Dreams of Red Utopia Shattered for Goldman Berkman Band
A State Department report says Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman and other deported communists are under Russian official orders to perform hard labor. The dispatch notes a three-class system among deportees and mentions protests by Goldman and Berkman before enforcement. Secretary Colby comments on the irony of communist Russia being a labor site.
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State Department
Emma Goldmar
Berkman
Washington
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Russia
United States
Goldman
Colby
Pittsburgh on Baltic Reef
The armored cruiser Pittsburgh lies aground three miles off Libau Courland in the Baltic Sea. A navy department report from Vice Admiral Huse aboard the Pittsburgh gave no clear indication of serious danger. The transport Frederick at Antwerp was ordered to assist, after transferring passengers chiefly from the navy Olympic team.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Baltic Sea
Libau
Courland
Navy Department
Huse
Frederick
Antwerp
Navy
New note sent to Mexico demands full protection for Americans
Washington reports the United States has issued a new note to the Mexican government demanding fullest protection for the lives and property of all Americans. Secretary Colby says the note supplements prior representations focused on American air interests and applies to all American interests in Mexico.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Colby
Two Die in Fall of Plane Near Wilkes-Barre
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on September 16 F Mefford 40 of Grand Rapids Michigan and Guy Dickman 25 of Williamsport Pennsylvania were fatally injured when a hydroairplane piloted by Dickman carrying Mefford as a passenger plunged 500 feet near the city. Both men died in a local hospital.
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R. Mefford
Grand Rapids, Mich
Wilkesbarre
F. Mefford
Grand Rapids
Mich
Guy Dickman
Williamsport
Dickman
Mefford
Fiume Declares Itself Free State by D Annunzio
Gabriele d Annunzio proclaimed Fiume an independent state admitting Paris informed him he must act. He said he could not wait until September 12 and announced independence from September 10 in Fiume.
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Gabriele d’Annunzio
Fiume
Gabriele d'Annunzio
TV Annunzio
Paris
Cox Advocates League of Nations Across the West
In Helena Monet September 10 Governor Cox Democratic nominee argues for League of Nations relevance to Western affairs. He says the US is seen as quitters and self satisfied while Europe suffers and urges end to doubt and distrust. He condemns a separate peace with Germany and calls for world disarmament.
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Helena
Monet
League of Nations
West
Cox
League
United States
Europe
America
Germany
Bolshevik Forces Suffer Setback as Polish Drive Advances
Reported Polish counter offensive on the Polish front reduces Bolshevik rifle strength by over half. Polish troops claim success south of Brest-Litovsk with crossings at Bug and landings near Sjunklanowka. About 200 prisoners taken as Polish forces push back Bolshevik lines from Bysk to Rohatin while Dniester area remains calm. Riga to host bolshevik peace talks as Latvia offers assurances. Russian talks note dates undecided after Moscow discussions.
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Brest-Litovsk
Washington
Russia
Petrograd
Warsaw
Brest-Litovek
Kalmionka-Strumilova
Rysk
Bug
Anf
Sjnuklanowka
Bysk
Chedroeva
Rohatin
Dniester River
Latvia
Riga
Prince Sapieha
George Tehbicherin
Moscow
Soviet forces retreat from Hradieszow near Brest-Litovsk
An official Moscow statement says Soviet troops evacuated the town of Hradieszow 20 miles west of the Bug river under Polish pressure. The withdrawal shifts Soviet lines to the east of the Bug river as Polish troops advance.
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Brest-Litovsk
Hradieszow
Bug River
Moscow
Bug
Paris Fashion Boycott By American Buyers
American buyers plan a boycott of Paris fashions after price increases out of proportion to value. A deputation at a famous couturier’s style show turned away, vowing not to patronize when a simple cotton gown with velvet trimmings was priced at 4 dollars.
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Paris
U S Officials Say Pact Was Ignored
American representative William Boyden presented a note to Allied heads of government declaring U S disapproval of how reparations questions were settled by the supreme council. The United States argues these matters belong to the reparations commission with full interpretative powers, suggesting Spa Boulogne accords be revised. Belgium reportedly filed a similar note. France likely to support the American view.
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Paris
Sept. WI
William Boyden
Regiovs
United States
Supreme Council
Spa
Boulogne
State Department
Reparations Commission
Blair Tells of G O P Fund Drives
Harry M Blair assistant to the Republican national treasurer testified to a senate committee that plans covered 54 cities for drives to fund the G O P campaign chest in 51 or more cities. He said drives had already begun in Chicago Cleveland and other cities with more to launch in St Louis and Kansas City. He noted some cities like Minneapolis St Paul Dallas and Houston abandoned drives due to local conditions and affirmed plans existed for fifty four cities.
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Chicago
Cox
Republican National Organization
Senate
Harry M. Blair
Republican National
Mr. Blair
Cleveland
St. Louis
Kansas City
Kalona drainage case drags on as probate matters flood docket
Court continues hearings in Kalona with Judge Henry Wagner presiding over drainage disputes and a vast probate docket. Testimony includes W. P. Rawn and many estates and guardianships with final reports, sales, and distributions approved or ordered and notices set for hearings.
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Board of Supervisors
Henry Wagner
W. P. Rawn
N. W. Noecker
Rebecca Gingerich
L. P. Davisson
J. H. McCleary
George Hays Fleming
T. A. Michels
Frank S. Gerot
Henry Mentz
Ellen Kuhn
Court House
Elizabeth
Wolfe
Ralph Minick
Eliphant M. Shaw
Christian Gingerich
Frank X. Scherrer
Ezra Houseal
Hervey Bell
Earthquake Shows Effect in Volcano near Florence
A tremor is reported near Dugello north of Florence with seismic activity affecting the volcano region. Residents felt shaking and authorities warned of possible aftershocks and ground movement in the area.
Volcanic crater opens near Spezia after Florence quake
A volcanic crater forms on Pizzo Dugello near Spezia following the earthquake that devastated areas north of Florence. Sulphur fumes are blamed on after effects of the disaster. In Paris, Olive, wife of Jack Pickford, dies after ingesting bichloride of mercury, a fatal mistake.
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Evenine
Rome
Pizzo Dugello
Spezia
Florence
The
Evening Journal
Paris
Olive
Jack Pickford
Neuwilly
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