Pres Wilson backs referendum on peace treaty appeal
President Wilson accepts Harding's call for a nationwide referendum on the peace treaty. The White House and press coverage emphasize the referendum as a democratic test of foreign policy, with Wilson asserting the League of Nations as the central issue and urging San Francisco Democrats to endorse a direct public vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Harding
New York
New York World
White House
League
League of Nations
San Francisco
Peron
Chicago
Lincoln
Bismarck
Bernhardt
America
Republican Party
the Gieste
Jackson Dar
Democratic Party
Oliver Lafuze Emerges as Special Session Speaker Cue
Governor Goodrich to call Indiana legislature into special session. A Lafuze speakership boom gathers in Wayne county with Republican support but no firm candidacy declared. Former speaker Eschbach may be unavailable. pension bills for police and firemen discussed with Senator McConaha as observers push for new funding.
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Goodrich
Indiana
House of Representatives
Oliver P. Lafuze
Wayne
Union Counties
Wayne County
Lafuze
Union County
Richmond
Jesse KE Eschbach
Board of Accounts
Eschbach
Walter McConaha
McConaha
Hfe
Wenger
Richmond Police Department
Richmond Police Department, and Chief Miller
Richmond Fire Department
McConsha
Flyers May Continue Training in Reserve Corps
The War Department announced that qualified aviators with commissions in the officers reserve corps may continue training at selected military fields. Equipment will be supplied by military authorities, aiming to keep pilots ready in case of an emergency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Officers Reserve Corps
Lermy Fields
War Department
Motorists Rush to Plead with Wenger over Fines
A crowd gathers at the North Fifth street headquarters as motorists seek leniency for traffic violations. Chief Wenger explains penalties and warns of tougher enforcement while promising to press charges if violations continue. The piece notes the varied car types and calls for motorists to learn the motor traffic regulations to avoid fines.
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Richmond
North Fifth Street
Automobile Club
Wenger
Reverend William Oler Dies in Dublin Indiana
The Rev William A Oler 68 died at his Dublin Ind home after a brief illness He preached mainly in Dublin over his 50 year ministry He lived in Dublin since 1851 and is survived by his widow daughter Grace sons Orie Clair and Frank and four grandchildren Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 pm at the Ansitel Brethren church Whitewater with burial in South cemetery
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William A. Oler
Dublin
Ind
Oler
Whitewater United Brethren Conference
Grace
Orie
Clair
Frank
Ansitel Brethren Church
Whitewater
South Cemetery
No Change in Ohio Plant Says Westcott
Mayor B J Westcott treasurer of American Seeding Machine Co Springfield says Richmond plant sale to International Harvester Co will be announced today in Richmond. Transfer set for July 1 with no current changes in local policy or operations unless expansion occurs.
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Springfield. O
B. J. Westcott
American Seeding Machine Co
Richmond
International Harvester Company
Weather Forecast For Indiana by the Weather Bureau
The forecast continues for Indiana tonight and Saturday with temperatures and conditions summarized. Yesterday's temperatures noted. Maximum and minimum ranges are expected to be within typical seasonal limits for the period.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Democrats Embrace Rooster Emblem for National Convention
Mrs Frederick Tahl chairs the Tilmats Democratic Women finance committee announcing thousands of small silver roosters will travel to the San Francisco convention to promote the real party emblem. She argues the donkey was adopted after the Civil War as the opposing party resisted reconstruction. The piece notes regional weather, cool forecasts for Wayne County, and unsettled conditions along the Rocky Mountain slope with showers across several states.
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Chcauy
Vepmocs
Frederick Tahl
Tilmats Democratic Women
San Francisco
Mulich
Perensmere
Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Lake Region
Central States
Hudson Bay Country
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Popular Music Unspeakable Says Federation Speaker
Mrs. Marx Obendorfer of Chicago told the General Federation of Woman's Clubs conference in Des Moines that popular music of the day was unspeakable. She blamed ninety percent of it for being improper and said it would not pass as literature through the mails.
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Federation
Associated Press
Des Moines
America
Marx Obendorfer
Chicago
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Wayne County Tax Rates May See Small Increases
Wayne County officials anticipate slight tax rate increases next year mainly for school funds and county highway needs while county rates hold steady. City of Richmond hopes city taxes stay the same though expenses rise. The Wayne County Board of Tax Review is finalizing assessments with many corporations submitting their own valuations. state board expectations suggest no broad, equal increases this year.
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Wayne County
Court House
County General Fund
Richmond
Wayne County Board of Tax Review
Yeu
State Board
Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners
Firebugs Sought After String of Five City Fires
Five fires in a half mile area early today sent detectives hunting a firebug blamed for driving over 700 scantily dressed tenement dwellers to the streets. Each blaze began in a wood or coal bin, and the incendiary barely halted one fire before touching off another.
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Associated Press
New York
American Seeding Machine Plant Sold to International Harvester
International Harvester Co acquires the Local Plant, one of the city’s largest, with the entire output of the American Seeding Machine factory transferred for production of farm tools. The Springfield plant continues operations under the Seeding Machine Co. brand for a time.
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City
Great Corporation
American Seeding Machine Co
Springfield
No Change in Personnel Is Announcement
The American Seeding Machine company announced the sale of its Richmond plant and business to the International Harvester company effective at the close of business June 30 1920 in a statement Friday. The sale is vital to Richmonds industrial expansion and one of the cities largest transactions. Extensions are planned to enlarge the plant further and strengthen Richmonds industrial prominence.
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American Seeding Machine Company
Richmond
International Harvester Company
United States
James A Curr
American Seeding Machine Company, Incorporated
Iternational Harvester Company
Businees
Hess
Springfeld
Ohio
Hooster, Empire
Kentucky
American Seeding Machine Co
Harvester Company
Harold F. McCormick
The
Rampas
Willard Z, Carr
Burton Carr
James A. J*srr
WIM
George W Perkins dies after nervous breakdown in Connecticut
George W Perkins financier and Progressive figure died at Stamford Hall sanitarium Stamford Conn after a recent nervous breakdown and long overwork. He helped popularize profit sharing and employee stock in major firms and served as Progressive national chairman during 1912 campaign before WWI. He was born January 31, 1862 in Chicago and rose with J P Morgan & Co later engaging in public and semi public welfare efforts.
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Associated Press
New York
George W. Perkins
Stamford Hall
Stamford
Conn
Perkins
George W. Perkins, Jr
Chicago
George Walbridge Perkins
J. P Morgan and Company
United States Steel Corporation
International Harvester Company
Bor
Jacob Perkins
Boston
Chicaca
J P. Morgan and Company
J. P. Morgan and Company
Roosevelt
National Executive Committee
Turkish Nationalists Bomb British Army Near Constantinople
British forces face entrenched Turkish nationalist positions on the Gallipoli peninsula, with bombers targeting trenches to lure engagement. Skirmishes persist along the Gulf of Ismid with British reinforcements arriving, while nationalist troops hold surrounding hills and towns near Constantinople.
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Constantinople
Tsirid
Acia Minor
Gulf of Lanid
Bosplains
Nationalit
Ismid
Gulf of Timid
Guebda
Gulf
Isinids
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Thomas R. Marshall
Boom Oliver Lafuze
House
William Oler
Westcott
Wayne.co
International Harvester CO
Progressive
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
France
Young Men’ N'S Christian Association
Strle
Clse
John Purroys Mitchel
Fielmnand
Hooster Drill Company
Joseph Ingels
Milton
John M Westcott
Hoosier Company
Empire Drill Company
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Empire Company
Brown Brothers
Palmyra
Shortsville
N. Y
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