France and Britain seal oil co operation pact World War I era
Britain and France pledge joint action to develop oil concessions in Roumania Asia Minor and former Russian territories. They agree to share ownership in Mesopotamian fields and ensure French influence with 25 percent of shares in new ventures while natives may hold up to 20 percent. The pact extends to other countries by mutual consent and covers German assets into an Anglo-French corporation.
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France
Great Britain
Washington
Roumania
Asia Minor
Galicia
Old
Russian Empire
Russia
Russa
Beig
Mesopotamia
Turkish Petroleum Company
Third Man Murder Theory Dropped Amid City Evidence
The murder of a man and a woman in a rooming house near 508 N Street Northwest is now seen as a three-person fight. Odisseus Koukos and John Gravis, with reports linking a fourth person to prior theories, are questioned as police push for a clearer timeline.
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Drmostenes
Oddisseos
Nth Street
John D Stephanon
Oddisseus
John Gravis
Jean’ Goldisseos
Odiscug
Greenville
Howard J. Kelly
South
France Asks U S Stand on Soviet Conference
Paris reports that France requests the French Charge d Affaires in Washington to determine the U S position on a proposed conference with the Soviet government and on Allied support to Poland if armistice talks fail. The Temps warns allies should not confer with the Soviet government without Washington's counsel.
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Washington: Post
Sun-Herald
Paris
Comite de Galard de Bearn
Washington
United States
Amelia
Poland
Boulogne
the Sun
New York Herald
Oil Pact Extends Rights in Colonies and Mesopotamia
An accord aims to guarantee France a share of Mesopotamian oil output at standard prices and allow France and Britain to collaborate on oil concessions in French and British colonies. It requires joint ventures to include at least 7 percent French ownership. Prospective French and British subjects would receive favorable terms in respective colonies, with the full text to be published soon in both countries.
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France
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Lranco
Harding Support Letter Sends Democratic Warning
Marion Ohio July 28 Harding headquarters released a letter from Louis G Bohmrich former Democratic gubernatorial nominee pledging support for Harding and condemning Wilson administration for invading democracy He urges voters to back the Democratic ticket and claims endorsement of past admin actions. Sen Harding also sent a telegram to Calvin Coolidge praising his acceptance and the Republican aim to repossess the people’s government Also a yacht race telegram to the New York Yacht Club congratulates the Resolute and Lipton praising the American victory and the racing spirit This 1912 Associated Press summary notes US UK goodwill and the enduring Entente spirit.
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Wires
Coolidge
Lipton
Associated Press
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Louis G Bohmrich
Wisconsin
Wilson
Senetor Harding
Gov. Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
All America
Republic
New York Yacht Club
Ihlows
Commandora
New York
Warren G H
Payroll Robbers Held After Gary Arrests
Gary Indiana July 8 Alex Trusewich and Philip Dovack are jailed on charges of a $6000 payroll robbery near Pittsburgh on July 12. Trusewich allegedly confessed. officers raided a house after a patrolman recognized him from police circulars. In Pittsburgh he tried to jump from a third story window but was captured. Washington County police seek the pair for a July 13 Vesta Coal Company paymaster robbery at Richville Mine.
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Gary
Ind
Alex Trusewich
Philip Dovack
Pittsburgh
Trusewich
Truswich
Alex Trusewith
Phill Doyack
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Vesta Coal Company
Ritchay~ville
Washington, Pa
Woman at Brake of Runaway Car in Worcester Dash
Mrs Bertha Viella and her three children prevented a street car from plunging down a Worcester hill after air control failed. The motorman chased in a car, jumped back into the runaway, and halted it as the train reached speeds up to fifty miles per hour. All four occupants escaped unharmed.
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Hill
Worcester
Mass
Associated Press
Bertha Viella
J Mra. Viella
Germany Aims to Ship 266000 Mauser Rifles to Mexico
Stockholm reports Germany seeks Sweden’s consent to import 266,000 Mauser rifles for re export to Mexico. The Swedish foreign office has been asked to approve the plan amid suspicions in Stockholm papers that the government may deny clearance.
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Stockholm
Germany
Sweden
Mexico
Foreign Office
Miller Named Republican Governor candidate at New York state convention
Nathan I Miller of Syracuse wins the Republican gubernatorial nomination on the third ballot at the New York state convention, with the party affirming James W Wadsworth for the Senate seat and designating a full ticket including Jeremiah Wood and John J Lyone. The platform supports a league of nations with reservations and pledges for Harding and Coolidge. Secretary Hugo vows to continue his campaign in September.
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Saratoga Springs
Associated Press
Nathan I Miller
Syracuse
United States
James W Wadsworth
Jeremiah Wood
Nassau
John J Lyone
New York
James A Wendeel
Montgomery
Charles D. Newton
Livingstone
Monroe Marshall
Franklin
Frank M Williams
Oneida
Court of Appeals
Frederick A Crane
Kings
Emory A Chase
Greene
Judge Miller
Francis M Hugo
Judge Millers
Elen R Brown
Jefferson County
Hugo
George F Thompson
Niagara
Miller
Thompson
Harding
Coolidge
League of Nations
Congress
Bank Robbers Hold up Peyton Bank in Colorado
Colorado Springs reports the State Bank of Peyton 17 miles east was robbed this afternoon of 3000 dollars. Two men locked the assistant cashier and a customer in the vault and fled in an automobile with the money. The brief quake note mentions a slight tremor in Los Angeles.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
State Bank of
Peyton
Here
Cox to Discuss Debs Withholds Vital Speech Draft
Dayton Ohio July 23 Democratic presidential candidate Gay Cox will respond to a Salt Lake City farmer labor request to help secure Eugene V Debs release from prison. Cox plans late this week to accept the nomination and finish his key note address at Trail's End. He dictated the address all day and will insert a telegraphic note on August 7. He conferred on education with Cora Wilson Stewart of Kentucky and will attend Dayton’s home coming with a brief political-free speech Friday.
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Trail’s End
Cora Wilson Stewart
Kentucky
Dayton
Associated Press
Ohio
Soan
Gay Cox
P R Christensen
Salt Lake City
Farmer-Labor Party
Eugene V Debs
Guy Cox
Christensen
Cox
Debs
Bebale
Washington
San Francisco
Gox Cox
Antisuffragists Seek Hearing From Governor Cox in South
The Southern Women's League asks Gov Cox in a telegram to grant a hearing on state rights and party honor rather than woman suffrage. The group led by James S Pinchard of Montgomery argues the Anthony amendment should be rejected and accuses suffragists of pressuring Tennessee legislators. Governor Cox indicated a hearing would be granted if requested by the appropriate party, noting prior activity by his agents in Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cox
South
Southern Women's League
James S Pinchard
Montgomery
Ala
League
Democratic Party
Tennessee
Dayton
Ohio
Gov Cox
Associated Press of Dispatches
Southern Women’s League
National Woman's Party
Fear Roumanians Bolshevik Coup Rumors
Refugees arriving in Constantinople report fear of Bolshevik movement in eastern Roumania. They describe unsettled conditions and bolshevik advances from Baku through Armenia taking Coucha and Gerousy, highlighting strategic targets on routes to the Tabriz Railway.
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Constantinople
Prosas
Sulvia
Eustendje
Roumania
Baku
Armenia
Coucha
Gerousy
Tabriz
Lores Arme
Turkish commander Nouri Pasha in Caucasus battles
Advices from the foreign office report Nouri Pasha commanding Turkish nationalist troops in the Caucasus engages bolshevik and Armenian forces simultaneously. British warships seized a Russian ship from Nikolaiev Trebin, carrying bolshevik arms for nationalists in Paris.
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Aian
Asmet
Nikolaiev
Trebin Sond
Paris
Nouri Pasha
Caucasus
Foreign Office
Enver Pasha
Eastport Hosts Reception for Roosevelt in Maine
Eastport Maine July 28 residents gave Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D Roosevelt an informal reception tonight. He said he was glad to use the occasion for his nonpartisan swan song and would be in Maine for three days campaigning as Democratic Vice Presidential nominee before the September state election.
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Eastport
Franklin D Roosevelt
Maine
White in New York Talks With McAdoo for Campaign
George White of Marietta Ohio newly named Democratic national committee chairman arrived in New York and met with William Gibbs McAdoo. He said McAdoo would support Gov Cox and that a nine word slogan will beat the Republicans. White planned to visit Gov Cox and then Washington.
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New York
Associated Press
George White
Marietta
Ohio
Democratic National Committee
National
William Gibbs McAdoo
Washington
McAdoo
White
Gov Cox
Whites
MrAdoo
Huntington
The
Treas-ury
Stuart Gibboney
Cox
Homer Cummings
W R Hollister
Jefferson City
National Committee
W J Cochrane
Gow Cox
Labor chief warns against wage cuts as layoffs loom
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, denounces corporate layoffs by the American Woolen Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad plan to cut 12,000 jobs. He insists unions will oppose pay reductions and question how production can rise while thousands are laid off. He cites 1913 gains at the Woolen Company and links to politics.
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Associated Press
American Woolen Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation of Labor
Gompers
Gothpers
Pennsylvania
Mr. Gompers
Induction of wage cuts and layoffs blamed on management
The text condemns wage reductions and large-scale layoffs as unjust. It argues the nation needs production and purchasing power restored to 1913 levels, urging fair continuous operation and intelligent employer actions. It warns two harmful policies hinder production: reducing workers and brutal, unilateral cuts without worker agreement.
Legislation on Japanese Forecast by King Swope
Representative King Swope of Kentucky returned from the Pacific coast and urged federal action on Japanese immigration. He said the United States should admit only immigrants able and willing to become loyal Americans and that Congress will base next winter’s legislation on the committee report.
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Louisville
United States
California
King Swope
Kentucky
House Committee On
Swope
House Committee
Pacific
Congress
Braganza Princess Arrives in New York in Mourning Attire
Princess of Braganza Duchess of Oporto widow of the Duke of Oporto and Portugal heir to the crown lands in exile arrived in New York from Taschen via Providence on the steamship Hrittama. She is known as the Ten Million Dollar Widow from her former marriages and large estate.
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New York
Braganza
Oporto
Duke of
Portugal
Taschen
Providence
Hrittama
Don Alfonso
Don Carlos
Italy
Naples
Philip van Valkenburgh
William H Chapman
van Vathenburghs
Coal Crisis Deepens As Gov Lowden Warns Of Break
Gov Frank Lowden warned that a grave coal crisis could paralyze industries and railroads unless mines reopen. Conflicting claims emerged as St Louis faced a looming coal famine amid miner strikes. Illinois miners and operators disputed numbers as talks continued, while New Brunswick reported armed robberies and Paris moved to pass a broad amnesty bill for pre March 11 offenses.
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St Lous
St Louis
Springfield
Peace in Russia hinges on Lloyd George plan accepts
Britain edges toward peace with Soviet Russia if Lenine accepts the Lloyd George proposal as a basis for negotiation. London aims to wrap a cautious but broad settlement into the Versailles framework while protecting British empire gains and avoiding reopening settled questions.
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Washington Post Ge
Russia
Lloyd George
Millerand
France
Lenine
Poland
Lithuania
Jetvia
Finland
Vioyd George
London
Soviet
Lenane
Britain
Paris
Great Britain
Lenines
Versailles
Onatantinopie
Husma
Constantinople
Lloyd Georges
League of Nations
Persia
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Patruk O Brien
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Wadsworth
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United States Army
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Nome
Alaska
Jasper
St Clair Street
Los Angeles
Ies Angeles
Calif
Turkey
Roosevelt
Cummings
Will
Assauls
Woolen Company
Pennsy
Gov. Lowden
Illinois
ST. Louis
Chicago
Frank Clowden
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
St.Louis
New Brunswick
Roy Tissel
Hiquor
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Tissel
Paria
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Ee Winstana
Ade
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