Alfredo Dominguez Nominated by Mexican Convention
Alfredo Robles Domingues, longtime representative of the late President Carranza in the United States, was nominated presidential candidate by the national Republican convention in Mexico City. He won 210 votes to 31 for rivals, with pledges to seek a new constitution. The party leans Catholic.
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Curran
Excelsior, Cien
Jacinto AH. Trevino
Industry, Commerce and Labor
Qifted
Carringa
Pablo Gonzales
Nuevo Leon
Geveril Calles
Bryan Nominated by Acclamation at Prohibition Convention
Lincoln Nebraska at the national Prohibition party convention Bryan Wildwin J Bryan was nominated by acclamation after a resolution about his standard bearing and debate over acceptance. Only six of more than 200 delegates opposed the resolution, following a slamped pledge of delegates.
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Lincoln
Wildwin J. Bryan
Prohibition Party
Rum Runners Patrol Sought On Canadian Side
After Windsor Ontario report, numerous small American craft believed to be rum runners operate at night without lights and without permission. Collector A. B. Montreuil orders a special patrol placed on the Canadian side.
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Windsor
Ontario
A. 4
Montreuil
Victory medals slow as War Department processes
The War Department reports only 60,000 Victory medal applications since June 21, when distribution began. Officials planned to issue about 6000 medals daily, which would take four months at that pace, but current application flow suggests a much longer timeline to complete the distribution to all entitled men.
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War Department
Army
Aluws Ale
Greeks Capture Two Ports in Eastern Offensive
Greek forces supported by the British fleet have occupied Hieruchen and Rodosto with Turkish resistance crushed. Anglo Greek naval support lands troops at Kandilli and Rodosto, while Simyrna and Saloniki report ongoing advances. Turkey announces it will sign the peace treaty as Ottoman forces prepare to withdraw toward Adilnaple.
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London
Tere
Hiéruchen
Rodoxto
Feisal
Syria
Daily Mail
Cairo
League of Nations
Messals
Syrat
Simyrna
Kreg
Sultankoul
Rodosto
Sea of Marmora
Rodoste
Girl Killed in Duel in Detroit Rooming House
Eleanor Green, 38, is dead and Birdie Bradford, 18, is held after a revolver duel sparked by a quarrel over a man at a Detroit rooming house. Police say the incident arose from a dispute between the two women.
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Detroit
Mich
Eleanor Green
Birdie Bradford
Warsaw in Danger as Polish Forces Retreat Deepens
The Polish front near Warsaw is reported in peril as the defeated late wing of the Polian army pulls back from the Beresina to the Niewan, over 180 miles, widening the gap to the Vistula and raising fears the Bolsheviets may have captured the town of Grate.
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Warsaw
Poliat
Beresina
Niewan
Niewao
Vistula
Grate
Death to Turk in dry signing of treaty unclear
Western Newspaper Union dispatch from Constantinople July 20 reports a circulated wall poster urging Moslems to arm against foreigners and drive out weak leaders. Ministers Djemal Pasha and Jahreddine Bey resign, cabinet dissolution possible. Uncertainty grows over Damad Ferid Pasha's ability to sign the peace treaty amid Turkish dissent and proposed modifications. British missions in Smyrna and surrounding areas seek to calm unrest among Turks and halt Turkish exodus after Greek occupation.
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Union News Service
Constantinople
Stamboul
Turkey
Djemal
Pash
Jahreddine Bey
Damad Werid
Seome
Ship Turns Turtle Off Mazatlan With 42 Lost Crew
The Mexican schooner Jacobs Conde, once Tony Miura of this port and Japanese owned, sank at night off Mazatlan, Mexico. Forty two lives were lost, with no survivors. News reached San Diego via the motor ship Jennette Lt, based on information from Lower California ports as bodies washed ashore.
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San Diego
Calif
Jacobs Conde
Tony Miura
Mazatlan
Mexico
California
Blimp G-10 crashes during New York yacht races
The naval blimp G-10 fell about 3,000 feet into Jamadea Bay amid yacht racing. It carried four naval officers and three newspaper men when a gas leak began. Ballast was dumped to steady it, but shore could not be reached. A motor boat rescued the crew after they were submerged in the bay.
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New York
Uy Helle
Jamadea Bay
Serties
Dead Heroes Home News From New York Harbor
Bodies of 881 American soldiers who died overseas arrived in New York aboard the Princess Matolka Cuon Vanni. Among the 1 004 steerage passengers were French and German colonists, with Polish immigrants composing most of the steerage. The arrival marks a somber homecoming for the fallen servicemen.
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New York
Matolka Cuon Vanni
Antwerp
Coloily
Pollah
Chateau Thierry Dedicated by American Forces
The ceremony honored American troops who fell at Chateau Thierry and the Legion of Honor and Order of War decorations were presented in Olwtown Tilerey. Decorated figures included General De goutte and Brevet Wodley, with the Panache army and General Miingiu present at the event.
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Chateau
YIELD UNDER PROTEST ACCEPT BOARD'S AWARD ON AC COUNT OF BAG E PAY
In Chicago on July 28, sixteen railroad unions except one accepted the United States Railway Labor Board wage award after protest. Fifteen groups will renew their demand for higher wages, while the Order of Railways Telegraphers will put the award to its members with a strike vote option. The telegraphers claim discrimination as they received the smallest raise. Leaders plan a new request for increases and some unions ratified with conditions or without referenda. Prices and rates proposals accompanied the wage award context as railroads seek extra revenue to cover the raise.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Timothy Shea
Grand Chile
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Order of Railways Telegraphers
Labor Board
Wvard
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Avvaplaice
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen and Switchmen’s Contons of
North America
Wyoming
Federal Reserve Board
Casper Bank
Lion Attacks Trainer in Sioux City Menace
Fred Delmar, owner of a wild animal net, was badly injured when a lion in a fall cage attacked him after he jabbed the beast with a fork. The trainer wrestled the lion away, then fled the scene as the animal chewed Delmar’s arm.
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Sioux City
Town
Fred Delmar
Will Animal
Delmar
Filipino Captured After Knife Attack Near Pine Colorado
Denver reports Nicholas Lopez, a Filipino, attacked two women with a butcher knife and hatchet near Pine Colorado. Citizens pursued him and forced him into an automobile to avert lynching, delivering him to Jefferson County Jail in Golden.
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Denver
Platte Cafon
Nheir Pine
Colo
Nicholas Lopez
South Platte
Jefferson County
Golden
Woman Named Major As Superintendent Of Army Nurse Corps
Washington Miss Julia L Sthimaon of New York appointed by Secretary Baker as superintendent of the army nurse corps with relative rank of major. She received the D. M. and the British WR, OR. C. for services in the nurse corps during the war.
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Washington
Julia L Sthimaon F
New York
Baker
Army Nurse Corps
D. M
OR. C
Dr. Axson Collapses While Lecturing in California
Dr. Axson, a faculty member at a Texas institute, collapsed in Los Angeles while seeking treatment for a serious breakdown. He had been lecturing at the University of California and planned to pursue a new treatment in Houston after leaving California.
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Axson
Los Angeles
Calif
Stockton
Axsson
Wilson
le How
Wildri
Galhorial Sec
Crome
Wos
Iostitute
Houston
Texas
University of California
Dereuma
Mose Gibson Sentenced to Hang for Multiple Murders
Los Angeles July 24 Mose Gibson a Negro was sentenced to hang for the murder of Roy Trapp Fullerton Colo and confessed to seven murders and many burglaries. Sheriff J B Jackson reported Gibson claimed dozens of burglaries with assorted small sums. He said Gibson admitted murder of Erhardt couple in Phoenix and other victims in Orange City Junction Gramercy St James Parish Wagoner and Baton Rouge area. Gibson in jail denied Erhardt murders but may confess further en route to San Quentin. He killed most victims with a hammer and blamed railroading to a Southern penitentiary for his downfall. He will hang September 24.
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Union News Service
Los Angeles
Cal
Mose Gibson
Roy Trapp
Fullerton
Colo
John
Cliné
Los Angeles County
B. Jackson
Santa Ana
Jackson
Gibson
Sance
Cole
Mre
Jacob Erhardt
Phoenix
Ariz
J. R. Revis
Baton Douge Junction
Orange City Junction
Fila
Gramercy
St. James Parish
Wagoner
Gridni¢e County
Topac
Trapp
Escape In Sheriff's Car From Adel Jail
Des Moines reports say prisoners George Klontz Roy Anderson and Harold Root escaped from Dallas County Jail in Adel Iowa in an automobile owned by Sheriff Stacey heading toward Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iows
George Klontz
Roy Anderson
Harold Root
Dallas County
Adel
Iowa
Stacey
Germans Beat French Soldier In Berlin Incident
Paris dispatch reports a French soldier was insulted and attacked by a crowd of Germans in Berlin and forced to seek refuge in a hotel. An inquiry into the incident has been started, according to the German capital dispatch.
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Paris
Berlin
Disputch
Spellacy Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Washington report says Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford Conn is chosen to succeed Franklin D Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the navy when Roosevelt retires around August 9 to run as Democratic vice presidential candidate.
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Spellacy
Roosevelt
Washington
Thomas J. Spellacy
Hartford
Fire destroys $1,000,000 Kansas City film vaults
A blast and resulting fire gutted vaults of the Famous Players Corporation and Metro Pictures Corporation in the Kansas City Film Exchange building. Thousands of motion picture reels valued at about $1,000,000 were destroyed. Officials said losses were not covered by insurance and employees were injured.
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Kansas City
Famous Players Corporation
Kansas City Film Exchange
Metro Pictures Corporation
Mother Held for Channing Son in Indianapolis Case
Indianapolis authorities detain a 12 year old boy named Andy-Deuser at the detention home following accusations by neighbors that he was chained to a barn post for over fifteen hours as punishment for running away. His mother Mrs Rose eee and brother Louis 20 deny the claim and await further inquiry.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Andy — Deuser
Rose Eee
Hrother
Louis
Casper
Charles Bartlett
Ed Bartlett
Carl
Kenneth
Jake
Tolles
Dahola
Wish Lake
Woman's Body Found in Trunk in New York
A shell of a woman's body with organs removed was found crammed in a small trunk in an unclaimed baggage warehouse of the American Railway Express Company. The trunk had been in the warehouse since June 17 after a June 10 shipment from Detroit. Police report a maniac with crude medical knowledge authored the crime, showing no real surgical expertise.
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New York
American Raiilway Express Company
Detroit
Lightning kills Chauncey Miller and horse near Powder River
Chauncey Miller, 89, living near Powder River, was struck by lightning while riding home on a horse Thursday evening and instantly killed. The horse also died.
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Western
Union News Services
Chauncey Miller
Powder River
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Salt Creek
New York Oil Company
Casper
Polson Spider
Casper Creek
Polson Spider Field
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Sir Thomas Lipton
New York Harbor
Sir Thomas
Alfredo Dominguez
Wealeen Newspaper
State Department
Nuevo Laredo
Francisco Trevino
Bengo
St. Juosn
Alfred Matthews
Paso
Francisco Villa
de la Muerta
Luis Montes de Oco
Villa
Bryan
Dryas
Turk Ports
Thrace
Saloniki
Greece
Diveek
Interor
Athens
Asia-Minor
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Teader
Marites
Adelinople
Kermual
Bulgar
Turkish War Office
Adwinnaple
Smyrna
Agia Minor
Supreme Council
Dead Heroes
Chateau Thierry
Western Newspaper
Railway Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
el Paso
J. ¢. Martinez
Marvin Ex Tau Deen
Channing Son
John A. Jordan
Jack Radovich
Lusk
van Tassell
Luak
George Hicks
Cheyenne State Leader
Leader Publishing Company
Tribune Publishing Company
The
Tribune
State Leader
Leader
Guarantee Oil Company of
Idaho
W. H. Paddock
C. C. Phillips
J. H. Stust
Newcastle
G. A. Greenwood
Florida-Wyoming Oj Company
It. C. Chapell
W. H. Essex
J. W. Stapleton
F. P. Woodward
James P. Kemn
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