World News Highlights From France to Prohibition Debates
Alexandre Millerand becomes French president amid Versailles ceremony. Mexico debates a limited frontier duty free zone. China breaks with Russia and safeguards Russian interests. Dublin reports a deadly motor lorry attack near La Hiné. Cedarbrook Distilling warehouses burn, 7000 barrels lost. Madison lawyer Green captured in Wisconsin. Tropical hurricane limps inland with minor damage. Hoover urges fair interest rates for savers. postal savings yield questioned. Cass Lake Times plot foil?. dynamite scare. AM Can Company strike gains union support. Toledo lumber prices drop. Harding Prohibition stance unsettles Prohibitionists. Franklin car price cuts announced.
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Alexandre Millerand
France
Third Republic
Versailles
Leon Bourgeoise
Senate
M. Deschanel
Paris
M. Millerand
United States
Treasury Department
Mexico City
Morgan City
Gulf Coast
Herbert Hoover
Senate Committee On Reconstruction
Postal Savings Bank
Cass Lake
Minn
Times
Newark, N. J
Toledo
Ohio
Henry Ford
Harding
Prohibition Party
Asten S. Watkins
Chicago
Prohibition National Committee
Franklin
H. H. Franklin
Supreme Court to Hear Newberry Appeal and Campaign Finance Question
Washington filings request the Supreme Court review Michigan Senator Newberry and sixteen co defendants on corruption conviction grounds. They challenge the federal corrupt practices act and seek ruling on Congress authority to set campaign expenditure limits.
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Newberry
Michigan
Grands Rapids
Mich
Supreme Court
Washington
Congress
Legion Convention Debates Labor Stand and Honors Wood
The American Legion convention endured a nine hour debate over its stance on organized labor with a minority report calling neutrality, then a California substitute endorsing neutrality as interpreted by national commander Franklin D. Roosevelt. Gen Marie Fayolle and Admiral Grant spoke as Leonard Wood was hailed by attendees. General Wood urged unity, warned against subtle political influence, and urged vigilance against moneyed interference in policy.
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Legion
Resolutions Committee
American Legion
California
Franklin d'Quer
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Committee On
United States
Fife
Wilson
Marie Fayolle
W. S. Grant
Royal Navy of
Great Britain
Wood. Wood
Leonard Wood
Ameria
Woodaid
Baseball Stars Indicted in Fixing Scandal by Comiskey
Chicago indictments accuse eight White Sox players of conspiring with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series. Seven regulars plus one former player face suspensions pending trial as Charles Comiskey vows to purge the team. Confessions allege bribes from gamblers and targeted payouts to throw games in Cincinnati.
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Chicago
Cook County
Charles A. Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
Sox
Cleveland Indians
Comiskey
Charter McDonald's Court
Joe Jackson
Cicotte
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
John Heydler
National League
Eddie Cicotte
Arnold
Chick) Gandil
Joseph
Joe
Chick Ganais
Claude Williame
Whitile
Roman
White Sox Park
Weaver
Cootte
Jackson
White Sox
Olive Thomas Funeral Draws Huge Crowds in New York
Funeral services for Olive Thomas, motion picture star who died in Paris on September 10, drew a large crowd in New York. Mounted police opened a path for the cortege as thousands of theatrical folk and movie fans pressed toward St. Thomas Episcopal church. Screen stars acted as pallbearers but were pushed aside as fans sought a view of their idol.
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Olive Thomas
New York
Paris
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Mail plane wreck kills pilot near Millersburg
Harrisburg reports the pilot of mail plane No. 31 697 was killed when the craft crashed near Millersburg after striking a wire over the Susquehanna river. The aircraft departed Hantelhurst field in the morning.
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Arrisburg
Millersburg
Hantelhurst Field
Susquehanna River
Moon Creek Man Faces First Degree Assault Charge
Miles City reports George Mason of Moon Creek in Custer county is charged with first degree assault after shooting his brother in law George Shoemaker on Thursday. Bail set at $2,000 with sureties. Shoemaker remains in hospital recovering. preliminary hearing postponed until he can testify.
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Miles City
George Mason
Moon Creek
Custer County
George Shoemaker
Shoemaker
California Professor Warns Japanese Land Ownership Threatens U S
Berkeley Sept 29 Professor David P Barrows of the University of California says Japanese land ownership in California could doom the United States He declares Japan uses a smoke screen of domestic agitation to hide plans in Asia and urges keeping agricultural lands out of alien hands as a matter of regional security and unity among Californians.
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Berkeley
Cal
California
United States
David P. Barrows
University of California
Japan
Barrows
Asia
Pacific Coast
Siberia
Manchuria
Mongolia
China
Syndicalists Score Victory in Italian Metal Strikes
Washington dispatch reports Alfred P. L. Dennis says the labor operators accord in the Italian metal industry is a victory for syndicalists. He notes stockholders and leaders resist, while capital fears this model may spread to textiles and other fields, granting workers influence without Soviet takeover. Observers call the settlement a path to higher production and fewer strikes.
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Washington
Department of ‘Commerce
Alfred PL Dennis
Rome
Myr. Dennis
Cablegram
Bergdoll Convicted in Draft Conspiracy Case
Mrs Emma C Bergdoll and four co defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to aid two sons to evade the draft. The judge presided with several officials present and two co defendants were acquitted on separate counts but guilty on joint bills with mercy recommendations. Each defendant was released on $10000 bail pending a motion for a new trial.
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Philadelphia
Emma C. Bergdoll
Drover
Erwin
Dickinson
Bergdoll
Jerson
Charles A. Braun
Janes BE. Romig
Albert
Mitchell
Henry Shuly
Optimistic view on Mexico from Pan-American Labor leaders
James Lord and Chester M. Wright of the Pan-American Federation of Labor report a brighter political outlook for Mexico than since the revolution began. They say the country is at peace, travel is safe, and there is freedom of speech, press, and assembly.
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Washington
James Lord
Chester M. Wright
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Mexico
Minas
United States
Miss Drake Dies in Auto Crash Near St. Regis
Miss Elizabeth Drake daughter of F W Drake proprietor of the Drake hotel at Helena was killed in a car accident on a steep grade west of St. Regis while en route to California. The vehicle stalled and rolled downhill. death was instantaneous. The body was brought to Missoula tonight for forwarding to Helena.
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Missoula
Elizabeth Drake
F. W. Drake
Drake
Helena
St. Regis
Miss Drake
California
State Epidemiologist Sippy estimates Helena at 12000
Dr John J Sippy of the state board of health says Montana's death rate supports a population estimate of about 521000 for the state with Helena at 12000 and Great Falls near 52000. He notes eastern states have higher death rates and discusses census implications.
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John J. Sippy
State Board of Health
Montana
Helena
Great Falls
Sippy
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Ireland
Dublin Castle
la Hineh
Cedarbrook Distilling Company
Lawrenceburg
Wis
Clarence F. Green
Madison
Winneburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
League
Herbert G. Youston
Mr. Houston
B. M. Baduch
Charles M. Schwab
Taft
J. P. Morgan
Edsel B. Ford
Mr. Baruch
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State Department
Western
Frankie Hart Bjorklund
Portland
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Bjorkhund
Lfe
Bjorklund
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Death Valley
A. G. Kirby
Porsney
Oregon Federation of Labor
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Plan
May Golden
Superior Court
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Texas Rangers
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Knight
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
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Carson City
Luckey
Martin Schwab
Payson
Cleveland
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Ariz
Schwab
Indorse
D'Olier
Wood
General Marie Fayolle
The
Team
Wrecks
U.S
Yellow Man
Itinpeton
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F. E. Buck
Commission
Buck
Granite
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Ravalli
J. Winter Smith
Ed Simpson
Lewis and Clark
Charles Marden
J. D. Conrad
National Forest
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VU. S. Swartz
Yellowstone
Swartz
Dc. T. Stewart
White Sulphur Springs
George R. Hopkins
Stillwater
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