Political fight on in Wisconsin
Wisconsin faces a fiery primary as La Follette faction fights for control of state government and the U S Senate. Opponents led by Dr W A Ganfield attack La Follette with a new Independent Progressive ticket while other Republicans back rival leaders and broader national issues.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
Robert M. la Follette
Republican Party
la Follette
W. A. Ganfield
Carroll College
Waukesha
la Follette Progressive Republican Party
J. J. Blaine
George E. Comings
Fred Zimmerman
Herman L. Ekern
Solomon Levitan
Henry Johnson
A. C. McHenry
Oshkosh
U. S
McHenry
Morgan
Ben C. Hooper
Carl Mahtie
Wausau
A. A. Bentley
la Crosse
Senator la Follette
Louis A. Arnold
Honduras Creates Government Banking Agent
Tegucigalpa Honduras reports that the Banco de Honduras becomes the government's exclusive financial agent. The total revenue of the republic, about 10 million dollars yearly, will be collected and the outgo expended through the bank. A government credit of 500000 dollars will be opened. A national bank will later be formed to absorb Banco de Honduras. All directors and officers must be Honduran citizens.
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Associated Press
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Republic of Honduras
Banco de Honduras
Bank of the
Blood donors at Walter Reed hospital volunteer for transfusions
At Walter Reed General Hospital a large roster of volunteers, including clerks and ambulance drivers, good enough to donate blood for wounded veterans. Each transfusion uses a blood type match from the list of about 500 volunteers, with benefits limited to ten days leave for recovery and strict rules on donation frequency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Walter Reed General Hospital
Despair in Russia as letters recount suffering under regime
Letters from Moscow and other Soviet centers describe extreme shortages and misery. A Russian physician laments life as brutal and humbling with famine, censorship, and loss, while noting hopes for political freedom and the absurd cost of basic goods.
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London
Moscow
Christovitch
Europe
America
Kazan
Petrograd
Russia
Origin of the Hawaiian race linked to Kauai explorations
Hawaii race origins may be illuminated by Dr H E Gregory and colleagues after Kauai excavations. Findings include terracing and irrigation in Nualolo and Kalelau valleys, a canoe prow with skulls suggesting non Hawaiian links, and insights into early isolation from Kamahameha the Great. Further studies by Harvard’s N E A Hinds and other fellows continue.
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Honolulu
T. H
Na Pali Cide
Kauai
H. E. Gregory
Bishop Museum
Hawaiian Islands
Gregory
Nualolo
Kalelau
Kamahameha the Great
N. E. A. Hinds
Harvard University
Yale University
Pacific
Fowler
Philadelphia Academy of Science
Carl Skottsberg
Upesia
Sweden
Hawaiian
Palmyra
Midway
Fanning Islands
Mohammedan to Succeed Gandhi
Maulana Hasrat Mohani emerges as a leading figure in Indian nationalism, succeeding Gandhi in active leadership among some circles. A Mohammedan, he leads the United Provinces provincial congress committee and was elected president of the All India Muslim League. He faced sedition charges in 1908 for an Urdu paper editorial and has endured government restraints, now restored, as he builds a large nationalist following while opposing purdah.
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Cawnpore
India
Hasrat Mohani
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Mohani
United Provinces Provincial Congress Committee
All-India
Syed Ahmed Khan
Mohammedan College
Indian National Congress
Egypt
Aligarh College
Lord Reading
Adrianople Thrives Under Greek Military Occupation
Adrianople has risen as a thriving city under Greek rule. Greek signs adorn shops of all owners while Greek army officers oversee the area. Turks prosper commercially but nationalist sentiment remains strong, hoping for Greek exit. American relief aids poverty. Americans observe daily life amid officials and traffic. Thrace administration by Greece is disputed by Bulgarians awaiting possible U S involvement.
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Adrianople
Constantinople
Greece
Thrace
United States
Attend Meet of Bar Association in San Francisco Aug 1922
More than 2600 lawyers and judges are expected to attend the 1922 convention of the American Bar Association the National Conference on Uniform State Laws and the California State Bar Association in San Francisco. The programs include Taft Coolidge Shaw Wickersham Severance Allen and possible speaker Elihu Root with two delegates from Great Britain and Paris. Two key committee reports will be presented Wade on American ideals and Swaney on law enforcement.
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San Francisco
American Bar Association
National Conference of Commissioners On
California State Bar Association
National Association
William Howard Taft
The
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Lucien Shaw
California Supreme Court
George W. Wickersham
Cordenio A. Severance
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Elihu Root
Lord Shaw
Dunfermline
Great Britain
M. Henri Aubepin
Paris
Whech
Martin J. Wade
Town
Law Enforcement
W. B. Swaney
Tennessee
Neighbors Wage Political War in Rhode Island Senate Fight
Newport neighbors Peter Goelet Gerry and ex governor R Livingston Beeckman vie for the U S senate as Rhode Island conventions loom in October with no primaries. Gerry a Democrat and Beeckman a Republican have rivaled over prohibition enforcement and a textile strike within their parties. Governor Emery J San Souci is seen as a potential second nomination.
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Providence
R. I
United States
Peter Goelet Gerry
R. Livingston Beeckman
New York
Newport
Rhode Island
Mr. Gerry
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry
Henry L. Lippett
Beeckman
Down
Emery J. San Souci
Head Hunters in Yunnan Report from Harvad Traveler
Ralph E. Henderson describes a journey through northeastern Burma and Yunnan meeting the Was head hunters. He details their belief that fresh skulls ensure crops, the spring raids for heads of all ages, ritual wailing, and the use of a decaying head with a raw egg to fertilize seed paddy for planting.
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Associated Press
Rengoor
Ralph E. Henderson
Harvard
Asia
Burma
Yunnan
Henderson
Goth
Napoleon's Island Home Receives Historical Paint Job
Paris reports the government will allot 125 to restore Napoleon's former residence on the island of Helena. The work aims to reproduce the 19th century appearance with light gray walls and olive green shutters and doors, under the supervision of the French minister of domain, who secured the funding.
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Associated Press
Paris
Napoleon
Helena
Longwood
Evernmenta
Rail executives plan New York meeting to end railroad strike
T DeWitt Cuyler of the Association of Railway Executives announced a New York meeting next Tuesday with 148 major railroads to seek a plan for settling the strike. He cautioned that no definite basis for settlement was ready, while Harding discussed the situation with labor leaders.
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Washington
United States
New York
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Association of
Railway Executives
Harding
President Harding
Cuyler
President Harding Presents Three Plans to End Railroad Strike
President Harding submitted three proposals to railroad executives and unions aimed at settling the strike by adjusting employes seniority. One plan would abandon outside contracting, another would grant loyalty workers seniority over strikers, and a third would have each road settle its seniority dispute with its employees via joint committees. The proposals await an executives' meeting in New York and an employees' conference led by B M Jewell.
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Harding
New York
B. M. Jewell
Embargo on Freight by Three Coal Roads Declared
Three railroads Norfolk and Western Chesapeake and Ohio Louisville and Nashville embargo freight to essentials only amid ICC emergency order tied to shopmen strike. Roads granted priority for coal transport to conserve equipment and preserve coal supply.
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Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lewis Foresees End of Coal Strike
President Lewis of the United Mine Workers says an interstate conference is expected within a few days and that powerful influences are at work to end the soft coal strike.
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Philadelphia
Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
Powerful bootlegger ring uncovered after Ferncliffe raid
A gun battle at Ferncliffe distillery ends with the death of Henry M. Baker, a former Louisville police lieutenant, as 17 whiskey barrels are stolen from the distillery truck. Four men are arrested, one head-wounded, with employees and guards implicated in the robbery.
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Louisville
Ferncliffe
Henry M. Baker
Prohibition
Governor Taylor says no troops requested at border
Nashville reports Governor Taylor announced no request for troops had been received for the Kentucky Tennessee border in the Middlesboro district.
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Taylor
Nashville
Kentucky-Tennessee
Middlesboro
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