British Embassy Aid Alleged in Democratic Fund Charge
Chicago Republican Representative Fred A. Britten testifies to a Senate committee that $87,500 allotted by Britain for embassy entertainment was diverted into the Democratic National Committee treasury. Sir Auckland Geddes calls Britten’s charge absolutely false and says the funds covered embassy staff living expenses.
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Chicago
Fred A. Britten
Illinois
Senate Committee
Washington
Democratic National Committee
George White
ST. Louis
Auck Jari Geddes
United States
Great Britain
Auckland
Harding Decries “One Lead” in Nation’s Affairs
In Marion Ohio Senator Warren G Harding Republican presidential nominee urged a delegation of actors and actresses to move away from a single lead in national life so every private citizen can help build democracy He defended Americanism and warned against viewing Americans as citizens of the world saying I am not so universal personally.
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Marion
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Hughes Eager to Campaign For the Republican Ticket
New York Aug 25 Charles Evans Hughes Republican candidate for President in 1916 told Will Hays he is in sympathy with the Harding Coolidge ticket and eager to take an active part in the Republican campaign.
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New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Liberal Policy on Water Power Licenses Urged
Washington August 25 several large New York investment houses joined in an appeal to the Federal Water Power Commission to adopt a liberal policy toward issuance of licenses for water power rights under the Federal Water Power Act to encourage development despite high costs.
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Washington
New York
Federal Water Power Commission
Noted Canadian Scientist Dies at Home in Ottawa
Ottawa authoritie reported that William J. Wilson former botanist of the Geological Survey and one of Canada's most noted scientists died at his home yesterday.
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Ottawa
William J. Wilson
The
Geological Survey
Canada
English Firm Buys $25 Million GM Interest
Aug 25 Ex plosives Trades Limited of London has acquired a $25,000,000 interest in the General Motors Corporation of America, the Department of Commerce was advised today.
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Washington
Explosives Trades, Limited
London
General Motors Corporation of America
Department of Commerce
Geddes Attacks Bolshevik Ideology at ABA Convention
Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States, labeled the Bolshevik idea as an enemy of Lincoln’s Government of the People. He urged that Britain and the United States are co trustees of humanity and democracy must endure. Prominent speakers include Franklin K. Lane Albert J. Beveridge and Judge Ben R Lindsay with allied bodies meeting with the convention.
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ST. Louis
Sir Auckland Geddes
United States
American Bar Association
Abraham Lincoln
Great Britain
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Albert J. Jeveridge
Indiana
Ben R. Lindsay
Denver
National Conference of Commissioners On Uniform Laws
Bar Associations
Association of American Law Schools
National Association of Attorneys-General
Prohibition Ruling Lets Homemade Cider Carry Some Alcohol
Federal Prohibition Enforcement Director J H Kramer rules home made cider may contain over one half percent alcohol if not intoxicating and may be used only in the home. In Regina police report rum runners operate on the border with numerous distribution points and liquor shipments into the United States by automobile.
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San Francisco
Prohibition Enforcement
J. H. Kramer
Regina
Tracey
United States
Recall of All Japanese From U. S. Is Advocated
Prominent Japanese citizens and newspapers in Tokio advocate recalling all Japanese emigrants from the United States as a solution to the Japanese question in America, according to a Tokio cable received in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Tokio
United States
America
Payment of Fifty Cents on The Dollar to Ponzi Creditors Likely
Boston reports that creditors in Charles Ponzi may receive about 50 percent of their claims if the official liability estimates used at the receiver's hearing hold. Auditor Edwin Pride cites $7 million in liabilities, with potential reductions from actual investment basis. Ponzi remains jailed in East Cambridge, trial set for September 11, defense suggests investors were swindled by forged notes and note raisings.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Edwin L. Pride
Ponzi
East Cambridge
Charles A
Daniel McIsaacs
Pong
Shipping Board Steamer Montauk Aground Near Solomon Group
The Shipping Board steamer Montauk ran aground in Manning Straits near the Solomon Group on August 25 and is believed to be a total loss. The crew were saved, according to a Wireless message received today by the marine department of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
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San Francisco
Shipping Board
Montauk
Manning Straits
Solomon Group
Marine Department of the
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Bergdoll Begins Four Year Penitentiary Service
Edwin Bergdoll arrived at Leavenworth to begin a four year sentence for draft dodging. He was assigned to rock breaking labor. His brother Crover C. Bergdoll fled Philadelphia while serving a five year draft evasion sentence.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Edwin Bergdoll
Federal
Crover C. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Receiver Appointed as Princess Sophia Safe Is Seized
Judge Robert W. Jennings appointed Harold H Post as receiver for the Deep Sea Salvage Company after creditors sought involuntary bankruptcy and a receiver to settle affairs. A writ attached the Princess Sophia safe held at First National Bank, with debts totaling $12,000 and assets listed around $10,000 including two tues, lumber, engines, and gear. The case names creditors John Donovan W L Chapman Frank W Walters and W L Chapman arrayed for the hearing set August 21 to show cause why trustees should not be appointed.
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H. L. Faulkner
Deep Sea Salvage Company
Robert W. Jennings
Harold H Post
First National Bank
A. Tripple
Federal Court
Seattle
United States District Court
John PB. Marshall
John Donovan
Frank W. Walters
W.L. Chapman
W. L. Chapman
Harold
J. M. Colman
Kine County
Superior Court
King County
S. PF. Hill
Daniel Kern
Eugene V Leroy Captured in South America
Eugene V. Leroy, sought in Detroit for the murder of a woman believed to be his wife, was arrested in Rio de Janeiro aboard a British freighter arriving from New York and will be held for extradition to New York authorities. The case drew worldwide attention after the murdered woman’s nude body was found in a trunk shipped to New York. Leroy, a crew member on the freighter, was seized as the vessel reached Rio de Janeiro on August 25.
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Rio Janeiro
Argentina
Eugene V. Leroy
Detroit
New York
Leroy
Tourist Crop in British Columbia Worth 20 Million
Vancouver reports tourism is a major money maker with an estimated 20 million dollars as the annual value of the province's tourist industry. Publicity commissioner J Reginald Davison says conservative estimates show at least a third of that sum flows into Vancouver, rivaling lumber and shipbuilding in local circulation.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
J. Reginald Davison
Tfe
Davison
Drunkenness Surge in England and Wales in 1919
London Aug 25 Convictions for drunkenness in England and Wales in 1919 nearly doubled 1918 totals reaching 57 948 from 29 075. Greater London and Northern England supplied 93 percent of the cases. Factors cited include more men at home fewer in khaki more police on street duty longer drinking hours and stronger liquor.
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London
England
Wales
Greater
German Naval Officers Disciplined After Kapp Revolt
BERLIN Aug 25 The war office disciplined 110 naval officers for conduct during the Kapp revolt. Some were cashiered others retired suspended transferred or subjected to other penalties.
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Berlin
War Office
Ambassdor Walter Davis May Not Return to London
Reports from official charcaiers say Walter Davis the American Ambassador to Great Britain has arrived in New York and will not return to London The State Department says it has no official information on his plans
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Washington
Walter Davis
Great Brita
New York
London
State Department
Writ Halts Shipment of Sophia's Safe to Seattle
John Donovan filed an attachment writ for $1041.60 wages in Seattle, stopping the Sophia's safe from leaving on the Alameda last night or this morning. Fr A T is said to have wired H H Post at the First National Bank to send the safe by express to Seattle.
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FR. A. Tripple
Seattle
H. H. Post
First National Bank
Express
Alameda
John Donovan
Ratification of Suffrage Under Withering Fire
Montgomery August 25 charging votes were offered for sale in ratification by the Tennessee legislature. Mrs James S Prichard, president of the Southern Woman's Suffrage Rejection League, calls the action one of the blackest spots in American politics. Washington August 25 counsel for the American Constitutional League filed for injunctions to bar Secretary Colby from promulgating ratification. judge Sidons denied the request but allowed appeal to the Court of Appeals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tennessee
James S. Prichard
Southern Women's Suffrage Rejection League
Washington
American * Constitutional League Today
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Bainbridge Colby
Frederick L. Siddons
Secretary of State
District Court of Appeals
Ratification of Suffrage Amendment Certificated
NASHVILLE Tenn August 2 10 State Atty Gen Frank M Thompson announced Gov A H Roberts certified Tennessee s ratification of the National Woman Suffrage Amendment and the certification mailed to Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby at Washington Chief Justice Landen of the Tennessee Supreme Court agreed to review the Chancery Court proceedings that led to a temporary injunction restraining issuance of certification
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank M. Thompson
A. H. Roberts
Tennessee
Bainbridge Colby
Washington
Landen
Tennessee Supreme Court
Chancery Court
California Scientist to Head Carnegie Institute
Berkeley, Aug. 25. Dean John C. Merriam of the University of California has accepted the Presidency of the Carnegie Institute at Washington. Merriam, rated as one of the nation’s leading scientists, has been connected with UC Berkeley for twenty four years.
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Berkeley
Cal
John C. Merriam
University of California
Carnegie Institute At
Washington
Merriam
Americans Freed After Zamora Surrenders in Mexico
In Mexico City officials announce all Americans kidnapped by bandit Pedro Zamora have been released after Zamora surrendered to government forces in Jalisco. In Prince Rupert police seize twenty thousand liquor bottles valued around 200000 dollars from a warehouse, with Jack Miller Elier Bresner and twelve others linked to the case.
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Mexico City
Pedro Zamora
Zamora
Jalisco
Prince Rupert
Jack Miller
Elier Bresner
Battle Turns on Minsk Peace Talks and Northern Front
A Berlin dispatch reports that immediate rupture of Minsk peace talks could occur if Poland insists on the withdrawal of major Russian terms. The Bolshevik Army of the North begins a counteroffensive, pushing Poles back in the Mlawa to Chozek corridor with a battle near Heidenburg, north of Warsaw.
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London
Minsk
Moscow
Poland
Russian
Berlin
Mlawa
Chozek
Heidenburg
Warsaw
Bolsheviks Cut Off After Polish Capture of Wiadystok
Advices from Warsaw say Wiadystok fell to Polish troops cutting off the Bolshevik forces in the area. The Polish Legation reports a complete Bolshevik defeat and about 70,000 prisoners captured.
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Washington
Wiadystok
Warsaw
U. S. Socialists clash with Polish Socialists in referendum
The American Socialist Party declared against the Russian Socialist Party in a nationwide referendum. The executive committee said Polish Socialists betrayed international socialism. In another vote the party opposed dictatorship by the proletariat as in Soviet Russia but endorsed the Third Internationale with reservations.
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Pittsburgh
American Socialist Party
Soviet
Russia
Germans Shipping Munitions To Bolsheviki, Says London
The Times reports Germany has sent supplies and ammunition to the Russian Bolsheviks for use against Poland. It says Leon Trotsky, Soviet War Minister, recently visited East Prussia to arrange ammunition and to dispose of jewels including the crown jewels of the former Russian royal family.
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London
Germany
Poland
London Times
Leon Trotsky
East Prussia
Great Britain and Italy Demand Minsk Peace Terms
London reports that Great Britain and Italy will refuse recognition of the Russian Government if it maintains its Minsk peace conference demand for a proletarian army in Poland. The official announcement outlines the stance and the condition tied to recognition.
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London
Aus
Great Britain
Italy
Minsk
Poland
Jews to Launch Drive For Seat in League of Nations
Paris Aug 25 Jewish delegations will campaign to secure a seat in the League of Nations for a Jewish representative. A worldwide drive among Jews to support the League is planned.
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Paris
League of Nations
League
Dixon Leading Republicans For Nomination as Governor
HELENA Mont Aug 25 On the face of complete and incomplete returns from 35 precincts in three counties former United States Senator Joseph M Dixon leading a field of six candidates for Governor in yesterday's primary election.
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Helena
Mont
United States
Joseph M. Dixon Jig
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Geddes
Little Pie Alley
Hoston
Harding
Hughes
U. S
Bergdoll
Federal Penitentiary
Sophia
South America
Rio Janiero
Southern Women’s Rejection League
Colby
California
Carnegie Institute
Red
Bolsheviki
Dixon
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