Separate Pact With Germany May End War but Not Versailles
The United States pursues a separate peace with Germany that ends the state of war while preserving rights granted by the Versailles treaty. America relies on its armistice participation and principal Allied powers to govern mandates and pre Versailles rights, with Hughes’ Yap case doctrine guiding interpretation.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Senate
America
Paris
Harding
Treay
Hughes
Council of the
League of Nations
League
Harvey
Supreme Council
América
Notweis
Classified Advertisements Index Page Fragments
A partial index page shows various business names and services like Dow's Drug Stores East Hills Coal Supply Frederick W Schmitz Greater Shoe Co and Richman's Clothes along with generic entries for motion pictures and savings banks. The legible items suggest a local business directory snapshot with merchant names and services.
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Tcevo CS Croce
Eereseenses
Dow's
East Hills Coal & Supply Co
Frederick W
Richman’s Clothes
Teuels
Kelly Spring Co
Inion Savings Bank and Trust
Wilson's Paint Store
Mellon Warns Congress to Cut Spending or Raise Taxes
Secretary Mellon told the House Ways and Means Committee that federal outlays must be trimmed by more than 260 million dollars to avoid higher taxes. He warned that current revenue would fall short and that without substantial reductions, revenue could not keep pace with rising expenditures this fiscal year.
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Washington
Congress
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Shipping Board
Mondell
War Finance Corporation
Whisky Ring Scandal Ties New York Trader to Ohio Probe
Louis Cohen of Tunnel Trading Company, New York, is arrested in Cincinnati on bribery charges after offering $5,000 to Prohibition agents Flora and Counts to overlook 400 cases of whisky removal from an Ohio distillery. The incident follows a Washington meeting two weeks earlier where Cohen laid out a broader bid to crack a nationwide whisky ring centered in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
United States
Louis Cohen
New York
Tunnel Trading Company
Robert Flora
Ohio
Thirty-first Street
Oakley
Cohen
Flora
Fred Counts
Cleveland
Prohibition
Washington, D.C
Washington
Counts
Jim
Cal Weakley
Department of Justice
Raisuli Offers to Quiet Morocco if Made Sultan
Madrid reports Raisuli the former outlaw chieftain of Moroccan tribes to pacify the Spanish zone in exchange for appointment as Caliph and Sultan of the territory.
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Raisuli
Morocco
Madrid
Spain
Bootlegging Boom Sparks Wealth in Prohibition Era
Cincinnati enforcement officers cite rapid gains from illegal whisky trade. They point to young lawyers who once struggled to build a practice now driving luxury cars. A Kentucky distillery purchase at prohibition start and a six month retirement illustrate the swift fortunes. Traders boast permits for truck shipments and even supply armed guards for protection.
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Prohibition
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Stockstill Stops Smoking in Zion
Zion Illinois August 4 Frederick Stockstill was fined 65 dollars for smoking a pipe in Zion. The city regulates Sundays and dress and bans smoking with a judge urging the action. Stockstill quipped that he is as stopped as his name would indicate.
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Stockstill
Zion
Tll
Frederick Stockstill
Stock
Bandits Hold of Postal Employee Loot Recovered
Police recover $46,000 from an unopened mail pouch after a Wood River hold up. Three bandits stole pouches from Tommy Feraldo, post office messenger, as a train passed. A discarded car and a rifle pouch were found nearby, suggesting a rift among suspects led to the loot being abandoned.
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ST. Louis
East St. Louis
Tommy Feraldo
Postoffice Messenger
Wood River
Cornfield
Feraldo
Edwardsville
Ill
Peters
Whisky Thieves and Officers Battle Raging in Clifton
A three cornered pistol battle erupts in Clifton a Newport suburb as whisky runners clash with deputy sheriffs and police after a running gun battle with bandits. Officers recover two arrestees with concealed revolvers while a bandit car escapes. A second clash follows hours later in Clifton amid reports of bloodstains at Judge Burns home confirming a lengthy earlier gun battle.
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Clifton
Newport
Albert Howe
Earl Dietz
Harry Cramer
Fuller and
Murphy
Hamilton
J. W. Burns
Hooper Street
Claremont Hotel
Fuller
Ray Sleum
West Fourth Street
Fred Short
Alexandria Pike
Ninth
Saratoga Streets
Seers Hospital
Samuel J. Morning
Mains
Keturd Street
Judge Burns
Caruso Funeral Held in San Francesco di Paola Naples
Enrico Caruso’s funeral processions moved through Naples to a vaulted tomb in the San Francesco di Paola church. King Victor Emmanuel authorized the services, and a vast crowd lined streets as officials and citizens mourned. The municipality bore funeral expenses, and Mrs Caruso prepared to manage affairs in New York and Naples.
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Naples
Aus
Associated Press
Enrico Caruso
San Francesco di Paola
Victor Emmanuel
New York
Ovatory
Kingdom of
Caruso
Nradolfo
Nitti
Porzio
Tuscany
Giovanni Caruso
Chamber of Deputies
Capasso
University of Naples
Italy
America
Marco Rocco
Signor Anile
Signor de Nicola
Washington
Singer
Mrs. Caruso
Giovanni
United States to Lead World to Permanent Peace Says Harding
President Harding told a Lancaster New Hampshire welcome crowd that disarmament talks offer promise of ending wars and shifting focus to constructive pursuits. He pledged national support during reconstruction, praised Sec. Weeks, and urged more play and less toil while reinforcing American leadership and rights from World War I.
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United States
Harding
Lancaster
N.H
America
Continental Square
White Mountain
New Hampshire
War Weeks
Prospect
Weeks
Irving Drew
Drew
Washington
Republic
Probing Lion Mystery Ends as Mastiff Attacks Boy
Bound Brook New Jersey residents had chased a prowling lion rumor after four people reported attacks. A night search failed until a huge stray mastiff attacked a boy on an estate grounds. An estate superintendent shot the dog, ending the incident. The head will be sent to the Pasteur Institute for rabies testing.
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Boundbrook
N.J
Pasteur Institute
Memorial Service Planned for Enrico Caruso by Opera Stars
CHICAGO August 4 Grand opera singers from the Metropolitan and Chicago Grand Opera Companies will hold a memorial service for Enrico Caruso Sunday afternoon at Havana Park during the summer opera season. Performers include Mario Chamlee Florence MacBeth Anna Fitziu Marie Sundelius Philino Falco and others.
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Chicago
Grand Opera
Metropolitan
Chicago Grand Opera
Havana Park
Enric
Caruso
Mario Chamlee
Florence MacBeth
Anna Fitziu
Marie Sundelius
Philino Falco
Morphine and Moonshine Sold at Soldier Hospital
Senator Sutherland, chair of the 11 soldier hospitals probe, disclosed a document signaling a broad investigation into Rest Haven Sanitarium in Waukesha Wisconsin. He cited a letter and affidavit from seven patients alleging inhuman treatment and inadequate care at the facility.
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Washington
Sutherland
Rest Haven Sanitarium
Waukesha
Wis
Johnson, Tenn
Senators Probe Hell Hole At Johnson City Home For Veterans
Senate hearings expose deplorable conditions at the Johnson City Tennessee Old Soldiers Home where 850 former service men are housed. Director Forbes cites vice, immorality, drunkenness and lack of discipline, while witness McInerny recounted theft, intoxication and guards overwhelmed by patients. Senator Walsh urges action by Attorney General Daugherty and immediate reform to stop the abuses.
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Washington
Johnson City
Tenn
Forbes
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Senate
Bureau
M. P. MclInereny
McInerny
Walsh
Maspachusetts
Daugherty
Committee
H& Bureau
Federal Board
Nurs
Baby Burns In Accident With Scalding Water Tub
George Thiel an 11 month old crawled to a boiling water tub placed on a bench by his mother in Dayton Kentucky. The tub overturned spilling scalding water over the infant as Mrs Thiel rushed back to the scene. Dr W E Sevrur treated the burns and said the child remained in critical condition at home overnight.
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George Thiel
Charles Thiel
Clay
Dayton
Thiel
Burns
W. E. Sevpur
Fairfield Avenue
Bellevue
Florida postmistress denies memory of cafe killing
Miss Lena Clarke, West Palm Beach postmistress, held in Orlando on suspicion of killing cafe owner W. B. Miltimore. Police say she claims she does not remember if she shot him in a hotel room used to cover shortages in her accounts. Miltimore’s death followed her report that he was behind the robbery of more than $50,000 from the West Palm Beach office.
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Orlando
Fla
Lena Clarke
West Palm Beach
W. B. Miltimore
Miltimore
Miss Clarke
Farmer dies in still raid near Petersburg
Floyd Reed, a farmer, was shot and killed in a confrontation with deputy marshals at a smokehouse on Joseph Johnson's farm near Muren, Petersburg, Ind. Reed and Johnson allegedly fired on the officers during a raid.
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Petersburg
Ind
Floyd Reed
Muren
Here
Reed
Joseph Johnson
Jonson
Bandits Rob Jewelry Store In Cleveland Robbery
Two armed bandits robbed Y. Staupas and his wife in their Cleveland jewelry store late today. They fled on a motorcycle with between 500 and 600 dollars in jewelry and some cash, one man enforcing the hold up with a revolver while the other seized the loot.
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Cleveland
Y. Staupas
Steubenville Murder Case Leaves Questions Unanswered
Steubenville Ohio police abandon case against Howard Mitchell as no tangible evidence ties him to the July 23 killing of Cummins. Eleven witnesses say Mitchell did not match the slayer seen with Cummins, and Mitchell proves he was away for three weeks. He also refutes a bigamy allegation linked to a July 11 marriage to Rosalie Walters.
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Steubenville
Howard Mitchell
Toe
Cummins
Sayer
Mitchell
Rosalie Walters
East Liver’ Joo
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Two are dead or dying after Wheat Field fight on moving train
In Kansas near Wichita a gun battle between train bandits and former U S Cavalry on a moving freight train leaves one man dead another dying a third missing and three others injured. The confrontation erupts as bandits try to rob harvest hands with four ex cavalrymen responding with pistols.
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Kas
Forme
Tenth United States
Wichita
Gropv
Prokaply
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