Poles Annihilate Red Army in Central Front Victory
Warsaw reports the Budenny Soviet army was annihilated in the Lemberg sector operations begun August 20 and ending September 2. Thousands killed or captured, 16 guns seized, vast material taken as Poles trap and outflank Budenny’s forces along the center front. Negotiations for Polish South Russian cooperation noted with Ukrainian ties seen as a Bolshevik threat.
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Warsaw
Budenny
Lemberg
Lublin
Zamosz
Baron Wrangel
Poland
Lithuania
Minsk
Reds Mutiny at Petrograd
Washington reports Bolshevik reserves ordered from Petrograd to Grodno fighting area. Dispatches mention a riot August 25 26 over sailor mobilization near Kronstadt with fatalities. The uprisings were suppressed but ongoing tensions remained.
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Washington
Petrograd
Grodno
State Department
Kronstadt
Sinn Fein Raid Steals British Secrets At Baldoyle
Sinn Fein gunmen attacked the Royal Air Force headquarters at Baldoyle near Dublin and seized numerous secret military documents including the army code and cipher. The raid is described as the boldest coup yet in the ongoing Irish unrest.
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London
Sinn Fein
Royal Air Force
Baldoyle
Dublin
Daily Mail
Ireland
Brazilian King and Queen Sail for Rio with San Paulo
The Brazilian battleship San Paulo left Zeebrugge with King Albert and Queen Elizabeth aboard heading to Rio de Janeiro. The royal party is expected to stay in Brazil for about a month.
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Zebrugee
Belgium
San Paulo
Albert
Elizabeth
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Bag with 150000 in securities returned to owner
Baltimore reports Lindsay Hopkins of Atlanta lost a leather bag containing 150000 in negotiable securities on a train between New York and Washington. Albert Wehr of Baltimore found the bag by mistake while collecting his guest, kept it at home, and later surrendered it when he learned its contents.
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Baltimore
Lindsay Hopkins
Atlanta
New York
Washington
Hopkins
Albert Wehr
Wehr
Galveston Second in U S Exports for Fiscal Year
Galveston Texas ranked second among U S ports in export value for the year ended June 20 with foreign shipments totaling 508 289 227, almost double 1910 and triple 1918 figures. New York alone shipped nearly half the nation’s exports at 3 383 685 000, vastly higher than the prior year and 1 000 000 000 more than 1918.
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Washington
Galveston
Tex
United States
Department of Commerce
New York
Coal Miners Sign Two-Year Pact Amid Walkout Protests
In Scranton Pennsylvania Anthracite operators and miners sealed a two year contract based on the coal commission award and approved by President Wilson. Miners signed under protest as 175000 workers strike in Pennsylvania with 52 collieries idle and many others operating with reduced staff.
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Scranton
Anthracite Coal Commission
Wilson
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Panther Creek
Shamokin
Mahoney
Germany rejects alliance with Russia amid postwar tensions
Berlin reports Dr. Walter Simons says Germany refused collaboration with Bolsheviks against the western powers to avoid a war theater and Russian aid would worsen Bolshevik influence. He cites safety from Soviet attack and argues against aiding Turkey or Armenia in stalled peace talks. The Armenian government also rejected Bolshevik mediation for Moscow negotiations.
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Berlin
Walter Simons
Reichstag
Germany
Simons
Tinesia
Russia
Armenia
Constantinople
Wilson
Supreme Council of the Allies
Washington
Sept
Bolshevist
Moscow
Soviet Agents Suspected in Armenia Ties
A fragment notes that Bolshevik agents operated in Armenia and that the Armenian government knew of their activities, challenging the USSR’s protestations of friendship.
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Viks
Azerbaidjan
Armenia
Sugar Riot Breaks Out Over Sweetener at Ellis Island
A riot involving 1,750 immigrants erupted in the Ellis Island dining room when sugar replaced molasses in coffee for the first time since the war. Several were hospitalised, one with three fractured ribs. Guards moved in as attackers targeted those trying to pocket bowls. Sugar packets will be distributed thereafter.
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Ellis Island
New York
Filis Island
Harding presses for unity with Cubs in back porch talk
Senator Harding spoke to Chicago Cubs players delivering a baseball framed appeal for national unity on home ground under rules. He touched on League of Nations one may government preparedness and progressivism while expressing love for the American game.
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Marion
Senator Harding
Chicago
League of Nations
Six Men Shot in Booze Fight In Illinois
Sheriff Robert Clay of Tazewell county is badly wounded with a shattered leg and Lee Schneider a famed Illinois prize fighter is believed dying in Pekin hospital after a gun battle with deputies. Four other men, including three railroad switchmen, are hospitalized with wounds. The group confronted officers as they tried to stop a theft of seven barrels of alcohol valued at $20 000 in Peoria early today.
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Peoria
Robert Clay
Tazewell County
Lee Schneider
Pekin
Schneider
Clay
Cox's aide challenges probe with proof leads
Ed H. Moore campaign manager for Governor Cox told the Senate committee he could provide leads that would back Cox's claim Republicans raise 15 million to buy the presidency. He offered to testify with plans and accused a Georgia donor of $25,000 contributions before June 14. The committee planned to subpoena Moore and resume hearings next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Ed H. Moore
Cox
Senate
Kenyon
Moore
Atlanta
Harding
Upham
Georgia
Republican leaders discuss fundraising plan tied to Cox
Will Hays cites Moore and Governor Cox talking about a plan outlined by Harry H Blair to raise money. Hays says it was vetoed for not including a $1,000 contribution limit and warns evidence could implicate others in a varnishing investigation.
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Cox
Truman Newberry
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Moore
Harry H. Blair
Race clash at Pier 50 disrupts New York longshore work
More than 2,000 white and black longshoremen clashed at Pier 50 on the North River as 1,000 whites arrived for work and found 500 African Americans unloading a ship. Ringleaders were arrested after police reserves restored order. The conflict followed tensions from a recent strike and involved hooks clubs and stones.
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New York
Pier 50
North River
Strikers Seize Many Shops in Rome and Milan
London dispatch reports that striking metal workers seized several shops in Rome and joined Milan and Turin, where numerous factories had earlier been occupied. The workers are reportedly supplied with food by their wives.
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London
Rome
Milan
Turin
Train Hits Auto Three Die Near Butler Indiana
At a grade crossing three miles east of Butler Indiana a car carrying Mr G E B McRae his wife about fifty and their daughter Ina eighteen from Edmonton Alberta Canada was struck by the first section of the Twentieth Century Limited on the New York Central lines and killed instantly.
Public Debt Rises on Railroad Earnings Guarantee
Washington reports treasury figures show the public debt increased by 101.7 million dollars in August due to federal guarantees of railroad earnings. The rise stems from certificates of indebtedness issued to cover railroad payments under the transportation act, with about 160 million advances to carriers for deficits.
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Washington
Treasury
Submerged for Forty Eight Hours Forty Eight
Eight hours submerged and forty eight hours total time describe the ordeal of the crew of the disabled vessel. Twenty eight men were aboard the ship as rescue measures were undertaken and the vessel faced peril at sea.
Crew Is Rescued After Submarine S85 Sinks Off Delaware
Four officers and twenty four men aboard US submarine S85 were rescued after forty eight hours submerged off the Delaware capes. The steamer Atlantic aided the mission by cutting a hull opening to reach and save the crew using special underwater rescue apparatus on this new model’s first voyage to Baltimore.
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Evening Journal
New York
United States
Delaware Capes
Atlan
Baltimore
U S day agents raid Chicago Ridge roadhouse and mayor s parlor
In Chicago Ridge six quiet strangers from a prohibition squad raided two eateries. At the Liberty Bell they seized alcohol and badges shown by agents. Mayor Charles Polkow was arrested after other confiscations at his soft drink shop. A Zabroski parlor raid yielded a still and mash.
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Chicago
Liberty Bell
Maj. A. V. Dalrymple
Charles Polkow
William Zabroski
Workers and police clash flares in Rosario riots
In Rosario on September 3 two people were killed and 15 wounded as mounted police clashed with about 4,000 union workers gathered in front of the court of appeals. The protesters awaited sentencing for two unionists tied to killing a policeman during prior labor disorders.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Rosario
Court of Appeals
American Held by Bandit in Mexico Seeks Ransom
An American, Charles Hoyle, arrived in Guadalajara seeking 100000 pesos after being kidnaped by bandit Pedro Zamora at Cuale Jalisco on Aug 20. Zamora still holds W A Sandy Gardiner and I J Johnson, a British subject, with reports noting Zamora forces were defeated at Rancho Divisadero during a government pursuit.
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Mexico City
Charles Hoyle
Pedro Zamora
Cuale
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Zamora
W. A
Sandy) Gardiner
I. J. Johnson
Hoyle
Rancho Divisidero
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