Retreat Across Streau as Greek Army Is Routed
Constantinople dispatch reports Greek right wing attacking Turks along the Sakaria river in Asia Minor was crushed and cut from the main body. Turks press with ample ammunition as the Greeks face a difficult strategic position east of the river. Earlier Greek reports noted contact with Turks near Salt desert and Kiouk river positions with sharp, though inconclusive, skirmishes.
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PARIS
Associated Press
Sakaria river
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Athens
Asia
Minor
Sakaria
Salt
Kiouk
Greeks Retreat Across Sakaria River After three days of fighting
Constantinople report says Turkish forces forced Greek troops to retreat across the Sakaria in Asia Minor after three days of fighting. Greeks suffered prisoners, material losses, and cannons, halting their campaign plan. Water shortage and malaria blamed for Greek setback as both sides suspend operations for weeks. Greeks rush water by auto delivering wine barrels and water tanks. Turks offer rewards for drivers and motor captains.
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CONSTANTINOPLE
Associated Press
Sakaria river
Asia
Minor
Mirdites defeat Albanian government troops in long battle
Belgrade dispatch reports Mirdites routed Albanian government forces after a two day battle. Albanian troops fled in disorder leaving over a hundred dead on the field. Mirdites captured two flags.
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BELGRADE
Jugo-Slavia
Associated Press
Albania
gcutari
Belgian King Decorates Local American Legion Member
Local member of the American Legion, Major John G. Emery, receives the Commander of the Order of Leopold I from King Albert of Belgium. Other recipients include Col. Henry D. Lindsley and Delancey Scombe. Ceremony at the Belgian palace honors American aid in World War. The king wore the Distinguished Service Cross bar as his only decoration. Delegates visit Edith Cavell site and attend the opera in the evening.
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BRUSSELS
Associated Press
American Legionne
France
Helsian
Brand Whitlock
Albert
nnion
United States
ana
praud
Leopold I i
John G. Emery
American Legion
Order of Leopold
Lexie Downham
Anderson
Ind
George Sechat
Indianapolis
Order of the Crown
Henry D. Lindsley
Dallas
Tex
M. J. Foreman
Leopold I
Delancey Scomme
John J. Wickes
Richmond
Edith Cavell
Harding Acts to Aid Jobless Conference Next Month
Washington Aug 28 President Harding will call a national conference to meet here next month to inquire into unemployment. Secretary Hoover said plans would be ready in ten days and the aim is to assess employment volume, distribution of unemployment, and coordinate measures to speed up work by industry and public works during the winter, while study of broader economic measures is pursued to aid recovery. The conference will be small but geographically representative, with cooperation from national organizations and labor. Hoover warned some workers may exhaust savings by winter but stressed abundant food, housing, and fuel to prevent suffering.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
Hoover
Floover
soo
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Robbers Raid Chicago Safety Vault In Noon Heist
In Chicago a vault raid at the Masonic Temple Safety Trust deposit boxes yielded over 1 million dollars in currency. Three robbers, intoxicated, fled through a hail of bullets fired by 25 policemen and detectives. They left two watchmen handcuffed, a bottle of whisky, and a large hammer. About 100,000 dollars in cash and securities may be missing with 40,000 in 1,000 dollar bills and a 10,000 dollar diamond necklace abandoned.
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CHICAGO
Masonic Temple
norge
Security Trust and Deposit Company
Hughes
Traces Steps in Collapse of Russia's Extreme Communism
Senator France argues that Russia's extreme communism failed in practice not theory. He traces key moves starting March 28, 1921, noting peasant land ownership and shifts to conservative capitalist policies as the regime falters. The piece previews further installments on the topic.
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Russia
JOSEPH IRWIN
FRANCE
United States
Maryland
MOSCOW
Communist Russa
council of people’s commissars
Two Communists Slain in Potsdam Clash
Berlin dispatch reports two Communist demonstrators killed in a Potsdam clash with police amid rival Communist and Monarchist protests. Workers attacked a Tannenberg festival procession, smashed a hall and expelled the audience. Authorities plan widespread demonstrations against "white terror" as Erzberger’s funeral nears.
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BERLIN
Associated Press
Potsdam
Tannenberg
Germany
Mathias Erzberger
Business Activity in Indianapolis Retail Sector
After two or three days of activity, Indianapolis retail trade settled to midsummer levels. Weather heat hinders demand, while autumn and winter goods show fair to good demand. Dry goods, clothing, and footwear sales soften from prior week, though some summer-clearance sales report solid turnover. Wholesale demand for autumn and winter goods from rural buyers remains lively, while city retailers run near normal. Groceries stay quiet. futures trade shows slight gains. Automobile accessory production rises. die and jig making reawakens. Bank clearings total 13.6 million dollars versus 17.0 million the prior year.
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Hines
Divergent Views On Separate Ballot For Trainmen Strike
Trainmen will get a separate ballot on the $400 million wage cut after leaders failed to agree on a joint form. Ballots were mailed to about 409000 members of five rail unions with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen voting separately due to perceived bias in the joint ballot.
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CLEVELAND, O
railroad labor board
Big Four’ brotherhoods
Switchmen's Union of North America
Brotherhod of
Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order
American Federation of Labor
Indianapolis Mystery Swindle Linked to Chicago Conspiracy
Evidence shows Charles W. French and associates planned a large scale swindle with Indiana ties. Indian apolis detectives cooperate with Chicago authorities to uncover the operations involving a transportation scheme with trucks powered by storage batteries and backed by a multi million dollar Illinois Indiana Overland Transportation Company. The plan included securing power from running streams and a battery contract with Ahlgren Light and Storage Battery, with financing through a trusteeship and a Mt Carmel banker involvement. CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE.
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W. French
Chicago
Indianapolis
French
Indiana
Alva Harshman
Leavett
Mt. Carmel
Columbia Club
Illinois- Indiana, Overland Transportation Company
Ahlgren Light and Storage Battery Company
Tilinoia-Indiana Transit Company
copartnership
John M. Ahlgren
B. W. Bagnett
Indiana tax receipts show mixed 1921 results
The Treasury reports 1921 internal revenue totaled 4.605 billion, down 15 percent from 1920 nationwide. Indiana was among 13 states with higher 1921 receipts than 1920, while New Mexico fell 66 percent and Ohio Delaware and the Philippines saw sharp declines. Income and profits taxes reached 3.226 billion, miscellaneous taxes 1.369 billion, Indiana's 1921 internal revenue 77.32 million with 40.70 million from income and profits and 27.54 million from miscellaneous taxes. Prohibition act receipts for 1921 totaled 0.641 million.
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EVERETT C. WATKINS
WASHINGTON
Aus
Treasury Department today
Indiana
West Virginia
Arizona
Florida
Kentucky
Michigan
New York
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Utah
California
territory
Hawaii
New Mexico
Ohio
Delaware
Philippine islands
internal revenue
Chicken Thief Leads Officers in Night Henhouse Chase
Motor Policemen Reilly and Munin pursued a thief found by Mrs. Coleman at 1523 Southeastern avenue. Two neighbors aided the stakeout. the chase ended with bullets after the creature, identified as the culprit, was cornered in the henhouse.
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Reilly and
Munin
B. Cole
Itill
Mrs. Coleman
George Williams
William Green
Korea to Be Vital Topic at Arms Conference
Washington dispatch reports Dr. Syngman Kthee head of the Korean mission returning to Washington after a year in the orient says Korea will be a vital matter at the armament conference. He notes Korea’s preservation as a breakwater against Japanese imperialism and urges that treaties be honored to relieve oppression.
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KOREA
WASHINGTON
Syngman Kthee
orient
Asia
Forgers in Prison Carry on Specialty at Sing Sing
In Ossining August 28 convicts at Sing Sing prison continued their check forgery crime behind bars. Prisoners assigned to office work forged checks totaling about 14000 dollars. Three men placed in solitary confinement. Warden Lawes ordered an investigation as back-of-book blanks torn from prison check books were used. Several forged checks reportedly paid and canceled within the past eight weeks.
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OSSINING
Sing Sing prison
Lawes
Prisoners Captured After Bleak Clash With Band Near Logan
State police at Logan report a dawn clash with an armed group near Blair and Sharples. Eleven prisoners were taken. four or five armed men were killed or wounded. Capt. J. R. Brockus led twelve troopers in a pursuit that halted at nightfall amid darkness and civilian-clad combatants.
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Baird
Boone-Logan County
Brockus
STATE POLICE
ETHEL
W. Va
Boone-Logan
state Beach creek
Logan couacounty
J. R. Brockus
atain
uty
thas
Criae et Bepeiaen
Logan
Blair
Sharples
Weather Forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis
Forecast for Indiana Monday and Tuesday generally fair Monday Tuesday partly cloudy and little temperature change. Indianapolis and vicinity forecast similar conditions with light cloudiness and no major temperature shifts. Yesterday’s weather shows for 7am 86 and afternoon readings with entries for precipitation and seasonal trends.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
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