Underground Japanese Smuggling Network Exposed
Congressman Albert Johnson outlined a Northwest smuggling system from Yokohama to Guaymas and into California involving Japanese associations in Oregon and Washington. The report details escort posts at Tonolalu and Guaymas, bribed border guards, and five years of residence before entry is deemed legal.
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Union News Service
Tacoma
Walsh
United States
Albert Johnson
Thouwse Subcommittee On Inmigration and Naturalization
Northwest
Yokohama
Tono- Tuli
California
Bevnches
Oregon
Washington
Inok
Yellowstone Project Halted by Interior Secretary
Denver reports the Yellowstone lake dam project proposed by Monwan irrigation men is blocked by Interior Secretary John Litieton Payne due to its risk of intruding on Yellowstone National Park and potentially impacting the nearby Rocky Mountain National Parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Yellowstone Lake
Monwan
John Litieton Payne
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
Rocky Mountain National Parks
Cable Landing Blocked by U S Naval Patrols
Washington reports destroyers patrolling the Minuit harbor entrance under orders from President Wilson to hinder by force any attempted landing of a cable. Western Union Telegraph Co plans a Barbados to West Indies relay, while the cable ship Golonia is chartered to raid the rival Beaufort line from Barbadoes toward America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minuit
Wilson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Barbados
Wert
Eyujah
Golonia
Conputy
Barbartows
Junith Anwrlen
Refused an Entry Across War Tense Fronts and Notes
London reports Premier Liond George warns Bolshevik advances threaten Poland forcing imminent and unconditional ceasefire. British note to Russia described as threatening. Daily Mail cites privity and ongoing advances. Reports also describe Bolshevik aims to cut the Polish sea corridor and negotiate with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herat
Liond George
M. Khuissin
Kameneff
Vic
Poland
Great Britain
Russia
Daily Mail
Alles
Indictments Delayed as Judge Probes News Leak
Federal grand jury indictments against forty one railroad employees were put in abeyance by Judge Samuel Altschuler as he ordered an investigation into how afternoon papers published accounts two hours before official reports. He warned of punishment for any person who leaked information.
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Chicago
Samuel Alsehuler
Alschuler
News 18
Tne
Bolshavlat Prisoners Reported by Refugees in Moscow
Four American refugees claim thirty U S nationals are held by the Bolshavlat government in Moscow. The State Department confirmed a report from Viborg and Lincoln officials regarding the situation and a school superintendent, J H Newton, was released to take a position with Denver Schools.
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Bolshevists
Washington
Bolshavlat
Moscow
Soviet Riwsia
Viborg
Minland
Newton
Lincoln
W. A. Behr
Casper
Wyo
Denver
RC. Daly
University of Wyoming
Camp Kearney
San Diego
Calif
Camp Perry
Ohio
California
War Department
Howard Logan
Egbert
Logan
War and coal strikes ripple through Poland and Illinois
Bolshevik invasion drives toward Warsaw as Polish defenses under General Haller brace for a siege. A provisional Soviet government forms in occupied Polish areas. In Des Moines miners vote to return to work amid Ohio and Illinois coal disruptions, while Illinois operators dispute union influence.
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Weslern
Union News Service
London
Warsaw
London Times
Berlin
National Zeitung
Haller
Poland
Moscow
Des Moines
Iowa
J. C. Lewis
Pee
United Mine Workers
British North Sea squadron assigned to Baltic blockade
London reports orders to the British North Sea squadron to proceed to the Baltic region to renew the blockade against Russia. The move signals renewed effort to enforce maritime restrictions amid ongoing tensions.
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London
North Sea
Russia
Comrade Aviators to Fly at Funeral Procession
Aviators who served with Omer Locklear in the army will pilot aircraft over his funeral cortege in Fort Worth next Saturday providing a solemn aerial tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ort Worth
Pexus
Omer Locklear
Polish Army Stiffens Defense Near Warsaw
Poles reinforce lines as Soviet forces push toward Warsaw. The defense gains momentum with troops and supplies bolstered behind the front, as leaders urge readiness and resolve against advancing Bolsheviks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valse
Putelotsny
Warsaw
Cox and Harding to Speak in Denver This Fall
Cox and Harding, leaders from the Republican and Democratic camps, will address audiences in Denver this fall if announced plans proceed. The events would mark the parties' outreach in the region and highlight upcoming campaigns.
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Cox
Harding
Denver
Riots Rock Denver Tramway Plant Amid Mass Strikes
In Denver on August 6 two men were killed and many injured as a riotous mob of about 500 strike sympathizers attacked tramway facilities. Rioters wrecked eight cars, burned buildings, and clashed with police. fatalities occurred at the South Broadway car barns. Authorities called for volunteers to bolster police as arrests climbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Denver Post
South Broadway
Cathedral of Imaculate Conception
Tramway
Dewey C. Bailey
Frank M. Downer
Nariot
Hains
John Blake
A. G. Smith
Lawrence Street
County Hospital
City Hall
Denver Trades and Glaber Assembly
Bailey
U S British Talks Spark Nerves on Far East
Dispatches from Washington report a conference at the State Department with Secretary Colby British ambassador Geddes and other envoys. Discussions covered the Far East situation and possible British alignment with U.S. East Asia policy, heightening anxiety over Japanese American relations.
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Tokio
United States
State Department
Washington
Colby
Auckland Geddes
Rolsid Morris
Japan
Billsby Wrandy Alstrom
China
Great Britain
New York Clothing Firms Report Job Losses
Several New York clothing manufacturers cut staff due to lack of orders. Schwarz & Jaffe, employing over 4,000, said about 2 percent idle as industry leaders anticipate market stabilization despite weak retail sales.
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New York
Schwarz & Jaffe,le
Leprosy Patients Near Cure on Peukese Island
Examination of two patients at the state leper colony on Peukese Island shows unusual progress toward recovery after treatment with Ohamulga oil, a product from an East Indian tree, though neither man is wholly cured per a special medical commission report.
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Boston
Peuikese Island
Special Medical Commission
To Exterminate the Rat In Beaumont Campaign Urges Action
Beaumont quarantine officials urge nationwide adoption of rat proofing ordinances and a broad cleanup drive as part of the bubonic plague fight. Local measures were adopted to combat the outbreak.
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Beaumont
Texas
American Scouts Set Trek Cart Record at Jamboree
A Miami Wisconsin team of American Boy Scouts competed in the International Jamboree, reportedly setting a world trek cart record by crossing 600 yards of rough terrain with a two wheeled cart loaded with eight sandbags totaling 400 pounds in 2 minutes 3 3-5 seconds. They faced aWelsh team in the obstacle course, including wall climbs and a water pool, before finishing.
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London
Miami
Wiu
Americ
Rioting in Denver Leaves Dozens Wounded in Street Clash
Three killed and eleven wounded in East Denver car barns riot as strikebreakers fired on a crowd. Two nights of violence raise totals to five dead and forty-five wounded. Federal troops and local patrols mobilize as tramway labor talks resume.
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Denver
Ceb
W. L. Dewitt
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver Post
American Legion
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly
Committee of Ten
Major Bailey
Tramway
Tramway Employés Union
Frederick W. Hild
Hild
Fort Logan
C. Ballou
United States
Camp Funston
Shoup
Central Department
20 Million Tons Coal Move Forecast to Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission officials predicted coal shipments to the northwest would reach 20 million tons by November. They said this result depends on a return to normal operations in central competitive mines not yet restored.
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Washington
Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
To Meet Farmers Demands Harvest Labor Campaign Expands
Bisnarek and a coalition of bankers doctors and merchants join farmers to recruit harvest workers. Eastern college students travel by car and hundreds of Boy Scouts bolster the labor force to avert a serious farm labor shortage.
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Bisnarek
N. D
Baokers
Hingers
Astern College
Tny
Strike Averted in Canal Zone Wage Talks Reach Tentative Accord
A conference between Governor Hard Ing and workmen's representatives produced a tentative wage scale in the Canal Zone, averting a possible walkout by electrical workers. The agreement aims to stabilize operations and prevent a work stoppage.
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Canal Zone
Pantin
Canal
Hard Ing
Norwegian explorer resumes bid to reach the north pole
The Pote His Goal, Nowe, Alaskine upt, Trowld Arm undsen, a Norwegian explorer, has departed Nome to continue his attempt to reach the North Pole.
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Nowe
Alaskine Upt
Trowld Armundsen
Nome
North Pole
Wyoming Briefs Mirror Turbulent Events of 1920
Wyoming notes report a September 14 17 1920 state fair in Douglas a new Wyoming Flour Mills Co with 500000 capital stock in Wyoming Wind River leases sale to United States Oil Refining Co. a Sublet mine powder magazine explosion at Kemmerer kills eight. multiple deaths from accidents including Rawlins and Lusk. Frontier Days celebration in Cheyenne. obituaries and court actions including a noted olives poisoning and juvenile detention case in Denver.
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Western
Union News Service
Wyoming State Mail
Douglas
Wyoming Flour MM Company
Lander
United States Oil & Refining Company
Wind River Company
Sublet Mine
Kemmerer
John B. Beker
David Bureh
Henry Westenberg
Rawlins
A. E. Baker
Siberian
Thermopolis
United States Army
Martin Agnew
Snyder Realty Company
Lusk
Agnew
Cheyenne
Marshall L. Wilson
Chicago & Northwestern
Wilson
Carl Denton
L. W. Crow
Crosby
Nellie Kabis
Leopold Kabis
W. C. Mettzer
Casper
Wyo
Jusmie" Powell
Denver
Evelyn Dowell
Sin
Harry F. Rollman
Granite Springs
Tollman
Patricia Loy
Alys Loy
Rawjins
Charles V, Loy
William Ashford
Taconin
Wash
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National Woman's Party
Alex Paul
Mary Thistle
Mike Adan Mixon
Elizebeth Kolh
U. S
Americaun
Cantu
Lower
Ciuntu
Mexico City
Esteban Chuntu
Aar Department
Hoforta
Ghreet
Yellowstone
England
Weelorn Wap
French Miitary
Danvig
Germany
Copenhagen
Vilna
Nndevices
Allenstein
Hust
Prussia
Mexicali
Tere
O. Payne
Esteban Cantu
Cros
Brest-Litovsk
Kobryn
Kossaki
Ciechanowicz
Ilinois
KECC
Searis
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Belleville
Western Newspaper
Tramway Union
Wyoming
Jessen
Kemmerer Coal Company
Sublet
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