New Party to Name Own Ticket Tonight
Chicago July 13 formation of a third party with a Presidential ticket appears assured as the Committee of 48 merges with the National Labor Party and Non-Partisan League and Single Tax Party factions. Sen Robert M La Follette is the likely presidential candidate with possible state tickets.
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Chicago
Committee of 48
National Labor Party
Single Tax Party
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Labor
Labor Party
Bolsheviks capture Minsk and push Polish lines back
Bolshevik forces seized Minsk on Sunday while advancing toward Vilna, forcing Polish troops to withdraw from trenches along the Vilna river. American Red Cross evacuees left Vilna and Lemburg as the front neared within 40 kilometers of Vilna, with Minsk, Kovel, and other towns already evacuated. Telegraphed lines and rail connections were disrupted. Minsk reportedly on fire while residents organize defenses.
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Warsaw
Smolewieze
Minsk
Russia
Vilna
Red Cross
Lemburg
Lemberg
Kovel
London
Moscow
Big Baby Crop Indicates Los Angeles Prosperity
Los Angeles physicians and psychologists say a rising birth rate in April 1920 reflects greater prosperity. 887 babies were born that month, up from 714 in April 1919, with 413 boys and 474 girls born in 1920, compared with 371 boys in 1919. Dr. Roy Johnson links the trend to economic comfort and family planning expectations.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Roy Johnson
Winter Coal Movement Discussed by Operators
Bituminous coal operators met in Washington to plan immediate movement of winter fuel to the Northwest and discuss New England coal issues. An advisory committee of railway executives will meet tomorrow to review Northwest coaling and a proposed I C C priority order for coal shipments to improve the transportation situation.
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Washington
Northwest
New
American Officer Slain in Spalato Riots
In Spalato Dalmatia during a Jugoslav nationalist demonstration, an American officer was killed amid street fighting between Crontes and Italians. An American admiral patrolling outside the armistice zone helped end the clash. an Italian officer also died and several others were wounded.
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Spalato
Crontes
Cummins Seeks Action on Railroad Crisis
Senator Cummins of Iowa, chair of the Interstate Commerce Committee, in Marion Ohio, with Senator Harding, warned the railroad crisis threatens the nation. He said rail capacity costs Americans more daily than wartime costs and rejected government ownership now, calling for immediate measures.
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Marion
Ohio
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Committee
Warren G. Harding
Cummins
General Seamen Strike Threatened by Delegates
Delegates to the International Seamen's Congress threaten a general strike and boycott against nations voting down a 48 hour week for seamen. They plan a broad campaign at the Amsterdam meeting in August to push British ship owners to capitulate.
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Genoa
International Seamen’s Congress
International Seamen's Meeting
Amsterdam
Pekin Military Factions Battle Near Chinese Capital
Foreigners remain safe as rival military forces clash near Pekin. Tamn Chi Jui commands troops surrounding the city while other rebels operate south of Pekin. Rail tracks between Tien Tsin and Shanghai have been torn up.
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London
Pekin
Tamn Chi Jui
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Taft Named To Canadian Rail Arbitration Board
Montreal July 13 William Howard Taft former U S president was appointed to represent the Grand Trunk Railway on a board of arbitration to fix the compensation due from the Canadian government for the railroad stock.
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Taft
Canadian Rail Arbitration Board
Montreal
William Howard Taft
United States
Grand Trunk Railway System
Oregon House Appropriations Committee Tour Arrives
Eight members of the Oregon House Appropriations Committee led by Representative James W. Good of Iowa arrive in Portland for a tour of Central Oregon as part of a legislative outreach effort.
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Portland
Ore
House Appropriations Committee
James W. Good
Iowa
Oregon
Debs To Guide Socialists From Prison If Not Freed
Detroit July 13 The Socialist Party National Committee says Eugene V Debs will direct the campaign from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary if not freed. A 200 member delegation will go to Washington to seek Wilson's pardon while another American socialist mission travels to Russia to study conditions, mirroring a prior British visit.
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Detroit
Mich
Socialist Party National Committee
Eugene V Debs
Atlanta
Washington
Wilson
Russia
Lloyd George may receive Soviet armistice message
London reports in Spa that Premier Lloyd George has allegedly received word from the Russian Soviet Foreign Office accepting Allied armistice proposals with Poland. Spa dispatch notes Allied delegates at the peace talks with Germany granted Germany an extension of its coal delivery ultimatum to three o'clock tomorrow.
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London
Spa
David Llloyd George
Great Britain
Poland
Germany
Cox and Roosevelt to meet Wilson at White House Sunday
Gov James M Cox the Democratic presidential nominee and Franklin D Roosevelt the VP nominee will confer with President Wilson at the White House Sunday morning at 10 o clock in Columbus Ohio on July 18.
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Columbus
James M. Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wilson
White House
Justice Bailey Dismisses Woman Suffrage Case
Justice Thomas Bailey of the District of Columbia Supreme Court dismissed the case brought by Charles Fairbanks of New York, president of the American Constitutional League, to stop ratification of the Woman Suffrage Amendment, ruling the court had no authority.
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Washington
Thomas Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Charles Fairbanks
New York
American Constitutional League
Intermarriage Policy Debate Draws Tokyo-Linked Leaders
In San Francisco on July 15, George Shuman known as the Potato King urged intermarriage between Japanese and whites as part of a House immigration inquiry. Sen. James D. Phelan quoted Shuman predicting future acceptance, while Col. John P. Trish pressed for strict new limits to curb further Japanese immigration, urging decency and justice for those already in the United States.
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San Francisco
George Shuman
Amerrca
Calfornia
House
Pacific Coast
James D. Phelan
Sen. Phelan
Shuman
John P. Trish
Phelan
United States
Harding to Tour Western States Campaign
Republican nominee Warren G. Harding plans a Western campaign tour, with a San Francisco meeting next week to frame the plan. The trip will cover Washington California Nevada Idaho Arizona and New Mexico, as announced in Tacoma July 13.
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Tacoma
West
San Francisco
Warren G. Harding
Washington
California
Nevada
Idaho
Arizona
New Mexico
Payne Seeks Direct Contact On Alaska Development
Secretary of the Interior John Barton Payne outlined his trip aims to gather firsthand information on Alaska and solicited Alaskans views on development. He discussed Alaska railroad, coal, mines, fisheries, and pulp industry, noting interdepartmental plans and possible federal coordination pending legislation.
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Alaska
John Barton Payne
Empire
Juneau
Alaska Juneau
Wis
Payne
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Distinguished US Officials Visit Juneau on Alaskan Cruise
Three US destroyers Sinclair Meyer and MacCawley docked at Juneau as Secretary of the Navy Daniels Secretary of the Interior Payne Admiral Rodman and other high officials toured local mines mills and landmarks. A luncheon at the Governor's Mansion honored Daniels and Payne before the fleet continued their cruise north after 1 PM.
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Destroyer Flotilla
Josephus Daniels
Hugh Rodman
Pacific Fleet
Gastineau Channel
Juneau
Secretary of Navy
Daniels
Secretary of the Interior
Payne Admiral Rodman
Dr. Brooks
Governor Riggs
United States
Sinclair
Meyer
Alaska
Pacific Coast Dock
MacCawley and Meyer
City
R. E. Robertson
W. CC. Claussen
Admiral Rodman
Perseverance Mine
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Payne
John Barton Payne
Interior
Navy
Pacfic
Alfred H. Brooks
Alaska Geological Survey
Furer
P. W. Foote
Wigman
U. S. Marine Corps
Ingram
Sears
Smith
Clark
J. L
Robeson
Robertson
M. P. Madsen
J. J. Stocker
Fred Jonas
R. H. Kletzing
Rew
G. G. Bruce
Gastineau
Rodman
Navy Secretary Daniels Seeks Alaska Coal and Oil
Secretary Josephus Daniels visits Alaska to inspect Matanuska coal fields as a potential full Pacific Fleet fuel source, hopes the Naval Coal Commission can open mines, and considers Alaska as a future oil supply. He notes cheaper coastal landing of coal and emphasizes Alaska as western fuel priority.
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Alaska
Josephus Daniels
Empire
Matanuska
Hugh Rodman
Naval Coal Commission
Navy
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Washington
The
Coal Commission
Navy Department
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