Harding Seeks South in Campaign Swing
Senator Harding moves into the solid South on the eve of a key speaking tour opening in Chattanooga Tennessee. He plans to travel toward Louisville and then possibly cancel an eastern trip with only one speech in New York City if needed. In Columbus he spoke with railway workers about Cleveland's World Series victory, saying it was silly to keep the pennant from Ohio.
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Tenn
Louisville
New York City
Columbus
Greveland
Knights of Columbus to Initiate Largest Wyoming Class
The Columbus council plans a Sunday evening ceremony on November 14 to confer degree work on the state’s largest class yet, with District Deputy M W Purcell directing and R A Grace as Grand Knight. The event includes a banquet at the Plains hotel with noted speakers from the mountain region.
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Knights of Columbus
Wyoming
M. W. Purcell
R. A. Grace
EB. B. Lyons
W. Phelan
Woolcox
Financial Secreaary
H. Wunnicke
James A. Hartman
W. W. Dumm
J. EB. Cregrove
B. E. Lyons
Edward Lawlor
Plains Hotel
Mountain Seoi
MacSwiney in Brixton After Sixty-First Hunger Day
London October 12 Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork rested after a good night in Brixton prison and began another day in the hunger strike. The Evening News reports doctors note his improved condition due to grape juice and other fruit juices, with occasional spirits, and suggests he could last another month.
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London
MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
Evening News
Cummings Urges Unity At Indiana League Address
Romer Cum ming a former national chairman told the Indiana league that America must earn back its word both at home and abroad and stressed that no democratic ticket should be elected, in Indianapolis. The remarks framed the league’s rally as a call for national duty and party restraint.
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Ind
America
Romer Cum- Minga
Indiana
Ica
League of Tone
City Officials to Welcome Christensen in Clinton
In Clinton on October 12 City officials will welcome Wate Parker Christensen, a farm party candidate, as part of a labor event schedule. The notice outlines an official greeting tomorrow with local officials coordinating.
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Inwa
Wate Parker Christensen
President to Cast Ballot Through Mail
President plans to vote by mail in upcoming election with voting arrangements to be announced from Trenton New Jersey on October 12.
Regent Crisis Looms as Greek King Battles Illness
Athens dispatch reports King Alexander of Greece nearing a critical stage after a monkey bite sparked medical concern. Physicians say the monarch’s condition remains serious, prompting the government to consider a regency amid public alarm.
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Greece
Alexander
Provisional Lithuanian government planned in Vilna
The council of six formed at Vilna aims to establish a provisional central Lithuania government pending inhabitants self determination for the occupied district. A peace treaty and armistice were signed between Polish and Soviet delegates in Riga. Russians push toward Ukraine as armistice with Poland ends, with fighting along the northern front subsiding and Poles advancing toward Minsk and other villages.
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Riga
Associated Press
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Warsaw
Poland
Minsk
Allies warn Poland over frontier note in Paris
France and Great Britain issued a note to Poland warning about new frontiers. The démarche, delivered in Paris, signals Western allies cautioning Poland on border changes.
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Poland
Paris
France
Great Britain
Whiskey ring corruption spans federal agents in Chicago
Federal investigators state a national whiskey bootlegging ring, exposed by Chicago saloon confessions, involved distillers and politicians. Leader figures claim Chicago as a central hub. A former New York broker testified paying a Chicago politician to influence permits, with Chicago bootlegging purportedly totaling about a million dollars.
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Chicago
H. A. Saddier
New York
United States Revenue
Mayer
Threats of Bomb Explosion Sent to Purchasing Agents Leader
An anonymous letter received in Chicago on October 12 targeted A. H. Reinhardt, chairman of the National Association of Purchasing Agents, promising a bomb explosion and warning the group. The missive contains threats and unclear conspiratorial language.
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National Association of Purchasing Agents
A. H. Reinhardt
Aged Man Missing Sparks Concern Among Friends
Friends fear for Mibachwerlin, an elderly retired businessman, who has been missing since early today. The situation prompts searches and appeals for information as authorities coordinate efforts.
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Mibachwerlin
Tragedy Near Sarajevo Amid Bomb Attack Report
A bomb was thrown causing two wrecked scenes while a third person remained unhurt. An inquiry yielded no results, and the incident near Sarajevo prompted officials to review security measures.
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Lareen
Cox Attacks Harding In Indiana And Illinois Tour
Gov. Cox of Ohio campaigns through Illinois and Indiana denouncing Senator Harding and his league of nations stance. He calls Harding wiggling and wobbling and says Cox backs the league with whole heart and soul.
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Ind
Gov. Cox
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
League of Nations
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League
Cox
Basting
Des Moines
Association of Nations
Taft
Harding
Court House
America
Alleged Murderer of Mrs Vogt Receives Retrial Chance
Federal Judge J Woodrough ruled Alson B Cole's death sentence for the murder of Mrs Lulu Vogt in Howard county in July 1917 invalid. The case returns to Howard county district court for a new trial after a lack of judicial determination of the degree of the crime. Cole was under the death sentence in the electric chair set for November 5.
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Soy
Alson B. Cole
Howard County District Court
Woodrough
Cole
Lulu Vogt
Howard County
Masked Bandits Rob South Side Market Then Strike Streets
Two masked men entered the South Side market near the Central avenue viaduct at 7:00 pm last night and forced cash and checks from the register. A second pair of armed pedestrians reportedly robbed an intersection at Twentieth and Evans streets a short time later.
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Enmnar
Twentieth
Evans Streets
Judge Riner’s 70th Birthday Surprise Honor at Carey Avenue
A large gathering of friends celebrated Judge John A. Riner’s seventy years on Carey avenue last evening. Daughters and relatives attended as guests while Dr F N White of Chicago and local Masons sent flowers. Riner, born in 1850 in Preble County Ohio, later served Cheyenne as city attorney, territorial legislator, constitutional delegate, US district attorney, and US district judge for thirty years.
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John A. Riner
Carey Avenue
Judge Riner
R. A. Hopkins
Frank Gleason
Pag Lartver
Denver
Dean Prosser
John Riner
Ameere
George Gilland
Kurbin
Johnston
G.L. Strader
Cook
Cera B. McMullin
Rosalie Stone
Katherine Oryatt
Dorothy Hopkins
F. N. White
Chicago
Congregational Church
T. B&b. Kennedy
Kipling
Prebley County
Ohio
University of Michigan
Cheyenne
United States
From Pittsburgh to New Orleans Again by Boat Is Planned
Wheeling, October 12. River transit company representatives announce plans to reestablish passenger and freight service between Pittsburgh and New Orleans. The line was interrupted for 30 years and no resumption effort had been made until now.
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Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Wheeling
W. Va
Harding Responsible for Irish Policy in Lloyd George War Charge
W Bourke Cochran of New York claims in a Cleveland telegram to Democratic national headquarters that Harding would not take cognizance of Irish conditions if elected and that such stance would renew the war of extermination ordered by Lloyd George.
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New York
Theyrator
Harding
Ireland
Lloyd George
W. Bourke Cochran
New Yorke
Cleveland
Federal probes into cotton raids ordered by government
The federal government plans probes into night riders burning cotton and cotton gins in the southern states. Justice officials will investigate possible violations of federal law and report immediate instances of such violations. Officials believe most outrages violate state law and will be reviewed for federal interference.
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Washington
Department of
CO Dlumoe
Widow awarded 100000 in oil field murder case
In Newcastle, Oct 12, Judge Harry P. Tisley awarded Mrs. Fred Walker a $100,000 judgment after Freel Bros and Walter Sim failed to present a defense. Sim was jailed on murder charges and escaped. Freel Bros. bond of 95,000 each remains posted while their whereabouts are unknown.
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Wryo
Freel Bros
Walter Sim
Harry P. Tisley
District Court
Fred Walker
Sim
Field
Patrolman Fights Off Suspect on Skyscraper Roof
Patrolman Martin Gill wrestled with Rafael Cotin on a five story roof for twenty minutes and shot Cotin to save his life as spectators watched from nearby hotels. Cotin died. Gill was wounded but retained his pistol and survived. Medical officials deemed Cotin insane. Gill, a World War veteran, had earlier saved two women from drowning in Central Park.
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New York
Martin Gill
Sixth Avenue
Rafael Cotin
Gill
Morris
Cotin
Central Park Lake
Record Flight Attempt From Cheyenne to Salt Lake Foiled by Weather
Pilot Pickup began a planned record flight Cheyenne to Salt Lake City but a blizzard along Wyoming’s western border halted progress. He diverted to Rock Springs then returned to Cheyenne arriving near eight o clock. He later refueled and completed the 237 mile leg back to Cheyenne.
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Wyoming
Salt Lake City
Jupiter Piluviusa
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Salt Lake
Rock Springs
Balt Lake
Burning of Cotton Gins by Raiders of Night Continues
Reports from Texas and Tennessee detail fires in cotton gins amid suspected incendiary attacks by night riders. The Gibson gin in Branchville was destroyed with an estimated loss of 12000 dollars. J B Moore’s Purely gin burned with a 6000 dollar loss. Additional Morgan County gins in Alabama reportedly shut down after rider warnings.
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Texas
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Branchville
Fort Worth
J. B. Moore
Pureley
Ned
Nashville, Tenn
Morgan County
Alabama
Albany
Ala
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Luminous Cables to Guide Ships to Port
Tests of a luminous cable to guide steamers in heavy fogs were attended by Admiral Fournier and the minister of the navy and reported entirely successful. France plans to install these cables in principal ports and may place one across the English channel.
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Get
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Matin
English Channel
Mass of MacSwiney Marked by Military Parade in New York
In New York on October 12 a solemn military mass from St Francis De Sales marked the sixty first day of Terrence MacSwiney’s fast. The Fighting 69th participated with a wartime field mass, flag and color guard, and Rev James A Duonigen cited MacSwiney as a great hero and defender of God.
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New York
MR. Macswiney
Terrence MacSwiney
Cork
St. Francis de
McHwiney
Soviet role in Russia signals shift toward Zemstros rule
An official reports the Soviet collapse may lead to local Zemstros taking over administration as a new stable government forms. General Wrangel gains support in the former capital region and is seen as possible organizer of a successor government if Bolshevism fails.
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Zemstros
Eo Wall
Ohio
Zematros
Wrangel
Rhetory
Eos
Entibolshevik l Eader
Wrengel
Pew
Seer Thwarts aring Escape of Military Convicts
Three military prisoners attempted to escape from Alcatraz Island using a log raft. They sawed from the island cell house, launched the craft, and were rescued at dawn by a ferry boat near San Francisco Bay, then the raft quickly broke up.
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San Francisco
Army
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Pine Bluff Fire Destroys 100 Homes in Racial Sections
A major blaze in Pine Bluff Arkansas destroyed over 100 houses, mostly in the Negro section, with flames reaching into the white residence area by four p.m. Firefighters had the fire gradually under control, and about 660 people were left homeless. A relief fund is being raised.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Get
Socialist Organ Is Restored to Mails
Washington October 12 Justice Hitzim of the district supreme court reaffirmed an order directing Postmaster General Burleson to restore the mailing privileges to the New York Call, a socialist newspaper. The court overruled a rehearing motion and held the postal department lacked authority to refuse mail privileges to future leagues of ft per for alleged pedimous matter.
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Hitzim
District Supreme Court
Burleson
New York Call
Post Ofice Department
Ft. Per
Army Society Girl Ends Life With Gas
The body of Miss Elizabeth Lewis, 21, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Lewis, was found in her San Francisco home with a gas jet nearby turned on. She had been prominent in army circles. Colonel Lewis is stationed at Camp Funsten.
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Cal
Eilaabeth Lewis
Lewis
Army Alreles
Camp Funsten
Weather sketch shows rain and colder conditions ahead
Fragmentary forecast notes rain and a drop in temperatures with a brief mention of warmer spells returning. No clear location or dates available.
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