Debaters and Dilemmas at Yocum House
Ramsey and Fred Mitchell clash over Dora Yocum as their freshman debates unfold at Lumen Club. Fred spreads opinions on Dora’s public speaking while Ramsey resists social pressure and avoids the Yocums. Dora shines on stage defending internationalism amid wartime arguments.
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Ramsey
Fred
Kate
Mitchell
Chicago
Dora Yocum
Mitchel
Yocum
Mr. Mitchell
Mrs. Yocum
University
Tord
Rumsey
D. Yocum
Badinage
Europe
Coal Talks Ended In Cleveland Leave Prices High
Negotiations between railway executives and shopmen resume amid violence by strikers. President Harding seeks federal power to enforce rail and coal labor decisions. France ready to sanction Germany as reparations delay worsens currency and unrest across Europe.
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France
Germany
Nic
Cleveland
Oliehts
Uso
Claums
Tiivis
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
Federal Fuel Committee
Spencer
Hoover
Washington
Harding
Congress
Searding
Herrin
Brotherhood
Ino
Far West
Sull
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commisson
Daugherty
Red
Senate approves tariff bill with conference review
The senate, in line with its finance committee plan, passed the tariff bill by a fair majority and sent it to conference. Amendments include foreign trade zones in ports for duty-free storage and export, free lists for logs and educational instruments, but aluminum rates and crude petroleum duties remained contested. Senator Warfeld of Oklahoma failed to secure crude oil duties.
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Senate
Warfeld
Okla
Democrats stage tight senatorial primary with three contenders
The contest pitted James K. Vardaman Hubert D. Stephens and Belle Kearney in a heated Tuesday Senate race. Kearney's strong showing kept Vardaman from a majority and triggered a September 5 second primary between the two leaders. Former President Wilson had urged against sending Yardaman to Washington again.
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SSSR
James K. Vardaman
Hubert D. Stephens
Belle Kearney
Vardaman
Stephens
Wilson
Yardaman
Washington
Poincare Returns as London Talks End in Failure
French Premier Poincare revisited Paris after Germany refused to pay and London talks collapsed without agreement. The conference failed to yield a settlement on payment terms.
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London
Germany
Beeves
Wirth
Austria
France
German Republic
Europe
Poincare
Paris
Alled
Death of Lord Northcliffe Shocks Britain and America
Lord Northcliffe, famed British journalist and publicist, dies to widespread mourning in Britain and America. Viscount Northcliffe buried with honors at Westminster Abbey. Irish insurgents rally in the North after early gains, Cork to Queenstown service restored, and Arthur Griffith of the Irish Free State dies, drawing mass tributes in Dublin.
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Hough
Lord Northcalife
America
Great Britain
Viscount Northcliffe
Westminster Abbey
Dundalk
Cork
Queenstown
Marcon
Clifden
Galway
Irish Free
Arthur Griffith
Dail Eireann
Dublin
Peace Parley Opens in China Among Warloads and Sun Yat Sen
In Shanzhai agents of Wao Pei Fu and Chang gather with Sun Yat Sen and Li leaders to discuss a peace parley. Sun arrives from Canton via Hongkong and declares no personal ambition, pledging to obey the parliament and support the chosen president.
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China
Wao Pei-Fu
Chang
Manchuria
Sun Yat-Sen
Shanzhai
Sun
Shanghai
Canton
Hongkong
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Miltollan
Fred Mitchell
Cautiotis
Dora Yo
Belgium
Dora
Dora Yotum
Basthi Tarkington
Illustrations By
Irwin Myers
Doubleday, Page & Company
Edward W. Pickard
U. S
New York
Seattle
Plaskett
Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
B. C
Argonne
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