Pitched battles roil Ireland as Sinn Feiners clash with Unionists
In Belfast rebel fighters and Unionists battled through last night and today with soldiers and police. At least ten killed and over a hundred wounded as Sinn Feiners fired from windows and roofs and the military returned fire. In Cork armed raiders struck a Coast Guard station near Kinsele, killing one sailor and fleeing with rifles and ammo. Two youths died near Mitchellstown in a clash with soldiers.
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Belfast
Ireland
Cork
Kinsele
Mitchellstown
County Cork
Hanson Testimony in Chicago Communist Trial Sparks Seattle Strike Links
Chicago July 23. Secretary of the Seattle Labor Council James Duncan testifies for the defense in the Will iam Lloyd Chicago case and describes the 1919 general strike as supportive of Seattle shipyard workers. He denies Soviet council involvement and recalls Mayor Ole Franson’s street car dispute remarks. He says a strike committee sought action, he threatened federal aid, and the strike rhetoric included a threat of force if goals were not met.
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Chicago
James Duncan
Shrdludin
Seattle Labor Council
Seattle
William Lloyd
Hanson
Alaska Flying Squadron Reaches St Paul on Flight Toward Nome
ST PAUL Minn July 23 The four army planes of the Alaskan Flying Squadron made minor repairs at Curtiss Field preparing to continue their thousand mile round trip from Mineola NY to Nome Alaska and return The route was revised by War Department orders yesterday arriving from Winona Minn after a brief flight The squadron will head to Fargo ND then proceed across Canada to Wrangell Alaska with four stops planned in Western Canada and British Columbia
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ST. Paul
Minn
Army
Alaskan Flying Squadron
Curtiss Field
Mineola
N. Y
Nome
Alaska
Winona
War Department
Prohibition Party Nominee Aaron S Watkins For President
Ohio professor Aaron S Watkins of Germantown named by the Prohibition Party National Convention to head its national ticket after William J Bryan declined the role. D Leigh Colvin of New York named for Vice President. Convention adjourned after the announcements. Watkins, born 1863, an ordained Methodist preacher and former Germantown Military Academy professor, has run for Ohio governor and vice president in prior campaigns. Bryan cited conflicts with his reform work and ties to the Democratic Party in declining.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ohio
Prohibition Party
Aaron S. Watkins
Germantown
William J. Bryan
D. Leigh Colvin
New York
Watkins
Germantown Military Academy
Bozeman
Mont
Bryan
Democratic Party
Alameda Bound North With 30 Passengers For Juneau
The steamer Alameda departed Seattle for the North at 9 o'clock yesterday with 194 passengers bound for Alaska. Juneau list includes Mrs B Jones Ice Stromberg E H Geister Mark Savich Earl Hunter Jr W D Gross M Whitman Mrs M Whitman Mrs P Joyce Mrs Earl Naud Mrs F Gustafson Mrs P FEF Nicholson J Swanborn Mrs J S Swanborn Willis Swanborn Mrs S Sandstrom E Sandstrom W G Seligman Louis Wolfe John Anderson M Zizzich Mrs G W Lawrence K U Hoff man J W Coark Miss H B Kantff man Cecil Secothorn B B Fenner Muriel Fenner C FE Stratzer and Mrs C E Stratzer.
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Seattle
Alameda
O'Elock
Alaska
Juneau
B. Jones
Aice Stromberg
E. H. Geister
Mark Savich
Earl Hunter, Jr
W. D. Gross
M. Whitman
P. J. Joyce
Earl Naud
F. Gustafson
P. Fef. Nicholson
J. Swan
Roosevelt Says Treaty Status May Change Before Inauguration
In Washington Franklin D Roosevelt the Democratic vice presidential nominee said the Versailles Peace Treaty and the League of Nations are not fixed issues of the coming campaign and that their status could shift before March 4 when the new administration takes office. Prominent Democrats said Cox and Wilson confined their White House conference to broad campaign issues and did not raise treaty reservations.
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Underwood & Underwood
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
League of Nations
James M. Cox
Wilson
Spellacy to Succeed Roosevelt in Navy Dept
Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford Conn will be named to succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy when Roosevelt retires August 1 to campaign as the Democratic nominee for Vice President. Official cables today express the choice.
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Washington
Thomas J. Spellacy
Hartford
Conn
Franklin WD. Roosevelt
Actief
Palmist Predicts Harding Victory and Diamond Ring Claim
GRAND JUNCTION Colo July 23 Mrs EK W Noble declares Senator Warren G Harding will owe her the biggest diamond ring he can get She bases her claim on a palm reading predicting his election as President and says the promise was made twenty years ago during a prior reading The report notes the palmist says Harding is elected President and the ring is due upon that victory.
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Grand Junction
Colo
EK. W. Noble
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Resolute Leads in International Cup Race Showdown
In Sandy Hook New Jersey July 23 Resolute defeated Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock IV by over half a mile on a 30 mile triangular course. Resolute finished at 4 30 25 to 4 43 6 as squalls challenged the contenders.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Resolute
Thomas Lipton
Britain
America
Shamrock
W. P. Burton
Esolute
Hesolute
Wrangel Refuses Withdrawal to Crimea in Armistice Talk
London July 22 The London Times reports General Wrangel the anti Bolshevik leader on the Southern Russian front has declined British proposals that he withdraw to the Crimea as part of the planned armistice with the Bolsheviks.
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London
The
London Times
Wrangel
Crimea
Structural Steel Sent North for Alaska Railroad
Five hundred fifty tons of structural steel for the Susitna bridge on the Alaska Government Railroad and one hundred fifty tons of supplies for the road went north on the steamer Alameda which sailed from Seattle yesterday. The freighter Cordova is loading a cargo of steel a locomotive crane snow plow hoisting engine and lumber for the railroad's use.
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Seattle
Susitna
Alaskan Government
Alameda
Cordova
42 Drowned When Mexican Power Schooner Founders
SAN DIEGO Calif July 23 The Mexican power schooner Jacks Conde foundered off Mazatlan on the West Coast of Mexico recently with a loss of 42 lives, according to word brought here today by the steamship Jeanette Tt.
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San Diego
Calif
Jacks Conde
Mazatlan
Mexico
Rail workers accept award under protest in Chicago
Telegrapher union rejects the wage agreement totaling 600 million dollars annually for about 2 million railroad workers. Fifteen of sixteen unions back acceptance while the Telegraphers vote on a possible walkout amid alleged discrimination. Other unions seek to reopen hearings. referendum results are not expected before September 1 as government control ends.
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Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood
Railway Union
Grand Council
Brotherhoods
Women Dissatisfied With Harding S Suffrage Move
Marion July 23. After a NANSA request Harding telegraphed Carrie Chapman Catt from Nashville that he would urge immediate ratification if Tennessee lawmakers seek his view. The Tennessee Legislature meets August 10 in a special session sought by Gov. Roberts. Harding had endorsed suffrage in his acceptance speech. RNC urges Republican legislators to vote for ratification.
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Marion
National American Suffrage Association
Warren G. Harding
Carrie Chapman Catt
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Harding
Republican National Committee
Alaska Coal and Rail Drive Promised by Cabinet Secretaries
Secretary of Interior John Barton Payne and Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels arrived on the battleship Idaho after a ten day Alaska inspection. They urged expanded development of coal resources and a broader Alaska railroad push, aiming to boost commerce, fishing, mining, and agriculture with a new Aleutian coal station and greater civilian growth. They praised Alaskan residents for their labor under difficulties and pledged federal support.
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Seattle
Alaska
Interior
John Barton Payne
Secretary of Navy
Josephus Daniels
Idaho
Alaska Railroad
Daniels
Payne
Federal Shipping Board
Aleutian Islands
Pacific
Railroads seek large new freight and passenger rate hikes
Washington July 23 Railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a general 20 percent rise in passenger fares and 50 percent in Pullman charges to cover part of a $600 million wage increase awarded by the National Railroad Labor Board to about 2 million workers. Additional freight increases of 10 percent in the East and 8 percent in the West would raise Western freight rates by about 32 percent, with earlier requests totaling at least 30 percent overall. Eastern territory would see 23.91 percent and Western territory 38.1 percent freight rises, plus a combined 21 percent in the South.
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Washington
National Railroad Labor Board
Eastern
Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
Eastern Territory
Western Territory
Southern Territory
Spokane's Spokane Obstructed Vessel Withdrawn From Alaska Run
The Adamikel Line steamer Spokane is laid up until August to repair seven bunkering stoves after striking an obstruction on its southbound Alaska voyage. Reservations are full through August. many from New England cannot sail and Northbound routing for returning passengers is disrupted.
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Spokane
Alaska
Seattle
Adamikel Line
New England
North
Warsaw pleads for armistice on east front
The Polish government sends a direct armistice proposal to Moscow after Soviet rejection of Briton mediated talks. Bolsheviks seize Dubno and Slono as Warsaw faces growing danger. a new coalition cabinet under M. Witos forms amid socialist backing and a call to arms. Volunteers flood in, including teachers, students, and women, with universities closed. Russian papers claim plans to crush Polish national existence and force settlers into Polish territories.
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Warsaw
Moscow
Great Britain
Poland
Dubno
Slono
Polish War Office
M. Witos
Ladislas Grabski
Socialist Party Central Committee
Central Committee
Poland Asks U S Moral Support in War With Reds
The State Department announced Poland has requested formal U S acknowledgement of its moral support in the battle with the Bolsheviks. The note also suggested a personal expression from President Wilson to boost Polish morale.
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Poland
U. S
Washington
State Department
United States
Wilson
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Sinn Fein
Ole Hanson
Alaska Flying Squadron
St. Paul, Minn
Roosevelt
T. J. Spellacy
Navy Dept
Railroad Brotherhoods
Grabski
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