Government to prosecute contractors in war project probes
The Justice Department orders criminal and civil actions against hundreds of contractors tied to war contracts. The probe, led with War Department referrals, targets contracts from a few thousand to millions of dollars for camps cantonments warehouses and training facilities. Prosecutions may also come from the Shipping Board as investigations review dates and figures.
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Washington
We Associated Press
Department of Justice
Department
War Department
Shipping Board
Jenning
Submarine S-5 Plight Reported Off Delaware Capes
A buoy telephone message from the General Goethals brought word that the United States submarine S-5, submerged for about 35 hours, was being kept near the surface 55 miles east of Cape Henlopen. Navy ships rushed to her rescue and pumped air into the hull to save 26 men and four officers.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Henlopen
New York
General Goethals
Delaware Capes
Gee
Weasel
Rene
Navy
Ain
Witl
Imprisoned men revived by fresh air pumps aboard submarine
A wireless from General Goethals reports the crew of submerged submarine 8-5 was revived by fresh air pumped through a small hull hole. Officers and 26 men were revived before destroyers arrived, as the message described.
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New York
Thurelay T
General Goethals
Hull
Eres Cebetal
Submarine S-5 Trapped Crew Reported With 29 On Board
U S submarine S-5, with four officers and 26 men aboard, had been trapped for about 85 hours near Goethals when rescue vessels speed to the scene. A wireless message confirmed the crew's status and ongoing salvage efforts.
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Washington
Utah States
Goethals
Creenes
Wyoming Proclamation Establishes Labor Day 1920
A Wyoming proclamation issued August 31 1920 designates the first Monday in September as Labor Day. The governor cites honoring labor and urges state institutions and workplaces to close in observance, with the state seal affixed at the capitol in Cheyenne.
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State of
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Deschanel Not Returning to Elysee Palace Denied
An official denial issued on Thursday refutes rumors of M. Deschanel returning to Elysee Palace. Reports in provincial papers and a resignation letter had circulated among informed circles but authorities state no change in the presidency.
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Paris
M. Deschanel
Elysee Palace
Cox Begins Longest Swing Since Bryan Campaign of 1896
Democratic candidate Governor Cox starts a 9000 mile tour through 22 states. The trip runs from Michigan through the west to Utah San Francisco and return via Los Angeles and the central west ending October 3 in St Louis. He meets farmers and backs cooperative selling and buyings. He will pass Cheyenne on September 26.
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Columbus
Cox
Michigan
William J. Bryan
St. Louis
Bellingham
Washington
Utah
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Govenor
National Board of Farm Organizations
Mexico Blames Carranza Death on General Marel
Mexico voices official view on the Carranza death naming General Marel as personally responsible in a statement by Dr. Alvaro Torre Dias, the new Mexican minister to Brazil. The note places grim justice on Manuel, jailed by Puebla state actions, and claims broad popular backing for the new government.
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New York
Mexico
Carranza
Mariel
Alvaro Torre Dias
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Washington
Diaz
Manuel
Puebla
Peor
Shortridge Leads California Primary Vote Totals
Primary returns from California show Samuel M. Shortridge leading the Republican U S Senate race with 125 140 votes from 5243 of 6179 precincts. William Kent trails with 96959 and Albert J Wallace with 78600.
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San Francisco
Samuel M. Shortridge
United States
William Kent
Albert J. Wallace
President of Miners Relocates to Sheridan
Martin Cahill, president of District 22, United Mine Workers of America, plans to move from Rocings with his family to Sheridan and set up headquarters there. He and Mrs. Cahill are visiting Cheyenne this week.
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Martin Cahill
Mine Workers of America
Rocings
Sheridan
Mrs. Cahill
Cheyenne
Weather Forecast for Saturday Area
Aera Saturday forecast shows variable conditions with chances of rain across areas. Temperatures range from cool to mild as coastal and inland zones experience light showers and clouds.
Democrats Pry Into Fund in Six States
Democratic witnesses struggled to present data behind Governor Cox’s charges of a 15 million dollar Republican campaign fund. Subpoenas named six Republican leaders in Ohio Illinois Indiana and Kentucky to reveal how campaign budgets are allocated while Edmund H. Moore of Ohio urged the committee to call documents. The session recessed with plans for further testimony and page three continuation expected.
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Chicago
Senate Committee
Govenor
James Cox
Committee
Reed
Pomerene
Kenyon
Edmund H. Moore
Ohio
Cox
Moore
Gnienes Sensaienan
Co. Columbus
Harry M. Blair
Fred
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Upham
Oriied
Poinderter
Washington
Herman Hencke
waGeeeroe
Tone Sesenenes
Poland Rejects Boundaries Set by Allied Conference
Washington dispatch reports Poland refuses to accept artificial borders outlined at the peace conference. Polish government says Poland must rely on its own military strength to defend against Bolshevik threats, even as it acknowledges allied sympathy. Correspondence between Wilson and Witos clarifies Polish stance amid August 21 and August 28 replies.
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Washington
Poland
Beeves
Colby
Wilson
Red Soviet Protests German Inter Allied Disarmament
Berlin reports Dr. Kopy the Berlin representative of the Asian soviet government sent a note to the German foreign ministry protesting part of the Inter allied campaign disarming troops who crossed into Germany. The note accuses third powers of abusing neutrality and seeks assurances that such interference will not recur. It also references reports of Rugulans disarmed by Poles on German soil and requests a correction of the facts.
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Berlin
Dr. Kopy
Foreign Ministry
Germany
Nova
Poland
Kopp
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