La Follette Labor Platform Rejected At Third Party Convention
Chicago July 15 Forty-eighters led by Amos Pinchot Gilson Gardner and George L Bernard thwarted the third party convention adopting the La Follette labor platform by a large vote The majority report was adopted by acclamation The Forty-eight group warned they might quit if the La Follette document prevailed The dispute centered on a radical British Guild socialism style program and the aim to destroy economic privilege with leaders blaming labor for obstruction The split risked a new party with Debs as the opposing figure and potential defection of World War Veterans president Lester Barlow
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Chicago
Amos Pinchot
Gilson Gardner
George L. Bernard
Hotel Morrison
Hopkins
Forty-eighters
Labor Party
Committee of Forty-eight
Aiaatanniine
la Follette
Lester Barlow
World War Veterans
Laborites
Amos Pinechot
George L. Record
St. Louis
Friends of la Follette
Labor
Debs
Panic talk quashed by Continental bank VP
Arthur Reynolds vice president of Continental National Bank dismissed fears of panic as idle talk in the Chicago discussion from July. The banking official urged calm and confidence amid market chatter.
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Chicago
Arthur Reynolds
The
Continental God
Conditions Confronting Us Today Address
At a Chicago Association of Commerce address Mr Reynolds warned against predicting a panic and said indices of panic are not present. He named credit expansion as the key problem and urged prudent measures to check credit growth to trigger corrective forces across industry and business.
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Chicago Association of Commerce
Wife of Senator Swanson Dies in Washington
Mrs Elizabeth Lyons Swanson, wife of Virginia Senator Swanson, died at the Swanson home in Washington on July 15.
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Senator Swanson
Washington
Elizabeth Lyons Swanson
Virginia
Swanson
Cox Replies to Harding in Columbus Address
Ohio Governor Cox answers Senator Harding accusing him of turning his front porch into a listening post He declares his campaign will seek peace with honor plan for re adjusting civilization and forging a new day from past lessons
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Columbus
Harding
Cox
Wilson
League of Nations
Burlington Q train wrecks near Melrose
East bound Burlington No 12 derailed west of Melrose after striking a washout. Five cars left the track including two Pullmans and two coaches. the Pullmans overturned. Passengers suffered bruises and shock but no serious injuries. About 450 feet of track washed out by heavy rains between Melrose and Russell.
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Ottomwa
Burlington
Melrose
Russell
New York to Nome Flight Arrangements Confirmed
Washington reports arrangements for a New York to Nome Alaska military airplane flight from Mitchel Field are complete, as stated by the War Department. The announcement outlines readiness for the long endurance mission and highlights the coordination of air routes and support bases along the Bering Strait corridor.
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War Department
Washington
New York
Nome
Alaska
Mitchelfield
Roosevelt Arrives for Nomination Cheer in Hyde Park
Franklin D Roosevelt arrives to cheers in Hyde Park on his San Francisco return as Democratic vice presidential nominee. He plans notification ceremonies in early August in Dayton after meeting leaders and to visit New York with his mother before heading to Washington for talks with President Wilson and James M Cox at the White House. He will depart for Dayton Monday to set a date.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Dayton
Ohio
Butts
Poughkeepsie
New York
Washington
Navy Department
Wilson
James M. Cox
White House
Germans told threat is no joke in coal demand at Spa
At Spa Belgium on July 15 officials warned Germany of possible Ruhr occupation Friday if Germany refuses to supply 2,000 tons of coal monthly. Lloyd George pressed German minister Walter Simons, insisting allies would enforce Versailles terms. Simons said Germany lies between civil war and invasion as talks continued with Marshal Foch and General Maglinge. Paderewski arrived, officials urged restraint amid hardening positions.
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Belgium
Supreme Council
Ruhr
Lloyd George
Walter Simons
Germany
Foch
Maglinge
Wilson
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Fehrenbach
Simons
Question on coal deliveries at Paris conference
The German delegation regrets possible dissolution without further agreement. Simons says progress has been made and awaits allies. Allies insist Germany deliver 2,000,000 tons of coal. Marshal Wilson is in Paris after the merger of the conference, with Marshal Foch and General Weygand visiting Premier Mitterrand to honor the French national holiday. Delegates consult before resuming talks. Mrs. A P Hitchcock visits, then returns to Keota.
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A . Simons
Fim
Germany
Marshal Wilson
General Weygand
Paris
Mitterand
Bandits Capture Boy Take $6000
James Patrick, a Citizens Trust and Savings bank messenger, was abducted by four armed bandits at Forty Fourth and South State streets in Chicago. They took a satchel containing between $5,000 and $6,000 in cash, then dumped him from a touring car at Twenty ninth Street and Princeton Avenue as they sped north.
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Chicago
James Patrick
Citizens Trust and Savings Bank
South State Streets
South Side
Twenty-ninth Street
Princeton Avenue
Patrick
Porty-third
South State
Cork
Washington County Evening Journal Summary Note
Washington County’s Only Daily wraps local news, briefs, and notices in a compact format. This line records the source as the Evening Journal, a historical county newspaper, highlighting its role as a primary daily in the region.
Red flag evidence in sedition trial over flag on floor
In a Chicago courtroom, prosecutors present a six by four foot red flag as evidence against Edgar Owens and 19 other Communist Labor Party members on trial for sedition. Police describe finding the flag and the Stars and Stripes muddied with rubbish in Owens's home, provoking defense objections and a reprimand from Lloyd.
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Forrest
Mr. Heth
Mr. Owens
Owens
Sergeant Gaynor
Lloyd
Heth
Communist Labor Party
Chicago
Hebel
Stars and Stripes
Edgar Owens
Moline
William A. Gaypor
Barntart and
William Bross Lloyd
Winnetka
Harding defends suffrage stance for next November
Senator Warren G. Harding, the Republican presidential nominee, replies to critics and militant suffragists. He says ratification timing matters less than securing the ballot for American women and praises either Republican or Democratic states like North Carolina or Tennessee for ratification.
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Sataion
Ogra Er
Republican Party
Warren G. Harding
North Carolina
Tennessee
Germans Tear French Flag in Berlin Parade Riot
In Berlin on July 15 a French flag reappeared triggering a mob attack on the French Legation. Demonstrators stormed the building tore the tri color into pieces and surged through the premises.
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Storm Legation
Berlin
Legation
Yanks Bomb Reds During Big Battle
Moscow reports that Kosciuszko squadron, mainly Americans, bomb Gothas on the southern front against Budenny’s bolshevik cavalry. London dispatches say bolsheviki make early gains. fronts at Kovel and Lida see crossings and railway stations captured as fighting continues across the line.
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Kosciuysko
Gothas
Budenny
London
Moscow
Kovel
Goryn
Sarny
Lida
Prudy
Polotehany
Ushatochka
Baronovitehi
Electrical Workers Strike Sparks Blast Tragedy
Electrical workers strike envelopes a blast as a truck explodes during the protest. Authorities inspect the scene for damage and safety failures and no immediate fatalities are confirmed.
Germans Accept Allied Demands on Coal And More
The Germans agreed to allied demands for two million tons of coal monthly with three new conditions. Germany retains distribution of Silesian coal, a mixed commission will inspect Essen food and housing, and allies may supply credit to import more food for Germany. A Chicago streetcar strike disrupts transit, a fatal truck wreck injures several, including a girl who died.
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Garans
Tvenin Spa
Belgium
Germany
Essen
Bolshevik government accepts armistice conditions with Poland
Paris reports that the Russian Bolshevik government has accepted the armistice terms outlined in Lloyd George's note to Moscow.
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Apedal
Evening Journal
Paris
Moscow
Lloyd George
Poland
Women duel with ax and pitchfork over child
In Lyon Massachusetts on July 15 two women fought a vicious duel with an ax and pitchfork before a crowd of women. Police found the weapons missing and both women bloodied being tended by friends. Annie Kresinchewich suffered nine cuts to the left arm. Bazilia Basille was stabbed once.
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Lyon
Mass
Annie Kresinchewich
Bazilia Basille
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