Lone Survivor of Sea Breeze Burning Held
E C Lilly, the lone survivor, is held as a suspect in the Sea Breeze burning and Billy Woodworth’s death. He is charged pending U S District Attorney investigation. Lilly, arrested at Port Walter, shows little emotion and claims no effort to rescue Woodworth.
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SEA Breeze Burning
Sea Breeze
Billy Woodworth
E. C. Lilly
Ketchikan
N. O. Hardy
Lilly
United States District Attorney's Office
Port Walter
Hardy
Woodruff
Co. W. Harrington
Lummi Ray
Filly Woodworth
A. S. Jack
Woodworth
Port Alexander
Harrington
Washington Bay
J. T. Freeman
Wool frauds charged at national wool bureau meeting
At the National Sheep Wool Bureau convention in Chicago speakers warned that reworked rags are replacing wool in fabric at an alarming rate. They endorsed the trench-Capper Truth in Fabric bill requiring manufacturers to stamp each yard of cloth with its virgin wool content.
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Chicago
National Sheep Wool Bureau
Freighter Arakan Aground Off Point Reyes In Fog
The Dutch freighter Arakan of the Java Pacific fleet lay ashore in thick fog off Point Reyes near San Francisco. The crew was rescued by life guard boats, the captain's wife was brought ashore, and marine underwriters planned a survey to determine what cargo chiefly rubber and sugar could be salvaged.
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San Francisco
Arakan
Java Pacific Company
Point Reyes
U. S. Asked to Intervene To Aid Accused Officer
Gov. Henry J. Allen telegrammed Secretary Colby seeking a U S investigation into Lieut Donald Hudson detained in Lapaz Bolivia on charges of destroying Bolivian aeroplanes. Hudson, serving as Bolivian army aerial instructor, pleads for help and says he is unjustly accused.
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Topeka
Kan
Henry J. Allen
Bainbridge Colby
Donald Hudson
Lapaz
Bolivia
Lieut. Hudson
Allen
Utah and Idaho Sugar Co Accused of Profiteering
A complaint charging the Utah and Idaho Sugar Company and eight directors with profiteering in sugar sales at Sioux Falls was filed yesterday by the district attorney's office with the Federal Commissioner in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lak
Utah
Utah and Idaho Sugar Company
Sioux Falls
District Attorney’s
Strike spreads to Boston as longshoremen join protest
Latest Bulletins report Boston joining the New York strike by longshoremen against British steamship firms over England's Irish policy. Tacoma police seize narcotics worth 15000 dollars during a raid on a Chinese residence, promising the arrest of the ringleader. Warsaw says peace talks with Polish and Russian Soviet delegations will resume in Riga within a week. In San Francisco a 30 mph wind slows salvage of the Dutch freighter Arakan ashore at Point Reyes. crew remains in lifeboats as fears grow it may break up.
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Boston
New York
England
Warsaw
Riga
Minsk
San Francisco
Point Reyes
Alaska Flying Squadron To Install New Motors
Three Alaska flyers en route from Nome to New York reached Fairbanks Sunday. One plane with Capt. St. Clair Street is still at Ruby. All planes require Liberty motors, with one motor to be sent from Fairbanks to Ruby for Street’s craft as the flyers decide whether to push on or wait in Fairbanks.
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Dawson
Y. T
Alaska
Nome Io
New York
Fairbanks
Capt. St. Clair Street
Ruby
Capt. Street
Bolsheviki Propagandists In Mexico to Be Arrested
Mexico City August 31 The public prosecutor asked Federal Court warrants for three men including a German immigrant for disseminating Bolsheviki propaganda. The literature urged steps toward a dictatorship by the proletariat and was distributed in barracks and factories across the Mexico City district.
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Mexico City
United States
Soviet Forces Claim Victories in Poland and South Russia
Moscow says anti Bolshevik forces under Wrangel are annihilated in Ku ban South Russia leaving Crimea as their last hold. Meanwhile Soviet wireless dispatch claims victories over Poland in both north and south with advances near Brest Litovsk Lemburg and Przemysl as heavy fighting favors the Reds.
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Poland
Moscow
London
Kuban
Russia
Baron Peter Wrangel
M. Cameneff
Wrangel
Crimea
Brest Litovsk
Lemburg
Przemysl
Bolsheviki Peace Terms Rejected by Poles
Poland's reply to the Minsk peace terms rejects most Russian demands. Only demobilization is accepted, and then only if Russia demobilizes too. Boundary proposals by Lord Curzon are deemed unacceptable, as are land redistribution and restitution of livestock, which Poland says violate sovereignty and internal affairs.
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London
Poland
Minsk
Manchester Guardian
Russia
Larl Curzon
White Ruthenia
Lithuania
Anti-Red Chief in Siberia Seeks Soviet Army
Gen. Semenoff, an anti Bolshevik Cossack leader in Eastern Siberia, has applied to Leon Trotsky, Soviet Minister of War, for permission to join the Soviet army, according to Moscow dispatches received today in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Semenoff
Siberia
Leon Trotsky
Moscow
Princess Mary Sails North From Ketchikan
The steamer Princess Mary left Ketchikan at 10 o clock last night bound for the North. Listed passengers for Juneau include Mrs. John Livie Daniel Livie Miss A O Ueland Miss L M Saxon Miss B F Park A B Phillips Mrs H L Morris and son Miss E R Nixon Miss BE Nixon Master A J Duggan Miss M Legpat Miss R M Delzelle Mrs R Downey Sister Mary Abigall Sister Mary of the Passion P Funk F Ward.
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Ketchikan
Princess Mary
Juneau
John Livie
Daniel Livie
A. O. Ueland
L. M Saxon
B. F. Park
A. B. Phillips
H. L. Morris and Son
E. R. Nixon
BE. J. Nixon
A. J. Duggan
M. Leg Pat
R. M. Delzelle
R. Downey
Mary Abigall
Mary of the Passion
P. Funk
F. Ward
Prisoners Spirited Away After Mob Threat at Clayton
ST. LOUIS Aug 31 Two of three men held in the slaving of two police officers were removed from Clayton jail as a mob of about 500 gathered in Court House Square. The sheriff warned of arming the jail and lynching the prisoners, prompting swift action to relocate them.
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ST. Louis
Clayton
Court House
Nations Railroads to Operate on Own Hook Beginning Tomorrow
Washington Aug 31 railroads will start operating on their own resources tomorrow after six months of government support costing about 100,000,000 monthly under the Transportation Act. Government assistance will continue only through necessary revolving fund loans to carriers.
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Washington
Brooklyn Car Strikers Riot Shuts Down City Transit
New York August 31 police struggled to keep order as the Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike paralyzed all subways and elevated lines. A trolley inspector was beaten and six alleged strikers were arrested as 4000 officers faced possible further violence.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Oklahoma Sheriffs Accused of Aiding Mob Leaders
Oklahoma City and Tulsa sheriffs face charges of collusion with mob leaders after lynchings linked to raids on moonshiners. Governor Robertson orders removal steps, while the Adjutant General mobilizes National Guard in case of race trouble stemming from the shootings of two officers Saturday night.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Tulsa
J.B. A. Robertson
Adjutant General
National Guard
Alaska Salmon Pack to Be Better Than Anticipated
Alaska's salmon pack is projected to exceed expectations when totals are tallied. Ward T. Bower, Chief Agent of the Bureau of Fisheries, notes Western Alaska catches improving with Ice Straits and Prince William Sound-filled rumors indicating better than hoped for overall season performance.
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Alaska
Aska
Ward T. Bower
Bureau of Vicheries
Prince William Sound
Ice Straits
Cox Denies Wet Way Claim By Republican Chair
Gov. James M. Cox rejects Will Hays assertion that liquor interests contribute heavily to his campaign fund. He says wets have not given and will not give a dollar. Cox labels the GOP claim about large contributions as false and cites a document allegedly issued after Harding’s nomination indicating high-amount subscriptions and a $300,000 city quota in St. Louis Cleveland and Detroit.
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Columbus
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Senate Committee
James M. Cox
Cox
Hays
Republican Committee
Sen
Warren G. Harding
Frederick W. Upham
Republican National
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Britain Asks U S to Pay For Detention of Liners
Washington August 31 Great Britain has opened diplomatic talks with the United States over liability for expenditures incurred by the detention of seven former German liners in American ports. The ships, allocated to Britain for the homeward movement of American troops, were held by the Federal Shipping Board after surrender by the War Department and later delivered to England. British crews sent to take over the ships were idle in New York, and demurrage charges are also mentioned.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Federal Shipping Board
War Department
England
New York
Indicted over Denver tramway riots in street car strike
A special grand jury filed twelve indictments charging assault with intent to kill malicious mischief and robbery. Thirty-three individuals named. Withdrawal of federal troops is expected soon as state constabulary prepares to police Denver until order is restored.
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Denver
Colo
Jap Ambassador Colby Discuss Immigration Policy
Japanese Ambassador Shidehara and Secretary Colby conferred today on the California immigration question raised by Governor Stephens. Colby expressed hope for a satisfactory settlement for California Japan and the United States Government, following the talks in Washington.
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Washington
United States
Shidehara
Balahridwae Colby
California
William Dpd. Stephens
State Department
Colby
Caliifornia
Japan
Inferno and martial law feared in riot-torn Belfast
Belfast reports indicate martial law possible as Shankill district burns after all-day rioting. Nine killed and dozens wounded amid fires targeting Catholic owned shops and pubs. Police and troops fired on crowds while mobs fought from shelters. women and workers joined the fray in a tense night. Cameron Highlanders boarded trains in Dublin, with troops believed sent toward Belfast.
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Belfast
Ireland
Shankhill
Dublin
Cameron Highlanders
G O P Treasurer’s Figures At Variance with Chairman
Chicago report details Frederick W. Upham testimony before the Senate Committee on campaign expenditures. Upham said the Republican National Committee received 1,017,000 in contributions between June 14 and August 26 and plans to spend 3,079,000 in total. He added separate funds for Senatorial and Congressional campaigns with loans up to 500,000 and 200,000 respectively. Upham confirmed the average contribution of 82.11 and denied coordinated quotas or heavy outside financing. Cummings testified Democrats were cash-poor with 651 on hand and about 100,000 in debt.
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Chicago
Frederick W. Upham
Republican National
Senate Committee
Republican National Committee
Will H. Hays
Republican Committee
Hays
Upham
National Committee
Senatorial Committee
Congressional Committee
James M. Cox
James M. Teed
Missouri
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Cox
Cummings
Komer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Democratic
Sen. J. Reed
Sen. Ifarding
Gov. Cox
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