Poles advance to cut off red armies near Narew
Paris Aug 21 dispatches say Polish forces debouch from Deabun and push toward Brest Litovsk, reaching the middle Bug valley. Prisoners total about 19,000 as large war materiel is abandoned in forests. Bolsheviks counter with demonstrations on the Galician front to relieve pressure between Narew and Bug, while fresh Polish armies move from Graudenz and Thorn to block retreat routes.
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Red
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Yolan Li
Thorn
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Calleia
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Vasilyevka
Antibolshevik
Aktyrskaia
Count Villar shot in Lisbon. divorce case linked crime
In Lisbon on Thursday an army officer of high rank fatally shot Count Villar as he alighted from his carriage with the officer's wife. The woman was wounded while attempting to enter lawyers offices where she planned a divorce suit alleging cruelty. The incident occurred on the city's main thoroughfare.
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Lisbon
Count Villar
Cork Mayor Near Death of Hunger Strike
London reports the lord mayor of Cork is in a grave state from hunger striking and will not be released. He and his wife condemn the government for the potential death, while Archbishop Mannix prepares to visit. The Home Office reiterates no release, citing health and no forcible feeding.
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Associated Press
Cork
Home Secretary
Home Office
MacSweney
Brixton
Tadey
Mac-Sweney
MacSwensy
Archbishop Mannix
Kitlaice
Ballarat
Miss MacSweney
Mr MacSweney
Home Affairs
Ernley Blackwell
Ernley
Miracle cures reported in Templemore after murder scene
Intense excitement grips Templemore County Tipperary after the murder of Police Inspector Wilson as a local paper’s Thurles correspondent describes an extraordinary miracle. At about 6 pm the statues and holy pictures in news agent Thomas Divan’s house began to bleed and cures followed. A crippled soldier, three years in hospital, walked with restored use of his legs after entering Divan’s home. A consumption-stricken girl was also cured. Crowds gather to witness the events as word spreads across Tipperary.
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Belfast
Associated
France
Templemore
Tipperary
Decathlon Victor Still Undecided in Antwerp
In Antwerp on August 21, Brutus K Hamilton of Missouri and Capt Helge Loveland of Norway led the Olympic decathlon contenders with a tight point gap. A recount was planned as the outcome remained unresolved, Loveland holding a slight edge in overall consistency across events.
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Norway
Brutus K. Hamilton
Missouri
Antwerp
Associated P'ress
University of Missouri
Jim Thorpe
Stockholm
Weislander
Sweden
Hamilton
Loveland
First World Radio Message From Lafayette Station
Secretary Daniels received the first wireless message heard around the world from the Lafayette radio station at Bordeaux France. The station, the largest in the world, will be turned over to the French government after tests and designed to serve military needs. The exchange signaled closer ties between France and the United States as the message hailed scientific achievement and future Franco American cooperation.
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Lafayette
Bordeaux
France
United States Navy
Joe
United States
Alster Republic
Cox Declares No Soldier Abroad Under Any Circumstance
Governor Cox, campaigning in Ohio, pledges no American troops be sent overseas unless national safety demands it while arguing the league cannot override the Constitution. He accuses Republicans of deserting Lodge reservations and using a $15,000,000 campaign fund to attack the Versailles treaty, and he notes railroad crowds praising him in Mount Vernon and Orville before visiting Canton. He condemns political use of the American Defense Society and urges public opinion as arbiter to preserve order and peace.
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Washington Post Co
Canton
Ohio
James M Cox
United States
League of Nations
Cox
Congress
League
Europe
Gov Cox
Germany
Mark
Republican Campaign
Gov. Cox
Tie
Columbus
Oroville
Orville
McKinley
Arty Council
Auch
Brotherhood of Man
Republican Campaign Committee
Harding Plans Front Porch Speeches and Jazz Campaign
Marion, Ohio aug 21 Senator Harding releases a ten speech schedule with three Marion front porch talks and one in Galion for railway men. A Minnesota State fair date and a New York theatrical league campaign jazz show are planned with stars including Jolson and Nesbit. Babe Ruth may join, after a golf outing with Col Harvey and Harry Daugherty at the Scioto Club.
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Harding
Minnesota
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Sanetor Harding
Harding and Coolidge Theatrical League
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Erie Railroad
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Vscinity
Republican State Ways and Means Committee
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Indiana
New York Republican League
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New York State
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Alice Lloyd
Lew Fields
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Conway Tearle
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Leo Carillo
Eugene O'Brien
Lew Deay
Francine Larrimore
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Zena Keefe
Jewel Carmen
Walton Morosco
Alma Rubens
Ruby Devener
Paul Lannin
Wanda Lyon
Frances White
Robert Emmett Keane
Babe Ruth
New York Yankee
Col Harswey
Scioto Club
Columbia
Harry M. Daugherty
Republican Campaign Committee
Senator Harding
Rome admonishes Mannix in London amid Irish debate
Arch bishop Daniel J. Mannix, in London since August 10 after disembarking from a British destroyer, said he received a Rome message urging moderation on Irish affairs. He noted many messages are received by others before reaching him and that some reported messages have not been delivered.
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Daniel J. Mannix
Penzance
White Star
Mner Baltic
Rome
Military guards on cars after long streetcar strike
In Denver the north division cars received military guards after a suburban car was vandalized with stones. Striking altsmen plan a meeting tomorrow to discuss return terms ending a two week streetcar disruption. The railway says 240 strikebreakers remaining in the city will be sent out on Monday. A large detachment was reportedly deployed to Cleveland, Ohio. One car was damaged and its crew badly beaten today.
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North Division
Altsmen
Cleveland
Ohio
Fight Low Fares in Court
Lansing dispatch reports the Michigan Central Pere Marquette and New York Central railroads have filed in U S federal court to enjoin Michigan from enforcing the 21 percent fare law while the 2 cent fare law goes into effect September 1 despite a prior passenger fare increase. Milwaukee dispatch notes five railroads filed complaints in Wisconsin federal court challenging the state 2 cent fare law as unconstitutional.
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Michigan State Public Utilities Commission
Michigan Central
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New York Central
United States
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Miners Battle With Machine Guns At Cirteville
Striking miners and private guards clash near Cirteville Raleigh County West Virginia with reports that Willis Branch Coal Company miners joined with guards and armed workers. Telephone lines are down and shooting audible in Glen Jean ten miles away as troopers are ordered to scene. District No 223 United Mine Workers links to Beckley headquarters.
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Raleigh
Charleston
W Va
Cirtaville
Raleigh County
Io Va
Jackson Arnold
Corporal Roads
Arnold
Weirwoodnal Company
Willis Branch Coalt Company
Pawags
Orere Wed
Lee
Willis Branch Coal Company
Glen Jean
Charleston Gazette
Cuirtsville
Pearsons
Cirteville
Telephone Company
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Gazette
Oak Hill Telephone Company
Pan
Pag
State Constabulary
Beckley
Col Arnold
Hiver
Westwood
United Mine Workers of America
Beckiey
Crowd surrounds Sir Thomas Lipton at New York field day
Sir Thomas Lipton drew over 75 000 spectators as police field day games concluded. Amid the throng he shook hands with admirers for about 16 minutes before signaling for help to move to his car.
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New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
Thomas
U S Asks Letvia to Recall Envoy Nagel
United States requests Letvia recall Alfred Nagel, secretary of legation, detained in New York by immigration authorities as an undesirable resident. State Department and Immigration bureau coordinate, noting Nagel would not be allowed entry. A board of Inquiry at Elba Island delayed ruling on Nagel, with sympathizers planning a defense aided by an Interracial Council agent led by T Coleman DuPont.
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Letwa
United States
Alfred Nagel
Legation
New York
Nagel
State Department
Immigration Bureau
Riga
Elba Island
Sweden
Letvia
Interracial Council
T. Coleman DuPont
Suffrage Battle Rages In Tennessee House
Tennessee news reports a court injunction halting certification of ratification as suffrage advocates and opponents clash over Walker’s reconsideration move. The House adjourns sine die amid quorum-busting departures, while courts may decide the amendment’s fate before November.
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Seth Walker
Senate
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Washington
EF Langford
Chancery Court
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