Russians in Halle Convention Split Over Zinovieff Plea
At Halle Oct 16 delegates from the German left and right clashed as M Zinoviev urged unity with Moscow to spark a German revolution. He offered German workers Russian financial aid while warning against centralized control. Right wing leaders shouted and threatened the speaker as the hall sang the Internationale.
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Kremmlin
Halle
M. Zinoviev
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Imred
Zinovieff
Noske
Third Communist Internationale
M. Zinovieff
France
Central Committee
Third Intern
Belfast Riots Suppressed by Police and Military
Severe stone throwing in Belfast between York Street and Queen Street led to military intervention with police in riot control. Sinn Fein men raided Spence and Holm Stone Engineering Works, holding workers at gunpoint and setting a fire that was extinguished before major damage.
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Belfast
York Street
Queen Street
Sinn
Coal Miners in McAlister Field Take Wage Grievance Vacation
Muskogee Oklahoma October 16 Two thousand eight hundred coal miners in the McAlister field are on vacation due to grievances over wages.
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Muskogee
Okla
McAlister Field
Governor Cox Receives Rousing Welcome in Marion
In Marion, home of Senator Harding, Governor Cox drew a large crowd as he spoke near the railroad station. Several thousand people cheered the Democratic candidate while Harding was away on a southern trip. Spectators lined the streets, perched on cars and rooftops as autos filled the area.
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Marion
Cox
Harding
Viscount Melville to Wed Barber’s Assistant in Edinburgh
Charles Sawnders Dundas sixth Viscount Melville aged seventy seven will marry Margaret Todd an Edinburgh barber shop assistant. This will be the viscount’s third marriage.
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Viscount Melville
Edinburgh
London
Charles Sawnders Dundas
Margaret Todd
the Times
Frank Zagar hanged in Chicago after failed stays of execution
Frank Zagar, known as a Burnham stickup man, was executed in the Chicago county jail after five condemned men faced reprieves. He sneered at the priest, rejected prayers, and boasted of killing more than police know. He cut his mother short and denied mercy as the trap dropped.
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Frank Zagar
Chicago
Burnham
Zagar
Sisters of Mercy
President asks for wheat price decline facts from Gov. Allen
President Wilson sent a letter through Secretary Tumulty to Gov. Allen of Kansas asking for any information suggesting the fall in wheat prices is caused by unfair practices or artificial factors. The request follows appeals for action toward a Canadian wheat embargo and directs the federal trade commission and Agriculture Department to investigate at once. A Washington conference on farm credit policy continued with a federal reserve board statement pending publication.
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Wilson
Gov. Allen
Kansas
Federal Trade Commission
Tumulty
Commission
Department of Agriculture
Capital
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Farmers committee reviews agricultural policy with bankers
Representatives on the farmers committee confer with the American Bankers Association next week regarding potential impacts of upcoming policy proposals on farmers and interest groups. The meeting aims to align positions if the policy is seen as unfavorable to farmers.
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American Bankers’ Association
Potley
Mrs Wilsons Forty Eighth Birthday Observed in Washington
Washington reports mark Mrs Woodrow Wilsons forty eighth birthday amid congratulations from across the country. The White House hosted a two hour bicycle ride and informal party with friends from the Alweyse institution and Mrs Wilsons Wytheville Virginia roots noted.
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Washington
Woodrow Wi
Fent
Alweyse Institution
Mre
Wilton Wks
Wytheville, Va
Wilson
Towns Seized by Serb Soldiers After Plebiscite Outcome
Vienna reports two battalions of Jugo-Slavs entered southern Carinthia’s plebiscite zone and occupied several towns. They refused to recognize the plebiscite commission and said they would administer the area pending developments. Riots and reports of oppression surface in Marburg as allies protest.
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Vienna
Klagenfurt
Carinthia
Judge Landis Probes Bitters Firms In Chicago Inquiry
In Chicago on Oct 16 Judge Landis ordered subpoenas for Rex Bitters Co and Wood's Bitters Co presidents after examining seized liquor in saloons. He warned of differing indictments under Prohibition and Internal Revenue laws and directed coordination between prosecutors.
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Rex
Pond
Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Rex Bitters Company
John Lamson
Wood's Bitters Company
Hquer
Zahari Kachem
Joe Geodullida
West Fourteenth Street
Award Bednorewicz
Bitters Company
Dowd’s Bitters Company
Wendel Kendelice
John E. Madigan
Linker
Lou
Rum Ring
BILLIONS SPENT ON LUXURY ITEMS IN 1919
Treasury luxury tax returns show American women spent 750.9 million dollars on rouge lipstick powder and perfume in 1919 while total taxable luxuries reached 22.7 billion for both sexes. Men spent 1.31 billion on cigars and cigarettes, 800 million of that on cigarettes. Jewelry purchases reached 0.5 billion, half the candy outlay. Prohibition raised soft drink spending to 350 million dollars.
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Washington
Ohto
Treasury
America
Sugar company and eight directors indicted for Lever Act violation
Pocatello Idaho October 16 The Utah Idaho Sugar company and eight of its directors including Merrill Nibley Thomas L K Cutler W S McCornick David A Smith James C Murdock W H Wallis and O H Love were indicted by the federal grand jury on charges of violating the Lever Act.
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Pocatello, Idaho
Utah- Idaho Sugar Company
C. W. Nibley
Merrill Nibley
Thomas LK. Cutler
W. S. McCornick
David A. Smith
James C. Murdock
W. H. Wallis
8. H. Love
Federal Grand Jury
Prohibition Enforcers Hampered by Funds Shortage on Canadian Border
Detroit officials say lack of funds and small enforcement staff hinder prohibition efforts along the Detroit River and Lake St Clair. Five agents cover the eastern district of Michigan and fight a booming whisky traffic amid vast wetlands and woods. Canadian operatives and U S Secret Service seized 800 cases of liquor hidden in a train entering Sarnia tunnel.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit River
Lake St. Clair
Congress
Michigan
Ontario
Detroit Police
Sarnia
Ont
United States Secret Service
Sarnia Tunnel
Tokyo minister urges Christian justice for world peace
Viscount Ushida, Japan's foreign minister, addressed the world Sunday school convention in Tokyo. He urged adoption of Christian principles of justice and mercy by national policies to ensure equality, harmony, and peaceful progress among nations. A platform for world brotherhood was adopted.
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Tokyo
Viscount Ushida
General strike declared in Triest Bologna and Brescia
Italy erupts as a widespread strike spreads to Triest Bologna and Brescia with riots at San Giovanni Rotondo leaving eleven dead and about one hundred wounded. A nationwide resolution calls for immediate liberation of all prisoners held for political or military crimes.
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Triest
Bologna
Brescia
Rome
Messagero
San Giovanni Rotonde
Italy
Bomb blast at Rio Central station kills one
An anarchist bomb exploded at Rio de Janeiro's Central Railway Station killing one person and injuring twenty others. Police opened an investigation as witnesses described the chaotic scene and emergency crews aided the injured.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Blaine Denounced by Republican Central Committee
Milwaukee Oct 16 John J Blaine Republican gubernatorial nominee previously backed by the Nonpartisan league was repudiated by the Republican state central committee which resolved to back only candidates endorsing both national and state Republican platforms Blaine has not issued a statement on his stance toward the state platform despite repeated requests.
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Milwaukee
John J. Blaine
Nonpartisan League
Republican Party
Republican State Central Committee
Blaine
China Monarchy Hoax Quelled Amid Calm Peking
Peking reports political tranquility and denies any crisis or monarchy. Shanghai rumors of October 12 claimed Gen. Chang Tsao-Lin toppled the government. The financial unease from a global consortium meeting is being watched with interest.
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Peking
Shanghai
Chang ‘Tsao-Lin
Pengtien
United States
Harding's Sister Resigns Probation Officer Post
Mrs. Caroline Votaw sister of Senator Harding resigns as probation officer of the Washington Metropolitan police woman’s bureau. She gave no reason but friction among bureau members had been reported for some time.
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Caroline Votaw
Washington
Senator Harding
Woman’s Bureau
Washington Metropolitan Police
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