Outlaw Union Seeks Receiver For Trust Funds
Benjamin Callahan head of the Columbus Yardmen's association files suit asking a receiver be appointed for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and for an accounting and distribution of a trust fund estimated at 10 million dollars. The action targets the insurgent Chicago Yardmen's association and claims 145000 members, with a share estimated at 65 million dollars, saying expelled members are barred from the fund.
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Columbus, CO
Brotherhood of Railway Train Inen
Brotherhood
Benjamin Callahan
Columbus Yardmen’s Association
Callahan
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
G O P Committee Denies Ties to Barnes Book
The Republican National Committee said it has no connection with a book titled Republicanism of 1920 by William Barnes. It notes that millionaires contributing $1000 or more to publishing are not linked to the party or its campaign fund.
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New York
Republican National Committee Today
Harding-Coolidge
William Barnes
Republican State Committee
Albany Journal Company
Barnes
Albany Journal
National Committee
Irish Moderatists to Talk Home Rule
Dublin reports a conference of moderates to unify Irish opinion on Home Rule for Lloyd George. The group will outline measures short of a republic to keep Ireland within the empire and consider withdrawing the Irish Bill or expanding its powers.
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Dublin
Lloyd George
Ireland
Sinn Fein
House of Commons
Babe Ruth Home Runs Investigated by Science
Washington reports Uncle Sam officially examined Ruth and his home runs. Friends suggested new year baseballs aided Ruth’s power, so several balls were gathered and subjected to tests. Scientists found nothing in the balls that would explain longer flights compared with those used previously.
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Babe Ruth
Okeh
Washington
Sam
Ruth
Ten Cent Sugar by January Predicted by City Panel
Chicago reports sugar to fall to 10 to 11 cents per pound by January as Cuban crop projections rise to about 4 000,000 tons, three times the 1914 level, according to R. J. Poole secretary of the high cost of living committee.
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Chicago
R. J. Poole
Democrats Certify Candidates After Attorney General Opinion
Denver reports Secretary of State Noland will certify names of three Senate and eleven House candidates for the Democratic party linked to the former labor party and workers league. Attorney General Keyes notes no statute requires party status or membership to determine eligibility for the primary.
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Denver
Keyes
Noland
House of Representatives
Former
Labor Party and Workers’ League
Election Commission
Secretary of State
Three Die as Canadian Bush Fires Rage Through Village
A blaze swept through a village 96 miles north of Winnipeg leaving three dead, twenty homes destroyed and a new school building burned. The victims include the wife and mother of George Word. Firefighters battled the bush blazes that raged yesterday and today.
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Winnipeg
Swinniseg
George Word
Mail Planes Reach Cheyenne For Ocean Route Extension
Two air mail planes landed at a field north of town preparing for the Omaha to Pacific coast extension. DH-4 planes No 101 and No 71 arrived 4 30 and 6 10 p m after stops in North Platte. Mail service will continue to Salt Lake City with trains and planes sharing loads. Postmaster Haas said no special stamps or mail preferences apply to air shipments.
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Omaha
Neb
Pacific Coast
Wales Field
Fort Russell
Leonhart
Smith
North Platte
Salt Lake City
Rock Springs
Wyo
Haas
Live Stock Agents Prepare to Combat Anti Profiteering
Fifty representatives from livestock exchanges in Kansas City St. Joseph Wichita and Denver prepared a petition to prevent Edwin T Meredith from enforcing a new order that would stop livestock commission men from raising charges The group said they do not defy the agriculture secretary but seek a Supreme Court ruling on the action Meredith aims to curb price increases under the Lever Act and to revoke licenses of firms ignoring the order
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Kansas City
Edwin T. Meredith
Department of Agriculture
Livestock Commission
St. Joseph
Wichita
Denver
Secretary of Agriculture
BE. W. Houx
Kansas Live Stock Company
Supreme Court
Meredith
National Park to Park Highway Dedication Next Wednesday
Secretary Payne announced the national park to park highway will be officially dedicated to the public next Wednesday. The designation party leaves Denver to fix the official route. The highway will connect eleven national parks and traverse nine states, about 4 70 miles in length.
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Washington
Payne
Denver
Fred Wan Famous Racer Wrecks On Greeley Track
Fred Hankson, entered in Greeley tryouts, lost control when a steering failure sent his car over a bank. He was knocked unconscious with facial wounds requiring stitches. He returned to Cheyenne and plans to race again on Labor Day with a repaired or new car.
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Fred Wan
Hank Himoelf
Greeley
Fred Hank
Hankson
Viank
Gresley
Hank
Cheyenne
Who's Who Page Postponed to August 20
The first run of the Who's Who page scheduled for today is postponed to Sunday August 20 due to unforeseen conditions. Readers are assured the page will appear in the next Sunday Leader issue and will run one week longer to allow guesses of who’s who.
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The
Leader
Settlement in Denver Car Strike Delays End
Aug 21 Denver. The tramway strike that began Aug 1 continues with no near settlement. Union organizer Allan B. Burt says the men will refuse to return while strikebreakers are used and the employer is hired by the company. Frederick W. Hild, company general manager, believes workers will never return under these conditions.
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Denver
Allan B. Burt
Frederick W. Hild
Election Probate Be Planned Monday
Chicago report says the senate committee on campaign expenditures will meet Monday to outline plans for investigating the fall campaign. Senator Kenyon, chairman, said a full discussion will decide the next steps and no witnesses have been called yet.
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Chicago
Senate
Kenyon
Poles drive on Brest-Litovsk as Bolshevik forces tighten
Paris dispatch reports Polish advances toward Brest-Litovsk with 19 000 Bolshevik prisoners taken. Polish operations split Bolshevik lines along the Narew and Bug as Russian units retreat toward Prussia. In Galicia Polish forces mobilize 800 000 civilians and train women for combat while bombing machines are deployed.
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Paris
Associated Press
Brest-Litovek
Middle Bug
Narew
Bug
Ostralenka
Ostralenko
Lomza
Red
Nicholas I
Thorn
Wallotlawek
Vistula
Danzig
Warsaw
Modlin
East Prussia
Strassburg
Stripa
Lembare
Poles Advance Threatens Soldau Border Area
Aug 21 report from Neidenburg says Polish forces push toward Soldau while retreating Russians suffer heavy losses. Refugees report Polish patrols eight miles west of Soldau and 1000 refugees reach German territory amid disrupted Russian discipline.
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Soldau
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Neidenburg
Roosevelt Cheered Chasing His Train in Montesano
Franklin D. Roosevelt shook hands with crowds in Montesano, Washington, so long that his special train nearly left without him. He sprinted to reboard the last car amid cheers from supporters.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frankin D. Roosevelt
Montesano
Roosevelt Teeth and Handclasp Portraits Highlight Campaign
A newspaper features a two image pair showing the famed Roosevelt smile and a handclasp. The upper image presents Franklin D Roosevelt’s teeth while the lower image focuses on his hand gesture, illustrating the candidate in the vice presidential race.
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Roosevelt
Franklin D
Mr. Roosevelt
Only Two Speeches Off Porch Planned
MARION Ohio Aug 71 Three front porch speeches and one at Gallion Ohio are on a schedule for Senator Harding. The Gallion address will be delivered Friday to railway employees and a September 8 speech at the Minnesota state fair is noted as the only away engagement. The last of ten speeches ends September 17. Harding conferred with Colonel George Harvey about the league of nations and international justice plans advanced by Elihu Root and European statesmen.
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Marion
Ohio
Gallion
Harding
Minnesota
George Harvey
New York
League of Nations
Harvey
Hlihu Root
Rain Stops Dempsey Training Exhibition in Benton Harbor
About 1,000 spectators attended the open air arena to see Jack Dempsey resume training for his Labor Day bout with Billy Miske, but rain halted the exhibition and the bouts were called off.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Jack Dempsey
Billy Miske
Ponzi Testifies as Receivers Take Parts of His Wealth
Boston August 21 Charles Ponzi turned over to federal receivers part of his funds from investors and testified about the rest. Receivers adjourned hearings until Tuesday as details of assets remained unclear and Pryde estimated liabilities at seven million dollars. Ponzi claimed additional assets and disclosed 1500 shares of Hanover Trust plus large payments to Joseph Daniels and others while noting ignorance of his agents and accounts.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Edwin L. Pryde
Pryde
D. V. Mcines
D. H. Coakley
Feos
Melgsaces
Hanover Trust Company
Lucy Meli
T Onzie
Hanovar Trust Company
Joseph Daniels
Miracle healings reported after Templemore murder
Aug 21 Belfast reports intense excitement in Templemore county Tipperary over alleged healings. A news agent Thomas Divan’s house shows bleeding statues and holy pictures. A crippled soldier regains full leg use and a consumption-stricken girl is cured as crowds witness the events.
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Belfast
Templemore
Tipperary
Wilson
Thurles
Thomas Divan
Divan
France
Indiana Coal Mine Strikers Ordered In
TERRE HAUTE Ind Aug 21 President Ed Stewart of District No 11 United Mine Workers of America ordered all members of local unions on strike in Indiana to return to work immediately pending a meeting of miners and operators district scale committees here Tuesday
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ed Stewart
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana
Miners and
Weekend Weather Outlook: Warmer Sunday Then Cooler Monday
A generally mild weekend trend shows warmer conditions on Sunday into Monday with higher temperatures on Sunday and a drop in the following day. Forecasters expect a gradual cooldown after the Sunday warm spell.
Missouri man profits from Wyoming land buy and first crop
Carpenter Wyoming August reports B G West of Missouri bought 126 acres near Cheyenne for 47 560 an acre, harvested 82 bushels per acre at 4 05 per bushel, earning 19 10 per acre. He also owns 40 acres spring wheat 45 oats 45 hog millet 130 corn plus potatoes and garden. Local crops are among the largest in years.
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BE. T. Payton
Carpenter
Wyo
Missourian
West
Ellis Confectionery Store Changes Hands
The Ellis Confectionery at 110 West Seventeenth street was sold Saturday night by Lem Ellis to Bruce Porter and W. R. Sheeman. Porter, formerly with Sands Drug and then Union Pacific, joins Sheeman, who has been candy maker at the store for eleven years. The Ellis family will take a long vacation after years of involvement.
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Ellis Confectionary
West Seventeenth Street
Lem Ellis
Bruce Porter
W. R. Sheneman
H. H. Ellis
Porter
Sands Drug Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Sheneman
Ellis
Two Dead and Eight Entombed in Mine Disaster
At Dogman McConnell mine No. 19 near Wilburton Oklahoma an explosion killed two miners and left eight others entombed. Rescue workers, halted by uncertainty, race to reach the trapped men as hopes fade.
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Wilburton
Okla
Dogman-McConnell
Dogman
Hittie Hope
Belgian Dockers Refuse to Load War Sawa Munitions
In Antwerp dockyards workers refuse to load munitions onto the American vessel War Sawa bound for Poland. The action is reported by the Nacion Belge and reflects wartime tensions affecting cargo destined for Eastern Europe.
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Brussels
Antwerp
Poland
Nacion Belge
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Outlaw Union
Yardmen’s Association
G. O. P. Committee
Barnes’ Book
Norman Selby
Kid'' McCoy
McCoy
Nolan
Farmer-Laborites
Colorado
Great Park Park Road
Germany
Hild
AED
Posen
Clachanow
Roosevelt Tribe
Irish Dispatch
Misoourian
Wyoming
Ellis Confectionery Store
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