Bolsheviki seize French steamers at Odessa over prisoners
Bolsheviki at Odessa seized the French steamers Batativia and Higrette with Russian prisoners aboard and refused to release them until the French battleship Edgard Quinet with three destroyers arrived from Constantinople and threatened to raze the city. Four allied ships later carried repatriated Russians. two were allowed to depart as Bolsheviks claimed Moscow ordered the seizure. An S. O. 8 wireless message was noted.
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Constantinople
Bolsheviki
Odessa
Batativia
France
Edgard Quinet
Moscow
Jitney Plan Emerges Amid Denver Streetcar Strike
In Denver the striking street car union explores using 150 jitney buses to compete with strike-breakers as leaders face legal action. Nine men are charged with leading the mob that infiltrated the Denver Post plant, with damages alleged in the amended information filed by Detective Harry Lane.
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Denver
A. H. Burt
Salt Lake City
Burt
Wayne OC. Williams
Denver Post
Court of Justice of the Peace
William A. Wright
Harry Lane
Post Printing and Publishing Company
Cheyenne's Lady Barber Seeks Justice of the Peace
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Cheyenne's only woman barber, announces candidacy for justice of the peace in precinct No 1 on the Republican ticket. If elected she would be the city's only woman justice. She previously sought the office two years ago.
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Elizabeth Brown
Justice of the Peace
Idlse
Brown
Reds Doomed Says Yankee Ambassador
Washington, Aug. 18. David R. Francis, the American ambassador to Russia, predicted the Soviet regime would not last six months. He said the American note to Italy would help overthrow the Bolsheviks and encourage the Russian people toward new conditions for their welfare.
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Washington
Italy
David R. Francis
Russia
Francis
Butler Called to Police HQ for Information
Chief Emery says R. A. Butler should call at headquarters to learn something of interest. Butler was recently in Cheyenne and gave General Delivery as his address.
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Emery
R. A. Butler
Mr. Butler
Cheyenne
Coughlin Baby May Not Live
Augusto Pasquale was held without bail to answer kidnapping burglary and extortion charges in the Blakely Coughlin case at a Norristown preliminary hearing. No testimony was taken and a further hearing was scheduled as investigators pursue the disappearance of the 13 8 month old child amid fears of death.
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Philadelphia
Augusto Pasquale
Blakely Coughlin
Norristown
Pasquale
Democrats Plan Roosevelt Visit and Address in Cheyenne
Prominent Cheyenne Democrats met at the office of William B. Ross Friday night to arrange entertainment for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, when he visits Cheyenne on August 27. They also planned the meeting that evening where Roosevelt will deliver a public address.
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Cheyenne
William B. Ross
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Tennessee Senate Approves Federal Suffrage Amendment
The Tennessee senate voted 25 to 4 to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. The decisive margin surprised suffrage backers who expected a tougher battle in the lower house. The house adjourned until Monday with the suffrage resolution referred to a committee that would meet Sunday night.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Senate
Senate
House
Barber Finnancer's Crash Triggers Arrests in Swindle Case
Four men linked to sweeping investment schemes were jailed after allegations of taking millions from New England investors with promised fabulous interest. Charles Ponzi, held on bonds, was taken to Middlesex county jail. Three Old Colony Foreign Exchange officers, Charles M. Brightwell, Raymond Meyers, and Fred Meyers, faced $50,000 bonds on a larceny charge and pled not guilty. A hearing is set for August 24.
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Boston
New England
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Middlesex County
Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company
Charles M. Brightwell
Raymond Meyers
Fred Meyers
Security Xchange
Albert Hurwitz
Express Rates Hike Granted by Interstate Commission
The American Railway Express company receives authority to raise rates by about 12 46 percent, potentially boosting annual income by roughly 35 500 000 dollars. The order excludes railroad wage awards and expects further increases to cover higher labor costs. Milk and cream transport tariffs rise by 20 percent with 12 1/2 percent where no competing roads exist. The commission directs renegotiation of the current contract to shift more gross earnings away from railroads.
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Washington
American Railway Express Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
Menosa
Western Union workers held on white slavery charge
A man identifying as Allen with alias Blackie and a woman claimed as Grace Slater were arrested by police after a Wichita alert. They allegedly eloped without a marriage ceremony and lived in light housekeeping apartments while Allen worked as a Western Union operator and Slater as a clerk. They await Wichita police arrival for further action.
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Kangas
Allen
Blackie
Grace Slater
Western Union
Wichita
Bolsheviks Close In On Warsaw As Polish Typhus Crisis Grows
Reports from Paris and Warsaw say Bolshevik forces reach within twenty miles of Warsaw. Premier Witos leaves Warsaw for Posen while refugees stream west of the Vistula. The American typhus expedition says Poland faces a severe epidemic as Bolsheviks seize quarantine supplies.
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Posen Palace
Warsaw
Poland
Posen
Associated Press
Witos
Russia
Vistula
Posehn
Harry Gilchrist
Foland
Peace terms from Bolsheviks pressure Poland in Minsk talks
The Associated Press reports Bolsheviks draft harsh peace terms for Poland tied to a plebiscite in Russian Poland. Provisions include unrestricted propaganda and travel, and Soviet control of coal and salt mines, plus code message transmissions across the frontier. Officials note Minsk terms may be tougher than Bernovitch talks.
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Washington
Associated Press
Poland
Russia
Germany
Minsk
State Department
France
United States
Wrangel
Finland
Baltic States
Friday the Thirteenth Quiet in Old Cheyenne
Despite fears of jinxes, Cheyenne reports a tranquil Friday thirteenth with no accidents or crimes. Railroads and travelers moved normally as a warm sun broke through clouds. Residents remained wary yet calm, noting the day’s superstition without incident.
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Wall-Eyed
Jinx
Old Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Napoleon Brooks Receives Work Injury Compensation
Napoleon Brooks, a negrocement worker who fell from a Fresno building on April 8, 1920, walked into the state industrial accident commission in San Francisco on August 18 to receive $187.47 in compensation and a weekly $20.88 benefit until his disability ends. He suffered a fractured skull, crushed right foot, and multiple fractures.
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San Francisco
Napoleon Brooks
Fresno
State Industrial Accident Commission
Hig
Friday 138th Unlucky Day for Chinese
Jim Monchow a Chinese man was stopped Friday as he opened a package. A bottle inside held an ounce of opium and he was arrested and jailed for federal authorities. The incident occurs during the Frontier celebration in Cheyenne.
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Jim Monchow
Jim
Monchow
Cheyennne
Weygand Not Accepted Polish Command Offer
Paris reports General Weygand will not accept the Polish council of national defense offer to take supreme command of Polish forces. Bolsheviks push west beyond Milawa toward the Vistula to cut Poland's last Baltic supply line. The abandonment of Pultusk is deemed a grave military defeat.
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Paris
Weygand
Polish Council of National Defense
Milawa
Vistula
Baltic
Poland
Pultusk
Torpedo Boat Launched to Report to Sebastopol
A new torpedo boat launched at Cherbourg is ordered to report to General Wrangel at Sebastopol on the Black Sea.
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France
Cherbourg
Air mail plane forced to land near Tucson
An all metal air mail plane en route from Los Angeles to New York landed in mesquite bushes north of Tucson after its second leg. No passengers were injured. a broken propeller was the only damage. Pilot B. K. Allyon of Cleveland guided a descent from several hundred feet amid high temperatures. Eddie Rickenbacher and John M. Larson were aboard. The flight planned to continue to El Paso on Saturday.
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Tucson
Ariz
Los Angeles
New York
el Paso
B. K. Allyon
Cleveland
Ohio
Eddie Rickenbacher
John M. Larson
New York Corporation
Allyon
Ingratitude Key 70 Jail for Burtka
Laborer Paul Burtka is held on a larceny charge in city jail police say ingratitude spurred the crime. He allegedly robbed a benefactor of 24 dollars after sharing a bed, with 23.12 on him when arrested Friday night. He also faces suspicion of stealing a revolver and other property from grading gang members at a highway project outside town.
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Paul Burtka
Burtka
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Butler
Tennessee
Senate of Legislature
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Anthony
Barber Finnancer
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Dubno
PSKOV
Minsko
Baranovitchi
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