President Wilson seeks explanation on quoted claim
President Wilson asked the French government and Senator Harding to confirm a report that Harding was approached informally by a French representative to lead an association of nations. Harding replies that the quotation is not exact, citing stenographic notes.
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Washington
Wilson
Harding
France
White House
Tumulty
Knox
Lodge
Juxserand
Lausanna
Paris
New York Times
St. Louis
Association of Nations
Greencastle
Ind
United States
League of Nations
League
Department of State
Woodrow Wilson
Marion
America
Taam
Kreneh
Harding Letters Emphasize French Respect for Proprieties
The excerpt quotes Warren G. Harding insisting that French authorities have upheld international proprieties and maintained respect for the United States. He reassures correspondence recipients that claims of widespread French sentiment are unfounded and reiterates U S patience and mutual regard.
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Sam
Warren G. Harding
Night Riders Arrested Over Cotton Warning Postings
In Columbia, Oct 19, Jake and Pen Burton were taken into custody as the first arrests in South Carolina linked to night riders warnings to close cotton gins until cotton prices improve following actions at Johnson City.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Johnson City
Jake
Pen Burton
Goltra Admits Paying Most Delegates Expenses
Edward F. Goltra, Democratic national committeeman from Missouri, testified before the Senate investigating committee in St. Louis that he contributed nearly the entire fund of 4200 dollars used to cover the St. Louis delegates expenses for the Democratic state convention at Joplin last spring.
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Edward F. Goltra
St. Louis
San Francisco
Missouri
United States Senate
Joplin
Five Autoists Die in River Plunge Near Portland
Five of seven men were missing after their car plunged into the Sandy River about 15 miles east of Portland. Police and county officers rushed to the scene and believed all occupants drowned.
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Portland
Ore
Sandy River
Here
Five Men Escape Iowa Jail
Five prisoners escaped from a county jail in Sioux City Iowa by binding and gagging the jailer and later were aided by other inmates who released him. No additional details on capture or motive given.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Jall
Bankers Gather for Forty-Sixth American Bankers’ Session
Washington hosts the forty sixth annual convention of the American Bankers Association with bankers from across the country. The program covers finance questions from country bankers to international relations and features Cabinet officers and national figures as speakers. Secretary Houston will address Government Finance on Wednesday.
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Washington
American Bankers’ Association
Association
Houston
the Treasury
Captives of Reds Reported Killed in Baltic Front Clash
Severe engagement erupts between Polish and Lithuanian troops along the Vilna to Kovne line with heavy losses on both sides. Polish forces push with armored cars near Ky konty station as the conflict widens across the front.
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London
Vilna
Kovne
Kykonty
Soviet Armies Move as Bolshevik Cavalry Resigns Command
Information from the Ukrainian mission reports a Bolshevik cavalry commander resigning and the command passing to Vehed headquarters at Mingtlen west of Kiev. The Ukrainian Soviet Hl is said to have moved from Kiev to Ikov while rail raiding disrupts connections. General has been named commander amid ongoing turmoil.
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Wrangel
Warsaw
Ukraine
Mingtlen
Kiev
Ikov
Supreme Court declines review of socialist relief fine
The United States Supreme Court refused to review a New York socialist party case involving a $3,009 fine for publishing a pamphlet by Nearing titled The Great. The party claimed First Amendment protections but was upheld in lower courts. Professor Nearing was not implicated in the ruling.
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United States Supreme Court
United Part
New York
Ao Nearing
Nearing
Washington
States
Abundance of Soft Coal Mined Under Shortage Precaution
The National Coal Association says ample soft coal output is needed to prevent shortages this winter. Geological Survey reports weekly output of 11,728,250 tons over four weeks ending October 9, up from prior levels. Anthracite production for the week ending October 9 reached 1,847,000 net tons while bituminous shipments totaled 1,283,000 tons for the week ending October 10 with exports at 615,000 tons.
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Tional Coal Association
Geological Survey
Tidewater
New England
Riot Flareups In Whitehall As Unemployed March To Downing Street
Disorder broke out in Whitehall as about a thousand unemployed demonstrators tried to breach a heavy police cordon at Downing Street hoping to meet Premier Lloyd George. Stones were thrown injuring several, a parapet collapsed, and police dispersed the crowd. A red flag from Pettenham district Socialist and Labor party led a separate rush. its banner was captured. The deputation of 15 London bureau chiefs sought relief for the unemployed.
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London
Whitehall
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Treasury
Samm Ceaury
Pettenham District
Socialist and Labor Party
Trafalgar Square
Lenine and
Trotzky
Unemployed Parade Reforms Toward Trafalgar Square
A deputation intended a Downing Street march for the unemployed. After disorders subsided the 10000 strong parade reformed and moved in an orderly procession toward Trafalgar Square, escorted by police. Fifty injured, including two officers and a woman, received treatment. twenty hospitalized. Red flag seen but not deemed significant.
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Downing Street
Trafalgar Square
U S Demands Mexican Oil Policy Before Recognition
The United States told the new Mexican government it will be recognized only after revoking the Carranza decree that places oil under state ownership and enacting new oil production laws. George Creel, acting as President Wilson’s representative, delivered the message in Mexico City, provoking indignation and prompting his brief return to the United States.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Carranza
George Creet
Wilson
Creel
Mexico City
U. S. Bankers Plan Help for Cuba Sugar Relief
American bankers, government officials, and sugar concerns agreed to aid Cuba during the financial stringency. Bankers will buy Cuban bonds to finance the sugar crop and provide other relief, with terms to be sent to the Cuban government for approval.
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Washington, Dt
Cuba
Dewey and Reinsch Awarded Doctorate at Peking University
In a large ceremony at the University of Peking Dr. John Dewey of Columbia University New York and Dr. P S Reinsch former American minister to China received the degree of doctor of philosophy. The event was attended by a sizable crowd of students and educators from both Chinese and American ranks.
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Peking
John Dewey
Columbia University
New York
P. S. Reinsch
China
University of Peking
John Reed Great War Writer Dies in Moscow
Portland telegrams report John Reed magazine writer and war correspondent died of typhus in Moscow Russia. Brother Henry Reed received the news from Louise Bryant Reed’s widow noting Reed’s travels to Russia during the Soviet era and prior arrests tied to his communist views.
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Portland
Ore
John Reed
Moscow
Russia
Henry G. Reed
Louise Bryant
Reed
Finland
New York
United States
Petrograd
Whisky Bribe Confession Spurs Police Corruption Probe
In Chicago a federal hearing before Commissioner Mason heard Frank McGovern a saloonkeeper and a bartender claim they paid police protection money. McGovern alleged Sergt. B Walsh and Patrolman Frank McKay demanded funds, prompting officials to seek grand jury action on conspiracy and indictments.
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Chicago
Mason
Frank McGovern
McGovern
Sergt. B. Walsh
Central Detail
Frank McKay
Assi
Kelly
Indden
Gas City Mayor Jailed for Injunction Violation
Indianapolis Oct 19 Frank Mineaux mayor of Gas City received four months in county jail after Judge A E An found him guilty of violating an injunction in a United States court. Gas City police chief Philip Burgeon was jailed two months on the same charge.
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Indianapolis
Frankmineaux
Gas
Ban on Whisky Traffic in Chicago Enacted
State Director Stone announces a drastic order in Chicago after Major Dalrymple. No movement of whisky from warehouses or via ship media is permitted. The action aims to curb surreptitious whisky sales.
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State Prohibition
Chicago
Stone
Major Dalrymple
Shipmedia
U S Seeks Storage Men Over December Price Plans
U S district attorney conducts a secret survey of cold storage warehouses to uncover alleged plans by egg and butter speculators to spike prices in December and January. Reportedly, a conspiracy to raise eggs to $1 a dozen before Christmas has been unearthed.
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Chicago
United States District Attorney
New Victory for Suffrage in Supreme Court Action
The Supreme Court refused to advance the hearing of Charles B. Fairchilds suit to restrain Secretary Colby from promulgating the federal suffrage amendment. This ruling means the case cannot be heard before the November elections.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Colby
Washington
Supreme Court
Charles 8S. Fairchilds
Bull Fight Season Opens in Mexico City
Twenty five thousand spectators witnessed the season opening at Plaza Del Toros Mexico City. Juan Silveti and Angelete Angel Fernandez each dispatched five bulls in an hour and a quarter, with Angelete narrowly escaping injury after a slip during the fourth bull.
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Mexico City
Houston
el Paso
Tex
Plaza del Toros
Juan Silveti
Angel Fernandez
Angelete
Triple shooting in divorce case shocks Rockford area
Robl inson shot and killed his wife and fatally wounded his mother in law Mrs Dora Brown before killing himself after a conference on divorce proceedings by the Dickinsons in Til. Qet. 19. The incident marks a violent end to a divorce dispute.
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Rockford, Til
Roblinson
Dora Brown
Dickinsons
Haliestall
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Lenine
Havana
Indiana
Frank Lermineaux
Gas City
Chigagg
Federal
Rockford
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