Coal operators press Illinois miners to return to work
Washington reports President Wilson urged John L Lewis to gather the joint scale committee to resolve wage inequalities if strikers return. In Chicago central district operators demand immediate mine worker return, while utilities commission weighs curtailing passenger trains and selling fuel direct from mines. Indiana mines idle exceed 50 percent, Evansville and Terre Haute districts report widespread stoppages. Train schedules risk cuts as fuel shortages mount. state or federal action possible.
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Washington
Wilson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Ilinois
Indiana
Chicago
John L Lewis
Frank Farrington
Ilinois Miners’ Organization
State Utilities Commission
James H. Wilkerson
The
Utilities Commission
Wilkerson
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. M. Barnes
Wholesale Dealers’ Association
Mr. Wilkerson
Philip H. Penna
Terre Haute
Evansville
Southern Indiana Coal Bureau
Chicago & Alton
Wabash
Alton
Coal Shortage Forces Railroad Curtailments
Wabash reports a temporary coal supply until Monday and notes coal in transit has been commandeered by railroads. If new shipments arrive, rail lines will be compelled to cut schedules to ration limited fuel for freight and passenger service.
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Wabash
Warrants Issued for Twenty Coal Operators in Knoxville
Warrants for twenty coal operators and dealers in Knoxville charging profiteering in coal sales were given to U S Marshal J Parks Worley. Names of defendants withheld until warrants are served. Attorney General Kennerly discusses coal company books under Justice Department instructions. Alleged profits range from 88 to 5 per ton.
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Knoxville
Tenn
United States
J. Parks Worley
Kennerly
Department of Justice
Liquor Robbery at Chicago Warehouse
Eight hundred cases of bonded whisky valued at 200 are reported stolen from the Benjamin Segal warehouse at 907 South State Street. Four men used two autos to seize 600 cases, binding the porter, as police trace the liquor theft tied to Prohibition Enforcement Director Captain Hubert Moward’s orders.
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Chicago
Benjamin Segal
South State Street
Hubert Moward
Nquor
Segal
Sentry Slays Texas Captain in Galveston Camp
Herbert A. Robertson, longtime World War veteran and captain of the local National Guard company, was shot and killed by a sentry at the Galveston National Guard camp as troops prepared to go on duty under General J. F. Wolters.
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Galveston
Herbert A. Robertson
National Guardsmen
J. F. Wolters
National Guard
European trade balance drops in 1920 year report
Washington reports the 1920 US balance with Europe fell by over 8.5 billion from 1919. Exports to Europe reached 4.864 billion while imports stood at 1.770 billion. South America shows a nearly 400 million unfavorable balance, with Argentina a top export destination and Brazil's trade slightly tilted toward imports.
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Washington
America
Europe
Department of Commerce
South America
Asia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Japan
Argentina
Republic
Brazil
Optimistic U S Comptroller Warns Against Pessimism
Washington July 31 Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams issued a highly optimistic review of U S financial conditions as of June 30 stating there is no justification for pessimism. He credited Federal Reserve restraint on unnecessary credit and boosted production, noting bank resources are strong and well fortified despite some loan reductions and deposit declines.
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John Skelton Williams
United States
Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Comptrollers Statement
Williams
Cleveland
Eileen Cole Returns Home After Grandmother Visit
Eileen Cole came home to Haskins last evening from a visit at her grandmother Mrs Ellen Wallace's home.
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Eileen Cole
Haskins
Mrs
Ellen Wallace
Drive Is On Against Cantu Opposing Rebellion in Baja California
Mexican federal forces numbering several thousand move to Baja California to quell the rebellion against Gov Esteban Canta. Gen. Plutarco Calles, war and marine minister, confirms from El Paso en route to Torreon to confer with Francisco Vite about the situation.
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el Paso
Tex
Lower
California
Esteban Canta
Elias Calles
Torreon
Thirancn
Francisco Vite
Chamber backs millenand coal accord in France
Paris July 31 premier M Merand won approval in the chamber of deputies after a personal plea. The chamber voted 393 to 88 to approve the Spa negotiated coal agreement. France will advance Germany 200 million francs per month for coal. The finance committee opposed it 14 to 12.
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Paris
P'remier
Harding Campaign Launches Front Porch Speaking Plan
Senator Harding opened his front porch campaign in Marion with a speech to Mansfield delegates. Two new speaking dates were added Aug 12 with 600 pottery workers from East Liverpool and Columbia County Ohio and Sept 25 for a visit by the American Defense Society. Campaign managers note growing delegations and many invitations nationwide but no firm away from Marion appointments yet.
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Harding
East Liverpool
Columbia County
Ohiio
American Defense Society
Marion
Proletarian Revolution Urges Civil War in Britain and Europe
London dispatch quotes Moscow third Internationale reply to Independent Labour Party questions urging violent upheaval. Communism seen as only form of socialism, predicting world revolution to ally with Eastern peoples against British and American capitalists. Also reports Bolsheviks capture Ossovetz fortress as Poles retreat toward Lomza near Warsaw.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
America
Jong
British Independent Labor Party
Third Internationale
Moscow
London Times
Independent Labor Party
United States
the Times
East
James Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Ossovetz
Lomza
Warsaw
Three Slay Irish Official in Dublin Director’s Room
Dublin July 1 Frank Brooke Ireland’s prominent leader and close friend of Viscount French the lord lieutenant was shot in the directors room of the Dublin and Southeast railway in Westland row Three men fired at Brooke and Cotton but Cotton survived the trio fled on foot leaving Brooke fatally wounded and dead in the room
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Dublin
Frank Brooke
Ireland
Viscount French
Lord Leutenant
Dublin & Southeastern Railway
Westland Row
Brooke
Cotton
Study homes of miners in Tiazleton tour
The anthracite coal commission arrived at Tiazleton Pennsylvania on July 31 and conducted an automobile tour through surrounding villages to observe miners and their families living conditions. The panel will also visit the Schuylkill region and convene in Washington next week to review testimony from Scranton hearings.
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Tiazleton
Anthracite Coal Commission
Schuylkill
Washington
Scranton
Ohio towns honor Governor Cox in Dayton parade
Thousands in Dayton and the Miami valley welcomed Gov. Cox as the Democratic presidential nominee. A 2:30 civic parade featured about sixty floats, the Rainbow division and Meteor bands, with no speeches. Stores and offices closed for a half day as residents celebrated their native son.
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Dayton
Gov. Cox
Miami Valley
Middletown
Hamilton
Rainbow Division
Meteor
Piqua
San Francisco
Palmer Denies He Will Quit Cabinet
Philadelphia reports Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer denied rumors of his withdrawal from the Wilson cabinet while noting three Justice Department officials may resign. C B Ames assistant to the attorney general and William J Flynn head of the division of investigation signaled intentions to resign.
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Philadelphia
A. Mitchell Palmer
Stroudsburg
Uue
Wilson
Department of Justice
C. B. Ames
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Inveatiegation
Tia Radical Campaign
Owen to stump for Cox in Washington switch
Senator Robert Lee Owen of Oklahoma pledged support for Governor Cox at the national committee headquarters in Washington July 31 He offered to campaign and speak at dates noting his belief the race is between progressives and stagnant patters and that a large portion of Democrats and Republicans lean progressive
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Washington
Cox
Robert Lee Owen
Oklahoma
National Committee
White
Owen
Amundsen Couriers Lost Near Arctic Coast
Three members of Roald Amundsen's Arctic expedition, who left the Maud with mail last fall, are missing off the northern German coast after the vessel was headed north. Names have not been learned.
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Nome
Alaska
Roald Amundsen
Berian
Amundsen
U. S. Board Seeks More Oil for Merchant Fleet
Washington July 31 The United States Shipping Board reports the fuel situation for the government merchant fleet. Assured timber contracts cover most fuel needs for October 1 start date. The board aims to secure about 3,000,000 additional barrels of fuel to reach an annual supply of roughly 29,280 thousand barrels.
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Washington
Held in Burlington Slaying Near July 81
Burlington Iowa July 81 James Stevens arrested on information linking him to the mysterious death of Mrs Alfred and her three year old son Stevens admitted prior implication in a similar La Crosse Wisconsin case He says he served with U S troops in the Sioux Indian campaign He is aged between fifty and sixty.
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Burlington
James Stevens
Alfred
Steven
la Crosse
Wis
United States
Matty Matheson Critically Ill From Tuberculosis
Christy Mathewson, hailed as the greatest pitcher, is critically ill with tuberculosis in Mc Lake New York after leaving retirement with the Giants. He left his city duties recently as assistant manager and is reported in weak condition during his travels toward treatment.
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New York
Christy Mathewson
Mc Lake
N. Y
Matty
Hinelaie
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U.S
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Hazleton
Schuykill
Ohio
Palmer
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U. S. Board
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