Suffrage Wins In Initial Battle In Two States
Tennessee upper house ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment by a 7 to 1 vote after a committee report favored adoption. In North Carolina the constitutional amendment committee reported ratification by 7 to 1, with both houses expected to vote as Gov. Bickett calls for an extraordinary session to ratify.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Senate
Senate
House
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Constitutional Amendment Committee
Gov
Bickett
Sen
Seales
Greenshoro
Representative Williams
N. Y
North Carols
Daniels
Washington
Cider Preservation Debate Tangles Volstead Law at Apple Shippers Meet
At Chicago speeches during the International Apple Shippers Association silver anniversary, R G Phillips urged a recipe to keep cider sweet. He argued the one tenth of one percent preservation in making cider fails to prevent a kick and would not shield cider under Volstead limits.
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Chicago
International Apple Shippers Association
R. G. Phillips
Rochester
New York
Kansas Weather Forecast Summary
Fair tonight cooler in extreme southeast and warmer in west portions. Saturday expected to be fair and warmer across the state.
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Kansas
Ponzi Bubble Bursts Investors Hold Sack
Boston reports dramatic unraveling of the Ponzi scheme led by Charles Ponzi with about forty thousand investors estimated to have contributed twenty million dollars. Federal and state investigations continue as auditors finalize liabilities while bank officials deny ties to the Hanover Trust Co and pledges of depositor repayment.
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Boston
New England
Chas
Pongi
Panzi
Stitt
Filoin L. Price
Pride
Camir
Hanover Trust Co
Cormmissioner
Jas
C. Aljlen
Hanover Trust lCo
Ponzi Arrested After Surrender to Federal Authorities
Boston August 12 Charles Ponzi the famed promoter surrendered to a United States marshal and was arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud. He pleaded not guilty and was held on 25000 bail for a hearing on August 19 after being taken into federal custody at his Lexington home.
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Boston
Chas. Ponzi
Editors Meet Harding in Marion Ohio Rally
Ohio editors from across the state gathered in Marion for a luncheon honoring Senator Harding. The program featured a speech by Harding and a roundtable on distributing Republican publicity during the campaign.
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Marion
Ohio
Lecitere
Harding
Willis Opens GOP Campaign in Kansas With 5000 Hearers
Frank B. Willis former Ohio governor and new United States Senate nominee addressed large crowds in Pittsburg Kansas speaking to more than five thousand Southeast Kansas residents yesterday afternoon and last night launching the national Republican campaign in the state.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Kansas
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
United States
Warren G. Harding
Venizelos in no danger after shooting in Paris
Premier Venizelos of Greece was wounded by two young Greeks in Paris but remained in stable condition after a night in hospital. Physicians said the bullet in his left shoulder would be removed the following morning.
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Paris
Venizelos
Greece
Polish Defense in Souf Successes Reported
Polish forces claim success on the southern front against bolsheviks with cavalry and infantry driving from four towns near Lemberg. In Warsaw civilians are restricted as Russian forces near the city press forward, while Polish officials push for armistice talks and peace via the League of Nations.
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Warsaw
Lemberg
Jeight
Associated Press
Eugene Sacieha
Eric Drummond
Nague of Nations
League of Nations
League
Supreme Council
France confirms accord with U S on Russo Polish crisis
Paris reports the French government sent a note to the United States stating full agreement with U S views on the Russo Polish situation. Premier Millerand confirms France will support U S principles, recognizing General Wrangel and opposing Soviet terms to Poland unless they align with those principles.
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Paris
United States
Milleranel
France
Baron Wrangel
Russia
Poland
Polish Commission to Negotiate Preliminary Peace on Road
A Polish Commission with authority to negotiate a preliminary peace treaty plans to depart Warsaw early Saturday to meet Soviet delegates on the road toward Brest Litovsk. The meeting is set for 5 to 7 p m with Minsk as a likely later destination for the formal conference.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Brest-Litovsk
Foreign Office
Minsk
Gas Well Drilling to Continue Amid Setbacks
Workers resumed operations at the Pittsburgh Youngstown gas well as they attempt to seal the leak. A 4 748 inch casing is being run and a cave‑in 20 feet below the ten inch casing end requires work before the first well is drilled in. A second rig is expected by mid next week.
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Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Warkimen
Mew School of Journalism Opens in Orient
Walter Wilgus, formerly of the University of Illinois journalism faculty, opens the first school of journalism in the Orient at the University of the Philippines. He arrived in July and serves as director, a Columbia Journalism School graduate with experience at the New York Tribune and Detroit News. The program is a branch of the University of the Philippines College of Liberal Arts, expanding prior Manila newspaper training.
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Chicago
Walter Wilgus
School of Journalism
University of Illinois
University of the Philippines
Wilgus
Philippines
Pulitz Ec
Columbia University
New
Wheat Storage Rents Empty Coldwater Buildings
In Coldwater on August 18 most empty buildings and houses are used to store last year’s wheat. About 175000 bushels remain unsold in Comanche county due to lack of transport to central markets. Major growers include Moffat Brothers and Andrews with J C Lewis who together harvested 4500 acres yielding around 80000 bushels. One 200 acre tract produced 21 bushels per acre. George Kennedy near Wilmore reports 250 acres harvested with many being volunteer wheat and volunteer wheat averaging four bushels per acre more than drilled.
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Coldwater
Comanche County
Moffat Brothers
Andrews
J. C. Lewis
George Kennedy
Wilmore
Cooperative Marketing Plans to Roll Out in Missouri
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation announces cooperative marketing plans to be implemented in several Missouri counties this month. An August 17 briefing at the Sedalia estate fair will explain activities with speakers including Chester I. Gray Sam Jordan and Paul B. Naylor. A good roads program will run the same day with Harry B Hawes among the speakers.
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Columbia
Missouri
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Sedalia
Chester If. Gray
Misouri
Sam Jordan
State Board, of Agriculture
Paul B. Naylor
College of “Agriculture
The
State University
Harry B.,hawes
St. Louis
Organize Saturday for County Campaign
Preparations for the Douglas county campaign proceed as Republicans and Democrats plan Saturday meetings. Republican candidates and committeemen meet at the courthouse to organize the campaign and discuss methods. Democratic county committee members also gather at the courthouse for strategy and planning.
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Court House
Douglas County
Yountys Chiulmin C. T. Hosford
Burton
Thescourt Louse
Doremus Appointed Western Manager for Cox Roosevelt Campaign
New York Ai December 12 George nite announced Rep Frank Doremus of Detroit as western manager for the Cox Roosevelt campaign with Chicago headquarters. Breckenridge Long Senator Harrison and Wilbur Marsh discussed Missouri prospects where a Senate race looms. Long is the Democratic candidate who won the Missouri primary by over 25,000 votes.
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New York
Georgenite
Democratic National Committee Today
Frank Doremus
Detroit
Michigan
Chillagzo
Breckenridge Long
Harrison
Wilbur Marsh
White
Missouri
Mr. Long
Have Faculty for County Institute
Arrangements have been made to use the high school building for the Pauglas Aminty Summer Institute which will open. 3 W. AL Smith will teach a course in social phas or education as spiiied to hi iste Fr. PL Stanley of Topeka huge of the arithmet ic and physicioy Miss Elfen Nye of Whitney high school of Minneapolis, MI will teach, primary methods and dramatization for lower grades. A representative of the Augsburg Drawings System will a special talk during the week. Miss Kuhn, public health nurse, will give a talk on school hygiene. Jess A. Worley, director of publicity and sales in the War Savings Stamp work at Kansas City w give a talk on thrift. Worley formerly worked in Taw renee.
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Pauglas
W. AL Smith
Hiiste
PL Stanley
Topeka
Paving Party Social Stunt By Phi Psis At Dread Avenue
Town members of the Phi Psi chapter at the University join a paving crew on Dread Avenue for a daily social activity. Participants include Paul O’Leary Bradner Davidson and Clarence Swenson nicknamed Picey with others praising the crew’s steady, skilled work and prior cement experience from a last year Indiana street house project.
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Phi Pai
University
Dread Avenue
Universeiul
Paul O'Leary
University Tru
Bradner Davidson
Besa Brummer
Clarence Swenson
Picey
Phi Psis
Indiana Street
Raku the Great Russian Oil City Sets Spouting Record
Raku, the great Russian oil city, reportedly tapped more spouters than any in America. The Dwogha well, first tapped, spouted about 1.8 million gallons and took three months to cap. An estimated 5,000 tors of oil were wasted in that period.
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Raku
America
Dwogha
Speaker James W. Lowther estimates speeches in chair
The Rt Hon James W Lowther, nearing retirement as Speaker of the British House of Commons, says he has listened to about 35 840 speeches during his tenure.
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James W. Lowther
House of Common
State Tax Commission upholds county valuation on gas property
The State Tax Commission confirms Douglas County's $259,221 valuation of Citizens Light Heat and Power Co. The company contends taxation should be on physical value, not earnings power, with $8,740 attributed to real estate and the rest to personal property. A court reversal could shift taxes back toward the original $78,110 valuation.
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State Tax Commission
Board of County Commissioners
Citizens Light, Heat and Power Company
Douglas County
State Utilities Commission
Tax Commission
Geerie C. Brune
Tax’ Commission
Commission
Harding accuses Cox critics of looking backward in Aug speech
Senator Harding in Marion Ohio rebuts criticisms of the Republican party as backward and says the nation must learn from the past to gain future progress. He defends old time standards of patriotism and morality and asserts looking back can sharpen vision for the road ahead.
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Marion
Cate
Harding
Cox
Fathers of the Republic
Tom
Senster Harding
Ring of thieves to be tried in Lexington Missouri
Warrants sworn out to charge three Negroes with robbery as part of a ring that stole $20,000 in dry goods from towns near Kansas City. Trials set in Lexington Missouri. Earl James, a 17 year old white chauffeur, admits involvement in other robberies but denies the Leavenworth store theft. Police pursue linked cases and identify stolen goods from earlier robberies.
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Kansas City
Lexington
Higginsville
Earl James
Lirginsville
Paols
Lawrence
Bell Dry Gonns
Leavensworth
Young
Leavenworth
Kansas Pet
Leavenwarth
Owen Carl
Kansas
Carl Clothing
Deschanel Born and Nominated by Chamber on January Dates
French President Deschanel born and married on the 13th. The Chamber of Deputies named him a presidential candidate on the 18th, as reported by Welch and Welch chiropractors.
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M. Deschanel
Chamber of Deputies
Kansas City Trade Trip Planned Visit to Lawrence Campus
The Kansas City Kansas Chamber of Commerce pathfinder car toured through Lawrence yesterday as part of a five day route to Hutchinson. W A Bailey M L Breidenthal R win Holzmark and J P Barclay rode, many alumni among them, hoping to visit the University of Kansas campus September 21. Chancellor Lindley was among those visited during a hill tour. The tour aims to gift thousands of souvenirs and feature music along the way.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Pathfinder
Lawrence
W. A. Bailey
Kansas City, Kansas
M. L. Breidenthal
Rwin Holzmark
J. P. Barclay
University
T. J. Sweeney
Lindley
Hutchinson
Baldwin Teachers Named for Next School Year
Baldwin district announces 14 teachers including J H Houston Grace Wiley John Wellborn and Nannie Gander Plus Mary Spears Asa Snodgrass Ethel Murray Blanche Weeks Fannie Saville Lucy Taylor Nellie Uhl Ella Heat Ruth Lunderesa. Eudora hires Arthur Kalb as principal and Ida Layton for primary. District 18 lists Grace Breakey as teacher and Howard O. Reavy for No 38.
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Baldwin
O. J. Lane
H. Houston
Grace Wiley
John Wellborn
Nannie Gander
Bessie Syman
Mary Spears
Asa Snodgrass
Ethel Murray
Blanche Weeks
Fannie Saville
Lucy Taylor
Nellie Uhl
Ella Heat
Ruth Lunderesa
Eudora
Arthur Kalb
Ida
Theodore Roosevelt to Stump for Harding in September
Senator Harry S. New announced Lieut Col Theodore Roosevelt will begin his speaking campaign in Chicago in early September. He will cover nearly the same route that Franklin D. Roosevelt took during his vice presidential bid as New notes.
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Chicago
Harry S. New
Theodore Roosevelt
Hardings
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New
Weeghman restaurant chain placed in receivership
Aug 13 Chicago creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the downtown restaurant chain owned by Chas Weeghman. The filing claims aggregate $12,000, moved the business into receivership today.
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Holden
Missouri Cog and Poultry Company
Chicago
Charles Weeghman’s Chain
Chas
Weeghmen
Busy day for Roosevelt in Minneapolis and St Paul
F D Roosevelt arrives in Minneapolis after a Milwaukee speech to a full schedule of noon talks in Minneapolis and evening events in St Paul. He is slated for informal receptions and a luncheon and dinner as he continues to Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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Minneapolis
F. D. Roosevelt
Twin Cities
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Sioux Falls
S. D
Books for Lakes Vessel Libraries Funded by Contributions
The American Library Association will finance supplying books to Great Lakes vessels this summer with cash on hand. Carl H. Milan, secretary, says contributions from vessel owners and others will sustain the work for months and later expand merchant marine library leadership to vessel owners. King Alfonso returns to Spain to be with his mother on her birthday, a tradition he keeps. Frank Munsey rose from porter to prominent publisher, and King George enjoys yachting while prince. A Philadelphia factory produces 9,000,000 saws yearly.
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Gods Books
Chicago
Great Lakes
American Library Association
Carl H. Milan
Alfonso
England
Spain
Education Needs Initiative In Chancellors Address
Large crowd attends summer session convocation as Chancellor Lindley calls for forward looking education. He criticizes the present system for stifling initiative except at the extremes, divides pioneers into generalists and specialists, and discusses open fields of research and the social law of combination with anecdotal illustrations.
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H. ‘Lindley
Lindley
Edison
Kit Carson
Daniel Boons
Patent Office
Combinati
Denver Tramway Strike Leaders Face Court for Sentence
Denver officials planned to sentence strike leaders after a district court injunction against the Denver tramway employes union. The union voted to continue the strike despite promises to consider efforts to end it. The company will accept and train applicants for motorman and conductor positions. Colonel Batleu said troops would stay until streetcar service was restored to a safe normal basis.
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Denver
Colo
Denver ‘Tramway
Whitford
Mas
Batleu
Chi ‘of
Cox Talks of War and Peace at Camp Perry
Gov Cox argued for the peaceful settlement of disputes over force as the Democratic presidential nominee opened his national speaking tour at Camp Perry. He did not label league proposals as the main issue, focusing instead on the war’s toll and worldwide desire for peaceful methods.
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Camp Perry
Cox
Cantu Proposes Temporary Stay in Office amid Negotiations
Report from Mexico City states Governor Cantu offers to remain in office until December to surrender to the victorious candidate. The plan, if accepted, would allow him to benefit from export taxes on the new cotton crop and other concessions. The message comes as rebellion rumors simmer and officials in Kansas City note Miss Artis Garvin’s return from a visit. A Berlin taxi fare is mentioned at five dollars for the shortest ride.
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Mexico City
California
Mament
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