Train Robbery Baffles Utah Officials Near Salt Lake City
Two masked gunmen halted the Union Pacific Los Angeles Limited nine miles south of Ogden, robbing passengers in the observation car and escaping toward Salt Lake City. A note about the tenth robbery was tossed from the train and recovered. no arrests reported as investigators searched for the assailants. Passengers hid valuables. a New York couple and commercial traveler from Salt Lake City reported losses.
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City
Util
Ategoles Limited
Union Bia
Clearfield
Ogden
Chile
Fake City
Opden
Salt Lake City
W. J. Phives
Salt Lake Ciy
L.A. Horrens
New York
Utah
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Moexti commerce officials barred from denouncing lands
The Supreme Court unanimously enjoined Moexti commerce and industry department officials from denouncing rights to lands held by the Texas company before May 1, 1917. The decision likely sets a precedent for auctions in about 150 cases challenging Article 277 of the Mexican constitution.
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Moexico City
Moextican Department of Commerce and Industry
Supreme Court
Texas Company
Two Cadet Aviators Killed Near Indian Head
Two cadet aviators Adolph Ferenchak of Brooklyn New Jersey and Samuel C Chapkewlts of Paterson New Jersey were killed when their airplane crashed near Indian Head Maryland on the Potomac river according to advices to Langley field.
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Hampton, WI
Adolph Ferenchak
Brooklyn
N. J
Samuel C. Chapkewlts
Paterson
Indian Head
Potomac River
Langley Field
Seek to Dam Liquor Flow Washington to Coast
Mobile squads of expert prohibition enforcement officers will be sent from Washington to Atlantic coast cities to curb liquor smuggling into the country. Illicit distilling along the seacoast was a minor issue compared with smuggling between New York and the Florida coast. Headquarters will assist port city prohibition officers and those along the Mexican border.
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Washington
Atlantic Coast
Cifies
Seacoast
Blair
New York
Florida
Prohibition Offieldia
Hunger Riots Rage Across Russian Provinces
A dispatch reports bread riots breaking out in Tomboy Voronest Kursk and Orel as red troops refuse to intervene. Rioting turns revolutionary in some districts while Odessa suffers famine cholera and bubonic plague with widespread devastation and no food.
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Copenhagen
Tomboy
Voronest
Kursk
Orel
Berlinske T Dende
Red
Odessa
Gasle Deadly Future Ward Decision Held By Agencies
Sir William Pope retiring president of the Society of Chemical Industry spoke at the convention closing session. He said the new gas would be the sole factor in deciding future ward and recalled a World War armistice gas not stopped by respirators. He warned the material could stop a man if present in ale in proportion of one part to
Lloyd George favors talks with Ireland while warning delay
London reports Prime Minister David Lloyd George sent a firm note to Irish leader Eamon de Valera reaffirming that Ireland cannot withdraw from the empire and must accept a free loyal partnership in the British Commonwealth. He offers further talks if Ireland is willing to consider the government’s terms, but cautions against endless note exchanges.
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Union News Service
London
David Liond George
Amphemipt
Vianona de Vilera
Tiritisi
Trehaid
Treland
Empire
Ite
Mide
Ireland
Lloyd George
de Valera
Tlaye George
Mr. de Valera
Todhig Die
Trish
Abratia Ia
Lincoln
de Vilera
No Result From Reduction Grain Rates Hearings
J T Wilcox assistant traffic manager testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission that recent freight rate cuts on grain and hay did not boost traffic for the Union Pacific. He noted lumber rate cuts also failed to raise movement, saying the railroad can sell transportation but cannot compel demand.
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Washington
Union Pacific
J. T. Wilcox
Nuimanager
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mater
Thirty-Five Die in Fight in Novionaur Sanjak
Reported heavy clashes between Christian peasants and Molin wedans in the Sanjak of Novionaur, Yugoslavia. Gendarmes and peasants were surrounded in Kosman village. thirty-five killed. Government rushes troops and mountain batteries to the area.
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Vienna
Novionaur
Jugo Slavia
Komosan
BCOHE
Treaty to be sent to Senate September 21
The peace treaty with Germany, signed last Thursday in Berlin, will be sent to the Senate on September 21 when Congress reconvenes after a thirty day recess, as announced at the White House.
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Waaslilegion
Germany
Berlin
Senate
Congress
White House
Twenty Years Sentence For Shop Robbery In Chicago
In Chicago the year old Joseph Tontowichs was sentenced to twenty years after pleading guilty to robbing a store of merchandise. Chief Justice McDonald asked how many other robberies he had committed and received the reply too many to count. The judge stated twenty years in Pontiac, remarking that the punishment would likely wipe the smile off his face.
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Chicago
Aug
McDonald
Joseph Tontowichs
Pontiac
Julian
LE Guees
Germany’s New Proclamation Bans Public Dissent
The German cabinet under President Ebert decrees bans on meetings, demonstrations, and publications to curb seditious activity amid postwar unrest. The government vows unrelenting action against insurrections and urges law enforcement to enforce the decree firmly. Labor groups declare readiness to defend the republic and demand reforms in the civil service and judiciary amid public distrust.
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Weater Newanuper Valen
Berlin
Gertin
Ebert
Kelp
Voverment
Germany
Wirth
Thor Ergberger
Prisoners Cast Forged Checks While Inmates
Prisoners at Sing Sing prison continued their spurious check racket while jailed. Investigators found forged checks totaling about $14,000 issued by inmates on office duty in the past eight weeks. Seven or eight of the forged checks were returned, paid, and canceled, with banks expected to absorb the losses.
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Checka
Ossining
Sing Stung
Policy on disposition of seized German property
Washington discusses how to dispose of German wartime holdings with President Hirding after the treaty is drafted. Col. Thomas Miller, alien property custodian, says legislation will be needed to fix final disposal, but the question can be discussed regarding future relations between the United States and Germany.
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Washington
Hirding
Thomas Miller
Robbery during fire in Missoula and Vids Montana bank
Residents fought a fire in the W. B. Trussell lumber yard near Vids Montana. Thieves believed to be incendiary entered the First National Bank there and escaped with eight thousand dollars in currency and Liberty bonds. The fire was soon put out after several thousand feet of lumber burned.
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Rob Bank
Missoula
Mount
Vids
Mont
Here
W. B. Trussell
First National Bank
Liberty Bonds
Wealthy Doorman Dead at Delmonico Era Fortune
The long life of James W. Hebron, once a Delmonico’s doorman earning a dollar daily, is recalled. Immigrating from Ireland in 1900s, he later built wealth through patrons’ advice and stock market success, reputedly amassing seven million dollars before his death.
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New Yorker
James W. Hebron
Demonico
Ireland
Delmonico's
Witten Waldorf Astor
Miners Hit in Fatal West Virginia Clash
State Police in Logan county reported a fierce engagement with an armed band near Sharples. Twelve troopers and deputies fought through heavy fire. five belt casualties were described as killed or wounded, with eleven prisoners captured and four escaping. Authorities warned of potential further trouble as miners massed nearby. Governor Morgan dispatched officials to Logan to seek pacification.
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Union News Service
Ithel
W. Vite
Brockus
Sharples
Trockus
Liek
Charleston
Imulr-Sharples
Logan County
Morgan
Adj
Z. H. Charnock
United Mine Workers
Logan
Immigrants Enter U S in Fiscal Year Totals
Figures released by the Bureau of Immigration show 805 228 aliens admitted to the United States in the fiscal year ending June 30. Nonimmigrant aliens totaled 72 005, making a grand total of 877 133. The data compare with prior year totals and prewar figures from 1910 to 1914.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Immigration
McCarl Orders Audit of Army Navy Expenditures
Controller General McCarl ordered an audit of expenditures by the army navy and war risk bureau in service member compensation. He said unsorted cancelled checks have been stacked in several rooms without checking, and estimated the work would take four months.
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Washington
Army, Navy and
War Risk Bureau
General McCarl
McCarl
Judge Locks Up Spectators In Morals Court
Judge Joseph Schulman locks up thirty two spectators in the Morals Court bull pen for two hours then releases them with a warning that future offenders will face twenty days in the workhouse. The judge says this is no place to spend a vacation.
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Chicago
Joseph Schulman
Acting Chief Shot in Wis City Arrest Tussle
Acting Chief Shot Ian Claire was wounded in a forearm during a confrontation with Edward Allen alias Joe James, after he and Officer Lennie had just arrested the suspect on a jail break charge in Snohomish Washington.
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Ian = Claire
Wis
George Wold
Elmer Sundy
Edward 2. Allen
Tallas W. Smith
Joe James
Polleenan Lo Lennie
Snohomish
Wash
Bandit Robs Paymaster at Rickenbacker Offices Detroit
A lone bandit robbed the paymaster for the Rickenbacker Motor Company in Detroit, escaping with 6500 dollars. Eddie Rickenbacker, president of the company, was in an adjacent office and witnessed the escape.
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Detroit
Mich
Rickenbacker Motor Company
Eddie Rickenbacker
Neo
Thieves Use Chloroform on Chickens in Chicago
Charles Clapham of Libertyville reports his rooster failed to crow and woke to feathers and a strong chloroform odor. Investigators found evidence that chloroform was used to subdue the chickens, causing them to yield without resistance.
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Chicago
Charles Clapham
Libertyville
Girl Must Serve Sentence in Montana Post Office Theft
Ruth Kane, 24, must serve fifteen months in a federal penitentiary and pay a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to embezzling that amount from the East Helena post office where she worked as assistant to her father, Postmaster Kane. Attorney General Daugherty and the Montana Board of Pardons denied her appeal for a pardon.
League council selects judges for the International Court of Justice
The League of Nations council discussed stipulations in treaties with Hungary and Czechoslovakia over minority rights, adjourned to study the Silesian situation, and deferred the disarmament committee. The main focus is the selection of eleven judges for the International Court of Justice with nominations from many nations, including candidates from Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and others, reflecting regional balance considerations.
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Geneva—ly
League of Nations Council
Hungary
Kinnanin
International Court of Justice
League
Western Hemisphere
South
Central America
United States
Canada
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Crna
France
China
Japan
Siam
Senor Alvarez
Chile
Ruy Barbosa
Rodrigo Octavio
Brazil
Senor Ortenez
Uruguay
Senor Gonzales
Argentina
Cuba
Antonio, de Bustamente
Halti
Konomy
Verona
Pan-America
Senor Oroli
Lord Finlan
Baron Phillimore
Henry Hile Richards
Charles J. Doherty
Robert L. Borden
South Africa
India
Greece
Nicholas Politis
Georgelos Streit
Foreign Office
Italy
Signor
Anallott
Signor Cassetti
Poincare
M. Fromageot
French
Ferdinand Lamaude
Paris Law Faculty
G. de Lapradgle
University of Paris
Leonurgeois
Senate
M. Dupuis
Spain
Rafael Allamira Y Cerva
Senor Honoria
Portugal
Senor Spares
Switzerland
Eugene Borel
Max Huber
Bulgaria
Rivnania
Norway
Poland
Denmark
Sweden
Wyoming Man Convicted in Utah Slaying Case
Harry H. Nash of Hillsdale Wyoming was found guilty of second degree murder for the slaying of Martin F Schwab a traveling salesman from Bayson Utah near here on April 15 1920. The jury in Superior Court deliberated thirty seven hours before the verdict. Nash claimed self defense and faces a possible ten years to life imprisonment.
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Wingstaff
Aziz
Harry H. Nash
Hillsdale
Wyo
Martin F. Schwab
Bayson
Utah
Travellng Salesman
Here
Nash
Wyoming News Notes From Across the State
Brief items from Wyoming report a toddler’s death in Glenrock from a swallowed roller bearing, Rawlins named a regular air mail intermediate stop, Johnson County fair dates at Buffalo, and Sheridan potato blight. Wyoming officials discuss state school land receipts, ex servicemen water rights, and aviation field management at Rock Springs. A miller creek boy dies in a farming accident, Cheyenne regains rail mail headquarters, and a move to Diets No.9 nears completion. The Casper court fines a man for drunkenness and unsafe firearm use.
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Untet News Service
Russell
John W. Brown
Parkerton
Wyo
Glenrock
Rawlins
Air Mail
Cheyenne
Salt Lake
Johnson County
Buffalo
Douglas
Sheridan County
Sheridan
R. J. Hale
T. 8. Parsons, State Agronomist. J. W. Johnson
Albany National Bank
Albany County
Wyoming
Laramie City
Elwood Johnson
Laramie
Melvin Johnson
Idaho Springs
Colo
Evelyn Carruth
Lichimie
George Sherrard
Miller Creek
James McNulty
R. L. Osborne
Leavenworth
Kan
H. D. Ingalls
la Crosse
Wis
United States Aerial Service
Rock Springs
A. G. Poets
San Francisco
Fred Brewster
BE. BE. Brewster
Glenda
Itv
Green
Nebraska
Corrington
Wya
Burlington Railroad
Mitchell
Neb
Ble Horm Basin
Fraunte
Powell
Diet
New Ashe
Diets No
Casper
BK. Brown
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U. S
Mexico
Walter Bunton
LaPorte
Ind
West Virginia
George Livingston
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
World Court
Council OF League
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