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Newspaper

The Democratic Banner

Location

Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1920

Page

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Steamer Lake Frampton Sunk off Atlantic City. Three Missing

The steamship Lake Frampton bound from New York to Norfolk collided with the Comus and sank off Atlantic City New Jersey. Three crew members are reported missing and the Comus was damaged but expected to reach port.

Associated Pens The Banner New York Lake Frampton Norfolk Atlantic City N. J Comus West Indies Steamship Co

Suffrage Setback in Vermont Stirs National Action

Vermont Governor Percival Clements refuses to call a special session to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment. The move follows talks with Senator Harding and aims to avoid a Vermont ratification during an unwarranted political window. A larger Harding outreach is planned to push support for the suffrage plank. In other notes, Youngstown reports over $100000 in goods stolen from a department store and Fostoria records the instant death of William Snavely, 50, hit by a Hocking Valley train.

Associated Prosa Bannery Rutland Percival Clements Suftra Washington Harding Republcan Rixcu Vermont Clementa Associated National Woman's Party Clements State Assembly Marion

Wanderer murder theory tied to interest in teen girl

Investigators probe motive as Carl Wanderer faces the girl Julia Schmidt in his cell. She admits accompanying Wanderer to a park on several occasions but says she did not know he was married. Police continue questioning.

Dannert Ghicago Carl Wanderer Wanderer Amily Julia Schmidt Sho

Ohio Farmers to Store Their Wheat

Ohio farmers plan to store 75 to 85 percent of this year’s wheat crop if they cannot obtain rail cars for marketing. M D Lincoln, secretary of the Ohio Farm Bureau federation, announced today.

Associated Press Columbus Ohio M. D. Lincoln Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

Wholesale Houses Report Big Business

Chicago wholesale houses report the six months’ business as the best in history. June praised as a record month by one firm. West cites stronger conditions than the East amid inflation and cautious banking, with no current signs of a slump.

Associated Barner Chicago Chicago Robert B. Beach Chicago Association of Commerce Middle West West eIn New York Wall Street East Europe Rubiness

Jeremiah Reeves Dead, Dover Pioneer and Millionaire Manufacturer

Jeremiah J. Reeves, 75, noted Dover and Niles industrialist, died suddenly of apoplexy at his home. He built Reeves Roiler works in Niles in 1872 and turned his Dover mill into a national giant later sold to American Sheet and Tinplate. He controlled railways and extensive Toledo real estate. Akron reports a milk bottle shortage impacting the supply.

Dover Jeremiah J. Reeves Reeves Roiler Works Niles Dover Sheet Tn Mill American Sheet and Tinplate Corporation Toledo Fosterity V Findiay Street Railway

Man Dies After Going Over Niagara Falls In Barrel

Charles G. Stephens of Bristol, aged 68, died when he went over Horseshoe Falls in a barrel. The barrel smashed on rocks. body not recovered and may surface in 7 to 10 days. Stephens, a Bristol barber, left a widow and 11 children. he served in France with the British army and planned a lecture tour.

Associated Press the Banner Niagara Falls Charles G. Stephens Bristol Ing Horseshoe Falls Stephens France Hogland Bobbie Leach Leach Stephene Goat Island Annie Edson ‘Taylor Bobby Leach

Cox Back in Columbus After Nomination Rally

Governor Jamon M. Cox arrives in Columbus from Dayton at 8 45 this morning to address supporters at the state capitol. Franklin D Roosevelt, his running mate, plans to stop briefly on the return to Washington. Roosevelt and Cox dine at the executive mansion before Roosevelt heads to Washington.

Columbus Jamon M.cox Dayton Franklin’ D. Roosevelt Washington San Francisco Calumitus St .Aoionm Ohio Cox Commonwealth H Rooasentt Roosevelt Gov. Cox Executive Mansion

Murderer of Detective Sought After Killing on Whiskey Island

Police and railway detectives surrounded railroad yards and ore docks at Whiskey Island in Cleveland seeking the killer of Thomas Cook a railroad detective shot at daylight. Cook had tried to question or search two men he suspected of car theft.

Associated Press Cleveland Whiskey Island Thomas Cook Cook

Empress Eugenie Dies in Spain

Madrid reports the death of former Empress Eugenie of France who died yesterday morning. Born May 6, 1836 in Granada, she was the daughter of Count Maguel Fernandes de Montijo and Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick. She married Emperor Napoleon III in 1853 and their son Prince Imperial was born in 1854.

Madrid Scotland Wan E France Spain England Emperor Napoleon Notre Dame Cathedral Paris Prince Napoleon Prince Imperial Muarch

Dirt farmer in the cabinet of victorious Cox

Dayton July 12 A real dirt farmer will be the next secretary of agriculture if the Democratic party is successful in November, Governor Cox said to neighborhood farmers at Trails End. He pledged to appoint a farmer who tilled the soil and ran a profitable farm as head of national farming. Former Congressman Ansberry of Washington, via San Francisco, described Cox as the best campaigner and credited B H Moore of Youngstown as the convention’s real manager. The governor and Ansberry left for the railway station with Mrs. Ansberry. the Meteor Band serenaded them at the station before touring Cox’s boyhood home at Jacksonburg.

IBY Dayton Democratic Party Cox Natitonra Trailsna T. T. Ansberry Washington San Francisco Ansberry Mr. Ansberry McAdoo Palmer Meteor Band of Fiqua

SPA Conference Extends Into Late Week Amid Coal Talks

The Associated Press reports the SPA conference in Belgium may run another day or two or longer due to stalls on coal deliveries and reparations talks. Delegates were to consider rural issues as Mr. Taber urged farmer support for a candidate promising rural development.

Associated Press Serances Taber

Harding Confers With Cummins On Rail Problems

Senator Harding met with Senator Cummins of Iowa and J L Taber head of the Ohio Grange in Marion Ohio to discuss rail transportation and the high cost of living. Cummins defended the new railroad law and warned the country bears rising costs while Taber stressed agriculture’s importance.

Associated Press Banner Marion Harding Cummins Iowa Senate Interstate Commerce J. L. Taber Barnesville Ohio Ohio State Grange Senate Cumming Taber Senator Harding Benator Harding

Prince Henry of Prussia Allegedly Beaten by Rioters

Berlin dispatch reports Prince Henry Schleswig Holstein subjected to brutal abuse by a field laborer mob at Hemmelsmark estate. Sixty men invaded, searched for arms, then forced Henry to run a gauntlet and jailed him at Berckensfelde with nightly torment and taunts.

Berlin Prince Henry Prussia Ost Pruessische Zeetung Hemmelsmark Prince Henry Schleswig- Holstein Henry Berckensfelde

Troop Movements Near Peking Reported

Reports from Peking note movements around the capital with no fighting yet. Wu Vei ru and Tsachun threaten the city as Antu generals under Hsu Shu Cheng resist dismissal claims. General Hau Shu-Cheng refuses the mandate and retains frontier defense command. Akron hosts open air church services drawing over 8,000 attendees.

Associated Press Peking Wu Vei-ru Tsachun Antu Hsu Shu Cheng Inner Mongolia Hau Shu-Cheng Defense Army

La Follette Emerges as Leading Choice for Presidency

Chicago reports the Forty-Eight and National Labor Party gathering shaping a new party amid platform fights over the Irish question. Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin remains the standout candidate with mentions of Frank P. Walsh Charles H. Ingersoll and Henry Ford as potential nominating figures.

Associated Brees Chicago Committee of Forty-Eight National Labor Party Swinborn Hale New York Palmer Hale P. P. Christensen Utah Christensen Robert M. LaFollette Wisconsin Frank P. Walsh Kansas City Charles H. Ingersoll Henry Ford

Boston Population Reaches 1 500 000 in 1920 Census

Axenciated Press reports the 1920 census totals for Greater Boston showing Boston and suburbs at exactly 1 500 000. The metro area spans 26 towns plus Boston proper, with Watertown excluded from the main count. suburbs surpass Boston in growth as many residents work outside the city.

Axenciated Boston Greater New York State House Watertown Waitertown Tomite Benton Lynn

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