil prospectors to the far north after strikes and the government revives Yukon grubstake rules. Only those fit for Arctic winter and with enough grub will be allowed to go as Fort Norman oil discovery spurs Edmonton prospectors to stake claims. Boat berths for spring are filled.
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Ottawa
Yukon
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Fort Norman
MacKenzie River
Edmonton
Alberta
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