German Death Toll in Katowice Street Battle
In a Katowice street battle between French occupation troops and German and Polish civilians, 20 Germans and Poles and 9 French were killed. Major von Kleist and Polish leader Dr. Milewski were among the dead. French forces used machine guns and grenades as reports from the no man’s land area reached Berlin.
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Karl H. von
Wiegand Universal Service
Berlin
Kattowitz
Milewski
von Kleist
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Foreign Office
Silesia
No Man's Land
Germany
League of Nations
Poland
Sarre Valley
Four Boys Rescued From Drifted Rowboat Off Shore
New York Aug 19 A group of four boys were found clinging to an overturned rowboat’s mast by 4 Woman using a Coney Island telescope as they drifted a mile offshore. Mrs Marl Monger of Manhattan alerted Parkway life-saving Station and rescuers brought the boys ashore unconscious but saved.
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New York
Coney Island
Marl Monger
Manhattan
Parkway Beach
Pretty Hawaiian school teachers are stowaways
Two Hawaiian women, Mildred McGruder and Eva A Traugher, hid in the hold of the army transport Sheridan for nearly three days and were listed as stowaways. Arriving in San Francisco they used the names Mildred Willis and Helen Traugher, claiming origins in St. Louis and Philadelphia.
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Universal Service
San Francisco
Sheridan
Honolulu
Mildred McGruder
Eva A. Traugher
Miss McGruder
Mildred Willis
Forgiveness Stays as Mrs Granetelli Faces Husband's Suicide Attempt
Margery Rex reports on Mrs. Kate Granetelli, whose husband Krank Granetelli and Mrs. Alma Lotus attempted suicide. Despite the scandal and a weekly support order, Kate forgives for the sake of their three children Benedict 4, Jasper 2, Rose 3 months. She recalls discovery day and the years of late nights. She would not fight the Lotus woman, yet questions why he acted. A neighbor notes the situation and comments on men’s love.
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Margery Rex
International News Service
New York
Kate Granetelli
Krank
Alma Lotus
Frank Granetelli
Frank
Benedict
Jasper
Rose
Mrs. Granetelli
Mamma
Papa
Court of Domestic Relations
Lotus
Samuel M Roosevelt Dies in New York Club
Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt, artist and portrait painter and second cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, collapsed and died at the Knickerbocker Club in New York. Born July 20, 1863, in New York, he studied in Paris and exhibited at the Paris salon in 1910. He was decorated by the French government in 1914.
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New York
Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Knickerbocker Club
Mr. Roosevelt
Paris
Laurens
Constant
Navy to Operate Petroleum Fields in California Reserve
The Navy Department considers immediate operation of oil lands in the Southern California naval petroleum reserve, either directly or by leasing to private operators on a royalty basis. Action is deferred until after August 25, the deadline for claimants to file lease applications under the land leasing bill.
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Washington
Southern
California Naval Petroleum Reserve
Navy Department
Girl 14 Victim of Accident in Illinois Saddle Collision
Dixon Illinois Mamie Vandermoor 14 died from injuries after a horseback accident during a race with a companion. The horse kicked and pierced her abdomen, leading to fatal injuries. In Bangor Maine the will of Dr Thomas Upham Coe valued at 8 million dollars left to public bequests and charities, to be distributed two years after his widow’s death.
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Dixon
Mamie Vandermoor
Bangor
Thomas Upham Coe
Maine
Elionsky Plans 100 Mile Swim From Brighton Beach
Henry Elionsky, holder of the world endurance record, begins training for a 100 mile ocean swim this summer. He intends to start and finish at Brighton Beach baths after ending a two year retirement with a lucrative offer to surpass his 65 mile world best.
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Elionsky
New York
Henry Elionsky
Brighton Beach Baths
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