Tennessee Suffrage Fights Legal Snarl Delays Ratification
Tennessee's ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment faces a court injunction and legislative technicalities. The House, short of a quorum, adjourned after a tense session as suffragists push to certify ratification to Secretary Colby in Washington amid legal challenges and anti suffrage maneuvers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Colby
Washington
Walker
Decatur
Ala
Langford
Chancery Court
Roberts
Senate
House
T. K. Ridick
Jim
Joe Odle
Odle
Riddick
Police Take Over Red Town After Soviet Proclamation
Berlin reports Veipert where a soviet republic was proclaimed was seized by Essen security police. A Dusseldorf message cites the government president as saying twenty three communist leaders were arrested and constitutional conditions restored in Velpert.
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Veipert
Germany
Berlin
Essen
Desseldorf
Miners Battle Sparks Possible Casualties in Raleigh County
State militia readies to move to Raleigh county after a reported clash between miners and mine guards. Several people are said to have been killed in the confrontation in West Virginia.
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Raleigh County
Charleston
W. Va
Mexicans Seize 4 Americans in Jalisco Jungle Action
Mexican rebels in the jungles of Jalisco hold four American citizens for ransom, including a woman, with one British subject among the captives. led by Pedro Zamora the bandit force seized engineers Charles Hoyle Calvert Dietrich and Harry Gardner along with W B Johnstone and another American couple.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Pedro Zamora
Carratrista
de la Huerta
Charles Hoyle
Harry B. Gardner
Calvert N. Dietrich
W. B. Johnstone
France
Hungarian forces seize Austrian town and loot rifles
Three Hungarian companies crossed the frontier and occupied Previenkirchen. They seized a large consignment of rifles confiscated by Austrian customs guards on the way to Hungary. Vienna troops have been dispatched to the scene.
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Vienna
Strike of 7 000 in Neutra Slovakia after shooting incident
A general strike encompassing seven thousand workers was declared in the Neutra district of Slovakia following the shooting of a man by the military when gendarmes station at Neutra was attacked. The action reflects rising labor unrest in the region amid tensions with authorities.
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Neutra
Slovakia
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
City Food Prices Still Going Up
Washington reports retail food prices rose in 51 cities from July 1 to July 15, with increases in pork chops eggs sirloin steak rolled oats oranges and more while onions potatoes hens lamb cheese lard flour and sugar mostly declined.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Bolsheviks Turn Drive Poles Back In Front War
Paris August 25 reports say the Red armies executed a large turning movement by rail to drive Polish forces backward along nearly the entire front. Polish aviators say soviet forces now control the front communications with bases and are receiving reinforcements. Some experts see Warsaw’s retreat as a strategic feint to lure Poles into open country.
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Paris
Warsaw
Moscow
Misrow
Minsk
Poland
Dvinsk
Latvia
Lithuania
Ukraine
Russia Likely to Consent to Mutual Propaganda Pact
A report asserts that Russia will undoubtedly agree to a mutual understanding to abstain from propaganda. The claim frames a potential accord as imminent and binding between parties.
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Nussia
Allies refuse Turkish troop offer for food aid in Turkish movement
Entente powers reject a Turkish government proposal to supply troops to quell Mustapha Kemal Pasha's movement if given food and internal improvements. Allies doubt Turkish readiness to cooperate with Greeks and British against the Angera government. Greek forces reportedly near the Bagdad railway.
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Constantinople
Atte
Entente
Sulfa
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Angera
Bagdad
Violence in Lisburn and Galway Terrifies Irish Towns
A unionist mob wrecked Catholic houses and shops in Lisburn, the town held by police soldiers. In Galway police opened fire injuring residents and three saloons were shot up. In Crandalk a constable was killed and others wounded.
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Dublin
Lisburn
Galway
Crandalk
Italian Sailors Restored to Ships After Bolshevik Temptation
Two days of hard black bread at Odessa broke a spell of Bolshevik propaganda on Italian sailors, who were cajoled by commissaries and entertained in theaters and cars. Indigestion from the bread led them to seek forgiveness and rejoin their ships.
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Constantinople
Odessa
Ilessa
Community Y M C A. seeks right secretary and funds
At a Presbyterian church meeting the Community Y M C A subscribers voted to continue the work if a suitable secretary can be found and sufficient funds secured for next year. They noted rising costs and limited pledges, with about 50 responses from a 250 member survey, most negative, and urged united church backing.
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Presbyterian Church
Washington
C. S. Lemmon
M. R. Regan
The
Baptist Church
A. R. Oates
D. D. Sherman
Mr. Lemmon
A. E. Atchison
Atchison
Frank R. Sage
Mr. Sage
Paul MacEachron
MacKachron
Sage
Leslie Mountford
Second
United Presbyterian Church
Mountford
J. M. Godfrey
J. M. Wishart
First United Presbyterian Church
MacEachron
Wishart
Boys of
Harding
Regan
D. J. Ross
Red Armys Escape Cut Off by Poles
Reported clash sees Red Armies evade a surrounding trap as Polish forces tighten their siege line. Early details suggest maneuvering units withdrew under cover, with casualties and exact numbers not confirmed. Newsroom notes ongoing efforts to verify battlefield movements and jurisdiction.
Bolshevik Army Defeated on Northern Front at War Front
Reports from Warsaw dated August 23 indicate the Bolshevik army on the Northern front is defeated as Polish forces seal the Prussian Vistula corridor. Officials say escape routes are closed and prisoner totals exceed 75,000 with vast quantities of war materiel captured.
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Warsaw
Prussia
Vistula
Y M C A. Board Sets Next Year’s Directors
The meeting adjourned after voting on motions with a few dissenting votes. The Y M C A. board will call a meeting soon to elect directors for the next year and handle other routine organization business.
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Sage
Y. M. C. A. Board
Peach Is Greatest Short Season Fruit Crop of the States
Washington reports that peaches lead all short season tree fruits by carloads shipped annually, with about 25 000 cars a year on average. Apples and oranges exceed peaches in long season fruits, watermelons follow, while grapes cantaloupes and strawberries trail. Georgia and California together account for as many peach shipments as all other states combined.
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Washington
United States
States Department of Agriculture
Georgia
California
U S Socialists United States Reject Proletarian Dictatorship
Pittsburgh notice states the United States Socialist party approved the Third International with reservations and rejected adopting Russia s dictatorship of the proletariat after New York conventions and referendums.
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Pittsburgh
Party of the United States
New York
Proletariat
Russia
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