Denver Tramway strike nears settlement with written return pact
A written rehire agreement for striking Denver Tramway workers ends ten day streetcar shutdown. Major General Wood and officials met with union leaders and the company to craft terms by August 12 to preserve seniority rights, while wage and conditions remain unaddressed.
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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 Triggers Dublin Riots Bloodshed
Dublin streets burned with bonfires Monday night to mark Archbishop Mannix arriving from America. The demonstration left one civilian dead and another wounded by the military as riots erupted across the capital.
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Mannix
Dublin
America
Cheyenne Beauty’s Divorce Suit Involving Chaplin
A former Cheyenne girl pursues publicity connected with her divorce suit against Charlie Chaplin. Reports say Chaplin was en route and sought to avoid press, last seen in Salt Lake City without providing details of domestic relations.
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Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Salt Lake
Night city gunfire puzzle baffles police amid empty shots
Five shots rang out near the city county building just before midnight Tuesday. Police searched the district but found no victim or shooter. Mayor Taylor, Patrolman Cox, and Sergeant McFarland discussed repeated nightly shots as an unidentified man allegedly 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 Rail Way Labor Board
The railway labor board awards an annual wage increase of 16 cents an hour retroactive to May 1 1920 for 18 000 Expressmen across four unions including the Order of Railway Express Men and the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks. The decision will be voted on in a referendum, with a recommendation to accept, amid broad satisfaction.
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Chicago
Railway Super Board
American Express Company
Labor Board
Ponzi Offers How He Amassed Fortune At Dinner
Charles Ponzi spoke to the Kiawanis club recounting his rise from poverty to wealth through international postal coupons. He described hiring a small office, obtaining funds, buying coupons overseas, and using collateral to borrow from the public at 50 percent in ninety days. He claimed profits from converting coupons to stamps and dismissed potential losses, saying his money is in Europe working today.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Kiawanis Club
Ponzi
Hanover Trust Company
Europe
Colorado Republican Assembly to Design Candidates
Colorado Republicans meet in Denver Wednesday morning to designate candidates for the September primary for U S senator governor and all state offices. Rush Holland presides as temporary chair with speeches by Governor Shoup and former Missouri governor Herbert Hadley. No filing contest existed at the 11 o'clock Tuesday deadline. ten percent of convention strength suffices for ballot placement.
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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 in Draft Evasion Case
Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll of Philadelphia pleaded not guilty at a Hills Island court martial charged with evading the draft and deserting the army. He relied on military defense as witness William Wills, draft board chairman, testified Bergdoll sought exemption to avoid serving where he might shoot relatives. Hills Island officials reported Bergdoll failed to appear as scheduled.
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New York
Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Hills Island
William §. Wills
Bergdoll
Irwin
Hills
Bpredoll
Villa Promises to Fight Invaders If Mexico Is Attacked
Francisco Villa denounces North Americans in speeches at Cienegas Coahuila and says he would fight to the death if the United States invades Mexico while swearing loyalty to his country and vowing not to fire on Mexicans. He calls Gringo a label for those who trod on Mexican soil.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Cienegas
Coahuila
el Universale
Villa
United States Opposes Dismemberment of Russia
The American government declared on Tuesday for the maintenance of Poland's political independence and territorial integrity and against dismemberment of Russia. The statement came from Washington via the Associated Press.
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Washington
Associated Press
Poland
Russia
Colby
Wilson
United States
Supreme Council
Georgia
Azerbijan
Peace comes to Turkey as last war power signs
Savre, France August 10 The last holdout Serbia and Hedjaz refuse to sign. Premier Venizelos signs the treaty the Italo Greek protocol and the Asia Minor protocol with a somber face as Turkey officially ends its state of war with the Entente.
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Savrez
France
Associated Press
Turkey
Serbia
Hedjaz
Venizelos
Greece
Asia Minor
Weather Outlook: Cooler Southeast Then Moderate Temperatures
A generally fair Wednesday is expected with cooler conditions likely in the southeast. Thursday should be fair with a moderate temperature range across the region.
Cox to Campaign through November with Camp Perry stop
Governor Cox begins a long campaign tour with few breaks, leaving Dayton to Camp Perry to speak and present the Ohio governor's cap for a national rifle competition. He returns to Columbus to continue official duties before resuming travel. Harding campaign reviews porch speeches and favors local addresses with occasional special 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
Topeka dispatch reports a Mexican wife of a section hand in Independence Kansas gave birth to seven children six of whom survive. All infants are described as more than twelve inches in height and doctors show strong interest in the unlikely birth revealed Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Independence
Damachuck Couple Sought in Baby Coughlin Kidnapping
Philadelphia detectives hunt for Joseph Damachuck and his wife after Augustine Pasquale named them as the abductors in a confession. Pasquale’s attorney Benjamin F Goodman says the defendants identified as "Joe" and his wife, with police believed to be close on the trail. The missing child is believed alive.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Damachuck
Augusto Pasquale
Crank
Blakely Coughlin
Pasquale
Auto Crosses Continent in Four Days Eleven Hours
A five passenger touring car carrying United States mail completed a San Francisco to New York run in four days fourteen hours forty three minutes setting a new unofficial transcontinental record arrival in New York after the cross country trip.
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New York
San Francisco
High Price of Print Ends 2 Newspapers
Citing rising costs Vincennes Capital suspended publication after Saturday’s issue. The paper organized twenty years ago. Seymour Democrat ceased publication with equipment and subscription list bought by Jay Smith, owner of Seymour Republican. Democrat began 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 Amid Reinforcements
Reports from Paris and London indicate Bolshevik forces are steadily advancing toward Warsaw. Northern Soviet reinforcements grow, with Mlawa region gains posing danger to Polish lines. Outer defenses near Warsaw see stubborn fighting as Reds aim to sever rail links and reach the Vistula. A Moscow wireless note claims Warsaw is on the eve of falling.
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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 tired nation wary of war as Poland crisis tests Britain. Hythe conference results seen as a compromise between Britain and France with Lloyd George pursuing dual aims toward Bolsheviks and Germany while labor support signals tilt. France presses a pro Poland line and Italy’s stance is unclear.
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London
Great Britain
England
Millerand
Lloyd George
Germany
France
Poland
Mr. Lloyd George
Italy
Bolsheviks Aim to Enter Warsaw and Set Terms
London observers report Warsaw fall within reach as Bolshevik sympathizers predict a Soviet takeover and a Moscow negotiated settlement with Poland. They say Lenin cannot stop the offensive before Bolsheviks seize Warsaw and looting is promised to troops. Trade talks between the Allies and Soviet Russia halt awaiting developments.
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London
Warsaw
London Times
Moscow
Poland
Nikolai Lenin
Leonie Kressin
M. Kameneff
Bolshevik Trade Commission
England
Russia
Nicky Arnstein Ordered to Answer Questions or Face Jail
Federal Judge A N Hand ruled that Jules W Micky Arnstein must answer questions in his involuntary bankruptcy case or be jailed for contempt. Arnstein has refused to answer, claiming self incrimination. Questions focus on his bankruptcy schedule and possession of other property.
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New York
A. N. Hand
Jules W
Micky) Anstein
Wall Street
Arnstein
Suspect Leads to Drowning Theory in Detroit River Death
Detroit August 10 authorities weigh murder or suicide in the drowning of Mrs. Margaret Caille whose body was found in the Detroit river at Wyandotte. She and Frank Hillebrandt were riding in a launch after an afternoon at a down river establishment. The body was identified by her ex husband and her son.
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Detroit
Margaret Caille
Wyandotte
Frank Hillebrandt
Hillebrandt
French general offered supreme command of Polish forces
General Weygand of the French army has been offered supreme command of the Polish forces by the Polish National Defense Council, in a move that could shape Allied leadership in the region. The proposal signals deepening Franco-Polish military coordination as Paris weighs strategic options.
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Paris
General Weygand
Polish Council of National Defense
Man in trunk murder suspect linked to ferry to Brazil
Detroit police filed with the state department to arrest and expel Eugene Leroy if he lands in Brazil or Mexico. A separate dispatch says Leroy, sought in Catherine Jackson’s mutilated trunk death, reportedly sailed with a steamer crew toward South America to evade authorities.
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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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Order of Railway Express Men
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George R. Coughlin
Norristown
Blakely
Mian Villa
Joe Damachuck
Baby Coughlin
Tula
Posen
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Lenine
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