Campaign fund record dispute over large quotas and totals
Fred W. Upham testifies before a Senate committee denying knowledge of a municipal quota list tied to the Cox campaign. The committee later produced state quotas totaling 4.8875 million, with Illinois assigned 560000 and New York 916000, and reveals loans to congressional and senatorial groups to support independent fundraising efforts.
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Chicago
Cox
Pittsburgh
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Senatorial Committee
Kenyon
Upham
Senator Reed
Republican Campaign Fund
National Committee
Illinois
New York
Joans
Republican donors aid cat paign funds
The Republican national committee logged 1 017 255 22 in contributions from June 14 to August 26 for national and state campaigns. Of this total 618 018 54 funded the national effort and 300 241 78 supported state campaigns. A list of 12 neo ul contributors was shown with an average gift of 82 11. A budget tally indicated 8 070 087 20 planned expenditure.
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Republican National Committee
Upham
Filipino Tenants Protest Rent Rise Near Manila
Five hundred residents of San Juan Heights march to Gov. Gen. Harrison’s residence to protest a 200 percent ground rent increase. Legislation seeks estates purchase and resale to tenants at cost.
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Philippines
Manila
P. 1
San Juan Heights
Francis Burton Harrison
Beaned Player Near Death In South Dakota Curve
Sioux Falls report says Ray Maxwell pitcher for the Washington Springs club lies in a Madison hospital in serious condition after being struck on the head by a pitch from Nick Culop of Madison. Doctors fear a skull fracture. Culop was recently sold to Minneapolis in the American Association.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Ray Maxwell
Washington Springs Club
Madison
Nick Culop
Maxwell
Cullop
Minneapolis American Association
Woman Moonshiner Arrested After Running Gunfight
In Springfield area eight miles northwest, Prohibition Agent Brown and two deputy marshals cornered three moonshiners. They arrested two, including a woman, destroyed three stills and seized ten gallons of hot mash after a running revolver battle.
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Springfield
Prohibition
Brown
United States
Cox charges Hays lied to Senate panel on campaign funds
Governor Cox says Will Hays issued false statements about Republican fundraising policies. He cites an alleged official document claiming subscriptions above 8000000 and quotas for major cities, accusing Hays of deception and calling for full party records to be examined before election.
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Columbus
Cox
Will H. Hays
Republican National
Senate
Republican Committee
Harding
Chicago
Upham
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Republican National Headquarters
Hays
Government Ends Rail Earnings Guarantee Amid Road Reversion
Washington reports the mileage earnings guarantee ends at midnight as railroads revert to private operation. losses since March 7 are pegged around 600 million dollars, with loans to continue from a revolving fund. Car loading hit a high for the year with 962,352 freight cars loaded in the week ending August 14, while congestion eased slightly.
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Washington
Bureau of Railway Economics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury
Commission On Car Service
Brooklyn Faces Long Tie Up Over Subway Strike
Brooklyn Rapid Transit faces a drawn out conflict as 2,000,000 residents rely on improvised transport. A trolley inspector was beaten unconscious by alleged strikers, with four hundred ninety police on duty and strikebreakers planned to boost service.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn
Herouch
Roadhouse scene of fatal shooting in Chicago suburb
Paul Brown, a member of a party at Kelly's Bungalon near Niles, is shot and killed after an argument over a woman. Gerald A Stack, wealthy promoter, is held after the incident with a revolver in his hand. Stack, his wife and two children were staying at Hotel LaSalle in Chicago.
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Chicago
Oman
Paul Brown
Kelly's Bungalon
Niles
Gerald A. Stack
Amet Landen Wro
Rhodes
Brown
Mary Kane
Stack
Staek
Hotel LaSalle
Michigan
Wyoming
George Harsh
Webster Groves
Blackstone Hotel
General Wrangel Army Annihilated or Captured Towns Reported
Wireless Moscow dispatch reports heavy fighting with Bolsheviks gaining near Lemberg and Perehys y in Galicia. Bolsheviks claim Brunt-Litovak area bloc. Wrangel’s forces allegedly defeated and surrounded, communications cut, headquarters destroyed in Kuban. Budenny drive advances toward Zamose amid Polish resistance.
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London
Brest-Litovsk
Piatystok
Moscow
Lemberg
Perelysi
Galicia
Ohekhovv
Crimea
Vladimir Volynsk
Plesy
Brent-Litovak
Wrangel
Kuban
Sea of Axzov
Baron Wrangel
M. Kameneff
Taurida
Crimean
Warsaw
Budenny
Zamose
Grajevo
Polish and Soviet Moves Shift Minsk Peace to Riga
Sowetz Hinlys and Brest Litovsk occupy Sokol Loginka Orze cchovo Drachy Podborze and Wer chewhtere along the Bug. Polish flotting gains Horodlo and Mateze as Letvia agrees to transfer Minsk peace conference to Riga at Polish request.
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Sowetz
Hinlys
Brest-Litovsk
Sokol
Loginka
Orzecchovo
Drachy
Podborze
Werchewhtere
Bug
Horodlo
Mateze
Letvia
Poland
Soviet Russia
Minsk
Riga
Woman maims man with whip at Union Station
In Chicago at Union Station Mrs. Charles M. Cooper of Indianapolis waved a long blacksnake whip calling a man threatened to take her daughter. She slashed H. R. Daniel, 46, former Chicago newspaper man, across face and shoulders until Detective Sergeant Terrence Kelly wrestled the weapon away. Sarah Cooper, 19, pleaded with her mother and was restrained by a police officer as she tried to flee.
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Chicago
Charles M. Cooper
Indianapolis
Union Station
H. R. Daniel
Terrence Kelly
Detective Bureau
Sarah
Airplanes Suspected in Cross-Border Whisky Smuggling
Farmers north of Chicago report dawn flights carrying whisky from the Canadian border. Planes allegedly land in fields where trucks load cargoes. A report will be sent to Maj. A V Dalrymple, central district prohibition chief.
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Chicago
A. V. Dalrymple
Central District
Exports of autos reach a ninefold rise in 1920 figures
U S records show autos and parts valued at 232 million dollars shipped in the fiscal year ending June 30 1920. Commercial cars totaled 24 356 units valued at 41.6 million while passenger cars reached 115 519 units worth 125.9 million. The United Kingdom led imports in both categories with Canada second and Cuba Brazil and others also listed. American motorcycle exports totaled 35 041 units valued at 9.55 million.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commercce
United Kingdom
Canada
Cuba
Brazil
British India
British South Africa
Australia
Argentina
New Zealand
Scandinavian Countries
Norway
Sweden
Spain
Denmark
China
Uruguay
Peru
Mexico
Philippine Islands
Chile
France
Japan
Accidents Mar the Air Mail Service
A series of accidents disrupts air mail operations as planes crash and catch fire, halting service and prompting inquiries into safety protocols and weather conditions impacting flights. The incidents involve multiple aircraft and radar-based navigation issues.
Colvin resigns as FTC chairman amid departure note
In Morristown New Jersey on September 1 W B Colvin resigned as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. The Morning dispatch reports his leave from office while other items note fatal mail plane crash near Morristown destroying most mail and another Deshler Ohio crash injuring two aviators.
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Evening Journal
Morristown
N. J
Maxmiller
Richardson
New York
Chicago
Brenna Journal
W. L. Smith
Edward Haight
Deshler
Ohio
Cox Addresses 7000 Farmers at Ohio State Fair
Governor Cox urged America to unite for Europe through the League of Nations and promote an industrial readjustment while focusing on agricultural and educational issues. He spoke before about 7,000 people at the Coliseum, Ohio fair, emphasizing aid to disabled soldiers and national obligations to farmers.
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Columbus
America
Europe
James M. Cox
League of Nations
Nvilily
Red propagandists held in Chicago court
Philip Dreszka and Conrad Serovatka, both 26-28, of 1943 West Division Street, were held to the grand jury by Judge Dennis W. Sullivan on charges of posting and possessing seditious writings. They waived examination after August 15 arrests for nailing posters to trees. bonds set at 1500. Mine wage policy session in Pittsburgh by United Mine Workers and Pittsburgh Coal Producers to set day wage scales following recent Illinois Indiana increases.
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Chicago
Philip Dreszka
West Division Street
Conrad Serovatka
Dennis W. Sullivan
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh Coal Producers’ Association
Illinois
Indiana
Census Revision Boosts Chicago Population
Washington reports the census bureau revised Chicago's population to 2,701,705 from the prior 2,701,212. The figures reflect updated counts and adjustments by the bureau as of September 1.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Chicago
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Mossow
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