British Workers Plan General Strike To Aid Peace Talks
A dispatch from London reports Bolshevik leaders sending a mission to Minsk after discovering Polish armistice delegates in a makeshift camp between Warsaw and Minsk. Polish and Soviet sources describe battles near Warsaw with skirmishing and troop movements along the Warsaw railway. The report notes Polish defense lines and allied concerns as the armistice conference approaches, with widespread mobilization and political tension across the front.
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Warsaw
RIS
Foreign Office
Moscow
London
Poland
Council of
Armistica
Minck
Movcow
Ag-Warsaw
Mug
Brest-Thoysh
Thac Wu
Matshevik
Taiare
Jed
Prohibition Officers Seize 50 Gallons of Liquor in Street Raid
Prohibition enforcement agents raided a Matamoras Street grocery and shed behind Claxtants house, seizing six barrels of liquor and a wagon load of contraband. Arrests included Walnee Lizzinni and Catherine Hardy, with Lizzinni arraigned on manufacturing charges and Hardy charged with possession and transport.
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Walnee
Customs Department
Matamoras Street
Victor Bizzinni
Catherine Hardy
Lizzinni
United Sates
Bawaris
Claxtants Howe
Tulsin Marsh
Hhe
Lailding
Danse
Adrenohile Treck
Prombirion Aghei Abd Monroy
Elmendorf Amie Gpeen
Custaing Service
G. Howlett
Liberty bonds death linked to thief in Kansas City
Kansas City report says Liberty bonds valued at $18,000, stolen from a broker last November, were traced to forged cashier's orders. The suspect, Dew, was later detained, then released, as the case moved toward trial. A Oklahoma City note mentions laws and political spending figures tied to a U.S. Senate campaign.
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Kansas City
Toheson
Otder
Dew
Tral Valahoma Cipy
Okla
Lawton
United States
Boaed
Thomas P. Gore
Disappearance of 11-Year-Old Ruth Holmes Feared Kidnapping
Mystery surrounds the missing 11 year old Ruth Holmes daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Holmes of 1017 Denver Boulevard. Police and detectives Derry and Lyons search the area and monitor a suspect elder man under surveillance. No trace found despite door and house checks.
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Raith Holmes
W. J. Holmes
Denver Boulevard
Evening News
Derry and
Lyons
Ponzi Surrenders to Fed and Posts Bond in Fraud Case
Charles Ponzi known as the Mashel basket millionaire surrendered to federal authorities in Boston, posting bond for an August 17 hearing on charges of defrauding investors via postal reply coupons. A note was sent to Ponzi advising him to appear, while crowds gathered as notes from investors were reviewed by officials.
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Oston
Charles Ponzi
Alizin
Marshal Dagne
Jones
Guevender
Ferra
Bonzi
Yonki
Donai
United Shits District
Atrorney Tiniet Gallagher
United States
Moane
Litttle
Punxi
Pan
Shartir
J.C
Allan
Hanover Trust Company
Ponzi
Allen
Plan to Give Officer Chance to Clear Self
Chicago August 1 Providing fully chance to clear his name Grent Galt McCormick officer of the th Infantry at Dodge who recently disappeared from his post has the opportunity to get his name as well as retain his commission This opinion was made know th day by officile of MWe Central Dena ainvnt Inteligence Purexit United States army Following McCormick s absence 9 cremiey of S000 was discovered in this Army officials Tew say th e nay hate Wen pitely mehnied and caused hy anisanderstanding.
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Chicago
Tereutely
Grent
Galt McCormick
Theth Infantry
Dodge
Central Dena
Purexit
United States Army
McCormick
Poland in grave peril of pestilence this winter says ally war order
Karl H. von Weigand reports from Universi Service that regardless of Minsk talks, Poland faces the blackest winter since the war began. Forces advancing with poor railway resupply may drive famine and pestilence as men and horses are withdrawn to the land. Four major invasions in five years have shattered Polish hopes, driving refugees to seek emigration to the United States as conditions worsen.
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Universi
Alin
Minsk
London
Poland
Verg Rt
Russia
America
Vane
United States
Lloyd George Faces French Rift Over Wrangel Recognition
London reports indicate a deep British French split on Russia as France recognizes Gen Wrangel in South Russia. Premier Lloyd George cancels Swiss vacation amid talks with Millerand to avert a new war, while officials weigh potential recognition and allied tensions grow.
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Eare
Reeves
International News Service
London
British Federation of Coal Miners Today
United Kingdom
Action Committee
Lloyd George
Switzerland
France
Gen. Wrangel
Russia
Millerand
Boulogne
Wantararnun
Newton ¢. Parke
Paris
Great Britain
House of Commons
Newton C. Parke
Writingel
Russig
Mrenen Morelen
Prague
de Foreign Office
Wrangel
Londo
Breash
Te Drench Foreign Office
Ariain
Gene Wenzel
Crimea
Dritain
Trolshevik
Lioyis George
Crown Prince of Roumania in San Francisco
Crown Prince of Roumania arrives in San Francisco after world tour including Japan visit. Guests greet him at hotel. talks of royal marriage issues and a reported meeting from Washington. A baseball game and an airplane trip are planned as diversions during his stay for charity events.
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Ang
Rouania
Mary
Kaumanin
Saniael FM
Keatile
Japan
M. Vattoriann
Washington
Prince Charity
Denver Carmen vote to continue walkout
At a meeting of the striking tramway employees called to decide if they should return to work, 10 voted they would not. The vote stood 26 to 7 in favor of returning to work, with other details unclear.
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Denver
Carmen
Cole
Aug
Sinnor
Opzings
Tithlauk
Man Dies Driving His Own Horse in Race
London August 12 Walter Winans a member of a prominent Baltimore Maryland family died suddenly today while driving one of his own horses in a trotting race at Parsloo Park He collapsed at the post and died shortly after being removed from the track Local business notices appear among the garbled OCR text.
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London
Walter Winans
Youllonaire
Batelmore
Parsloo Park
Teri Winans
Antis Battle Tennessee On Ratification At Nashville
In Nashville Tennessee a second attempt to delay ratification of the federal suffrage amendment was tabled without a vote as legislative leaders prepared for a clash over constitutional issues. A joint committee hearing featured eminent legal figures from both sides and set the stage for debates involving Frank M. Thompson and U S Senator R K Mickellar among others.
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Waseviis
Tenn
G. F. Milton JR. Assiville
Yeu
Nuf
Tennessee General Assembly
By Tau
Statehouse
Henpy My
Daniel Webster
United States Senate
Congress
Frank M. Thompson
Nesace
Rahrrix
United States
RK. D. Mickellar
Willam Guilford Purley
Charias Fowler
Knoxville
Tea
nesEre
Supreme Court
Ofte
Kidnaper Held in Norristown as Grand Jury Examiners
August Pasquale, a confessed accomplice in Blakeley Coughlin's kidnapping, was brought to Norristown for grand jury action. Capt. Souder urged calm and warned against lynching, noting it would not help recover the child. Authorities expected charges including kidnapping, extortion, and blackmail. A separate New York search said the baby may have been moved from Egg Harbor to New Gretna, with detectives unsure of the child's present location.
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Norristown
August Pasquale
Blakeley Coughlin
Pasquale
Souder
Philadelphia Detective Bureau
Ares
Prand
Pasqual
Defraud
New York
Blakely Coughlin
Noreisetown
New Gretta
New Gretna
Ice prices maintained by Fort Worth dealers
Fort Worth dealers faced pressure from the U S District Attorney to reduce freigth retail prices to 50 cents per hundred pounds. By Tuesday a slight cut had not been sustained and by morning no further prosecutions were planned as the prosecutor reviewed dealer claims of wage-driven cost increases.
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Fort Worth
Port Worth
Tex
Aylot
Sige
Dulfax
Taylor
French British Cohesion Effort Despite Differences
A British note to France urges continued close cooperation to adjust differences over Hythe accord terms. The Foreign Office released the resume noting Britain and France should keep working together to align interpretations and maintain mutual support during the adjustment process.
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Aris
France
Great Britain
Millécand
Lloyd George
Hythe
Foreign Office
le Wan
Nice
Cau Wrangel
Russia
Kagyya
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