Denver Tramway strike ends in written rehire plan
Denver officials and union representatives reached an agreement for striking tramway workers to be rehired on written applications by August 12 to preserve seniority. Major General Wood announced progress while troops remain. unions insist on no strikebreakers and warn of unresolved wages and conditions.
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Denver
Denver Tramway Company
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Frederick W. Hild
Wood
Shoup
Bailey
Baileu
Hild
Oneral
Silburg
Silberg
National War Labor Board
Mannix Arrival Sparks Dublin Riots
Dublin streets burned with bonfires Monday night to greet Archbishop Mannix from America. The demonstration left one civilian dead and another wounded by military fire as troops tried to restore order.
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Mannix
Dublin
America
Cheyenne Divorce Case Sparks Publicity Plots
A Cheyenne woman, once a girl from the city, seeks publicity through her divorce suit against Charlie Chaplin. Reports say Chaplin was en route toward the West in Salt Lake City trying to dodge questions about his domestic life.
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Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Salt Lake
Nightly City Hall Gunshots Puzzle Police Probe
Five shots rang out near the city county building shortly before midnight. Police scoured the district but found no victim or shooter. Mayor Taylor and Patrolman Cox reported hearing the sounds while Sergeant McFarland suspects a person fires into the air before bed. Several bystanders were stopped. none were armed.
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Taylor
Harry Cox
McFarland
Ly Nt
Expressmen Granted Wage Increase by Labor Board
The railway labor board awarded a flat 16 cent hourly increase retroactive to May 1 1920 for 18 000 Express Men workers in four unions including the Order of Railway Express Men and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters The decision totals 30 million dollars and will be submitted to a referendum for acceptance by the affected workers in Chicago with officials reporting general satisfaction and no formal meeting held.
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Chicago
Railway Super Board
American Express Company
Labor Board
Ponzi speaks at Kiawanis dinner in Boston
Charles Ponzi described his alleged fortune methods at a Kiawanis Club after-dinner speech in Boston. He claimed to profit from international postal coupons by borrowing public money and converting foreign coupons into cash, insisting no one would lose and his money remains abroad.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Kiawanis Club
Ponzi
Hanover Trust Company
Europe
Colorado Republican Assembly Meets in Denver for Primary Picks
Colorado Republicans plan a Wednesday morning assembly in Denver to designate candidates for the September state-wide primary. Rush Holland will chair. Governor Shoup and former Missouri governor Herbert Hadley will speak. No filing contest existed as of the deadline, with ten percent of delegates needed to qualify for the ballot.
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Denver
Colorado
State Assembly
United States
Rush Holland
Shoup
Herbert
Hadley
Boulder
Missouri
Carl C. Schuyler
Samuel O. Nicholson
Assembly
Bergdoll pleads not guilty to draft evasion case
Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll of Philadelphia enters a not guilty plea at a Hills Island court martial facing charges of evading the draft and desertion. Witness William Wills, Bergdoll’s draft board chair, recounts his request to avoid service to avoid possibly shooting relatives. Hills Island police note Bergdoll failed to appear at one point.
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New York
Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Hills Island
William §. Wills
Bergdoll
Irwin
Hills
Bpredoll
Villa vows to fight if invaders cross Mexican soil
In speeches at Cienegas Coahuila Francisco Villa denounced North Americans and pledged to defend Mexico to the death against invasion. He said he hates the Gringo for treading Mexican soil and would only fire if the invader enters Mexico.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Cienegas
Coahuila
el Universale
Villa
United States Opposes Plan to Dismember Russia
The American government declared on Tuesday to maintain the political independence and territorial integrity of Poland and to oppose the dismemberment of Russia, signaling a stance on regional borders and sovereignty.
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Washington
Associated Press
Poland
Russia
Colby
Wilson
United States
Supreme Council
Georgia
Azerbijan
Turkey signs treaty ending war with entente
Savrez France Aug 10 The last belligerent state to sign the peace with the Entente Turkey submits to the treaty and is officially at peace Serbia and Hedjaz still refuse. Premier Venizelos of Greece signs the treaty Italo Greek protocol and Asia Minor protocol with tremulous hand. The United States notes support for Russia boundaries while avoiding a general European conference.
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Savrez
France
Associated Press
Turkey
Serbia
Hedjaz
Venizelos
Greece
Asia Minor
Weather Outlook Says Fair Wednesday With Cooler Southeast
A generally fair Wednesday is forecast with cooler temperatures in the southeast portion. Thursday is expected to stay fair with moderate temperatures across the region.
Governor Cox to Campaign Tour Start in Ohio
Governor Cox begins his campaign swing with a stop at Camp Perry to speak and present the governor’s cap for the national rifle competition. He plans a long statewide trek with limited intervals through November, returning to Columbus next week. Harding Campaign Notes Reach Agreement on Porch Speeches.
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Dayton
Cox
Camp Perry
Ohio
Columbus
Harding
Pat Marion
Senator Harding
Will H. Hays
Harry M. Daugherty
Mexican Woman Is Mother Septuplets
In Independence Kansas a Mexican woman wife of a section hand reportedly gave birth to seven children with six living The infants are described as over twelve inches in height This unusual birth drew strong interest from physicians in Topeka and Independence Kansas
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Independence
Kidnappers Sought In Blakely Coughlin Case
Philadelphia detectives search for Joseph Damachuck and his wife amid an alleged confession naming them as kidnapers of Blakely Coughlin. Attorney Benjamin F. Goodman identified "Joe" as Damachuck and said police are hot on the trail. Pasquale asserts the child is alive.
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Coughlin
George R. Coughlin
Norristown
Blakely Coughlin
Augusto Pasquale
Blakely
Philadelphia
Joseph Damachuck
Crank
Pasquale
Auto Crosses Continent in Hours Less Than Five Day Run
A five passenger touring car carrying United States mail from San Francisco to New York completed the cross country trip in four days fourteen hours forty three minutes, setting an unofficial transcontinental record.
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New York
San Francisco
High Price of Print Ends 2 Newspapers
In Vincennes Indiana the Capital suspended publication after Saturday’s issue due to rising print costs and materials. The paper began twenty years ago. In Seymour Indiana the Democrat ceased publication and its equipment and subscription list were bought by Jay Smith owner of the Seymour Republican. The Democrat started in 1866 as a weekly and became a daily ten years later.
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Vincennes, Ind
Vincennes Capital
Seymour, Ind
Seymour Democrat
Jay ©. Smith
Seymour Republican
Democrat
Bolsheviks Close On Warsaw In Quiet Push
The Bolsheviks penetrate toward Warsaw with reinforcements to the northern front and a growing threat in the Mlawa region. Meanwhile fighting east of Warsaw targets the Siedlce railway and Vistula approaches as analysts warn the northwest front may slip. A Moscow wireless says Warsaw near fall, with Malkin station three hours away.
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Paris
Associated Press
Warsaw
Mlawa
Danzig
Vistula
The
Siedlce-Warsaw
Lemburg
Vis
London
Moscow
Malkin Station
Britain weary of strife and will not fight
London reports a weary Britain reluctant to engage in further war. Anxious days over the Polish crisis, no soldiers available, heavy taxation, and a fatigued public frame the backdrop. Hythe conference seen as a compromise between Britain and France. Lloyd George pursues dual aims with Bolsheviks and Germany, while labor support signals potential political success.
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London
Great Britain
England
Millerand
Lloyd George
Germany
France
Poland
Mr. Lloyd George
Italy
Bolshevik Forces Expected to Enter Warsaw This Week
London dispatch cites a correspondent claiming Soviet troops will seize Warsaw shortly and establish a Bolshevik government. Moscow would set terms with Poland. Lenin may not halt the advance as troops are promised looting rights. Trade talks between allies and Soviet Russia are paused.
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London
Warsaw
London Times
Moscow
Poland
Nikolai Lenin
Leonie Kressin
M. Kameneff
Bolshevik Trade Commission
England
Russia
Nicky Arnstein Must Answer Questions or Face Jail
Federal Judge A N Hand ruled that Jules W Anstein known as Micky Arnstein must answer questions in his involuntary bankruptcy case or be jailed for contempt. Arnstein has refused to answer citing self incrimination. The questions focus on his bankruptcy schedule and other property.
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New York
A. N. Hand
Jules W
Micky) Anstein
Wall Street
Arnstein
Suspect Claims Drowning Accident in Detroit River
Detroit August 10 authorities report Mrs. Margaret Caille found dead in the Detroit river at Wyandotte after a launch ride with Frank Hillebrandt. Hillebrandt says the trip followed an afternoon at a down river establishment. Officials remain divided between accident and murder theories as the body is identified by her ex husband and her son.
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Detroit
Margaret Caille
Wyandotte
Frank Hillebrandt
Hillebrandt
Polish council offers supreme command to Weygand
General Weygand of the French army is offered supreme command of the Polish forces by the Polish council of national defense in a move aimed at strengthening Paris defense and allied coordination.
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Paris
General Weygand
Polish Council of National Defense
Warsaw
Havas
Weygand
Man in trunk murder linked to sailor fleeing to Brazil
Detroit police request U S help to arrest Eugene Leroy if he lands abroad as cleanup follows a trunk homicide case linked to Catherine Jackson. A Warsaw dispatch notes Allied leaders weigh Polish troop redeployments and Weygand's possible command role amid shifting fronts.
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Gase
Sailor
Brazil
Washington
Detroit Police Department
State Department
Eugene Leroy
Mexico
Detroit
New York
Catherine Jackson
South America
Dryden Mondal
Rio de Janeiro
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