Republican Speakers Bureau Headed by Senator New
National headquarters appoint Senator Harry S New of Indiana to lead the Republican speakers bureau with regional divisions managed by Congressman Thomas B Miller of Delaware in the east and Congressman J W Good of Iowa overseeing the west from Chicago All will devote full time with a corps of assistants and a unified campaign staff.
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Funeoclatan Press
Chicago
National
Harry S. New
Indiana
Committee
Hays
United States
Harry
New
New York
Thomas B. Miller
Delaware
Gen. Wood
J. W. Good
Iowa
Appropriations Committee
House
National Committee
Wpy
Sentor Harding
Cummins
Marion
Ohio
Senator Harding
BBC Today
Leonard Wood
Cummiins
Will H. Hays
Harding
Daston
Gov
Cox
Columbus
Joe Hall
Cincinnati
Thirty-Seventh
Ohio National’ Guard
Calls Assembly of League of Nations to Convene
Washington July 10 officials said November 15 is not fixed for the first league of nations assembly. The formal call may be issued by President Wilson today and the meeting place is to be announced with the call. The United States will not attend as not a party to Versailles. The call comes at the invitation of allied governments.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Assembly of the League of Nations
State Department
Wilson
United States
American Flier With Polish Army Is Shot Down and Escapes
Harman C. Rorison of Wilmington, North Carolina, a pilot in the Kosciuszko squadron, was shot down near bolshevik lines after attacking a red infantry detachment. He escaped by posing as an Austrian, eluding capture for two days and nights, and reached squadron headquarters. The plane was recovered later by Polish cavalry.
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Lieul
Harman C. Rorison
Wilmington
Kosciuszko
Siberia
Liewi
Rorison
Ukraine
Harding helps publish Boone News-Republican in 1920s Boone
Senator Warren G Harding, then Ohio lieutenant governor, visited the Boone News-Republican office to read proofs for his presidential nomination. He volunteered at a typewriter to draft an abstract and corrected proofs before leaving with a copy of the paper. He quipped about returning.
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Associated Press
Boone
Warren G. Harding
Harding
SHINESE UPRISING THREATS AND PEKING WARNINGS
Diplomatic corps warn Beijing not to fight or bomb Peking if uprising occurs. Forces led by Tuan Chihui surround Peking while Wu Pai Fu nears Pao Ting Fu. fate linked to Wu Pei Fa dismissal. Chang Tso Lin, peacemaker governor of Mukden, retires to Tientsin amid developments.
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Associated Press
Peking
Tuan Chihui
Wu Pai Fu
Chih Li
Pao Ting Fu
Wu Pei Fa
Chang Tso Lin
Mukden
Tientsin
Wanderer Wants to Wang Quickly for Killing Wife
Chicago reports detail the murder case of former army lieutenant Carl Wanderer who confessed to killing his young wife Ruth Wanderer and an unwitting man, driven by a plan to be free to rejoin the army and later inherit his wife’s estate. authorities prepared murder charges and rape counts, with a grand jury expected to indict.
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Associated Presse
Chicago
Hoyne
Hel
Carl Wanderer
Leutenant
Wanderer
Vic
Tim
Waa
Liberty
Detective Bureau
John McDonald
St. Louis
Police Headquar
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Homc
Carl
Ruth Johnson
ToMmante
West Side
Ragged Stranger Identified as Heir of New York Millionaire
July 10 report identifies the slain ragged stranger as Al Watson, said to be the son of a New York millionaire turfman. Mrs. Catherine Vanes, after viewing morgue descriptions, aided by her local visit confirms the identification. Watson, a Canadian expeditionary forces member, is linked to Lieut. Wanderer from his service days.
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Carl Wanderer
al Watson
New York
Catherine Vanes
Watson
Lieut. Wanderer
Adequate Coal Car Supply Urged To Curb Prices
Washington July 14 J A Morrow vice president of the National Coal association told the interstate commerce commission that inadequate car supply at bituminous mines is the root of abnormal coal prices and urged a 30 day extension of priority open top cars. He estimated a need of at least 50,000,000 tons for the year and said the shortage since last April totals 30 to 35 million tons. He denied export demand causes the shortage and opposed an embargo as discriminatory, noting much coal from railroads cannot be used domestically without export.
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Washington, D. C
Morrow
National Coal Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jin
Proaugen
Canadian Roads Ask Freight Rates Boost
The Canadian Railway association applying to the railway commission for a 0 percent increase in freight rates cites higher operating costs from labor and materials. It says costs now far exceed the revenue gained from the August 1918 rate increase.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Canadian Railway Association
Dominion
Railway Commission
Kenyon to Charge Misuse of Public Money by Palmer
Senator Kenyon vows to charge misuse of half a million dollars from a high cost of living fund granted to the Justice Department to boost Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer. He says funds were used to aid Palmer's presidential bid and calls the handling a grave waste. He spoke in an informal briefing after hearings and plans conferences in Washington before a Maine vacation.
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Palmer
Associated Fresa
St. Louis
Congress
Department of Justice
A. Mitchell Palmer
Kenyan
Senate
Ohio
Gov
Cox
Wwarding
Imade
Washington
Maine
Bluffs Mayor Bars Yardmen Speaker From Meeting
Chicago dispatch reports the Chicago Yardmen's association says Council Bluffs mayor barred William A. Robinson from speaking at the armory meeting after the union rented the hall. The mayor supposedly ordered no speeches in Council Bluffs until after July 20, as a railroad board decision looms.
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Chicago
Chicago Yardmen's Association
New Union
William A. Robinson
Council] Bluffs, Jr
Robinson
Council Bluffs
Railroad Board
Vote on Three Way Liquor Referendum in New Brunswick
New Brunswick voters on July 10 faced a three option referendum. The options would retain wartime prohibition, allow wine and beer licenses, or permit sale of all spirits under license. The wet dry campaign closed amid bitter battles.
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Associated Press
St. John
N. B
Province of New Brunswick
Educators vote reorganize as Hunter named head
At the National Education Association convention in Salt Lake City delegates chose Fred M. Hunter of Oakland as president. Miss Olive M. Jones, New York state principals’ association leader, was elected to the board of trustees, a move viewed as key to securing support from women members for Hunter’s presidency amid a heated reform push.
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Salt Lake City
National Education Association
Olive M. Jones
Miss Jones
New York
Defalcations Turned Up in Mexican Gov't Amount to Millions
Reports from Mexico City detail multiple Panama defections in federal departments since the de facto government began. Authorities say funds from national railways financed propaganda for Bonillas' presidential bid. A treasury department Panama, tied to a 1915 revenue stamp issue, is estimated at about 6,000 pesos or more, with profits from depreciated currency unclear. Modern thefts are linked to Carranza officials, with no identified beneficiaries.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Ygnacio Bonillasi
Paipera
Treasury Department
Courier Delivery Time Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 3 30. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to cartier bar error or other cause, please phone 2330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 20 p m.
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Cartier
Spa talks on war crimes trials and Berlin collapse risk
A Spa commission discussed Germany’s demand that trial evidence be gathered and jurists reduce penalties if the Berlin government collapses. German delegates urged direct cooperation between German and other nations’ law officers, with Paris as liaison, to handle indictments and evidence while preserving sovereignty.
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Associated Press
Spa
Belgium
Berlin
Jules Cambon
Frante
Wars
Fraes
Bergham
Italy
Germany
Carl Heinze
Baron Birkenhoard
Great Britlan
Lcommission
Harve
Baron Birkenhead
Altho
Supreme Court
M. Jacquemain
Leijpsic
M. Cambon
Gordon Hewart
Heinze
Weather outlook for Washington area in early July
Weather predictions for the coming week in Washington DC forecast lower Mississippi and upper Missouri valleys. Local thunder showers Tuesday or Wednesday with generally fair weather afterward and normal temperatures.
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Washington
DD. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Poles Withdraw to Strong Forts on Frontier Line
Poles pull back from Brest Litovsk Pinsk and Vilnius amid a Russian offensive. Dispatches indicate withdrawal to frontiers, with Brest Litovsk a fortified railway hub and Pinsk on the Pripet river. Vilnius remains a key Lithuanian city as Soviet pressure grows.
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Pinak
Warsaw
Hrest-Litovek
Althe Pinsk
Buddeny
Brest-Litovsk
Pinsk
Pripet Rive
Brest- Litovsl
Vwilus
Purle
MM. Grabski
Poland
Millerand
Lloyd, George
Wetit! Parisien
Pensions No Longer Need Witnesses to Indorse Checks
Washington July 10 The pension bureau will stop requiring witnesses for indorsements on pension checks except when pensioners sign by mark This change affects about 700000 on government rolls who previously needed two signers each quarter saving over 6 million signatures annually Secretary Payne of the interior department announced the move after consulting pension bureau officers to ease banking and pensioner difficulties
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Associated Press
Washington
Pension Bureau
Payne
Interior Department
Batum Given to Georgian Republic by British and French
Batum, Transcaucasia July 7 The British and French handed over the city and province of Batum to the Georgian republic after surrendering possession. Warships saluted the Georgian flag while shore batteries echoed. The day was a holiday with general rejoicing and surface conditions reported quiet.
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Associated Press
Batum
Transcaucasia
State Guard Encampment Planned Near Storm Lake
Approximately 1200 Iowa state guardsmen are expected at the annual encampment near Storm Lake from Aug 10 to 25. Adjutant Lasher is coordinating mobilization of troops to points statewide and a bulletin on the encampment activities will be issued by the adjutant general.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa State Guard
Storm Lake
Lasher
Adjutant General
Motor Ordinance Violators Fined On New Schedule
Des Moines sweltering heat and July date—roughly 200 to 260 people faced municipal court for auto ordinance violations. Police squads reported to regulate traffic as a new fines schedule was set, with penalties from five to fifty dollars for offenses including insufficient lights and speeding.
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Des Moines
Fusion candidate gains edge at third party meeting
The Committee of 48 opened a national convention in Chicago to fuse liberal and radical groups behind Senator Robert M. La Follette. Delegates from Labor, Nonpartisan League, Single Tax and other parties debated platform planks including public railroad ownership and the preservation of the word Labor in any new party name.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nberal
Taovenent
Robert M. “LaFollette
Wisconsin
Allen McCurdy
New York City
Labor Party
Nonpartisan League
Single Tax Party
Alliance
North
West End
Imain
Committee of
Sisgan
Suru
Labor
Facall
la ¥Ollette
People’s Monetark
Farmers' Equity Society
Producers and Consumers’ League
Cand League For the Independence
Fot Tudia
Taraki Neath Das
New York
J. A. Hopkins
Committee of 48
Hopkins
McCurdy
Mernda Alexander
Montana
National Labor Party
Siky
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