Poles Push Front as Bolsheviks Retreated Near Warsaw
On the Warsaw front Polish forces shell and drive back Bolshevik units using tanks airplanes and armored trains. They report capturing 3 000 prisoners and vast supplies near Novo Minsk Serock and along the Bug river while Brest Litovsk is evacuated and Warsaw is declared safe.
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Brest-Litovek
Bug River
Warsaw
Red Army
Vistula
Bug
Novo Minsk
Here
Serock
Lerzberg
Wloclawek
Mountain Slide Buries 70 on Island
A mountain section collapsed on the island of Luzon in the Philippines burying about 70 people. Rescue workers sift debris for survivors as authorities assess the cause and scope of the disaster.
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Mountain Slide
Devastating Cen t Storm Buries Igorot Village Near Manila
A massive landslide from a cent storm buried an Igorot village in the mountain province within 200 miles of Manila. The top of the mountain slid down at midnight and no bodies have been recovered.
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Manila
Emigrants in U S Favor Return to Europe
A Serbian official in Paris reports more than 7,000,000 emigrants in the United States wish to go back to Europe. He is arranging a commission to travel to America to organize repatriation of 800,000 Jugo Slavs who expressed desire to return to their homeland.
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Paris
United States
Europe
America
Vanderbilt Body Returns From Cherbourg Sailed Aboard Olympic
The American liner Olympic carrying the body of William K. Vanderbilt left Cherbourg for New York. Mrs. Vanderbilt accompanied the casket on the voyage aboard the same ship.
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Vanderbilt
Cherbourg
France
Olympic
William K. Vanderbilt
New York
Suffrage Amendment Fails in North Carolina House
Raleigh Aug 20 Ratification of the woman suffrage amendment was defeated in the North Carolina house 71 to 41. The senate had postponed further action until the regular session next January, effectively ending the ratification bid for now.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Caroliina
Senate
House
Yanks Increase Olympic Lead With Strong Day Scores
Antwerp August 20 The American team added 17 points to reach 118 total and lead Finland by 69. England earned 16, Sweden 10, Czecho Slovakia 3, Holland 2, and Belgium and France 1 each. Tug of war contributed to the day while England holds 40 and Sweden 36 points.
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Antwerp
Finland
Czecho-Slovakia
Holland
Belgium
France
England
Sweden
Parley on wages ends with separate deals urged
Miners and operators fail to agree on wage increases at the central field conference and vote to seek separate pacts in Ohio Indiana and Western Pennsylvania. Telegrams go to President Wilson. miners anticipate individual agreements while many Indiana mines also close amid looming strikes.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Chicago
Tlinots
Turks Besiege Yank Civilians in Near East
American relief workers in Adana Asia Minor besieged since June 20 facing nightly bombardment and famine. French troops have reached MerSin a and returned with heavy losses. Relief operations continue with soup kitchens and workshops for 10 000 Armenian refugees as a staffer describes the siege and escape from Adana.
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Constantinople
American Commission For Relief
Near East
Adana
Asia Minor
Mersing
American Relief Commission
Mersina
Mustapha Kemel Pasha
Webster Andersen
Crawfordsville
Ind
Mediterranean
Anderson
Doris Nevin
Colony Club of
New York
Ethelbert Nevin
Emily R. Bleck
Adelaide Crane
Quincey
Ruth W. Henry
Amherst
Mass
Nan Lowe
Avis
William Dodd
Mont
Notable Names Listed in New England Meeting Attendance
A roster of attendees includes Philip Leon Flora of Springfield Massachusetts Wilson Fowle of Woburn Massachusetts George W Patterson of Randolph Vermont Willion Rambo and wife of Philadelphia Parl H Seeley of San Antonio Texas and Misses Mary Elizabeth Webb of Boston Massachusetts Clara Bissell and Margaret Owens members of the Young Women’s Christian Association.
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Elair
N. J
Philip Leon Flora
Springfield
Mass
Wilsion Fowle
Woburn
George W. Patterson
Randolph, Vt
Willion Rambo
Philadelphia
Parl H. Seeley
San Antonio
Tex
Mary and
Elizabeth Webb
Boston
Clara Bissell
Margaret A. Owens
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Army Deserter Sentenced to Four Years at Leavenworth
Erwin R. Bergdel of Philadelphia was found guilty of desertion from the army by evading the draft. He was sentenced to four years of hard labor at Fort Leavenworth, announced at Governor's Island.
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Erwin R. Bergdell
Philadelphia
Fort Leavenworth
New York
Erwin R. Bergdel
Governor's Island
Uniform Statutes Topic Dominates National Conference
President William B. Blount of the American Bar Association notes lawmakers probe public funds as the thirteenth annual conference of commissioners on uniform state laws meets in St Louis. The gathering plans uniform measures to ease passage by states amid calls for fiscal restraint and greater public accountability. Blount cites Mississippi and Maryland as states enacting uniform laws on warehouse receipts, desertion and nonsupport, and fraudulent conveyance respectively.
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St. Louis
National Conference of Commissioners
American Bar Association
William B. Blount
Pensacola
Mia
Congress
Mississippi
Blount
Maryland
Revival Plans Announced in Mexico Today
General Salvador Alvarado outlined a vast reconstruction program for Mexico aimed at running the government as a private enterprise. He spoke of banking and transportation reorganizations, rail rehabilitation, a merchant marine, petroleum settlement, educational reforms, and overhauls to tax and civil laws, with a focus on practical agricultural education.
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New York
Mexico
Salvador Alvarado
Republic of Mexico
Alvarado
Harding Says Women Won Their Fight For Equal Rights
Senator Harding declares American women have won equal rights with men at the polls after a three-quarter century struggle. He calls the suffrage victory dramatic and a final drive rewarding full participation in the crucial national election.
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Marion
Harding
Progressive government reforms promise civil service overhaul
The government plans to shorten work, set up a civil service commission, and open university administration schools. It emphasizes that most current leaders are progressive, nonprofessional politicians now driving reforms toward honest public administration.
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Civil Service Commission
Cox at South Bend Declares League Key to Prosperity
Governor Cox spoke to a large crowd in South Bend Indiana urging ratification of the League of Nations. He linked U S safety economic readjustment and prosperity to making the league a world force and blamed the Republican senate oligarchy for delaying economic progress and cost reductions.
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League of Nations
South Bend
Ind
Cox
America
League
Senate
President Wilson Improves Steadily Says Doctor Grayson
Washington reports President Wilson grows stronger daily after illness. Dr Grayson says he has regained weight, works several hours, exercises, reads, writes, and maintains sharp mental focus, though no physician is ever fully satisfied until complete recovery.
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Washington
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Grayson
Besk
Tax Rules Issued on Stock Dividend Income
Washington August 20 The bureau of internal revenue issues rules on taxation of stock dividends. Stock received as a dividend is not taxable income to the stockholder. Gains from selling such stock are taxable income. Basis for gain or loss uses cost of old and new shares at fair market value on March 1 1912.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Ruth Hits Homer Fans Die In Stadium Tragedy
Babe Ruth connected for his 43rd home run in New York on August 20. Theodore Sturm of Ontario Bellerose, L. I., watching from a field box near third base, suffered heart trouble and died minutes later under the grandstand.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Theodore Sturm
Ontario
Bellerose
L. L
Doctor Rubensohn Dies at Philadelphia
Dr. Lewis R. Rubensohn grand master of the Independent Order of Brith Shalom and active worker in the national Jewish congress died in Philadelphia his death announced from the city on August 20.
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Rubensohn
Philadelphia
Lewis R. Rubensohn
The
Independent Order of Brith Shalom
National Jewish Congress
Ray Chapman Funeral Attended by Baseball World
Cleveland mourned Ray Chapman with a funeral at St Philip Neri church east of the city. B B Johnson president of the American League attended, pallbearers were his recent wedding ushers, and city flags flew at half mast as condolences poured in from across the country including telegrams from Gov Cox.
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Cleveland
Ray Chapman
St. Philomene’s Catholic Church
East
B. B. Johnson
Chapman
James M. Cox
Bank robbers unearthed in Chicago tied to $1 million thefts
Chicago authorities disclose a $1,000,000 band of bank thieves and bond thieves after a confession by Henry B. Smith a insurance broker. Smith is in custody with State's Attorney Hoyne along with David Thompson also known as Army Thompson whom he accuses of leading the ring. Thompson was captured in Zephulon Georgia extradited here to face charges.
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Chicago
Henry B. Smith
Smith
Hoyne
David Thompson
Thompson
Zepulon
VOTE DOWN TOBACCO CUTOUT
Tobacco growers from Indiana Ohio and Kentucky met in Lexington to vote against a 1921 crop cutout and to form a Burley Growers association. Thirty nine counties were represented and each had a vote. the cutout was defeated 22 to 1 percent.
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Lexington
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
U. S. to Sell Hog Island Shipyard
Washington officials say bids for Hog Island shipyard in Philadelphia will be called soon by the Shipping Board. The government fleet of more than 1,200 vessels will also be offered for sale within a few days.
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Washington
Hog Island
Philadelphia
Shipping Board
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