Suffrage Reconsideration Pledge Moves Tennessee House
In Nashville on August 19, forty seven Tennessee house members signed a pledge to reconsider ratification of suffrage. Speaker Beth Walker urged a new vote at a mass meeting of suffrage opponents. affidavits claim attempts to sway Rep Burn with promises and threats. Burn says his vote changed due to conviction of justice.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House
Beth Walker
Tennessee
Debow
Davidson County
Representative Burn
McKinn County
Burn
House
C. Wallace
City Court
Louisburg, Tenn
Hanis B. Murray
Hanover
Socialists Plan Nebraska Ballot Petition for Presidential Candidate
Lincoln Neb Aug 19 The socialist party of Nebraska will seek a ballot spot by petition presenting its candidate. It lost ballot rights at the last election after approximately 10 000 votes were cast. Secretary of State will place the ticket on the ballot when 500 voters petition.
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Lincoln, Neb
Amsberry
Eva Pardea Travis
Socialist Party of
Nebraska
View Just for Fun Saves Four Youths
A New York report details a woman spotting four boys clinging to an overturned rowboat a mile offshore. Her timely alert and quick actions led rescuers to reach the youths, who were saved from the sea.
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New York
Lower California To Elect Governor
Lower California residents will elect their own governor, Eduardo Ruiz, Mexican consul, announced Thursday. The territory is not a state.
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California
Los Angeles
Eduardo Ruiz
Postal planes take air today for Cheyenne
Additional preparations for extending the air mail service west are scheduled to be made Friday when two planes are expected to leave Omaha for Cheyenne. The trip aims to distribute planes along the line from Omaha to the Pacific coast and to acquaint pilots with the route.
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Omaha
Cheyenne
Pacific Coast
Union Pacific to Extend North Platte Valley Line Westward
Preparations have begun to extend the Union Pacific line 38 miles west of Haig Nebraska into the Goshen Hole district of Wyoming. Engineering camps are being established along the planned route to serve a potential sugar beet and wheat region.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
North Platte Valley
Haig, Neb
Goshen Hole
Wyoming
Gering
Neb
Tremendous boodle bag used to boost democracy
Governor Cox denounces alleged 15 million dollars in Republican campaign funds from self serving interests. He cites Ohio raising 500 thousand quickly and accuses influential men of buying government. He calls for league of nations and rejects a separate peace with Germany amid tax cut and high living costs concerns.
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South Bend
Ind
Cox
Ohio
America
Bagatelle
League of Nation
Germany
Weather Outlook Forecast for Friday and Saturday
Generally fair conditions expected Friday and Saturday with slowly rising temperatures across the region. Forecast calls for light winds and dry skies, with comfortable daytime highs and cooler nights.
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Whather
Italian couple renews vows after civil ceremony
Innocenzo Rizzuto and Rosa Rizzuto, accompanied by relatives, were married by Justice Frank Housman and later remarried by a priest. Paul Milazzo served as interpreter as the couple exchanged vows and received congratulations before departing to the minister's.
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Innocenzo Rizzuto
Rosa Rizzuto
Frank Housman
Justice of the Peace
Alaska bound planes arrive at Fairbanks
Four army airplanes en route from Mineola New York to Nome Alaska arrived in Fairbanks at noon Thursday after a two hour 250 mile flight from Dawson Yukon territory. They landed perfectly in front of a grandstand where about 5 000 people gathered to greet them. Captain St Clair Street commanded the expedition and announced the planes would stay three days.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Mineola
N. Y
Nome
Dawson
Yukon Territory
St. Clair Street
Ponzi Faces Court Then Returns to Cell in Bond Hearing
Boston August 19 Charles Ponzi appeared before a federal commissioner on fraud charges. He waived examination and was returned to jail in default of a 26000 dollar bond. Trial set for September. John Vandeto, alleged Wariner of Ponzi Securities Exchange, faced larceny charges and was held for a September 10 hearing with a 5000 dollar bond.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
John F. Vandéto
Securi
Tics Exchange Company
Alleged Fence for Bonds Is in Again
CHICAGO August 19 David Army Thompson alleged by the police to have operated a clearing house for stolen Liberty bonds and war saving stamps was brought back to Chicago from Zebulon Georgia. Thompson with J M Graham was arrested here last year and believed to have had 70000 worth of Liberty bonds. Thompson was moved to Hilmore Missouri then Carnesville Georgia and finally Atlanta Georgia where he was discharged. Search continues for Graham and George Harris two alleged safe blowers involved with Thompson in burglaries in Chicago and Georgia.
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Chicago
David
Thompson
Zebulon
J. M. Graham
Hilmore
Carnesville
Atlanta
Graham
George Harris
Georgia
Watson Accused of Public Indecency and Concealed Weapon
Thomas B. H. Watson, former presidential candidate and Democratic U S Senate hopeful from Georgia, and his traveling companion H. Miller were released from Gurnett county jail after a hotel disturbance. Watson faced a public indecency charge, Miller a carrying concealed weapons charge. bonds set at 500 and 1000 dollars respectively.
Six Witnesses Testify in Denver Tramway Riot Case
Six witnesses including five police officers and a strike breaker testified at the initial session of a special grand jury probing fatal Tramway strike riots in Denver. The district officials said indictments were not expected until several days hence.
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Denver
Wara
Ated
Convict Shot Sparks Prison Riot at Tolint Illinois
Louis Eckles, a Chicago convict under murder sentence, was shot by a guard at the new Tolint prison when he attacked an officer. Other prisoners started fires in six parts of the enclosure, but the riot was averted as inmates returned to their cells and order was restored.
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Tolint
Ill
Louis Eckles
Chicago
New
Train collision claims two Union Pacific workers near Cheyenne
Conductor Ray M Cannon aged 24 and brakeman Edward Burke aged 38 were killed when a Mallet locomotive struck the rear of a freight caboose two miles west of Cheyenne. The crash halted the double track for about 90 minutes. The coroner will hold an inquest at the Harry Bricker Brothers mortuary with Justice of the Peace Frank Houseman as coroner.
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Ray M. Cannon
Edward Burke
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Burke
Cannon
Walter Brown
Harry-Bricker Brothers
Justice of the Peace
Frank Houseman
Aother
Local Movie Starts Filming Today in Cheyenne
Director Charles LeWitt begins filming a two to three reel picture with Cheyenne locals. Marion Jefferis leads, Verling Hart plays villain, Jack Lipson comic, Susan Breisch man hunter, Mildred Kinney lovesick girl, Mrs. Margaret M Olson mother. Cast spots remain open. Wedding scenes shoot at St Marys cathedral at 9 am. Flower girls bridesmaids and ushers invited. A dance scene will be filmed Saturday at Union Pacific park.
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Charles LeWitt
Cheyenne
the Princess
Margaret M. Olson
Marines Receive French Fourragere Cigar Lighters
Washington August 19 Twenty thousand cigar fighters or telephone cords were issued at Marine Corps headquarters for distribution among the Fifth and Sixth Marines and the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion of the Marine Brigade in the Second Division. The fourragere, called monkey teat by some, drew praise for its wartime symbolism and linked to Marines who have retired or whose next of kin will receive the decoration.
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Washington, D. C
A. BE. F
Marine Corps
Sixth Marines
Marine Brigade
Buay
Marine
Mountain Top Collapse Buries Igorote Village
Official reports say a landslide from a mountain top buried a village in the mountain province near Manila killing 70 natives. The slide occurred at midnight, and no bodies have been recovered.
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Manila
P. I
Typhoonlike Floods Hit Kyushu and Shikoku Islands
Tremendous floods sweep portions of Kyushu and Shikoku southwest of Honshu. Towns and villages overwhelmed with enormous loss of life reported. Western Honshu inundated as torrential rains trigger bridge demolitions rice crop destruction and railroad paralysis. Army engineers ordered to restore communications.
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Honolulu
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Five Small Precincts Unaccounted In Laramie County Primary
County clerk reports results from 32 of 32 precincts in Laramie County show no change in Republican standings for sheriff coroner county attorney and two county commissioner two year terms. Leading candidates include Henderson Smalley Mentzer and Dildine, with totals listed. remaining six precincts unheard from are Durham Wauneta Goldsmith Little Bear Indian Hill and Golden Prairie.
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Colerk
Laramie
Harry B. Henderson
Underwood
Barksdale
James
Leslie
Osborns
Smith
Vaughan
Smalley
Davidson
Prosser
Coach
Mentz
van Trees
Finkbiner
Miller
Mylar
Dumm
Mentzer
Lane
Mondell
Congress
Kelley
Sibley
State Senate
Coble
Schuneman
Wisher
McDonough
Baldwin
Dildine
Fowler
Olds
Storey
Applegate
Dinnean
Baerresen
Bell
Clark
Cooper
Graham
Carroll
Branson
Donahue
Klughert
Durham
Wauneta
Goldsmith
Little Bear
Indian Hill
Golden Prairie
Who's Who Page Promises Ten Week Leader Tribune Run
The notice promotes a ten week Who's Who feature in the Sunday Leader and Monday Tribune, urging subscriptions for one chance to win prize money. It targets advertisers and the general public, inviting calls to subscribe at a local number.
Bloodshed and Robberies Reported in Ireland Turmoil
Aug 19 in Macroom and Ballyvourney Lieutenants Sharen and four troops killed when attacked by armed civilians who dug trenches and cut the road. Dublin dispatches note continued robberies of mail trains and cars by masked gangs with several bags seized. Leitrim county council adopts boycott of Belfast firms amid Catholic persecution claims.
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Macroom
Ireland
Sharen
Ballyvourney
Dublin
Ferns
Kilbrittain
Buncyana
Duncrane
Belfast
Leitrim County
Boycott Advocated In Belfast Resolution
A Belfast report notes a resolution urging a general boycott to protest conditions. The measure calls for united action across groups and aims to pressure authorities through collective economic noncooperation.
Mine Workers Proceed With Separate Wage Talks
In Cleveland Ohio on August 19 officials of the United Mine Workers ended conferences with bituminous coal operators in the central competitive field without a wage accord. President John L. Lewis said there will be no general suspension of work and that talks will continue separately in Ohio Indiana Illinois and Western Pennsylvania to arrange separate supplemental wage agreements.
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Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Bulk of Hardware Maker's Fortune Is Left to His Sons
The late Edward G. Simmons founder of the Simons Hardware Co will leave nearly all his about 14 million dollar estate to his three sons Wallace D Edward H and George W Simmons per a settlement filed with the recorder of deeds The widow Mrs Carrie W Simmons will receive at least ten thousand dollars annually plus any property she owns and other relatives are set to get income from separate trust funds with principals to be divided among the three sons after beneficiaries deaths The deed notes several Simmons relatives named among the beneficiaries Frontier showkueats misread or garbled text in the original report.
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ST. Louis
Edward GC. Simmons
Simons Hardware Company
Wallace D. Edward H
George W. Simmons
Simmons
Recorder of Deeds
Carrie W. Simmons
Hunger strikers deported from Cork to unknown destination
Eighteen hunger strikers were deported on Thursday to an unnamed destination. They were transported to the pier on stretchers in Cork Ireland.
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Cork
Ireland
Sinn Fein prints Stafford resignation letter to Lord Lieutenant
The Sinn Fein Bulletin publishes Sir Thomas Stafford's letter to Viscount French resigning from the viceroy's advisory council on August 10. Stafford argues loyalty to cabinet blocks peace, urging the premier to offer a decisive form of dominion self government for Ireland.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Sinn Fein
Viscount French
Ireland
Thomas Stafford
Siir Thomas
Viceroy’s Advisory Council
Fishermen Survive 12 Days on Seaweed After Fog Separation
Two fishermen, picked up unconscious in an open dory after twelve days living on seaweed, were brought to port by the American steamer Mazama from London. They had become separated in fog from their vessel.
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York
London
War service chevrons no longer issued
Washington reports that war service chevrons for participation in combat against Germany can no longer be earned. The War Department announced that chevrons to forces occupying German territory along the Rhine ceased issuance on August 1.
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Washington
War Service
Germany
War Department
Rhine
Polish Offensive Peaks as Forces Capture Key towns
The Polish drive yields 10 000 prisoners and heavy materiel. Poles seize Plonsk Pultusk and Wyskow as Bolsheviks retreat toward the Vistula and east of Warsaw. Siedlece falls amid eastward Soviet movement on the Bug.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Plonsk
Pultusk
Wyskow
Sen
Vistula
Bug
Siedlece
Trotzky in Presten for talks with German staff officers
Bolshevik war minister Leone Trotzky has secretly reached Presten on the Prussian frontier to discuss political and strategic questions with German officers, according to a dispatch to the London Times.
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Trotzky
London
Leone Trotzky
Presten
Prussian
London Times
Belgium Maintains Neutrality Amid Russo Polish Talks
Brussels—The council of ministers on Thursday declared Belgium will stay neutral in the Russo Polish conflict until Minsk peace negotiations are concluded. The decision underscores a cautious stance as European powers seek an accord at Minsk.
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Belgium
Brasshill
Council of Ministers
Minsk
Red forces evacuate Vilna under Russo-Lithuanian accord
Official dispatches report Bolshevik troops abandoning Vilna under the Russo Lithuanian agreement. The forces retreat slowly toward Grodno as the military staff also shifts to that city.
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London
Hyvacuastion
Vilna
Bolshoyiks
Grodno
No Warrant Needed by Revenue Agents to Search Houses
A Justice Department ruling holds revenue agents may aid prohibition officers in searching a home or making an arrest without a warrant. Prohibition agents face warrant and owner consent limits, while revenue officers may enter by force. The ruling strengthens prohibition enforcement amid ongoing court challenges in major cities.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Labor Warned to Keep Hands Off
London Aug 18 Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that labor's ultimatum against war on Russia would be resisted. He said any attempt to dictate government or parliamentary policy by industrial action strikes at the root of democracy and would be opposed by all government forces.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Russia
Harding asserts Senate oversight on government policy
Senator Harding, speaking in Marion Ohio on August 19, defends party sponsorship in government and warns critics he would let the Senate influence policy. He recalls 1919 1920 measures that saved American nationality and vows the Senate will have a say on foreign relations under a Republican administration.
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Marion
Harding
Senate
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