Certification of Tennessee suffrage ratification en route
Tennessee moved certification of the federal suffrage amendment toward Washington by mail Tuesday night. After approval from Governor Roberts and an attorney general opinion, officials expect the formal proclamation soon, ratifying the 19th Amendment and granting 22,000,000 women voting rights nationwide.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Washington
State Colby
Roberts
Thompson
Lumsden
Tennesage Supreme Court
Debs Defends Socialist Platform From Prison in Chicago
Eugene V. Debs in Atlanta federal prison issues a statement labeling the league of nations controversy a dishonest issue. He calls the coal shortage the major national problem and attacks Wilson, Gompers, and Palmer-Labor as a one campaign outfit. He ridicules Harding and Cox as two stuffed, lifeless figures lacking real ideas.
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Chicago
League of Nations
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Socialist National
Liwest
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Palmer-Labor Party
Harding
Cox
Bootleggers Use Airplanes to Move Whisky from Canada
Chicago reports that prohibition commissioner Major A. V. Dalrymple says smugglers are now using airplanes to transport Canadian whisky. Captain Joseph H. Taylor of Indianapolis recounted an encounter with a strange plane that claimed twenty five cases of whisky and regular trips from Canada. Dalrymple plans to seek an airplane agent to curb air smuggling.
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Chicago
Canada
A. V. Dalrymple
Joseph H. Taylor
Indianapolis
Dalrymple
Danzig Problem Nears Settlement Plan
London reports a possible British French plan to settle the Danzig issue through allied military occupation of the city. Military authorities in both nations reportedly agree unloading munitions there now would be unadvisable and a decision has not been made.
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London
Danzig
Great Britain
France
Booze Lovers Not Satisfied by Lollypops
In Washington on August 24 Walter O. Hughes secretary of the National Confectioners Association argues candy did not replace alcohol for men who drank before prohibition. He lists confectionery among industries benefiting from prohibition with savings banks soft drinks ice cream and theatres following in profits.
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Washington
Walter O. Hughes
National Confectioners’ Association
State Department
Indiana coal miners win wage increase end Indiana strike
A supplemental contract, signed August 24 by the Indiana coal operators and miners wage scale committee, raises day wages for inside workers and boys by 26 percent and monthly and outside day workers by 1.50 a day, effective August 15. Telegrams ordered UMWA District 11 officials to end the strike as mines idle were expected to resume full operation by week’s end.
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Terr Hauth
Ind
Indiana
United Mine Workers of America
District No. 11
Toilet Water Drink Sends Man Arrested After Nighttime Drinking
A stranger drank a perfume made from toilet water with high alcohol content and became unable to walk or talk. He was arrested at 1 o'clock last night in the business district and will be arraigned today.
Whiskey Filled Egg Latest Subterfuge
Prohibition inspectors at a West Virginia station uncovered four cases of eggs later found to be “blown” with whisky poured into the shells. The openings were resealed with cement, revealing a scheme to ship liquor hidden inside eggs.
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Washington
West Virginia
Prohibition
Prohibition Commissioner's Office
Burglars Drink Sacramental Wine, Sleep on Church Steps
In Middletown New York two burglars broke into a church cupboard of sacramental wine and drank until they slept. The sexton found them snoring on the altar steps and they are in jail awaiting further action.
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Middletown
N. Y
Broadway Touch To Senator Harding Front Porch
A Marion Ohio crowd welcomed Senator Harding with a Broadway style rally led by Al Jolson and a 100 piece jazz band. Charles Evans Hughes predicted Harding’s election and urged a strong American presidency. The event featured about twenty actors and performers, with stunts and songs, and closed with a chicken dinner at Dr C B Sawyer's farm. Harding avoided commenting on Cox campaign fund charges.
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Marion
Harding
Reasen
Hardings
Charles Evans Hughes
Senator Harding
George Harvey
New York
Hughes
Harding and
Henry Dixey
Blanche King
Leo Carillo
Zona Neef
Eugene O'Brien
Helen Moyer
Texas Guinan
Lew Cody
Margaret Mamara
al Jolson
Dr. C. BR
Sawyer
Cox
Senate
Britain Seeks Clarification Over Soviet Poland Terms
London August 24 M Kameneff head of the Russian Soviet mission plans to leave England. A letter from Alfred J Balfour accompanies Lucerne conference communique questioning Soviet Poland terms. The British government requests urgent reply by Friday evening to determine future policy. A copy is sent to M Tohticherin.
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London
M. Kampneff
England
Daily Herald
Lucerne
M. Kameneff
Alfred J. Balfour
Balfour
Italian Premiers, Says: “Mr. Balfour
Italy
Great Britain
Signor Ciolitti
Mr. Lloyd George
Soviet
Russia
M. Tohitcherin
Ponzi's Hearing Reveals Low Creditor Payout Estimate
In Boston on August 24, Charles Ponzi stated assets near 4 million dollars to meet liabilities pegged at 7 million. Receivers argued assets not near 3 million, signaling expected payments of under 650 cents per dollar. The session included clashes over retaining fees and Ponzi denying stock in postal coupons.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Robert G. Dodge
Daniel H. Soakley
Edward A. Thornton
Mr. Coakley
Investora
Fire Threat At Northland Pine Lumber Yard
A large blaze in Minneapolis Tuesday night endangered the Northland Pine Lumber yard and nearby homes. Authorities estimated the loss to the lumber company at more than 500000 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Northland Pine Lumber Company
Rum Running Riot on Border Says Tracy North Dakota
Regina Sask Aug 24 Provincial police Assistant Commissioner Tracy on return from inspection reports whisky smuggling from Estevan to Minot has grown large in scope. He says Minot contains enough whisky to float a ship and is used as a staging point for an organized gang.
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Regina
Sasi
Tracy
Estevan
Sask
Minot
N. C
United States
Chicago Booze Raid Nets Large Haul
Police and prohibition agents led by Major A V Dalrymple arrested twelve men at Canal and Taylor streets as they moved liquor from a freight car. Authorities seized about $500000 worth of liquor and said the men were likely part of an organized whisky ring.
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Chicago
A. V. Dalrymple
Canal
Taylor Streets
New Star Gundy in Its Purple Stripes
A new star in Cygnus, reported by Harvard and observed at Lick Observatory, has bright bands with violet-absorbed edges. The star, of magnitude 2.25, lies near Alpha Cygni and is located at right ascension 20h and declination 53° to boot, according to Dr. W. W. Campbell.
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Lick Observatory
Calif
Harvard Observatory
W. W. Campbell
Campbell
Blaze in Tenement House Traps Families on East Side
Eight people injured in a five story East Side tenement blaze that trapped more than twenty families. Fire and police saved many as residents filled fire escapes awaiting rescue. two men leaped from a third floor window as heat intensified.
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New York
Riots Near Brixton Prison Amid Sinn Fein Protests
Crowds of several thousand gathered near Brixton prison where Lord Mayor McSweeney of Cork is held. Demonstrators waved red flags booed the government and cried Up Sinn Fein. Police were rushed and multiple injuries and arrests occurred.
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London
Brixton Prison
McSweeney
Cork
Sinn Fein
Riots Across Lisburn and Belfast After Inspector Swanzey Shot
Troops rushed to quell a new riot wave in Lisburn where Police Inspector Swanzey was killed days earlier. Houses without Union Jack flags burned and total damage nears two million dollars as Unionists clash with Sinn Feiners in Bally Macarrett and Bryson Kilmoren streets. Police and soldiers dispersed rioters after baton charges and attacks on shops in Montrose street.
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Lisburn
Belfast
Swanzey
Ligburn
Bally Macarrett
Montrose Street
Safe recovered from Princess Sophia wreck reaches Juneau
The purser's safe from the Princess Sophia, a steamer that sank in Lynn Canal in October 1918 with over 200 deaths, arrived in Juneau to be examined by the operating company. The crate is believed to hold a considerable sum and was raised by divers.
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Juneau
Alaska
Lynn Canal
seventy thousand reds captured by triumphant Poles
Polish troops report the capture of Salystok and Lomza and Bialystok, claiming 70 000 Bolshevik prisoners and a large spoil of war. The advance clears most Polish government districts except Suwalki and Grodno as Reds retreat toward the east.
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Washington
Salystok
Legation
Lomza
Warsaw
Bialystok
Lomga
Poland
Suwalki
Grodno
Bailystok
Cox Pledges Proof On Large Campaign Fund Charges
Dayton Ohio August 24 Governor Cox says he will prove in an address in Pittsburgh next Thursday that Republicans are amassing a 15 million dollar campaign fund He telegraphed Senator Kenyon chairman of the senate campaign investigating committee promising to furnish information He may testify personally if needed and expects to provide voluminous documentary material while noting other appearances in Indiana will focus on league of nations and labor questions.
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Dayton
Pittsburg
Cox
Kenyon Republican
Iowa
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Kenyon
Princeton
Eyanaville
Ind
League of Nationa
Labor
Plot to Murder Americans Nipped
The Korean government announced the arrest at Seoul of many Koreans who allegedly planned to murder American congressmen with bombs upon arrival. Revolvers and literature found among their effects support the confessions. The plot aimed to create international complications.
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Tokio
Seoul
Russians In Counter Offensive Reported In Poland and Berlin
A Berlin dispatch says the Russian northern army has begun a counter offensive with partial initial success. Poles are reported to be driven back along the corridor between Mlawa and Chosek, while a decisive battle rages near Neldenburg. The Danzig railway workers union votes to halt all through freight to Poland except food and sanitary supplies, with local surveillance boards to monitor stations including Zoppop Woohenstein and Neusshrwasser.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Deutsch Allegemeine Zeitung
Mlawa
Chosek
Neldenburg
Railway Workers’ Union
Danzige
Poland
Zoppop
Woohenstein
Neusshrwasser
Minsk Talks Seen Failing To End War Quickly
London Times Warsaw correspondent reports no swift peace from Minsk. Poles say their wireless works but Minsk talks need courier. Bolsheviks halt border crossing. Bolshevik forces in northwest panicked. anti Bolshevik unrest grows in Russia. a Soviet captain claims Minsk aimed to placate Entente rather than secure peace until Warsaw falls.
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London
Minsk
Poland
London Times
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Times
Lemburg
Russia
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Takit ‘Thed Yaere
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