Polish Capital IO Moved and Warsaw Crisis Deepens
The Polish government abandons Warsaw with Moscow claiming relocation to Katisz as Soviet forces push from Sokotoy toward Brest Litovsk. British and French leaders fear Warsaw’s fall, discuss blockade and aid limits, while Lloyd George and Millerand press for western Europe’s defense and Minsk talks.
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London
Warsaw
Moscow
Katisz
Kutisz
Kalisz
Posen
Tussim Bolshevist
Sokotoy
Brest
Shtovsk
Muskio
Bug River
Ostrov
Narew
Shah of Persia Abdicates and Republic Formed
Central News dispatch reports from Paris that the shah of Persia has abdicated and a Persian republic has been formed, according to Constantine le and the Echo de Paris.
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Central News Dispatch
Constantinople
Paris
Republic
Constantinele
Echo de Paris
Governor urges prompt ratification of federal suffrage amendment
Nashville Aug 20 Governor Roberts urges a special session to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. He cites Republican and Democratic state conventions backing ratification and argues both parties support it. He notes legal opinions say action remains constitutional despite state provisions and urges swift passage to place women on equal footing at the ballot.
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Nashville
Tenn
Roberts
Teg- Whintire
Gvernment
Solicitor General
Supreme Court
Hind Mae
Belef
Cox to Appeal to Women for Cox Campaign
Gov James M Cox plans to win the support of 10 million women voters in November by appealing to mothers wives and housewives on league of nations issues. A flying squadron of nationally known women speakers will be joined by 5 000 local women speakers in every precinct with Mrs George I Bass of Chicago named executive chairwoman of the women’s campaign committee.
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Dayton
James MM
Cox
Jald Wis
League of Naions
George i, Bass
Chicago
Blaze at Joliet Prison Destroyed Factory Building
A fire at Joliet Penitentiary damaged a factory building and another structure, loss about 20000 dollars in finished stock. Officials call the blaze incendiary. cause undetermined. John L. Whitman attended the parole board session nearby as convicts' fire brigade failed to halt the blaze. Tollet and Assistant Chief Ruddy aided by two responding companies.
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Toliet
Til
Penitanthary
John L. Whitman
Parole Board
Tollet
Thomas Ruddy
Wage award for 7000 Chicago express workers set
United States railway labor board in Chicago awarded wage increases totaling about 74 million dollars yearly for 7000 express workers. The approved raise averages 26 dollars a month, covering various employee classes with increases from 8 to 70 percent of amounts requested.
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Chicago
Railway Express
United States Railway Labor Board
Ponzi Faces Bankruptcy Petition in Boston
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against Charles Ponzi by Charles Cantwell James Fernald and Henry Farrell who hold notes totaling 750. The action stems from Ponzi's international exchange operations that have stirred observers in Boston. Signing of the Turk Treaty Postponed in Paris due to unrest from Bolshevik advances into Poland.
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Boston
Bankrutcy
Charles Ponzi
International Exchange
Charles Cantwell
James Fernald
Henry Farrell
Paris
Europe
Poland
Turkey
Grain movement plans to ease Great Lakes transport load
Interstate Commerce Commission and railways study using Great Lakes to move grain from the Northwest to Buffalo, claiming lake shipping can handle up to 12,000,000 bushels per trip. Governors and railroad officials warn of car shortages, urging swift orders to guarantee grain movement and prevent wider shortages.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
Clark
Northwest
Harding
Iowa
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Buffalo
Mnnding
Chicago
Inter State Commerce Commission
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Murphy
Commission
Northwestern Grain Shippers
P. B. Jacobson
Minnesota Ailway and Warehouse
Royalty to Enter Business Despite Royal Rule
The king of Great Britain suspends the rule prohibiting royal family members from business work due to high living costs. A prince previously refused a rich 1914 offer from a major financial house and the offer is believed to be renewed.
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George
George V
Hos
Aviator Burned to Death Near Topeka Field
A. F. Nadeau of Kansan City an aviator burned to death when his plane crashed in flames at Cowles field west of Topeka as he attempted landing. B C Travers of Plainville crawled from the aircraft when his safety belt failed. repairers?
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Topeka
Kea
A. F. Nadeau
Kansan
Cowles Field
B.C. Travers
Plainville
Kae
Sertiua
Mannix On Warship Lands In Penzance Move To London
Archbishop Mannix disembarked from a destroyer at 4 30 pm in Penzance and proceeded to the railway station for London, refusing statements. He stayed with Canon Wade and may travel freely, while two detectives reportedly shadow him. A separate report says he was taken from the Baltic meeting destroyer and did not return with other ships.
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Penzance
Mannix
London
Canon Wade
Wberry
Queenstown
Wivero
Baseball scores and league results from Monday play
Chicago defeated Washington 34 to 4 while Detroit beat Philadelphia 6 to 2 and New York edged Cleveland as Boston posted 81. In the National League Brooklyn and Chicago both won 6 to 6 and New York triumphed 9 to 0 over Pittsburgh. Cincinnati beat Boston 6 to 2 while Leats lost 12 to Philadelphia 10.
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Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Perch
Cleveland Rye
Washis Tor Dee
Reese
Satentanane
Haston Sansa
Philadelphig
British labor vows action to stop war over Poland
London officials report that ABOR warns that war between allies and the Soviet Tulsi over Poland would be an intolerable crime against humanity and vows organized labor will be used to defeat such a war. The decision was reached at a meeting of prominent leaders of British Inter.
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Poland
Lloyd George
London
Minsk
Inbor
Inter
New Air Mail Line Starts from Chicago to Minneapolis
A U S mail plane began the first regular daily service from Chicago to Minneapolis today. The craft departed from a government field near Maywood and is slated to land at Fort Snelling later this afternoon. An elaborate ceremony marks the first Chicago to Minneapolis flight.
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Postal Service
Government Field
Chicago
Minneapolis
United States Mail
Maywood
Fort Snelling
Peace Treaty With Bulgaria Ratified by Parliaments
Paris August 10 The peace treaty with Bulgaria is formally in effect after ratifications exchanged by party signatories. The accord, signed at Neuilly on November 21 1919, was ratified by the Bulgarian sobranje on January 12 of this year, completing the process.
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Paris
Bulgacia
Neuilly
Government August grain report shows large corn gain
The August grain report forecasts corn at 3,003,000,000 bushels and total crops rising overall, with wheat down 14,000,000 bushels to 705,000,000. Other crops including potatoes, tobacco, and hay show higher fore casts. regional condition readings and remaining oat stock are noted.
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Washington
Tohacen
Five German Warships Reach New York for Quarantine
Five German warships turned over to the United States by the Allies arrived under quarantine in New York Harbor. The Ostfriesland, the Frankfurt, and three destroyers anchored in the Hudson River awaiting inspection for two weeks before tours along the Atlantic seaboard and eventual destruction. The ships were linked to naval actions near Jutland and Dogger Bank in the recent conflicts.
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New York
A. W
United States
Hudson River
Atlantic Seaboard
Ostfriedland
Frankfurt
Jutluod S
Beagat
Markets Flash Rough Prices For Grains And Livestock
Grain and hay prices show hard spring wheat and soft winter wheat quotes with In 98 Yb and Kanaas entries. Dairy and poultry items list scores, grades, and packing stock while cattle and sheep prices span prime steers to common yearlings with varied weights and regions.
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Waco
Timothy
Dutter—Creamery
St Scorn
Fireta
Aucks
Kesee
Reese
Mepeese
Apts
Big improvement in coal situation across week
Washington reports a bright view of the coal picture for the week of July 31 from Geological Survey data. Despite a weekly production dip due to Illinois and Indiana strikes, annual and weekly totals show gains and a new record for tidewater shipments with 27,461 cars handled by water piers, while canal shipments under priority rules began modestly.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Doates
Dilnets
Indiana
Illinois
Sone
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Bampton Roads
Charleston
Denver Strikers End 1000 Carmen Strike in Denver
The Tramway Workers union executive committee in Denver appointed a three member committee to inform Frederick W. Hild that striking trainmen will return to work. Union president Henry Silberg said no restrictions remain on resuming work, ending the 1000 carmen strike begun August 1 after riots last week. Death toll rises to seven with Leonard A. Temmer dying in a hospital.
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Denver
Colo
Tramway Workers’ Union
Frederick W. Hild
Genes Mnnger
Henry Silberg
Leonard A. Temmer
Emma Goldman Finds Place in Soviet Museum Project
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, once expelled from the United States as undesirables, now serve the Russian soviet government in official capacities. A letter from Mina Goldman from Petrograd says they tour Russia as commission members gathering material for a museum of the revolution to chronicle the last century of Russian history.
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New York
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
United States
Mina Goldman
Petrograd
Russia
Train Hold Up Robber Grabs $400 on Chicago Express
Chicago Aug 10 an incoming New York train over the Pennsylvania was held up shortly after leaving Englewood station. A lone bandit shot and robbed dining car steward J B Todd of 400 dollars, then forced the train to stop at Fifty eight Street and Stewart Avenue before escaping by stuffing a match in the air tube.
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Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Englewood
J. B. Todd
Fifty-eighth Street
Stewart Avenue
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