England Demands Small Warship Type Faces U S Opposition
Geneva July 10 The tripartite naval conference may delay its plenary session as Britain pushes a new cruiser plan. W C Bridgeman informs US chief Hugh Gibson of a modified British proposal rejected earlier by America. The dispute centers on cruiser tonnage and distribution for strategic needs.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Hugh 8. Gibson
America
Gibson
Monty
Boy makes 100 foot cast saves father from drowning
In Ruskin Florida Horace Holloway cast from an island to a boat 100 feet offshore when his father Daniel Holloway toppled while raising anchor. The boy, unable to swim, cast again and hooked his father pulling him to shore where he regained consciousness.
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Ress Ruskin
Fla
Horace Holloway
Little Manot River
Horace
Daniel Holloway
Holloway
Man 15 Wounded After Quarrel At Montana Cigar Store
Frank Licato, an employee at the Montana cigar store on East Park Street, is at St James Hospital in critical condition from a bullet wound after a quarrel and attempted assault. The incident ends with a man attempting to shoot himself, described as death by his own action, as authorities investigate the assault.
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Frank Licato
Montana” Cigar Store
East Park Street
St. James’ Hospital
Illinois preparing for triple hanging of convict slayers
Joliet Ills July 10 three of the seven convicts who killed deputy warden Peter N Klein during a Joliet penitentiary escape 15 months ago face death by gallows in Will county jail yard Friday unless Governor Small acts The governor has signaled no intervention and the supreme court declined to stay the sentences The three named men are Roberto Torres Charles Duskowski and Walter Stalesky among eight involved in the escape and killings
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Associated Press
Joliet
Ills
Peter N. Klein
Joliet Penitentiary
Will County
Small
Supreme Court
Roberto Torres
Charles Duskowski
Walter Stalesky
New State Prison
Klein
Byrd's Festive Journey Wears On In France
Round of official events wears on for the America’s crew at Le Touquet France with Commander Richard E. Byrd reporting a near sleepless night from food fatigue. He recovers with a cordial chat with the Prince of Wales who inquires about his pole flight memories and South Pole plans. The rest of the crew shares a wakeful night while the party visits a war cemetery with local authorities and patriots laying wreaths for allied soldiers.
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ine _Assocated
Rouen
France
America
Richard E. Byrd
le Touquet
Ingly
Prince of Wales
North Pole
South Pole
le ‘Touquet
Catastrophic floods in Saxony wipe towns out and kill hundreds
Dresden reports vast Saxony floods after Saturday cloudbursts. Bergisshubel district records 92 dead with half the population homeless. Towns like Bergisshubel and Turners Berghesshapel heavily damaged. Bridges destroyed and emergency workers summoned as residents describe swift, devastating surge drowning victims in beds or during escape.
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Associated Press
Dresden
Saxony
Bergisshubel
Glashuette
Bergiesshubel
Gashotte
Lauensteine
Hawaiian Birdmen Will Be Accorded Monster Welcome
July 10 in San Francisco, Crissy Field will host a grand welcome as the Maua arrives. An armada of yachts and craft will honor Lieutenants Lester J. Maitland and Albert Hegenberger on their return from the Golden Gate Honolulu flight. Mrs Maitland and Mrs Hegenberger travel across the country to greet their husbands. Maitland's parents from Burlingame join the family for a brief moment before public functions.
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San Francisco
Crissy Fields
Golden Gate
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Twins United by Work and Wardrobe Face Odd Demands
Cleveland dispatch reports Will and George Buelow, nearly 500 years old in tale, are twins who never part. They dress alike and weigh the same, live and work together, both unmarried. Their life yields quirks from garden tasks to shopping, as two lawn mowers and two of every tool prove.
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Tral Prowse
Cleveland
Ohio
Will
George’ Buelow
Gether
Bart Favero Drowns After Wading in Rock Creek
Bart Favero a Meaderville youth drowned after cramps struck his legs while wading in Rock Creek and Spony Creek in western Granite county. He and friends spent the day along the creeks and planned to return to Butte when the cramps began near their camp.
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Bart Favero
Meaderville
Rock Creek
Spony
Rock Creeks
Granite County
Mr. Favero
Butte
Runners Escape Jail After Coast Guard Fire Fight
Coast guardsmen fired on three men who had gone to aid a disabled boat entangled in weeds in Black Rock channel near the Niagara River. A 60-foot motorboat carrying contraband crossed the river from Canada when overtaken by a revenue cutter. The captured crew freed the boat, towed it ashore, and the fugitives fled into darkness.
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United States
Ontiy
Niagara River
Black Rock Channel
Ross
Canada
Howeve
Greek Scholar Is Not 70 Win Young American Heiress
The tale centers on Mane Kryl, daughter of bandmaster Bohumir Kryl, who had eloped with a Greek scholar after promising not to wed before 30. The Chicago Record and Examiner report notes Marie and Josephine Kryl’s earlier offers of $100,000 each on marriage, with Josephine forfeiting hers in 1924 and Marie later announcing plans to wed Count Spiro Hadji-Kyriacos, altering the prior arrangement.
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Associates Press
Chicago
Mane Kryl
Bohumir Kryl
Chicago Record and Examiner
Marie
Josephine
Spiro Hadji-Kyriacos
Thought Rocker Resident Victim Named In Hit and Run
An elderly man, likely a Thought Rocker resident, was struck on the Butte Anaconda highway and left unconscious near Sunrise Inn. He suffered a possible skull fracture and severe facial lacerations, found by travelers around 10 PM and taken to St. James hospital as authorities pursued the hit and run driver.
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Butte-Anaconda
Rocker
St. James’ Hospital
Sunrise Vin
Anaconda
Sunrise Inn
Butte
Steen
Vanderbilt on Way to Reno to Secure Divorce
The New York Times reports Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr has traveled to Reno Nevada to seek a divorce from Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt marriage began April 29, 1920 at St Thomas church. Vanderbilt previously ran tabloid papers in the West before his father cut support and he has worked on a New York newspaper staff.
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New” York
The
New York Times
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Reno
Nev
Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
St. Thomas’ Church
Vanderbilt
New York
Irish official Kevin O'Higgins shot dead in Dublin
Kevin O'Higgins known as the strong man of the Irish Free State was fatally shot in Dublin as he walked from his home toward mid day mass. An automobile halted him and three assailants opened fire. He died soon after amid a scene of chaos. Police have yet to capture the shooters.
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Ireland
Kevin O'Higgins
Michael Collins
Black Rock
Dublin
O'Higgins
The
Free State Council
Lowly Setter Saves Life Of Man From Burning Fishing Graft
At Verninanda Florida a shrimp boat mascot dog named Prince saved crewman Sam K. Jones from drowning after a gasoline tank exploded near shore. Crews was swept out by strong tide before Prince swam to him and pulled him toward a jetty with his owner’s help.
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Prince
Canadian provinces suffer heavy losses by tornadoes
Winnipeg dated report says prairie provinces endured three days of cyclones hail and torrential rains causing extensive crop and property damage. Southern Alberta hit hardest with hail and cyclones striking multiple districts. Saskatchewan Prince Albert Mossomin Regina Indian Head regions reported damage and communication outages. A small tornado near Calgary injured three boys and damaged a farm home.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Alberta
Edenwald
Zenia
Franklake
Vulcan
Rocky Mountain
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Mossomin
Arly
Regin
Indian Head
Roeblin
Roberts
Calgary
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