World Briefs Across Capitals and Frontiers
A compendium reports Bulgarian military courts handing twenty death sentences for conspirators in outrages awaiting the king’s approval. French forces pursue actions against Rif tribesmen in Morocco while Rifians prepare for fierce combat. Burton urges a draft convention article to ban poison gas exports. Britain proposes excluding warships from armament controls at Geneva. Washington notes include a high schooler winning a national oratorical contest, coast guard plans an airtight seaboard blockade, and Stetson named minister to Finland. Other items cover court rulings, robberies, labor riots, scientific advances, disasters, and international diplomacy.
Dillon held without bond in inquest reopen order
Edward G. Dillon, 19, son of Dr. William A. Dillon, is held without bond in St. Louis County awaiting a reopened inquest into his father’s murder. He refuses to reveal his whereabouts the night of the slaying, with a coroner’s verdict of homicide already issued. Dillon’s case draws attention in Lawrence Kas as investigators pursue three possible holds on him.
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William N. McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Mrs. Shepherd
St. Louis
Dillon
Washington University Stadium
Lawrence
Kas
Edward George Dillon
Plan to pressure France on World War era debt
Washington reports a polite but firm note prepared for France to settle over 4 billion dollars owed to the United States after World War I. Administration leaders show impatience with France delaying or repudiating repayment, noting France has not offered a concrete settlement proposal.
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Washington
United States
France
United States Debt Funding Commission
Great Britain
Poland
Washington moves to standardize meat grades nationwide
Department of Agriculture officials and leading meat market reporters met to create a labeling system for meat cuts in shops across the United States. The effort aims to protect consumers from misrepresentation and curb sellers who pass off mutton as lamb or inferior beef as choice cuts.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Former Harvard Dental Dean Eugene H Smith Dies
Eugene Hanes Smith former dean of the Harvard Dental School for twenty five years died at his Boston home after a period of heart trouble. He led the school and influenced dental education during his long tenure.
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Boston
Eugene Hanes Smith
Harvard Dental School
Baby Death Toll at Bellevue Reaches 23
Another infant dies at Bellevue Hospital raising the total infant mortality at Mrs. Helen A. Geisen Volk’s infantorium to twenty three.
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New York
Helen A. Geisen Volk
Bellevue Hospital
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Selden P. Spencer
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Naval
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Danville, Ill
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Jeff Duree
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Ozark Region
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William Pack
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