Belgium Debt Talks Halt as Mellon Smoot Plan Moves
A temporary halt in Belgium’s war debt funding negotiations with the United States was called as the Belgian cabinet prepares to meet. Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot plan a weekend briefing with President Coolidge, while Belgium seeks a lower accrued interest rate and awaits new proposals amid guarded progress.
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Washington
Belgium
United States
Brussels
Mellon
Smooth Ren
Utah
American Commission
Coolidge
Mel
Smoot
Plymouth
Bris
Akhenaten Statue Found Near Karnak in Egypt
Workers digging among Karnak drains near Luxor uncovered a life size grotesque statue of Akhenaten, father-in-law of Tutankhamun. The carica ture, from the Akhenaten era, is headed to the Cairo Museum for deciphering inscriptions to explain its Karnak location.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Karnak
Luxor
Akhenaten
Thebes
Tel-el- Amarna
Cairo Museum
atTel-el- Amarna
Stand in Line Please for Job Applicants in Classified Ads
The J. H. Day Company of Cincinnati limited applicants for a position advertised in the Commercial Tribune Classified Ads. They suggested readers call Canal 6300 to place a classified act for home office or factory help.
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Commercial Tribune
The
Robber Splits Booty With Victim
In Chicago on August 13, a kidnapper seized Georg Schepelers Danish Vice Consul as he stepped from a taxicab. After taking four dollars from the victim, the robber returned two dollars to him before fleeing in the vehicle.
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Chicago
Georg Schepelers
Schepelers
Death penalty sought for Ever Ett Adams in Clawson slaying
Pettis County prosecutors said Ever Ett Adams would face the gallows if he pleads guilty to the murder of A R Clawson, a New York school teacher. Adams waived a preliminary hearing and faces circuit court. police and family appeared shaken as the case unfolds. He claimed the shooting happened by accident and sought to escape.
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Sedalia
Everett Adams
A. R. Clawson
Lodi
N.Y
Roy Tucker
Pettis County
Henry Adams
Wilmington, O
Ben South
Wilmington
Garden City
Kaw
Adams
South
Rucker
Lamonte
Clawson
Everett
Kansan Missing as Auto Found Abandoned in Manhattan
William Sangwin of Herrington Kansas vanished after leaving Friday night. His touring car was found abandoned in Manhattan with no license and altered identification. Sangwin reportedly visited Wichita on Sunday and was said to have cashed wheat and securities recently, with relatives noting he carried a large sum.
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Kansan
Manhattan
Kan
William Langwin
Herrington
A. R. Clawson
Sangwin
Farmers' Union
Wichita
Wilcox Named for Senatorship in Wisconsin Convention
Roy P. Wilcox of Eau Claire was nominated by the Republican party in a state convention in Oshkosh for United States Senator on the fourth ballot. He becomes the Coolidge Republican candidate to fill the La Follette vacancy after W. L. Pieplow shifted 183 votes to Wilcox, ending a hectic race that briefly favored Dean H. L. Russell before withdrawal.
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Associated Press
Oshkosh
Wis
Roy P. Wilcox
Eau Claire
Republican Party
United States
W. L. Pieplow
Milwaukee
Wilcox
Coolidge
Robert M. la Follette
American killed by bandits in Manchuria warlike stand
Morgan Palmer, an American, died at his Sungarit River ranch during a bold dawn raid by bandits. Dr Harvey J Howard of Rockefeller Hospital was captured and held for ransom. Palmer led a small party including a Chinese servant and a Russian boy. a running battle followed near a ruined temple as bandits closed in and Palmer was shot. The Russian boy and Chinese servant were also killed or wounded. Howard remains missing with captors believed to be in Kirin Mountain district.
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Associated Press
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Manchuria
Morgan Palmer
Sungarit River
Palmer
Harvey J. Howard
Rockefeller Hospital
Beking
Howard
Harold Baldwin
Baldwin
Young Howard
Aldwin
Dr. Howard
Palmer Ranch
Mr. Baldwin
Sungari
Kirin Mountain
Samuel Sokobin
Mukden
Roger Green
Funchin
Charlie Chaplin’s Illness and Party Attendance
New York reports Charlie Chaplin, confined to bed at the Ritz Carlton, was diagnosed with heart trouble by Dr. James B. McKenzie. The physician said Chaplin’s condition improved and he would be up soon, despite rumors he left the hotel for a party on Tuesday night.
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New York
Charlie Chaplin
Ritz Carlton
James B. McKenzie
Chaplin
Broadway
Hal Donahey's Old Girl in Court Hands Again
Miss Lillian Vogel of Zanesville, ward of Muskingum County Probate Court, was detained in Columbus after being found with a young man. She was later returned to Zanesville. An order barred her from accepting attentions from men.
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Columbus, O
Lillian Vogel
Zanesville
Mrs Scott Faces Divorce Trial In Alpe na Court
In Alpena Michigan on August 13 1922 Congressman Frank Doug las Scott seeks divorce from Mrs Edna James Scott citing serious legal and moral indiscretions during 1922 including visits to the Scott apartment with Jazzbo Sumner and Harry Wyckoff. Judge Frank Emerick will rule within five weeks after briefs filed.
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Alpena
Mich
Frank Douglass Scott
Edna James Scott
Frank Emerick
Ile
Emerick
Irving S. Canfield
Congressman Scott
Wilbur
Jazzbo
Sewer
Myrtle Bank
Kingston
Jamaica
Peck
Kennedy
Floren Dallan
Frederick Sikes
Lord Byngs Arctic Venture Recounts perilous voyage
Edmonton dispatch details Baron Byng on a gas launch from Aklavik toward White Fish Station in the Canadian North. Engine trouble, a near drowning of Corporal Riddle, and improvised pumping mark the journey amid Arctic Red River and Nahanni woodlands as locals recall myths of a guardless landing.
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New York World News Service
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Baron Byng
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Aklavik
Arctic
White Fish Station
Norman
Corporal Riddle
Wireless Corps
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Arctic Red River
Kew Chicago
Major Hodgson
Nahanni
Arctic Canada
Simpson
Gould to Remain as Railroader
Edwin Gould will continue in railroading and stay as chairman of the Cotton Belt while Rock Island delays its purchase plans. The potential consolidation would create a combined system over 9800 miles from Chicago to the Pacific, Texas, and the Mississippi valley.
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New York World News Service
New York
Edwin Gould
Wall Street
United States
C. V. Burnside
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Gould
Cotton Belt
St. Louis Southwestern
Rock Island
Charles Hayden
Hayden & Stone
Mr. Gould
Virginia Railway and Power Company
Stone & Webster
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Train Jump Near Amiens Kills Ten, Wounds Fifty
An express train jumped the rails near Amiens Station today, killing ten people and injuring fifty, seven of them severely, according to reports from Paris.
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Paris
Amiens
Mt. Desert Inn Destroyed By Fire In Bar Harbor
The Mt. Desert Inn in Bar Harbor burned this afternoon. The hotel’s guests escaped unharmed but many valuables were lost. Local fire crews battled the blaze as flames consumed the historic inn, a mainstay in the seaside town.
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Bar Harbor
Mt. Desert Inn
Youthful Robber Steals Registered Mail in Kewanee
A 25 year old man robbed a mail messenger in Kewanee Illinois taking a registered pouch from a Chicago to Denver route. He fled in a waiting car after forcing the driver to stop and transferring the pouch. Postal inspectors arrived to assist and determine the loot value, which would be known after checks tomorrow.
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Kewanee
Ill
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago
Tewanee
Denver
Theodore Spiering Dies in Munich After Operation
Theodore Spiering 54 American orchestra leader violinist and composer died in Munich following an operation. He had been slated to conduct Portland Philharmonic next season after recuperating from a Western tour. Born in St Louis he studied at Cincinnati and Berlin. He organized the Spiering Quartet in 1893 and rose as conductor in 1902 at Midwest festivals. He later toured Europe and served as concert master to Gustav Mahler in Vienna. He returned to America in 1918-19 to conduct Maeterlinck's The Betrothal and advised Berlin's Neue Freie Volksbuhne before his death, leaving two daughters and a widow.
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Theodore Spiering
Munich
Spiering
Philharmonic Orchestra
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
Cincinnati College of Music
Berlin
Joseph Joachim
America
West
Chicago
United States
Europe
Germany
Holland
England
Vienna
Gustav Mahler
New York Philharmonic Society
Mahler
Neue Freie Volksbuehne
Maeterlinck
Omsaue
Violinist Theodore Spiering Recalls Cincinnati Ties
Theodore Spiering, College of Music student 386 to 1888, studied violin under Schradieck and Jacobson. In the early 1900s he played with the Spiering String Quartet in Cincinnati. His last city visit was February 1921 when he gave a violin recital at the Odeon.
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Theodore Spiering
The
College of Music
Schradieck
Jacobson
Cincinnati
Spiering
Odeon
Barbara La Marr Ill in Los Angeles
Barbara La Marr motion picture actress is seriously ill in Los Angeles. She has not been allowed to see friends for several days, with a throat infection complicated by intestinal disorders listed as the ailment.
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Barbara la’ Marr
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Narcotic Force Shake-Up Predicted In Midwest
Chicago August reports say Colonel L G Nutt arrived to oversee a possible overhaul of narcotic units across the Middle West including Cincinnati Louisville and Indianapolis. Arrests were made of Colonel Will Gray Beach and three agents amid raids on China town opium dens as prices for narcotics rose steeply and hundreds sought treatment.
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Chicago
L. G. Nutt
United States
Middle West
Cincinnati
Louisville
Indianapolis
Will Gray Beach
Chinatown
L. J. Ulmer
Colonel Beach
Girl's Marriage to Count Denied
Berlin dispatches reveal Miss Louisa Fletcher of Indianapolis did not wed Count Ernst Gottfried von Schmettow. Family statements and later reports show the engagement announcement was unauthorized, with key details and attendees unconfirmed and the couple's current whereabouts unclear.
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Miss Fletcher
von Schmettow
Berlin
Louisa Fletcher
Indianapolis
Ernst Gottfried von Schmettow
Fletcher
S. C. Fletcher
London
United States
Sweden
Germany
Count von Schmettow
Owen Justice
Stoughton A. Fletcher
F Jer
Laurel Hill
East Gloucester
Mass
East Coast beer challenge to prohibition drives seizures rise
Prohibition Director Merrick reports a surge of real beer replacing hard liquor as the major bootlegged commodity. Three carloads were seized, reaching 6,000 barrels in 30 days worth $100,000, with origin traced to defunct regional breweries in New Jersey Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Special investigators will focus on freight cars to curb shipments.
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New York
Prohibition Department
Prohibition
Merrick
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Scranton
Lowell
Mass
Mayfair
N. Y
Providence
Jersey City
N. J
Middle Atlantic
Coast Guard intercepts whisky launch Sall K 805 off Florida
A Coast Guard cutter chased the Sall K 805 off New River Inlet. The launch carried 450 cases of whisky. Two prisoners and two cases were seized before it exploded from gunfire. A. V. Horn was wounded and hospitalized. his brother was taken to Miami.
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FT. Laudehedale
Fla
New River Inlet
Coast Guard
A. V. Horn
Horn
Miami
Prohibition Raids Seize 27370 Gallons of Alcohol in Cleveland
Federal agents conducted two raids in Cleveland as part of nationwide enforcement. They seized 27370 gallons of alcohol, arrested fourteen men including Walter J. Gillen and David Roth, and charged six with conspiracy. Authorities estimate unpaid revenue losses to the U S government at 2 to 3 million dollars.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
United States
Superior Industrial Alcohol Company
Walter J. Gillen
David Roth
Morris Errie
19 500 Gallons of Beer Seized at Detroit Brewery
Internal revenue agents seized 19 500 gallons of beer at the Champion Beverage Company brewery in Detroit. The action followed a $1 800 tax due on the beer. Delos G. Smith will seek a federal court order to destroy the beer.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Internal Revenue
Champion Beverage Company
Fred. L. Woodworth
Eastern Michigan
Delos G. Smith
Philadelphia Investigator Here for Inference With Man
Philadelphia special agent Thomas C. Wilcox arrived in Cincinnati to meet with United States District Attorney Hareth E. Mau and John Eckhardt of the Justice Department. Mau declined to discuss travel plans, while Wilcox said the visit was social and not tied to any new case.
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Thomas C. Wilcox
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Hareth E. Mau
United States
John Eckhardt
Mr. Mau
Wilcox
Ciry
Miami
Fla
Mau
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