President Harding Stresses Peaceful Civilian Training
President Harding addressed citizen soldiers from Camp Meade in Washington on August 22, praising civilian military training for over 28,000 this summer and advocating more than 100,000 annually, strictly for national defense and peace. He lauded discipline, physical training, and the benefits of military service without any plan for armed campaigning.
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Washington
Harding
Camp Meade
Mel
White House
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvannia
All America
America
Seasen Toom
Yeu
Miss Gertrude Bell Brings Quiet Power to Empire Work
Miss Gertrude Bell, daughter of Sir Hugh Bell, is described as the brains behind British rule in Mesopotamia while serving as oriental secretary on the British high commission staff. At about fifty five, she left English society decades ago to join an archeological expedition in the desert and has remained immersed in ancient civilizations.
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Gertrude Bell
Orient
British High Commission
Mesopotamia
Sir Hugh Bell
Miss Bell
Rail Strike Flares Across Several States Amid Tensions
Disorder continued in the eighth week of the rail strike. In Columbia South Carolina 11 workers were attacked by strike sympathizers. In San Bernardino California four new shop employees were beaten. A gunman shot at a guard in Burnham Colorado and possibly wounded. Kansas Governor Allen threatened troops if Chicago area unrest did not subside. Spencer North Carolina saw water mains blown near Southern railway shops and workers returned to duties as traffic resumed.
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Chicago
New York
Atlantic
Columbia
S. C
Southern Railway
San Bernardino
Cal
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Rio Grande
Burnham
Colo
Denver
Kansas City
Kansas City, Following A Near Riot In the Chicagom, Rock Island & Pacific
Allen
Kansas
Harry Burton
Spencer
N. C
St. Louis-Louisville
Princeton
Ind
France Demands Ruhr Mines as Guarantee for German Treaty
France will not accept any moratorium with Germany unless the Ruhr state mines and national forests are placed under Allied control as a guarantee. Premier Poincare insists France seeks peaceful relations, aid to world recovery, and continued alliance while demanding reparations and timely Versailles treaty execution.
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France
Germany
Ruhr
Poincare
Department of the Meuse
Neros
Bismarcks
Plot Revealed In Wreck Of Train Near Gary
Chicago Aug 22 The coroner's jury finds the deaths of Engineer Edward Coy and Fireman Frank Lubba in a Michigan Central wreck near Gary resulted from a plot to derail the train. Evidence shows spikes pulled from ties and a planned attack by striking shopmen linked to terrorism theories. Investigations by federal state and local authorities continue.
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Chicago
Edward Coy
Frank Lubba
Michican Central
Gary
Cocomer
Tteses
Pedoral
Wwe
Frre
Tein «Creck
J. P. Rooney
Department of Justice
Crowe
Cook County
The
Standings of the Clubs National and American Leagues
National League games Pittsburgh defeated Boston 6 to 1 with no other games scheduled. American League results include Detroit 16 over Boston 3 and Philadelphia 7 over St Louis 6 with only two games on the schedule.
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Pittsburgh
Boston
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
National I. Pr
New York
Renee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Cohen
Cleveland
Washington
Hemee
End of Railroad Strike in Doubt Amid Widespread Unrest
New York reports say the 148 members of the Association of Railway Executives will not concede on seniority, delaying an end to the strike. Unrest grows nationwide as western fruit and vegetable growers fear ruin from car shortages and stalled shipments. A telegram to T Dewitt Cuyler urges a quick settlement to prevent further losses.
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New York
Association of
Railway Executives
L. F. Lovee
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Tie
Read
Loree
Mhore
Washington
War Department
Aless
Btriss
Idaho
T. Dewitt Cuyler
Reliefa
Toledo Fight Ban Forces Dempsey-Brennan Bout Move
Toledo promoter Addison C Thatcher failed to stage the Dempsey Brennan fight on Labor Day after Mayor Blayvor Brough refused permission for any date. Thatcher blamed local opposition and said Indiana’s stance against a sporting spectacle influenced Toledo’s decision.
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Toledo
Addison C
Thatcher
Dempsey
Willard Fiebd
Brough
Dempsey-Brennan
Indiana
Blayvor Brough
Mass Troops Massed as Budapest Faces Uprising
London reports serious labor unrest in Budapest with the government massing troops to quell the uprising. Advices from Vienna confirm troops surrounding the city as tensions rise.
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Budapest
London
Viebna
Bill Introduced to Probe Coal Industry by Commission
A bill introduced by House Commerce Committee Chairman Winslow, following a White House visit, would establish the United States coal commission. The nine member body would investigate ownership, prices, wages, contracts, employment conditions, distribution, waste, profits, and related factors to report by January 1, 1923 with up to half a million dollars for expenses.
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Washington
Harding
Winslow
House Commerce Committee
White House
United States Coal Commission
Congress
King Boris greets American torpedo boat destroyer crew
King Boris, staying at Luxinograde palace near the Black Sea, received a crew from an American torpedo boat destroyer on duty in the Black Sea. He greeted the sailors at the palace and later visited the war ships.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Luxinograde
Black Sea
Bitter attack on Harding clouding rail and coal plan
Representative Huddleston of Alabama assailed President Harding over his union strike stance. He called the address unfair and prejudiced toward organized labor while Democrats push for industrial legislation and Republicans view the attack as an effort to block the president's program.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Representative Huddleston
Alabama
Huddleston
Iowa Coal Mines to Resume Operations
Iowa coal mines will resume operations Wednesday morning after five months of idleness under a national agreement reached in Cleveland. The supplemental settlement was signed by Town Coal Operators' association officers and United Mine Workers District 13 officials. Company men and miners must report for work Wednesday morning. firemen and others needed to get steam will report this evening.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cleveland
Town Coal Operators’ Association
District 13
United Mine Workers of America
Wisconsin potato crop forecast hits record 37 million bushels
Madison reports a record Wisconsin potato crop of 37,674,000 bushels for this year. State markets anticipate prices dropping from 75 to 50 cents per bushel this winter. Growers are gloomy about the outlook after last year's large harvest of 18,000 cars and current estimates of 30,000 cars.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Crop Reporting Service
State Department of Markets
Edwin H Duff Sells Ocean Liner Pocahontas to Nord Deutsche Lloyd
Washington financier Edwin H Duff sells the former Princess Irene renamed Pocahontas to the Nord Deutsche Lloyd line. The ship was seized by the United States after entering the war and Duff reportedly did not see the vessel before the sale. The vessel lies in Gibraltar mud as Germany plans to raise it.
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Edwin EF. Duff
Washington
Nord Deutscher Lloyd Line
United States
Duff
Gibraltar
Geravamg
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Lovee
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West Face
Ohio City
Brennan
King
Yank Tars
Palace
Calif President
Edwin H. Duff
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