Lord Mayor MacSwiney Near Death After Hunger Strike
London report on Terence MacSwiney, Cork's Lord Mayor, in Brixton prison with a 30 day hunger strike showing grave collapse. Family members including sister Annie and wife visit as officials plan to withhold death announcement until body leaves the prison.
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London
Associated Preas
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton
Irish Self-Determination League
League
Mayor MacSwiney
Annie
Mary
Sean
Annie MacSwiney
Dublin tram service rests for mass in sympathy with Cork mayor
Dublin halted tramcar service from 10 a.m. to noon to allow workers to attend a mass for Cork mayor MacSwiney. Employees at depots joined church services, with road crews also stopping work. Dalkey suspended all business for the hunger strike leader’s Mass, while Protestant shopkeepers closed in sympathy. in New York women pickets resumed efforts to tie up British liners awaiting Archibishop Mannix and Terence MacSwiney release.
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Dublin
MacSwiney
Cork
Nerest
Dalkey
New York
White Star
Archbishop Mannix
Ireland
Terence MacSwiney
White Star Line
Woman named by Wilson as D. O. C. Commissioner
President Wilson appoints Mabel T. Boardman to be District of Columbia Commissioner, effective immediately upon Brownlow’s retirement. First woman on the DC Commission, Boardman has long led Red Cross relief efforts, served as American delegate at the 1907 International Red Cross Conference, and earned foreign decorations and an honorary Yale MA.
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Washington
Wilson
Mabel T. Boardman
American Red Cross
District of Columbia
Brownlow
Miss Boardman
Red Cross Organization
London
Red Cross
Sweden
Italy
Japan
Yale University
Jefferson Asked How to Feed Gas to Engine
Secretary Colby received from Bombay a letter addressed to Thomas Jefferson asking how to feed patrol petrol into an engine. The writer requested a personal reply and the letter was sent to President Wilson as a curiosity.
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Washington
Colby
Bombay
India
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Wilson
Kentucky officer held in murder of Pine Settlement teacher
H C Winnes once Cincinnati meat inspector and Kentucky State field representative was arrested in Frankfort on a warrant for the murder of Emily Parsons, a Pine Settlement schoolteacher. Parsons’ body, found after a mountain trek, showed beating and a slash to the throat. a fence rail was found nearby.
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H. C. Winnes
Health Department of
Cincinnati
State of
Kentucky
Harlow
Winnes
Emily Parsons
Pine Settlement
Winne
Dillon
Parsons
Pine Mountain
Berea
Onions Lift Montenegro Poet From Unpaid Life To Harvest
Washington reports Tomo Joshov Vuk ichevich once Montenegro's poet laureate found work in an onion patch at Podgoritza after losing his job. Red Cross advised him while he penned an epic in Serbian blank verse praising American relief and guiding struggling poets to sustenance.
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Washington
Tomo Joshov Vukichevich
Montenegro
Tomo
Little Kingdom
Red Cross
Podgoritza
Girl Flees Rich Life Disguised as Man in Search of Work
Miss Louisa Fletcher of Indianapolis fled her Gloucester summer home on Thursday chafing at strict discipline. She cut her hair, wore overalls, and rowed to a fishing vessel asking for work. She later found work as a laborer near Ipswich before being identified by a farmer and brought to the police.
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Gloucester
Mass
Louisa Fletcher
Indianapolis
Ipswich
Miss Fletcher
Gloucester Harbor
Girl Rescued From River Guards Silence on Identity
An eighteen year old girl, rescued from the Miami River in Dayton Ohio, remains unnamed. She admits being lent from Cleveland by a man in a car, but refuses to reveal her home town or name. She is in serious condition at a Dayton hospital and police continue to press for details.
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Dayton, CO
Miami River
Dayton
Cleveland
Italian Factory Seizure Sparks Turin and Trieste Turmoil
Paris reports Italian infantry seized a Lucia factory holding 60,000 bombs and forced surrender. Workers seized a Turin plant with armored trucks and arms, while a manifesto from employers condemns wage protests as politically driven. Endorses past Piave solidarity, warns of continued unrest.
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Paris
Lucia
Turin
Italy
Revolt in Trieste Quelled by Italian Forces
Heavy fighting erupted in Trieste as Socialist rebels faced government troops and allied naval detachment. By nightfall Italian troops restored order after barrages of artillery and rifle fire and the governor ordered 10 pm curfew.
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Trieste
Mosconi
San Giacomo
Church of
Mother Hangs Herself In Dining Room Door
In Middletown Ohio Emile Donisi’s wife Caroline Donisi 55 hanged herself with rope in the doorway of their apartment above his grocery. Dominick Donisi discovered the body when he returned home at noon and searched the premises.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
Emile Donisi
Cincinnati
Carolina Donisi
Donisi
Dominick Donisi
Infant Falls Four Stories Into Baby Cart
An East Side infant fell from a fourth story fire escape and landed unharmed in a cushioned baby carriage, astonishing his mother Mrs. Joseph Vecchio who rushed out expecting tragedy. Charles Darwin is referenced in the lede for a digressive comparison about luck.
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New York
Charles Darwin
East Side
Joseph Vecchio
Storm knocks out power across Newport and Covington area
A heavy storm damaged power lines at Ninth street and Central avenue plunging Newport and sections of Day ton and Bellevue into darkness for hours. Widespread outages affected Campbell County and Cincinnati suburbs with 300 customers affected. Trees damaged property, plate glass shattered, a fire started by lightning, and losses in Covington Norwood and Kentucky farms estimated at $2000.
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Marlowe Avenue
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Price Hill
Henry Schwegman
Glenway Avenue
Fifth Street
John Street
Seventh Street
Norwood
Kentucky
Brooklyn Trolleys Crash. One Killed and Many Hurt
A BRt trolleys collision in front of Ebbets Field during a baseball rush kills one man and injures seventy three. Twenty seven seriously hurt are hospitalized. Police note strikebreakers drove the cars and the motorman is missing.
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Brooklyn Nationals
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Hibbets Field
Harding Charges Democrats With Reckless Policy Failures
Senator Harding assailed Democratic officials for alleged “reckless inefficiency” and for seeking to ally the United States with the League of Nations while subordinating the Monroe Doctrine. He pressed a business friendly program to end federal meddling, readjust tariffs, and restore government efficiency, urging trust in skilled administrators.
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League of Nations
League Council
Chicago
Michigan
Indiana
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Republican Party
North Dakota election odds hinge on Non-Partisan League split
Fargo dispatch analyzes North Dakota politics as old line Democrats and Republicans fuse into the Independent Voters' Association to challenge the Non-Partisan League. Harding’s fate depends on League control of funds and ballot splits, with Cox favored by some factions and rural women’s votes uncertain.
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David Copying
Cox
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Union
Independent Voters’ Association
Harding
League
J. F. T. O’connor
Frazier
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Republican State Central Committee
National Committee
Ohio
Pers
Nonpartisan League
Friends of
Republican National Committee
League of Nations
Montana
Cox reads appeal from Republican finance chief to fill quotas
Governor Cox reading from H. F. Alexander chairman of the Republican finance committee of Washington cites under subscriptions and asks businessmen to mail checks to complete quotas Seattle has contributed most of its 65000 allotment Pierce County only a third of 20000 Seattle businessmen gave 1000 each Tacoma seeks 500 to finish quota and fund educational campaign He addresses radicalism League of Nations and political reform themes during a Washington campaign swing ending with Seattle and Tacoma stops
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Republican Finance Committee
Bellingham
James M. Cox
Walla Walla
H. F. Alexander
Republican Party
Senate
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Spokane
Washington
Congress
Seattle
Pierce County
Tacoma
Finance Committee
League of Nations
Lee Washington State Committee
Campaign finance inquiry probes $15 million GOP drive
The Senate committee concluded two weeks of hearings on Governor Cox's charges of a $15 million Republican campaign fund and Democratic fundraising from federal office holders. Witnesses described a Chicago drive with up to 5,000 workers aiming for $500,000 to $700,000, and reports of Democratic appeals to Aberdeen Internal Revenue Office clerks, including $40 contributions from several women.
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Caleb Enix
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Fred W. Upham
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Upham
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Cook County
Eunice Coyne
Aberdeen S. C
Jessie Burchard
Minneapolis
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