Soldiers Start Riot in Capital in Washington
Rioting soldiers and civilians swarmed the southwest Washington area after attacks on white seamen by a Black man. A mob sought suspects, beat a man named Wes in his home, and police with military support dispersed the crowd. Patrolman Frank McGrath was wounded by a gunman in the same district.
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Washington
Elsie Tephnick
Bureau Of,engraving
Stephuck
Wes
Frank McGrath
McGrath
YOST WORKERS TO TAKE UP DEMANDS
Employes of the Yost Typewriter Company will hold a mass meeting at Machinists Hall Broad Street tonight at 8 o clock to demand a 44 hour week and a 25 percent wage increase. Lake Torpedo Boat machinists and ironworkers will also meet to receive the report on a closed shop at the Lake plant. In Bridgeport Journeymen Barbers Local 688 plan picket action against non union barber shows this week.
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Yost Typewriter, Company
Broad Street
Lake Torpedo
Laké Plant
Hine
Bridgeport
Journeymien Barber’s Union
Strike breakers will not be used on ships
New York July 20 The American Steamship Association says strike breakers will not be used to man ships affected by the marine strike Passengers ships in coastwise service are tied up by the cooks and stewards strike H P Griffin president of the Cooks and Stewards Association says the claim was admitted by one ship owner Union leaders hint they may accept a compromise proposed by boatowners who refuse to grant a closed shop but would give first preference to American seamen and then to union men
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New York
American Steamship Association
H. P. Griffin
Cooks and Stewards Association
Bnion Engineers
Spanish ministry formed to replace Maura cabinet
Madrid July 20 Joaquin Sanchez Toca confidential advisor to King Alfonso will head the new Spanish ministry to succeed the cabinet of Antonio Maura which resigned last week The new ministry was constituted today The new premier Senor Toca formerly served as minister of justice and since 1915 has been president of the Spanish Senate
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Madrid
Joaquin Sanchez Toca
Alfonso
Antonio Maura
Senor Toca
Worker Sprains Ankles After Fall From Porch
Albert Knapp aged 43 of 319 East Washington avenue slipped from a railing at a Singer Co plant porch on Barmum avenue. He was treated at Emergency hospital by Dr. Maxwell and then returned to his home with both ankles badly sprained.
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Albert Knapp
Washington Avenue
Barmum Avenue
Knapp
Singer Co
Dr. Maxwell
Emergency Hospital
Peace Treaty Economic Clause Endorsed by Deputies Committee
July 20 report from the Chamber of Deputies committee on the peace treaty notes Deputy Louis Jean Puech, former minister of public works, presented the economic clause findings. The committee, reviewing the document, heard the recommendations shaping the treaty's financial terms and reforms.
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Faris
Chamber of Deputies
Louis Jean- Puech
Public Works
On -The-Economie
Foch Warns England Unprepared For Next War
Marshal Foch tells Daily Mark correspondent that England may not be ready next time and should keep large reserves of materiel. He praises the British army as superb and urges continuous invention and labor to stay ahead in mechanized warfare.
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Lonthen
England
Marshal Foch
Mark
Great Britain
Distinguished American commanders arrive home aboard Aquitania
Ten distinguished commanders of the American Expeditionary Force returned to the United States aboard the Cunard line Aquitania docking in New York. Leading the group were Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett and Major General Joseph T. Dickman, with Benedict Crowell and nine other generals including George J. Squier Mason M. Patrick and Brigadier Generals Fiske Smith Burtt Heintzellman Solan and Caster.
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New York
United States
Cunard Line
Hunter Liggitt
First Army Corps
Joseph T. Dickman
George J. Squier
Signal Corps
Mason M. Patrick
Harold B. Fiske
Harry A. Smith
Wilson D. Burtt
Stewart Heintzellman
Dennis E. Solan
Joseph C. Caster
Substantial Gains in Demand Deposits Reported
Substantial gains in demand deposits accompany declines in government deposits as the Federal Reserve Board shows member banks in leading cities with reserves rising. Banks also report higher demand deposits and a stronger cash position amid monetary actions.
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Tederas
Ancen
Federal Reserve
Hanks
American Trade Commission Aids Belgium Rebirth
BRUSSELS June 20 Henry H Morgan American High Trade Commissioner in Belgium has formed a commercial organization to aid reconstruction of Belgian industries. It aims to assist oil merchants and manufacturers in Belgium and America. He notes Belgian factories returning to operation with glass and textile mills restarting and cotton imports from the U S. A loan of 500 900 000 francs from American bankers is expected to aid reconstruction and stabilize the franc. Morgan cites one third of Belgian livestock taken by Germans and mentions U S Department of Agriculture shipments to aid breeding stock, with plans for a fleet of thirty vessels to carry live stock.
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Morgan
United States
Brussels
Correspon
Dance of the Associated Press
Henry H. Morgan
Belgium
America
Associated Press
Iso
Legion Inspires Continued Service Says Wilson Letter
In New York on July 20 the American Legion received President Wilson's letter declaring the Legion will always inspire full performance of high and difficult duties. He praised the men who served in the army navy and marine corps and now unite to preserve traditions of their service. The President noted he has seen them on land and sea and abroad and that their spirit is as splendid as their success.
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New York
American Legion
Wilson
Anmay
Navy
Marine Corps
Milford Baseball Team Opens Season Rained Out
Rain halted Milford’s season opener scheduled for Saturday afternoon. The game featured Milford baseball players and the White Sox, with the team assembled from returning overseas players, creating a clash between old rivals and returning servicemen.
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Milford
The
White Sox
British promoter Imre Kiralfy leaves $2 million fortune
Imre Kiralfy, famed organizer of pageants and spectacular plays, who led at Brighton on April 28, reportedly left a fortune of $2 000 000. He is said to have earned about $22 750 000 from colossal pageants produced for America and abroad, including a Chicago World's Fair showing that netted around $1 000 000. A London statement claims this is the largest total receipts in opera drama spectacle and pageantry history.
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London
Imre Kiralfy
Brighton
America
Chicago
German prisoners seek to stay in Switzerland amid repatriation plans
Geneva July 20 Three thousand German prisoners of war in Switzerland will be sent home this week but many prefer to remain in Switzerland. Arrangements by German French and Swiss representatives at Berne cover repatriation of 300,000 Germans and French by way of…
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Geneva
Associated Press
Switzerland
Germany
Tthe
Frange
Berne
Trance
Former Vivien Gould to be Irish vicerine
London reports Lord Decies, husband of the former Vivien Gould, may be named Viceroy of Ireland. The couple wed in 1911, and Miss Gould became Mrs Decies after their marriage.
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Vivien Gould
Lord Decies
Ireland
London
Miss Gould Lo
President Invited to Address 200,000 at Atlantic City
Atlantic City Rotary clubs extend a formal invitation to President Wilson to speak from the Boardwalk to a potential 200,000 people gathered from all sections of the United States for his first League of Nations address.
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Atlantic cIpe
Wilson
United States
Atlanttte City
Members of Nations
Atliantic City
Rotary Els
Cnt
Onypnled Steamer Incident Report From Boston to Yarmouth
Raber Burton of Baltimore among passengers aboard the steamship Governor Cobb bound for Green Island from Boston to Yarmouth Saturday. The service flag was never used, and the article notes misread or damaged text about Kemp Batchelor and Mrs. EOS by the vessel.
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Raber
Say! Weir
Morgenthau Made Commander of Legion of Honor
Paris reports Henry Morgenthau former United States ambassador to Turkey has been named Commander of the Legion of Honor for eminent services to France while stationed as ambassador at Constantinople.
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Henry Morgenthau
Legion of Honor
Paris
Henri Morgenthau
United States
Turkey
France
Constantinople
Rowdies Intrude At Picnic For Veterans Draw Police Response
A disorderly incident at Rod stock park in Stratford yesterday near Success avenue involved about twenty rowdies denying admission to a veterans picnic. Police arrived to find no injuries or ongoing trouble after a surge reported as a Bolshevist uprising. some accounts claim rocks were thrown at picnickers, but officers located no assailants or active danger.
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Rodstock Park
Success Avenue
Straford
Bridgeport
Stratford
George Lubow
RB. KF. TD
Meriden Street
Seewne Peecnet
Pines
Lubow
Challenger resigns to take editorial chair
Sidney W. Challenger, longtime Bridgeport Post associate, resigns Saturday to accept the editorial chair of the Middletown Press. He began at the Post after its start by George W. Wills, moving from a byline to the newsroom. The item notes his long service and changes in roles before referencing a Swiss exhibit.
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Sidney W. Challenger
Bridgeport Post
Posteno
Ab. Saria
Middletown Press
Challenger
Post
George W. Wills
Krank W Bolande
Mexicans lining up for election in Mexico City
A July presidential vote in Mexico remains distant yet party lines form. Axcelsior notes governors favor General Obregon, General Gonzales, and others, with no clear candidate united. Reports say several generals eye the presidency as Heraldo de Mexico seeks a single party pact, while leading papers withhold endorsement.
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Mexico City
Tely
Associated Press
Mexico
Tansform
Axcelsior
Orregon
Pablo Gonaules
Luis Cabrera
No Treasury
Lor Aguirre Berlanga
Ane Luca
Obregon
Latera
Gonzales
Ouaxaca
Maurelus
Zapata
Il Heraldo de Mexico
Mexica
French aviator crosses Mediterranean in five hours
Paris reports Captain Morchal, flying a hydro airplane from St. Raphael in Var, crossed the Mediterranean to Bizerta in Tunis. The flight covered about 450 miles in five hours and forty minutes.
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Paris
Morchal
St. Raphael
Department Var
Mediterran Bizerta
Tunis
Ansonia Ice Man to Be Arraigned
Ansonia July 20 Speck J H Bartholomew president of Ansonia and Derby Ice corps will be arraigned in the City Court tomorrow morning on conspiracy to limit ice production in Ansonia by the buying of ice producing equipment to lower costs and raise price. Charles N Downs of Derby and Arthur Fiske of Fountain Water Company are among those named with Venetes Brothers in an action alleging efforts to restrict production and control prices for ice in the city. The defendants are accused of tying up dealers and suppliers to secure a cheaper output.
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Ansonia
J.H. Bartholomew
Ansonia and
Derby Ice Corps
Fountain Water Companionia
Wiske
I Bartholomew
Bartholomew
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American Trade Commission
Legion
Bridgenort Jinsball
Bower
Imre
Kiralfy
Tia Vivien Deciest
Atlanta City
Trotany Clay Guarantee Records
Phemonstration
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