Armistice negotiations ordered by Alaska oil clash
Pittsburg Kansas telegram reports a pending new coal miners strike in Kansas before week’s end. Alexander Howat, head of the Miners Union for the Kansas district, says the walkout protests fines for missing Saturday reports. The prior winter strike was crushed by Gov. Henry J. Allen’s strong stance and continued mine operation by volunteers.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Alexander Howat
Miners Union of the
Kansas District
Howat
Henry J. Allen
Million in Films Lost In Explosion and Fire
A Kansas City blaze destroyed film vaults at the Famous Players Corporation and spread to Metropolitan Pictures Company vaults. Films valued over 1 million dollars were lost in the late night fire and explosion.
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Kansas City
Famous Players’ Corporation
Metropolitan Picture Company
Mutilated Body Found Shipped by Express in Trunk
New York police reported the body of an unidentified woman, shipped from Detroit by express, found today in a trunk. All vital organs were removed, making death cause undiscoverable.
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Express
New York
Detroit
Special Board to Readjust Navy Yard Employes' Wages
Assistant Secretary of Navy Frank Knox announced a special board to study readjustment of wages for 75 000 navy yard workers and to report a new wage schedule by August 20. The move aims to set fair pay amid cost changes and labor expectations.
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Navy Yard
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Negro Murderer Confesses Seven Crimes and Sentenced
Mose Gibson, a negro sentenced to hang for the Roy Trapp murder near Santa Ana, California, has confessed to seven murders and numerous robberies, police stated today.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Mose Gibson
Roy Trapp
F1erton
Here
Alaska Flying Squadron Arrives in Fargo
The Alaska Flying Squadron of four army planes landed in Fargo North Dakota from Fort Snelling Minnesota in two and a half hours. Their planned 9000 mile flight from Minnesota to Nome Alaska and back continues with a stop in Edmonton Canada.
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Fargo
N. D
Alaska Flying Squadron
Fort Snelling
Minn
Minnéola
Nome
Alaska
Edmonton
Canada
Four Billion in Illegal Money Issued by Bela Kun
Budapest reports the Bela Kun government issued 3,719,000,000 crowns in illegal currency. The government announces the figure as part of postwar financial turmoil and Communist regime actions.
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Bela Kun
Budapest
Bela Kubn
Commissioner Hilliard Shot in Alaska Frontier Town
United States Commissioner Preston J. Hilliard of Eagle Alaska died from gunshot wounds yesterday after being mistaken for a bear by Joseph B. Howard. Hilliard exonerated Howard, stating the death was accidental and the two men were longtime Interior Alaska miners. Howard, a well known contractor, had lived in Eagle since the early camp days with stints in Fairbanks and Ruby.
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Eagle
Chipman
Hilliard
Howard
Preston J. Hilliard
Forty- Mile
United States
Resolute and Shamrock IV Race Postponed by Weather
Heavy weather at Sandy Hook forced the fifth and deciding race between Resolute the America's Cup defender and Shamrock IV the Lipton challenger to be postponed until Monday. Franklin D Roosevelt today formally resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to take effect August 6. The date of his nomination as the Republican candidate for Vice President was not yet specified. The Federal Trade Commission dismissed an application by steel fabricators seeking abrogation of the Pittsburg base point for steel prices.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Resolute
Sir Thomas Lipton
Shamrock IV
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Federal Trade Commission
New Shipping Board To Be Announced Next Month
Washington July 24 The personnel of the new Federal Shipping Board to be created under the Jones Merchant Marine Act will be announced by President Wilson early in August after a conference with Secretary of Interior John Barton Payne. The information came from an authoritative source in Washington today.
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Washington
Federal Shipping Board
Jones Merchant Marine
Wilson Early
Interior
John Barton Payne
Delegate Grigsby Leaves Seattle for Hyder Journey Home
George B. Grigsby, Alaska delegate to Congress, departed Seattle on the steamer Prince George and will spend a day or two in Hyder before continuing to Juneau. The trip follows his congressional duties and aligns with mid summer travel plans.
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Grigsby
Seattle
George B. Grigsby
Congress
Prince George
Hyder
Juneau
Boy Converted by Evangelist Admits Crimes
Arnell Love a 22 year old farmer in Toronto confessed to murdering his mother seven years ago. His father was hanged for the crime after Arnell testified against him. Love said he clubbed his mother to death because she scolded him for bad company. Police investigate to corroborate the confession.
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Toronto
Arnell Love
Way
Love
Recruit Admits Murder for Which Brother Convicted
Burkham Bates, 19, a new Army recruit at Camp Zachary Taylor, confessed to killing Elijah Sergeant of Whitesburg. His brother Uriah Bates had been sentenced to life for the crime, while another brother, Robert, faced trial. The motive cited was a love affair between Uriah Bates and Sergeant’s daughter. a license to wed had been issued but destroyed by Sergeant. The victim’s mutilated body was found after the arrest.
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Louisville
Burkham Bates
United States Army
Zachary Taylor
Elijah Sergeant
Whitesburg
Kentucky
Bates
Uriah
Robert
Uriah Bates
Sergeant
Indian Agency Chief Shot Killed by Dismissed Agent
MISSOULA Mont July 24 Major Theodore Sharp superintendent of the Flathead Indian Agency was shot and killed today by N J Perkins a recently dismissed assistant who after the crime stood off residents and a deputy sheriff during his escape to his home at Stignatus in an automobile He changed his clothes and telephoned the sheriff to come and get him Major Sharp is survived by his widow Perkins has six children.
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Missoula
Mont
Theodore Sharp
Flathead Indian Agency
N. J. Perkins
Suc
Major Sharp
Perkins
Stignatus
Harding's Election Assured By Speech Says Johnson
Sen Miram W. Johnson, defeated Republican nominee rival of the League of Nations covenant, issued a statement claiming Warren G. Harding's acceptance speech guarantees Republican success and assures his election. The note praised the hardline stand against the league and predicted broad American support.
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Harding
Johnson
San Francisco
Miram W. Johnson
League of Nations’ Covenant
Warren G. Hardins
League of Nations
Northland plans outlined by Daniels Payne in Alaska
Seattle July 24 the Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels and Secretary of Interior John Barton Payne outlined Alaska development plans at a luncheon. They described building a large Sutton coal wash plant and housing for miners at Chickaloon, plus coal and oil prospects in the Matanuska and Aleutian regions. They urged shipping expansion and suggested using Lake Union ships to move iron ore to Seattle for shipbuilding.
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Sutton
Alaska
Chickaloon
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Interior
John Barton Payne
Anchorage
Tahpy Man
Aleutian Islands
Orient
Federal Shipping Board
Eska
Matanuska
Payne
Ile
Lake Union
Daniels
Northland
Auto Association Withdraws Charges In Gasoline Probe
The California Automobile Trade Association said it could not substantiate the charges behind its request to the U S Attorney General to investigate California gasoline shortages. It told state agencies the gasoline situation should normalize after August 15 while Assistant Attorney General Annette Adams had ordered the probe, with details given to ER M Blanford of the Justice Bureau.
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United States Attorney General
California
Department of Justice
California Automobile Trade Association
Annette Adams
Eri. M. Blanford
Bureau of Investigation
Harding acceptance speech dubbed bunk by Christensen
In Salt Lake City on July 24, Per ley P. Christensen, former Labor Party candidate, called Len Warren G Harding’s acceptance speech bunk and attacked Harding’s record. He also criticized Gov. James M. Cox, the Democratic nominee, labeling both as financial pirates in a formal statement issued yesterday.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Bunk
Len Warren G. Harding
Perley P. Christensen
Labor Party
Christensen
Harding
James M. Cox
Departure of Pilgrims Re enacted in England Pageant
In Southampton England on July 24 a pageant marked the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers and opened a four day celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage. Anglo American groups joined the reenactment near the West Gate quay where the pilgrims passed. The show recalled Boston Tea Party Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and WWI aid. A Lord Mayor’s luncheon for 400 attendees followed.
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Southampton
England
West Gate
Uni
Spellacy Denies Roosevelt Navy Post Offer
Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford says he has not been offered the job as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and would not accept it if offered. The statement follows widespread speculation that he might succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt when he resigns to pursue the Democratic bid for Vice President.
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Washington
Thomas J. Spellacy
Hartford
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Command Grants Poland Armistice Plea
London July 24 Poland was notified that the Russian Soviet command was ordered to begin negotiations for an armistice with the Polish command. The move follows a note from Poland proposing such an armistice. Paris reports Bolshevik forces on the Russian Polish front are falling back under Moscow orders.
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Poland
London
Dday
Moscow
Paris
Bolsheviks Reach Augustovo On Polish Front
Reported today the Russian Bolshevik cavalry operating against Poland has reached Augustovo, ten miles from the German frontier, signaling continued advances amid the conflict.
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Berlin
Augustovo
Germany
Berean
Poland
Hansen Duncan Clash at Chicago Communists Trial
Chicago testimony in the William Lloyd case and nineteen Communist Party members ended with heated exchanges. Ole Hansen former Seattle mayor and James Duncan Seattle labor official drew warnings as they testified on the 1919 Seattle general strike linked to the alleged plot to overthrow the government.
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Chicago
William Lloyd
Communist Party
Ole Hansen
Seattle
James Duncan
Seattle Labor Council
Hansen
Belfast Rioting subsides as troops take control
Belfast reports a quiet day with military reinforcements arriving hourly amid earlier heavy clashes between soldiers and Sinn Feiners. Police allege Thursday night saw Sinn Feiners use explosive bullets causing severe injuries to victims.
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Belfast
Ireland
Sinn Fenners
Sinn
Two New Fast Passenger Ships Planned for West Coast Routes
The Pacific Steamship Company announced two passenger vessels costing about 4 million dollars each will be built and operated within eighteen months. The ships will travel at 23 knots, operate between California Oregon Washington and Victoria British Columbia, and will be electrically driven with the latest shipbuilding appliances.
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San Francisco
The
Pacific Steamship Company Today
Eigteen
California
Oregon
Washington Porte
Victoria C
Woman’s scream halts Washington bank robbery at Orting Bank
In Tacoma on July 24 two unmasked robbers entered the Orting State Bank near Tacoma and covered the cashier. Their attempt to grab currency failed as a woman bookkeeper fled shouting. The pair fled in a car and a posse pursues them.
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Orting State Bank
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