U S Fliers Attacked by Bandit Gang in Mexico
Report from Marsa Texas and Marfa Texas describes American aviators Peterson and Davis captured then rescued after a ransom payment of seven thousand five hundred dollars in gold. Firing by bandits wounded an observer and damaged a plane while pursuing in Chihuahua mountains.
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Marsa
Texas
Mexico
Candelaria
Peterson
Davis
Chahuahua
Army Field
Marfa
Cooper
Presidio
Ande
Poper
Baltimore Fire Tears Through Oil Plant Complex
Aug 20 Baltimore reports a fire and explosion at the Sherwood Brothers oil plant in the eastern city area. The blaze swept the facility and threatened adjacent Red and National Oil Company plants. Several large Sherwood tanks containing lubricating oil ignited, with fears that all tanks could burn.
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Baltimore
Sherwood Brothers
Cholera outbreak leads to quarantine in Formosa
Cholera has broken out in Formosa and the government declares a quarantine. More than 200 cases have been found on the island.
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Formosa
Tokio
Steel workers vote on proposed demands in Youngstown
Under John Fitzpatrick's AFL National Committee on Organization in the iron and steel industries the committee began canvassing a strike vote among 24 steel unions to decide whether to present demands and back them with a strike.
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Youngstown
John Fitzpatrick
American Federation of Labor
National Committee On Organization
Iron and Steel Industries
Troopers jail striking workers after interurban attack
Twenty seven Standard Steel Car Company shopmen were arrested in Butler Pennsylvania after a fight with state police. They held up non union workers on an interurban car five miles from the plant. The attack mirrors yesterday’s violence that injured a score of people. Guns were taken from about a dozen detainees at the county jail.
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Butler
Standard Steel Car — Company
Palmer Opposes Presidential Food Control
Attorney General Palmer voiced strong opposition to amendments that would let the President fix wholesale and retail prices of certain commodities. He told the Agriculture Committee that executive price fixing would delay other DOJ reforms, slow a food administration reorganization, and risk broad political debate while proposing an anti-profiteering measure that could indict offenders nationwide.
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Washington
Palmer
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Department of Justice
Department
U S Attitude Heavily Hit Chinese Policy
Washington reports say China views America's acceptance of the Shantung clause in the peace treaty as a grave deviation from friendly cooperation with the Chinese government. John T. Ferguson, an American adviser to the Chinese president, stated this to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, indicating the stance reflects Chinese official opinion.
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Washington
China
Shantung
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John T.ferguson
Ferguson
Anti Bolshevik Armies Advance Across Dnieper Front
London August 20 Anti Bolshevik forces have occupied Kherson Nikolais and Cherkasy on the Dneiper River below Kiev, according to a wireless Soviet army headquarters statement. The same bulletin says Bolshevik units hold Hetsk after a brief engagement on the eastern front.
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London
Kherson
Nikolais
Cherkasy
Dneiper River
Kiev
Moscow
Hetsk
Irene Castle wed again secretly after Vernon Castle death
New York report says Irene Castle, noted dancer and film star, was secretly married to Captain Robert Treman of Ithaca for over a year before a public ceremony on May 3 in New York. The marriage followed the death of her first husband, Captain Vernon Castle, killed in an airplane crash at Fort Worth, Texas.
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New York
Irene Castle
Robert
Treman
Ithaca
Herald
Vernon Castle
Fort Worth
Texas
Rebels Defeated Near La Esperanza in Sal Salvador
Federal troops routed a revolutionary force of 950 rebels at La Esperanza about 25 miles from here. The four hour battle left 147 rebels dead with many wounded.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
la Esperanza
Weather outlook fair tonight and Thursday
Fair conditions expected tonight with warming trend in the south portion on Thursday. Temperatures rise as the sky remains mostly clear across the region.
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South Portion
Exploding shell kills and injures laborers in Maryland
Two laborers were killed and five seriously hurt late yesterday near Baltimore as a shell exploded during handling. The incident occurred at a site described as sensitive thirty-seven millimetre ordnance work. Authorities said significant expense was involved in securing specialized services for the operation.
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Baltimore
Ries
Wits
Treman Denies Secret Marriage Report
Robert Treman denied a New York report that he and Mrs Irene Castle wed in May 1918 claiming he was in army duty near Detroit at that time. Notice: All packers and cans held in Grafton must be reported by telephone to ACME Ice Cream Co for collection.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Robert FE. Treman
New York City
Irene Castle
Detroit
Grafton
Acme Ice Crmam CO
Senate probe on separate reservations to League covenant
Washington Aug 20. Senator Pittman Nev. proposes a separate resolution to limit the League of Nations covenant. The measure mirrors Republican proposals and covers withdrawal rights Article 10 domestic questions and the Monroe doctrine. The president suggested separate reservations and avoided reopening ratification negotiations.
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Washington
Pittman
Nevada
Foreign Relations Committee
S Senate
Wilson
Presidents Words On Interpreting League Treaty
At the White House meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Lodge sought clarity on interpretation points for the peace treaty and asked about prospects for allied treaties with Austria Hungary Turkey and Bulgaria. The President said those treaties follow the Germany model and delay stems from uncertainty about actions to come.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Senator Lodge
Austria
Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Paris
Lodge
Poland
Dniester
Denikine
Russia
France
Italy
Rail laborers push for wage raise across North America
Detroit reports General chairmen of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers approve a new wage and working agreement. It calls for about one dollar more per day, time and a half for overtime and seniority promotions. About 60,000 workers would be affected across the United States, Canada and Central America, with half in the union. A referendum runs through August 24, with 99 percent of members said to favor the plan and the threat of a general strike if unsatisfied.
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Detroit
United Brotherhood of Maintenance-of-Way
Railroad Administration
United States
Canada
Central America
Divorce Court Records Question Strength of Marriage Contract
Divorce court records raise questions about the validity and seriousness of the marriage contract, with some observers viewing it as a mere scrap of paper and prompting scrutiny of its terms and enforceability.
Labor Day Proclamation Reflects Union Resolve and Social Change
A Labor Day proclamation asserts the postwar social upheaval, praising Allied victory and calling for unity within the United Mine Workers of America. It urges disciplined action by miners, condemns internal traitors, and pledges to pursue justice, liberty, and humanity under organized labor during a pivotal period.
Border raids to draw U S armed force in future
Washington August 20official sources indicate that Mexican border raids and bandit depredations will in the future be met by the armed force of the United States. The ongoing punitive expedition led by Major General Joseph T. Dighman in the southern department marks the first concrete step in a new hard line policy described as handling the border situation without gloves.
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Washington
United States
Joseph T. Dighman
Southern Department
Escaped War Prisoners Recaptured in Battle
In Omsk Siberia two thousand Bolshevik and Magyar escapees from Krasoyarak prison camps were surprised July 30 by Siberian troops. About two hundred were killed and the rest, except sixty, were captured according to a Czech report.
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Omsk
Siberia
A. P
Krasoyarak
Caech
Compromise bill offered to compensate former Emperor William
Berlin August 19 A bill to the Prussian cabinet proposes paying 170000000 marks to former Emperor William to settle the civil list he lost after abdication. The cabinet has not decided, with opposition from Agriculture Minister Von Braun.
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Berlin
Associated Press
William
Weimar
Freiheit
Herr von Braun
Bolshevik roundup in Youngstown raid ends in detentions
In Youngstown Ohio on August 20 federal officers disrupted an alleged Bolshevik meeting. One hundred eighteen Russians were detained on suspicions as banners and propaganda were seized from an automobile. Sedition charges were anticipated by officials.
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Youngstown
Kas
Receivers Move to Dismiss Strikers’ Objection in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh August hearing sharpens fault lines between Pittsburgh Railway Company receivers and about three thousand striking motormen and conductors. Attorney George B. Alter asked Judge Charles P. Orr to throw out the strikers’ objection to the National War Labor Board award of five cent wage increase, stating they had no standing until they resume duties. Orr continued the hearing to Friday at ten.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railway Company
George B. Alter
Charles P. Orr
United States’ Court
National War Labor Board
Alter
Evans and Ouimet Reach Even After First Round Match
Charlet Chick Evans Jr and Francia Owl met were even after the first eighteen holes of their thirty six hole match play in the second round of the national golf championship at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh this morning.
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Pittsburgh
Charlet (Chick) Evans, Jr
Francia Owlmet
Oakmont Country Club
Investigation into News Print Paper Industry Initiated
Washington report states that a Senate investigation was authorized to probe the news print paper industry for illegal practices and price gouging. The move aims to determine whether companies engaged in unfair pricing and other misconduct affecting the press.
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Washington
At, iMiacourt
Rena
House Pushes Plan to Probe Shoe Prices
The House adopted the Igoe resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate rising shoe prices without a dissenting vote. Debate over extending the inquiry to clothing and food was rejected. Wheat grade complaints to be reviewed by Julius H. Barnes of the United States Grain Corporation in New York next Tuesday.
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Washington
Federal ‘Trade Commission
House
Palmer
House Agriculture Committee
Ws Waddell
Armour & Co
Mary Pennington
de] of Agriculture
Man Haughen
Senate
Azriel —Committee
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
New York
Congress
Young
North Dakota
Barnes
New Living Cost Probe Opens in Clarkeburg West Virginia
In Clarkeburg W V Aug 20 state labor department launches a new living cost probe led by W B Starchar a factory official to survey prices of food shoes and clothing across the state The investigation will be broader than prior efforts and will report on costs to the public.
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Clarkeburg
Clarksburg
W. Va
W. B. Starchar
Samuel Montgomery
Charleston
State Department of Labor
Two Japanese Steamers Grounded Off Strait of San Juan
Seattle reports two Japanese steamers the Yomio Maru and Shimbu Maru aground on the shores of the Strait of San Juan De Fuca. A Japanese transport Shikiki Maru sank after being struck near Sanedashima on August 15 with one officer and ten crew lost.
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Seattle
Wash
Strait of San Juan de Fuca
London
Shikiki Maru
Athele
Sanedashima
Nagasaki
Lloyd’s
Anh
Alan
Daylight Saving Repeal Clears Senate Vote
The Senate endorsed repeal of daylight saving measures by a 67 to 19 vote, following House action. The general expectation is the move will affect future time changes, with potential economic and practical implications noted. The report cites Washington, August 20.
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Washington
Senate
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Sahai
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Ouimet
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