World War Week in Review Preview
A rapid world and domestic roundup notes Senators urged to support the peace plan, Wilson’s proposal to create a permanent generalship for Pershing, and Admirals Sims and Benson for admiral. France’s Hannes seeks aid, and the United States weighs Siberia questions and war financing.
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League of Nations
White House
Wilson
General Pershing
Sims
Benson
Hannes
France
America
Baker
House War Department
Siberia
Federal Electric Railways Commission
Washington
Burleson
Air Service
Railroad Administration
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fires threaten Idaho and Montana as wind fuels spread
The forest fire situation in Idaho and Montana nears the 1910 crisis as high winds and heat hamper firefighting. Also reported: Lt. Charles G. Mausey killed when his plane caught fire at 900 feet. a Colbert Washington father and son jailed over a whiskey still. assorted international and domestic news items from sports to politics.
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Charles G. Mausey
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Dirigible Crashes Into Chicago Bank Killing Ten
A test flight dirigible exploded and crashed through the glass roof of the Hanover Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago injuring 25 and killing ten aboard and several bank employees. Parachutes deployed. passengers and crew attempted escape as flame engulfed the rotunda. Authorities blame gas explosion or overcharged balloon with oxygen in the charging process.
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Chicago
Hainess Trust and Savings Bank
Trantisement Park
Grant Park
Jack Bootiner
Rubber Company
Henry Weaver
Harry Wacker
E.P. Norton
Karl I. Davenport
Weaver
Roettner
Wacker
Norton
Hungarian Reds Seek Ally Talks Amid Turmoil
Copenhagen reports Bela Kun, once the Hungarian Soviet head, is in exile. Unconfirmed Vienna papers say Budapest Soviet rulers have resumed leadership and are negotiating with the Allies.
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Copenhagen
Bela Kun
Vienna
Budapest
Minnesota Mod Labor Radicals Endorse Soviet
The radical section of the Minnesota Federation of Labor at New Ulm endorses the Soviet government of Russia by a large vote and postpones action on the league of nations resolution. State senator Michael Boylan of Virginia criticizes the league stance, calling it "born in hell." Attorney Arthur Lesueur also opposes the resolution.
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Council of the Peace Conference
Italy
Austria
Tien
Tsin
China
Antonio Maura
Reuter
Conference of the Miners’ Federation
Keswick
England
Gabriele D’annunzio
Rome
Toklo
Chamber of Deputies
France
Marcel Cachin
Stormer Cablons
Naples
Russia
Andes
Bela Kun
Soviet Russia
Defiance
St. Margaret’s Bay
Deal
Air Ministry
Bruckman
M. Boret
Stockholm
Hungary
Poland
Rumania
Wiliam
The
Hague
M. L. Bourgeos
Naval Department
New Ulm
Minn
Minnesota Modera-ion of Labor
League of Motions
Netion
League of Nations
Michael Boylan
Virginia
Hell
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Arthur Lesueur
Wasps Sting Man to Death near Bremerton
Wart M. Davidson a 24 year old Bremerton resident died ten minutes after being stung by hornets while picking berries near Bremerton Washington yesterday authorities said Davidson encountered a hornet nest and was severely stung leading to his fatalities in July.
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Bremerton
Wash
Wart M. Davidson
Chicago market report highlights strong livestock demand
Chicago Livestock market receipts reach 19 000 hogs 21 000 cattle and 22 000 sheep with prices rising. Hogs top around 28 dollars with most sales 21 40 to 22 80 while cattle show gains across beef steers heifers cows and veal calves and sheep demand remains firm with lambs and yearlings fetching higher bids.
Omaha Livestock Market Totals and Price Ranges
Receipts: cattle 11,500. hogs 10,000. sheep 25,000. Hogs steady to 40 cents higher. top 22.25. bulk 21.75 to 22.50. Cattle steady to mixed. beef steers 14 to 18, butcher cattle 7.75 to 14, calves 14 to 15. Sheep lambs steady. lambs 10.25 to 13.25. ewes 4 to 8. Prices reflect corn fed and grass cattle with various weights and grades.
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Chicago
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Prohibition Bill Passes House Despite Home Liquor Rights
Washington July 22 The prohibition enforcement bill passed the house section by section but a man's right to store liquor at home withstood opposition. On final tally only three votes supported an amendment to ban home possession. The January 16 1920 declaration date was accepted without discussion.
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Washington
State Department
Chicago Grain report with mixed corn and oats prices
Chicago grain prices list shows No 2 mixed corn at 1.9314 to 1.96 dollars, No 2 yellow at 1.98, No 2 white oats at 81 to 82 cents, No 3 white at 80 cents, No 2 rye at 81 to 1.62, and barley at 1.22 to 1.32 dollars.
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Chicago
Packers Organize in Chicago to Form Meat Packers Institute
Thomas F. Wilson, head of Wilson & Co., was elected president of the Institute of American Meat Packers organized in Chicago. The group aims to cooperate with the government on international affairs, promote domestic and foreign trade, and advance mutual improvement and study of arts and sciences related to meat packing.
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Chicago
Thomas FE. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Institute of American Meat Packers
Three New Fires Reported in Montana District
Three new fires were reported in forest district No. 7 in western Montana on Sunday. One fire is in the Blackfeet forest and two in the Firethead area, none of them serious but all requiring attention. The Ashley Lake fire north and west of Kalispell has burned about 20 000 acres of timber, while other fires near Henderson Nigger Hill and Rattesnake near Missoula are being controlled as favorable weather persists.
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Hibernians
San Francisco
League of Nations
United States
Oregon
Yellowstone
Morton
Hunter Liggett
J. T. Dickman
West
Alabama
New York
Congress
State Department
Korea
E. M. Mallory
E. Bell
Roessler and
Hasslacher Chemical
Hines
Missoula
Ashley Lake
Blackfeet
Kalispell
Lockwood
Edwards
Sullivan Creek
Flathead
Railroads Weigh General Electrification Across the Country
Officials of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Morrison Power discuss widespread interest in railroad electrification. Following recent visits by engineers and officials to the St Paul line in Montana, they cite economic and efficiency gains from electric locomotives and predict future power plant construction for major terminals.
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Unti
American Railway Engineering Association
Elfreles
St. Paul
Montana Mountain
the. An
Dry farmers urged to hold on to their land
O M Gudmansen of Rapelje, ex-state representative, warns Montana dry land farmers to keep their land and cattle. He cites east coast and midwest real estate interest patterns predicting a rush to buy land at low prices as farmers exit.
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Billings
O. M. Gudmansen
Rapelje
Stillwater County
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Gudmansen
Billfigs
Petition drive seeks open Fort Peck lands to homesteading
Petition circulated from Glasgow to the Dakota line asks Congress to open Fort Peck reservation to homestead entry refund settlers payments already made and cancel future payments. Farmers in the western reservation conference pushed the plan to allow continued residence on the lands.
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Scober
Congress
Fort Peck
Glasgow
North Dakotaine
Old newspapers found in Butte vault cache
Workmen digging for a bank vault unearthed a Richmond Inquirer issue dated April 21, 1809 and a New York Evening Post from February 16, 1815. Headlines cover a London report of French fleet defeat at Brest and nationwide celebration over a rumored peace with England.
Riotous Race Strife Flares in Washington Nightly
In Washington three nights of violence between whites and blacks escalated with a home guard fatality and multiple injuries. About 1,900 troops and naval personnel patrolled the city as Major General ffann and detachments from Camp Meade deployed to quell unrest in the central black district of the northwest. President Wilson conferred with officials on military-civil cooperation to prevent further outbreaks.
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Washington
Quitleo
William G.ffann
Camp Mead
List Onight
Seores
Ansae Hidbfinger
Flashfinger
Hike Mualbfinger
Wilson
Biker
White House
President Wilson to Begin Speaks Tour August First
Washington July 24 President Wilson, confined to bed Monday, was recovering and held conferences with Republican senators on peace treaty subjects and other officials. Dr Grayson said the president would need several days of care but expressed no concern. He plans to start the tour after August 1, weather permitting.
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Washington
Wilson
T. Grayson
Blacksmiths Locked Out at Todd Shipyard
About 200 striking blacksmiths and angle smiths at the Todd shipyard were locked out yesterday after receiving pay checks. They struck Saturday and resumed work Monday with fires burning but refused to work. They demand reinstatement of a blacksmith dismissed in March for refusing a tougher assignment at the same pay.
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Tacomit
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Snowy” Baker
Jack Dempsey
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Australia
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Electrical Brotherhood of Fileals
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Medford
Ore
Waikul Beach
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Dirigible Falls
Dred Feet
John Weaver
Akron
Ohio
Carl Otto
James Carpenter
Maria Florence
Edward A. Munzer
Joseph Stanton
Evelyn Myers
Earl H. Davenport
tVeaver
Otto
Goodyear ‘Tire and Rubber Co
Mrs. Grace Burch
the ‘Underwood
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Charles Sumner Burch
Belgrade
Gopher
Packers
Tion
Celty
Waite
Camp Mende
Quantico
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