West Virginia Fights for Cox Amid Miner Backing and Labor Split
West Virginia miners, a powerful bloc, back Cox for governor while labor supports an independent conservative on the Harding side. The article notes a partisan drift from Democrats to Republicans, aided by anti Wilson sentiment, with women voters being mobilized for November. The piece highlights Montgomery’s contested position and labor influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Samuel Montgomery
Labor
Dabor
Harding
Montgomery
Montmery
Virginia
Fone
Cox
Ohio
Maine
Cast Sought for Courrier Film A Romance of Waterloo
Children and adults gather at the Garden theatre to meet Walter Steiner of Hudris Film Co as Waterloo scenes start today. Exterior shoots begin at 1 pm with rehearsals and public watchings. A “Movie Wedding” and busy day scenes planned around Courier building, Black's drygoods, and local shops.
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Garden Theatre
Walter Steiner
Hudris Film Company
New York
Los Angeles
Romance of Waterloo
The
Courier
Waterloo
Model Laundry
Fourth
Mulberry Streets
Courier Building
Black
Davidson
Bridge Street
Union Atotortar Co
Blacks Corner
Waterloo Gas Engine Co
Sugar Price Drop Wipes 256 Million From Value of US Stocks
Sugar holders in the United States faced a 256 million loss in value as prices fell from 6 1 2 to 22 1 2 cents per pound. Edwin F. Atkins, head of a major sugar firm, told New York Attorney General Allen that policy changes by the American Sugar Refining Co might have mitigated some losses. He noted fortunes changed overnight for speculators and cited a single estate losing 3,209,000 pounds in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Edwin F. Atkins
Allen
Atkins
Cuba
American Sugar Refining Company
Wg Company
Cox Opens Oklahoma Speaking Tour in Enid Campaign
Gov. Cox of Ohio started his presidential bid in Oklahoma with a morning speech at the tabernacle praising the league of nations and criticizing farm institutions. He planned stops at El Reno and Oklahoma City and attacked Senator Harding as the leader of reactionary forces and mocked the front porch campaign.
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Associated Press
Fmid
Okla
Gov. Cox
Ohio
Oklahoma
Tabernacle
League of Nations
Enid
el Reno
Oklahoma City
Cox
Harding
Roosevelt on Tour Through Kentucky Campaign Swing
Democratic vice presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt began a two day Kentucky tour after a three day West Virginia trip. He spoke in Louisville and voiced confidence that Kentucky would vote Democratic in November.
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Associated Press
Charles
W. Va
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kentucky
Louisville
West Virgina
Wrangel Captures Kharkov from Reds in Russia
Kharkov, an important southern city near the Sea of Azov, has been captured by anti Bolshevik forces under Gen. Baron Wrangel. The seizure, amid Polish and Ukrainian advances west of Kiev, threatens Soviet communications near Nikolaiev and Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Constantinople
Kharkov
Russia
Sea of Azov
Baron Wrangel
Kiev
Nikolaiev
Odessa
Liner Baltic Brings Great Cargo of Gold
The White Star liner Baltic arrived with a cargo valued at 7.8 million dollars destined for American tankers. The ship reached New York amid reports of a large gold shipment carried aboard the transatlantic voyage and linked to shipments to Liverpool and Queenstown.
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Baltic
New York
Queenstown
White Denies Taft Accuses Cox of Attack on AP
George White, Democratic National Committee chairman, rejects Taft’s charge that Cox attacked The Associated Press. He says Taft misstates Cox’s remarks and notes Cox did accuse Hays of sending scouts to push western papers to block Cox coverage. White denies any Democratic criticism of the AP or press groups.
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Associated Press
New York
W. H. Taft
My. Taft
Gov. Cox
Gov_ Cox
Hays
Albuquerque
N. M
Taft
Rain and Strikes Haunt New York Moving Day
Rain threatens and hundreds of moving van drivers strike as 95,000 migratory families face new housing laws. Arthur J. W. Hilly warns tenants they cannot be evicted even if other tenants hold leases, amid confusion over the rules.
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The
Assacaiee Press
New Lore
New York
Arthur J. W. Hilly
Hysen
Hilly
Flour Hits Lowest Mark of Past Year
Minneapolis daily market report shows family patent flour selling under 12 dollars per barrel for the first time since September 1918. One mill cut 56 cents to 41.90 per barrel while another reduced from 12.50 to 12.15. Bran fell a dollar per ton. quotations today at 34.35 per ton.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Highways Report Covers Multiple Iowa Towns and Weather
The document lists towns including Albert Lea Mina Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids and Mason City under a subjoined report for the Territors. It notes weather and highway conditions for the period with a brief forecast and agency references.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Charles City
Albert Lea
Mina
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davennert
Dey
Dubuque
Faribault
Wit
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Watersloo
Waverly
Harding proposes federal division for social justice and equal pay
Senator Harding outlines a plan for a federal department of public welfare to advance social justice. He calls for equal pay for equal work by women, eight hour day for women, and enhanced protection for motherhood. The proposal includes Children’s Bureau and health agencies, plus federal employment roles and housing of social services.
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Department of Public Welfare
Harding
America
Federal Department
Sen. Harding
Warding
Children’s Bureau
Federal
Children's Bureau
MacSwiney Reaches Hunger-Strike Day Fifty
London Oct 1 Terence MacSwiney Corks lord mayor entered the fiftieth day of his hunger strike at Brixton Prison suffering increasing arm and back pain. Miss Mary MacSwiney urged Cardinal Bourdon and the Archbishop of Canterbury to condemn Britains policy in Cork jail and urged united action. Reprisals warned but no reprisals to be tolerated, as Sir Hamard Greenwood urged calm and police discipline. Griffith charged a government plot behind reprisals and ambush attacks occurred in Ireland with several officers killed or wounded.
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Associated Press
London
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
Mary MacSwiney
Cardinal Bourdu
Westminster
England
Christane
Royal Irish Constabulary
Hamard Greenwood
Treland
Griffith
Dublin
Ireland
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Belfast
Tubverturry
County Sligo
Pospector Brady
Fess
Liscarrot
County Cork
Limerick
O’brien
U.S. Destroyer Cail Hits Mine in Riga Harbor
In Riga Harbor the U S destroyer Cail reportedly struck a mine with no reports of damage or casualties. The Baltic fleet includes the Gilmer and Brooks which arrived a week earlier. the Navy Department has not been informed of any incidents involving these vessels.
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U.S
Cail
Riga
Washimgton
Kington
D. C
Baltic
Gilmer
Brooks
Navy Department
French Labor Union repudiates radicals in Paris sessions
The French labor congress closed its sessions dominated by Leo Tonhaux who routed the radical faction that backed May Day strikes. He repudiated outside dictation and any attempt to cause social revolution, focusing on economic improvement.
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Pericans
France
Toda
Leo Tonhaux
Genet
Moscow
Jonhaux
Prosecution Evidence Grows in 1919 World Series Case
Chicago prosecutors say enough evidence to indicate fixing in the 1919 World Series was found after an investigation led by State's Attorney Hoyne. Documents from New York and testimony from figures associated with the White Sox and other clubs are to be presented to a Brooklyn grand jury, with pending actions and further indictments anticipated.
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Associated Press
Ghitago
Charles Camiskey
Chicago White Sox
Hoyne
Moyne
New York
Wayne
Beers New York
Iba
eTand
Grand Jury
Comiskey
New “York
Hermann
August Herrmann
Cincinnati
National Commission
Ate Torner Horne
Hal Chase
Lee Magee
Herrmann
Grand” Jury
Jstt Mathewson
Greasy Neale
John McGraw
Jim Ring
Regan
Grand
Horne
Incorrect Courier Delivery Notice
The notice requests readers to contact 3330 if the paper is not delivered by 3 30 or clock and promises a replacement copy. Calls must reach the office before 6 39 p.m.
Defeat of Russian Armies by Poles Near Vilna Tightens
Polish forces advance from Posen east to Parano vitchi and Novograd Volynsk, pushing Russians back across the Slutsch river. Reports say Bolshevik units flee eastward in disorder as Polish cavalry reach near Vilna and close in on the northern front.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Trotsky
Red
Posen
Paranovitchi
Pinsk Miershes
Pripet
Slutsch
Volhynia
Novograd-Volynsk
Lutsk
Kiev
Vilna
Washington Probes Chinese-Russian Pact Reuters Style
The United States informsally questions Peking about Chinese concessions to the former Russian governments. State Department officials stress good faith of China while seeking to protect Russian rights until a stable government forms in Russia. Washington has also begun informal discussions with other nations on the situation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Ching
China
Foreign Office
Peking
United States
State Department
Chas. R. Crane
Russia
Borah Requests No More Campaign Dates
Senator Borah asks Republican headquarters in Chicago and New York to bar speaking dates for him in the presidential campaign. He also telegraphed Senator Johnson of California and awaits a reply. Borah, a League of Nations opponent, recently completed a tour supporting Senator Harding and voices unease over party leaders' stance on the Versailles covenant.
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Borah
Associated Press
Washington,d. C
Det T
Senator Borah
Chicago
New York
Boran
Johnsen
California
League of Nations
Harding
Leagué
Versailles
Senate
Wilson
State Militia Break Up Jail Mob At Jonesboro Tenn
A mob of about thirty five to fifty men from Johnson City held a jail siege in Jonesboro to seize a black suspect tied to an assault on a white waitress at a san itarium. The jailer resisted and militia dispersed the crowd with minor injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Jonesboro
Tenn
National Sanitarium
Johnson City
Politicians to Hold Boards at Show Saturday
Readable fragments describe political speeches at a dairy show with Senator Claude R Porter and Republican candidate Warren Harding on the program. Major Dent Atkinson will discuss Internationalism versus Americanism with experience from ten foreign countries. Receipts and gate activity noted for Antietam veterans and Guernsey cattle judging remarks highlight the event's busy day.
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Claude R. Porter
United’ States
Dairy Castle Congress
Warren Harding
James Cox
Mgr. Porter
Dent Atkinson
Taft and Hughes
Porter
James,Cox
Vnlu
Claude
R. Porter
Albert B. Cummina
Antietam
Vicksburg
Union
Jones
Jones & McKerrow
Imperial Bordeaux
Courtil Brie
Cedar ‘Falls
Susie
Skillet’ Creek
H. J. Schmidt
Cedar Falls
Velma
Ide
Dairyland Farm
Storm Lake
Zleside
Prateria Wrangue
Mountain Brothers
Des Moines
Glenwood Daisy Rouge
Grand Home
B. J. Schmidt
Morning Glory
Appletree Point
Woodbury
Burlington, Vt
Mountain Brotherers
Des’ Moines
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Mark Sullivan
Gov
Senator Harding
Dnustin
Baturdsy
Oklahoma Cities
Roosevelt
F. D
Wrangel
White
A. P
Raading
Division OF Social Justice
Washington
Marion
Children’s
Associatee Press
Fica
Kissa Bay
Associated Reas
Mayne Sd Toekay
Boston
la Atora
Girard
Tiarvester
Major Dent Atkinson
Will
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