Senate Defeats End Trading With Enemy Act Effort
Washington July 19 President Wilson pressed ratification of the peace treaty and League covenant with reservations. Senators Capper McNary Fall Underwood clash over reservations and status of peace. Fall's amendment to curb trading with Germany defeated 33 to 27.
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White House
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Oregon
League of Nations
Germany
Fall
New Mexico
United States of America
Underwood
Alabama
Smith
Georgia
Forest Wealths in Peril in Mountain Fires
Spokane reports forest fires in western Montana and northern Idaho threatening small towns and cutting communication with forest service headquarters in Missoula. Fires near Henderson and St. Regis have crossed ridges and rivers, spreading unchecked over large areas with limited containment prospects.
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Montana
Idaho
United States Forest Service
Missoula
Mont
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Mullan Gulch
St. Regis
Clark Fork
Reach Heart of the Ford Libel Suit Headline Questioned
Mount Clemens Michigan July 19 The heart of Henry Ford libel action against the Chicago Daily Tribune was reached when Elliott G Stevenson counsel for the Tribune began questioning Ford about the editorial Ford Is an Anarchist published June 23 1916. The examination covered transcript portions and collateral matters as lawyers pressed objections and Ford defended statements about militarism and his anti war education campaign.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Elliott G. Stevenson
Tribune
Ford
The
Lucking
Murphy
Stevenson
Tribune Tawner
Delavigne
National Guard
Porter Appointed Chief Counsel of FTC in place of Walsh
Claude Porter of Centerville Iowa assistant attorney general has been named chief counsel of the Federal Trade Commission to succeed John Walsh. Porter previously led DOJ prosecutions of I W W leaders in Chicago and will bring government experience to the FTC role.
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Claude BR. Porter
Centerville
Iowa
United States
Federal Trade Commission
John Walsh
Porter
Department of Justice
Chicago
Headlines Versus Body Text Sparks Libel Clash in Court
In a tense courtroom exchange, arguments focus on whether a headline alone can be libelous. Attorneys debate if the text supports or negates anarchistic insinuations about Mr. Ford as Judge Tucker cautions fairness in witness treatment.
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Mr. Stevenson
Mr. Ford
Germans Attack Provost Marshal in Germany
Two Germans attempted to assassinate Maj. George Cockriel provost marshal of the American forces in Germany on July 19. The major was uninjured and the attackers fled after firing several shots from behind near Cockriel's home in St Paul Minnesota.
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Germany
Cobling
Maj
George Cockriel
Cockrie
St. Paul
Minn
Pershing Receives London Sword of Honor and Meets MPs
British officers receive the American commander with the Distinguished Service Medal as Gen. Pershing is presented a gold mounted sword of honor by London's city corporation. He then meets Members of Parliament in the House of Commons committee room, with Winston Churchill officiating.
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John J. Pershing
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City of London
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Gen. Pershing
Order of the Bath
Hyde Park
Earl of Cavan
George H. Fowke
William T. Furse
Thomas H. J. C. Goodwin
George W. MacDonough
Travers Clarke
H. K. Butler
House of Commons
Europe
Maine Representative Claims Palm Beach Cloth Origin
Louis B. Goodall of Maine uses his congressional directory bio to blend business zeal with sentiment. He asserts that he originated the well known Palm Beach cloth and outlines his industry background.
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Louis B. Goodall
Maine
Palm Beach
Striking Marine Workers Shot In New York Riot
July 19 in New York two union men were shot during a riot as striking marine workers attacked non union men. Police were called to quell the disturbance amid a strike that has tied up five hundred ships.
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New York
Unen
Kun's Army in Rout Amid Hungarian Crisis
Paris reports before the supreme council focus on Allies intervening in Hungary to halt Bolshivist danger to Poland and Roumania. Bela Kun's army shows demoralization and disorganization as troops retreat. Budapest faces food shortages amid obstructed shipments. Count Karolyi reaches Italy en route to America after failed escape attempts.
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Supreme Council
Hungary
Roumania
Poland
Budapest
Bela Kun
Michael Karolyi
Italy
America
Vienna
Chicago Strikes Halt Major City Building Projects
Chicago dispatch reports three of the city's largest construction sites halted work at eight o clock and the stoppage spread throughout the district. About 50 million dollars in ongoing projects are affected as the Building Construction Employers' Association reacts to unions refusing arbitration. No nails will be driven in Chicago after today as contractors and unions contend for control.
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Chicago
21 KILLED IN MINE BLAST AT KIMBALL WEST VIRGINIA
In Kimball West Virginia an explosion at The Tisewell Greek Coal Company mine killed twenty one workers and injured many more. At the time more than one hundred miners were in the mine. By late afternoon seven bodies had been recovered and rescuers searched for fourteen more. The scene is chaotic as teams work to reach trapped miners.
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Kimball
W. Va
Tisewell Greek Coal Company
Pacific Fleet Sails For Panama
Old Point Comfort Va July 19 The Pacific fleet sailed this morning for the Pacific coast via the Panama canal route. The movement signals a shift to wartime readiness and long deployment in the Atlantic defense posture.
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Old Point Comfort
Pacific Coast
Panama Ca
Pershing and His Men Honored in London Victory Parade
General Pershing and 30,000 American soldiers joined 19,000 Allied troops in a Victory parade in London. The American contingent was enthusiastically received by the crowds.
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London
General Pershing
The
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26 Admit Part In Lynchings In Bay Minette Case
Bay Minette Alabama July 19 The trial of 28 men indicted for killing Frank Foukal in his cell by masked assailants ended as confessions of guilty were accepted from all but two defendants. The cases were disposed of by fines and hard labor sentences.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Frank Foukal
Senate Panel Rejects Women Vote Bill in France
Paris July 19 the electoral committee of the senate decided to report unfavorably the bill adopted by the chamber of deputies giving the vote to women.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Baseball results and league standings fragment
Friday results show National League games with Pittabueeh losing to Bo mnton 0 2 and irregular fragments from American and National leagues mentioning teams like Washington Houston Cleveland New York and Philadelphia in unsettled scores and notes.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Washington
BORON
Philadelphia
Pittabueeh
Bo Mnton
Na Wiher Wares
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Cleveland
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