Order Restored in Washington by Overseas Troops
Washington report states order was restored by Major General William G. Haan and 2000 troops after rioting between whites and blacks. Cavalry clashed in streets as guards escorted officers. two home defense members were shot by a suspect while searching for weapons. President Wilson and Secretary Baker kept informed.
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Washington
William G. Haan
Isaac Halbfinger
Home Defense Guard
Benjamin Belmont
Haan
France
Western Front
Wilson
Supreme Command
Baker
Ford Narrates Part Played in the World War
Mount Clemens Mich July 23 Henry Ford continued his libel suit questioning by his attorney recounting early life hardships and wartime service. He spoke of spending three to four million on the Henry Ford hospital army hospital number 36 and about 1.8 million beyond government allowance on the Eagle boat plant.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Ford
Army Hospital
Eagle Boat Plant
Bond Thieves Taken To Cleveland Today
Six men including George Sullivan J B Crawford Al Stumf Roy Lindaman Fred Goode and Peter Schrimiger were moved to Cleveland to face warrants for receiving stolen federal property Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps. They are linked to a Yegg gang tied to a nitroglycerine blast that killed Frank Mahood and injured Leonard Geogelin. County and federal officers will arrange hearings before United States Commissioner W H Marlett.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
George Sullivan
J. B. Crawford
al Stumf
Roy Lindaman
Fred Goode
Peter Schrimiger
Toledo
Cleveland
Crawford County
United States
W. H. Marlett
Frank Mahood
Leonard Geogelin
Geogelin
Flaherty Quits as Manager of Colonels
Patsy Flaherty resigns as manager of the Colonels citing front office interference and excess grand stand management. Joe McCarthy named temporary manager in Louisville Kentucky.
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Flaherty
Colonels
Louisville
Patsy Flaherty
The
Joe McCarthy
Cloudburst Causes Wide Flood Damage in Federal Valley
A cloudburst Tuesday caused extensive damage along Federal Creek valley. Corn fields ruined, bridges washed away, and buildings wrecked from Federal to Sharpsburg. Elmer Wilkin lost a new Oakland as his garage was swept away. Lester Nichols and John Scott narrowly escaped in a Ford, taking refuge in a schoolhouse before help arrived. Water reached the Stand ard Oil station at Joy and flooded several new houses. Amesville was spared as waters receded after five o clock Tuesday night.
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Federal Creek
Elmer Wilkin
Oakland
Lester Nichols
Athens
John Scott
Marietta
Standard Oil
Joy
Sharpsburg
Federal
Amesville
Prohibition Bill Advances to Senate Subcommittee
The house passed prohibition enforcement legislation moves to a senate subcommittee. Chairman Sterling vows to oppose changes to the one half of one percent alcohol rule. Expect protracted debates over home searches and seizure of private stocks. Senate action unlikely before August end. treaty work pushes delay.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sterling
Judge Urges Women to Stand Fast in Party Lines
Magistrate George Genung of New York told a group of women to be Americans first, Republicans second, and individuals third. He urged against non partisan alliances and third parties, saying loyal party members gain strength and results. He warned against leaving the Republican fold for Democrats over personal grievances.
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George Genung
New York
Judge Genung
War Causes Rise In Divorces In Chicago Post War
Chicago jurists attribute postwar restlessness to a jump in divorces. Judge Sheridan E. Fry cites three causes: marital weariness and quarrels, suspicion toward wives influenced by foreign girls, and improvident husbands who joined the army. He notes alcohol and gambling also contributed to splits.
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Chicago
Ills
Sheridan E. Fry
Court of Domestic Relations
Fry
China
Telephone cables cut spurs Cleveland investigation
The Cleveland Telephone Co reports eight cables cut in 24 hours, disrupting service in several city sections. Police open inquiry as council committee returns from Washington to wind up the strike amid company and union talks.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Telephone Co
Washington
Telephone Company
France weighs postwar army size and service terms
Paris reports a UPI summary of French plans after the peace. A critic in Opinion estimates 200000 for Rhine policing and Morocco, with 400000 winter and 600000 summer forces possible. Home classes would serve fifteen months to reach 400000, with spring conscription to autumn.
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United Press
Paris
France
Rhine
Morocco
Near East
Revenge Motive Likely In Murder Of Daniel Kaber
Cleveland Ohio July 23 Police favor a revenge motive in the stabbing death of Daniel Kaber a printer who suffered nine wounds while resting ill at home Kaber was buried yesterday according to local reports.
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Cleveland
Daniel Kaber
Kaber
Claims drive to force U S intervention in Mexico
New York July 23 A Mexican journalist says a campaign to push U S intervention in Mexico is underway with insidious propaganda in newspapers Congress and financial circles. He claims anti Mexican forces seek to force a greater crime against humanity by intervening and that four million Americans led by Samuel Gompers oppose intervention.
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New York N.Y
Mexico
Manuel Carpio
el Heraldo de Mexico
Men
New York
France
Congress
Carpio
Heaven and Earth
United States
Germany
Rio Grand
North
Samuel Gompers
Midsummer Dance at Club Rooms Friday Night
Elks are invited to a midsummer dance to be held at club rooms on Friday evening July 25. All Elks wishing to attend should see the secretary for tickets.
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Elks
Max Lieberman Struck a Match in Car Tank
Max Lieberman struck a match to see wood in an auto gas tank and was injured, now in a hospital.
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New York
Max Lieberman
Senate readies peace treaty hearings as Lansing returns
Washington July 23. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee sped the peace treaty reading to clear open hearings and to question Secretary Lansing after his Paris trip. President Wilson met with Republican senators to hear views. leaders prepared evidence and documents for the Senate. McKellar and Page spoke amid legislative business on the agricultural bill and League of Nations terms.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
Paris
Ilson
Senate
Senate Chamber
McKellar
Tennessee
Kenyon
Congress
Sterling
League of Nations
Page Vermont
White House
Wilson
Page
Early conference set between Lansing and Wilson
Washington, July 23. An early conference has been arranged between Secretary Lansing and President Wilson to review work by the peace commission since Wilson left. The meeting aims to assess progress and next steps in the peace effort.
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Washington
Lansing
Wilson
Peace Commission
Supreme Court Review Sought in Cleveland Street Car Injury Case
Eva M. Hill of Cleveland seeks Ohio Supreme Court review of damages awarded by Cuyahoga County courts after a street car fall. Hill alleges a conductor pushed her from the car leading to injuries and the rail company asks for reconsideration.
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Supreme Court
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland Railway Company Today
Ohio Supreme Court
Eva M. Hill
Cleveland
Cuyhoga
Inventor Tests Parachute System Fired by Leverage
An inventor engineers a parachute device launched into the air by a self-activated cartridge. The aviator pulls a lever to explode the cartridge and release the parachute, aiming to save pilots from crashing.
Army convicts demand release at Fort Leavenworth
Striking ex soldiers I W W s and conscientious objectors at the disciplinary barracks demand freedom and a general amnesty before resuming work. A soviet faction urges the issue be sent to President Wilson. Troops, guns loaded and bayonets fixed, encircle the prison as commandant Rice reports the prisoners’ demands.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Wilson
Rice
Army
Washington
East St. Louis Protests Congress After Riots
East St. Louis residents sent sympathy telegrams to senators congressmen and Washington newspapers in protest against Congress sending an investigating committee after the 1917 race riots. Former mayor F W Mollman joined civic groups in sending messages.
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East ST. Louis
Washington, D. C
Washington
F. W. Mollman
Congress
Open meetings sought for Senate Foreign Relations hearings
Senator Jones calls for open sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to consider the peace treaty. Lodge backs openness as Republicans face scrutiny over secrecy of the Paris talks. Hearings depend on state department replies to three information-resolutions, with drafts, stenographic records, and a contested letter among the items requested.
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Washington
Senate
Jones
New Mexico
Lodge
Wilson
Lansing
State Department
Paris
Borah
Shantung
China
Russia
Clemenceau Wins Confidence Vote in French Chamber
Paris July 23 Premier Clemenceau's government survived a confidence vote 257 to 181 in the chamber of deputies. He urged finishing peaceful work but called for new elections to hear the country’s view. He said peace is harder to secure than war and claimed broad French support.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Tribune
France
Master Masons Special Meeting Notice
A notice for a special meeting of the Master Masons board set for Thursday at 5 p m with ROY HINCHMAN W M and JAMES A PALMER secretary listed. The item urges a cheerful tone, noting that happiness matters more than weight in social regard.
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Master Masons
Roy Hinchman
James A. Palmer
Meat Trust Defense in Senate Sparks Packed Debate
The Senate clashed over the Kenyon bill to regulate big meat packers with Senator Sherman and Smoot accusing wholesale grocers of propagandizing for regulation while Senator Harris likened the packers to the danger posed by Standard Oil. The chamber discussed the food situation and hister cost of living amid cross accusations.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press Staff
Washington
Congress
Kenyon
Senate
Sherman
Illinois
Smoot
Utah
National Wholesale Grocers Association
Harris
Georgia
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson Takes over Chevrolet Agency in Trimble Township
Chas W. Wilson has secured the Chevrolet and Oldsmobile agency for Trimble township through Moter Auto Sales Co of Athens. He leased the building opposite the K M Depot, formerly Gee Music Store, and expects cars in stock by August 1 with orders accepted and deliveries guaranteed.
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Glouster
Chas
W. Wilson
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Trimble Township
Moter Auto Sales Co
Athens
Gee Music
Wilson
German researchers identify tar byproduct as binder for briquet fuel
German experimenters find a tar byproduct from oil gas manufacture can bind coke dust into briquets. The byproduct previously formed loose ties and now serves as an adhesive for compact fuel blocks.
Blimp Disaster Probe Opens With Grand Jury Action
Chicago authorities announce a grand jury investigation into the blimp crash at the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. Witnesses are held, with J A Iner and W C Young detained for further inquiry while Boettner and Young are not charged. The accident, blamed on engine sparks igniting the gas bag, claims a twelfth life Milton Norton rings the bell for relief to bank families and Goodyear aids the bereaved.
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Chicago
Ills
Hoyne
J. A. Iner
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
W. C. Young
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron Ohio
Boettner
Milton G. Norton
Goodyear Company
Ohio to Fix Price for 1920 Auto Tags in Columbus
Secretary of State Smith and State Auditor Donahey planned a day meeting to set the price the Ohio penitentiary will be paid for producing 1920 auto tags. The state board of control waived competitive bids, allowing the penitentiary to legally manufacture them and save Ohio thousands of dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Smith
Donahey
State Board of Control
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