Peasant Uprising Deepens Across Western Siberia
Western Siberian peasants have risen against the Soviet regime in key towns, signaling a general insurrection spreading rapidly from spring uprisings. In Minsk to Riga peace talks the Soviet government shifts, while Polish forces report heavy Bolshevik movements and 90,000 prisoners taken as pursuit continues north of Warsaw.
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President Approves Coal Commission Wage Award
President Wilson approved the majority report of the Coal Commission increasing anthracite miners wages by 20 percent. The action comes as a response to wage disputes and aims to settle labor tensions in the coal industry. The approval highlights federal involvement in wage policy for miners.
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Italy’s Giolitti Says War Began Too Soon For Italy
Premier Giolitti tells AP in Lucerne that Italy joined the war prematurely and should have entered with the United States. He denies German sympathy, credits American aid for shortening the war, and supports a law banning secret diplomacy. He notes concord with Lloyd George on European issues and rejects ceding Fiume. He dismisses D Annunzio as a madman and plans future talks with Miller in September.
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Italy
Rome
David Lloyd George
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United States
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Fiume
D'Annunzio
Gabrielle d’Annunzio
Miller
Resignations and Proclamations Across Early News
Paris reports the Spanish cabinet resigns. Peking Canton declares martial law as the southwestern military government moves against the national government. New York reports a federal grand jury indicts 42 steamship companies and freight brokers for Sherman Act conspiracy.
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Canton
Asiatic News Agency
Eral Grand Jury
Trans-Atlantic Lines
Villa's Followers Mustered Out With Three Months Pay
In Durango at Tlahalco the followers of Gen Francisco Villa surrendered their arms and received three months pay. Villa will retire to a government loaned ranch, with fifty aides to live with him as onaris. He plans colonization and has ordered agricultural implements for his own scheme.
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Francisco Villa
Tlahalco
Durango
Villa
Last Mails for Bering Sea Points Leave Seattle Sept 12
Seattle officials announce the last mail for Bering Sea points will depart September 12, a month earlier than usual. The final direct mail to interior Alaska points via Yukon River steamers will leave Seattle three days later.
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Bering Sea
Seattle
Interior Alaska
King Intercedes As Msweeney End Approaches
London reports Terrence MacSweeney, Lord Mayor of Cork, near death in Brixton prison from a hunger strike. Doctors warned recovery is unlikely even with food. King George reportedly seeks action with Lloyd George while Dublin's Lord Mayor pleads for mercy in the crisis.
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Terrence MacSweeney
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Brixton
Geneva
Switzerland
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England
David Lloyd George
Lucerne
Terrance MacSweeney
Brixton Prison
MacSweeney
Dublin
Freeman’s Journal
Ireland
Dutch Freighter Aground in Fog Off San Francisco
The Dutch freighter Arakan ran aground near San Francisco in heavy fog. The ship asked for aid by wireless but reported no immediate danger. Later reports said buckling along under the stokers and a crew of 70 to be rescued if needed as efforts to lighter the cargo continued.
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Brooklyn Strike Shuts Down City Transit Network
In New York on August 30, workers of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company walked off the job, halting subway elevated and surface lines and forcing over a million residents to walk or hire taxis to reach offices and businesses.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn
Auto race tragedy claims two racers and boy in Santa Rosa
Beattie and Delbert Walker, automobile racing drivers, and a boy spectator were killed when Walker's car left the track during a county fair race in Santa Rosa California. The car crashed into a tree after leaving the track on Saturday.
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Cal
Beattie
Delbert Walker
New War Looms in Mid Europe
Budapest August 20. Victor Dvoracek former Slovak leader predicts a future with fragmented Germany and shifting borders across Central Europe. He warns of wars among Poles Czechs Hungarians and Serbs as old provinces and populations seek redrawn fronts and Hungary regains lost lands. Population discontent grows amid economic hardship and displacement ahead of possible renewed conflict.
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Victor Dvoreak
Slovakia
United States
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Otto
Serbia
New Belfast Rioting Claims Many Lives and Wounds
In Belfast Ireland after Saturday night riots the Uniusuist quarter was center of deadly unrest. Troops fired into crowds wounding a woman and causing numerous injuries. Eleven young men were killed Saturday night and four more died Sunday from gunshot wounds, with hospitals overwhelmed and morgues filling.
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Uean
U S Cautious On Polish Statement Aim
Washington reports high officials expect no demand for a specific Polish pledge re Bolshevik fears. Poland’s reply to the American note has reached the State Department. Secretary Colby said Italy’s note shows both governments largely agree with the U S position in the exchange.
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United States
Poland
State Department
Colby
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Italy
Spokane Banks Halt Canadian Coins With Set Discounts
Spokane banks will stop paying out Canadian silver and will not accept it without a discount after today. The Clearing House Association fixed discounts of 10 cents on half dollars, 5 cents on quarters, and 2 cents on dimes. About seven hundred thousand dollars in Canadian coins were held in Spokane banks, with steps taken to curb further accumulation amid alleged profiteering.
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Clearing House Association
W. T. Triplett
Island of Malta Rocked By Severe Earthquake
Rome dispatch reports a strong earthquake off Malta shaking the island and felt in Florence where minor building damage occurred. The panic among residents was significant but no fatalities were confirmed.
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Malta
London
Italy
Rome
Florence
Hays Testifies For Republicans In Senate Probe
WHI Hays, chairman of the Republican National Committee, testified before the Senate committee probing campaign expenditures. He defended the party against Cox charges of a 15 million dollar fund and urged small contributions from many individuals to curb sinister influences. He outlined high state quotas, broad publicity, and a July budget estimating 23.079 million dollars in total with over a million for publicity, contrasting Democratic aims to raise 5 to 10 million. He read a letter claiming Cox sought funds to influence Prohibition Act amendments and called Cox a pronounced Wet.
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Whi H. Kays
Republican National Committee
Senate Committee
James M. Cox
Hays
General Committee On Ways and Means
Cox
George T. Carroll
New Jersey Association
James A. Reed
Missouri
Homer Cummings
Democratic National Committee
George White
All Chance of Democratic Success Gone Says Coolidge
Boston August 30 Gov Calvin Coolidge Republican candidate for Vice President told a mass meeting that Democratic gains were doomed by the San Francisco convention. He said the Democrats failed to endorse the administration and repudiated their candidate, wiping out any chance of Democratic success. Sen Henry Cabot Lodge echoed by calling the League of Nations a total failure with the United States absent.
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San Francisco
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Coolidge
League of Nations
United States
American Legion Plans National Americanization Drive
The Americanization committee of the American Legion has filed a plan with Ellis Island officials to assimilate immigrants into American ideals and institutions. It proposes New York headquarters with all posts nationwide acting as branches and aims to place immigrant oversight under the Legion’s direction. Commissioner Wallis approves the plan.
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Americanization Committee of the
American Legion
Ellis Island
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