Kidnapped Pair Escape Amid Fierce Battle in Mexico
In Jalisco a clash between Zamora's forces and Mexican Federal troops freed two captives, American W. A. Gardiner and British subject W. B. Johnson, while Zamora fled. Six captives were taken. four released. Gardiner faced a 100,000 peso ransom and Johnson 60,000 pesos, per War Department advices.
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Mexico City
Pedro Zamora
Jalisco
Zamora
War Department
W. A. Gardiner
Peranza Mining Company
W. B. Johnson
Zambora
Gardiner
Johnson
Alaska Fur Smugglers Frustrated by Customs Agents
Seattle August 28. Customs agents frustrated two diverging smuggling fronts trying to ship Alaskan furs in boxes and false bottomed trunks. Four cases of caribou hides and moose hides labeled repacked dry goods detained while trunks with false bottoms hold eight beaver skins and 18 marten skins. Investigations point to steamship company workers and smugglers' agents in Alaska and Seattle.
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Seattle
Alaska
Aviators Await Squadron Commander at Ruby Alaska
NOME Alaska Aug 27 Captain St Clair Street commander of the Alaska Flying Squadron finished repairs to his motor and expected to hop off today arriving at Fairbanks this evening. The other three planes of the squadron are at Ruby awaiting his arrival before continuing the return flight to New York.
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Nome
Alaska
St. Clair Street
Alaska Flying Squadron
Fairbanks
Ruby
New York
Express Company Seeks Further Rate Hike After Labor Board Raise
Washington Aug. 28 The Interstate Commerce Commission opens hearings on American Railway Express Company proposed 15 percent rate increase in addition to the 12 percent already approved to cover higher wages for about 80 000 express workers as ordered by the National Railway Labor Board.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Express Company
Express Company
National Railway Labor Board
Reclamation Plan Aims At 240000 Square Miles
Denver officials report a meeting with representatives from seven southwestern states focused on 240000 square miles of Colorado River basin reclamation and the construction of three mountain tunnels as key topics for regional development.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado River
Negro Demands Cherry Pie Before Mounting Gallows
In Dallas on August 28 Fred Douglas a Black man was hanged at the state penitentiary for murdering an oil station manager during an attempted robbery. Before mounting the gallows he requested a cherry pie to be included in his last meal.
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Dallas
Texas
Fred Douglas
State Penitentiary
Cloudburst Damages Carlisle Homes in Kentucky
A Carlisle Kentucky cloudburst caused about 100000 dollars in damage this afternoon. Several dwellings were swept from foundations but no deaths were reported.
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Louisville
Carlisle
30 Hurt as Acetylene Tank Explodes in New York
New York on August 28 reports thirty men injured eight seriously when a large acetylene gas tank exploded in the yards of Detroit Pressed Steel Company. Several railroad buildings were wrecked in the blast.
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New York
Detroit Pressed Steel Company
Slain Christians Reported Near Jerusalem by Bedouins
Cairo dispatch reports more than 150 Christians killed at Ajlun, a village about 50 miles from Jerusalem, by Bedouins, according to advices received.
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Jerusalem
Cairo
Egypt
Ajlun
Flour wholesale price falls forty cents a barrel
San Francisco reports wholesalers reduced flour prices by forty cents per barrel. The wheat exchange notes this year’s crop more than meets current demand, easing supply concerns as prices slide.
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San Francisco
The
Wheat Exchange
Shingle Plant Burned at Port Moody
Fire at the McNair Shingle Company plant in Port Moody British Columbia destroyed several buildings and material valued at 75000. The mill was saved.
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Port Moody
B. C
McNair Shingle Company
Rioting in Belfast Wounds Crowd After Barracks Attack
Fierce riots erupted in West Belfast after Sinn Fein attackers wrecked a police barracks. Military forces fired into a crowd, causing numerous casualties. Royal Victoria Hospital reported a large influx of gunshot victims.
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Belfast
West Belfast
Royal Victoria Hospital
Bar Association Rejects League Covenant Endorsement
At its annual conventions closing session the American Bar Association refused to adopt the special committee report urging ratification of the Versailles Treaty with the League of Nations covenant without amendment. It ruled the League a political issue and not suitable for a non political organization whose members hold diverse views.
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ST. Louis
American Bar Association
League of Nations
Survivor of Sea Breeze wreck sails toward Petersburg
PORT WALTER Aug 27 E C Lilly survivor of the gasboat Sea Breeze disaster which burned Billy Woodworth killed in the wreck left on the mailboat Amerie for Petersburg Records show Sea Breeze owned by D C Velie of Ketchikan It is believed Velie rather than Lilly is the survivor name
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Port Walter
E. C. Lilly
Billy Woodworth
Petersburg
Sea Breeze
D. C. Velie
Ketchikan
Velie
Lilly
Mutinies Hit 15000 Chilean Troops in Peru Provinces
In Tacna and Arica serious mutinies have occurred among 15,000 Chilean troops. Official advices from Lima report a number of casualties as soldiers demand to return home. The unrest reflects growing discontent within the force stationed in the provinces.
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Lima
Peru
Tacna
Arica
Prohibition Agents Charged in Chicago Conspiracy Case
Warrants were issued for ten men including three suspended federal Prohibition agents as investigators probe an alleged conspiracy between agents and whiskey dealers to evade the prohibition law.
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Chicago
Socialists Fund Backed By Soviets Charged
James Martin Miller, former American Consul General to New Zealand, asks Senate investigators to probe minor party finances. He alleges Socialists are raising large funds and that the Non-Partisan League gathers huge sums for propaganda, with reports of Bolshevik Russian financing.
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Chicago
Senate Committee
William S. Kenyon
James Martin Miller
New Zealand
Miller
Republican Treasurer Calls Cox Quotas Phony
Frederick W. Upham, Republican National Treasurer, dismissed Gov. Cox s claim of a 651 city campaign fund totaling 8 145 000 as a phony list. He said the RNC has not apportioned quotas among cities and only about 1 000 000 had been raised so far with New York state contributing a quarter. Upham backed Will H. Mays that the party plans to spend a little over 5 000 000.
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Chicago
Gov. Cox
Frederick W. Upham
Pittsburgh
Upham
New York State
Will H. Mays
National Committee
Tucket Plains
Republican Party
Cox Promises to Fight Corruption at New Haven Rally
Gov. James M. Cox told a large New Haven crowd that he would continue the fight to paralyze greed and corruption and dismissed claims he lacked a college education. He argued that poor boys should count on fortune and emphasized the need for the under man to have presidential representation against powerful interests.
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New Haven
Conn
James M. Cox
Harding Urges Substitute For the League of Nations
Marion Aug 28 Warren G Harding denounces the existing League of Nations as a definite irredeemable failure and calls for a substitute approach. He urges a new framework to advance American interests and promote international cooperation.
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Harding
League of Nations
Marion
Warren G, Harding
Woman tax raid targets Pittsburgh voters
In Pittsburgh after Secretary Colby proclaimed ratification of the National Woman Suffrage Amendment, a bogus tax collector visited women, claiming a tax to vote. He collected the “tax” in many cases, according to police reports.
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Pittsburgh
Bainbridge Colby
Washington
Colby
British Liners Tied Up at New York Port
Two thousand longshoremen quit work in New York tying up every British ship in port to press Britain for the release of Terrence MacSweeney the Lord Mayor of Cork held in Brixton prison London after his sedition conviction. The strike may spread to other U S ports and also targets four White Star liners over the Baltic incident involving Archbishop Daniel Mannix. In London Premier Lloyd George and Italian Premier Giolitti discuss the Polish and Adriatic questions amid petitions for MacSweeney’s release from war factions in Ireland. MacSweeney is said to be on hunger strike near death.
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New York
Great Britain
Terrence MacSweeney
Cork
Brixton
London
Sinn Fein
United States
Baltic
Daniel FP. Mannix
Australia
Ireland
Maryland
Mers
Cunard Line
David Lloyd George
Giovanni Giolitti
Italy
Lucerne
Switzerland
Adriatic
England
MacSweeney
Serbia asks allies to appoint commission on Albanian Jugoslav war
The Serbian government asked the United States Great Britain France and Italy to appoint a representative on an allied commission to investigate the conflict between Albania and Jugoslavia, announced by the State Department today.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Albania
Jugo Slavia
State Department
Flames Sweep Big Horn Timber Lands in Wyoming
SHERIDAN Wyo Aug 25 Fire reported today sweeping valuable timber lands in the Big Horn district. Big crews of volunteers are enroute to the district to quell the flames which have already burned more than 100 acres.
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Sheridan, Wryo
Big Horn District
Polish and Bolshevik clash near Lemberg
Warsaw reports heavy fighting on the northwest front with Bolshevik columns repulsed by Polish artillery. Northfront fighting subsides while a fierce battle rages near Lemberg in the south. Paris reports Bolshevik stand at Grodno as Russian reserves concentrate for a pitched battle.
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Lemberg
Warsaw
French Foreign Ministry
Paris
Grodno
Polish War Office
Reds
Polish Peace Delegation Lays Down Terms at Minsk
London reports the Polish delegation to the Russo Polish peace conference in Minsk declared Poland's terms as complete independence with no internal interference. Russia read a Soviet plan to reduce the Polish army to 50,000 and demobilize within a month, hand over most arms and war industries, and permit transit along the Volkovisk Bislystok Pranevo line. Russia would withdraw troops in parallel and grant veterans land. Poland would gain additional eastern territory per British note, with frontier largely along Curzon’s proposal.
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London
Minsk
Poland
Russia
M. Danishevsky
Soviet
Ukraine
Volkovisk
Bislystok
Pranevo
Earl Curzon
Thussia
U S Cruiser Ordered to Danzig to Guard Americans
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels announced the cruiser Pittsburgh will move from Reval to Danzig to protect American refugees from Poland, reflecting U S efforts to safeguard citizens amid rising tensions in the region.
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U. S
Danzig
Washington
Josephus Daniels
Pittsburgh
Revalto
Poland
Striking Miners Clash With Detectives at Raleigh Co Plant
In Charleston West Virginia on August 28 Major Payne Baldwin Felts detective was wounded as striking miners clashed with guards at Willis Branch Coal Company in Raleigh County. Police say detectives armed with automatics led the fight and state police rushed to the scene to quell violence. Two trains remained stalled outside the plant amid fears of new attacks.
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Charleston
W. Va
Payne Baldwin
Felts
Willis Branch Coal Company
Raleigh County
Spokane Steamer Spokane Sails for Alaska Tomorrow
At SHUATTIA Aug 28 the steamer Spokane will sail from Seattle for Alaska at 10 tomorrow morning. Among eighty passengers bound for Alaska are four for Juneau including Mrs. E Astron, Mr and Mrs W B Kirk and Miss Eva Campbell.
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Spokane
Seattle
Shuattia
Alaska
morAine
Junenan
E. Astron
W. B. Kirk
Eva Campbell
Jefferson Sails For North With 2 Juneau Passengers
Seattle dispatch reports the Alaska Steamship Company steamer Jefferson sailed at 6 oclock last evening for the North carrying 58 passengers. Among them were Mr and Mrs Ned Carlson bound for Juneau and other Alaska destinations.
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Jefferson
Juneau
Seattle
Alaska Steamship Company
North
Governors Day event to draw many officials in Marion
Chicago August 28 Fifteen to twenty governors and other state officials are expected to attend Governor's Day on August 31 in Marion Ohio as Warren G Harding continues his front porch campaign according to Republican headquarters.
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Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Ohio
Road paving favored in Everett referendum push
The Road Troads Association in Everett Washington today overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to pursue a referendum on a 30000000 dollar bond issue. The bond would fund paving state roads and expand highway improvements.
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Everett, Wash
The
Road Troads Association Today
Petrograd Starving Amid Food Shortage Report
Aug 28 dispatch says virtually all Petrograd residents suffer malnutrition as letters received here describe escalating food scarcity and a rising death rate.
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Tokio
Petrograd
Sand and ash emissions from San Miguel volcano
The San Miguel volcano near San Salvador began erupting today, spitting out sand and ash. No damage or injuries have been reported as yet.
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San Salvador
San Miguel
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New England
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U. S. Prohibition
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Cox
TAST
N.Y
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Big Horn
Wyoming
Battle Mine Detectives
West Virginia
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