Powers Parley May Result in Peage in China
The Washington exchange of ratifications by seven great powers and the United States marks a move toward stability in the Far East. China will hold a customs conference within three months to raise revenue from 5 to 7 1 2 to 10 percent, ban conquest by individual nations, and seek equal commercial rights, with extra territoriality as the remaining disputed issue.
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Washington
China
Far East
Hay
Peking
United States
State Department
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
Ohio University Librarian Charles Matthews Dies at 56
Charles Grant Matthews longtime librarian of the Ohio University Carnegie Library died at his 60 East Mulberry street home at 8 this morning of apoplexy. He authored The Ohio Hills Songs and was noted for nature study and photography. He leaves his wife Maud Cryder and several relatives. Funeral services set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. at home with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Charles Grant Matthews
Ohio University-Carnegie Library
East Mulberry Street
Matthews
Ohio Hills
Athens County
Ohio University
New York University Library School
Maud Cryder
Chillicothe
Silas L
Henrietta Matthews
Henrietta Matheny
Carrie Matthews
Fred Fenzel
Athens
Charlotte Crumley
Henry Matheny
Alexander Township
William McLean
the Plains
West Union Street
Contracts Awarded for Ohio Rural Road Work
State welfare department awards multiple road construction and grading contracts across Ohio counties. Athens and Washington counties receive significant projects including reinforced concrete and brick pavement, grading, and drainage structures. Contractors named include Fy Beckler, S. Wright, Stuart & Kenner, and Velace Bauer with costs ranging from about 12 000 to 166 000 dollars.
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State Welfare Department
Ohio
Athens County
Athens-Pomeroy
Fy Beckler
Athens
Athens-McArthur
S. Wright
Nelsonville
Murray
Straitaville
Stuart & Kener
Moxahala
Washington County
Marietta-Atheny
J. F. Stambaugh
Ada
Main - Athens
Velace Bauer
Holgate
Hocking County
McArthur
Moelow & Son
Storm wrecks crops in Galion area
Storms with heavy rain and hail shredded corn and fruit across central Ohio, with a one mile wide swath south of Galion. Local observers assessed the damage as a spectacular storm moving through yesterday.
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Galion
Ohio
Today Our Troublesome Bodies
Arthur Brisbane argues the body is a nuisance while the spirit remains easygoing. He jokes that aches and needs plague the body, while the spirit lacks physical burdens. Cremation is suggested as a quicker end, contrasting with traditional disposal.
Indian chief laid to rest beyond reach of Turn to Page 4
A brief, fragmentary note reports the Indian chief being laid in a manner or location described as beyond reach, with a prompt to turn to Page 4 for more details. The readable text provides limited context or names.
Orientals Kidnap Mexican Children and Hold Them
Mexican secret police traced a wave of kidnappings as fifty children vanished last month. A recovered child from a Chinese den in Mexico City sparked warnings that underground networks ferry youths to Pacific coast farms run by Chinese and Japanese interests. Families fear more abductions as authorities tighten street supervision.
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Mexico City
Pacific Coast
California
Mexicali
President backs Van Sweringens rail merger plan
The White House signaled approval for the Van Sweringen billion dollar Nickel Plate consolidation uniting five rail systems with over wide trackage. The Interstate Commerce Commission faces its first major unification case since the Transportation Act. Opponents cite fairness claims by Chesapeake & Ohio stockholders, yet expectations grow for ICC approval with conditions to reassure dissenters.
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Harry Ward
Washington
van Sweringen
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cleveland
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
van Sweringens
Commission
Ohio employers save big under workmen compensation act
Ohio employers saved 7 198 398 78 in 1924 under the workmen compensation act, the state industrial commission reports. Premiums paid to the state fund totaled 10 797 599 77, while private insurers would have charged about 17 995 997 95 for the same protection.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Industrial Commission
Buckeye
Four Dead As Building Collapse Hits Kansas City
Four people were killed and seven injured when a downtown building collapsed late yesterday after a cross-beam used as support by movers broke. Two workers were still missing as search of the ruins continued today in the rooming house that housed the upper floors.
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Kansas City
Walnut Creek murder mystery labeled daring hoax
A warrant was issued for Charles Henry Schwartz a noted chemical engineer and Pacific Cellulose vice president charged with murdering an unidentified man and staging a replication to appear as Schwartz. The plot aimed to burn the laboratory and claim the insured man as Schwartz with his wife holding stock in the company.
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San Francisco
California
Walnut Creek
Charles Henry Schwartz
Pacific Cellulose Company
Schwartz
Cellulose Company
Pacific Cellulose Co
Idling Cost Shows Big Gas Wastage Nationwide
In Los Angeles on August 5 Professor Alexander Silverman of the University of Pittsburgh reported at the American Chemical Society convention that motorists especially taxi and truck drivers waste millions of gallons of gasoline yearly by idling engines. Ulverman’s calculations based on one hour of idling daily estimate a cost of 275000 dollars per day and 80 million dollars per year to the nation, highlighting health risks to cities.
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Los Angeles
United States
Alexander Silverman
University of Pittsburgh
American Chemical Society
Ulverman
Peace terms rumored with Abd el-Krim deny authenticity
Paris reports the foreign office refutes a dispatch to Mafin from Petuan that allegedly stated terms for Riff autonomy. The text claimed home rule with French policing, Moroccan sultanate sovereignty, and Spain control near Ceuta Melilla.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Abdel-Krim
France
Spain
Mafin
Petuan
Morocco
Ceuta
Melilla
Riff
Tangier
Atlantic Ocean
Lukkos
Tangier-Fez
Colonel Graves Gravely Ill In Washington
Colonel John Temple Graves, veteran editor, publicist and orator, is gravely ill at his Washington home with doctors reporting his condition as very low and no hope for recovery.
Road work speeds up on Ohio highways
Due to unusually good weather, construction on Ohio highways is progressing faster than usual. State highway officials stated that most contractor work is up to schedule.
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Columbus
Ohio
Trolley Collision in Fog Wounds Many in Chicago
A heavy fog caused two trolley cars to collide head on in Chicago injuring a score of passengers with cuts bruises and abrasions and fatally injuring two motormen including one who had both legs severed.
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Chicago
Women Preparations Highlight Underdog Paint Ritual
The article notes women painting their knees as part of a practical ritual. It suggests such actions are sensible while mentioning possible painter's cramps for some participants.
Henryetta strike uses hymns and prayers at mines
In Henryetta Oklahoma a union strike uses Christian tactics with pickets singing national anthems and praying for owners as a peaceful protest. Five mines operate non union. Union members 500 to 5000 quit over wage cuts to 1917 level. State militia deployed but little action as crowds sing and pray at the mine entrances.
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Henryetta
Okla
United Mine Workers
Air cargo trucks eyed to ease road troubles
The East Liverpool Review Tribune notes a plan to use air transport for commercial trucks to bypass bad roads, enabling continued freight movement and relief from ground travel delays.
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East Liverpool
Opera selections and talks mark tonight’s radio program
WNYC presents Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci by Municipal Opera Company. KOA hosts Why Kids Lie with Juvenile Judge Ben Lindsey. WEAF airs Navy Band concert. Rebroadcasts from WEAF include WCAP, WJAR, and WOO.
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WNYC
E. Tex “Cavalleria Rusticana
Municipal Opera Company
KOA
M. T
Ben B. Lindsey
WEAF
E. T
U. S. Navy Band
WCAP
WJAR
WOO
Byrd Wins Democratic Nomination for Virginia Governor
Harry Flood Byrd of Winchester defeats G Walter Mapp of Accomac by over 40000 votes in the Virginia Democratic primary received today. Byrd carries all districts except the First. Mapp backed by anti saloon leagues and reform groups. National figures enter campaign with charges about McAdoo and Ryan financing. Byrd 38, poised to be among the youngest governors.
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Richmond
Harry Flood Byrd
Winchester
G. Walter Mapp
Accomag
Byrd
Democratic
Mapp
Anti-Saloon League
William G. McAdoo
Virginia
Madison Square Garden
McAdoo
Carter Glass
Thomas F. Ryan
al. Smith
Old Dominion
Explosion at Cosgrove mansion blamed on Black Hand gang
Five people were knocked from beds and windows shattered by an explosion at the old Cosgrove mansion in Braddock near Sburgh. Police attributed the blast to a Black Hand gang.
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Black Hand
Sburgh
Cosgrove
Braddock
Here
Girl saves friend in Adriatic rescue at Mussolini era
In Rome on August 5 Donna Edda Mussolini daughter of Premier Mussolini aided a girlfriend in danger of drowning in the Adriatic Sea. The action shows the Mussolini family in a dramatic rescue during a summer incident.
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Rome
Donna Edda Mussoloini
Mussolini
Adriatic
French Escadrille Departure Postponed by Dense Fog
The LaFayette Escadrille which was revived for French service against the Rif in Morocco was delayed until tomorrow due to heavy fog. Seven Americans are in the unit.
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Paris
LaFayette Escadrille
Morocco
Outside agency urged to avert mining strike in New Jersey
Atlantic City reports that only outside intervention can avert a strike in hard coal fields as negotiations between operators and miners collapse. The United Mine Workers say wage demands were rejected and no deal reached, leaving resumption unlikely and prompting talk of possible mediation by figures such as President Coolidge or Governor Pinchot. The miners’ wage scale committee planned to meet to decide next steps.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewie
United Mine Workers of America
Coolidge Keeps Watchful Waiting On Anthracite Dispute
In Swampscott Massachusetts on August 6 President Coolidge adopts a watchful waiting stance over the coal wage dispute. He hopes an agreement will be reached before September 1 to avoid a mining suspension. The administration’s exact postures remain undisclosed as negotiations pause.
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Coolidge
Swampscott
Mass
Propeller Accident Claims Private Rexboat at Wright Field
Private 0. Rexboat stationed at Wilbur Wright field dies after being struck by propeller blades of a De Haviland aircraft he was cranking before a morning flight. The incident occurred at Dayton on August 5.
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Dayton
Wilbur Wright Field
de Haviland
Lady Astor Backs Racing Split with Husband
Lady Astor 49 remains strongly opposed to horse racing while her husband enjoys it. They agree on a time limit for arguments over the sport.
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Lady Astor
London
Swat the Fly Fight for Community Health
A mid-summer plea urges decisive action against flies highlighting their prolific reproduction. It stresses that every community and individual bears a duty to control pests, offering a free book with complete methods and requesting two cents postage to receive it.
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Fred J. Walker
Mary Pickford
Adrien Wood
Claude Holcomb
C. Z. Stevens
FOF College
Charles G. Matthews
Arthur Brisbane
Star Company
Edith Leavens
Cambridge
Edith
Hugh L. Dickson
Oklahoma
Riffs
State
G. W. Mapp
Frederic J. Haskin
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