Miners Walkout Shrinks Alabama and Pennsylvania Mines
United Mine Workers vote 300 delegates from 65 locals to take a vacation until operators concede demands. About 85 percent of Wilkes Barre region workers idle as 56 collieries tied up and several operating at reduced capacity. John L. Lewis issues general strike order for Alabama bituminous fields.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers of America
Hazelton
Joint Scale Committee
Scranton
Wyoming
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Susquehanna Colleries Company
Stanton
Lehigh Valley
Susquehanna Company
Pittston
Alabama
J. R. Kennamer
Birmingham
Coal Commission
Cox seeks funds proof as Moore heads to Chicago
Governor Cox dispatches Ed H. Moore to Chicago as his convention manager to present evidence supporting charges that Republicans maintain a 15 million dollar slush fund to buy the presidency. The move follows a day of conferences with Democratic leaders.
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Columbus
Cox
Ed H. Moore
Chicago
Governor's Case Helped by Senate Aide and Moore
The passage notes involvement by Mr. Moore and Senator Pomerene of Ohio, a Democratic subcommittee member, along with others assisting the governor in building his case.
Four More Die in Belfast Riots Push Toll High
Belfast reports four more deaths in the past 24 hours raising the total killed since Wednesday to twenty eight. Two hundred sixteen are hospitalized with serious injuries and hundreds more suffer lesser hurts. The week records include two hundred seventeen serious fires.
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Belfast
Bélfast
Demonstration Planned by Chinese and Korean Students in Tokyo
Tokyo newspapers report Chinese and Korean students in Tokyo plan a demonstration against the arrival of American congressmen touring the Far East. The protests target U S policy and presence in the region.
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Tokyo
Far East
Chicagoan jumps to death
Isaac B. Thomas a purchasing agent for the Pennsylvania lines leaped from the Insurance Exchange building at 175 West Jackson Boulevard on the eve of his wife’s return. His body struck the roof of the Board of Trade building six stories below.
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Chicago
Isaac B. Thomas
Pennsylvania Lines
Insurance Exchange
Weat Jackson Boulevard
Thomas
Open Board of Trade
Court Dismisses Bid to Block Suffrage Proclamation
Washington September 2 The application for an injunction against issuing the suffrage proclamation filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by the American Constitutional League was dismissed.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
Cox Aides Claim Proof For Slush Fund Charges
Democratic figures George White and Wilbur W. Marsh defend and explain Governor Cox's charges about Republican slush funds. White says Cox has evidence and confers with the nominee who would back up his claims. Marsh denies sending letters to federal officials seeking funds.
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Chicago
Cox
George White
Democratic National Committee
Wilbur W. Marsh
Democratic National
Kenyon
Polish Forces Attack Lithuania as New Russ Army Forms
Polish forces advance toward Grodno and Suwalki amid reports of Lithuanian clashes near Augustowe and Beiny. Polish and Ukrainian troops reclaim eastern Galicia left bank of the Dniester as bolshevik forces retreat. a new Russian volunteer army is forming under Louis Savinkoff's committee in this city.
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London
Augustowe
Grodno
Kovno
Lithuania
Poland
Suwalki
Beiny
Warsaw
Niema
Galicia
Dniester
Bog
Sokol
Prueymslany
Lemberg
Pawlenko
Buczacz
Sereth
Russ Army
Russian National Committee
Louis Savinkoff
Rus
War ministers and leaders in Russian turmoil amid Polish revolt
A fragmentary report lists Sian and Russian figures KAM and Tehtechirin amid evolving Soviet power. It notes M Savinkoff as a Polish volunteer at the Bug river front and mentions Polish government peace stance versus new offensive threats. Tarts revolt near Baku linked to skyrocketing living costs under Bolshevik rule.
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Sian
Kerensky
M. Robitchev
Russia
M. Savinkoff
Bug
Warsaw
Kam
George Tehiteherin
M. Tehitcherin
United States ships rise to second in Lloyds tonnage ranking
Lloyds 1920 figures show U S sea going tonnage at 12,406,000 tons, up over 500 percent since 1914 and second to the United Kingdom’s 18,111,000. Japan moves to third with 2,996,000, France at 2,003,000, while Germany drops to 419,000. Including sailing ships, U S holds 24 percent of world tonnage, despite belated postwar adjustments.
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London
Lloyd's Register of
United States
Great Lakes
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Germany
Mail Flyers Die in Wreck of 0.5 Plane
Morristown New Jersey September 2 Pilot Max Miller and Mechanician Richard son died when a United States all metal mail plane fell during a mail flight between New York Chicago. Fire and explosion burned bodies and destroyed much of the mail as farmers watched the crash and local officials gathered the post from the scene. Two other aviators W L Smith and Edward Haight also burned in Chicago report.
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Morristown
N. J
Max Miller
Richardson
United States
James
New Y
Cleveland
Chicago
Miller
Mai
Hudson Terminal
Pennsylvania Terminal
New York
Philadelphia
W. E. Haley
New Vernon
Government Mall
Burke
Young
W. L. Smith
Edward Haight
Plane fire ends with crash landings in cornfield
Two men mailing from Chicago to New York were severely burned when their metal airplane broke into flames more than 5 000 feet above the sea near Deshler Ohio. The fire's cause is undetermined. Pilot Smith took control and nosedived to extinguish flames, enabling a safe glide to a cornfield landing. The craft was a German metal construction plane.
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Ing
Chicago
New York
Deshler
Fie
Smith
Cornfield
Cotton Gains Mark Biggest August Increase
Washington reports the August cotton crop rose by over 250000 bales, pushing the forecast to 12783000 bales based on August 25 conditions. Growth was rapid in August but the crop remains two to three weeks late, requiring a late fall for favorable termination with boll weevil damage expected to be above normal.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Japan-U.S. immigration pact reported in Tokyo dispatch
A Tokyo dispatch says negotiations between Secretary of State Cal vy and Ambassador Shidehara yield a solution to the Japanese immigration issue. The plan prescribes naturalization for all Japanese in the United States and Japan would halt further emigration to this country.
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Honolulu
T. H
Colby
Shidehara
Washington
United States
Tokyo
United
Harding to Outline Farm Policy at Minnesota State Fair
Senator Harding worked on a speech detailing the Republican farm policy. He cleared his schedule to prepare the address to be delivered September 5 at the Minnesota state fair, aiming for careful preparation.
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Minnesota
Marion
Harding
Groesbeck Leads Michigan GOP Governor Nomination Race
In Michigan's state primary results Groesbeck moved to the front with 44 181 votes from 1 237 precincts 44 181 to 37 950 for Campbell. Campbell trailed as Mott stood third with 31 117 while seven others posted lower tallies. Ferris and Wil son ran unopposed for governor and lieutenant governor respectively. Read led Scully 61 481 to 39 141 for the lieutenant governor nomination as Fordney holds a solid re nomination lead in the eighth district.
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Charles S. Mott
Flint
Fred C. Martindale
Detroit
Frank B. Leland
Loren D. Dickinson
Charlotte
James C. Hamilton
Cashius L. Glasgow
Horatio S. Carle
Groesbeck
Campbell
Wayne
Kent
Grand Rapids
Houghton
Ferris
Guy M. Wilson
Thomas W. Read
Charles P. Scully
Fordney
Eighth
Reds Sought Compact With Germans Seeks Axis Alignment
A historical report notes Soviet leaders explored a compact with Germany to join forces against Western powers and breach prewar treaty terms. The maneuver aimed to coordinate military and political pressure, shaping early wartime diplomacy.
Ill. Sheriff Injured in Battle With Alcohol Thieves
Berlin dispatch reports Illinois sheriff wounded in a clash with alcohol thieves. The article notes Poles slaughtering the Reds again as a separate domestic item, and Foreign Minister Simons says he was urged to aid Bolshevists against western powers but refused.
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Evening Journal
Berlin
Simons
Sheriff Shot in Teatwell County Alcohol Theft Battle
Sheriff E rt Clay of Tatwell county was wounded in a clash with Lee Schneider and four accomplices after catching them trying to steal alcohol valued at twenty thousand dollars. Schneider and his confederates were also wounded in the gunfight.
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Evening Journal
Peoria
Sheriffert Clay
Tatwell County
Lee Schneider
Schneider
Bolshevists Suffer Heavy Losses in Lemberg Sector
Bolshevists in the Lemberg sector suffered heavy casualties during operations by Polish forces. The Poles annihilated their enemy units with significant numbers killed and wounded. A thousand Bolshevik prisoners were captured.
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Wana
Evening Journal
Vik Army Rase
Lemberg
Bolshevists
May Arbitrate in Brooklyn Transit Strike Proceedings
In Brooklyn on September 2, termination of the week long strike hinges on strikers accepting Judge Julius M. Mayer's offer to arbitrate all non financial grievances. Regardless, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company plans to keep strike breakers employed and resume service on surface lines while boosting subway and elevated road efficiency.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Julius M. Mayer
Traction Company
Tvice
Robs Marines of $12,000 at Quantico post exchange
Major H. B. Green in charge of the Quantico Virginia marine barracks post exchange was knocked unconscious in his quarters by a robber. The thief escaped with $12,000 in currency, leaving $3,000 in checks and silver. Green is hospitalized but expected to recover.
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Washington
Maj
H. 8. Green
Quantico (Va
Marine Barracks Post Exchange
Green
Receivers Appointed for Standard Parts Co in Cleveland
Federal Judge Westenhaver names Frank A. Scott and J. O. Eaton as receivers for the Cleveland based Standard Parts company, a $25,000,000 automobile accessories concern, in a suit filed by Erie Malleable Iron company of Erie Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland CO
Westenhaver
Frank A. Scott
J. O. Eaton
Standard Parts Company
Cleveland
Erie Malleable Iron Company
Erie
Trade Board Head Quits
Washington reports the resignation of W. B. Colvin, chairman of the federal trade commission, was received at the White House adding to regulatory leadership changes.
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Trade Board
W. B. Colvin
White House
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
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