Warsaw Evacuation Looms as Polish Forces Retreat
Paris reports Polish army along the Bug has retreated hastily and failed to destroy bridges. Warsaw to be evacuated within days with government likely moved to Krakow. Wounded soldiers flood Cracow hospitals as Red Cross aids nurses training for 200 women. Baranovitz talks with Bolsheviks collapsed amid unrest. Minsk talks urged with credentials. Incoming trains to Vienna Posen Danzi crowded. guards verify papers. Barbed wire defenses rise around Warsaw as Polish volunteers grow.
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Red Cross
Warsaw
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Romer
Thie Efly
Minsk
Vienna
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Danzi
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Ga- Hela
Britain Demands Clear Soviet Reply on Poland Armistice Talks
Britain dispatched a sharp note to the Soviet government asking for a quick yea or no answer on whether Moscow will listen to the British suggestion to halt at the armistice line in Poland and begin peace negotiations. The note states no threats and is not an ultimatum, just a prompt for action.
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Russia
Poland
Pilgrims Day Proclaimed for December Twenty first
President Wilson proclaims December 21 as the tercentenary of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620 and urges nationwide observance. He names Samuel W. McCall Richard Hooker and George Foster Weabody to a Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission and calls for patriotic services in universities colleges and schools nationwide.
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Wilson
United States
Vilgrims
Plymouth Rock
Samuel W. McCall
Richard Hooker
Massachusetts
George Foster Weabody
New York
Plymouth
Dereember
Union
Russian 7,000 at Odessa reported by Moscow wireless
A Moscow wireless dispatch says four French transports are disembarking 7,000 Russian soldiers at Odessa. The item likely refers to Russian prisoners formerly held in Germany.
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London
Odessa
Moscow
Germany
Clothing Firms Slash 1000 Jobs In New York
New York August 5 cloth ing manufacturers report reduced forces due to lack of orders and weak trade. Schwartz & Jaffe Inc with over 4000 workers sent 20 percent of staff home. Leaders in the clothing trade say the drop is not alarming and expect market stabilization soon.
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New York
Schwartz & Jaffe, Inc
Body of Unidentified Youth Found Near Rovalton
In Marion on August 5 Deputy Frank Bowling discovered the body of an unnamed youth along a creek bed near Rovalton. The youth had been murdered with a new butcher knife which was buried with the body, and the weapon had not been buried more than 24 hours.
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Marion
Til
Neaer Rovalton
Frank Bowling
Indictments Hit Rebel Rail Leaders Nationwide
A Chicago grand jury returns Sherman and Lever act indictments against forty one leaders of the rebel yardsmen strike that halted railroad traffic last winter. Among those named are John Grunau president of the Chicago Yardmen association and H E B Neading chair of the United Engineermen association. Government evidence alleges these men conspired to hamper food distribution by defying agreements with the railroad administration and rail brotherhoods. Chicago shows the largest representation in the indicted group with several local figures named.
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Chicago
Granu
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
H. E B. Neading
United Enginemen’s Association
United States
Railroad
Chicago Grand Jury
Enduring faith of early church settlers and Wilson note
A fragmented passage recalls the seeding of a self governed nation from early colonists and quotes Woodrow Wilson’s signature oath dated August in 1920. A Copenhagen dispatch reports Russia and Finland breaking trade talks at Lorpat with the Soviet side refusing commercial proposals and saying it can proceed without a trade accord.
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London
Lorpat
Copenhagen
Wealthy Being Killed by Reds Threaten Immediate Executions
Refugees arriving from the region east of East Prussia report Soviet forces threaten to shoot civilians andOfficials say no entry will be allowed into the Horssian controlled zone. The Interallied Commission notes many reports seem supported and frontier tension rises as Russians and Poles clash.
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Allenstein
East Prussia
Russia
Horssian
Interallied Commission
Miners Return to Coal Mines Across Regions
Reports from Illinois Indiana and Iowa say miners returned to work after Union leader orders. In Belleville and Saline county districts most mines resumed, with about 16 000 employed in Belleville area. Des Moines territory sees several hundred miners back at work. Kansas field strikes face a scolding telegram from John L Lewis demanding compliance.
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Ilinois
Idte
Herrin
Franklin
Williamson
Hallidayboro
Duquetn
Iowa
Des Moines
J. C. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana
Indianapolis
Howat
Kartisas
John L Lewis
Lewis
Kansas Field
United Mine Workers
Southwestern Coal Operators’ Association
Board of Adjustment
Lewis Wixo
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners
Progress of Russians Negotiations Rapidly to Divide Means
Ambiguously worded diary note suggests ongoing Russian efforts to split allied support, with reference to Poland as a focal point in the diplomatic maneuvering. Fragmentary wording limits precise interpretation of parties and outcomes.
Allies Move to Aid Poles in Polish Conflict
Paris August 5 Great Britain has mobilized two divisions for service in Poland and is negotiating with France to devise means of aiding the Poles as talks with the Soviets in Minsk proceed.
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Paris
Great Britain
Poland
France
Bar Report Favors League Treaty Endorsement
The Ortik-Bwerena Bar association meeting in St. Louis August 25 to 27 recommended ratification of the peace treaty including the League of Nations without amendments. The majority report is by Edgar A. Bancroft Chicago William H. Wadhams New York and the late Frederick N. Judson of St Louis. A minority report by Charles Blood Smith Topeka and Henry St George Tucker Lexington argues they cannot concur.
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League of Eee Fates
Ortik-Bwerena Bar Association
Edgar A. Bancroft
Chicago
William H. Wadhams
New York
Frederick N. Judson
Charles Blood Smith
Topeka
Kan
Henry St. George
Tucker
Lexington
Japanese reply to U S unfavorable note on Saghalien
Japan’s answer to the U S protest over Saghalien and Vladivostok actions is described as unsatisfactory. Tokyo’s reply argues seizures are temporary and will be reversed when conditions warrant, repeating Manchuria and Shaotung positions. The State Department withheld publication pending Japan’s release of the full text.
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Washington
Japan
Saghalien Island
Vladivostok
Siberia
State Department
United States
Tokyo
Saghalien
Nikolaivesk
Saghallen
Manchuria
Polish government asks French and British missions to return
The Polish government has asked the French and British missions to return to Paris and London and lay the situation before their governments and give an opinion on how to handle the situation.
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Evening Journal
Warsaw
Paris
London
Delegates to Minsk as Warsaw peace talks open
Special to The Evening Journal reports delegation to Minsk to meet Soviet representatives after armistice talks in Warsaw. Britain places ships on a war footing while officials express grave concern over Poland, comparing it to the 1914 crisis.
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Evening Journal
London
Warsaw
Minsk
U S CURB ON PRICES ASKED IN LABOR UNION TALKS
In Atlantic City on August 5 W H Johnson president of the International Machinists association and executive board member of the railway employees department of the AFL said he wired Bert M Jewell in Chicago urging him to petition the president to reconvene Congress to pass anti profiteering legislation.
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N. J
Bert M. Jewell
Railway Union Alliance
Chicago
W. H. Johnson
International Machinists’ Association
Railway Employees’ Department
The
American Federation of Labor
Newberry Gains More Time for Appeals
Washington Aug 5 An order by Associate Justice Holmes extends the time for Senator Truman H Newberry and other Grand Rapids defendants convicted of violating election laws to September 17 to file appeals with the Supreme Court. The original deadline was missed due to incomplete records.
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Washington
Holmes
Truman H. Newberry
Grand Rapids
Mich
Supreme Court
Japan clings to Korea plan amid trials in Seoul
In Seoul Aug 5 semi official Japanese press defends policy of assimilation, saying it will benefit Koreans. Korean students in Japan who spoke to elites about independence face suppression by Japanese authorities for allegedly violating a pact against discussing independence.
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Korea
Japan
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