Cox and Roosevelt Confer with Wilson on League Issue
Gov. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt met with President Wilson at the White House to discuss the campaign. Cox said the party stands united for the League of Nations and the Democratic platform. Roosevelt attacked Senator Harding's portrayal of the issue, arguing voters will decide the direction for America.
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Washington
Guy James M. Cox
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wilson
White House
Gov. Cox
League of Nations
America
Warren G. Harding
Cox
Harding
Railroad Brotherhood Leaders Convene Grand Council on Wage Awards
In Chicago the executives general chairmen and general committeemen of sixteen railroad brotherhoods gather for the first Grand Council in over a year to consider the National Railway Labor Board wage award due tomorrow. About 1,000 officials attend as demands totaling over 1 billion dollars annually loom. Radical leaders threaten concerted action if the award falls short.
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Timothy Shea
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Brotherhood
Great Council
Chicago
National Railroad Labor Board
National Railway Labor Board
Samuel E. Haberling
Switchmen’s Union
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pekin Government Troops Defeat Anfu Insurgents
Washington dispatch reports Gen Tam Chi Jui commanding Anfu forces defeated near Pekin. Pekin gates closed to bar refugees and stragglers. Fighting also reported near Bhantung and Tein Tsin border areas per American Legation advisories.
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Washington
Tam Chi Jui
China
Anfu Party
Pekin
State Department
Bhantung
Tein Tsin
Coal Miners Entombed By Pennsylvania Explosion
Eight coal miners missing and believed entombed after an explosion at Union collieries in Renton Pennsylvania. The blast blew the shaft cage away delaying rescue until new hoisting gear is installed. Missing include night foreman John Linteman two fire bosses two pumpers and three laborers.
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Pittsburgh
Union Colleries
Renton
Pennsylvania
John Linteman
Compulsory Arbitration In Latin America Agreed
Buenos Aires July 19 treaties between Argentina and Ecuador Venezuela and Colombia providing for compulsory arbitration of matters in dispute between them have been approved in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ecuador
Venezuela
Colombia
Chamber of Deputies
Cork Citizens Attack Troops With Dynamite
In Cork Ireland at 3:00 this morning a mob attacked two military lorries with dynamite. Twenty nine bombs were thrown. sixty to seventy soldiers were wounded as fierce fighting followed. At least one person was killed and fourteen injured. Women and children fled as soldiers fired in retreat to safety. Volunteer guards clashed with patrols in motor lorries and armored cars in other city districts.
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Cork
Ireland
Lipton dissatisfied with cup challenger handling
SANDY HOOK N Y July 19 Sir Thomas Lipton owner of the Shamrock IV challenger for the Americas cup is not satisfied with Capt William P Burton s handling of the craft in Saturdays race with the Resolute the cup defender After a conference with yacht experts Lipton decided to give his skipper another chance at the wheel in tomorrows race Burton failed five times to round the first turn Saturday and the Resolute led by more than a mile when the race was stopped for time limit The Resolute mainsail and Shamrock stay sail were to be recut and bent for the next race a 30 mile triangular course tomorrow scheduled with ten miles per leg
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Sandy Hook
N. Y
Thomas Lipton
William P. Burton
Burton
Mormon Sugar Company On Trial For Profiteering
Salt Lake City July 1 The Utah Idaho Sugar Company is bound over for trial by the United States Commission on profiteering charges. The company allegedly demanded twenty five cents a pound for sugar that cost less than nine and a half cents to produce. Company stockholders include Mormons and Heber J Grant president of the Mormon Church serves as company president.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
United States Commission
Heber J. Grant
Mormon Church
Vessel Saved After Going Ashore On Vancouver Beach
PORT ANGELES July 19 The fishing schooner Presho which went ashore on Vancouver Island last week was towed to this port today by the Snohomish in virtually undamaged condition. The crew of three landed on the beach through the port after the weasel struck.
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Port Angeles
Vancouver Island
Great Britain's Peace Proposals Accepted
London reports the Russian Soviet Government prepared to armistice with Poland to seek peace. Britain sent a note proposing armistice with Bolsheviks and Poland and a simultaneous armistice with General Wrangel on the Southern front. Cabinet weighs whether the Wrangel proposal is accepted.
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London
Russia
Poland
Great Britain
General Wrangel
Foreign Office
George T. Chitcherin
Cabiet
Soviets Suffer Crushing Defeat on Crimean Front
London July 19 The Wrangel anti Bolshevik forces on the Crimean front claim a crushing Bolshevik defeat. Eighteen Bolshevik cavalry regiments including the commander in chief and staff were captured with 20,000 prisoners. Sixty guns and three armored trains seized. Over 100000 Cossacks reportedly deserted to Wrangel's army.
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London
Wrangell
Crimean
Helsingfors
Poland Denies Move of Government Seat
Washington July 19 The Polish Government denies reports that it will move the seat of government from Warsaw Prince Gasimir Ludomirski Polish minister says cables from Germany indicating a move are false He adds the army holds Bolshevik forces at bay and the nation is united in patriotic enthusiasm.
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Washington
Warsaw
Gasimir Ludomirski
Germany
Poland
Legation
American Embassy Turns Over Jap Military Maps
In Tokyo a case involving T. Oyama who was arrested in June for trying to sell military maps, the American Embassy turned over about 200 Siberian maps to Oyama’s representative. Col. Charles Burnett, the American military attaché, had deemed them of no value before Oyama’s arrest. Edward Bedd, acting American chargé d affaires, told the Foreign Minister Oyama claimed to be a merchant from Khabarovsk and sought to sell the maps formerly owned by the Russian General Staff.
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Tokio
Associated Press
T. Oyama
Tate
Oyama
Siberia
Col
Charles Burnett
Col. Burnett
Edward Bedd
Khabarovsk
Siberian
Federal State Officials Move Against West Virginia Profiteers
Charleston dispatch reports indictments by a Federal Grand Jury against 35 coal companies and their principal officers over coal price investigations. The actions involve government authorities, with help from Governor John J. Cornwell and West Virginia state officials. All indicted firms operate mines in southern West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Federal Grand Jury
Goy
John J. Cornwell
Vice President to Sit in Cabinet If Harding Wins
Marion Ohio July 19 Senator Warren G Harding announced that if he is elected President the Vice President would be invited to participate in all cabinet meetings. Harding said this would elevate the office and give the President sound advice and able assistance from his chief partner in handling the nation's affairs.
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Marion
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Sen. Harding
Dry Officers To Be Tried For Murder In Spokane
In Spokane on July 19, John C. Montgomery and William C. West two Federal Prohibition Enforcement officers were ordered to stand trial in the United States District Court at Spokane rather than Ferry County. They are accused of fatally shooting Ernest C. Emly a young rancher who allegedly fled a bootlegging stop after being confronted by the officers.
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Spokane
Wash
John C. Montgomery
William C. West
Prohibition
United States District Court
Ferry County
Donald A. McDonald
Three Fliers Die in Lake Shore Hydroplane Crash
Covering D alene Idaho July 19 three flyers pilot Cleo Shelton Miller from Pullman Washington Peter Savage of Kellogg Idaho and Gus Erickson of Bonners Ferry Idaho were killed when the hydroplane they rode plunged from over 140 feet onto the lakeshore near the city.
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Cover D'Alene
Idaho
Cleo Shelton Miller
Pullman
Wash
Peter Savage
Kellogg
Gus Erickson
Bonners Ferry
Here
Six American fliers join Poland's Kosciuszko Escadrille
NEW YORK July 19 Six members of the American Flying Club have answered Poland's call for volunteers to serve in the Kosciuszko Escadrille against the Bolsheviks.
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New York
American Flying Club
Poland
Prince Joachim Dies in Potsdam Suicide Amid Finances and Divorce
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Joachim of Hohenzollern youngest son of former Emperor William committed suicide in Potsdam amid financial trouble and a recent divorce. Doorn notes the former emperor was deeply affected by the news, while Empress Victoria is kept ignorant of her son's action due to ill health.
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Victoria
Berlin
Prince Joachim of
Doorn
William
Prince Joachim
Five Thousand Draft Evaders Convicted in U S Courts
Washington July 19 Five thousand draft evaders have been convicted in Federal Courts and given sentences from thirty days to one year in prison. Thirty thousand cases remain to be investigated. Investigations show ten thousand failures to register equal numbers of false questionnaires. About twenty five per cent enlisted without local boards knowledge. Forty per cent are floating population. Twenty per cent due to ignorance. The balance consists of cripples and willful delinquents.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Distinguished Service Cross Awarded to Gen March
By direction of President Wilson a Distinguished Service Cross has been awarded to General Peyton C. March, Chief of Staff, for gallant service in the Philippines. The citation notes his extraordinary heroism before Manila on August 13, 1895, leading a charge on enemy breastworks when volunteers were called for by the brigadier general in command.
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Washington
Wilson
March
Army
Philippines
Peyton C. March
Manila
Population trends show El Paso at 83,836 in 1920
Census figures released today place El Paso Texas population at 83,836, up 44,445 or 113.4 percent over ten years. Other cities listed include Montgomery Alabama 43,464 and McKeesport Pennsylvania 45,975 with respective increases.
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Washington
el Paso
Texas
Montgomery
Ala
McKeesport
Seouls Han River Flood Claims 100 Lives and 1500 Homes
TOKIO July 19. One hundred persons are thought to have drowned and 1,500 houses flooded in Seoul, Korea, by the overflowing of the river Han, according to advices from Seoul.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Korea
Han
Aviator Killed Passenger Fatally Injured in California Plane Crash
SAN JOSE Calif July 19 George Marshall of San Francisco was killed and Miss H Benoit of San Jose fatally injured when a plane Marshall piloted crashed to the ground Saturday.
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San Jose
Calif
George Marshall
San Francisco
H. Benoit
Marshall
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Taft
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Mormon Sugar Company
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Lake Shore
Young Hohenzollern
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