Oklahoma Clans Enter Oklahoma Gubernatorial Race
The Oklahoma Democratic primary for governor centers on a Klux Klan ticket linked to Oklahoma City mayor F.C. Walton and state official RH Wilson, with Walton favored to receive Klan backing amid a high stakes race. Meanwhile Missouri faces a bitter U S Senate contest between Reed forces and Heed, with six Republicans vying and four women running for Congress in St. Louis districts.
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Ransan City
Strikebreaking Paradise for Hoboes on Pullmans and Diners
Buffalo July 31 report describes hoboes thriving during the strike as they ride Pullmans, eat in diners, and mingle with railroad officials. John L. Spivak reports from Escanaba on railway shop conditions amid the strike, noting a calmer scene for the itinerant riders than in past eras.
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Pullmans
John L. Spivak
International News Service
Escanaba
Mich
John U. Spivak
Escanaba, Mich
Amertca
Hill
Jim
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Lenine Convalescing Says Trotzky After Visit
Moscow July 31 Leon Trotzky peoples commissar for war returned to Moscow after visiting Nicola Lenine at his home Sunday. The hour long conference discussed matters not disclosed. Trotzky said Lenine was convalescing nicely and fully in touch with government questions but should not work. He denied Lenine was paralyzed.
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Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Peoples Commissar For
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Trotzky
Lenine
Fhat
Smiles at Witness Not Sufficient for Discharge of Juror
Chicago July 29 The defense in the labor terrorism trial of Big Tim Murphy Fred Frenchy Mader and Cornelius Con Shea sought to discharge juror J M Simpson over alleged improper smiles with a witness across the street The motion was overruled by Judge Thomas Taylor The defense argued the friendship could prejudice the juror who sat in the case involving police Lieutenant Terrence Lyong's death
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Big Tim” Murphy
Fred ‘‘Frenchy"” Mader
Chicago Building Trades Council
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Terrence Lyong
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Thomas Taylor
J. M. Simpson
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Simpgon
Godman
Dafense
Hays Visits Hollywood Inspires Fans to See Movie Capital
Will H. Hays, motion picture czar, travels from San Francisco to Estes Park and back to New York. He defends cinema against censorship and urges every motion picture patron to visit Hollywood to observe the industry’s earnest work.
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Will H. Hays
Estes*Park
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New York
Hollywood
Hays
Thieves Grab Wrist Watches in Mason City Break-In
Mason City, July 31. Robbers escaped with 200 dollars in wrist watches after breaking a hole in Potts jewelry store window early Sunday. They reached in through the window and took watches from display trays.
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Mason City
Potts Jewelry
Mayfield Texas Senate Contest Ties Klan Issue
The Senate elections committee eyed a potential challenge to seat Earl Mayfield as U S senator from Texas. If Mayfield defeats former Gov Ferguson in the August 25 runoff, opponents may contest his seat on grounds he ran as a Ku Klux Klan candidate.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senata Electtions Committee
Texas
Earl Mayfield
Culbernon
Mayfield
Ferguson
Ku Klux Kian
Paper Delivery Notice for Evening Courier Route
Reader receives the Courier delivered to home by 5 80 oblock. If carrier error or other cause prevents delivery, a replacement paper is available. Call office before 6 20 p m to report missed delivery or arrange a duplicate copy.
Shoe Factory Workers Win Strike and Old Wage Restored
Cincinnati July 31 Shop workers in the Sam B Wolf Shoe company factory ended a 10 week strike after a wage cut rejection and reached a separate agreement with officials. The Wolf company left the Bath Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association to negotiate with former employees. About 350 employees returned to work at the old pay scale.
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Sam B. Wolf Shoe Company
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Wolf Company
Cincin Bath Boot & Shoe Manufacturers
British Troops to Bar Greek Move on Constantinople
London reports dangers of a Greek push on Constantinople eased by allied action. Downing Street says Greece will pause troop operations and Britain with France are united on the Constantinople situation. General Sir Charles Harrington commands allied troops and will repel any Greek advance if the government reverses its prior decision.
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London
Constantinople
Downing Street
Greece
Great Britain
France
Charles Harrington
Chases Her Husband Two Miles to Kill Him
Chicago July 31. After a two mile chase Mrs Gladys Kirkland commandeered an automobile and shot her husband Percy L Kirkland, four bullets hit his head. She sobbed while confessing to police claiming he beat her and she was glad she killed him.
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Chicago
Gladys Kirkland
Percy L. Kirkland
China to Convene First Parliament After Long War
Peking July 31 1917 China plans to convene its first parliament since 1317. President Li Yuan Hung advocates the reunified China program as the senate president and house speaker vow to restore parliamentary government despite a depleted treasury provincial discord and militarist hostility over disbanding troops.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Chine
Li Yuan Hung
Senate
House of Representatives
Coal Distribution Admins Begin to Operate
Government coal distribution machinery swung into gear with central committee led by Henry B. Spencer to supply coal to industry and maintain fair mine prices while states handle local distribution and prices. Production showed tentative gains, with 3,900,009 tons for the week, anthracite near zero. Strikebreakers in western Pennsylvania faced limited results as unions dig in.
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Henryb.spencer
Washington
Central Committee
Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Public Service Commission
State
New serum may extend human life to 150 years
London reports Dr Yenri Spahinger, noted for an anti tuberculosis serum, claims a new serum could prolong life by many years. Dr Goablingar agrees life span could reach 110 years with the serum and careful living.
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Yenri Spahinger
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Marilynn May Loses Citizenship in U S
Los Angeles July 31. Marilynn Milter, bride of Jack Pickford, weds at Mary Pickford's Beverly Hills home with Douglas Fairbanks present. The couple leaves for their honeymoon, location undisclosed. Post ceremony kisses marred by crowd. Rev. Dodd officiates. Citizenship status for Marilynn debated as Jack, born in Canada, may not have final papers.
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Los Angeles
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Marilynn Milter
Berave
Jack Pickford
Grior
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Beverly Hills
Jack
Marilyan
Toug
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Charles Spencer Chaplin
Doug
Rev. Dodd
Pickford
U. S
Canada
Madalynne's Jury Divided After 66 Hours in Murder Trial
In Los Angeles on July 31, after 66 hours of deliberation the Mada lynne Obenchain jury stood six to six when polled by Judge Shenk. Foreman M O Padder said the panel remained unable to reach a verdict, and the jurors retired for further deliberation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Madalynne Obenchain
Shenk
M. O. Padder
Northcliffe Shows No Improvement
London July 313 Lord Northcliffe a famed British publisher with endocarditis showed no improvement today and his friends are gravely anxious Attending specialists have ordered him to refrain from all securities connected with his numerous newspapers and magazines.
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London
Lord Northclifé
Sarazen to Play Barnes 36 Holes and Hagen Matches
Gene Sarazen, American Open champion, and James Barnes will clash in a 36 hole match at Spring Lake New Jersey next Sunday. On Labor Day Sarazen meets Walter Hagen holder of the British Open in a 36 hole match at Westchester Biltmore Country Club Rye New York.
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New York
Gene Sarazen
Long Jim’ Barnes
Spring Lake
N. J
Sarazen
Walter Hagen
West Chester Biltmore Country Club
Rye
N.Y
Federal Jobs in South Carolina Sold at 809 to 2000
Senator Dial, a Democrat from South Carolina, accuses Joseph W. Tolbert a Republican leader and U S marshal of the Western District of South Carolina of selling federal jobs for sums between 809 and 2000. Dial says Tolbert abused power and treated the people rough.
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Carolina
Washington, D. C
South Caroline
Joseph W. Tolbert
Republican National
United States
Senator Dial
South Carolina
Tolbert
Dial
American Soldiers Killed in Germany After Crash
Berlin reports that three American doughboys were killed and another seriously wounded when a motor truck of the American army of occupation crashed into a telephone pole near the old German fortress of Ehrenbreitstein Coblenz dispatch states the accident occurred this afternoon in Koblenz Coblenz Germany with the fatalities and injuries resulting from the collision
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Berlin
Army of Occupation
Krenbrettstein
Coblenz
REHEARING REQUEST ON FAMOUS SOUTHERN PACIFIC CASE
Washington July 31 The Southern Pacific company filed today in the Supreme Court an application for rehearing of the famous Southern Pacific case. The court recently handed down an opinion directing the company to divorce its ownership and control of the Central Pacific Railroad.
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Washington, D. C
Southern Pacific Company
Bupreue
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific Railroad
Evan Burrows Fontaine in Whitney Suit Promises Sensation
Evan Burrows Fontaine, Broadway dancer, testifies in a paternity case involving Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. She asserts she will reveal all and name the wealthiest and most prominent New York society figures, denying that family objections were about class. Fontaine cites her ancestry to Patrick Henry and other notable figures.
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Bay
Patrick Henry
Gov. Spottingwood
Virginia
Charles I. Evan
Texas
Davenport Coal Man Appeals to Senators for Iowa Fuel
W G Black of Davenport urges the U S Senate to secure 100 coal cars at once to avert ruinous waste of sagad grain and fuel shortages. He warns threshing has stopped and cold storages, warehouses, and canning factories face losses without fuel. This marks the first direct Senate appeal in the current emergency.
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Defense of Social Revolutionists Opens in Moscow
Defense of 28 Social Revolutionary party members charged with conspiracy against the Soviet government opened in Moscow on July 31. The defense faced anticipated guilty verdicts and possible death sentences, though uncertainty remained due to protests from many countries.
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Moscow
Social Revoluonary Party
Illinois Miners Demand Farrington Resign
Sixteen hundred miners in Staunton Illinois held a mass meeting and passed a resolution asking Frank Farrington the Illinois union miners president to resign over alleged activities tied to a separate wage agreement.
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Staunton
Frank Farrington
Ilinois Union
Girl messenger held up for 3500 in daylight robbery
In Minneapolis on July 31 a man was shot and seriously wounded as a girl messenger was robbed of 3500 cash and securities in two daylight holdups near noon. A suspect description and further details were not provided.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Britain Willing to Help U.S. Keep Dry by Searching Ships
London July 81 The British government considers aiding the United States to curb liquor smuggling. Premier Lloyd George announced in Parliament a reciprocal plan allowing both nations to search each other’s vessels within the 12 mile limit. The U.S. State Department had raised the issue after discovering American authorities could not stop imports from the British West Indies.
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Bri Dian
United States
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Great Wellain
United States State Department
Great
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British West Indies
Wisconsin Coal Dealers Called to Conference
Wholesale coal dealers of Wisconsin are summoned to a conference in Madison by the fuel administration under Governor’s appointment at Secretary Hoover’s request. The call for the conference was issued at a morning administration meeting here.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Fuel Administration
Hoover
Striking Shopmen Hope for Quick End to Rail Walkout
Washington reports suggest President Harding may gain quick support for his plan to end the railway strike. T. Dewitt Cuyler of the railway executives group and other leaders deny assurances, while Chicago and New York meetings focus on seniority, wages, and returning workers under guidance of the labor board.
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