Woodrow Wilson Campaign Operations in 1911
Governor aids maneuver to back Woodrow Wilson with a bottom up plan in 1911. McCombs details sourcing magazines and editors like Page and Hale, financing Bryan trips in Ohio to build opposition to Harmon and strengthen Wilson prospects in key primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Princeton
Wilson
Page
Mark Sullivan
Collier's Wagitlyy
Trenton True American
Cleveland E. Dodge
George W. Perkins
Bull Moose
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Kentucky Girl, 14, Under Arrest in Death of Father
Bardstown Kentucky Aug 27 A warrant was issued for the arrest of Alice Nolan Vance fourteen year old daughter of Charles Vance who was shot and killed in his bed at the Vance home near here Aug 18 Saxoner s jury held the girl and her mother culpable of the act No warrant had been issued for Mrs Vance whose status would be determined later The girl was not jailed but is in the custody of a guard The girl and her mother testified at the inquest that just before his death Vance cas his daughter for persisting in receiving the attentions of a young man to whom Vance objected
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BARDSTOWN, Ey
Alice Nolan Vance
Charles Vance
Vance
here
Saxoner
lous
Murder Stirs Berlin Chiefs and Bavarian Unrest
The Associated Press reports two shocking events in Germany: the Friday murder in Baden of ex Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Mathias Erzberger, and Munich demonstrations against high prices and Bavarian authorities. Police report 40 600 demonstrators, one killed, one wounded as police and troops dispersed the crowd. Authorities offer 160 000 mark reward for Erzberger assassin. Suspects include students at Offenburg and a hunted suspect described by Berlin police. The episode deepens government anxiety over Bavarian power struggles and rising unrest.
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BERLIN
Associated Press
Baden
Mathias Erzberger
Munich
Herr Erzberger
Wirth
Fehrenbach
Peter Spahn
Kahr
Poehner
Tornado Strikes Navo and Justin Near Denton Texas
A tornado swept through the Navo community northeast of Denton injuring several and causing about 100000 dollars in damage. A church at Navo and two churches at Justin were wrecked along with other structures. In Kansas heat wave reports rise to 111 degrees in Salina with multiple local readings over 100.
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TEXAS
MERCURY
KANSAS
DENTON
Tex
Navo
Justin
TOPEKA
Kas
Salina
weather bureau
Decline in New York Millionaire Incomes Shocks Tax Bureau
New York state crop of $1,000,000 income men fell from eighty one to twenty five between 1917 and 1919. Only three persons reported incomes as high as $5,000,000 in 1919. The average net income of taxpayers was $5,030, about $1,086 above the national average.
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NEW YORK
New York state
bureau of internal revenue
Airman Leaps to Death Over Bremen Drop
Victor Brunner 29 of Mishawaka, ex army balloonist, was killed in Bremen when his parachute failed to open and he fell about 4,000 feet this evening.
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SOUTH BEND
Ind
Ate
Victor Brunner
Mishawaka
Bremen
here
Five killed as train hits auto at crossing near LaHarpe
Five persons, three women and two men, died when a Toledo Peoria & Western passenger train struck their automobile at a crossing near LaHarpe Illinois. The group from Bettendorf Iowa Albany New Jersey had been visiting relatives in Keokuk Iowa and were en route home.
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MACOMB
Toledo, Peoria & Western
LaHarpe
J. A. Miller
Bettendorff
Frank Ege
William Blaine
Albany
Keokuk
Russia No Longer Red Or Menace Says Senator France
United States Senator from Maryland in Moscow argues Russia abandoned communism and is moving toward conservative policies. He urges immediate US Russian trade engagement, a commission to study conditions, and cautious political recognition later, citing needs in locomotives metals tools machinery electrical goods and chemicals to revive Russian industry. Continued on page six.
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Russia
France
Maryland
Moscow
United States
Star
Inesia
America
Britain
Rusals
Resslby
State Department
Ship Board Craft Lessee Accused Of 1200000 Swindle
New York Aug 27 Charges that United States Mail Steamship Company diverted 1.2 million dollars from immigrants were made by Shipping Board Chairmen Lasker after nine ships chartered to the company were restored to federal control. A special committee will operate the ships while the board decides whether to sell or recharter. The board says the funds were advance payments for passage hotel and rail fares and immigration taxes. Receivers plan to dispose of assets for creditors. Ships listed include Agamemnon Susquehanna President Grant America George Washington Princess Matoika Mr Vernon Potomac Pocahontas.
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NEW YORK
United States Mail Steamship Company
Lasker
shipping board
Manton
W. Averill Harriman
Kermit Roosevelt
A. V. Moore
Mr. Larker
Judge Manton
Agamemnon
Susquehanna
President Grant
America
thia
Mr. Vernon
Boston
Bremen
Naples
Explosion Levels Factory Killing One At Providence
An explosion at the United Railway Signal Company plant in Providence Rhode Island destroyed the factory and damaged two others. One man Mauritz A Carlson 22 lost his life. Several dozen workers were injured including a number with serious injuries. The blast rocked the city and caused widespread damage.
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PROVIDENCE
R. I
United Railway Signal Company
Mauritz A. C. Carlcen
Alfred Carlson
East Providence
Bandit Slayings Prompt Arizona Couple Escape to Mexico
Seven bandits killed Postmaster Frank J. Pearson and his wife at their Ruby Arizona store near Nogales and fled across the border into Mexico. Sheriff George White said the Pearsons fought back. Mrs Pearson and Irene Pearson survived. The Pearsons' five year old daughter Marjorie was unharmed along with Miss Irene Pearson of Liberty Texas.
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NOGALES
Aris
Avg
Frank J. Pearson
Ruby
Mexico
George White
Santa Cruz county
Pearson
Woman Held in Slaying Will Waive Extradition
Mrs. William R. Stubbs confessing to the 1919 Knoxville slaying case says she will accompany her bondsmen to Tennessee without extradition. Stubbs, who married the fugitive last November, plans to sell his Tacoma hotel and defend his wife. He claims he only learned today she is Maude Moore and wishes Knoxville friends to see her as she was.
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TACOMA
Wash
William R. Stubbs
Maude Moore
Knoxville
Tenn
Leroy Harth
Tennessee
Stubbs
lrft
Taccoma
Weather forecast for Indiana including Indianapolis
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with possible local showers in the southern portion. No significant temperature change expected. United States Weather Bureau Special Report for The Indianapolis Star Almanac of the Day notes sun rises at 509 and sets at 622. Yesterday's conditions show relative humidity around 95 percent, with highs near 78 and lows near 69.
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Indiana
south portion
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis Star
rene
Debs Pardon Awaited Post Peace Treaty Ratification
The Harding administration plans to defer amnesty for Eugene V. Debs and other wartime prisoners until after Germany peace treaty ratification. President and Attorney General Daugherty conferred, with decision expected after the treaty, signaling a potentially generous approach within the limits of each case.
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WASHINGTON
Eugene V. Debs
Germany
White House
Harding
Daugherty
Debs
Atlanta
Believe Mine Trouble Ended In West Virginia Miners March
In Charleston Aug, state and federal authorities declared the Marmet to Mingo county march against martial law ended. Brig. Gen. Bandholts, from Washington, said the jig was up after touring Racine. Miners were returning home as reports of Logan and Blair counties showed quiet conditions. Police movements and halted wire service added confusion but officials expected no further disorders.
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CHARLESTON
Wi- Vax
Marmet
Mingo county
Morgan
H. H. Bandtolts
Washington
War Department
Racine
Willamgon
Welch
McDowell county
Don Chafin
Logan county
Logan
Hatfield
Williamson
Boone county
Aull
J. R. Brockus
Boone-Logan
Blair
Madison
Chafin
Hil
hafin
Shariff HAN
Autoist Shot by Miner Near Marmet Mingo March
Madison West Virginia August 27 Paul Curley son of a wholesale grocer was shot last night near Danville while traveling with friends along a road lined with strikers such as Marmet Mingo march He did not exit the car quickly enough and was fired upon hospital doctors warned amputation might be needed for his hand A miner seated nearby received shot fragments and also went to the hospital Sheriff Hill said the attack drew strong indignation from Curleys companions
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MADISON
W. Va
Paul Curley
Danville
Sherrff Hall
Curley
Sheriff Hill
Auto Company Bankrupt and Swindle Ring Probe Expands
Chicago aug 27 evidence countering W Davis claim of 600000 in notes seized in French swindle case was disclosed by Col John YV Clinnin as a 1921 Cleveland letter recounting Davis backing French and 600000 notes. Davis arrested at Canton and released on 25000 bond as other suspects face grand jury.
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CHICAGO
W. Davis
Cleveland
Canton
Davis
Charles W. French
John YV. Clinnin
United States
Col. Clinnin
Diamond Portland Cement Company
E. J. Coach
French
Kansas City
Nista
Milwaukee
Alva Harshman
Pacific Trust Company of Missouri
the
Securities Development
John W. Banken
Department of Justice
Ideal Tire and Rubber Company
Sawken
R. D. Swan
Charles Hawkins
Elmer Gerber
Charles K. Strobel
Akron
Ohio
thas
Btrobel
W. C. Littleton
Consolidated Automobile Company of Dayton
Minneapolia
Clinnin
Alva Flarahman
Littleton
Lake Michigan
Grant park
Harshman
Elmer In Gerber
A. W Strelzin
Charles Hawkine
ares
California
Texas Electrician Tarred Feared Whipped in Silsbee
J. W. Portern an electrician was seized from Silshea Hee’s office in Silsbee Texas by masked men. He was tarred feathered and whipped in a country outing before being dumped on the main street. No motive has been given.
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BEAUMONT
Tex
J. W. Portern
Silshea Hee
Silshea
Hardin county
Bordern
Silsbee
Rail crash near Rome kills fifty and injures many
About fifty people are reported dead and many seriously injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train ten miles from Rome. The passenger train was returning from a seaside resort.
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ROME
Associated Press
Beans for sale lure in hungry crowds in New York
In New York on August 27 a restaurant on West Thirty-fourth Street opened with flashy signs promising all the beans you can eat for 15 cents and all the spaghetti for 15 cents. Patrons praised the new eatery as a great success though many lack funds, while the proprietor boasted that few have 16 cents and joked that those without money become walking advertisements.
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NEW YORK
Weat
Thirty-fourth street
new
Treaty lauded on all sides by Everett C. Watkins report
Washington aug. 27. Harding Hughes tact and diplomacy praised by Republican and Democratic senators as ratification looms. Editorials from The Baltimore Sun Philadelphia Public Ledger Washington Point New York World New York Times Pittsburgh Dispatch applaud accord with Berlin. ratification seen as routine. Page continues.
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WASHINGTON
Harding- Hughes
Berlin
United States Senate
Baltimore Sun
Harding
Hughes
Republican party
League of Nations
Flugtes
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Washington Point
Congress
The
New York World
Democrat
New York Times
Wilson
Yap
Lloyd George warns Britain cannot countenance UK breakup
Premier Lloyd George declares Britain cannot endorse tearing apart the United Kingdom. He warns civil war in Ireland if severance occurs, urges unity and emphasizes Ireland Scotland and Wales seek fair treatment within a free federation of nations. He speaks at Barnsley wedding and receives borough freedom.
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BARNSLEY
Brigland
Preas
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Lierd George
Ireland
Lloyd George
William Sutherland
Fountain
England
United States
Scotland
Wales
Eaeypal George
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BRYAN
WILLIAM F. McCOMBS
Louis J. Lang
Thomas Collier
Alstricta
McClure
Burton J. Kendrick
Walter H. Page
Bayard Hale
Mr. Wilson
Princeton university
Hale
Alabama
Underwood
Marshall
Missouri
Clark
Harmon
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Baldwin
North Dakota
Burke
Baltimore
Galt
Garber
KENTUCKY
Erzberger
firsberger
Oltwig Vonsschfald
Erzberger-Helfferich
Marylander
JOSEPH IRVING
Russta
SHIP BOARD CRAFT LESSEE
U. S
ARIZONA
Chate
Mingo
MINER
Danville Road
Z. W. Davis
AUTO COMPANY
TEXAS ELECTRICIAN
BY EVERETT C. WATKINS
Pittburgh Disputch
Fierlin
Hitchcock
Senate foreign relations committee
Pomerena
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islands
Pacific
Japan
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empire
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Canada
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