Riots Intensify Across Ireland as Hunger Strike Drags On
United Press dispatch from London notes renewed hope for Lord Mayor Mc Sweeney amid a hunger strike as rioting between Orangemen and Catholics escalates in Belfast. Transportation paralysis worsens famine risk, with strong military presence and rising casualties. In Dublin and Londonderry, bomb injuries and widespread violence heighten tension across the island.
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United Preasy
London
England
McSweeney
Dublin
Greenwood
Sweeney
Belfast
Ireland
Londonderry
Adviers
Institute Hosts Noted Speakers as Teachers’ Institute Advances
Dr. McKenna of the Michisa State Normal School addressed the teachers at yesterday’s institute and praised the event. Dr Sluta will lecture this afternoon as Warren Hubbard lauds the institute’s spirit and steady attendance. Attendance stands at 525 with daily classes in rural crude and high school sections led by experienced teachers. A conference by We Colvin and Mr. Hill of the state agricultural association drew many participants to discuss major issues. Tomorrow’s speaker remains Dr McKenna with the topic to be announced.
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McKenna
Michisa State Normal School
Sluta
Warren Hubbard
We Colvin
Hill
State Aericultural Association
Dr. McKenna
New Clue Is Received In Rhodes Case
Chicago police obtained the first definite crew in the Rhodes murder case as L H Merriam was questioned. Rhodes was fired upon at his home a month earlier, prompting renewed efforts to locate two men near the crime scene. Mrs Jacobson is expected to be questioned again by State’s Attorney Hoyne.
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Rhodes
United Press
Chicago
W. H. Rhodes
Gladys Jacobson
L. H. Merriam
Hoyne
Jacobson
Labor Day Decoration Rush Converts Street Scene
Merchants along the street begin Labor Day preparations early. Flags and decorations go up as plans call for a standout display that will eclipse past efforts. Shopkeepers cooperate to ensure a big success on the holiday.
Progressing With Work On New Hospital
Foundation and drain tile are in place for the sisters hospital. Workmen have begun setting concrete bases for support foundations. Large amount of material for remaining construction is on the ground, signaling continued progress on the build.
Cox Starts On Big Tour
Governor Cox launches the most extensive presidential campaign swing by a candidate. He will speak in 26 western states and cover nearly all states west of the Mississippi, skipping Arkansas Texas and Louisiana at start. His first address is in Lansing Michigan tonight with Ohio after October 1 and a whirlwind finish planned in the east and midwest.
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United Press
Coluubus
Ohio
James M. Cox
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Lansing
Mich
Cox
East
Middle West
South Ilinois
New Jersey
Maryland
New England
Chautauqua Program Closes With Notable Events
The packed tent enjoyed last evening’s “Nothing but the Truth” by a capable cast. Redpath’s closing engagement features Swiss singers and yoddlers and Ralph Parlette’s lecture on Human Efficiency. This afternoon offers the children’s pageant with the concert. Patronage remains strong and a next season engagement is anticipated.
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Redpath
Ralph Parlette
Parlette
Band Concerts Likely End For Season This Evening
There will be no band concert this evening due to a chantauqua presence. Last week the concert occurred despite the issue, drawing a smaller crowd. The last concert of the season seems likely, but another date could be announced if held. A seven room modern house is for sale by Talbot's Insurance Agency with gas electric lights furnace and bath, cash or contract, immediate occupancy.
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Talbot’s Insurance Agency
Indiana Man to Speak Here This Labor Day
A.J. Mall of Indianapolis will headline the Labor Day program as the featured orator. The Republican speaker is praised as a gifted orator likened to Albert Beveridge, with the address set around noon at Annie's Woods. A large audience is anticipated for this notable civic event.
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A.J. Mall
Indianapolis
Ind
Hall
Albert Beveridge
Indiana
Commonwealth
Annie's Woods
Normal School Coal Shortage Is Believed Resolved
The Normal School received a coal car yesterday afternoon ending a long shortage. Workmen transferred coal to bins and by today most of it was stored. This is the first coal in the bins since last May and more coal is expected to arrive to cover future needs.
Victory Medal applications flood post office as Field Clerk Barnum ends tour
A large number of ex soldiers moved through the post office yesterday seeking Victory Medal applications. Field Clerk Barnum, in charge, warned this would be his last day in the area. He remained at the post office today and reported steady turnout, predicting all who came in would have their applications filed before he departs.
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Barnum
Natuin
Ohio Farmers Vote Against New Wheat Plan
United Press reports that the national union of Farmers organizations voted disapproval of a plan to take over over 25 000 cooperative elevators and form a giant wheat pool. A board committee will see Governor Cox to question his views and another will meet Senator Harding at Marion on Friday.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Aarch of
Farmers’ Organiz
Coun
Cox
Harding
Marion
Former DeKalb Girl Til in California
Friends here report the birth of an 11 pound boy to Mr and Mrs Robert Perrin at their Seal Beach California home on August 12. The infant lived only a few hours and Mrs Perrin is improving after a severe illness and an operation. She was formerly Miss Rose M Trigg of this city.
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Robert Perrin
Seal Beach
Calif
Tonight Ethel Clayton in A Lady in Love at Princess
Actress Ethel Clayton headlines the program with the film A Lady in Love showing tonight at the Princess theater. Patrons are invited to attend the evening showcase and related features.
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Ethel Clayton
Lady
Mexico City opens sessions with oil and road plans
President de la Huerta opens the first session of the new Mexican congress outlining conditions. Mexico's oil output surpasses the U S and treaties with other nations are studied to fit postwar needs. Extradition treaties are now in effect and indemnity issues are under study. Foreign business rises while local street oiling prospects show limited interest despite a $12,000 machine and a plan to oil dirt streets at about 60 cents per foot.
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United Dressy
Mexico City
Mexico
de la Huerta
New Mexican Congress
United States
DeKall
Com[tion
Goodison
Af & T
Good Roads Corporation
Hinckley Auto Service partner killed crossing tracks
Bulletin Roy Beitei senior partner of Auto Service Electric in Hinckley was killed this morning at nine while crossing railroad tracks. A freight train had just passed and as the end of the car cleared he began to cross into the path of the fast mail. He saw the train but could not escape. He was thrown about thirty feet and died before help arrived. Survived by wife and two children. Funeral date not yet announced.
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Roy Beitei
Auto Service Electric Company
Hinckley
Police Asked To Search For Missing Boy In Michigan
The St John Michigan woman Mrs V A Walker asks the local police to conduct a thorough search for her missing son. She requests a circular be sent to the county papers. Police describe the boy as a Black man five feet five inches tall about 120 pounds.
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V. A. Walker
St. John
Michigan
Tam
Miners Idle Across Anthracite District As Dispute Rages
In Wilkes-Barre and Scranton areas on September 2, virtually all anthracite pits from Shamokin to TreMont and Lansford were idle amid wage award protests against Wilsons commission. An estimated 79,000 miners were idle with forty five collieries closed, while Plymouth and Hazelton started about half capacity. Production remained limited as talks continued between the miners and operators.
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Wilkesbarre
Lackawanna
Lazine
Wilson
Anthracite Commission
Scranton
Dentists Observe Thursday Half Holidays Across Town
Dentists have adopted a half holiday this Thursday and will close every Thursday until the 16th while merchants continue business. Some merchants oppose the plan and it remains unclear if all stores will sustain Thursday closings next year.
Careless Drivers Ignore Stop Look and Listen Signs at Crossings
Police report a surge of complaints about auto drivers neglecting crossing signals and flagmen. In two separate incidents this morning drivers sped past raised warnings, narrowly missing trains as officers warn punishment for reckless behavior. The notice also includes a labor day parade photo contest promotion with no public submission details.
Poles Face Renewed Russian Pressure As War Expands
A Sept 2 dispatch from Paris and Warsaw reports Soviet mobilization across Russia ages 18 to 50 following General Wrangel on the move in South Russia. Poles, after defeats, attack the northern front reaching the Lithuanian border and occupying Sulwaki near Grodno Sejny. Budenny’s army reportedly annihilated. White House discusses Poland’s reply to U.S. demands on eastern frontier while Berlin rejects joining alliance against Bolsheviks.
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Bysted Press
London
England
Wrangel
Russia
Grad. Inc
Warsaw
Poland
Budenny
Washington, D. C
Wilson
America
White House
State Department
Berlin
Germany
Entente
Lin
Jeion
Sinons
Rusia
Bolsheiviki
Versailles
Doctor Payne Buys Interest in Meyers and Payne
Dr. H. M. Payne announced he has purchased the entire interest in the optical firm Meyers and Payne at 231 East Lincoln Highway. He has installed new equipment to improve in office examination service and the rapid duplicating of lenses that previously were sent to Chicago.
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Doctor Payne
Meyers
H. M. Payne
H. A. Meyers
Meyers and Payne
East
Lincoln Highway
Brooklyn Cars Heavily Armored Today
Armored Brooklyn Rap transit cars were sent out in large numbers to deter strikers seeking to disrupt surface transportation in Brooklyn. Police guarded conductors and platforms as armored cars moved through the streets in shifts.
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United Veers
New Yo N. Y
Brooklyn Rap Transit Company
American protest urges freeing McSweeney from hunger strike
United Press dispatch from Chicago reports an English government protest aimed at Premier Lloyd George. The message, signed by Perley G Christensen, calls the government tyrannical if it does not free McSweeney and withdraw troops from Ireland. Also notes a Methodist church Men's Class meeting Friday Sept 3 with supper.
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United Press
Chicago
Terrence McSweeney
Lioyd George Ted
Perley G Christensen
Lloyd George
McSweeney
Ireland
Methodist Church
Lowden to Address Voters in Chautauqua Tent Rally
Local residents welcome the Saturday meeting where Gov. Frank O. Lowden will speak to voters. The event moves from the auditor ium to Seventh and Franklin streets to draw a larger crowd and respond to Chicago mayor’s recent attack labeling him a liar and crook. The governor’s De Kalb speech Saturday may precede a sharp rebuttal.
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Frank O. Lowden
Seventh and
Frankin Streets
Lowden
Thompson
Chicago
Crook
DeKalb
Steamer Driven Ashore Near Manila in Typhoon
A typhoon near the Philippine Islands disrupted shipping as the U S shipping board steamer Eastern Marine from New York carrying Standard Oil cargo was driven ashore near Manila. No loss of life was reported.
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Bress
Honolulu
Philippine Islands
United States Shipping Board
Eastern Marine
New York
Standard Oil Company
Manila
Harding Popular Man Visits Marion for Exhibition Game
Senator Harding attracted both major league baseball fans and 700,000 school teachers from Illinois to Marion Ohio as the Cubs played an exhibition against the Marion semi pro team. He backed a strong merchant marine policy tied to tariff aims to shield American industry and expand global trade.
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United Press
Marion
Ohio
Senator Harding
Chicago Cubs
Harding
Chicago
Educational Association
R. C. Moore
Ilinois
More Ford Dealers Attend Tractor Meet at Fisk Demonstration
Daily additions bring well over 1000 Ford dealers to the Fisk Motor company tractor show at the Sehryver farm north of DeKalb. Demonstrations cover tasks from cutting corn to filling silos as Lou Clay oversees feeding the hungry attendees.
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Trmns
Ford
Fisk Motor Company
Sehryver
DeKalb
Lou Clay
Bilney’s
Mrs. Edith Hollenbeck Nelson Ill After Birth Complications
Mrs. Edith Hollenbeck Nelson remains very ill at a Chicago hospital after the birth of her second son, who lived only a few hours. She is to be confined for several weeks more and her condition is described as very critical. Friends hope for favorable news soon.
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Peter Nelson
Edith Hollenbeck
Chicago
Increase in Price of Print Announced
New York announces a $15 per ton rise in print paper prices reported by International Paper in its fourth quarter statement. Also noted is a call for clean cotton rags in pieces not less than a half yard at 10 cents per pound for Chronicle Office.
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Unefre
New York, N. Y
International Paper Company
Chronicle
Cox Campaign fund inquiry hears muffled clash over testimony
In Chicago the Senate campaign fund investigating committee adjourned after Republican objections to calling E M Moore Cox's representative. Moore said evidence would back Cox's charges about a slush fund and a special fundraising system run by Henry M Blair and regional directors aiming to raise 16 million dollars.
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United Press
Chicago
Ill
Senate J Campaign Fund
E. M. Moore
Cox
Moore
Republican National Committee
Senate
Truman H. Newberry
Upham
Georgia
Atlanta
Harding
Spencer
Missouri
Edge
Kenyon
Iran
Reed
Pomerone
Republican Party
E. H. Moore
Senate Campaign Fund
Senate Committee
Pomerene
Columbus
Poindexter
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
National Committee
New Service Station Nears Completion at Sawyer Building
Work on the Sawyer building progresses with heavy tasks nearly finished this week. A double driveway is being installed to allow two cars to pass each side of a pillar, and interior work remains, with occupancy expected soon. Help Wanted includes a press operator and several light machine positions at Kohler Die and Specialty Co.
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Sawyer
Kohler Die and Specialty Co
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