Armistice Talks Ordered Between Russian and Polish Forces
The Soviet government told Po that the Red Army command would begin negotiations for an armistice with Poland to prepare for future peace. The telegram from Foreign Minister Tchitcherin was sent to Prince Sapieha in Warsaw. Paris dispatch notes Moscow signals the army is falling back as talks begin.
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London
Russia
Poand
Moscow
George Tchitcherin
Prince Sapieha
Ister
Warsaw
Red Army
Paris
Havas
Riots in Belfast as deaths rise amid sectarian clashes
Police charged Sinn Fein members using explosive devices at windows and snipers near Clonard monastery. An armored troop car dispersed crowds around the convent wounding four. Three more die in hospitals, total week toll 17. 400 wounded. Unionists mobilize forces. ambulances stoned. mob seizes a Catholic church and fires from the steeple before troops restore order.
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Belfast
Sinn Fein
Clonard
Fotallien
Turmoil in Dromore as Catholic club set ablaze amid sectarian clashes
In Dromore Ireland on July 24 disorders intensified after assailants attacked a Sinn Fein house and nationalist shops. Military reinforcements were sent as crowds burned the Catholic club and parochial premises sustaining damage and injuries in a developing sectarian confrontation.
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Dromore
Associated Press
Ireland
Sinn
Belfast Quiet Amid Stirrings as Reinforcements Arrive
Belfast saw limited clashes and a quiet forenoon with a sense of a lull in the storm. Military reinforcements were expected to arrive today to bolster security and respond to ongoing tensions.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Milliken Elevator and Mill Destroyed by Fire
Fire wiped out the Farmers' Union mill and elevator in Milliken Colorado valued at 150000. Grain contents and several loaded grain cars nearby were destroyed and the cause of the blaze remains unknown.
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United Preas
Milliken
Colo
Farmers’ Union
Roosevelt to Quit Office on August Ninth
Washington July 24 Franklin D Roosevelt resigned today as an analyst secretary of the navy effective August 9 the day he will be formally notified of his nomination for the Democratic vice presidential candidate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Franklin T. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Sugar sells at 22 cents per pound in New Orleans
Grain refined sugar was extensively retailed here for 22 cents a pound. A Daphne liner arrived from Java with 19 million pounds of Java raw sugar for the American Sugar Refining company. Ida May Porter of the Midwest Refining company has left for Waterbrook Wyoming for several days.
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New Orleans
Apecsoies Press
Java
American Sugar Refining Company
Minn Ida May Porter
Midwest Refining Company
Waterbrook
Wyo
Occupation of Grondo Reported as Reds Cross Niemen
London July 24 report from Moscow states Bolshevik forces have occupied Grondo, about 80 miles south southwest of Vilna, with troops crossing the Niemen River in ongoing fighting operations.
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Grondo
REDS
Associated Presa
London
Gronio
Vilna
Moscow
Niemen
Bolsheviks Press Southward Toward Warsaw
Report from Sokolka and surrounding region describes Bolshevik forces advancing from the west southwest toward Poland. Polish lines are said to be withdrawing in many places under pressure from large Bolshevik numbers, while ambassadors watch the situation.
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REDS
Associated Press
Warsaw
Sokolka
Council of Ambassadors
Poland
Colorado asks 13 000 iced cars to move crops
Denver reports to the state utility commission that Colorado will need 13 000 refrigerator cars to move its fruit and vegetable crop. The west slope will ship 9 000 cars and the Rocky Ford melon crop 4 000 more. Shipments begin August 15.
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Colorado
Associated Press
Denver
State Utility Commission
Indian Agent Slain Sparks Manhunt in Montana
Deputy sheriffs pursued N. J. Perkins, a farmer in Indian service, after Major Theodore Sharpe, agent in charge of the Flathead reservation, was shot at Ravalli Montana and died an hour later. The chase followed reports from Missoula dated July 24.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Mont
N. J. Perkings
Indian Service
Theodore Sharpe
Flathead Indian Reservation
Sharpe
Ravalli
Harding Pleased With Reception Of Speech
Senator Warren G Harding said he was well pleased with the reception of his speech and noted praise from Senator Hiram Johnson of California. The Marion report states Harding expressed satisfaction with the address and the favorable comments from the California senator.
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Associated Frena
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Hiram Jonson
California
Ruth Hits 34th Homer as Parade Dazzles crowds at Gus Day
Babe Ruth of the New York Americans slugged his 34th homer of the season against Cleveland. A grand street parade for John Robinson circus opened the day with bands, horses, and elaborate wagons drawing huge crowds to the show grounds. The main performance started at 2:15 with eager attendees and later repeats planned tonight at the big tents. An uptown ticket sale at The Kimball Drug Store offered the same prices as the grounds.
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New York
Babe Ruth
New York Americans
Cleveland
Kimball Drug Store
Labor Day Festivities Planned by Casper Unions
Wyoming friends of labor organize a Labor Day program in Casper with a canoe feature and a parade. James Morgan of Cheyenne will give the principal address. Rev. Mullin may speak. Committees include sports, refreshments, and program chairs. Meetings set for each Wednesday at 8.
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Wyoming
Friends of Labor
Casper
James Morgan
Cheyenne
State Board of Education
United Mine Workers For
District of Wyoming
John F. Mullin
Griffith
Hamilton and
Howard
Ineakera
Leheny
Black and
C. W. Slack
Freakney
The
Carpenters Ia
A. L. Hamilton
Culinary Workers
Nolan Out for Renomination
Secretary of State Noland announced he will not seek renomination at the Democratic state assembly in Denver. The move clears the field ahead of next Thursday’s nomination session.
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United Press
Denver
Noland
Body in trunk believed that of missing girl
Authorities in Washington Pennsylvania say a body found in an unclaimed trunk in New York is believed to be Katherine Dan. The 20 year old Cannonsburg woman disappeared with Alfonso Talliafrona, who is jailed on Mann Act charges and has not provided details on her whereabouts.
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Washington, Pa
New York
Katherine Dan
Cannonsburg
Alfonso Talliafrona
Talliafrona
Jack Johnson to be denied bail upon Chicago arrival
Chicago dispatch reports Jack Johnson, the boxer, will be refused bail and sent to jail when he arrives in Chicago tomorrow. He fled the city years ago and forfeited a $16,000 bail after a Man Act prison sentence. Mrs Paul Timmenmeter and husband of St Louis are visiting Mrs M Jackson's cats on North h street.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Paul Timmemeter
St. Louis, Mo
M. Jackson
North H Street
Son Confesses Crime That Hanged Father Committed
Arnold Love a 2 year old from Ceylon Ontario confessed in Toronto jail to clubbing his mother to death during evangelical services. He was a principal witness against his father who was hanged at Owen Sound seven years prior for the same crime. The father allegedly confessed on the scaffold.
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Alano Toronto
Love
Owen Sound
Onatrio
Coal Mining Turmoil Shuts Illinois Mines
Illinois coal operators predict a full mine shutdown as 90 percent of mines halt due to unauthorized strikes. Miners seek higher wages while operators, bound by a presidential coal commission award, cannot grant raises. Federal fences expected and fears spread to Iowa and Kansas actions.
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Chicago
Illinois
President's Coal Commission
Iowa
United Press
Des Moines
John C. Lewis
Towa
D. F. Cushing
Lewis
Coal Commission
Lightning strikes house and barn near East Casper
A nighttime bolt hit a two room caretaker residence southwest of the city limits, causing about 1000 dollars in damage. The fire spread to a barn with hay, destroying both house and barn. the chemical wagon of the city fire department saved only part of the property. Joe Salano lived there, owned by the Burlington railroad company.
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Burlington
City Limite
Joe Salano
Hurlington Railroad Company
Ter Centenary of Mayflower Sailing Recreated in Southampton
In Southampton England a pageant reenacted the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers to mark the four day Ter Centenary celebration of the Mayflower voyage. The scene recalls 400 years since the historic sailing.
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Associated Press
Southampton
Eng
Chinese Peace Parley Opens at Tientsin
July 24 peace delegates arrived to a cool reception. Former Premier Chin Yung Peng traveled to Mukden to confer with Chang Twao Lin, governor of Feng Tien, aiming to push for an early peace agreement.
Expressman Delivers Letter Tied to Nude Trunk Case
New York police received a letter signed A A Tatum dated June 11 from Andrew Brand an expressman. The letter accompanied a trunk shipped June 10 from Detroit to New York with a receipt naming A A Tatum. The sender and recipient asked Brand to hold the trunk for Mr and Mrs Leroy noting connections to a Detroit apartment and a prior trunk left with a chauffeur in 1919.
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Associated Press
New York
Andrew Brand
A. A. Trium
Ex- Prean
Brand
Express Company
Detroit
A. A. Tatum
O. J. Wood
Alx
BE. Leroy
Detroit Y. M. C
Branie
Man Brags of Murder Placed Under Arrest
Beckham Bates, 29, was arrested at Camp Zachary Taylor after boasting of killing Elijah Sergent in Whitesburg Kentucky. Uriah Bates, his brother, already sentenced for the murder. A. Ky. Barnes arrived from Newcastle Wyoming with Midwest Refining. he will spend Sunday with his family in Louisville. Watson accompanied Barnes on the overland trip.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Beckham Bates
Camp
Zachary Taylor
Elijah Sergent
Whitesburg
Uriah
A. Ky. Barnes
Newcastle
Wyo
Midwest Refining Company
Mr. Barnes J
Y B
Watson
Acceptance of Wage Award Urged on Men
United Press reports Chicago July 44 Union leaders mailed a recommendation urging all railroad brotherhoods to accept the wage award and to hold an immediate ballot They advised against a strike Outlaw switchmen's union rejected the award over lack of seniority rights for strikers as of early April Federal actions include subpoenas for railroad officials and union men to appear before a federal grand jury this Wednesday
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Chicago
Switchmen's Union
Lust Apel
Federal Grand Jury
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