Polish Counterattacks Halt Bolshevik Advance In Poland
The Polish forces report bottling up Soviet troops on the northern front with 35,000 prisoners taken in counterattacks around Mlawa. German officers among Bolsheviks killed are noted as fighting continues near Ciechanow and Posen mobilizes 350,000 civilians for renewed service. Premiers Lloyd George and Giolitti discuss Danzig and Adriatic issues with plans to press France for allied action.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Mlawa
Danzig
Lucerne
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Golitti
Italy
France
Poland
Polen
Ciechanow
Posen
Roosevelt Pays Tribute Armistice Day Victims
Franklin Roosevelt spoke in Centralia Washington on Armistice Day tribute, saying victims gave their lives for Americanism and pledging government action to stamp out those seeking its destruction.
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Centralia
Wash
Associated Press
Franklin Roosevelt
Probe into Campaign Expense Funds Resumes
The senate campaign investigating committee orders Hays and White and the treasurers of the senatorial campaign to appear Monday with all receipts and expenditures books. Governor Cox is asked to testify or send a representative to support claims of a 15 million dollar fundraising fund. Senator Spencer resigns from the sub committee. Hays and White say they are ready to testify in Chicago.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Hays
White
Senatorial
Congressional Campaign Committee
Kenyon
Cox
Spencer
Missouri
New York
Republican National Committee
Democratic Committee
Campaign Investigating Committee
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Workers Summoned in Profit Probe
Officials and employees of the Hart Schaffner and Marx clothing firm have been summoned to appear before the grand jury probing the high cost of living. The testimony aims to determine if retailers are profiteering and to uncover related practices.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Americans Kidnapped by Mexican Outlaws
In Mexico City Aug 23 the Associated Press reports that Pedro Zamora leads a Jalisco rebellion and has kidnapped five Americans. Three expeditionary columns were ordered into Jalisco to crush the uprising and secure the captives, with the U S embassy confirming the kidnappings.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Jalisco
Pedro Zamora
Washington
Zamora
Rock Island train derailed by bad rail near Iowa City
The Rock Island Rocky Mountain Limited derailed today near Iowa City. No fatalities reported, but several injured. Later reports indicate only a portion of the train derailed with a woman severely hurt and other passengers bruised.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Rock Island Railway
Rocky Mountain
Iowa City
Wrecked Steamer Superior City Crew Searched
Search continues for crew members of the steamer Superior City after a collision in dense fog on Lake Superior. Report says only four of the twenty aboard have been accounted for.
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Sault Ste Marie
Associated Press
Superior City
Lake Superior
Tennessee Suffrage Certification Held up by Legal Snarl
Tennessee's ratification of woman suffrage is confirmed on records but must be cleared of legal technicalities before certification to Washington and a proclamation by the federal secretary of state declaring its adoption can be issued.
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Nashville
Tenn
Associated Press
Tennessee
Washington
Harding Denies Cox Charge Of 15 Million Campaign Fund
Senator Harding declared that Cox's claim of a 15 million dollar Republican campaign fund is absolutely untrue and ridiculous. He spoke in Marion Ohio on August 23.
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Marion
Associated Press
Harding
Cox
Train hits truck in Oregon crossing kills three
A passenger train struck a motor truck on a grade crossing near La Grande Oregon, killing three people and seriously injuring three others in the truck.
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LA Grande
Ore
Associated Press
Here
Three Die As Airplane Crashes At Verney Field
Redwood City Cal Aug 23 three men killed when their plane crashed to the ground from an elevation of 300 feet at the Verney aviation field.
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Redwood City
Cal
Associated Press
Verney Aviation Field
Rioting Rages in Ireland with Multiple Deaths in Belfast
Police Sergeant Thos Craddock shot dead on King Street. Thid Holcome killed in weekend street fighting. Rioting in Lisburn leads to the assassination of Inspector Swanheey. Crowds threaten to burn Nationalist houses amid unrest.
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Thos
Craddock
King Street
Thid Holcome
Lisburn
Swanheey
Receiver sought for Brotherhoods' $10 million trust fund
Benjamin Callahan head of the Columbus Yardmen's Association filed a lawsuit Saturday asking a court to appoint a receiver, order an accounting, and distribute the Brotherhoods' trust fund of 10 million dollars in Columbus Ohio.
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Ceiver
Brotherhoods’ Trust Fund
Benjamin Callahan
Columbus Yardmen’s Association
Nome Awaits Arrival Of Army Airmen
Miners prospectors and Eskimos flock to Nome to witness the arrival of four army planes that have flown from New York with Nome as their destination. The planes rest at Ruby awaiting weather to complete the final leg of their long flight.
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Nome
Ness
New York
Ruby
Electric Train Collides With Bus Kills Six in New Jersey
A Pennsylvania electric train collided with an auto bus carrying 15 excursionists near Camden New Jersey. Six people were killed and four injured in the wreck occurring August 23.
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Camden
N. J
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Electric
Warships Halt Exhibition Tour After Deliberate Damage
Five former German warships bound for an American exhibition tour are stopped due to deliberate damage by their crews. The program is canceled as plans crumble amid the act of vandalism.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States
Syrian Premier Killed in Train Attack by Bandits
Droubi Pasha the Syrian premier and cabinet member Abdul Erhaman were killed when bandits attacked the train traveling from Damascus near Haifa on August 23, as reported by the Associated Press.
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Haifa
Spain
Associated Press
Droubi Pasha
Abdul Erhaman
Damascus
Police Chief Killed in Carnival Riot
The chief of police and one citizen are dead after a clash between a sheriff's posse and three escaping suspects at a carnival dance in Winston Salem North Carolina. A negro is seriously wounded as deputies pursued the trio who had argued over dancing with white girls.
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Winston Salem
N. C
Associated Press
Canadian law governs new International Petroleum merger
New York Aug 23 The International Petroleum Company and the Tropical Oil Company announced a merger valued at $100,000,000. The combined entity will be organized as the New International Petroleum Company Ltd under Canadian law.
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New York
Associated Press
International Petroleum Company
Tropical Oil Company
New International Petroleum Company, Ltd
Canada
Steamship Alameda Sails for Seattle With Passengers
The steamship Alameda left port for Seattle at 11 o clock last night carrying a list of passengers from here including Joseph White and family F W Brooks J E Libieg and wife R H Robarts Mrs James Smith Miss E McRea Miss Emma Rutz Mrs I D Bogart and others plus J M Gilbert and wife Dan Gillis Mildred and Valentine Anderson W A Davenport Hank Palmer E C Willis George J Apple Ed Walstead Dan Greene and wives J T Maxwell and wife F Short Dan Kennedy C A Ohmas George J Olson S Andrews C Andrews F Ahren C DeCrappe and daughter for Seattle also John Erickson Magnus Hindus J C Clark for Ketchikan Robert Kelly for Juneau.
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Alameda
Seattle
Joseph White
F. W. Brooks
J. E. Libieg
R. H. Robarts
James Smith
E. McRea
Emma Rutz
I. D. Bogart
G. W. Bowman
L. Lonkowsky
J. M. Gilbert
Dan Gillis
Mildred
Valentine Anderson
W. A. Davenport
Hank Palmer
E. C. Willis
George J. Apple
Ed Walstead
Dan Greene
J. T. Maxwell
F. Short
Dan Kennedy
C. A. Ohmas
George J. Olson
S. Andrews
C. Andrews
F. Ahren
C. DeCrappe
John Erickson
Magnus Hindus
J. C. Clark
Ketchikan
Robert Kelly
Juneau
Weather fuels fire hazard in Pacific Northwest
Warm weather continues to raise fire danger in western Washington and Oregon. Six new fires were reported today, with unclear extent.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Washington
Oregon
Americans Dominate Olympia Events In Antwerp Conclusion
At Antwerp on August 23 Associated Press reports American athletes leading the Olympiad by a wide margin as finales ended in rain. Brutus Hamilton and Helge Leyland contend for the all around title while a recount may decide the winner. The U S relay set a 400 meter world record of 421 3 seconds and Duke Kahanamoku improved the 100 meter free speed record in qualifying. Final stadium scores list America first with 210 points followed by Finland 105 Sweden 95 England 92 and other nations.
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Antwerp
Associated Press
Brutus K. Hamilton
University of Missouri
Capain Helge Leyland
Duke Kahanamoku
America
Finland
Sweden
England
France
Italy
South Africa
Canada
Norway
Denmark
Esthenia
New Zealand
Belgium
Australia
Czecho-Slovakia
Holland
Luxemburg
Police Officers Killed in Black Belt Cafe Shootout
Two police officers died after a fighting incident at the Black and Tan cafe in a black belt district. Three men were arrested after they allegedly fired numerous shots and held over a hundred spectators at bay.
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Black Belt Cafe
Chicago
Associated Press
Black Belt
Flour Mill Shipped to Tanana Valley for Fairbanks Plant
A complete flour mill with a capacity of 25 barrels was shipped from Seattle yesterday aboard the steamship Ketchikan to the Tanana Valley Agricultural Association in Fairbanks as part of Alaska's ongoing development.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Alaska
Ketchikan
Tanana Valley Agricultural Association
Fairbanks
Youth shoots fatally at mother&apos.s urging in Utah
In Ogden Utah on August 23 Raymond Clouth aged 14 shot and killed his father James Clouth. Police say the shooting followed the mother&apos.s instruction after she claimed the father murdered two of their sons and would kill Raymond. The mother is jailed.
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Ogden
Utah
Associated Press
Raymond Clouth
James Clouth
Clough
Nother
French Garrison at Adana Believed Safe
After two months under siege in Adana Asia Minor the French garrison has staged a rally and is now virtually relieved.
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Adana
Paris
Associated Press
Asia Minor
Three Die in Mullin Hill Brush Fire
Three persons were burned to death as brush fires swept through Mullin Hill, near Winnipeg, on August 23, according to Associated Press reports.
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Winnipeg
Associated Press
Mullinhill
Here
Secret Service Agent Ordered From Mexico
Dr. Paul Altedorf, once a U S secret service agent in Mexico during the war, crossed from Juarez into the United States after being ordered out as undesirable. He reportedly criticized Mexican government officials.
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EL Paso
Tex
Associated Press
Paul Altedorf
Secret Service
United States
Mexico
Juarez
Jewish delegates push for League of Nations seat
A committee of Jewish delegates announced a campaign to obtain a seat in the League of Nations for Jewish representatives. The group also plans a worldwide drive to rally support among Jews for the league.
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Paris
Associated Press
League of Nations
League
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