War Swirls Across Levant as Peace Picks Sides
Constantinople reports a widening war from the Black Sea to the Dead Sea as the peace treaty plans for Turkey threaten to Balkanize the Levant. Russians and Bolsheviks influence the Caucasus and Moslem world, while Greek, Armenian, and Turkish forces clash under Ottoman and British led actions.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Turkey
Levant
Black Sea
Dead Sea
Palestine
Syria
Cilicia
Anatolia
Thrace
Caucasus
Baltic
Russia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Poland
Great Britain
Damad Ferid Pasha
Asia Minor
Mustapha Kemel Pasha
Alaskan Flying Squadron Extends 9000 Mile Flight Plan
Jasper British Columbia reports three of the four Army planes resumed the race from Mineola to Nome Alaska at 8 25 this morning heading to Prince George Captain St Clair Streets craft had a small fire but anticipated departure later today. The fliers reached Edmonton after delays for repairs and overhaul ahead of the longest leg of the 9000 mile journey. They expect Wrangell as the first Alaskan stop on Wednesday or Thursday.
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Jasper
B. C
United States Army
Mineola
N. Y
Nome
Alaska
Prince George
St. Clair Street
Edmonton
Wrangell
Swiss Warned Against Buying German Aircraft
Swiss newspapers warn Swiss firms against purchasing German airplanes or airships at low prices due to exchange rates. The papers say the aircraft are Allies property under the Versailles treaty and that buyers and sellers face fines up to 100,000 marks, with machines potentially confiscated.
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Geneva
Fiiris
Mexico City Murder Shocks as Former Minister Is Shot
In Mexico City Carlos Felix Diaz former Minister to Bolivia was shot and killed in a hotel. A woman was arrested as his slayer. The incident occurred as regional and political tensions flare across the Americas with other foreign policy developments reported from Washington London and Paris.
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Mexico City
Carlos Felix Diaz
Bolivia
Mexico City Congress Elections Show Few Disturbances
Mexico City on August 2 reported only minor disorders as Congressional elections proceeded. Indications point to a Liberal Constitutionalists government victory with the Liberal party prevailing in the capital.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Liberal Constitutionalists
Japan Reaffirms Saghalin Occupation Rationale
Tokyo reports the American note on Saghalin’s occupation in the Gulf of Tartary left officials uneasy but hopeful. Japan states occupation is unavoidable to preserve national privileges and will not be reversed, while denying territorial ambitions.
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Tokio
Saghalin
Manchurian
Gulf of Tartary
United States
Japan
Slain Sheriff's Brother Saves Murderer from Mob
In Pendleton Oregon Neil Hart Jim Owen and Jack Rathie, leaders of a gang that escaped jail after killing Sheriff T D Taylor, slept peacefully as a mob gathered to lynch them. W B Taylor brother of the slain sheriff pleaded with the crowd to disperse and urged the law. The prisoners were later taken by a posse while asleep in a herder's camp in Wenatchee forest.
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Pendleton
Ore
Neil Hart
Jim Owen
Jack Rathie
T. D. Taylor
W. B
Jinks
J ° Taylor
Wenatchee Forest
Austria Remains Neutral in War With Soviets
Vienna reports an Austria Soviet prisoner exchange accord touching diplomacy and travel. It calls for commissions with diplomatic immunity and wireless communications freedom while Austria must stay strictly neutral in the Soviet war, including a ban on transit of troops and materiel.
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Austria
Vienna
Associated Press
Britain rushes new troops to quell Ireland unrest
Dublin reports the British government reinforcing 60,000 to 80,000 troops as Republican volunteers clash with soldiers. Civil law is scarce south of the Boyne, with Republican courts operating. Lloyd George threatens to fire railway workers refusing to haul arms and troops, risking disrupted transit within a week.
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Dublin
Ireland
Boyne River
David Lloyd George
Debs halts release bid from Atlanta penitenary
Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist presidential candidate, halted efforts to win his release from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary by noting his solidarity with imprisoned comrades. Meanwhile the American Federation of Labor planned next week to urge general amnesty for political prisoners, with Atty. Gen. Palmer to meet a delegation led by Samuel Gompers.
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Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
American Federation of Labor Today
Federation
A. Mitchell Palmer
Samuel Gompers
Unions Baik at Coolidge Reviewing Boston Parade
The Central Labor Union in Boston announced abandonment of Labor Day parade plans after many unions refused to participate unless Gov. Calvin Coolidge was not invited to review the marchers. Coolidge, a Republican candidate for Vice President, had earned a reputation for firm public rights stance during his administration.
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Boston
Central Labor Union Today
Calvin Coolidge
Canadian Issue Challenge To Race For Americas Cup
Montreal mine owner Alexander C. Ross telegraphed Commodore J P Morgan of the New York Yacht Club challenging to compete for the Americas cup. He says Canadians will build a boat on the Atlantic coast and have it manned by Canadians for the proposed race after Resolu te defended against Sir Thomas Liptons Shamrock IV.
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New York
Alexander C. Ross
Montreal
J. P. Morgan
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Atlantic
Montreal Port Ranks Seventh Worldwide in Foreign Trade
Montreal's port, by value of foreign commerce, ranks second in the western hemisphere and seventh in the world, per the Harbor Commissioners annual report for 1919 port operations issued today.
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Montreal
Harbor Commissioners
Railroads win $1.5 billion rate rise approval
Alfred P Thom announced that state railroad commissions will grant advances in passenger, Pullman, and freight rates to align with the Interstate Commerce Commission’s recent approval. The plan seeks roughly $1.5 billion in added revenue, with freight up one third, passenger fares one fifth, and Pullman half, to offset wage boosts and rising costs while maintaining service.
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Washington
Alfred P Thom
The
Association of Railway Executives
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Railroad Labor Board
Railroad Labor Board
Ouija Boards Hover Over Turfman's Murder Case
New York AUG. 2 Authorities report Ouija boards have flooded in with alleged clues to the murder of turfman and card expert Joseph Bowen Elwell. The detective staff tracks occult communications while the district attorney assigns a reader to sort tips, claiming signals purportedly point from sitting room to roof as investigators press for a confession and weapon recovery.
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New York
Joseph Bowen Elwell
Don Juan
Ouija
Swann
Elwell
Aerial Mail Pathfinders Reach Omaha from Chicago
Aerial Mail Pathfinders blaze coast delivery route with two all metal monoplanes flying from Chicago to Omaha in four hours and eleven minutes. A third plane piloted by Capt Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I ace, arrived later.
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Omaha
Neb
Ccast
Chicago
Eddie Rickenbacker
Admiral Watson Brings Eight Juneau Passengers
The steamer Admiral Watson sailing yesterday at 10 o clock carried 116 passengers for Alaska. Juneau travelers listed include W. McGinnis Fd Hendersonson L. F. Knight Mrs E KK Alison O. E. Bull H Bodertsha Myrtle Brown and Mrs A Shudshift.
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Seattle
Admiral Watson
Alaska
Juneau
W. McGinnis
Hend Irickson
L. F. Knight
E. Kk
Alison
O. E. Bull
H. Bodertsha
Myrtle Brown
A. Shudshift
Poles fight to stem Bolshevik drive on Warsaw
Warsaw August 2 Strong Bolshevik forces press Narew River front as Poland resists final push toward Warsaw. Poles repulse several attacks while awaiting Allied or armistice aid. Fighting also continues west of Bielovsk on Brest Litovsk railway. Diplomatic circles doubt any armistice terms will be acceptable to Poland or the Allies.
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Warsaw
Narew River
Bielovsk
Brest Litovsk
Poland
Airplane fares in Los Angeles fall to five dollars
In Los Angeles on August two, airline passenger rates have dropped by fifty percent. The manager of a local company says rates will continue to decline to below taxicab fares. Previously pilots charged ten dollars for short flights. the new rate is five dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Liquor Clauses Added to Burglary Insurance
New York August 2 insurers announced liquor clauses in burglary policies to cover private stock. An annual charge of 20 percent of the stock value is levied for the hazard and only one fifth of the policy total may be liquor stock.
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New York
All Records for Travel Into Yellowstone Broken
Yellowstone Park, Australia. Last week a record 1,283 people and 241 private autos entered the park in a single day. The season totaled over 26,000 visitors, about 20 percent above the same period last year.
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Yellowstone Park
Aus
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Santa Ana Residency Ties to Presidential Nominees
Santa Ana residents claim the city as the home of a relative of the upcoming President. Sisters and a niece of Senator Harding, the Republican nominee, live here along with Mrs. Maudene Blackburn whose father was a first cousin to Governor Cox, the Democratic nominee.
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Santa Ana
Calif
United States
Harding
Maudene Blackburn
Cox
Hitchcock to debate League with Republicans
Sen Hitchcock of Nebraska chosen by Democrats to represent them in a joint League of Nations debate at Winona Lake Indiana in August. Republican opponent to be selected by the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
James M. Cox
Chilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
League of Nations
Wiona Lake
Indiana
Republican National Committee
Ex Governor of Indiana Killed in Auto Crash
Former Indiana governor J Frank Hanley and Dr and Mrs C M Baker of Kilgora Ohio were killed when a train struck their automobile near Dennison Ohio yesterday. The Prohibition candidate for president in 1916 was among the deceased.
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Indiana
Judge C E Bunnell Visits City This Morning
Judge Charles E Bunnell of Fairbanks visited friends in Juneau this morning while the Northwestern was in port. He returns to his duties as United States District Court judge in the Fourth Division after a two month vacation in the East visiting his old Pennsylvania home and major eastern cities including the national capital.
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Charles E. Bunnell
Fairbanks
Juneau
Northwestern
Bunnell
United States District Court
Pennsylvania
National Capital
Socialist Vice Presidential Nominee Backed Railroad Socialization
Chicago August 2 Seymour Wedman formally accepting the Socialist Vice Presidential nomination urged socialization of railroads mines flour mills and stockyards as essential features of the Socialist program.
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Chicago
Seymour Wedman
Romania Demands Soviet Troop Withdrawal by Ultimatum
Vienna reports Romania has given Soviet Russia a three day deadline to pull troops from Romanian territory. If Russia fails to comply, Romania will mobilize its forces. The Belgrade despatch confirms the ultimatum and potential general mobilization.
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Vienna
Rumania
Russia
Belgrade
Red Army Captures Loman and Nearby Areas Near Warsaw
Pass dispatch reports the Russian Soviet Army has seized Loman five miles northeast of Warsaw and also Colno and Leouzyn in the LAV district near the Fruceta border, according to today's dispatch received here.
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Loman
Warsaw
Colno
Leouzyn
Lav District
Fruceta
Bolshevik forces report capture of Brest Litovsk fortress
Dispatches from London report the fortress of Brest Litovsk, about 100 miles east of Warsaw on the boundary of Poland, captured by the Russian Bolsheviks. The news appears in today’s communications received here.
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London
Brest Litovsk
Warsaw
Poland
Red Cross Evacuates Warsaw Warehouses Today
National headquarters reports evacuation of warehouses in Warsaw is underway before Red Cross supplies are moved. The action comes as part of a broader safety precaution amid ongoing operations in the region.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Warsaw
Red Cross
Polish authorities ban entertainments under censorship
Berlin August 2 Polish military authorities have prohibited all public and private entertainments with penalties of heavy fines and imprisonment. The entire Polish press is operating under strict censorship as reported by a dispatch received here today.
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Berlin
Clothing Jobbers Stampede Public Charged
Washington August 2 Howard M Figg Assistant Attorney General issued a statement charging that representatives of jobbers in wearing apparel were attempting through carefully prepared propaganda to stampede retailers and the public into a renewed fictitious demand for clothing.
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Washington
Howard M. Figg
eAssistant
Daughter of Washington Pioneer Dies in Seattle
Ida Heed Nome, daughter of the late Gen T F McKeany, a Washington pioneer, died at her Seattle home Saturday after a long illness. Her death closes a chapter on early territorial settlement and public service remembered by local historians.
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Washington
Seattle
Ida Heed Nome
T. F. McKeany
Repeal of French Order Barring U S Merchandise
Paris August 2 decree revokes the April 23 order barring American imports of many goods. The move accompanies a rise in customs duties on selected articles, signaling a shift in postwar trade policy and inflationary pressures affecting U S merchants.
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Paris
America
Mussulmen Call for Boycott to Resist Treaty Demands
In Constantinople a circular on the dead walls of Stamboul urges Mussulmen to arm with pistols clubs and hatchets and drive out those who yield to foreign demands. The message calls for boycott against the powers forcing the treaty upon Turkey.
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Associated Press
Stamboul
Turkey
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