Global disarmament conference gains broad backing
President Harding’s proposal to hold an international disarmament conference draws widespread approvals abroad. France has accepted. Japan, Germany, and Russia are considered likely invitees with negotiations to finish by Armistice Day.
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Harding
France
State Department
Japan
Association of Nations
Germany
Austria
Daugherty
Associated Press
London
M. Briand
Switzerland
America
Aukland Geddes
A. J. Balfour
Lord Beatty
Lord Lee
Fareham
Admiralty
Laming Worthington Evans
Russia
Pacific
Italy
Peking
S. Alfred Sze
China
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Rome
Foreign Ministry
Harry Hawker Fatal Flight at Hendon Field
London July 12 Harry G Hawker the first aviator to attempt an Atlantic crossing died in a crash over Hendon Field. The plane burned, his body found 200 yards from the wreck, with severe injuries including a severed foot. Also Chicago July 12 the railroad labor board ordered a six cent per hour wage cut for American Railway Express Company workers starting August 1 with no rate reductions. Approximately 8 million dollars in annual labor costs to be saved.
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London
Harry G. Hawker
Atlantic
Hendon Field
Hawker
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
American Railway Express Company
Express Company
Martin Rnegog Out Frank Moran in Seventh Bound
New York report details Bob Martin defeating Frank Moran by knockout in the seventh round at the Bronx boxing arena. Moran weighed 200 pounds, Martin 185, with notable injuries and multiple bouts on the card including Jack Zivic dislocating a shoulder and other decisions.
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Frank Moran
New York
Bob Martin
A. Be.f
Pittsburg
Bronx
Moran
Jack Zivic
Artie Martin
Zivic
Joe Benjamin
California
Benny Falger
Benjamin
Joe Burman
Chicago
Charles Ledoux
Sailor Fredman
Pete Hartley
Hartley
Freedman
Mary Ann
Prudence Calls Out In Warning In Senate Address
President Harding urged delay on the soldier bonus bill citing treasury strain and potential financial disaster. He pressed action on tariff and tax legislation and other veterans programs as lawmakers debated recommitting the measure.
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Harding
Senate
Treasury
Penrose
Finance Committee
Meresty
Sawyer
House
Representative Mondell
Daugherty
Hays
Davis
Robinson
Arkansas
Jones
New Mexico
Congress
King
Utah
Arrest Planned After Funeral for Slain Man in West Virginia
Middlebourne reports an arrest will be made immediately after the funeral of Charles Haught who was fatally stabbed during a Sunday scuffle. Prosecutor C B Conaway announced the plan while noting Haught was allegedly fighting with his brother Anthony, fifteen, when injured.
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Middlebourne
W. Va
Charles Haught
C. B. Conaway
Haught
Anthony
Wage cuts for interurban workers in Ohio rail line
An arbitration board reduced wages for motormen and conductors on the Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad interurban between East Liverpool and Salem. The scale drops five cents an hour from a prior 55 to 65 cents, retroactive to July 1.
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Liverpool
Ohio
Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad Company
East Liverpool
Salem
Railroad Station and Church Threatened by Fire
A fire at a feed store near the Norfolk and Western station in Ho naker Va rose quickly. Firefighters lack of ability raised fear that flames would spread to the adjacent railroad station and a nearby church. Separately Washington July 12 John A McSparrow blamed high freight rates and carrier trouble on railroad executive inefficiency before the congressional joint commission on agriculture. He said common men would have been shot during the war for aiding the enemy if they had done some of the things some railroad executives did.
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Honaker
Norfolk and Western
Washington
John A. McSparrow
Pennsylvania State Grange
Congressional Joint Commission On Agriculture
De Valera Arrives in London for Irish Crisis Talks
Irish Republican leader Eamon de Valera and colleagues reach London to confer with the British government on the Irish situation. He is to meet the prime minister at Downing Street with possible attendance by Sir Hamar Greenwood and other officials. The truce in Ireland is observed with no incidents reported except Belfast.
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Associated Press
London
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Downing Street
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
A. J. Balfour
Lord Birkenhead
General Smuts
James Craig
Belfast
Mrs Kaber to Take Witness Stand Today
Cleveland July 12 Mrs Catherine Kaber will testify in her own defense to challenge the state's claim she plotted her husband Daniel F Kaber's murder Her testimony will precede alienists who assess her mental condition Insanity is her main defense County Prosecutor Edward Stanton said rebuttal depends on alienist prominence If unrebutted all evidence could be in by tomorrow evening and the case sent to the jury by Thursday
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Cleveland
Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Francis W. Poulson
Mr. Stanton
Doctor William J Davidson Dies After Illness
Parkersburg West Virginia July 12 Dr William Johnson Davidson aged fifty four prominent local physician died at midnight after several weeks of illness from blood poisoning.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
William Johnson Davidson
Tragedy at Langin Field prompts aviation judge’s view
Pilot Dooley testified after the Langin Field disaster that the Martin bomber could have avoided the crowd by steering into the Ohio River or stopping the engines. He blamed the pilot for the crash, saying the ship likely lost head or was inexperienced. The federal inquiry continues with twenty witnesses planned.
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Langin Military Aviation Field
Ohio River
Federal
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McCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
K. J. Dooley
H. L. Lambert Aircraft Company
Wheeling Intelligencer
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Langinfield
C. R. Melvor
Dpd
T. Dunton
M. E. Crowell
H. L. Martin
Pilot Dooley
Major Martin
Kelly Field
Texas
Philadelphia
McCombs
Curtis
Lamberton
W. Va
Moundsville
H. L. Lambert
Lambert Aircraft Company
Langin Field
Lambert
Martin
President Signs Naval Appropriation Bill
President Harding signed the annual naval appropriation bill, about 419000900 dollars, ending the navy funding lapse since July 1. The act retroactively covers deficits and clarifies the fiscal year beginning date. Police in New York requested arrest of Mrs Emma Burkett for forgery over a Theodore Roosevelt estate claim valued at 69900 dollars.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Barkett
New York
Emma Burkett
Hilldale
Ind
Theodore Roosevelt
Burkett
George F. Roosevelt
French Ambassador Juesserand Leaves Washington for France
Jules J. Juesserand ambassador of France will depart Washington for New York to sail Thursday for France on leave. He called today on President Harding to bid farewell.
Greeks Forced to Retreat Near Brussa
Turkish Nationalists attacked Greek forces west of Brussa in Asia Minor. The Greeks retreated after sustaining losses, per a dispatch from Angora dated July 12.
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Paris
Brussa
Asia Minor
Angora
President Could Veto Separate Items in Appropriation Bills
Senator Kenyon Iowa proposes a joint resolution enabling the president to veto separate items within appropriation bills. The plan, announced today, would grant line item veto power pending legislative action.
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Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Rule Put Through For Final Three Bill Vote July 21
Washington reports the House adopted a rule to set a final vote on the tariff bill for July 21 after restricting amendments to select items. The 222 to 100 vote drew party lines, with GOP leaders touting liberal scope while Democrats accuse the gag rule of ceding power to the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
House
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Wyatt
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Arrett
Tennessee
Bourke Cochran
New York
Fordney
Harding
Ingworth
Ohio
Longworth
Explosives Found in Philadelphia Bank Safe
Police recovered high explosives placed in a safety deposit box at a central Philadelphia bank. The discovery followed a tip from Joseph Berger, who was arrested in Cleveland months earlier on a safe cracking charge.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Berger
Cleveland
Allied Debt Funding Bill for Allied Loans Faces Senate Review
The administration proposes a bill authorizing the treasury secretary to negotiate refinancing of wartime loans made to the Allies. The measure will be reviewed by the Senate Finance Committee tomorrow.
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Washington
Administration
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Senate Finance Committee
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