Prominent Men Explain Position in Regards to Campaign
A New York report details a signed statement by 31 prominent figures urging international cooperation and signaling support for Senator Harding. Signers include Elihu Root Henry Stimson Henry Taft and Charles Hughes, among others from major universities and organizations, calling for changes to the Paris agreement to preserve peace and back the Republican ticket.
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New York
Harding
Elihd Root
Herbert Hoover
George “W. Wickersham
Henry L. Stimson
AL Lawrence Lowell
Henry W. Taft
Charles E Hughes
United States
Wilson
Paris
America
Cox
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Lyman ‘Abbott
Robert
Borah Renews Attack on League of Nations
Senator Borah of Idaho spoke at Nashua New Hampshire on October 14 and renewed his opposition to the league. He condemned Article eleven as more infamous than Article ten, arguing it would compel the United States to furnish men and money for police actions anywhere a supreme council might decide behind closed doors. He warned that while the U S would have a vote, European diplomats would ensure unanimous action.
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Supreme Council
United States
Council
Russo Finnish Peace Treaty Signed In Dorpat
Helsingfors reports that the Russo Finnish peace treaty was signed today in Dorpat Estonia after negotiations begun last spring at Moscow's initiative. The talks faced several interruptions as the parties worked toward a formal peace agreement.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Get
Dorpat
Esthenia
Russia
Moscow
Senator Johnson Urges Election of Harding
Cleveland Oct 14 Senator Hiram W Johnson of California urged the election of Senator Harding as president in the second Republican National Committee speech. He attacked the league of nations and the treaty. He recalled Wilson’s 1919 defense of the league and contrasted nationalist sentiment with wartime unity.
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Cleveland
Harding
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Republican National Committee
League of Nations
Wilson
Johnson
Federal grand jury indicts Utah Idaho Sugar officials
A federal grand jury indicted Utah-Idaho Sugar company and eight directors W Nibley Merrill Nibley Thomas R B Cutler W S McCormick Davids A Smith James C Murdock W H Mattis and H Love on 13 counts for selling sugar at unjust prices. The indictment cites possession of 30 million pounds of sugar and production costs of 9.44 per bag with 1 delivery, detailing sales in Idaho at prices from 231.31 to 424.31 per hundredweight.
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Pocatello, Tdn
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
W. Nibley
Merrill Nibley
Thomas RB. Cutler
WS. McCormick
Davids A. Smith
James C. Murdock
W. MH. Mattis
8H. Love
Federal Grand Jucy
Herge
Teve Net
Direcors
Ita
Idaho
Approve Plan for League of Nations Day
New York Oct 14 Governor Cooper of South Carolina and Governor Bamberger of Utah expressed approval of a plan to set October 24 as League of Nations Day. Governor Holcomb of Connecticut notified the committee that he saw no need to set aside a day, while Bamberger said he would issue a proclamation naming October 24 as League of Nations Day. Cooper urged the public to be well informed and free from prejudice about the covenant.
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New York
Cooper
South Carolina
Bamberger
Utah
League of Nation
Holcomb
Connecticu
League of Nations Day
League of Na‘tions
Grand Jury Probes Death of Mining Man Denton
Los Angeles October 15 grand jury began inquiry into the death of Jacob C. Denton mining promoter whose body was found September 23 in a cellar room of his hillside home. Witnesses included Rush M. Blodgett attorney for the Denton estate and A J Cody private detective who found the body. Further subpoenas issued as the panel plans a later session on alleged corruption in the Pacific Coast baseball league.
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Los Angeles
Jacob C. Denton
Hig -House
Grand
Rush M. Blodgett
Denton
A. J. Cody
Mexican colony plans informal Obregon reception in Dallas
Plan informs reception in Dallas Texas on Oct 14 as the local Mexican colony prepares to welcome General Alvaro Obregon president elect of Mexico at the state fair. Over 5000 Mexicans are expected to participate with Obregon and General Jacinto Trevino minister of commerce slated to speak.
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Dallas
Texas
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Obregon
Genwal Jacinto Trevino
Provisional Tovernment
Harding Tours The South In Presidential Campaign
In Louisville and across the solid South Senator Harding attacked Democratic foreign policy. He accused secret diplomacy of hindering American trade and urged reorganizing the state and commerce departments to boost overseas commerce. He denounced Mexico policy, urged amicable relations, and opposed a world council to dictate U S policy.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Meraico
League
Versailles
Harding
South
Mexico
Mexican Republic
Aa Council of Foreign Powers
America
Republican Party
Republicans Ready Plan to Build Harding Cabinet Says White
New York October 14 George White chairman of the democratic national committee issued a statement alleging the Harding campaign plans to reveal a preselected cabinet lineup if elected. He claimed the Republican campaign is in disorder with party ranks broken and independents defecting to Governor Cox. White warned the plan would show a weak president surrounded by strong men and reflect unprecedented inefficiency.
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New York
George White
Democratic National Committee
Cox
Mr White
Con
Harding
Farmer Federation To Explain Wheat Situation
Chicago Oct. 14 The executive committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation decided to issue a statement explaining the wheat situation to farmers It warned of a possible shortage before next harvest and urged that exports be curbed to protect domestic supplies.
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Chicago
Farmera
American Farm Bureau Federation
Nurse Saves Life At Melville Throat Incident
Oct 14 report details nurse Missy Pearl Hanson in Melville near here saving a delirious woman who slashed her throat. After disarming the patient the nurse inserted a bicycle pump into the throat and kept her alive until a surgeon arrived.
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Billings
Mom
Missy Pearl Hanson
Melville
Here
Reichstag to French Assembly Debut of Wetterle Deputy
In postwar shifts Abbe Wetterle, once a Reichstag delegate for an Alsatian district, has become a deputy in the French assembly. He aided Premier Millerand’s rise. Tourday, minister of transportation, sits to his right. The piece notes his wartime Paris service and current reform roles.
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Paris
Abbe Wetterla
Germain Reichstag
Franch Assembly
Millerand
Wetterle
Reichstag
Transportation Tourday
Three Killed as Troops Raid Irish City Buildings
Dublin report says three civilians shot dead and more wounded in Talbot Street raid by soldiers. One officer killed, another wounded, troops returned fire. three arrests. Cork City incident features soldiers with Lewis gun occupying a city hill area and arresting a clerk. Violence and arrests amid ongoing disorder across Ireland.
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Ireland
Talbot Streets
Oal
Talbot Street
DVAD
Ton Don
Dublin
Cork
Nerence Maeswiney
Avigust
Jory
Sieietis
Treasury
Aviator rushes to dying father in time lapse
Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan, Utah aviation pioneer, learned his father Peter W. Maughan was gravely ill at Mather Field California. He left at 8 this morning and reached Logan at 4 with the body already at rest, the elder Maughan having died shortly before.
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Logan
Utah
Russell L. Maughan
Mather, Pield
Cal
Mather Field
Sin Logan
Peter W. Maughan
Dynamite Found in Buckwheat Island Shanty
Ten cages containing about 500 sticks of dynamite were found in a wooden shanty on Buckwheat Island off Staten Island. The boxes had no identifying marks. The dynamite was moved to Manhattan by federal authorities as they investigate how it reached the island and its link to the Wall Street blast.
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New York
Buckwheat Island
Staten Island
Wall Street
Manhattan
Chronicle campaign push boosts votes with six year subs
In the final week of the Chronicle campaign a six year subscription counts 350000 votes. Three subscriptions total 1050000 votes, six total 2100000 votes, and ten would deliver 3500000 votes. The unusually large figure may determine the big winners as the race remains close.
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The
Chronicle
Cox Charges Harding Backers Draw Dregs at Ohio Rally
Governor Cox assailed Senator Harding by name in Columbus at the state fairgrounds, declaring a “motley array” of groups backs the Republican rival. He cited pro German, Afro American, anti league, and other factions and accused them of racial appeals to evade the issue of the league. The address capped a grueling Ohio campaign day, with crowds in multiple towns and the Cox band highlighted as part of the event.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Harding
Cox
State Fair Grounds
Coliseum
Anti-League of Nations
Sbrhfse
Liberty
Marlon
League
Stats 1 Unitol
Farm Leaders Push for Credit Aid to Europe
Agricultural delegates pressed Secretary Houston to revive the war finance corporation to back exports to Europe and argued for lower discount rates and elastic currency to aid farmers. Houston declined pledging government restraint in price manipulation and suggested credit extensions to Germany could be justified. Delegates planned to present their case to the Federal Reserve Board amid signs of sympathy from board members despite no formal action.
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Houston
Treasury Department
War Finance Corporation
Europe
Treasury
Rayor German Credit
Smith
South Carolina
Filinge Corporation
Germany
Forerst Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Aelian
Big Strike Mortality in Italy Sparks Violent Unrest
Dispatch from Rome to The Times reports a two hour strike across Italy caused many deaths and injuries. Nine killed at San Giovanni Rotondo, four killed and 14 wounded in Bologna, one killed in Milan with clashes as police and protesters fought. Bombs damaged Milanaters including Hotel Cavour. socialist paper offices were set ablaze. Leaders publish a manifesto urging demonstrations to pressure recognition of Soviet Russia.
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London
Italy
London’Times
Roma
San Giovanni Rotunda
Bologna
Milan
Hotel Cavour
Control Restored in Iowa City Oil Tank Blaze
Oct 14 In Iowa City Des Moines firefighters gained control of a mammoth fire that burned 2 million gallons of gasoline and crude oil stored in Manhattan Oil tanks after a tank explosion possibly from lightning. Adjacent Cedar Rapids and other oil tanks were believed safe. Loss estimated at 4 million dollars.
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Des Moines
Manhattan Oil Company
Cedar ‘Rapids
Polish Admiral dismisses Baltic submarine report
Admiral Borowski of Danzig says he does not place credence in claims that Russian Bolshevik submarines are operating in the Baltic. He notes the report originated from a British source and offers no confirmation.
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Borowsski
Baltic
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