Underground Japanese smuggling ring reaches Northwest coast
Rep Albert Johnson disclosed a Japanese smuggling network from Yokohama to California spanning across to Guaymas. The system uses escorts at border posts, bribed Mexican guards, and staged deposits to establish five years of residence. Washington denied importing arms. Lower California governor Cantu declared rebellion as 60 000 troops were readied to resist.
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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
Americaun
Cantu
Lower
Ciuntu
Mexico City
Esteban Chuntu
Aar Department
Hoforta
Ghreet
Yellowstone Project Halted By Interior Secretary
Denver reports the Yellowstone lake dam project proposed by Monwan irrigation men was opposed by Interior Secretary John Litieton Payne. He cited risks of contaminating Yellowstone National Park and potentially impacting the nearby Rocky Mountain National Parks.
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Denver
Yellowstone Lake
Monwan
John Litieton Payne
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
Rocky Mountain National Parks
Cable Landing Refused by Patrols at Washington Harbor
Reported U S authorities patrol entrances to Minuit Via harbor under Wilson orders to block cable landings. Western Union chartered a ship from Barbados to raid the undersea cable linking Barbarton to Junith Anwrlen, amid tensions over Allied communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minuit
Wilson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Barbados
Wert
Eyujah
Golonia
Conputy
Barbartows
Junith Anwrlen
War threats loom as Bolsheviks press advance into Poland
Refused entry reports from Union News Service describe British pressure on Russia to halt the Russian advance before an armistice. Notes claim Poland is overrun and warn Britain would wage war to support Doles. Reports from Warsaw, Vilna, Allenstein, and Mexicali recount allied concerns and border tensions involving Bolsheviks, Lithuanians, and German interests.
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London
Herat
Liond George
M. Khuissin
Kameneff
Vic
Poland
Great Britain
Russia
Daily Mail
Alles
Indictments Against 41 Leaders Held Pending Inquiry
A federal grand jury’s reports on forty one railroad labor leaders were paused by Judge Samuel Alschuler as the jury investigates how afternoon papers published accounts two hours before official reports. The judge denounced the unknown source who leaked news.
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Chicago
Samuel Alsehuler
Alschuler
News 18
Tne
Bolshevists Hold Americans in Moscow Prisoner Report
Four American refugees report to the State Department that thirty Americans are held by the Bolshavlat government in Moscow. The information comes from a representative at Viborg. J. H. Newton, Lincoln’s superintendent of schools, was released to take a position with Denver Schools.
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Bolshevists
Washington
Bolshavlat
Moscow
Soviet Riwsia
Viborg
Minland
Newton
Lincoln
War and labor turmoil across Europe and Iowa
Bolsheviki set Aug nine for Warsaw assault as Polish defenses under French officers brace for continued drive toward the capital. Soviet lines push within sixty miles of the city amid armistice talks at Kobryn. A provisional Soviet regime forms in occupied Polish areas. In Des Moines several hundred coal miners vote to return to work under U M W A District 18 leadership. Illinois miners face mixed signals from operators while some southern Illinois fields resume work after union orders.
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Weslern
Union News Service
London
Warsaw
London Times
Berlin
National Zeitung
Haller
Kobryn
Kossaki
Ciechanowicz
Des Moines
Iowa
J. C. Lewis
Pee
United Mine Workers
Belleville
British North Sea Squadron to Reimpose Baltic Blockade
London reports that the British North Sea squadron has been ordered to the Baltic to reimpose the blockade against Russia, with instructions issued to enforce renewed naval pressure in the region.
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London
North Sea
Russia
Comrade Aviators Will Fly at Locklear Funeral
Aviators who were comrades of Omer Locklear in the army will fly over his funeral cortege in Fort Worth next Saturday. The tribute honors Locklear's service and marks a ceremonial salute by fellow pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ort Worth
Pexus
Omer Locklear
Poles Tighten Defense as Bolsheviks Close On Warsaw
Polish forces reinforce lines as Bolsheviks advance toward Warsaw. Reports indicate stiffening defenses around the capital with authorities urging vigilance and mobilization.
Cox and Harding to Speak in Denver
Cox and Harding will speak in Denver this fall as Comveree National presidental candidates from both Republican and Democratic eras. The plans announced here are expected to carry through, with remarks likely on national issues and party directions.
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Cox
Harding
Denver
Riots Kill Two and Wreck Denver Tramway Plants
Denver scenes of violence leave two dead and at least 33 injured as a mob of about 500 strike supporters attacks the Denver Post plant and tramway facilities. Rioters wreck cars, attack South Broadway and East Side barns, and threaten strikebreakers, while authorities call for volunteers and mobilize police. Two men died after attempts to burn buildings and disperse the mob, with arrests and disrupted service as crowds pursued workers. A petition for arbitration had preceded the unrest.
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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
United States and Britain mull Far East policy at Washington
Dispatches from Washington report a conference at the State Department with Secretary Colby British ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes and other officials. Discussions centered on Far East tensions and possible British alignment with the U S in its Asia policy, raising concern over U S Japan relations.
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Tokio
United States
State Department
Washington
Colby
Auckland Geddes
Rolsid Morris
Japan
Billsby Wrandy Alstrom
China
Great Britain
Clothing Trade Cuts Jobs in New York City
New York clothing firms report reduced workforces due to lack of orders. Schwarz & Jaffe, employing over 4,000, say 2 percent are idle. Industry leaders say the retail trade failed to place large orders but anticipate market stabilization soon.
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New York
Schwarz & Jaffe,le
Leprosy Patients Near Cure on Peurke Island
A medical commission reports two patients at the state leper colony on Peuikese Island show unusual progress toward recovery after treatment with Ohamulga oil from an East Indian tree, though neither is wholly cured.
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Boston
Peuikese Island
Special Medical Commission
To Exterminate the Rat
Beaumont Texas report urges nationwide adoption of rat-proofing ordinances and a general cleanup campaign in the fight against bubonic plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
American Scouts Set Trek Cart Record at Jamboree
A Miami Wisconsin team of American Boy Scouts at the World Jamboree established a likely world record in trek-cart, covering 600 yards over obstacles with a two wheeled cart loaded with eight sandbags weighing 400 pounds in 2 minutes 03 3-5 seconds. They faced a Welsh team, cleared a wall, and crossed a water pool during the course.
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London
Miami
Wiu
Americ
Denver Tramway Riot Marks Second Night of Bloodshed
Three killed and eleven wounded as strikebreakers fire on a crowd at East Denver car barns provoking two days of rioting. Casualties total five dead and forty-five wounded across both nights. Federal troops and local guards imposed order as tramway negotiations resume amid calls to end the strike.
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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
20,000,000 Tons for Northwest Coal Movement Forecast
Interstate Commerce Commission officials forecast enough coal movement to deliver 20,000,000 tons to the northwest by November. The forecast assumes a return to normal operations of the tunninous mines in the central competitive field.
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Washington
Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harvest labor relief effort draws varied volunteers
To meet farmers demands Bisnarek N. D. Baokers hingers doctors and merchants join harvest fields. East ern college students and hundreds of Boy Scouts supplement the army of workers to relieve a serious farm labor shortage.
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Bisnarek
N. D
Baokers
Hingers
Astern College
Tny
Strike Averted in Canal Zone wage talks at conference
An agreement forming a tentative wage scale may avert a walkout of electrical workers in the Canal Zone. The settlement was reached at a conference chaired by Governor HardIngid with the workers' representatives.
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Canal Zone
Pantin
Canal
Hard Ing
Norwegian explorer resumes bid to reach the pole
The Pote His Goal, Nowe, Alaskine upt, Trowld Arm undsen, a Norwegian explorer, has just left Nome to resume his attempt to reach the north pole.
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Nowe
Alaskine Upt
Trowld Armundsen
Nome
North Pole
Wyoming Briefs Spark Frontier Days and Disasters
Wyoming notes report Frontier Days preparations in Cheyenne with flags and lights while multiple disasters and legal changes appear. Sublet mine powder magazine blast near Kemmerer kills eight. local figures Beker, Baker, Wilson die in separate accidents. olives poisoning kills Martin Agnew. two miners die in Crosby and Rawlins incidents. infant case and juvenile detention draw attention. local tennis title won in Denver. Camp Perry military details and University rifle practice noted. earlier land entries by Jessen family consolidate stock range. a gas tank explosion injures Howard Logan but he survives.
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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
W. A. Behr
RC. Daly
University of Wyoming
Camp Kearney
San Diego
Calif
Camp Perry
Ohio
California
War Department
Howard Logan
Egbert
Logan
Jessen
Kemmerer Coal Company
Sublet
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National Woman's Party
Alex Paul
Mary Thistle
Mike Adan Mixon
Elizebeth Kolh
U. S
Yellowstone
England
Weelorn Wap
French Miitary
Danvig
Germany
Copenhagen
Vilna
Nndevices
Allenstein
Hust
Prussia
Mexicali
Tere
O. Payne
Esteban Cantu
Cros
Brest-Litovsk
Ilinois
KECC
Searis
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Valse
Putelotsny
Western Newspaper
Tramway Union
Wyoming
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