Great dirigible ZR-2 disaster over Hull England
Seventeen American officers and men perish in the ZR-2 airship collapse near Hull while on a test flight from Howden to Pulham. British crew losses include Brig Gen Maitland. five others saved from forty nine aboard. The craft plunged into the Humber river after a midair buckle amid ships, the disaster marking a tragic airship accident in peace time.
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Sethe
United States Navy
Hull
Louis H. Maxfield
Emory Coll
Henry W. Hoyt
Marcus H. Exsterly
Valentine W. Bieg
Charles G. Tittle
Howden
C. I. Eller
Robert Coons
Tucson Officer Reported as On Fallen Dirigible
Tucson, Ariz, Aug 24. Emory Coil of this city was aboard the dirigible Zh-2 when it exploded above Hull England today. Gen L W Manning, father in law of the lieutenant commander, wires Washington officials to learn the fate of the officer.
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Ariz
Tlacut. Com
Emory Coil
Hull
England
L. W. Manning
Manning
Washington
Hull Airship Disaster Report From Zh-2 Crash
Eyewitnesses describe the Zh-2 airship breaking in two over Hull as it plunged toward the Humber. Survivors were brought ashore by rescue tugs and ambulances after the craft burned on impact. American crewmen, including N O Walker and Lieutenant Little, died of burns or injuries sustained in the wreck. Rescue attempts amid still-pressurized gas and further explosions were hazardous and chaotic, with bodies found or seen clinging to debris. The sight recalled wartime airship bombings as crowds watched the catastrophe unfold.
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N. O. Walker
Lieutenant Little
Maxfield
Easterly
Hull
Streat
Congress recesses without vote on beer sales bill
Congress takes a recess until September 21 without voting on a bill to prohibit manufacture and sale of beer to be drank. The Senate adjourned at 11:35 and the House at 11:58. Prohibition leaders failed to force a vote. Democrats blocked further action on a 90 percent war supplies duty. President Harding signed several bills before adjournment.
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France
Weather Forecast for Denver and Surrounding Areas
Denver forecast August 24 generally fair in New Mexico with unsettled north and west portions probable showers Thursday and Friday Arizona mostly fair with central and eastern showers Thursday into Friday temperatures steady local report for twenty four hours ended 6 pm yesterday from university shows high around 85 humidity 80 wind patterns and cloudy conditions
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New Mexico
Liperature
Arizona
Senate Passes Three Month Dye Embargo Bill
Washington reports the senate approved a dye embargo for three months by an 89 to 22 vote and sent the bill to the president for signature. The embargo would have expired next Saturday.
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Washington
House
Senate
President Gets Bill for Shipping Board Expenses
Washington Aug 24 The bill providing 48 5 million for Shipping Board expenses through Jan 1 next and 200 thousand for disarmament conference costs was sent to the president as Congress adopted a conference report A compromise limits to six officials of the board earning over 11 000 annually while the house sought 12 500 and the senate had no cap The bill was signed tonight by President Harding.
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Senate
Shipping Board
Washington
Harding
Naval officials seek right to build and operate ZR-2 ships
The Air Bureau chief states plans to request authorization from Congress to build and operate as many ZR-2 class ships as possible, outlining a program to expand naval capacity.
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Congress
Air Bureau
Denby Sends England Message of Sympathy on Airship Loss
Washington reports deep regret from government officials over the destruction of the airship ZR-2 with heavy American and British losses. Navy officials vow to build more ZR-2s while investigating possible causes, including structural failure or contact between exhaust and hydrogen, with hope the loss is not in vain.
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Navy Department
Norman O. Walker
Commerce
Tex
London
Denby
Air Ministry
Navy Department of the
United States
Congress
William A. Moffett
Naval Bureau of Aeronautica
Germany
Lake Constance
Honey shippers of Dona Ana district report strong season
Las Cruces reports show Oscare Poe with 1400 bee stands yielding 50000 pounds of honey in first extraction. Dona Ana output estimated at 200000 to 225000 pounds with national total around 200000000 pounds. Local shippers including Bossyna Hopr Walker Caldwell Brown Kibbin Mesilla Valley Honey and others contribute sizable yields.
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N. M
Oscare Poe
Chamberino
Canutillo
Tex
Poe
Mesilla Valley
M. W
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C. W Brown
la Mesa
G. M. Kibbin
Hatch
Mesilla Valley Honey Company
J. W. Powell
F. C. Farney
Mesilla Park
Woman Leaders Split on Harding Disarmament Panel
Washington august 24 special two prominent women oppose Harding naming a woman to the disarmament conference delegation okla congresswoman alice robertson and florence king president of the national woman’s association of commerce argue qualifications and impact matter more than gender with robertson saying no one fits and king warning against tokenism highlighting the conference’s cold business basis and mothers’ stake in peace.
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Washington
Harding
National League of Women Voters
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Congress
Florence King
National Woman's Associaton of Commerce
United States
Mies King
Women Demand Union Rights In Labor Unions
Organized women workers urged the American Federation of Labor executive council to require unions to admit women. The council said it cannot compel membership due to federation autonomy, but it promised to pressure unions to recognize women’s rights. The journeymen barbers union opposed the move.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Journeymen Barbers’ Union
Women Workers Seek Union Membership After Bersheep Claim
Women workers plan a fresh appeal to individual international unions for membership following a claim that the bare bersheep is not suitable for women.
Retroactivity of Article 27 to be Defined
Mexican Supreme Court took 150 foreign oil case suits on its docket after private sessions. A decision is expected late this week or early next week clarifying Article 27 retroactivity as nationalization of oil deposits is at stake.
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Mexico City
Associated Prese
Supreme Court
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Carl Mager appeals to readers to support selling bonds to the public and defend The Journal against lawsuits and attacks by a local gang. He claims New Mexico heads toward prosperity and urges cooperation to remove bank-held bonds and empower local ownership of the Albuquerque newspaper.
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Albuquerque
Denver
Kansas City
Journal
New Mexico
State Department
Carl
Mager
Germany and WA Treaty Provisions Imply War Responsibility
No explicit clause admits Germany’s responsibility for the war. the document suggests acceptance of consequences elsewhere. The record notes retainment of advantages gained by the WA treaty and potential implied accountability through connected provisions.
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Germany
Senate Deliberates German Pact With Hopeful Ratification
Senate Foreign Relations members weighing the Germany treaty voiced cautious approval with few open objections. Senators Hitchcock and others signaled support for prompt ratification though Borah and Johnson flagged need for more study while White House briefings kept contents under seal.
Hatch flood relief telegram urges Fall to visit Hatch
Lafayette Clapp, Hatch flood relief chairman, telegrammed Albert Bacon Fall in Florida urging him to stop in Las Cruces on return trip and inspect Hatch flood damage to arrange immediate relief. The message stresses the need for assistance and guidance from the secretary of the interior.
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Tas Cruces
N. M
Lafayette Clapp
Hatch
Albert Bacon Fall
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Epee
Orlando
Cal
Las Cruces
Hmateh
Capper Tincher Bill Extends Grain Market Regulation
Washington August 24. President Harding signed the Capper Tincher bill regulating grain exchange trading and extending permission for mine assessment work. The bill imposes a prohibitive tax on puts and calls and on all contract market transactions. Exchanges and members must report all actions to the Secretary of Agriculture with limited exemptions for cooperative associations.
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Washington
Treatdent
Harding
Secretary of Agriculture
Peace Treaty With Germany Likely To Be Accepted In Senate
Secretary Hughes reported broad support from the foreign relations committee for the German peace treaty after a conference. The White House said the pact is a peace treaty with a later commerce and amity treaty to follow. An agreement bars public release of the text until signatures are affixed by Ellis Loring Diesel and Dr Friederich Rosen.
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Germany
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Senate
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Borah
Idaho
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Hundred Dollar Bill Leads To Arrest On Robbery Charge
Las Veras New Mexico reports Antonio Pacheco and Vicente Mantano were arrested on burglary charges after a $100 bill from Martin Delgado’s stolen funds surfaced. Delgado had urged banks to watch for the bill. a boy used it to buy a bicycle and confessed, implicating two others, one still at large.
Eddy County Schools Open Prep and Exams Set
Eddy county superintendent George M. Brinton announces teachers examinations on August 26 and 27 at the Carlsbad district office. The final exam of the year offers a chance to raise grades or qualify for certificates as new teachers join for the September opening.
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Brinton
Farm Credit Bill Approved and Sent to President
War Finance Corporation authorized to issue bonds totaling 1.5 million dollars and lend an additional billion to farms. Government action accelerates credit support for agriculture.
Railroad Securities May Now Be Bought By Anyone
The conference report on the agricultural credits bill expands the War Finance Corporation powers to issue 1.5 billion in bonds and to lend 1 billion for agricultural exports. It permits lending to any borrower with suitable collateral, and 500 million in securities may be used to buy railroad stocks. The Senate loan to the Federal Farm Land Bank is removed.
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Federal Farm Land Bank
Copper Mines May Reopen At Butte If Miners Accept Cut
Butte Montana August 24 The Associated Press reports copper mines may operate half time by October depending on miners accepting a wage cut to 2.50 dollars per day. Some miners oppose more than one dollar reduction while others consider returning at the proposed 3.56 dollar daily rate, similar to past years. Indications suggest several mines would restart if the wage agreement is accepted.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
Lynching of Black Suspect in South Carolina
Columbia S C Aug 24 Will Allen a negro who yesterday shot and killed Hoag Frick a white farmer near Chapin Lexington county was lynched by a posse about 150 men near Chapin this afternoon The incident follows a fatal shooting and reflects the era's violent frontier justice context.
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S. C
Will Allen
Hoag Frick
Chapin
Lexington County
Germany United States sign 1917 treaty to restore ties
Berlin August 24 the Associated Press friendly relations between Germany and the United States to be restored by signature of the peace treaty here today. U S commissioner Ellis Loring Diesel and German foreign minister Dr Friederich Rosen to affix their signatures to the convention as arrangements for the ceremony are completed.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
United States
Ellis Loring Diesel
Friederich Rosen
Senate briefing on US Germany peace treaty details
President Harding and Secretary Hughes presented the peace treaty details to Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the White House. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts attended as part of the briefing on the agreement.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Com Committee
Harding
Hughes
White House
Lodge
Massachusetta
Treaty terms explained to Senate Foreign Relations Group
Secretary Hughes explained the terms of the peace treaty between Germany and the United States to the full Senate Foreign Relations Committee in executive session. Senator Hitchcock, ranking Democrat, said he would not decide yet but viewed the pact favorably and saw no reason it could not be ratified.
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