Totten charged with bootlegging in Fargo arrest warrant
A bench warrant. issued by the state attorney for George A. Totten Jr. on bootlegging charges. Not served by 3:00 pm. He faced embezzlement allegations and was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing July 13. Totten had served as business manager for the Courier-News, with resignation reportedly demanded by the state executive committee last week.
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Fargo
George A. Totten, Jr
Totten
Courier-News
State Executive Committee
Trial of White Sox trio and gamblers opens in Chicago
In Chicago July 6 seven former White Sox stars and four alleged gamblers faced Judge Friend on charges they conspired to fix the 1919 World Series between the Reds and White Sox. The state seeks 12 jurors of baseball fans amid heated courtroom wrangles as Bill Burns testifies.
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Chicago
Friend
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
George Gorpide
Fone
Bill Burns
White Sox
Eddie Cicotte
Brinton Testifies About Dummy Corporations in North Dakota Case
On July 6 at Bismarck W J Brinton testified in his own defense under cross examination by Prosecuting Attorney Weeks He named Mrs A M Grovener a farmer from eastern North Dakota as part of his list of dummy corporations and noted numerous individuals on the list He was asked to identify notes and checks from the Sisal Trust Co as the line of questioning continued until a recess occurred mid list
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W. G. Brinton
Bismarck
J. J. Weeks
W. J. Brinton
Brinton
A. M. Grovener
North Dakota
Weeks
Sisal Trust Co
Coon
Ncnes
Daily Market Report from Minneapolis and South St Paul
Minneapolis commodity prices for dairy and grains with ranges for No 1 dark northern, No 1 northern, corn, oats, barley, rye, and flax. At South St Paul union stock yards, receipts include cattle 2200 calves 100 hogs 6200 sheep 600 and cars 1200 with price ranges for beef steers cows and heifers bulls veal calves stock feeding steers hogs lambs ewes wethers.
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Daily Market
Minneapolis
South St. Paul
Union Stock Yards
Insurance Companies to Rate Reduction in Minnesota Workmen's Comp
Minneapolis July 6 Insurance companies in Minnesota lined up to oppose rate cuts for workmen compensation. The Minnesota rating bureau representing 32 casualty insurers organized a conference after state commissioner Gustaf Lindquist announced a forthcoming rate reduction. A temporary 15 percent increase had been authorized by the commission while rates are set to fall below prior figures. The state insurance board plans another meeting on July 10 to review the situation.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Minnesota Rating Bureau
Gustaf Lindquist
State Insurance Board
Invitation to disarmament conference eyed by nations
Washington July 6 The disarmament forces pressed for action on the Borah proposal to authorize President Harding to invite the United States Great Britain and Japan to a disarmament conference. The Borah plan approved part of the naval appropriation bill not yet passed. Foreign statesmen hint invitations would be instantly accepted.
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Washington
Harding
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Want Dempsey to Fight Johnson in War Veterans Deal
A Los Angeles group wired promoter Jack Kerns to gauge Dempsey fighting Jack Johnson with an 0 percent split to the fighters and 50 percent to disabled veterans. A guarantee for Dempsey was reportedly under consideration.
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Dempsey
Johnson
Los Ageles
Cal
Los Angeles
Jack Kerns
Jack Johnson
Tommy Gibbons Faces First Real Fight Offer
St. Paul reports heavyweight Tommy Gibbons has received a major bid for a bout with Georges Carpentier. Promoter Azilio of Atlantic City offered 100000 dollars to stage the battle on Labor Day in Atlantic City, with the purse split per fighter managers’ arrangement.
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Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Georges Carpentier
Azilio
Atlantic City
Unemployed Demonstration Draws 25000 in Bridgeport
In Bridgeport Connecticut on July 6 a crowd of about 25000 unemployed men and women protested in the streets to press for work. Veterans from World War I joined ragged foreigners and families seeking relief. Minor Treat head of the central labor union warned of a conspiracy by employers to depress wages as day labor fell from 40 to 25 cents an hour. Afterward Treat mailed a protest to state and city officials.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Minor Treat
Central Labor Union
Treat
America Must Raise More Babies Says Beauty Doctor
Paris July 6 American women should have more children to maintain beauty, says Dr Bretteman, a leading beauty surgeon. He links motherhood to facial glands and complexion, arguing bottle feeding harms beauty and that lacking motherhood yields fewer beautiful women. He cites Venus as not a Virgin and urges women to embrace childbearing.
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Paris
Bretteman
United Press
Brettman
Venus
America
Kenyon forms subcommittee to probe Mingo mine war
Washington July 6 Senator Kenyon announced he had appointed a sub committee of the senate labor committee to investigate the Mingo mine war.
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Washington
Kenyon
Senate Labor Committee
Mingo
Successful Milk Campaign Across U S Dairy Division Pushes Milk Use
The USDA Dairy Division cooperates with state extension departments to run child feeding demonstrations lectures and published material. About 85 campaigns cover the nation from Boston to Seattle with over 5 million people in large cities. Reports show urban milk consumption up about 14 percent since campaigns began.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Boards of Health
Boards of Education
Chambers of Commerce
Boston
Seattle
Those Master Minds and Lively Interludes in One Page
A quirky collage of dialogue and scenes features a detective questioning a self styled master mind, Bul the Burg. It blends playful exchanges about fancy dress balls, a wanderer’s return, inquiries about greeting ladies, and a music teaching moment with Mrs Minchley and Mia Bowkee.
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Bul
A Safe Bet on a Love Match
A dialogue hints at marriage plans as a woman weighs her first love against a suitor described as her last chance. The exchange suggests uncertainty about a lasting union and the idea of choosing security over past affection.
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Sheghia
Validity of Peace Resolution Challenged in Court
Washington officials reported that the validity of the peace resolution could reach the United States Supreme Court. Representative Flood of Virginia said the issue could not be resolved until higher courts pass on it. German claims over seized property may spark suits, including challenges to sales of dye patents to American citizens by alien property owners in Germany.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Representative Flood
Virginia
House of Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Austria
High
Tarred man dumped from auto in Fort Worth Texas
Unidentified man wearing a carved coat was dumped from a car in the street of Fort Worth as masked men in another auto seized a man and woman nearby. The man escaped into an alley, while the woman’s fate remained unclear and the incident suggested a broader kidnapping.
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Ft. Worth
Texas
Winggar
Soldiers End Riot in South Georgia Town
Rioting erupted in Fitzgerald on July 6 as strike sympathizers linked to the Atlantic, Birmingham and Atlantic railroads clashed near the railroad shops. Three infantry companies from Macon and Cordele arrived at 8 a.m. to restore order. Engineer W. T. Reid suffered five bullet wounds and faced a slim chance of recovery.
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Fitzgerald
Atlantic
Birmingham
Macon
Cordele
W. T. Reid
Russian trade starts with boom
Soviet Russia's industrial invasion of Europe has started with a boom. Russian dealers report $19,000,000 of goods purchased in Europe and $10,000,000 from the United States. Fifteen cargoes of merchandise were shipped to Petrograd last month. The Bolsheviks bought through Arcus, the all Russian corporation society. America is flooded with quotations on everything from sewing machines to pipes.
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London
Russia
Europe
United States
Petrograd
Arcus
All Russian Corporation Society
America
To Declare a Truce in Ireland
London July 6 British government representatives were asked to declare a truce in Ireland as a prelude to coupling the dominion and home rule negotiations. Ian Smuts returned from Dublin and conferred with Lord George and Sir James Crairn. Smuts is understood to present Sinn Fein views on the proposed truce.
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London
Ireland
Ian Smuts
South Africa
Dublin
Lord George
James Craim
Smuts
Hope Irish Question Will Be Settled
The United Press reports that a settlement of the Irish question is expected through negotiations led by the president of the Irish Republic. The statement urges the British prime minister to take steps toward peace and grant civil rights as part of the settlement.
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United Press
Republc
United Press Today
New Cuban Drink Said to Free From Volstead
A Washington dispatch reports Cubans, grateful for independence, claim to have discovered a new drink by sugar dealers. The beverage is neither beer nor whisky yet so potent that a drop may make one frisky and a spoonful can cause drunkenness. The report notes the drink is strong and allegedly Cuban in origin.
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Cuba
Washington
Spain
Department of Commerce
Vote on wage cut ordered by labor board
Chicago July 6 The Big Four railroad brotherhoods prepared ballots to vote on a 12 percent wage cut ordered by the U S labor board to take effect July 1 After a five day conference the brotherhood chiefs say they cannot resume accepting any wage cut at this time.
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Chicago
Big Four Railroad Brotherhood
U. S. Labor Board
Brotherhood
Soldiers bonus bill faces opposition in Congress
Washington reports difficulties surfaced as the soldiers bonus bill was taken up. Opponents argued the nation faces hardship and warned the cash bonus could cost about 1.56 billion dollars.
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Washington
Aikin to Speak at North Dakota Bar Meeting
Sir James Aikin of Winnipeg, president of the Dominion Bar Association, was to be one of the chief speakers at the annual North Dakota Bar Association meeting in Grand Forks. The convention was in session through Tuesday and continued today.
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James Aikin
Grand Forks
Winnipeg
Dominion Bar Association
North Dakota Bar Association
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Lancers
Mrs. Minchley
Piay
Mia. Bowkee
Gene Byrnes
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