Bolshevik Peace Terms Are Harsh and Drastic
Washington reports list severe Bolshevik peace terms including a plebiscite in Polish territory, unrestricted propaganda and air messages, Soviet control of key mines, and freedom of movement for Soviet nationals. Officials fear Polish resistance, with Warsaw near fall as Bolsheviks close in from multiple fronts. The Polish government considers moving to Posen as Warsaw braces for potential fall.
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Washington, D
Poland
Russia
Cemstla Bese
Ac Minsk
Express Rates to Rise As Rail Express Granted
Washington news reports the Interstate Commerce Commission granted the American Railway Express Company authority to raise express rates by about 12 to 14 percent. The move is expected to boost the firm’s annual income by around 35.5 million dollars, and does not account for recent wage increases of roughly 43 million dollars awarded by the railroad labor board. The company is anticipated to seek further rate adjustments to cover higher payroll costs.
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Washington, D. C
American Railway Express Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
Attempted assassination of Greek Premier Venizelos in Paris
In Paris gunmen fired on Premier Venizelos as he alighted to board a train to Marseille. Two bullets hit him in the shoulder and side while one grazed a bone. Venizelos is reported not in danger. The assailants, said to be Constantine supporters, were arrested. Venizelos is praised as a war hero.
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Paris
Venizelos
Greece
Marseille
Constantine
Poles Leaving Warsaw District for Kalisz Move
A wireless dispatch from Moscow says the Polish government is leaving Warsaw and relocating to Kalisz, the provincial capital about 150 miles west-southwest of Warsaw. The Warsaw legations have moved toward Posen on the direct railway line.
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Tlondon
Warsaw
Moscow
Kalisz
Posen
Warsaw Defenders Outnumbered by Soviet Forces
Washington reports Polish forces defending Warsaw face a Soviet army of about 350,000 against 140,000 Poles. Details from official circles place rifle and saber strength north of the Pripet at 46,000 and south of the river at 8,000, with overall Bolshevik numbers far higher.
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Washington, D. C
Warsaw
Pripet River
US policy on Poland and Russia outlined by President
President Wilson sends a 2,500 word letter to Baron Romano outlining terms for settling the Russo Polish conflict. Withdrawal of Russian and allied troops, assurances against dismemberment, and a guarantee of Russia’s ethnographic boundaries are urged. He opposes recognizing the Bolshevik government and supports limited armistice talks with the Soviets while avoiding a general peace conference.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
America
Camillo Romano Avertman
United States
Poland
Russia
Ismaels
Rrussia
Father Held for Daughter Death in Hebron Neb
Frieda Bostelman an 18 year old Hebron girl died from poison administered by her father Pred Kostelman on the eve of her marriage to Wes Butske, according to a coroner jury verdict. Kostelman, who opposed the match, has been jailed for about two months. The inquest was delayed to collect evidence, and he is held without bond for district court trial.
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Hebron
Frieda Bostelman
Chester
Kostelman
W Ed. Butske
Bostelman
Bostelmann
United States
Omaha
Hamilton
Blue Springs
Stapleton
Arnold and
Callaway
Custer County
Lincoln
Woodmen of the World
State Insurance Department
Bureau of Markets
Indianapolis
Nebraska Potato Growers’ Association Exchange
Eatim
Nebraska
Farmers’ Union of Niobrara
Hts
General Fund
Capital Building Fund
General University Fund
University
Special University Fund
Normal School Fund
State Aid Road Fund
State and Bridge Fund
Frieda Bostelmann
Stoddard
Fred Bostelmann
W. F. Butzke
Lutheran Seminary
Kansas Miners Return After Short Strike
Several thousand Kansas coal miners, on strike for two weeks to protest penalties for a five day week, returned to work last week. They did so on their own accord under protest, not at the direction of UMW district president Alexander M. Howat. Local unions plan meetings and resolutions condemning John L. Lewis for interfering in the Kansas situation.
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Pittsburgh
Kan
Kansas
Alexander M. Howat
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
International Miners
Iansas
Lamb Prices Drop to Four-Year Low in St Louis Market
Lambs sold in St Louis last Friday at the lowest price in four years. Prices have fallen steadily with a top of 11,500 per hundredweight. From 1910 to 1918 lamb prices ranged between 16 and 20 dollars.
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St. Louis
Douglas County
State Board of Equalization
Ord
Holt County Board of Supervisors
Going After Landlords in Chicago Curb Profiteering Signals Drive
Two petitions circulating in Chicago call on Governor Lowden to convene a special legislative session to curb profiteering landlords. Thousands of tenants are signing the effort to press for action on housing costs and rent practices.
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Chicago
Hil
Lowden
Sugar Market Decline Tends to Weaken Granulated Prices
New York Sugar Market notes a drop in line granulated prices as Arbuckle Bros quotes 17.10 dollars per hundred pounds with 2 percent cash discount, down from 21 cents per pound. The decline follows a sharp raw sugar break to 12 cents a pound, freight and all, for Cuban sugar, easing about 10 cents in three to four months.
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New York
Arbuckle Bros
Auto Industry May Suspend
Indianapolis reports banks nationwide refusing to extend credit to auto dealers and makers. H. C. Deming of William H. Small Co warns a rapid suspension of all auto industry branches. Thousands of local factory workers have been laid off and more cuts are expected as car purchases fall. Nordyke & Marmon officials confirm reduced demand.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ponzi's Giant Fraud Swindled Masses Nationwide
The Ponzi scheme collapsed as authorities moved to arrest Charles Ponzi on grand larceny charges after he claimed millions from a postal reply coupons operation. Some 40,000 investors, with claims between 15 and 20 million dollars, were drawn by promises of 50 percent returns in 45 days. Ponzi admitted prior penitentiary terms. auditors pegged the owed total at around 7 million dollars.
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Best
Charles Ponzi
Win
Ponzi
Securities Exchange Company
Examiner
Ponsi
New England
New Jersey
Ponxi
Postofice Department
General Wood Rebukes Denver Officials Over Strike
Major General Leonard Wood denounced city and tramway officials for bringing armed strikebreakers to Denver after the streetcar strike riots that left eight dead, injuring fifty-two and causing over 270000 dollars in damage. He ordered the strikebreakers deported and warned of murder indictments as he called for a full investigation.
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Wood
Denver
Colo
Leonard Wood
Express Workers Get Raise in Railway Award
The railway labor board boosts wages for American Railway Express Company workers by 30 million yearly. About 80,000 affected employees not covered by the larger railway award receive a 16 cent hourly increase retroactive to May 1, 1920. Messengers and train service staff gain $3,840 monthly. all other staff get $32.64 more per month.
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Chicago
Tfl
Railway Labor Board
American Railway Express Company
Express Rates to Increase to Absorb Wage Award
Washington DC recommendations to raise express rates by 30000000 dollars to cover the wage award set by the railroad labor board will be filed with the I C C. announced by FT B Harrison general counsel for the American Railway Express Co.
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Washington, D. C
Railroad Labor Board
FT. B. Harrison
American Railway Express Co
Two Die as Northwestern Train Derails Near Hospers
North western passenger train derailed in the northern yard limits injuring ten others. Killed were Albert H. Hedding, engineer, and Ira Taylor, fireman, both of Sioux City. The engine overturned after a switch split, trapping them in the cab and causing fatal burns from escaping steam.
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Hospers
Tptwo
Albert H. Hedding
Ira Taylor
Sioux City
Riot in West Frankfort Ends With One Death
Federal troops patrol West Frankfort after a day and night of rioting that left one man dead and several injured. Early reports of multiple deaths were false. The mob attacked Giacomo Bernardino’s pool room two Sicilian clubs and several homes after learning of the murders of Tony Hemphill and Amel Calcaterera and hearing black hand rumors.
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West Frankfort
I 1
Tony Hemphill
Amel Calcaterera
Giacoma Bernardino
Forecast Hodge corn yield and wheat crops for 1919
The Agriculture Department pegged a three billion bushel corn crop for the third time in history under August 1 conditions. July rust trimmed spring wheat, while winter wheat up 15,000,000 bushels from July forecast. Total wheat output near 795,000,000. tobacco may exceed 1918 by about 200,000,000 pounds, with total 1,544,000,000 pounds. Principal state yields listed include Pennsylvania 25,581,000. Indiana 27,040,000. Illinois 29,959,000. Missouri 29,350,000. Nebraska 52,366,000. Kansas 123,600,000. Oklahoma 39,136,000.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Federal Reserve Bank
Middle West
North Platte Valley
Lincoln
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Texas
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Canada
Ll. S. Fields
Minnie Deyo
Omaha
F. W. Alexander
Hays Center
Stuth Ayer
Devo
Fields
State Agricultural Department
Fatal accidents rise in United States observed
Chicago reports an alarming rise with seventeen deaths and numerous injuries across five cities on Sunday August 8. Incidents include five killed near Orion Michigan after a car hit by an interurban, two killed in Huntington West Virginia railroad wrecks, five killed and one dying later near East Liverpool Ohio when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck a car, three boys drowned near Butte Montana, and two boys drowned in the Mississippi at St Louis during a rescue attempt.
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Chicago
United States
Orion
Mich
Huntington
W. Va
East Liverpool
Moving on Warsaw Polish front foresees new army move
Paris reports bol sheviki closing on Warsaw with added Soviet reinforcements in the Mlawa area. The advance threatens lines to Danzig via the Vistula valley, forcing a Pole redeployment north of Warsaw and a possible stand near the Wierprz river before a battle resumes in Warsaw.
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Paris
Warsaw
Mlawa
Danzig
Vistula
Bug
Wierprz
Many Newspapers May Quit Over Coal and Wood Car Shortage
Phillip J. Dodge, president of International Paper, warned here that over 400 U S newspapers rely on his firm for paper and are living from hand to mouth as production and shipment of print paper may halt unless the Interstate Commerce Commission relaxes priority orders for coal and wood cars.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Phillip J. Dodge
International Paper Company
Commission For Relief
United States
Internaional Paper Company
Allen Re nominated and leads in Kansas primary results
Complete returns show Charles Curtis and Governor Henry J. Allen winning re nomination by large margins. Curtis leads John A. Edwards about two to one, while Allen ahead of George B. Snow three to one. Democratic race for governor saw Jonathan Davis defeat O J Wood Dempster Potts and W S Hyatt.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Henry J. Allen
Curtis
John A. Edwards
George Allen
George B. Snow
Oakland
Jonathan Davis
Bronson
O.J. Wood
Dempster Potts
Wichita
W.S. Hyiatt
Parsons
Dry Candidates Accept Honor
In Jermantown Ohio Rev. Aaron S Watkins standard bearer of the prohibition party and running mate D L Colvin accepted nominations before a crowded rally. They pledged strict enforcement of prohibition laws and the Volstead act as key issues in their campaign.
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Jermantown
Aaron S. Watkins
Prohibition
D. L. Colvin
Tennessee Senate Surprises Suffs with Ratification Vote
Nashville Tenn The Tennessee state senate approved the suffrage amendment by a 25 to 4 vote in a surprising result. The large margin exceeded even optimistic suffrage leaders.
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Tennessee Senate
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State Senate
Great Britain Plans 1920 21 Veterans Expenditure
Washington reports parliament memorandum shows Great Britain intends to spend nearly 600 million dollars on war veterans during 1920 21. The estimate reflects postwar relief and veterans benefits as part of budget plans presented to lawmakers in London.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Nebraska Grain and Weather Snapshots Across Counties
J Epsons a farmer near Bostwick reports a wheat yield of fifty bushels per acre. Hail, grasshoppers, and beetle damage hit alfalfa around Superior. A severe hail storm near Bassett killed calves and many wild ducks and prairie chickens. The August crop report cites black rust and other issues reducing Northeastern Nebraska wheat harvests.
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Bostwick
Superior
Bassett
Nebraska
State Agricultural Department
State of
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