Poincare Wins Deputies Vote in France
Premier Poincare wins confidence 888 to 186 after insisting on strict Versailles Treaty application. He notes France has spent 100 billion francs on devastated areas and defends Vatican letter amid Vatican nuncio protest against Ruhr sabotage. France nears Frankfurt to seize rail hub, threatening cut off Bavaria. Belgium warns of suspended relations if Ruhr crimes are not repudiated.
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Paris
London
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Cardinal Gasparri
France
Ruhr
M. Poincate
Vatican
Pope
Jounart
Germany
Holy See
Frankfort
Berlin
Freans
Brussels
Reich
U S Demands Share of Seized Turkish Gold Funds
Lausanne July 5 Joseph C Grew the audiral observer at the Near East peace conference called on General Yelle the French delegate Sir Horace Rumbold and Stenor Montagna to state that America claimed a stake in the 5 000 000 Turkish gold pounds worth about 25 million dollars seized in Constantinople after the Mudros armistice in 1918.
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U. S
Lausanne
Joseph C. Grew
General Yelle
Horace Rumbold
Great Britain
Stenor Montagna
Italy
Aicvica
Constantinople
Dismiss Indictment Against Illinois Lieutenant Governor
Springfield, AL. The State Attorney notted the indictment against Lieut Gov. Fred Sterling of Rockford charging him with conspiracy to misappropriate state funds. Sterling was indicted with Governor Small and Vernon Curets of Grant Park. The case against the governor was tried at Waukegan and he was found not guilty.
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Springfield
Tuly
F. Mortimer Notted
Fred ©. Sterling
Rockford
Bin
Sterling
Small
Vernon Curets
Grant Park
Waukegas
Russia adopts constitution modeled on United States
Moscow July 5 The new federal constitution of Russia unanimously approved by the all Russian central executive committee mirrors the U S Constitution It omits freedom of speech and of the press with a note that such rights will be provided when circumstances permit in Russia
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Russia
U. S
Moscow
Central Executive Committee
United States
America
Playwright Robert C Scott Found Dead In Los Angeles
Robert Crozier Scott playwright and scenario writer was found dead in his room with his throat cut. Police ruled death by own action and said papers show Scott's wife had filed for divorce.
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Robert C. Scott
Los Angeles
Cal
Robert Crozier Scott
Scott
President Harding urges inner American citizenship at Portland event
President Harding spoke at a Fourth of July gathering in Portland Oregon urging that every man who bears the habiliments of an American citizen must be an American citizen in heart and soul.
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Harding
Portland
Ore
Doctor May Give Unlimited Rum in Helena Case
Federal District Judge Bourquin ruled that Congress cannot limit the amount two physicians may prescribe under the discretionary right to prescribe Aigner. The report also notes Nova Scotia challenges strikers at Sydney Mines and a mass meeting where Mayor Nicholson says strikers’ tactics pose no challenge to the government as officials accept a confrontation.
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Helena
Mont
Congress
Bourquin
Nova Scotia
Sydney Mines
Strikig Toul Inners
Nicholson
Mrs Charles H Sabin Named to National Women’s Committee
Mrs Charles H Sabin designated as New York member of the Republican national committee women’s advisory group under President Harding plan. A staunch Harding supporter and world court advocate, she leads the National Women's Republican Club and serves as Suffolk County Republican organizer vice chairman.
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Charles H. Sabin
New York
Republican National Committee
Harding
Alro, Sabin
World Court
National Women's Republican Club
Republican Organization
Suffolk County
Freight traffic tops a million cars in week totals
Washington reports freight movement breaking records with 1,022,740 cars loaded in the week ending June 23. Merchandise and miscellaneous freight led with 581,244 cars. grain 88,958. livestock 29,251. forest products 78,068. ore 82,041. Year to date freight loading highest on record, up 18.6 percent from last year.
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Washington
Turks Sink Greek Troop Ship After Battle Report
A Constantinople report says Greek troops attempted to land a regiment at Kara-Burun near the Dardanelles and were repulsed by the Turks after severe fighting with many casualties. A Turkish torpedo boat sank a Greek ship and many were drowned.
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Sofia
Constantinople
Kara-Burun
Dardaneles
Dempsey Retains World Heavyweight Title in Fiveteenth Bout
Shelby Mont July 5 Jack Dempsey the world heavyweight champion successfully defended his crown against Tommy Gibbons of St Paul by outroughing and outfighting the challenger in a fifteen round bout. He was awarded the verdict at the termination of hostilities by referee Jimmy Dougherty Treveree.
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Jack Dempsey
Shelby
Mont
Tommy Gibbons
St. Pawl
Challlenger
Treveree
Jimmy Dougherty
Five Killed in Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Freight Wreck
Five unidentified colored men were killed and six others and two white men were severely injured when a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight wreck occurred near Faolrdile Alabama. The train carried livestock and wheat and the injured were migratory fire vest hands riding the rods.
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Faolrdile, AL
Nnl
Chisago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Woman Named GOP Leader in Newark N C
Newark N C July 7 Atrs Tewts 8 Thompson of Red Bank named as the Republican national committee representative The appointment announced by Fant ton Py Kean of the committee Berlin July 7 Sixty thousand metal workers in Berlin struck at noon Sunday The agreement between employers and the government was rejected by the union for a second time
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G. 0
Newark
N. C
Berlin
Whdely
Harding Pleads for Abolish Twelve-Hour Day in Steel
President Harding’s Alaska voyage article releases his public correspondence with American Iron and Steel Institute leaders about ending the twelve hour steel industry day. The institute cited conditions blocking immediate reform but expressed support, noting a shift toward eight to ten hour workdays with careful adjustments and available labor.
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Tacoma
Wash
Henderson
Alaska
Herding
American Iron & Steel Institute
Steel Manufacturers of America
Iron and Steel Institute
Elbert H. Gary
Institute
Mr. Gary
John A. Topping
W. A. Taubers
Donner
W. J. Filbert
Clark
Tames
A. Farrell
EB. G. Grace
Willis L. King
A. Burden
L. &, Black
Severn
Kerr
A. Campbell
A. C. Dinkey
Charles M. Schwab
American Iron and Steel Institute
Fourth of July Death Toll Seventeen? Thirty-eight Dead
Washington reports a national tally shows 38 fatalities from fireworks and accidents across the country despite safety appeals. Ohio contributed ten deaths, New York City three, Winds five, Minnesota four, Pennsylvania five, Michigan four, Louisiana three, Alabama one, California one, Utah one, and Washington one. Injuries reached 194 nationwide.
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Washington
Ohio
New York City
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Louisiana
Alabama
California
Utah
Plane crash kills two stunt fliers in Santa Monica
Two men died when the airplane performing spectacular leaps from about 2,000 feet suddenly crumpled its wing and burst into flames. The victims were P. H. Delay, 34, a stunt flyer, and R. I. Short, 31, an Angelenos automobile man and amateur aviator.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Tiyo
Two Krupp Branches Closed in Wartime Cutbacks
In Dusseldorf on July 7 the two Krupp branch factories near Duisburg were closed due to material shortages and French orders as punishment for the Duisburg train bombing. About seven thousand workers were laid off as a result of the shutdowns and broader restrictions.
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Krupp
Dusseldorf
Writeten
Frrench
Duisburg
Britain Faces All Railroad Employee Strike Threat
London reports 14,000 dock workers on strike tying up cargo vessels after J. T. Thomas a Labour MP warned of a national railway strike following talks with railway men's union officials.
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Britain
London
J. T. Thomas
Railway Men's Union
Controversy prompts new maritime proposals
Washington reports governments ready to receive any suggestions to end the maritime dispute agitating foreign offices. In Freeport UK heavy rain causes extensive damage as grain fields and gardens are washed out. 3.7 inches fall in 90 minutes.
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Washington, Daly
Freeport
Revival of Pony Express Ride Sparks Identity Feud
St Joseph and San Francisco prepare for a revived Pony Express journey set for fall and spanning the old route. Debates rage over the first rider with contenders Johnnie Fry John Burnett and Sailor William Richardson. A young Jeannie Fry backs Richardson after archival digging proves Fry rode second, seven days after the first departure.
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St. Joseph
St Joseph
Pony Express
San Francisco
Johnnie Fry
John Burnett
Sailor
William Richardson
Richardson
Jeannie Fry
Mr. Fry
Ride
Sailor Richardson
Bounding Main
Pry
Pacific Coast
Cape Horn
Pony Express Company
Mall
Missouri River
Seneca
Kan
Petrograd Population Back At Million Mark
Petrograd has rebounded to about 1,065,000 inhabitants according to a recent census, up from 740,000 in 1920. The city, once ravaged by war and revolution, is reopening factories and attracting residents from Moscow, though business remains hindered by high taxes and shuttered shops along Nevsky Prospect. Officials may relocate some Moscow institutions to Petrograd this summer, boosting the population further.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Pompeii
Ita
Bolscevit
Nevsky Prospect
Navy plans eight cruisers and three cruiser submarines for 1924
Washington reports the Navy department will seek eight cruisers four river gunboats and three cruiser submarines in the next budget session. The plan aims to maximize cruiser efficiency within the 10 000 ton limit and follows the Detroit class design. Four gunboats are for Chinese river patrol and replacements are needed due to current patrol conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
General Board
Denby
Hecent
China
Stoke
Navy Ciycles
Sesrorate Denby
de Adent
Hay Hurled on Wire by Wind Starts Fire
In Livermore California a hay field was ripped into a power line by a whirlwind and ignited. The fire ran downhill burning about ten acres before crews contained it. The blaze occurred near the site of a 1922 large fire, noted for its freakish origin.
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Livermore
Cal
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Illinois
Iron Institute
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Cook County
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Gladys
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Eagle River
Wis
Panama Canal
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