Denver Street Car Riot Leaves Two Dead in Turbulent City
Denver riot during a street car strike flared into chaos as mobs wrecked five cars and damaged the Denver Post plant. Troops from Fort Logan moved in to restore order while a 1,000-strong crowd paraded between City Hall and the tramway district. Lloyd Yatel of Wichita was killed. another unidentified man died later. numerous police and workers were injured. street cars were destroyed and a cathedral refuge scene occurred.
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Denver
Lloyd Yatel
Wichita
Kan
Fort Logan
Denver Post
Trades and Labor Assembly
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Post
Nhewsboys
Bailey
Hamilton Armstrong
Germans Allow Flags in Public Buildings in Occupied Zone
Coblenz Brig. Gen. Henry T. Alten approved the interallied commission decision permitting Germans to fly the national colors from public buildings and homes in the American zone, marking a significant display of national symbolism.
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Coblenz
Henry T. Alten
American Army of Occupation
Interallied Commission
Red sweep on Near East threatens Teheran
Soviet Russia extends campaign after victories in Poland with a thrust into southwestern Asia and now threatens Teheran the Persian capital. Officials in Washington see the move as aimed at British and French interests in the Near East and Asia.
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Persia
Teheran
Washington
Russia
Poland
Asia
Near East
Commons Passes Irish Coercion Bill in Row
The Irish coercion bill passed its third reading in Parliament as Joseph Devlin of Belfast was suspended during a heated debate. Irish Nationalists exited the chamber followed by most Labour members, with the vote recorded at 206 to 1.
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Devlin
London
House of Commons
Joseph Devlin
Belfast
Labor
Britain Accepts Bolshevik Terms for Peace and London Talks
Britain agrees to a separate peace with Poland and to attend the London conference after accepting the Bolshevik note. Lloyd George faces pressure from Labour and trade unions to avoid any war alliance with Poland against Russia. France's stance unclear as Kameneff talks ease friction, though Russia’s note remains imperfect.
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London
Poland
Lloyd George
Russia
Labor Party
Berlin
Germany
France
Britain
Daily News
Kameneff
U. S. Fliers Shot Down by Bolshevik War Plane
The Evening Standard reports two American officers were shot down while piloting a Hanoverian two seater behind the Russian front. The fliers identified are Captain Merion Cooper and Captain George Kelly.
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U. S
London
Evening Standard
Merion -Cooper
Geoerge-Kelly
Washington News Roundup of World and Domestic Events
The United States pressed for equal rights in territories to be distributed to Allied mandates. The Federal Reserve denied rumors that cotton loan limits were ordered in the South. Roosevelt, nominee for Vice President, spent his last day as assistant secretary of the Navy and will radio a farewell to Navy ships. Poland sought U S help amid looming disaster. Canadian sugar traders profit by shipping sugar to the United States. Railroads may enforce new freight and passenger rates until November 1 without observing the long and short haul clause.
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United States
League of Nations
Federal Reserve Board
South
Federal Reserve System
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Poland
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brief Chronicles of Land and Sea
Reports on pivotal events across Washington and abroad, highlighting industrial activity and timely history. Narratives cover key happenings shaping domestic and global dynamics with concise, period tone.
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Washington
Washington Dispatches From the Nation's Capital
Secretary Colby and Under Secretary Davis confer with President Wilson at the White House on the Polish situation. The State Department authorizes moving the Teheran legation staff due to Bolshevik advances. Naval reservists in Brooklyn may serve on destroyers for Turkish waters. Major Gen. Frank McIntyre named chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. Wage increases urged by workers across the country. The Von Steuben sale to Ferd Eggena for 1.5 million dollars announced. British cable plans halted by presidential order. Mrs Annette Adams becomes the first woman assistant attorney general. Coolidge offers to campaign nationwide for the Republican ticket. Census predicts urban majority for 1920. Outlaw railroad strikers in Elizabeth NJ to return if seniority rights restored. Miners in Dunmore Pa strike in sympathy with Pittston. Scott Ferris wins Democratic Senate nomination in Oklahoma. Johnson announces underground immigration route on the Pacific coast. Lowell MA suffers 50 thousand tons of ice losses to fire. Heflin to debate League of Nations with Fess in Ohio Franklin.
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Davis
State Department
Wilson
White House
Teheran
Persia
Legation
Brooklyn
Baker
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Navy Wage Board
von Steuben
Kronprinzg Wilhelm
Ferd Eggena
New York
Benson
Shipping Board
United States
Florida
Permisson
Annette Adams
San Franciseco
Adams
Coolidge
Census Bureau
Elizabeth
N. J
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Dunmore
Pittston
Scott Ferris
Lawton
Oklahoma
T. P. Gore
Pacific Coast
Albert Johnson
Lowell
Mass
Forge Wage
Thomas Heflin
Albania
League of Nations
Simon Fess
Ohio
Franklin
Rail and market news from national business section
The Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad seeks $150000 note approval with one year term at 6 percent. Shipping Board invites bids for a year of lubricating oils. Rail groups urge fast purification material movement. Gompers links industrial peace to union rights. Freight car movement improves. wheat futures slip then rise. overall freight supply and movement show improvement.
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Norfolk and
America
United States
Commission On Car Service
The
American Railroad Association
Chicago Board of Trade
Deportation case re opened for Russian envoy to U S
The Department of Justice will reopen the deportation case against Ludwig C A KX Martens who styles himself ambassador of the Russian Soviet government to the United States. A fire in Army City Kansas destroyed two theaters and six business buildings with an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. A national convention of postmasters is set for Cincinnati September 8 to 11. Chicago hosts the next raisin auction by the California Associated Raisin Company. R J Hallowell of New York his wife and their twelve year old daughter were killed when their Erie train left their automobile at Newberry Crossing near Binghamton New York. The girl died shortly after arrival at hospital. John Barrymore, stage and screen star, married Mrs Leonard Thomas at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New York.
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Department of Justice
Ludwig C. A. KX. Martens
United States
Army City
Junction City
Kan
Cincinnati
Chicago
California Associated Raisin Company
R. J. Hallowell
New York
Erie Railroad
Newberry Crossing
Binghamton
N. Y
John Barrymore
America
Ritz Carlton Hotel
Olympian Brown invites Antwerp to 1924 Chicago Games
Everett C. Brown, longtime Olympic Executive Committee member, plans to invite the 1924 Olympic Games Committee on August 10 in Antwerp to award Chicago Grant Park as the site. The report also notes other sports news from the era including Babe Ruth and tennis and golf results.
Allies eye Poland issue as Lloyd George speaks in Commons
In the Commons Premier Lloyd George bluntly signaled Britain may intervene to support Poland, drawing loud cheers. Paris Matin says England mobilized two divisions for Poland while Germany moves troops to the East Prussian border amid Polish and Bolshevik concerns. Other notes include oil firm gasoline non rationing in Alberta, Canadian forest wealth drawing overseas interest, a planned industrial conference funded by Parliament, YWCA workers in Poland weighing departure, Australia lifting an embargo on hides, and Japan boosting Korea garrison by 4800 men.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Paris
England
M. B. Green
Imperial Oils, Ltd
Alberta
Lomer Gouin
Quebec
Europe
Germany
Russia
Japan
Korea
Tokio
U.S. Actions Block British Cable Landing at Miami
Five U S destroyers were detailed by Secretary Daniels to prevent landing of a British cable by a Western Union ship from Barbados to Miami. The State Department had not authorized the landing, while officials noted the project would create a direct US Brazil link. The British operator Colonial neared completion inside US waters, drawing charges of delays to American firms and calls for direct US control of wireless and cables.
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Daniels
Wilson
Miami
Fla
Western Union Telegraph Company
State Department
Western Telegraph Company
Barbados
United States
Brazil
South America
Rio de Janeiro
England
British Board of Trade
London
Navy
Congress
Copenhagen
Denmark
Aamiliar
Norway
Western Tnion Company
Barbadoes
Florida
Western Union
New York
North Carolina Antis Predict Suffrage Defeat at Session
Representative B G Crisp the anti suffrage leader in Raleigh says a house poll shows a small majority against ratification and the senate near a tie. He predicts the federal suffrage amendment will be defeated during the special session.
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Antis
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
B. G. Crisp
House of Representatives
Greeks Begin New Anatolian Drive Against Kemalists
Three Greek columns move from Panderma Brusa and Balthessar with air scouts artillery and armored cars reinforced from Thrace advancing toward the Bagdad railway between Kutain and Sinav. The push aims to break nationalist lines led by Mustafa Kemal.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal
Kutain
Sinav
Panderma
Brusa
Balthessar
Bagdad
Thrace
Widespread Decline Seen in Luxury Goods and Prices
Government price experts forecast autumn relief with lower costs for foods and clothing as war inflation cools. Wholesale prices fell about one percent. labor reports show abundant farm goods, including wheat and pears, while luxury buying wanes signaling profiteering winds down. Candy merchants seek sugar licenses to curb surpluses.
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Washington
Labor Department
Antwerp
Commerce Department
United States
Department of Justice
Figg
European crisis deepens as Russo Polish conflict lingers
Berlin officials fear extended war path as international machinery unravels. In New York authorities seize 1284 cases of liquor valued at 200000 at Arthur Kraus Company. A Brooklyn man and family die in Erie's crossing collision in Binghamton. Chicago earmarks safety drive after 284 year to date deaths. Ensenada reports Canty rebellion hostilities begin.
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Berlin
New York
Arthur Kraus Company
Avenue B
Binghamton
N. Y
Robert J. Hellawell
Brooklyn
Newberry Railroad
Erie
Chicago
Peter M. Hoffman
Ensenada
Mex
Esteban Canty
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