Unclear headline involving labor, politics and unrest
Samuel Gompers accuses industrial shutdowns including the American Woolen Company and railroad layoffs of a political plot. Governor Cox pledges to probe layoffs in multiple industries to counter Republican strategies using unemployment as an argument to influence voters.
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Gompers
Gov. Cox
Birmingham
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
State Federation of Labor
American Woolen Company
Pennsylvania Railroad System
Columbus
Ohio
James M. Cox
Demcratic
Seana
Coal price tumble forecast amid anti profiteering push
Washington officials predict a fall in coal prices as production rises and car shortages ease. They warn price declines may mirror sugar, with an early break expected. In California, clothier orders for fall 1920 are down 25 percent from last year, while wholesale prices rise. Frank cites overstock of high priced woolens. Levy urges retailers to seek a square deal and plans to press Harding and Cox on retailer opinions.
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Washington
Department of Justice
San Francisco
Herman Frank
Los Angeles
Retail Clothiers Association of California
Frank
Fred Levy
National Retail Clothiers Association
National Association
Sen. Harding
Gov. Cox
Million in Stolen Securities Recovered in Wall Street Scam
New York August 26 Approximately one million dollars worth of securities stolen by dishonest Wall Street messengers have been recovered, according to Saul Myers the receiver in bankruptcy for Jules W Arnstein. The gang is accused of stealing five million in bonds and other securities with connivance of bank and brokerage messengers.
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New York
Wall Street
Saul Myers
Jules W
Nicky”) Arnstein
Non-Partisan League Leader Faces Bankruptcy Challenge
Fargo report says James R. Waters sues A. C. Townley alleging he holds a controlling stake in the Sisal Company of Miami Florida. Townley testified in bankruptcy proceedings that he owns no property interest.
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Fargo
N. D
A. C. Townley
Non-Partisan
League
Sisal
Miami, Fla
James R. Waters
Bank of North Dakota
Townley
Ex Secretary Wilson Died At 85 In Traer Iowa
James Wilson former Secretary of Agriculture died at his Traer Iowa home today at 85. Appointed by McKinley in 1897 he led the department for fifteen years under three presidents. His era saw major crop introductions beet sugar industry growth milk handling road building and forest conservation advances.
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Traer
Iowa
James Wilson
Department of Agriculture
McKinley
United States
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Northwest
Hog Island Shipyards Set New U S Record
Hog Island shipyards in Philadelphia turned over to the Federal Shipping Board in a single day ships totaling 23,650 deadweight tons setting a new American record.
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Philadelphia
Hog Island Shipyards
Federal Shipping Board
JAP TROOPS GUARD U S CONGRESSMEN IN FAR EAST
In Seoul Korea a party of American Congressmen touring the Far East was greeted by cheers and guarded by troops and police with bayonets and machine guns. In Honolulu rumors of plots to kidnap the visitors prompted Korea’s Governor General to deploy five battalions to guard their Seoul house.
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Tokio
Party of
Honolulu
T. H
Far East
Japan
United States
Korea
Seoul
Nippi Jiji
Steamer Alaska Sails for North With 99 Passengers
The steamer Alaska departed Seattle at 9 o'clock this morning bound for Alaska with 99 passengers aboard. Juneau travelers include Mrs. Charles Heldner, Mrs. B. Nash, L E. Boster, J. H. Tellen, Mrs. Charles Heisner, Mrs. J. E. Lanz, Miss Em me Keever, E. W. Smith, E. D. Clansey, Miss Grace Freeburn, Fay Henderson, Bessie Larson, Edith M. Bennett, John Nelson, Mrs. S. Orava, Tedor Orava, Alie Orava, Byron Olsen, S S. Fr. Erickson and three steerage.
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Seattle
Alaska
Juneau
Charles Heldner
B. Nash
LE. Boster
J. H. Tellen
Charles Heisner
J. E. Lanz
Emme Keever
E. W. Smith
E. D. Clansey
Grace Freeburn
Fay Henderson
Bessie Larson
Edith M. Bennett
John Nelson
Orava
Tedor Orava
Aliee Orava
Byron Olsen
Dover swimmer Henry Sullivan pulled from English Channel attempt
Dover reports Henry Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts was pulled from the water ten miles off the French coast after attempting to swim the English Channel from Dover to Calais. In Sacramento Governor William D Stephens reprieved Roy Wolff age 17 from a September 17 hanging to October 22 after a flood of appeals citing the youth of the condemned man for the Bakersfield murder of Elmer Green.
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Dover
England
Henry Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
English Channel
Calais
France
Sacramento
Cal
William D. Stephens
Roy Wolff
Elmer Green
Bakersfield
Gordon Woodbury Named Assistant Secretary of Navy
Gordon Woodbury former New Hampshire legislator was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy succeeding Franklin D Roosevelt who resigned August 9 to run for Vice President. Woodbury has long been active in state politics and is related to Levi Woodbury who once served as Navy secretary under Andrew Jackson.
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Washington
Gordon Woodbury
New Hampshire
Franklin D Roosevelt
Woodbury
Levi Woodbury
Navy
Jackson
Belfast Rioting Renewed as Troops Fire on Crowd
In Belfast Ireland on August 26 rioting tied to Sinn Fein disorders resumed after weeks of unrest. Military forces fired into a crowd killing a man and seriously wounding two girls.
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Belfast
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Alaska Planes On Return Trip From New York
Three of four Army planes in the Alaska Flying Squadron left Nome at 3 30 yesterday for Ruby on a 4500 mile return flight to New York. Capt Street, commanding, was delayed by engine trouble but hopes to reach Fairbanks. The project to fly west along Cape Prince of Wales and Siberia was canceled by Washington. Street praised the mission as a success and said they faced the return journey with confidence.
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Nome
Alaska
Alaska Flying Squadron
Ruby
New York
Fairbanks
St. Clair Street
Cape Prince of Wales
Siberia
Washington
Street
Shipworkers strike over Russian alien at Standifer plant
VANCOUVER Wash Aug 26 Two thousand boilermakers at the Standifer Shipbuilding plant laid down tools in protest against employment of a Russian alien who refused to take out citizenship papers. The alien later left and the men agreed to return to work today.
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Vancouver
Wash
Standifer Shipbuilding
Polish War Ministry reports major Bolshevik defeat in the North
Warsaw reports four Bolshevik armies totaling over 250000 pushed off the northern front with more than 50000 taken prisoner and over 40000 killed in a week of fighting. Bolsheviks retreat remnants escape east as Soviet reserves gather for a renewed push toward Lemberg. State Department asks Poland to declare intent to desist from territorial aggression against Soviet Russia.
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Warsaw
Pilsudski
Kieff
Brody
Brest Litvosk
Grodno
United States
Russia
Germany
Lithuania
Small O
Polotez
War Office
Bolshevyiki
Lemburg
Waller
Washington
State Department
Reds Advance in South Russia Halted by Wrangel Army
The Wrangel army has checked the Bolshevik advance in Southern Russia and driven them back across the lower Dnieper, according to official advices received by the State Department.
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Reds
South
Russia
Wrangel
Washington
Dnieper River
State Department
Pribiloff Island Seal Harvest Valued at Two Million
Reports to the Bureau of Fisheries indicate a two million dollar seal harvest on Pribiloff Islands this season. The count of skins is expected to reach forty thousand, with first shipments due in Seattle early September.
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Seattle
Bureau of Fisheries
Pribiloff Islands
Trans-Canada Flight to Be Staged in September
Ottawa announces a trans-Canada flight planned by the Canadian Air Board for the latter part of September. The route runs from Halifax to Vancouver and back, partly by seaplane and partly by airplane, with operations centered in Ottawa.
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Trans-Canada
Ottawa
Halifax
Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Air Board
Nugent Renominated by Idaho Democratic Convention
Idaho Falls voters learn United States Senator James Nugent was unanimously renominated by the State Democratic Convention after a forty five minute session held late yesterday in Idaho Falls.
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Sen. Nugent
Idaho
Idaho Falls
United States
James Nugent
Ratification of Suffrage Action Promulgated
Secretary of State signed the proclamation ratifying the Susan B Anthony Amendment as a milestone in women’s voting rights. Tennessee’s endorsement arrived with a governor’s letter. Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt urged nationwide celebration. The text defines voting rights for women and federal enforcement powers, listing states with pre and post ratification suffrage.
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Washington
United States
Bainbridge Colby
A. H. Roberts
Tennessee
Alice Paul
National Woman's Party
Wor
Carrie Chapman
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
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Colorado
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Utah
California
Arizona
Kansas
Oregon
Alaska
Montana
Novada
New York
Oklahoma
Mich
South Dakota
States
Arkansas
Texas
Indiana
Maine
Rhode Island
Vermont
Iowa
Illinois
North Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Individual Governmental Economy Urged by Harding
In Marion Ohio Aug 26 Sen Warren G Harding Republican presidential nominee urged greater individual and governmental economy. He blamed the Democratic administration for extravagance and credited the Republican Congress with saving nearly 1 000 000 000 since 1918. He tied woman suffrage to capable government and critiqued League of Nations policy.
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Marion
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Front Norch
Republican Congress
United States
League of Nations
Sen. Harding
Lre
New World
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