Civil War Threatens All China
Civil war in China hangs in the balance as Chao Hang Ti and Wang Chang Yuan clash near Changsha. Foreigners in the city face danger while gunboats rush to the scene after wires are cut. Dr Sun Yat Sen is said to be en route to Hangkow and Peking as Wu Pei Fu moves forces toward the Yangtse valley to decide the struggle and potentially establish Wu Chang as a new capital.
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Charles Edward Hogue WU Chang
China
Tuchun Chao Hang Ti
Hunan
Chong Sha
Chao
Tuchun Wang Chang Yuan
Yangtse
Changsha
Chang Sha
Altho
Sun Yat Sen
Hangkow
Peking
Wu Chang
Hupeh
Canton
Wu Pei Fu
Chi Li
Chan
Wang Chan Yuan
Chao Hang Ti
Central
Rainfall bet winner to be paid large sum
Medison Hat Alberta July 28 Rainmaker Charles M Hatfield collected 38 000 for rain in three months after betting the Medicine Hat United Agricultural Association that four inches would fall between May 1 and July 31 He won the wager as rainfall totals met the condition.
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Medison Hat
Alberta
Charlies M. Hatfield
Hatfield
Medicine Hat United Agricultural Association
City urged to auction 100 acre cemetery land
Snohomish county burial site bought years ago by the city was recommended for sale by James E. Blackwell superintendent of buildings. He proposed dividing the land into 5 acre tracts and selling on time at 225 dollars per acre. The land cost the city 20 thousand dollars.
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Snohomish County
James E. Blackwell
Blackwell
Mother MacColl Aids Prisoners To Get Fair Treatment
Special to The Star profiles Mrs. Jeanette MacColl known as Mother MacColl a federal justice department agent. Based in Brooklyn she travels to Tacoma aiding inmates in state and federal prisons and reform schools. She has helped over 300 cases with none returning to prison and funds her work from private sources.
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the Star
Tacoma
Jeanette
Mother’) MacColl
Saver of
United States Department of Justice
Mother MacColl
Brooklyn
N. Y
MacColl
Sing Sing
Mac
Coll
Claims America Must Intervene in Upper Silesia
In an exclusive interview with United Press Adalbert Korfanty, Polish insurgent leader, warns that without prompt action the Silesian dispute could spark a broader European war. He urges U S intervention and proposes sending 15,000 troops to enforce the Allied decision on the division of the territory.
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Paris
America
Adalbert Korfanty
United Preas
Kor‘fanty
United States
Silesia
British and French Cabinets Clash Over Upper Silesia Views
London reports British and French cabinets held special sessions to resolve conflicting stances on Upper Silesia. Premier Lloyd George and ministers weighed French demands for immediate troop dispatch against Britain's insistence that the allied supreme council first meet before any deployment. Briand discussed the British position with his advisers in Paris.
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London
Upper Silesia
Lloyd George
Silesia
Foreign Office
Supreme Council
Paria
Briand
Funeral Services for William Cullis Pioneer City Employee
Funeral services for William Cullis, pioneer city employee, will be held Saturday at 2 p m at Asbury Methodist Church under Rafferty Undertaking Company. The article notes federal prison anecdotes about "Mother" MacColl in Tacoma and her drive to obtain musical instruments for McNeil Island inmates.
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City
William Cullis
Pioneer City Employe
Asbury Methodist Church
Rafferty Undertaking Company
United States
Carte Blanche Jentry
Daugherty
Washington, D. C
Tacoma
MacColl
McNeil Island
Federal Prison
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