Ponzi Confesses Past Conviction Linked to Bank Closings
Boston Aug 11 Charles Ponzi admitted he was a former convict as Hanover Trust halted operations ordered by Bank Commissioner J C Allen. He resigned from the bank board while examiner findings cited loans beyond legal limits and others of doubtful value. Ponzi claimed he did not commit the forgery blamed on Zarossi and offered to present witnesses. he said he served twenty months in prison. Continued details referenced on page six.
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Wanover Trust Company
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Charles Bianchi
Montreal
Poland appeals for aid as world faces new war threat
The Polish National Defense Council proclaims Poland may fall unless democracies act. Warsaw warns that indifference could trigger a new world war and urges the US to provide immediate war material and credit to sustain Polish resistance against the Soviets.
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Europe
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Polish Council of National Defense
Lloyd George hints at French Foreign Office row over Wrangel report
Premier Lloyd George told cabinet colleagues that France may have leaked recognition of General Wrangel's government to the Daily Mail. He noted Premier Millerand was absent from Paris and suggested the French foreign office staff rebellion against policy.
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London
Lloyd George
France
Miners Return to Work After Two-Week Strike With No One’s Direction
Several thousand Kansas coal miners on a two week strike over operator penalties for observing a five day week will return to work immediately. Alexander M. Howat district president of the United Mine Workers announced the decision as miners said they would go back on their own accord, not by his directive.
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Kansas
Alexander M. Howat
United Mine Workers
McGraw Questioned Over Lambs Club Fracas and Slavin Fight
New York district attorney announced John J. McGraw Giants manager and chauffeur William Meagan would be questioned about the Lambs club brawl that left actor John C. Slavin with a fractured skull in front of McGraws home. Winfield Liggett and Slavin said they accompanied McGraw home. Slavin was carried inside and to a hospital. McGraw remains at home under doctor’s care and has not spoken.
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Joyce
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
William Meagan
The
Lambs’ Club
McGraw
John C. Slavin
Slavin
Winfield Liggett
Ptay
Liggett
North Carolina Legislators Oppose Federal Suffrage Amendment
Fifty three of North Carolina’s 120 House members sent a message to the Tennessee legislature stating North Carolina would not ratify the federal suffrage amendment and urging Tennessee not to force the amendment on North Carolina.
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North Carolina
Tennessee
Ruth Injured in First Inning Shelves Hopes for Homer
Babe Ruth of the New York Americans dislocated his knee sliding to second in the first inning at Cleveland. He left the game and was carried from the field but hoped to rejoin the lineup Thursday after the injury.
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Babe Ruth
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Two Nations Sign Treaties With Russians
Helsinfors reports Russia and Finland reached armistice terms at Dorpat on Wednesday. London dispatch notes Ulezia signed a peace treaty with Russia on Wednesday as reported from Riga.
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Cox to Tour West for September Campaign
Governor Cox will spend September campaigning in the western states. Senator T. Pittman of Nevada, a member of the western headquarters, said he would accompany Franklin D. Roosevelt on the tour and that Cox and White share views on western reclamation and development.
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Utah
Cox
T. Pittman
Nevada
Democratic Western Headquarters
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West
White
Pittman
Roosevelt
Weather Outlook for Thursday and Friday
Generally fair conditions expected Thursday and Friday with possible local showers in the southeast portion. Temperatures rise gradually as a mild, temperate pattern continues across the region.
Denver Tramway strike vote ends return to work hopes
Denver workers voted 771 to 36 to reject calling off the strike under terms offered by the company after a conference with Major General Wood who acted as arbiter. The tramway system promised to run 168 cars and later 200, while district attorney Foley sought a social grand jury to probe rioting.
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Allen H. Burt
Frederick W. Hild
Tramway Company
William 8. Foley
Clarence J. Morely
Criminal Division
District Court
Morely
Graft and Corruption Charges Plague Los Angeles Police
Los Angeles police faces graft and corruption charges from multiple sources in a partial county grand jury report filed on Wednesday. The document details alleged wrongdoing within the department and highlights ongoing investigations.
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Los Angeles
Police Department
Colorado Republican Assembly selects Senate and lieutenant governor nominees
In Denver the Republican state assembly designated U.S. senate hopefuls with Nicholson leading 418 votes, Schuyler 411, Means 106, all bound for the September ballot. Stephans 451 for lieutenant governor, Starkweather 107, Tooley 217, Lewis 187. Carrigues led supreme court designation with 620 votes, Whitford 406. Governor Shoup received unanimous renomination amid praise for handling mob unrest and business protection.
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Samuel D. Nicholson
Leadville
Republican State Assembly
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Colonel Rice
Nicholson
Schuyler
Means
George Stephans
Delta
James ©. Starkweather
Warly Tooley
Trinidad
Otis R. Lewis
Fremont
James B. Carrigues
Greeley
Supreme Court
Greeley W. Whitford
District Court
Oliver Shoup
Shoup
Apprehension in Warsaw as enemy advances
Reports say the enemy nears and attempts a Gvichuge encircling move. Crowds rush to flee by carts and cars while the railway station is besieged. Government statements are absent and no arrangements exist to aid escape. Train travel is nearly suspended amid military operations and cut branch lines.
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Warsaw
Warsaw situation tightens as fronts shift in 1919 news
Reports from Paris indicate little change in Warsaw's situation with limited new dispatches. Converging movements toward the capital show only slight progress while danger from the north remains. The Danzig Warsaw rail line is cut for 80 miles and Bolshevik forces advance near the Prussian border. The Reds push west of the Middle Bug as Soviet reply to Poland's August 5 armistice note is withheld, fueling belief that peace talks are delayed or foregone.
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Warsaw
Danzig-Warsaw
Polsheviki
Middle Bug
Poland
Cox to Speak at Camp Perry Campaign Tour
Governor Cox arrived from Dayton and outlined his Camp Perry address shaping his campaign tour. He will focus on the national guard and citizen soldiers in the war and present the Olio Governor's cup to the rifle shooting contest winner, with plans for larger rounds.
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Cox
Dayton
Camp Perry
Ohio
National Guard
Second Revolution Confronts Huerta in Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz reports say civil war looms if the federal government enforces De la Huerta’s order to dismiss Governor Nava. Nava remains in office amid talks in Mexico City and a flight rumor traces to Jalapa as both officials travel toward the capital. In San Antonio General Gonzalez predicts a rapid, amicable settlement between De la Huerta and Cantu.
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de la Huerta
Nava
Mexico City
Jalapa
Twenty Five Skeletons on Island Spark Treasure Rush
Treasure hunting parties moved toward Corpus Pass after the discovery of 25 skeletons on a nearby island. The bones are thought to be crew members from a Spanish treasure ship wrecked in the early 1800s, with several million dollars in bullion believed to be aboard.
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Corpus Pass
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