Judge Imposes Jail Terms in Tramway Strike Case
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Denver August 16 that Judge Whitford sentenced seven Tramway Employes' Union leaders to ninety days in county jail and costs for their roles in the August 1 strike. The defendants filed motions for new trials and stays, denied. chains of relatives and supporters watched as the men were escorted to jail.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver
Tramway
Cheeley W. Wallford
District Court
Sons
Whitford
Qissig
Moreo
Ikewise
Tom Clarke
W. Robaldson
Henry Silberg
A. Parker
J. 1 Marnett
A. “Offeen
J. BE. McKiddie
L. J. Slegris
Sehowflin
Mexican governance shifts amid post surrender
Colonel Cantu surrenders his post in Mexicatl Lower California as General Luis Salvnar succeeds Col. Exieban Conti as governor of the northern district. News notes Alejo Robles and Alessio Robles as political insiders in Mexico City negotiations with Adolfo de Val Fluerria’s provisional government.
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Mexicatl
Lower
Calfornia
Luis Mr. Salvnar
Exieban Conti
California
Tiche
Mexico City
Alessio Robles
Detocrata
M. Ateslo Robbles
Adolfo de Val Flueria
View Aloo Dtolies
Kamloops Relief Train Brings Injured and Refugees
A relief train arrived in Kamloops bearing some injured and many refugees from the northern forest area. Word was received of rancher Frank Rint's death after drowning while trying to escape flames. The blaze destroyed horses and property with losses above $100,000. Boaters have begun handling matters.
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Kamloops
I'ne Aeogere
Frank Rint
Polish Forces Advance Around Warsaw Amid Red Retreats
Polish troops press from north of Warsaw toward the Narew and Vistula corridors as Bolshevik lines thin. Reports say 10,000 Reds captured and Bolshevik forces withdrawing east toward Prussia border, with Poles driving toward Brest-Litovsk and affecting key communication links.
Population drop sparks county wide census effort
The county, including Chicago, seeks to determine its population after early projections suggest growth near six hundred. Officials plan a comprehensive census to verify numbers and assess future needs for services and infrastructure.
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Lous
Cook County
Chicago
Parma
Emery
Reds Change Plans Bolshevists Halted at Vistula
Warsaw reports from the Polish official communique that General Pilsudski led a counter stroke turning back Bolshevists bound for crossing the Vistula southeast of Warsaw near Maciejowice. The Polish right wing seized 200 Russians, captured cannons and fourteen machine guns as the Soviet line crumbled. Paris notes indicate strong French guidance of the Polish army with General Weygand linked to new tactics. The Poles pushed north along the front, crossing the Wyra river and recapturing Clechanow while Polish aviators strafed retreating Soviet units northeast of Warsaw. In Cholm and Modlin areas counterattacks and counter-offensives continued as Russian forces were driven back toward Milawa.
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Union News Service
Warsaw
Pilsudski
Vistula
Maciejtowice
Alove
Siedlce
Gene. Weygood
Wyra River
Clechanow
Rudzynin
Paris
Tewa
Cholm
Bug
Streatm
Modlin
Milawa
Poland
Sokolow
Drohiczyn
Biala
Sledice
Bolshevists
Plock
Budenny
Winniki
Lemberg
Lipno
Thorn
Four Boys Rescued After Overturned Rowboat Sighting
A Manhattan woman, Mrs. url Monger, spotted four boys clinging to a gunwale and drifting at sea. She alerted a life saving station and guided rescuers to the scene. All four were saved.
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New York
Url Monger
Manhattan
New German Estimate In WWI Losses Reported From Berlin
An official sounding release from Berlin gives total German war losses as 2,249,040 killed and seriously wounded. The note splits 500,000 listed as missing in action, with other figures around 1,171,008 as casualties and 24,758 in the latest tallies.
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Berlin
Reach No Agreement in Central Coal Fields Conference
The joint scale committee of operators and miners for the central competitive bituminous coal fields paused without agreement. The body, including representatives from Ohio Todmnon and western Pennsylvania, adjourned sine die after five days of sessions.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Todmnon
Lb Tole
Pennsylvania
Tragic double death in Holyoke family quarrel ends in suicides
Joseph Frederick 60 and his wife Anne 55 are dead in their Holyoke Colorado home after an alleged family quarrel that stretched weeks. Neighbors responding to reports of gunshots found the couple. the wife died from four gunshot wounds and the husband then killed himself.
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Holyoke
Colo
Joseph Frederick
Anne
Frederick
Dine
Ghots
Grand jury named for Denver riot probe begins sessions
Western Newspaper Union reports a special twelve member grand jury convened by Judge Clarence J. Morley to investigate Denver rioting. Deliberations started, with daily sessions from 10 to 12 and 2 to 5, plus night meetings if needed. District Attorney Foley praised the panel as representative and capable of impartial inquiry.
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Denver
Clarence J. Morley
George McLachlan
West Side Court
William B. Foley
Morley
Grand Jury
County Court House
Foley
Tennessee Rats Equal Suffrage Amendment by Narrow Margin
Nashville Tennessee announces the state House vote 50 to 48 to concur with the Senate resolution approving the federal constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage. The measure makes Tennessee the thirty sixth state to approve, pending formal certification by Secretary of State Colby to complete its acceptance.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House
Senate
Tennessee
Colby
Steam ships seek mail rate hikes amid deficits
Steam ships across the Wallashington Great Lakes and coastwise routes urged the Shipping Board to approve rate increases for about sixty lines to align with railroad advances authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission. A majority of these lines are operating at deficits that threaten their existence. Examiner HH BE Manghum I was sold by witnesses.
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Wallashington
Great Lakes
Coastwise
Golf Cocriers
Shipping Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hes
Examiner HH
Manghum I
Railroad Ban on Coal Moves to Tide Water
Washington dispatch says the American Railroad Association announced an immediate embargo on coal movements to tide water. The embargo allows shipments only upon showing that coal arriving at piers would be unloaded into vessels with reasonable promptness.
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Washington
American Railroad Association
Civil War Veterans Killed in Ohio Interurban Crash
Civil War veterans Capt. George Norton, 81, of Los Angeles and Lyman Knowles, 82, of Elyria were instantly killed when struck by an interurban car near Loraine Ohio. The incident killed two aged veterans and drew attention to railroad crossing dangers in the region.
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Loraine
Ohio
George Norton
Los Angeles
Cal
Lyman Knowles
Elyria
Here
Prohibition on Importing Luxuries Into Norway
Government order bans import of luxury articles including automobiles diamonds laces paintings pianos and phonographs effective immediately, restricting trade and altering consumer access to high value goods. The policy targets non essential goods to curb lavish imports and stabilize markets amid economic measures.
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Christianli
Norway
Robberies Continue in Ireland Dublin Trains
A stream of rail holdups across Ireland continues with masked gangs ambushing trains. Incidents include a Dublin suburban tram where mail and officials were seized, and other raiders targeting trains near Ketel Buoerona with security officers overwhelmed and mail stolen.
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Dublin
Ireland
Ferns
Ketel
Bunerapa
Caval Ood
Buoerona
Poles Gain at Brest Litovsk Front in Aug 21 Dispatch
Paris reports General Pilsudski's army crossing the Middle Bug and pushing along the Bug Narew fork toward Ostrolenka to cut the Warsaw Bialystok road. Polish forces seize Brest Litovsk, kill Bolshevik divisions, and advance northeast of Warsaw with aid from Ukrainian and Russian volunteers. Prisoners and war materiel pour in as Bolshevists retreat and Polish civilians aid counterattacks near Plock and Winiki.
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Paris
Warsaw
Wiodawa
Saraw
Insudski
Ivangor
Fae Ivanell
Helm
Brest-Litovsk
Waresaw
Env
Lee
Molstevist
Brest Lhlovsk
Warsaw-Blalystock
Narew
Lwiie Ie
Bur
Thorn
Danzig
Hed Delaclientm
Visiilu
Danalg
Soldou
Plilsudski
Bug
Ostrolenka
Warsaw- Bialystok
Bug River
Kovel
Balachowicz
Polesia
Not to Abandon Balloon Races in Chicago
Augustus Post of the Aero Club of America denied reports that national and international balloon races due to start in Chicago in September and October had been called off. He said there was difficulty finding a starting place in Chicago and a middle western city might be chosen, but there was no possibility of abandoning the races.
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New York
Augustus Post
The
Aero Club of American
Chicago
Sub Wrecks Itasca Near Newport Harbor
The old schooner Itasca of Boston was struck by a submarine while near Newport. The vessel and crew reached the inner harbor and anchored before capsizing. All crew escaped unharmed. The submarine apparently sustained no damage.
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Newport, R
Itasca
Boston
Hehe
Death by own action ends Otto Stifel’s life in Missouri
Otto Stifel 58 former brewer and horseman and Republican nominee for Congress from the eleventh district died by shooting himself in Valley Park Missouri eight miles west of St Louis at this time.
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St. Louis
Otto Stifel
Valley Park
Here
Corporation Reduces Capital in Accordance with Wilson Order
The United States Grate Corporation reduced capital from 150 million to 300 million at a special board meeting under an executive order signed by President Wilson.
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New York
United States
E Cgrate
Board of Directors
Wilson
Sugar Dealers Speak Of Hard Times In Washington
Sugar dealers lament steep price drops from 28 to 24 and 25 cents, inflating losses for those who stocked up at peak prices. With prices sliding and no quick rebound in sight, many report substantial financial damage and seek relief.
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Washington
Wyoming Briefs Report Local Arrests And Cavalry Encampment
Wyoming notes report Vines Mullvany and Roy Young arrested in Gillette for stealing Interstate shipments worth several hundred dollars, with some articles recovered. Sheridan hosts American Legion convention officials select Thermopolis as next meeting site, Dr. Jb G Newell named state commander. Basin prepares Big Horn County Fairgrounds for Wyoming cavalry encampment in September with about eight hundred troops expected.
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Weastern
Union News Service
James Vines
John Mullvany
Roy Young
Gillette
Wyo
Thermopolis
American Legion
Sheridan
Jb. G. Newell
Big Horn County
Basin
Wyoming Cavalry
Rock River
Fort Steele
Midwest
Rock Creek
Fremont Peak
Curtis Powell
Hudson
A. W. Lind
Lyman
Warner
Binck
W. H. Holt
Casper
Gertrude Walker
Fred Walker
Osage
New Castle
Walter N. Simm
Freel Brothers
Simm
Wailker
Jack Palmer
Kansas City
Wyoming Industrial Institute
Worland
Police’ Department
Laramie
Fort Washakie
Fremont County
Edward W. Madison
R. By
Lucus Raneh
Douglis
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