White testifies GOP fund unproven to him in Senate probe
In Chicago on September 1 George White chairman of the Democratic National Committee testified he has no direct evidence to prove Governor Cox’s charges of a large Republican campaign fund. He expressed personal belief the fund exists and that $2,000,000 would be adequate for the campaign, while noting no formal budget was set and that bureaus seek allotments.
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Alaska Daily Emptre
Juneau
Alaska
Associated PI
Associated Press
U.S
Cox
Chicago
George White
Democratic National Committee
Senate Committee
James M. Cox
Republican Fund
Willis S. Kenyon
White
Ile
William Barnes
New York
Wilbur Marsh
National Committee
Fred A. Britten
Ilinois
Washington
James A. Reed
Missouri
Sen
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Fred W. Upham
Republican National
Connecticut
New York State
Sen. Reed
Upham
Labor Report Endorses Cox Over Harding for President
Organized Labor’s non partisan report compares records of Cox and Harding, praising Cox for a broader understanding of workers’ needs. It notes Cox acted favorably on labor bills as Ohio governor and during the Sixty Second Congress, while Harding’s record shows mixed labor votes. The AFL-CIO committee calls Cox’s platform more progressive and human rights aligned than Harding’s Republican platform.
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Associated Press
Organized Labor
Publc
James M. Cox
Samuel Gempers
Matthew Well
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Warren G. Harding
State Senate
Ohio
Sen. Harding
Ohio Senate
Cox
Gov. Cox
Tennessee Suffrage Action Reversed in House
Nashville Tenn Sept 1 The Tennessee House voted to expunge August 23 proceedings on the National Woman Suffrage Amendment except the roll call and the order at issue. It then reconsidered ratification and moved to nonconcur in the Senate action by 47 to 24 with 20 not voting. Leaders foresee uncertain effect and anti suffragists refuse to predict Senate reconsideration.
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Nashville
Tenn
House Journal
Walker
Viva Voce
Senate
House
Altendorf Escapes Custody in Juarez Standoff
Dr. Paul Altencorf, former U S Secret Service agent in Mexico during the war, who had been deported as a pernicious foreigner and held in Juarez after U S immigration refused entry, escaped from guards last night.
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Juarez
Mexico
Paul Altencorf
United States
Secret Service
Altendorf
Boston Company May Take Over Stock Yard Interests
Washington dispatch reports the Big Five meat packers plan to dispose of stock yard interests per a Justice Department agreement. The plan contemplates selling such interests in 15 cities to F. H. Prince Company of Boston as announced by the DOJ today.
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Boston Company
Washington
Department of Justice
F. H. Prince Company
Boston
Payroll Robbery Foiled Two Suspects Arrested
LANDER Wyoming September 1 Two suspects jailed after yesterday afternoon assault on the Poposia Mine general manager and two paymasters. The $48,000 payroll was defended and saved. One suspect was seriously injured in the ensuing fight.
Federal Troops Repulse Attack in Coal Fields
Federal troops armed with machine guns repulsed an assault on Thacker Coal and Coke Company properties in Thacker West Virginia. Earlier the same day soldiers routed about 200 men who fired on Howard colliery commissaries and officials homes at Chattarcy.
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Williamson
W. Va
Thacker Coal and Coke Company
Thacker
West Virginia
Howard
Chattarcy
Lilly Charged With Murder Of Woodworth In Alaska
E L Lilly was charged with first degree murder in U S Commissioner's Court over the Sea Breeze fire that killed Billy Woodworth near Tyee Alaska in Chatham Straits on August 25 1920. Lilly denied involvement and claimed E S Jack left the boat before the blaze while detailing conflicting trip movements and an engine breakdown aboard the gasboat.
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United States Commissioner's Court
Sea Breeze
Billy Woodworth
U. S
Hardy
Tye@a
Alaska
Chatham Straits
Port Walter
Woodworth
Jack
Trip
U. S. Marshal's Office
Port Alexander
Washington Bay
Lummi Bay
Harrington
Washington
Federal agent to probe Prohibition in Alaska
Seattle sept 1 William Jordan federal agent in the prohibition enforcement service is en route to Juneau to investigate reports that the Volstead act is being violated in Alaska It is not known if his itinerary will include other Alaskan cities
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Seattle
William Jordan
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Juneau
Alaska
Jordan
Move to deepen Wrangell Narrows for shipping needs
Advices from Petersburg indicate steps toward a preliminary survey to deepen Wrangell Narrows. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1920 provides for a wan examination to compare with Dry Straits, as per House Document 68. Mayor Elsmore supports the project, citing ship upgrades and reduced tide delays for Petersburg and regional commerce.
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Wrangell Narrows
Petersburg
J. W. Woodruff
Engineer Corps
U. 8
S. A
T. 8. Elsmore
Elsmore
Two Mail Aviators Killed In Airplane Crash
MORRISTOWN N J Sept 1 Pilot Max Miller and Mechanician Gustave Pierson of the Government mail service were killed when their plane caught fire and crashed near Morristown while en route to Cleveland from New York. The wreckage burned after the fall.
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Morristown
N. J
Max Miller
Gustave Pierson
Government
Flarmae
Sgekseee Fk Berrerence
Cleveland, O
New York
French Minister on Urfa Fall Reported Imminent
CONSTANTINOPLE Sept 1 Strong French forces aided by Armenian volunteers are marching on Urfa held by Turkish Nationalists Fall of Urfa is regarded as imminent.
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Urfa
Constantinople
Poland defies US call on stopping at ethnographic borders
Poland informs Washington that strategic considerations must govern its advance against the Bolsheviks. The State Department announced receipt of Poland's formal reply stating the Polish armies would not halt at ethnographic boundaries despite American admonitions.
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Poland
Washington
Grodno
Lemburg
United States
State Department
British Rail, Dock Workers Back Miners Demand
The Triple Alliance of railway workers transport workers and miners adopted a resolution to back miners claims for higher pay shorter hours and better conditions in a move that brings a general coal strike closer to reality in London on September 1.
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London
Triple Alliance
Federal Trade Commission Chief to Quit Sept. 25
Washington Sept 1 Chairman W E B Culver of the Federal Trade Commission has informed President Wilson he does not wish his name renewed at the end of his term Sept 25 and desires to enter private business.
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Federal Trade Commission
Washington
W. EB. Culver
Wilson
Typhoon Paralyzes Manila As Power Lines Fail
A unusually heavy typhoon in Manila caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Electric power lines were blown down and all street car traffic paralyzed.
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Manila
P. I
Coal Miners Strike Over Powder Price Hike
Springfield Newfoundland miners in five mines walked off to protest a 40 cent powder price raise. The strike began in the Springfield district as workers voiced their opposition to the higher cost of blasting powder.
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Springfield
Belfast Fighting Renewed Casualties Feared
Fighting resumed in Belfast involving Irish Nationalists Unionists and troops with a heavy casualty toll feared. Official lists show seventeen killed and 169 seriously wounded from Saturday morning through last night. only hospital-treated injuries counted.
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Belfast
Ireland
Fairbanks Banker Ordered Returned to Stand Trial
In San Francisco US District Court denied a habeas corpus petition for R G Wood president of the Fivet National Bank of Fairbanks Alaska. He faces charges of attempted evasion of a contempt of court order related to property transfer and was ordered returned to Fairbanks for trial.
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San Francisco
Sept
United States
Dstrict
R. G. Wood
Fivet National Bank of Failbanks
Alaska
Wood
Fairbanks
Polish Forces Drive Against Bolsheviks Near Lauenburg and Galicia
Warsaw dispatches report Polish and Ukrainian troops advancing from Sulwaki toward Sejny and recovering most of Eastern Galicia. They hold the left bank of the Lunelster, while southeast of Lemberg a counteroffensive pushes Bolsheviks to retreat as several divisions concentrate against them.
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Warsaw
Sulwaki
Grodno
Sejny
Sulwalki
Galicia
Lunelster
Lemberg
Shortridge Leads in California Senate Nomination Race
SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 1 Samuel M. Shortridge, San Francisco attorney, led William Kent by over 20000 votes for the Republican U S Senate nomination as returns from half the state precincts came in. The winner will face incumbent James D. Phelan, unopposed for the Democratic nomination, with eleven congressional seats and various judicial races still in doubt.
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San Francisco
Samuel M. Shortridge
William Kent
United States
James D. Phelan
Federal Aid in Reclaiming West Advocated by Harding
Marion Sept. 1 Sen Warren G Harding Republican nominee urged extending Federal aid to reclaim and conserve natural resources with emphasis on the West He also proposed that veterans be provided homes on reclaimed lands to aid settlement and development.
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West
Harding
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Prohibition Chief Seeks Harding Position on Liquor
Virgil Hen haw chairman of the Prohibition National Committee writes to Republican National Headquarters asking what stance Senator Warren G. Harding Republican presidential nominee would take on liquor if elected. The inquiry centers on the party’s future prohibition policy and its potential shifts after the election.
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Hicago
Virgil Henhaw
Prohibition National Committee
Republican National
Warren G. Harding
Campbell Ahead in Michigan For Gubernatorial Nomination
DETROIT Sept 1 Michigan Republican voters reported early returns showing Mhia C Campbell leading in the race for the gubernatorial nomination after yesterday's primary.
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Campbell
Michigan
Detroit
Mien
Mhia C. Campbell
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