Mexico Governor Cantu declares rebellion in Lower California
Envoys from the provisional Mexican government met with Governor Esteban Cantu to resolve differences over severed relations. Cantu reportedly asked that military invasion steps be halted while proposals awaited. Separate reports say Cantu declared open rebellion and Mexico would deploy about 60,000 troops, with operations likely in southern Lower California and efforts to avoid US clashes.
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Mepxicalt
Jaoier California
Associated Press
Provisional Government of
Mexico
Esteban Cantu
Lower
California
Cantiu
Mexico City
Cantu
War Department
Garcia
Lower California
Mexicali
United States
War Department Yeaterday
Crisis Car Strike Strands Denver Streets
Denver remains without street car service as Carmen strike halts lines. Officials say strike-breakers will run service Tuesday after a conference with city leaders. City Attorney notes an injunction against wage cuts and strikes is still in force though contempt rumors circulate.
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Denver
Carmen
Jamies Adams
Tuesay
James A. Marsh
Gideley W. Whitford
Advanced Passenger and Freight Rates Planned This Month
Washington Aug. 2 The Associated Press reports that new passenger fares may take effect August 20 and advanced freight rates August 26 under a program presented by A P Thom general counsel of the Association of Railway Executives. Simultaneous increases in Pullman excess baggage and milk charges will also be enacted as blanket rate schedules are prepared by railroad rate experts.
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Washington
Associated Press
A. P. Thom
The
Association of Railway Executives
Pullman
Miners Union Defies Lewis Order Over Walkout
In Panama Illinois the miners local union, with John L. Lewis as a member, refuses to obey his mandatory order to end the walkout. Union officials say workers will only return on orders from Frank Farrington, president of District No 12, who has issued instructions to return at once.
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Springfield, II
Panama
Illinois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Frank Farrington
Farrington
Second Air Race Across America Set for Winter
The Aero Club of America announced plans for a second transcontinental air race over a southern route in winter, pending board sanction. The proposed course runs from New York to Los Angeles via the Gulf states and the southwest, following the first race from New York to San Francisco in October.
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New York
The
Aero Club of America
Board of Governors
Los Angeles
Gulf States
Southwest
San Francisco
Canadian Pacific Passengers Held Up Near Boundary
Canadian Pacific passenger train No 68 was held up Monday at Sentinel on the Crows Nest line near the British Columbia boundary. Three men robbed the passengers and crew and fled the scene. Local authorities were notified and are investigating the robbery.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canadian Pacific
Passensédgér
Sentinel
Crows’ Nest
British Columbia
Cheyenne Girl Sues Clown of Movie Millions
Mil dred Harris Chaplin of Cheyenne Wyoming files suit for divorce from Charles Chaplin claiming cruelty and secrecy of their 1918 marriage. She seeks half the property and an injunction to stop disposal of Chaplin pictures worth about $750000. judge orders temporary restraint returnable next Monday.
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Cheyenne Girl Sues Clown
Los Angeles
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Charles Chaplin
Chaplin
Jackson
Monay
Altitude record holder injured in testing crash
Dayton, Ohio, Aug 2. R W Schroeder holder of the world altitude record was injured Monday night when the racing plane he was testing crashed into an automobile at Wilbur Wright field. He was running to the hangar after landing and suffered a deep cut over the left eye. The plane designed by Alfred Verville for the Gordon Bennett cup races in France was on its final test before shipment with landing gear and left wing wrecked.
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Dayton, O
R. W. Schroeder
Wilbur Wright Field
Alfred Verville
France
Transcontinental mail planes reach Cheyenne landing today
Cheyenne awaits the first glimpse of the long awaited trans continental mail airplanes this afternoon as three air ships land on Wales field after a country crossing from New York. Smudge fires guide the ships to the field and Mayor B P Taylor may greet the air mail fleet on the ground. The journey has been calm with staged stops and night flying avoided. John M Larsen, designer of the metal planes, fell ill in Omaha forcing an all day layover. From Cheyenne the expedition faces the toughest segment of its voyage.
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Cheyenne
Wales Field
New York
B. P. Taylor
John M. Larsen
Omaha
Reds Launch Drive for Polish Capital as Parleys Lagging
Berlin reports the Polish resistance stiffened with the arrival at the front of a new volunteer force. Polish retreat slowed on the Pissa river while Bolshevik infantry near Lomba advances on Warsaw aided by cavalry. Poles claim some success south of Brody and their retreat lines from Lomba to Skobel are blocked, with prisoners and materiel captured by Bolsheviks. Armistice talks opened at Kobryn as Bolsheviks demand Brest-Litovsk surrender and Russians delay negotiations awaiting strategic gains. General Razwadowski warns the gravity of the situation as Polish forces brace to oppose the Bolshevik push toward the river Bug.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Pissa
Lomba
Warsaw
Brody
London
Kobryn
Brest-Litovsk
Daily Mail
Bern
Associated Press
Polikh
Vossische Zeitung
Razwadowski
Bug
Poland
Europe
Vistula
Pilsudski
Rail rate rises unlikely to hit consumer prices says economist
Washington analysis by W. J. Lauck of railroad labor groups contends that interstate commerce commission rate increases should not meaningfully raise most consumer prices. He faults railroad capitalization and profiteering for $6.5 billion annual purchases and notes any extra $1.5 billion transportation cost won’t alarm the economy.Chicago outlook by Albert Levy says wage awards and rate hikes will lift living costs but peak prices are past and a gradual decline will follow with slow price drops amid surtaxes blamed for high costs.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. J. Lauck
Chicago
Albert Levy
Manufacturers and Importers Association of America
Labor Federation Declares Nonpartisan Political Stand
Atlantic City N J Aug 2 After a preliminary executive council session of the American Federation of Labor the statement was authorized that Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and James McConnell head of the metal trades were appointed to formulate a program of nonpartisan political activity for federation members Labor will not align with any party and will support its friends while opposing its enemies with full effort as stated by James Duncan of Massachusetts
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Atlantic City
N. J
Méricia Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
James McConnell
Metal Trades
Federation
James Duncan
Massachusetts
Deportation Proceedings Postponed for Martens
Unrecognized Soviet ambassador Ludwig Martens in New York had deportation hearings delayed indefinitely on Monday. He predicted Warsaw would fall to the Soviet army within two days unless Polish and Russian armistice delegates reach agreement.
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Warsaw
Martins
New York
Ludwig Martens
Russia
United States
Martens
Germany prepares for peace conference note from Goeppert
Aug 2 Paris reports Dr Goeppert, head of the German peace conference, has dispatched a note amid ongoing readiness for international talks. The item notes continuation on Page Six.
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Germany
Paris
Goeppert
Sée
Millionaire Socialist Given Tough Prison Term
Chicago August 2 William Bross Lloyd a millionaire socialist and nineteen other Communist Labor party members were found guilty by a jury of conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force. They received sentences ranging from one to five years in prison with some fines. Lloyd drew the heaviest penalty one to five years and a $2000 fine.
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Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party
United States
Rious
Lloyd
Fast Denver Team Out Plays Coyotes in Polo Tournament
A Denver polo team defeated the Fifteenth Cavalry Coyotes 9 to 1 at Fort Russell Monday. Denver dominated the first five periods, with the Coyotes scoring three in the sixth period. Hostesses from Cheyenne and Fort Russell helped serve a large crowd at the polo bungalow, with tea today hosted by Mrs. W. C. Kinkead, Mrs. Robert Forsyth, and Mesdames George, Lattin, and Olney.
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Denver
Coyotes
Fort Russell
Fifteenth Cavalry Coyotes
Cheyenne
W. C. Kinkead
Robert Forsyth
George, Lattin and
Olney
Mannix Audiences Split on Ireland Exclusion
A Dublin dispatch to the London Times reports moderate Irish opinion questioning the decision to bar Archbishop Mannix of Australia from Ireland. Critics say Sinn Fein and critics may not be swayed, noting Mannix might cause no more harm in the United States than preaching against Britain if allowed to speak in Ireland.
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United States
Ireland
London
Dublin
London Times
Mannix
Australia
Man
Nix
One Woman Frees Denies Links to Mysterious June Murder
In New York on Aug 2 Mrs Alma Schwartz known as Ruth Jackson told police she had never met the murder victim Joseph B Wiwell. In Chicago Ruth Woods released after coroner inquest into death of Samuel T Loftis a $ diamond dealer after a wild party prior to his death from cerebral hemorrhage.
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New York
Joseph B. Wiwell
Alma Schwarts
Toledo
Jose Arenas
Schwartz
Ruth Jackson
Elwell
Ruth Woods
Chicago
Samuel T. A. Loftis
Bristol to Join Harvester Company in Cheyenne
Jack A Bristol, formerly with the Cheyenne State Leader and Wyoming State Tribune, accepts an offer from the International Harvester Company of America to join the Cheyenne branch advertising and publicity department. He will be based in Cheyenne though travel is expected, and begins duties Wednesday morning.
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Jack A. Bristol
Cheyenne State Leader
Wyoming State Tribune
International Harvester Company of America
Cheyenne
Bristol
Harvester Company
Peace talks and defense tense in Baja California
Mexican factions discuss peace terms between the Cantu government of Lower California and the de facto government while Baja California prepares to repel an anticipated attack. The report notes shared interests as both sides maneuver amid the conflict.
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Mexicali
Th. G
the Associates Press
Cantu
Lower California
Mexico
New IRGH Leader Opposes League In Initial Statement
The Rt. Rev. M. J. Gallagher of Detroit was elected national president of the Friends of Irish Freedom, succeeding Peter F. Maginnis now superior general of Carmelite order. In a statement after his election he urged Irish Americans to continue backing the league of nations, arguing its aim is preserving the territorial integrity of the British empire as expanded by World War I.
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New York
M. J. Gallagher
Detroit
Friends of Irish Freedom
Peter F. Maginnis
Carmelite
Europe
League of Nations
City Council Reconsiders August 14 Tag Day
MILWAUKHED Aug 2 The common council reconsidered a resolution setting aside August 14 as a tag day for the Soviet Russian medical relief association voting party lines socialist members opposing the reconsideration.
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Milwaukhed
Common Council
Russian Medical Relief Association
Joint Finance and Judiciary Committee
One Texas Mob Lynches Negro after Jail Raid
A mob of over 1,000 men stormed the county jail in CHNTHA Texas and hanged Lige Daniels, accused of murdering a white woman, from an oak in the courthouse yard. The lynching followed reports of a confession to the grand jury and district attorney. a San Augustine delegation threatened action if Daniels was not executed Monday.
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Chntha
Texas
Lige Daniels
Court House
San Augustine
Tex
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