End of Anglo Japanese alliance and naval scrapping urged
Washington aug 17 five ministers sealed the ratifications completing the arms conference treaties to end naval competition scrap 750 96 tons of fighting ships and terminate the Anglo Japanese alliance The formal deposit occurred with Secretary Hughes and foreign diplomats present The scrapping will begin at once under the four power naval limitation pact and the record of the day will note the ratifications and procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Pacific
Harding
Hughes
Department
Wanihara
Japan
O. Chilton
Great Britain
Andre de la Boulayve
Augusto Rosso
United States
Pnre
Navy Department
Navy
France
United States Senate
Weather Forecast for Denver and Southwest Regions
Weather outlook: New Mexico Saturday showers in the southeast, Sunday unsettled with possible thunder. Arizona Saturday showers likely, Sunday generally warmer. Local report covers the past 24 hours ending 6 p m with highs near 84 and variable humidity. winds variable and sky partly cloudy.
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Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
College Men Find Plastering Beats Professional Work
Chicago August 17 plasterers earn 104 and more a week drawing student ministers and other professionals to Evanston where a new hotel is under construction. George Sellick a Portland Oregon graduate of Washington University turned down a professorship to join plasterers saying the trade paid better than engineering after graduation in 1917. He notes classmates earning 200 a month with pay for his group between 100 and 150.
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Chicago
Evanston
Frank Commins
George Sellick
Portland
Ore
Washington University
Plasterers
Harding Leaves White House Quietly for Private Life
Mrs Florence King Harding departs the White House on a rainy Washington night in mourning, accompanied by Mrs Coolidge. The scene contrasts with her 1921 arrival as she heads to Friendship and a short stay before returning to Marion to settle her husband’s estate.
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Washington
Florence King Harding
White House
Executive Mansion
United States
Mrs. Coollige
Marion
Priests Escape Bandit Kidnappers In China Raid
Two Catholic priests Michael McHugh and Daniel Ward abducted at Tsao shih by Chinese bandits have escaped by disguising in Chinese clothing. Reports say bandits burned the London Mission hospital and nearby buildings though initial accounts cited the Catholic Institution. With the priests safe, foreign captives are believed fewer in number among the raid aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
Associated Press
Michael McHugh
Daniel Ward
Tsaoshih
London Mission Hospital
Hahs« Dite
Kemmerer Mine Explosion Blamed on Gas Ignition in Room 7
Coroner's jury rules the Kemmerer mine blast was caused by gas ignition in room 7 after a fire boss relit a safety lamp. Ninety nine miners died. Victims honored at Triangle Park as relief work begins and compensation funds total about 260000 dollars.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Peter Boam
Thomas Roberts
Boss Sager
P. F. Patterson
Triangle Park
Labor Teaders
Calle
Harry W. Fox
Wyoming Federation of Labor
James Morgan
United Mine Workers of America
John Arnold
Evanston
Two Georgia Lynchings Reported Near Cochran and Houston
In Georgia on August 17 two black men were lynched by mobs. Aleck Harris was dragged from Bleckley Jail in Cochran and shot after being accused of attacking a white woman. Lee Green was hanged from a tree in Houston County after being taken from officers and linked to an alleged attack.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Bleckley
Cochran
Aleck Harris
Dublin Road
Houston County
Lee Green
Stressemann to Hold Foreign Minister Post Temporarily
Berlin reports Chancellor Stressemann will fill the foreign minister post on a temporary basis as German ambassador to the Vatican Herr Viergo Von Bergen has not yet accepted. Official denial states former Chancellor Cuno is not named ambassador to the United States.
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Stressemann Fholds
Berlin
Stressemann
Herr Viergo von Bergen
Vatican
Cuno
Otto Wiedfelt
United States
Molinella Fascists Extend Ultimatum to Communists
In Molinella Italy fascisti give communists 48 hours to guarantee no further bombings after a Tuesday blast injured 25 people. Local clashes and threats heighten tension as authorities monitor the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascistic
Arl Pirm Bologne
Associated Press
Molinella
Death of Harding Adds Another To List of White House Widows
The death of her distinguished husband makes Mrs. Florence Kling Harding the fourth White House widow living today. The others are Mrs Frances Cleveland Preston widow of Grover Cleveland and Mrs Mary Scott Lord Harrison widow of Benjamin Harrison.
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Harding
White House
Florence Kling Harding
the Land
Frances Cleveland Preston
Grover Cleveland
Mary Scott Lord Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Rove
Edith Roosevelt
Menaul School Adds Brick Dormitory Dining Hall
The Menaul school expansion contract was let for a brick addition by contractor David Etter. The 110 by 72 foot building will increase capacity to about 220, featuring dining halls dormitories and bake ovens with a central heating plant. Henry Jaastad of Tucson designed it. Supervising architect Edward Christy. The Presbyterian Woman’s Board operates the school. Superintendent Donaldson oversees the project before his leave of absence.
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Menaul
Presbyterian Church
David BR. Etter
South Tenth Street
Henry ©. Jaastad
Tucson
Ariz
Edward B. Christy
Woman's Board of Home Missions
The
Presbyterian Church of the United States
If. C. Donaldson
Coolidge Urges Press to Tell Gladness and Hope
Washington August 17 President Coolidge urged newspaper correspondents who met him at his second formal press conference to add a word of gladness and hope to their stories. He told the personal staff of the government to put gladness and hope into what they write that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
President Coolidge
President Coolidge Accepts New Terrier Gift
President Coolidge tentatively accepted a fox terrier from Dr. Alonzo G. Howard of Boston. He replied that he would likely want the dog, but asked Howard to write again after he moves to the White House.
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Boston
Aug
Coolidge
Alonzo G. Howard
White House
Walla Walla Sees Hottest Day of the Year
In Walla Walla Washington on August 17 the government thermometer at the federal building read 103 degrees and city street readings reached 105 the hottest day of the year according to reports.
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Washington
Walla Walla
Wash
Federal Building
Sheriff Held as Accomplice in Tar Party
Amarillo Texas Wednesday night a Potter County official Shor ity Less Whitaker was arrested on charges of conspiracy and being an accomplice in a tar and feathering of bridge worker BE McDonald. Texas Ranger Captain K A Jamer filed two counts including conspiracy to commit a felony and being an accomplice in an assault with a prohibited weapon. Bond set at 2500 dollars per charge. Four arrests had been made before the sheriff’s arrest.
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Amarillo
Tex
Associated Press
Whitaker
Potter County
Texas Ranger
K. A. Jamer
Br. BE. McDonald
Hamer
Magee case draws out-of-town interest in Santa Fe
In Magee et al special to the Journal Santa Fe August 17 the Carl Magee criminal libel case against C J Roberts set for preliminary hearing Monday before Judge Reed Sloloman of the district court attracts out-of-town attention. Letters query the case date and witnesses already summoned include Arthur Seligman Democratic national committeeman John W Zook druggist William J Barker Democratic county chairman and Edith Wileman former assistant secretary of state.
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Santa Fe
Carl ©. Magee
C. J. Roberts
Reed Sloloman
District Court
Arthur Seligman
New Mexico
John W. Zook
Wiliam J. Barker
Edith Wileman
Accomplice of Clara Phillips Returns Home
Jesse Carson, described as a confessed confederate in the escape of Mrs. Clara Phillips from the Los Angeles county jail on December 8, 1922, and who aided her flight to Honduras, is reported to be returning to the United States aboard a fruit steamer, per Panama Canal Zone officials cited by the sheriff’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jesse (. Carson
Clara Phillips
Hammer
Los Angeles County
Honduras
Calfornia
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Young Hero Rescues 2-Year-Old From Alhambra Creek
In Martinez California on August 17 an eight year old boy Theodore Myers jumped into Alhambra creek to save two year old Fred Niershanke after he lost balance and fell in. Theodore struggled and swam ashore with the child to safety.
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Martinez
Calif
Theodore Myers
Alhambra Creek
Fred Niershanke
Theodore
Fred
Denver Bank Robber Nabbed After Fast Chase
A teller at Union State Bank in Denver was robbed of about $3260 by a man identified as Jay McCoy, 22, who fled the scene on an express truck. He was overpowered during pursuit by Denver residents Abraham Doldow, Walter Eldridge, and a bank guard, then captured at police headquarters. McCoy later claimed to have come from Athens and said he needed money. A search recovered roughly $340 in his pockets.
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Denver
G. S. Simons
Union State Bank
Simons
Jay McCoy
Athens
C. Abraham Doldow
Walter G. Eldridge
Golden
McCoy
Seventeenth
Arapahoe Streets
Financial District
Arapahoe Street
Eighteenth Street
Charles Burton
San. Mandell
Arapahoe
Lawrence Street
Seventeenth Street
Polidew
Union Station
Eldridge
Dolidow
Teller Simons
Iecula
Austr
Obregon Says No Mexico US Obligation To Resume Ties
The Mexican embassy released President Obregon’s statement denying any obligations or agreements tied to resuming diplomatic relations with the United States. He credits American commissioners and Mexico’s own to the national dialogue and outlines plans for mixed claims conventions depending on renewed ties.
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Washington
Obregon
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
American Mexican Commission
Charles B. Warren
John B. Payne
Aaton Roses
Fernando Gonzalez
Congress
Constitutionalist
Venustiano Carranza
Citizons
Mixed Claims Commission
Bigantic Oil Inferno Triggers Mass Evacuations in Fear
A large oil facility fire prompted hundreds to flee as flames threaten nearby neighborhoods. Authorities ordered evacuations in the area with fire crews working to contain the blaze and prevent spread to residential districts. No injuries reported as crews fight the blaze and monitor air quality.
Fire Engulfs Five and Half Acre Oil Tank Farm
A massive blast at the General Petroleum storage near San Pedro California caused a fire that flooded the dykes with liquid flame. One watchman Henry Hendly 63 suffered severe burns while nearby residents evacuated as crews pumped oil from damaged tanks to prevent further explosions. Unofficial losses range up to 1 million dollars with the site covering five and a half acres.
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San Pedro
Calif
General Petroleum Company
Fort McArthur
McDowell
Los Angeles
Generali Petroleum
la Piacientia
Montebello
Kenry Hendly
Coast Defense Rifles
Tank Farm
Liquor Stoppage Holds Yukon Trade On Canadian Waters
With Yukon navigation closing, 12,000 cases of liquor halted as the United States blocks transport across Alaska. Efforts to route the liquor into Yukon fail, signaling a dry winter for Canada’s far northwest.
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Vancouver
B. CC
Yukon Territory
United States
Panhandle
Alaska
Yukon
Canadian
Wartime Grain Corporation Netted 58 Million Profit
Government's Wartime Grain Corporation operated for two and a half years with a $500 million capital and about $8 million annual turnover in grain products. Treasury returns totaled $483 million in cash, with $19 million spent on Russian relief and $56.6 million on food credits to European nations. Overhead amounted to $5 million, largely from donated executive time.
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Spokane
Wash
Aug. T
Government Grain Corporation
Hoover
United States
Borah
Idaho
Grain Corporation
Treasury
Congress
Getypice
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