Notorious Mexican Rebel Leader Dies During Insurrection
A cabled report notes the insurrection context and a government response to land tax penalties in the Philippines. It cites Quezon urging relief for municipalities and the commission planning to send Manuel Quezon to Washington to protest Governor General Wood's policies.
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Quezon
Senate
General Wood
Secretary of the Interior
Harding
Manila
Philippine Independence Commission
Manuel Quezon
United States
Council of the State
Wood
Fraud Order Issued Against Oil Promoter Ring
Washington July 20 A post office department fraud charge names Dr J R Yett cashier at First National Bank Marble Falls Texas Porter E Glenn Fort Worth oil promoter E S Handsberger G B Miller and Gordon W Northern of Camden Ark and the Anachite-Smackover Oil company The officials say Yett admitted receiving 120000 from would be organizers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
J. R. Yett
First National Bank
Marble Falls
Tex
Porter’ E. Glenn
Fort Worth
E. S. Handsberger
G. B. Miller
Gordon W. Northern
Camden, Ark
Anachite-Smackover Oil Company
Yett
Weather Outlook for Chicago in Twenty-Four Hours
Chicago weather indications show partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little change in temperature. The report suggests no strong winds or precipitation and a mild, stable conditions outlook for the coming day.
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Chicago
Weather Summary of Local Observations
Local observations over the past 24 hours show daily high temperatures around 85 to 86 degrees and lows in the mid 60s. The forecast notes light conditions with no rainfall reported and a 1 pm temperature of 84 degrees.
Deaths of Villa and Villa rival Pancho in Mexican revolt
A Chihuahua dispatch reports General Francisco Villa shot and killed at his Canutilla home triggering a local uprising. In Chihuahua City, Pancho Villa commander Pancho Villar, shot and killed at his ranch by secretary Miguel Trillo. Trillo also dies in the ensuing battle with more than one hundred casualties reported.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Pershing
Canutilla
Chihuahua City
Mex
Francisco Pancho Villa
Here
Miguel Trillo
Trillo
Villa
Sympathy Will Overthrow Old Guard Moses
Senator Moses of Maine warns that farmer distress spurs public sentiment that could upend the old political order. He cites Minnesota’s Republican loss to Magnus Johnson as proof that current farm legislation is failing and hurting both major parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Washington
Maine
Minnesota
Magnus Johnson
Congress
Mystery Swamp Girl Confesses to Attack Near Wausa
Mary Lawando, found after an eight day swamp search near Wausa Wisconsin, confessed to Sheriff Arthur Siewert that she attacked her step mother Anna Lawando on July 10 with a club. She gave no reason beyond saying she had trouble with the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausa
Wisc
Mary Lawando
Here
Arthur Siewert
Anna Lawando
Lawando
Clinton Woman Dies in Shaft of Elevator
Clinton, July 20. Mrs. Bell Wright, a waitress, died after her head was crushed when she fell from the third floor into a hotel elevator shaft. She was removed alive but died shortly after at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Clinton, In
Bell Wright
Maughan Fails As Tank Leaks End Transcontinental Flight
Lieut Russell L. Maughan abandoned his attempt to cross the continent from dawn to dusk after a new leak appeared in the oil tank of his plane near Rock Springs Wyoming. He landed at 5 08 P M and endorsed a return to Rock Springs as repair time proved too long.
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Washin
D. C
Army Air Service
Russell L. Maughan
Patrick
Aid Service
Rock Springs
Wyo
Air Mail
Maughan
Associated Press
Harry Chandler
Jack Sharpnack
Greer River
Indictment of Anti-Saloon League Vice Head in New York
The grand jury indicted William F. Anderson, vice president of the Anti-Saloon League, for trial at the September term. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bond. Prosecutors say extra counts of extortion, along with existing grand larceny and forgery charges, will be added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wiliam F. Anderson
Anti-Saloon League
Anderson
Red Hot Fuel Pipe Burns Catens Ball Players in Stubenville
In Stubenville Ohio on July 20 twelve or thirteen Black laborers in a labor camp craps game were burned when a pistol misfire sparked a blaze. Eleven men suffered burns while sitting around a table with a red hot fuel pipe, ruining their trousers and forcing meals to be taken standing until recovery.
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Stubenville
Ohio
Hudson Prints Sold at Auction in London
A valuable portfolio titled Hudson River Aquinte containing 20 colored Hudson River engravings, published in New York about a century ago, was unearthed and sold in London for 135 pounds sterling.
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London
Hudson River
New York
Flyers Die Landing at Rantoul Illinois
Four airmen were killed at Chanute field Rantoul Illinois when their craft failed to land safely during approach. The victims were First Lieutenant Harold R McMann M Bee and Inney.
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Rantoul, IL
Rantoul,l
Harold R. McMann
M. Bee
Inney
Chanute Field
Wobblies Call National Marine Strike Amid Detour at Port Arthur
Port Arthur Texas July 20 The IWW plans a nationwide strike among marine workers while a planned rendezvous of IWW leaders is called off. The strike is a protest against a California court injunction widely publicized. A few advance guards are jailed as the event is canceled.
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Port Arthur
Tex
International Workers of the World
California
High School Stars to Cedar Falls This Fall
Cedar Falls Iowa July 20 Edward Bebee Hampton High School star hurdler and football player plans to attend Iowa State Teachers College next fall. Davis who ran the Cedar Falls invitation mile in 4 40 will enroll and Meyers Hampton quarterback will attend.
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Cedar Falls
Edward Bebee
Hampton High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Hampton
Davis
Meyers
Mendenhall
Occupational Tax Returns Due by July 31
Dubuque Iowa July 20 4 Returns and payment of the miscellaneous occupational taxes the special tobacco manufacturers tax and the special tax on boats must be made on or before July 31 to avoid penalty Lars Baldine collector of Internal Revenue for the district of Iowa says Returns on the capital stock tax must also be made by July 31 Payment is due within ten days after notice and demand Every domestic corporation must file a return even if exempt per the Commissioner of Internal Revenue determination.
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Dubuque
Lars Bladine
Internal Revenue
District of
Iowa
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Creston to Pave Streets. Contracts Total 141584.16
Creston city council awarded paving contracts totaling 141584.16 to three firms led by Des Moines Asphalt Paving and Western Asphalt Paving of Sioux City. The work includes asphaltic concrete surfaces, sheet asphalt, curb and gutter, and alley paving with a five inch base, marking substantial savings versus prior costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. K. de Voe
Creston
DeVoe
Des Moines Asphalt Paving Company
J. M. Barrows
Rainbow Park
North Elm Street
Western Asphalt Paving Corporation
Sioux City
Hubert Everest
East Howard Street
F. O. Akin
Corning
Akin
Bam
Mr. de- Voe
Reston
Reward Offered for Wife of Bandit No 1
Kansas City residents L. R. Goudie and wife offered a 50 dollar reward for the wife of Bandit No 1 after jewelry valued at 3500 dollars was mailed to them from Omaha. The bandits used numbers for identities and the leader was Bandit No 1. Mrs Goudie expressed no ill will toward the bandits and wished to aid the wife who claimed she returned the jewelry to spare her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
L. R. Goudie
Omaha Nebraska
Goudies
German Unions Vow Continued Resistance
Essen reports the German trade union council for occupied territory adopted a resolution opposing Rhine land republic leaders and pledging resistance at all costs. The unrest followed a Berlin appeal to pursue any solution on the reparation question while France seized locomotives and rail cars at the Rhine steel works in Düsseldorf.
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Essen
German Trade Union Council
Occupied
Rhineland
Res
Berlin
Ruhr
Holland
Italy
Rhine Steel Works
Dusseldorf
Harding Sails From Seward After Alaska Visit
President Harding and Mrs. Harding depart Seward aboard the Henderson heading south for the Pacific coast trip. The party will visit Valdez Cordova and Sikada before July 27 remarks on foreign policy and support for a world court. Seward watches the entourage and shows with Henderson Hull and Corry in port.
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Seward
Alaska
Naval
Henderson
Harding
Seattle
Hull
Two Iowa Professors at Wild Life School
Two University of Iowa professors will join the staff of the Wild Life School for its fourth annual session at McGregor Iowa from August 5 to 17. Rev George Bennett of Iowa City will direct the school and Dean George F Kay will be dean, with Professor Bonbumil Shimek teaching in botany.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Wild Life School
McGregor
George Bennett
George F. Kay
College of Liberal Arts
Bonbumil Shimek
University
Public Health Drive Aids Story County Diphtheria Fight
The East Story County chapter of the American Red Cross conducts a major health program in Story County with Nevada headquarters. Supervisor Helen Nolan, chapter nurse, notes the diphtheria epidemic prompted visits to over 600 homes and 1,200 throat cultures.
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Story County
OUT Health
Nevada
Iowa
East Story County
American Red Cross
Helen Nolan
Red Cross
France
Mother Klan Takes Slap at Ku Klux
Atlanta officials report that the Mother Klan of the World in Atlanta passed a resolution rejecting any recognition or affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan until the national organization purges and places definite officials in control.
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Mother Klan
Ku Klux
Atlanta, Ga
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Klan No. 1
Atlanta
Mother Klan of the World
National Organization of the First Order of the Ku Klux Klan
Bootleggers Fight Police in Harlem Killing One
One man was killed and two detectives were wounded in a nocturnal battle between police and bootleggers in Harlem's black belt. Frank Amico is identified as the killed man, with investigators pursuing leads on bootlegging operations downtown.
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New York
Harlem
Frank Amico
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Commission of Independence
Philippine Press Bureau
Mystery Swamp Girl
Hemlock
Lieut. Maughan
Washington, D. C
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Hudson Prints
Wobblies
National Marine Strike
Ad Harding
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