Pledged votes to reconsider suffrage move at Tennessee House
Forty seven members of the Tennessee lower house signed a pledge to vote to reconsider ratification of the woman suffrage amendment. Speaker Seth Walker said more would sign as mass meetings are held. Bribery allegations surfaced as affidavits claimed a suffrage tender sought to influence Representative Harry Z. Burn. The House had ratified the Senate version 50 to 46. a motion to reconsider was anticipated.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Seth Walker
House
Walker
Senate
Jeaders
Ain
Nashville Teamostean
Nashville Banner
Tree
OC. C. Wallace
Lewisburg
Innis
Murray
Federal Land Bank of
Lautreville
Harry Z. Burn
McMinn County
Algo Waa
D. EB. Dsbow
Davidson County Criminal Court
Federal agents raid Bridgeport breweries for high alcohol beer
William J. McCarthy with 60 inspectors seized and tested samples at the Connecticut Home and Eckart breweries finding alcohol content up to five percent. Doors were sealed vats locked and guards placed on properties while saloons face investigations. Page Six continues.
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William J. McCarthy
New England
Connecticut
Eckart
Bridgeport
Connecticut, Home and Eckart
Fairfield Garage Damaged by Fire
Fairfield Aug 12 Special Fire of undetermined origin partially destroyed a garage owned by Theodore Middlebrooks at Fairfield tonight. Estimated damage about 1000 dollars. Alarm system failed and telephone at fire headquarters down delaying notice. Chauffeur for Mr Merrock present with personal belongings including 209 dollars in cash. Mr and Mrs Middlebrooks away. neighbors saw smoke from the garage.
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Pairfield
Theodore Middlebrooks
Fairfield
Mig Merrock
Mra
Standard Oil Hikes Export Petroleum Prices in New York
Standard Oil of New York raised export petroleum prices effective today. Standard White advanced to 34 1-3 cents per gallon and Waterwhite to 1-2 cents. Following Poland reports the move amid market shifts.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
Poland
Cox Charges $15 Million in Republican Campaign Funds
Governor Cox assails GOP finance, claiming at least 15 million dollars from selfish interests is being funneled into the Republican campaign. He attacks the party for pressure to sever sovereignty, endorses the League of Nations, and urges war aims linked to tax cuts and cost of living relief in Indiana campaign speeches.
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South Bend
Ind
Cox
Indiana
Ohio
America
Fore Teague
Fieas
League of Nation
Germany
Coxa Iddresece
Senator Harding Affirms Faith in Party Governance
Senator Harding declares he supports party government and a Senate role in shaping policy. He warns against autocracy and cites fears of foreign control and surrender of war powers. The Marion, Ohio speech emphasizes constitutional balance and distrust of concentrated executive power.
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Marion
Warding
Senate
Rominge
Fresh outbreaks likely as German workers riot in Poland plebiscite area
Berlin reports advise fresh outbreaks likely as German workers clash with Polish and trench troops near Atowitz. Two thousand Italian troops arrived. demoralized firing erupts in various cities. Police arrest protesters. several lynchings and a Polish newspaper office set ablaze. French officers depart as crowds chant anti France slogans.
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Berlin
Attowitz
Inter-Allied Commission
Far
Pleblesite Committee
Bern
Intere Allied Commission
Stanspapar
France
English runners dethrone Joie Ray in Olympic mile race
At Antwerp English athletes led by A G Hill and P J Baker defeated American Joie Ray in the 1300 meters, scoring 16 points to the Americans 17. Rainy conditions and a slow track hampered times, with Ray finishing eighth and criticism aimed at his strategy.
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Antwerp
Joie W. Ray
Klingis A. C
Dantela
Swadeh
Ray
A. G. Hill
P. J. Baker
Nelli
P Ray
Faded Beauties Revived By Skin Stretching In Paris Style
London reports beauty parlors adopting a French method described as skin stretching to restore youth. The process pulls facial skin gently to smooth lines and wrinkles, making a fifty year old appear about twenty.
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London
Trenty
Cousin of Roosevelt Drops Dead in Club
Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt, art and portrait pariter and second cousin of the late Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, died suddenly at the Knickerbocker Club in New York. Born July 20, 1868, he studied in Paris under Laurens and Constant, exhibited in Paris and Salina in 1910, and was decorated by the French government. His paintings include Meditation, Winter, The Firefly, A Samo Gin, The Baths of Diana a Nimes, and The Anarenist.
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New York
Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Paris
Laurens
Constant
Salina
Soma
Diana
Nimes
Bolshevik War Minister Enters East Prussia for Talks
Leon Drotzky, Bolshevik minister of war, arrived covertly in Presken on the East Prussian frontier to discuss political and military questions with German staff officers, according to a dispatch to the London Times from Danels.
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London
Leon Drotzky
Presken
East Prussian
London Times
Danels
Capital Cleared and Irish Clash Reported
Eighteen hundred hunger strikers were deported this morning to guarded transports and a government vessel bound for an unmentioned destination after a food boycott. In Macroom Ireland Lieutenant Sharmen and four soldiers were wounded or killed in a clash with armed civilians near Ballyvourney. The attackers had trenches and felled a tree to block the patrol. No civilian casualties reported. Soviet forces withdraw.
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Oak
Aus
Macroom
Ireland
Sharmen
Ballyvourney
Poles Occupy Pro Pultusk and Wyskow Fronts
Polish forces report occupation of Pro Pultusk and Wyskow as they push sectors rapidly cleared, advancing positions amid ongoing operations.
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Pro Pultusk
Wyskow
Near Grand Push to Warsaw Front as Poles Advance
In a chaotic dispatch from Warsaw dated August 19 a Polish push reports 10,000 prisoners and supply carts captured by Bolshevik forces. Polish troops occupy Plo Pultusk and Wyakaw near the capital with Red forces retreating northwest and along the Bug River as clashes unfold east of the city.
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Warsaw
Bolsheviad
Plo Pultusk
Wyakaw
Taroush
Reda
Mail Trains Held Up by Masked Raiders
Dublin reports raids on mail trains by armed masked gangs. A Dublin Southwester train at Ferns was held up, officials restrained, and mail seized. A party of about twenty raiders halted a mail car near Kilbrittain taking bags of mail. Officials with mails from Bunena were waylaid and letters removed from a train near Buncrana.
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Dublin
Ferns
Klilbrittain
Bunernna
Buncrana
Lord Mayor MacSweeney Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
Cork reports the court martial under the Defence of the Realm Act sentenced Terence MacSweeney, Lord Mayor of Cork, to two years’ imprisonment for secret police cipher and sedition. He began a hunger strike after arrest, was deported to England, and remained under a heavy military escort in London.
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MacSweeney
Cork
Mardal
Reeuntlu Ted Terence MacSweney
MacSweney
Wee
England
London
Woman Uses Spy Glass To Save Four Boys At Sea
A New York woman, Mrs Earl Monger of Manhattan, spotted a capsized rowboat while looking through a spy glass for fun. She alerted rescuers at Parkway Beach and guided them to the four boys ages 12 to 15 miles off shore. Harry Hacks Joseph Kaufman Peter Flore and Victor Chiaramonte were rescued unconscious and brought ashore for medical aid.
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New York
Staiv
Worman
Earl Monger
Manhattan
Parkway
Cox to Deliver Address Here and Parade Plan
Governor James Cox of Ohio will visit Bridgeport in late September to address a mammoth Democratic rally at the Cr song or Armory. A big parade will precede his speech through central streets, with an evening reception anticipated by the Democratic town organization led by John A Carnell who returned from New York. Cox could not visit New Traven next Friday but will come to Bridgeport with an evening program to hear his campaign message.
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James Cox
Ohio
Bridgeport
Crsing
Armory
Cox
Democratic
John A. Carnell
New York
Goverage Cox
New Traven
Leitrim County Council Urges Boycott of Belfast
BELFAST Aug. 19 Leitrim county council adopts a resolution urging a general boycott of Belfast firms amid reports of persecution of Catholics. The move aims to protest perceived discriminatory actions and cast light on local tensions affecting commerce and communal relations.
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Leitrim
Belfast
Belivast
Bergdoll Sentenced to Four Years at Leavenworth
A court martial in New York on August 19 sentenced Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll, a millionaire liquor dealer, to four years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth, with Major General Robert Lea Bullard approving the sentence. Bergdoll reportedly said he would rather break stones than roam the country, like a hunted animal.
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New York
Aus
Fort Leavenworth
United States Military
Erwin Rudolph Bergdal
Mader
Robert Lea Bullard
Bergdolt
Leavenworth
Advance Continues a With Undiminished Spes
Paris reports Polish forces land with undiminished vigor along the Warsaw corridor. Troops push southeast of Warsaw as reserves converge near Zyango and Bee Elovek. Junctions form with forces from Cholm, within miles of the fortified Bee Elovek center at noon Wednesday.
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Paris
Warsaw
Wiodaws
Pilati
Zyango
Anoth
Cholm
Bee Elovek
Drastic boycott measures against British in India outlined
New Delhi Aug 19 six new boycott measures against the British government in India were announced as part of a protest against the Turkish peace terms. Proposals include suspending Indian lawyers from practice and civil disputes to be settled by private arbitration, boycotting government schools, and nonparticipation in elections. The move expands earlier actions such as resignations from government offices and tax refusal.
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India
Nework
India Information Surva
Governmente India
S. Hentiker
O Cureau
Digpaten
Luolenow
Thera Mwes
Hyder
Smitts
State Convention of American Legion Opens Here Today
About 782 accredited delegates gathered at the Stratford hotel for the Connesti cut Department of the American Legion annual convention opening at 10 30 this morning delegates began arriving last night and will work through today. The event, expected to press for a state bonus for ex service men, is backed by a state fund of 4 00 000.
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State Convention of American Legion
Stratford
Escondo
Connesticut Department of the American Legion
the Legion
Trix
Legion
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