Harding Gets The Formal Notification Ceremony In Marion
A huge crowd packed Garfield Auditorium and surrounding grounds as Senator Warren G. Harding formally received the Republican nomination for the presidency in Marion Ohio. The ceremony opened the 1920 campaign with a pro peace platform and a call for an international league of nations.
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Marion
Oho
Garfield Auditorium
Warren G. Harding
Chicago
Association of Nations For International Justice
Harding
President League of Nations
Senator Harding
Lodge
Massachusett
The
Republic
Anti-Saloon League Refuses Endorsement for President
Washington July 28. The Anti-Saloon League of America says it will not endorse or condemn either Democratic or Republican presidential candidate. The league plans a vigorous campaign for a dry Congress and a subcommittee will study each candidate’s prohibition record and stances.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
Recuils of this Investigation Made Public for League Members
Recuils of this Investigation will be made public for the information of the members of the league without recommendation.
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League
Girl Dies to Avoid Beating at Four Stories Fall
New York reports eleven year old Angelin Seire leaped from a window to escape punishment. She died in hospital after the fall. In Warrenton Missouri Amelia Custer twenty a Central Western college student was burned to death and her father and brother were severely burned when a racing automobile overturned and caught fire.
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New York
Elevn
Angelin Seire
Warrenton
Amelia Custer
Central Westeran College
Ealy
Greek King In Sea Attack Near Thrace Front
King Alexander of Greece boarded the cruiser Avaroff during bombardment of Toe dosto on the European shore of the Sea of Marmora. Greek troops pushed back Turkish forces with two British dreadnoughts aiding the operation, part of a campaign to drive out Jafar Tayar Ber’s Turkish command at Adrianople. The king plans to witness operations in Thrace, while his wife Aspasia Mano stays in Smyrna as a Red Cross nurse.
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Alexander
Greece
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Toedosto
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Adrianople
Kirk Kilixce
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Thrace
Aspasia Mano
Smyrna
Red Cross
Bryan Won't Accept Honor As Prohibition Candidate
Bozeman Mont July 23 William J Bryan says on arrival he cannot accept Prohibition party nomination for president. He sent a message to the prohibition convention at Lincoln explaining the decision as unjust to both the party and himself.
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Mont
William J. Bryan
Prohibition Party
Prohibition
Lincoln
Vanderbilts’ Patriarch William dies abroad in Paris
W K Vanderbilt head of the New York financial dynasty dies in Paris at age 74 after a long heart disease struggle. Attending: wife, daughter the duchess of Marlborough and sons William K Jr and Harold. Funeral set for Monday at the American church Avenue d Alma with body to be shipped to Staten Island for burial. Born December 12 1849 on Staten Island he studied in Geneva and married Alva Smith in 1874.
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United States
Staten Island
William Kissam Vanderbilt
William H
Commodore Vanderbilt
N. Y
America
Geneva
Switzerland
Alva Smith
Mobile
Ala
O. H. P. Belmont
Consuelo
William K., Jr
Harold Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
A. d. Rutherford
London
England
Favor Acceptance Seeks Concerted Action on Rail Referendum
Chicago July 23 action by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees signals how wage disputes may be settled across 15 unions. They accept the labor board award under protest and draft new demands within ten days. Others may vote to refer the award to the rank and file, with telegraphers and conductors still undecided amid heated unity talks and sharp exchanges.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Raiway Labor Board
Maintenance of Way
Labor Board
M. Therling
Switchmen's Union of North America
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Raiway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
Railways seek 20 percent fare hike and 50 percent Pullman rise
Illinois railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 20 percent increase in passenger fares and a 50 percent rise in Pullman rates to offset a 40,000,000 wage award. Freight rates would rise 32 to 40 percent if approved, with South region impacts undetermined. Chicago date cited.
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Jnt
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Ccietelyniece
Chicago
Llinois
Public Utilities Commission
United States Labor Board
Charles H. Markham
Illinois Centre Railroad
Russian Red Forces Near Hun's Border
Trotsky's detachments push toward East Prussia as Warsaw braces for armistice talks. Allies prepare to aid Poland with troops and supplies if Bolshevik advances persist, while fighting intensifies along the Styr and Nieman regions and across Polish soil.
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Nieman
Prison Car on Way East Through Cheyenne
A prison car carrying undesirable aliens bound for deportation passed through Cheyenne on the way to New York. Government officers refused to identify those aboard. Among the detainees were Vera Mort H B O'Brien and Peter De Backer all from Tucson. OBrien is accused of bringing Mort to the country for immoral purposes. De Backer is described as German.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Pacific Coast
New York
Vera Mort
H. B. O'Brien
Peter de Backer
Tucson
Art. Obrien
Miss Mort
de Backer
Threats directed at a rich widow in Pawtucket
Mrs. Mary D A Sayles widow of Frank A Sayles multimillionaire is under heavy guard from detectives after blackmail threats demanding large sums of money. The motive remains unclear as cryptic newspaper ads echo the blackmailer’s demand while dozens of detectives pursue the case and Mrs Sayles funds.
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R. L
Mary D. A. Sayles
Frank A. Sayles
Cox to be notified Aug 7 for presidential nomination
Columbus July 23 Democratic National Chairman George White announced the date for notifying Governor Cox of his presidential nomination set for Saturday August 7. The vice presidential notification for Franklin D. Roosevelt is fixed for Monday August 9 in Hyde Park New York with Dayton named for Cox.
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Columbus
George White
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dayton
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Polish women legionaries praised for bravery at Vilna fall
Berlin reports Polish women battalion of death fought fiercely and died bravely in the battle for Vilna. Soviet commander commends the enemy women’s desperate bravery in the official communique, noting their heroic conduct amid capture of the city by Soviet forces.
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Berlin
Vilna
Riot returns in Belfast as three shot dead
Belfast reports three more people killed in renewed rioting on July 23. One victim is identified as a monk, deepening fears as the city braces for another night of terror.
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Belfast
Woman to Run for Congress in Fourth District
Nashville Mich July 23 Mrs Maude Glasner wife of Henry Glasner former state representative announced her candidacy for the Democratic congressional nomination in the Fourth district. Mrs Glasner is a well known suffrage and prohibition worker.
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Maude Glasner
Nashville, Mich
Nashville
Mich
Henry Glasner
Glasner
Coal Operators Press to Avert Miner Strike in Central Field
A delegation led by EB C Searles of the Coal Operators association of Ohio appealed to President Wilson to intervene to stop a spreading miners strike in the central competitive field. They met with Secretary Tumulty and left a memorandum for the president.
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Iinois
Central Field
Washington
Coal Operators Association of Minois
Wilson
Feld
EB. C. Searles
Cox Fight Organizing Efforts Advance in Ohio
Columbus July 23 Republicans held the political spotlight at a presidential notification event while Governor Cox and advisers pressed to complete their statewide organization. The governor’s team planned to announce a special committee of fifteen once state chairmen approve telegrammed nominees.
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Columbus
Cox
Marion
Prohibition Plank Struck From GOP Platform In Chicago
Lincoln Nebraska July 23 A telegram from Will Hays replying to Virgil G Hinshaw national Prohibition party chairman says the proposed law and order plank in the Republican platform was stricken by the platform subcommittee in Chicago as meaningless and never shown to the platform committee or the convention.
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Will H. Hays
Virgil G. Hinshaw
National Committee
Prohibition Party
Chicago
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