Twenty Reds Convicted of Sedition in Chicago
William Bross Lies and 19 fellow advocates of a dictatorship of the proletariat were found guilty of sedition by a jury in Judge Oscar Hebel's court in Chicago. Sentences range from jail terms to penitentiaries with fines up to $2,000. The verdict, praised by State's Attorney Hoyne and Special Prosecutor Comerford, warns that revolutionary use of the strike will be a crime.
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Chicago
William Bross
Oscar Hebel
Lloyd
Lioyd
William Brose Lioyd
Winnetka Millionaire
Communist Labor Party
Ludwig Love
New York
Arthur Lance
Max Deddacht
Francisco
Cal
Jack Carney
Duluth
Truth
Katterfieldé
Dighton
Kas
Badger Owens
Moline
Til
L. K. England
Niels Kiar
Samuel F. Hankin
Morris A. Stollar
James A. Meissinger
Charlies Krumbein
Samuel Ash
Perry Shipman
Rock Island
Oscar J. Brown
DeKalb
Edwin Firth
Indianapolis
Ind
Karl PF. Sandberg
Niels J. Christensen
John Vogel
Hoyne
Frank Comerford
America
Democrats to Open Fight in Chicago Speech Plan
Chicago Aug 4 Franklin D Roosevelt the vice presidential nominee arrives in Chicago next week for his first campaign speech The Roosevelt announcement surprised local leaders and followed by Gov Cox presidential candidate accepting an invitation from the Chicago Association of Commerce to speak before the group in October
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Chicago
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
James A. Cox
Chileago Association of Commerce
Eurly
Loftis Death Ruled Accidental After Fall in Apartment
Chicago August 4 Roy M Shayne and his fiancée Ruth Eleanor Wood were exonerated by a coroner's jury in the death of Samuel T A Loftis wealthy diamond merchant The jury found Loftis died from injuries after a violent fall on his apartment floor after striking a door and recommended the release of Shayne and Miss Wood
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Chicago
Roy M. Shayne
Ruth Eleanor Wood
Samuel T. A. Loftis
Loftix
Shayne
Miss Wood
Irish mail train raiders seize mail matter and parcels
A test train running between Noate and Athlone was halted by raiders and all mail matter and parcels were stolen. The incident occurred near Dublin on August 4 as the train was in transit.
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Noate
Athlone
Dublin
Splendid Crops In Canada Report From West
Aug 4 Ottawa reports crop prospects across Canada are excellent as cutting begins in western areas. Dr J W Grisdall deputy minister of agriculture notes minimal bell damage and almost no rust or grasshopper issues. He says output will be well above average.
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Ntawa
Canada
J. W. Grisdall
Census reveals new 1920 population figures for several towns
Preliminary census data show Michigan City Indiana at 19 487 up 480 since 1910 or 2.3 percent Cleveland Heights Colorado at 15 290 up 12 231 or 415.6 percent Ashtabula Ohio at 22 082 up 806 or 20 percent Washington Courthouse Ohio at 7 002 up 685 or 9.4 percent Dover Ohio at 1 101 up 1 480 or 224 percent Iron Mountain Michigan at 6 351 down 7 or 10.5 percent Moscow Idaho at 5 058 with 266 rise since 1910.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Michigan City
Cleveand Heights
Ashtabula
Washington Courthouse
Dover
Iron Mountain
Mich
Moscow
Idaho
Turkish Army Fleeing Into Mountains in Anatolia
Washington reports from the American Legation at Athens say Turkish nationalists under Mustapha Kemal are fleeing toward the mountains as Greek forces push the campaign in Asia Minor. The Greek communique notes depleted Turkish lines avoid villages where Musselapan populations are ready to attack, and that Turks were routed west of Simav while nearing Sithayv.
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Washington
Anatolia
State Department
Athens
Asia Minor
Mustapha Kemal
Sithayv
Philadelphia
Hishehir
Simav
Commmunique
Japan Still Grabs Land in Siberia Army of 180000
Tokyo reports indicate Japan will continue military actions in Siberia under a government policy outlined to world powers. The note promises temporary occupation of Saghalien district points and cites Niklaievsk to be held by troops, with potential withdrawal due to brutal Siberian winter. San Francisco reports total Japanese forces in Siberia reaching 180,000.
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Siberia
Washington
Saghalien
Mikolaievsk
Siberian
Nes
Sierian
United States
Japan
San Francisco
Railway cards and Chinese rail assets in war report
Excerpts from the Peking Tender in the War Eastern Republic warn of Japan’s plan to seize China. The Chinese National Welfare Society, a US Chinese federation, supports Eastern railway use for military needs. In Wisconsin Grand Raids, John Jozwiak, six, of Sigel, died after a bull charged him in a barn he entered to feed.
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Peking
War Eastern Republic
Chinese National Welfare Society of America
Chine Eastern
Chine, Irkuisk
Serinhevy
Chinese National Welfare Society
United States
Wis. Ang
John Jozwiak
Sigel
Jozwith
Daring Aviator Dies in Night Shadow Crash
Los Angeles August 4 Lieut Olivier Locklear and Lieut Milton Elliot were killed when their aircraft plunged 1000 feet during a night stunt near Hollywood. Spotlight glare blinded the pilot, knocking the plane from controlled flight as it burned on impact. Both fliers were rescued post crash. Locklear, age 27, married in Fort Worth Texas last March and praised as a top instructor. Elliot, 24, born in Gadsden Alabama, leaves a mother, brother and sister.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Olivier Locklear
Ati
Milton Elliot
Locklear
Lochlear
France
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Elliot
Gadsden
Ala
Provisional Polish Soviet Formed as Bolshevik Influence Spreads
A provisional Soviet is formed in Polish-occupied lands with Sulian Marchlewski as chairman. The manifesto urges workers to seize mines and mills, transfer land to peasant committees, and establish town and village Soviets. Prussians begin joining the Red Army as Bolshevik forces push through East Prussia amid calls for a Polish Soviet Republic.
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Poland
Biog
Soviets of
Red Army
Red
East Prussia
Allenstein
Prussia
Lomza
Graievo
Grimar
Bolshevik Cavalry On Frontiers Reported Quiet
Wireless dispatch from Moscow says Bolshevik cavalry on the German frontiers shows no great violations and frontier safety is assured. It notes Soviet notes for everything and orderly treatment of populations, with prerevolutionary discipline remaining. Negotiations for a Polish Soviet peace armistice are delayed as Poland seeks mandates for signing a peace protocol and fundamental conditions. Polish delegates left Baranovitchi for Warsaw to obtain government decision on the mandates.
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Cers
Slerman
Rens
Red
Poland
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Baranovitchl
Warsaw
Baranovitchi
Harris Chaplin Sues for Divorce From Charlie Chaplin
Mildred Harris Chaplin filed for divorce in Los Angeles on August 4 alleging cruelty. She married Charlie Chaplin on October 25 1918 but kept the union secret for four months to protect his career, according to the complaint.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Debt cut reduces national public debt in July
Washington reports the gross national debt fell by 76,404,453 in July due to retirement of treasury certificates. Public debt stands at 24,222,917,018 with the reduction reflected in the July treasury statement.
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Washington
Treasury
Airplane Pursues Bank Bandits After Davenport Robbery
Six armed men robbed the Moline Commercial Savings bank of 320,000 in broad daylight. A gunbattle injured barber Charles Mohler as police pursued the bandits toward Rock Island, with an airplane chase into Henry and Mercer counties.
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Davenport
Treut
F. C. Brierly
Fred Wallace
Wallace Aviation Field
Moline Commercial Savings Bank
Slenry
Mercer
Minois
Moline
Moline, D1., Aug.—Six Armed Men, Unmasked, Entered the Comercial Savings Bank
Charles Mohler
Mohler
Rock Island
Galesburg
Britain Sends Sharp Note to Russia Demands Clear Answer
Britain issues a formal note to Russia demanding a definite yes or no on the proposals Britain has offered. The note signals firm stance and seeks swift Russian response, framing the issue as critical to ongoing diplomatic engagements.
Must Leave Warsaw Evacuation Demands Amid War Tension
London reports the British government is pressuring Russia to halt at the armistice line and begin peace talks. Britain sent a sharp note to Moscow demanding a definite Yes or No on whether Russia will heed Allied wishes. Forty-one outlaw strikers face indictments in the tale of escalating conflict.
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Bkvenina
London
Russia
Poland
Great Britain
Moscow
Paris evacuation plan pressured by foreign experts
Special to The Eyening Journal reports French and British military experts believe Warsaw must be evacuated within three days. The government would move to Cracow if evacuation proceeds, signaling a major shift in wartime strategy and regional security.
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Eyening Journal
Paris
Warsaw
Cracow
Strike Leaders Indicted in Outlaw Yardmen Case
Forty one strike leaders face indictments charging Sherman and Lester Act violations. Grand jury here today returns the federal charges as the nationwide railroad paralysis continues.
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The
Evening Journal
Chicago
Federal
Miller brothers to be moved from McHenry jail to Kane jail
U S Federal Judge orders Michael William and Bernard Miller of McHenry to transfer from McHenry county Jail to Kane county Jail in Geneva to finish six month sentences for failure to register for the draft. Report says the brothers enjoyed excess luxuries at home amid investigations and they threatened violence.
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Woodstock
Michael, William
Bernard Miller
McHenry, Sr
McHenry County
Kane County
Geneva
Carpenter
Chicago
Miller Brothers
McHenry
Eddie Rickenbacker Crash In Omaha Flight
American ace Eddie Rickenbacker and fellow crewmen Ernest Boeh and rt. J. O'Brien survived a crash when an all metal airmail monoplane piloted by Capt. H. B. Hartney struck a house in Omaha on the New York to San Francisco route. Plane No. 3 was wrecked but all aboard escaped injury.
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New York
San Francisco
H. B. Hartney
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ernest Boeh
J. O'Brien
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