Women and Girls Enlist to Defend Poland From Bolsheviks
July 8 Associated Press reports Poland calls for volunteers across society as teachers students and civil servants join. Women and girls parade in uniform with officers guiding female recruits to barracks. Socialists urge defense while Soviet forces push near Stare Konstantinov and Mohilev, threatening front lines.
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Suspect's Tale Not Believed in Chicago Shooting Case
After fourteen hours of questioning Lieut Carl Winderer altered his story about the shooting of his wife and the stranger in the vestibule at his home. Police report the tale changed repeatedly and the original burglar story, with Wanderer as killer of the stranger, was found inconsistent in many details.
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Workers' Army Reaping Crops Drives Harvest Across Wheat Belt
A U.S. farm labor drive, organized by the Department of Agriculture and employing about 100000 workers, moves northward across the Western wheat belt. At $7 for a 10 hour day, thousands from Atlantic and Allegheny regions head west of the Mississippi to join the harvest, per officials.
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World dislikes Japan says Tokyo MP in budget attack
Umoshiro Suzuki a Tokio member of parliament told the house that the world disliked Japan and questioned if the government would steer through the crisis. Premier Hata replied that Japan is not disliked and that the country is moving toward recognition as a progressive nation and among the five great powers.
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Champion Stowaway to Europe on Luxury Liner Visit
New York July 8 After crossing the ocean five times hidden behind bales and boxes fourteen year old champion stowaway Mike Gilhooley may travel luxuriously aboard a Transatlantic liner bound for Europe for a temporary visit to promote his education Mrs Mullon Curry who adopted the Irish Belgian war orphan mascot of American troops said she asked Ellis Island officials what to do if she wished to take the boy to Europe on a trip The boy has been good as gold He has just completed school and is now going to a Boy Scout camp for the summer
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Ellis Island
Suffrage Measure Fails in Louisiana Legislature
In Baton Rouge on July 8 efforts to suspend House rules to consider a suffrage ratification failed 52 to 40. Gov Cox’s telegram urging ratification drew the scene as lawmakers debated the Democratic line. Rep Dupre called Looney’s message an insult amid suffrage opposition as the senate’s bill to extend suffrage by state amendment died 27 to 14, short of two thirds.
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Single Taxers Ban Third Party Plans In Chicago
Plans by liberal and radical groups for a united third party with presidential and vice presidential candidates suffered a setback when Single Tax party members said they would not back Senator Robert M La Follette, expected as the other groups’ choice.
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President to call League assembly in November
The government announced in the House of Commons that President Wilson has agreed to convene a meeting of the League of Nations assembly in November. The statement came via Cecil B Harmsworth, under-secretary for foreign affairs, London.
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Cox 10 Confe With Roosevelt Leaders At Dayton
Cox the Democratic candidate for President met with Roosevelt and party leaders in Dayton Ohio after touring Jacksonburg and Middletown. Discussions covered campaign plans including official notification ceremonies possibly held in Columbus and Trails End. Cox praised Harding and looked forward to continued GOP camaraderie while promoting golf as a shared interest with the Republican rival. The Dayton halt included a public address at the Dayton Country Club and remarks to the Ohio Golf Association.
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Pinchot Visits La Follette Chicago July
Amos Pinchot of Newark a member of the Committee of Forty eight leaves for Madison Wis to confer with Senator La Follette a leading third party presidential candidate. La Follette has just returned home after an operation at Rochester Minn.
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Newark
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Embargo Lift Aids Deportations From Russia
Washington officials expect lifting the Russia trade embargo and resumption of commercial sailings to Russian ports will aid deportations. About 600 Russian communists and anarchists plus 300 aliens from neighboring states await removal. Transport links on commercial liners hindered further plans. Hooper Undergoes Leg Surgery After Cleveland Game Injury.
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Reed’s Turn to Probe Palmer Campaign Ties
Chicago July 8 political inquiry moves to St Louis for hearings on Mitchell Palmer's Democratic nomination campaign. Senator Reed on the investigation panel will review Goltra's payment of expenses for twenty eight delegates who helped oust Reed at the national convention. A large roster of witnesses is subpoenaed for further testimony.
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Mitchell Palmer
Kenyon
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Palmer
Edward F .Goltra
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Missouri
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Goltra
Harding Keeps Busy Writing Speech While Skipping Golf
Senator Harding, arriving early to polish his campaign speech for the Republican nomination, writes in longhand at his desk with few edits. He plans limited golf due to campaign rush, likely playing near Marion when weekends allow, and remains near Motion to finish his remarks. He visited relatives, noted his late bodyguard escape, and celebrated his 29th wedding anniversary with Mrs Harding.
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Columbus
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Independent Hall tops Cahill in North Dakota GOP race
Fargond July 8 Thomas Hall the independent Republican defeated Non-Partisan League candidate J Cahill for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. Returns from the June 30 primary show Hall 54494 to Cahill 47978 with 110 precincts missing. Three measures backed by the League were defeated. A red flag display ban, opposed by League leaders, was approved. George M Young led Thomas Predray by 3025 votes for the Republican nomination in the Second District. results from all but nine precincts suggest no change in the outcome.
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Railroad unions vote planned after wage board award
Sixteen railroad labor organizations call general chairmen to meet July 19 in Chicago to consider the forthcoming wage award. If accepted, the decision will go to a union referendum after the Labor Board's ruling is issued around July 20.
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Woman to Be Hanged Has Twins in Prison
In Quebec on July 8 Marie Anne Houde Gagnon, condemned for cruelty related to her step daughter Aurore murder, gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, in the fall infirmary. The father, Telesphere Gagnon, is imprisoned for life in Saint Vincent de Paul penitentiary on a related murder charge.
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Aurore
Telesphere Gagnon
St Vincent de Paul
Windswept Cox campaign predicted by Max Stern
San Francisco July 8 The greatest the fighter in the United States Ed Moore known as Ed and the man who skippered the ship of democracy is the target as the Democratic convention heads for a whirlwind fight. Moore, 31, has a long record from Youngstown mayor to campaign manager roles and ties to Bryan.
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SAN FRANCISCO
United State
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Baltimore
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Cox
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Youngstown
Canfield
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Elks Conclude Annual Session Install Officers Drive Membership
Chicago hosts Elks convention closing business sessions. William M Abbott of San Francisco named grand exalted ruler, succeeding Frank Lo Rain aa. The order aims to grow membership from 790000 to 1,000,000. Milwaukee won the base-ball championship 16 to 15 over Chicago in a tight contest among nearly 100 lodges. Detroit band finished first, Milwaukee second, Atlanta third.
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Walliam M Abbott
San Francisco
Frank Lo Rain
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Detroit
Atlanta
Negro convict shot to death by posse near Centerville
Fred Canafex an escaped black convict was killed by a white mob near Centerville Missouri late yesterday. He allegedly attacked a daughter of Frank Simmons a farmer near Ellington Tuesday night.
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Democratic delegate suffers concussion after accident
SAN FRANCISCO July 8 Col J Padgett of Walterboro SC vice chairman of the South Carolina delegation to the Democratic national convention is suffering from concussion of the brain and probably a fractured skull after being hit by a car, hospital authorities reported today.
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Estate of railroad head Rapley valued at 720000
Chicago July 8 The estate of Edward Payson Rapley late president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is valued at 720000 according to an inventory filed in probate court today Personal property is listed at 60000 and the remainder is in real estate California and other states are included.
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CHICAGO
Edward Payson Rapley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway
California
Mexicans Produce More Oil Than Ever Before
Mexico projects record oil exports in 1920 with estimates of 125 to 130 million barrels, surpassing all other nations. Projections cite May production near 12.5 million barrels and a potential 80 percent rise over 1919 shipments. U.S. imports expected to rise as Gonzales and Villa factions shift allegiances amid provisional government instability. A minor uprising near San Bur’s Potos is deemed inconsequential by the War Office.
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Bubonic Plague Reported in Texas City and Galveston
Austin state health officer reports eight bubonic plague cases in Beaumont with three deaths, and three cases with two deaths in Galveston. He notes twenty percent of pits at Beaumont infected and praises progress in extermination efforts but calls for fifteen thousand more traps at Beaumont as health forces intensify at ports.
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Sugar Shipment From Japan Arrives in New York
A 2400 ton refined sugar shipment from Japan, routed via the Suez Canal and trans-shipped at Gibraltar, arrived in New York today. The sugar is consigned to American Importers.
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Negro Republicans Missed And Never Heard Of Again
July 8 report from a Senate campaign expenditures hearing quotes Henry Lincoln Johnson, a negro Republican national committeeman, saying negro Republicans who voted Republican in Georgia have “disappeared and never, been heard of again.” Johnson recalled lynching allegations as the committee pressed on. He noted large sums spent in Dublin Ga during the preconvention period, claiming some allies of Maj Gen Leonard Wood spent over $2000 while he spent about $150.
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Dublin Ga
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Judge Lands On Wilson Action In Reducing Dorsey Sentence
Judge Kenesaw M Landis criticized President Wilson for commuting the sentence of James Dorsey a Gilbert Illinois cattle king from eight to four years Dorsey sold about 12000 head of cattle yearly and advertised them as full bred Holsteins via the mails but the cattle were diseased and certificates were forged The indictments charged misuse of the mails and he faced conspiracy charges over certificates and sales The case drew wide notices as it moved through courts and culminated after several stays with Dorsey being placed in the penitentiary
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Kenesaw M Landis
Wilson
James Dorsey
jattieman
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Landisland
Mexico
Alaska
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court of appeals
Hunter to Lead U S Educators
Fred H. Hunter of Oakland was chosen by the National Education Association nominating committee for president with Cornelius Adair of Richmond as treasurer. Two vice presidents and one director were also named as the group moved toward a delegate plan reorganization. Delegates mingle at social events amid receptions, teas, and a Chinese and Japanese fundraiser to support an orchestra for visitors on the University of Utah campus.
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Radical unrest in Brunswick plans and British response
Central News from Berlin reports radicals in Brunswick organize a general strike and mass meeting to push drastic action while London notes revolts begin. A grounded steamer Hamonic near Harbor Beach is reported safe with 35 passengers aboard and no disembarkation attempted.
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Prisoners Escape Tar Rasa Jail in Spain
Thirteen inmates fled the Tar rasa jail yesterday morning amid a chaotic break after a seventy-year-old warden was on duty. Most escapees face serious charges and await trial, local authorities reported.
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