War Office reports missing pilot and relief worker killed
Warsaw on July 16 reports Capt. Marion Cooper, American aviator with the Kosciusko Flying Squadron, has been missing four days and is believed dead. The War Office also says Y M C A relief worker Alexander Uczewek of Chicago was shot and killed by a Bolsheviki in a Polish uniform.
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Warsaw
Marion Cooper
Kosciusko Flying Squadron
War Office
Alexander Uczewek
Chicago
Girl in Black In Ellwell Case Stirs Payoff Theories
New York July 16 The District Attorney probes a payroll kept by Joseph B Elwell amid the murder of the wealthy turfman and whist expert Clues indicate payments to two women and a society woman’s undergarment found in Elwell s bedroom. detectives weigh jealousy and revenge as motives while noting a government automatic pistol with a steel jacket may have been used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph HB. Elwell
Tally
Elwell
Joseph B. Elwell
Underwood & Underwood
Elly Hope Anderson
Minneapolis
Victor von Schlegell
Itltz
Joseph Elwell
Prohibition Debate Grows in Argentine Parliament
In Buenos Aires July 16 the new prohibition bill in the Chamber of Deputies sparks outspoken debate. Mendoza wine growers protest and stage a deputy junket to emphasize the industry. drys oppose wets using U S prohibition comparisons. President Irigoyen leans toward restriction but opposes total prohibition, shaping treaty terms with the United States via Ambassador Stimson to exclude U S salesmen in Argentina from tariff benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Chamber of Deputies
Mendoza
United States
Irigoyen
Stimson
Argentina
Associated Press
Galveston Officials Suspended Over Dock Strike
In Austin on July 16 Gov. W. P. Hobby suspended Galveston City Commissioners City Attorney and Police Department for neglect of duty tied to a prolonged dock workers strike. The governor ordered Texas militia to assume control of city operations.
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Austin
Texas
W. P. Hobby
Galveston
Socialists Again Name Berger For Congressman
MILWAUKEE Wis July 16 Victor L Berger former Congressman who was refused a seat following conviction in a Federal Court of violation of the war time Espionage act after he had been reelected from the Fifth Wisconsin district has again been selected by the Socialist party to make the Congressional race from the same district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Socialist Party
Egg losses heavy as breakage hits New York markets
Losses estimated at 25000 dollars weekly from broken eggs in New York markets prompted joint conferences among state and federal market officials, railway and express companies, and produce merchants to devise improved handling methods.
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New York
Federal Bureaus of Markets
Railway and Express
Jroduce
England Offering Egypt Partial Autonomy Report
London July 16 Negotiations between Egyptian delegates led by Zieslul Pasha and Viscount Milner Secretary for the Colonies have made satisfactory progress England has offered Egypt a large degree of autonomy on certain conditions including maintenance of the capitulations It was impossible to hold talks in Cairo due to a boycott by Egyptian Nationalists
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London
Zieslul Pasha
Viscount Milner
England
Egypt
Cairo
Milner
British Official Denies Soviet Reply on Armistice Plan
SPA July 16 A high British official denied receiving any reply from the Soviet Government to Lloyd George's armistice proposal with Poland. CHICAGO July 16 The National Railway Labor Board will announce its wage award for railroad workers on Tuesday per G W Hangerman. NEW YORK July 16 New York Railways employees on several surface lines in Manhattan Harlem and the Bronx receive a ten percent wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spa
David Lloyd George
Poland
Chicago
National Railway Labor Board
G. W. Hangerman
New York
New York Railways Company
Manhattan
Harlem
Bronx
Gen Pablo Gonzales to Be Tried for Treason in Mexico City
Mexico City announces Gen Pablo Gonzales former presidential candidate and captive will be tried for treason. He is accused of fomenting rebellion and refusing to denounce uprisings led by personal friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Pablo Gonzales
Merco
Polish Forces Reoccupy Dubno After Hard Fight
Polish forces on the Eastern front in Russia have re occupied Dubno after hard fighting. An official War Office communication in Warsaw says retreating Bolsheviks are being bombed by Polish airmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Russia
Dubno
War Office
Wealthy lumberman to attempt flight from Omaha to Alaska
C N Dietz an Omaha lumberman plans an all steel monoplane flight on July 22 as part of a fishing expedition to Alaska. The announcement came from Omaha today.
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Omaha
Neb
C. N. Dietz
Alaska Fliers Extend Flight Schedule to Nome Stop
Erie New York July 16 Four planes of the Alaskan Squadron will not depart for the second leg to Nome Alaska until tomorrow due to a delayed fourth aircraft. The flight from Mineola covered 350 miles in under five hours with Capt St Clair Street commanding. The route includes Grand Rapids Michigan and Winona Minnesota and Fargo North Carolina before crossing Canada to Wrangell Alaska with five scheduled stops. Delays may occur at Grand Rapids for lack of special oil. Crossing the Rockies over Alberta they plan to fly at least 14 000 feet due to weather.
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Erie
N. Y
Nome
Alaska
Mineola
St. Clair Street
Elmhurst
Scranton
Grand Rapida
Mich
Winona
Minn
Fargo
N. C
Canada
British Columbia
Wrangell
Grand Rapids
Rockies
Alberta
Bartlett
Juneau
Wranwell
Gastineau Channel
Grant
Alma
Wrangell Plans Welcome for Alaska Flying Squadron
Wrangell readies to greet the Alaska flying squadron as a four‑plane unit from Mineola, New York, bound for Nome, Alaska, is scheduled to stop in Wrangell. Mayor J. G. Grant invited local teams to compete for a southeastern Alaska championship, with Glen Bartlett coordinating possible Juneau to Wrangell excursion.
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Wrangell
United States Army
Mineola
N. Y
Nome
Alaska
Glen Bartlett
J. G. Grant
New York
Wrangell Aviation Field
Ketchikan
Petersburg
Women Mass At Vilna to Repel Soviet
WARSAW July 16 Women have been assigned to the eight mile front for defense of Vilna in West Russia against the Bolsheviks. A strong force of factory girls commanded by Madame Guer ez has taken the field equipped with American boots and clothing and partly fed by the U M C A. Other detachments are fortifying. The women soldiers have fighting equipment including transport and rolling kitchens, except artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Eight Mile
Vilna
Russia
Madame Guerez
Fusion bolters wrangle futile at Chicago convention
In Chicago on July 16 members of the Committee of 48 who bolted the fusion convention formed their own meeting. After a day of wrangling no separate presidential candidate was chosen for a fourth party. The group adopted a plan to continue in each state and consider a new national convention. Leaders blamed labor intolerance for the wreck of the fusion movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
World War Veterans
Peoples’ Party
Farmer Labor Party
Grigsby Optimistic On Alaska Development
George E B Grigsby Alaska Delegate in Seattle stated that Alaska is entering a new development era affecting all resources. He cited bills for a Federal Commission to manage Alaskan affairs without Washington officials and for Alaska to control fisheries and game. He noted conservation failures but said the tide is turning and highlighted the Port Snettisham timber deal with California Paper Air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
George EB. Grigsby
Congress
Alaska
Washington
Grigsby
California Paper Air Water Power Company
Port Snettisham
Juneau
Striking Switchmen Fined Under Lever Act in LA
Five railroad workers were fined 1000 each for violating the Lever Act by taking part in the switchmen's strike last April. Federal Judge Bledsoe said all participants shared equal guilt and urged fellow workers to help pay the fines.
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Los Angeles
Bledsoe
Warren Returns to Alaska as Engineer in Charge
Col H P Warren, formerly engineering representative of the Alaska Engineering Commission, sails for Seward to resume duties as engineer in charge of supply division. Accompanied by E G Amesbury and others, Warren forecasts completion of the Alaska railroad by December 21, 1921 and a Seward Anchorage buffet car starting April 1. Separately, Los Angeles endures a series of strong earthquakes causing panic and extensive damage in downtown areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Col. H. P. Warren
The
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Seward
E. G. Amesbury
United States Steel Products Company
Susitna
G. M. Cultra
Alaska Commission
H. M. Bradford
Steel Products Construction Company
Col. Warren
Admiral Evans
Alaska
Anchorage
Rate Cutting on Grain Handling in Prospect
Portland officials predict a rate cutting war after Astoria drops grain handling and storage charges to half of Portland and Seattle rates. The Public Dock Commission plans a conference with Astoria and Seattle authorities to set a uniform rate for grain storage and handling across the three ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
Portland, Ore
Astoria
Portland
Seattle
Portland Public Dock Commission
Public Dock Commission
New Destroyers Will Be Christened Perry Decatur
VALLEJO Calif July 16 Two new destroyers under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard will be christened the Perry and the Decatur. In honor of two American naval heroes. Sponsors for the destroyers have not yet been selected but it is planned to have descendants of Robert Perry and Stephen Decatur act in that capacity at the launching. Neither will be launched for several months according to Navy Yard officials.
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Vallejo
Calif
Mare Island Navy Yard
Perry
Decatur
Robert Perry
Stephen Decatur
Navy Yard
U S Man to Examine Bird Game Resources
Seattle July 16 Donald H Stevenson of the Biological Survey will sail on a Coast Guard steamer this week for Unalaska to investigate wild game and bird resources of the region and to determine the status of wild reindeer herds roaming the Aleutian Islands. He will also survey grazing and pasture lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Donald H Stevenson
The
Biological Survey
Coast Guard
Unalaska
Aleutian Islands
Aero Club Governor Seeks Probe of Conspiracy Charges
New York July 16 Henry Woodhouse Aero Club of America governor asks Attorney General Palmer to investigate charges he filed against three individuals alleged to have obtained a million dollars of government funds through misrepresentation and conspiracy.
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New York
Henry Woodhouse
The
Aero Club of America
Mitchell Palmer
Seven row Generals and Brigadiers Named in Army Reorg
President Wilson announces a new army reorganization naming seven Major Generals Adelbert Cronkhite William B Haan Charles T Menoher Charles H Muir George W Read William H Wright Omar Bundy and twenty two Brigadier Generals including George B Duncan Jesse McIntosh Carter Williams Lassiter William R Smith Robert L Howze Ernest Hinds Dwight L Ault Eran Fox Connor Johnson Hagood Hanson Ely Walter H Gordon Mark L Hersey Ulysses G McAlexander Fred W Slayden Harry H Brandholtz Dennis E Nolan W C Nor Robert C Davis Malin Craig High A Drum and George Vanhorn Moseley.
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Washington
Wilson
Adelbert Cronkhite
William B. Haan
Charles T. Menoher
Charles H. Muir
George W. Read
William H. Wright
Omar Bundy
George B. Duncan
Jesse McIntosh
Carter Williams G Lassiter
William R. Smith
Rtobert L. Howze
George Hutcheson
Ernest Hinds
Dwight L
December Wheat Breaks 101 Cents Per Bushel
December wheat on the Chicago Exchange, first trading there in three years, slid ten and a half cents to 2.60 a bushel amid feverish trading and sparse buying orders. The edge of the market reflected cautious activity as traders weighed supply and demand signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Exchange
Six Italians Died in Spalato Outbreaks
SPALATO July 16 The commander of an Italian cruiser another Italian officer three Italian sailors and a boy were killed during outbreaks here Sunday tied to Jugoslav Nationalists demonstrations.
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Spalato
Mare Island Designated Home Yard for Transports
Vallejo Calif July 16 The Navy Department designated Mare Island as the home yard for the transports Sheridan Sherman Thomas Logan Great Northern Dix and South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Calif
Navy Department
Mare Island
Sheridan
Sherman
Thomas
Logan
Great Northern
Dix
South Bend
Vilna Occupied by Reds Declares Koyno Dispatch
London reports a Koyno dispatch stating Bolsheviks occupied Vilna in West Russia on Wednesday. The brief confirms a major shift in control affecting the regional balance of power during the ongoing conflict.
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Vilna
Koyno
London
Russia
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Merion Cooper
Ats
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Hobby
Berger
Committee of 48
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U. S
Aero Club
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