Suspected Allied Pressure Over European Debts and Boer Reparations
President Coolidge faces a decisive choice on European debt funding with Belgium as the focal point. A Treasury transcript and memoranda outline potential concessions, affecting Britain France Italy and the World Court stance. Talks with Mellon and Smoot press on moratorium terms, principal relief, and long term payments influencing US taxation and global finance policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Ludlow
Coolidge
Belgium
Debt Funding Commission
Mellon
Smoot
Great Britain
France
Italy
England
I i
United States
Europe
Britain
Mob Demands Life Of Negro Suspected Of Attack
A mob of about 600 stormed the Indiana Harbor police station in Gary Indiana to seize John Allen a 47 year old black man accused of attacking a four year old girl. Police dispersed the crowd after Allen was arrested following the child's discovery at her parents home with injuries. The suspect was identified by the child and witnesses who saw the abduction.
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Associated Press
Gary
Ind
Indiana Harbor
John Allen
Allen
Classified Savings Offer on Home Furnishings
Thrifty readers are urged to check the Classified Page for big savings on sewing machines dining room suites living room and bedroom furniture and other home articles. Call Cana 6300 and ask for an Adtaker to place an ad.
Delmonico's Last Luncheon Held Amid Ruins
In the ruins of Delmonico's a luncheon will be hosted for old patrons and the Delmonico family. A rare old vintage bottle found in the cellar will toast the passing of a pioneer American cuisine. Farewell dinners have occurred thrice since 1827. this lunch marks the final chapter.
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New York
Delmonico
Fifth Avenue
Robber Steals $5,000 Payroll at Denver Construction Site
An unmasked robber held up three Kirchhoff Construction employees at the Denver University Stadium site and shot Earl Hershey before escaping with a $5,000 payroll. About 100 workers were kept outside as the assailant forced the men to surrender the wages and fled in a car after commandeering another vehicle.
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Denver, Co
Frank Kirchhoff Construction Company
Earl Hershey
R. W. Hershey
Safety of
Denver
Denver University Stadium
Rene Segal
Kirchhoff
Robbers Loot Syracuse Home For Nearly Fifty Thousand
Robbers forced entry at dawn into the Syracuse home of Albert Sobey and carried off a small safe containing nearly $50,000 in cash jewels and securities. The family was away for only an hour visiting a friend.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Albert Sobey
Eight Yeggmen Loot Iowa Bank In Early Morning Robbery
Eight men wrecked the First National Bank in Bart, Iowa, escaping with 15000 in bonds and cash. They damaged the bank, captured James Foster in the railroad yards, and held him prisoner in a box car before fleeing.
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Associated Press
Bart
First National Bank
James Foster
Prohibition Agents Rob Home Safe of Mrs Canfield
Three men posing as prohibition agents forced Mrs. Frank Canfield to open a wall safe in her home and escaped with jewelry valued at 18 000. They bound her to a bed to stop any alarm.
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Chicago
Frank Canfield
Costello Found Guilty of Murder in Chicago
Raymond Costello, a youth under 21, was found guilty of the murder of Madeline White. The jury fixed death by gallows after a brief deliberation. The case hinged on a handkerchief DNA tied to Costello and the victim’s body found under a South Side porch. The defense argued another killer was responsible.
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Chicago
Raymond Costello
Madeline White
South Side
Costello
Maine
Mulholland
Wilmington Parents Quit Boy Slayer in Jail
Sedatia Missouri August 15 The Adams parents Mr and Mrs Henry Adams arrive home in Wilmington Delaware after leaving their son Everet Adams in jail to await a first degree murder trial for the slaying of Professor A R Clawson of Lodi New York Chief of Police accompanied them and the boy wept when with his mother The tragedy details were not discussed
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Associated Press
Sedatia
Henry Adams
Everett Adams
A. R. Clawson
Lodi
N. Y
Wilmington
Plane plunges into water at Coney Island injuring three
An aviator Reinhold Esslinger 22 of Hicksville and two companions Thomas Darling 30 and Jack Hickey 21 were rescued after their plane failed 800 feet above Coney Island Beach. Darling suffered a possible skull fracture and concussion while Esslinger was severely bruised. The two planes were hired by the Daily Mirror for a publicity stunt.
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New York World News Service
New York
Coney Island
Curtiss Field
Reinhold Esslinger
Hicksville
S. 1
Curtiss Exhibition Company
Thomas Darling
Jack Hickey
Brooklyn
Esslinger
Darling
Hickey
Coney Island Hospital
Daily Mirror
Woman and Child Beaten to Death in Camden Home
In Camden New Jersey Mrs Catherine Audia and her four year old son John were killed with a wooden mallet in their cellar. Husband Joseph Audia and son Frank Audia 20 are being sought. Cousin Joseph Gentile found the bodies and alerted police after a day shift. Gentile and neighbors are held as material witnesses.
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Associated Press
Camden
N. J
Catherine Audia
John
Gentile
Burglars Raid Dempsey Home in Hollywood
Four men broke into the Hollywood home of heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor Dempsey last night. They spent time on the lower floor while Dempsey slept above, but nothing was stolen. The intruders fled after the watch dogs barked.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Jack Dempsey
Pugilist
Dempsey
Estelle Taylor Dempsey
Norbeck Announces Run for Re election on Agrarian Platform
Senator Peter Norbeck of South Dakota said he would seek reelection on an agrarian platform. He called for relief for Northwest farmers and a market balance for farmers and manufacturers, while opposing an income tax cut that benefits large taxpayers over smaller ones.
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Mitchell
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota Today
Northwest
Mystery Veils Jilting of Roman By Nancy Sayles Wealthy American
In New York Aug 15 Lieutenant Ernesto Becci of Rome sailed from Boston to Italy after an engagement to Miss Nancy Sayles of Pawtucket was indefinitely postponed. Becci’s departure followed a failed reconciliation attempt and a guarded, secretive courtship amid Rhode Island wealth and Roman social circles.
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Nancy Sayles
New York World News Service
New York
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
Ernesto Sardinelli-Becci
Rome
Boston
Providence
Italy
Miss Sayles
Becci
Frank A. Sayles
Nancy
Saleholm
Sayles
Ernesto
M. Fessenden
Sayles Anot
Fessenden
Saleholr
R. I
Ritz-Carlton
Mr. Fessenden
Anthony H. Dyer
Nancy Dyer
Dyer
América
United States
Stinnes Jr Gifts Aga Works Shares to Employees
In Berlin August 15 1923 the Aga Motor Works faces a 500000 mark shortfall to pay workers as Edmund Stinnes confronts banks over control. He gifts 2 million marks of Aga shares to employees, representing half his holdings, amid a banking dispute and possible court action to decide ownership and future of the plant.
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Berlin
Aga Motor Works
Hugo Stinnes
Edmund Stinnes
Edmund
Aga Works
Stinnes
Hugo, Jr
Pears
Young Stinnes
Aga
Aga Automobile Works Bank Fight Spurs Worker Aid
Berlin August 15 1925 Edmond Stinnes turned over more than half of his Aga automobile concern to 25000 employees and 8000 dependents facing halted payrolls as banks withdraw credit. The shop council urged lenders and the Prussian State Bank to renew credits but failed. Indications suggest the undertaking will not crash despite financial pressure.
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
Edmond Stinnes
Aga
Edmund
Stinnes
N. Y. World News Service
N.Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Coolidge First Visit Day Marred by Toothache in Vermont
President Coolidge, hindered by dental pain, visited Woodstock for treatment and spent a quiet first day with his father in Plymouth Vermont. He and Mrs Coolidge avoided crowds behind a safety line as temperatures rose and a wreath was placed on Calvin Coolidge Jr. s grave, while local officials and GOP figures greeted them.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
President Coolidge
Woodstock
J. R. Jewett
Coolidge
Karl Kinsley
Rutland
Vermont
Proctor
Union Church
John White
Mellon
Acuss
Swampscott
American Heiress Louisa Fletcher Breaks Off Berlin Bet
Louisa Fletcher, an American heiress, sailed from Southampton after a botched union plan with Count Ernst von Schmettow. Bankruptcy-plagued Louisa’s father Fletcher of Indianapolis failed to provide funds, ending German marriage hopes and triggering a formal denial at Pommerzig Castle.
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New York
World News Service
Louisa Fletcher
Germany
Berlin
Count Ernst Gotterfried von Schmettow
Count von Schmettow
Ashington
Frederick the Great
von Schmettows
Pommerzig
Miss Fletcher
Stroughton A. Fletcher
Indianapolis
Louisa
Southampton
England
Fletcher
Fletcher American National Bank
Indiana
Laurel Hill
Middle West
Gloucester
Mass
Florida
von Schmettow
Dares Governor to Hunt Convicts in Canyon
Oswald West ex governor of Oregon challenges Governor Pierce and Warden Dalrymple to enter Drift Creek Canyon to hunt three escaped prisoners. West proposes a meeting at Pratum Schoolhouse and a three day search with armed guards and supplies.
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Portland
Ore
Oswald West
Oregon
Walter’m. Pierce
Dalrymple
State Penitentiary
Drift Creek Canyon
West
Pierce
Pratum
Dalrympte
Four Infantile Paralysis Deaths Reported in Minnesota Wisconsin
Die of infantile paralysis recorded today in this vicinity with four fatalities. Victims include three girls. One child ill for one day and another for two days. Deaths occurred near Arcadia and Alma in Wisconsin and in Winona Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Winona
Minn
Arcadia
Wis
Alma
Three and Half Pound Mushroom Displayed in Connecticut
In Winsted Connecticut a mushroom weighing three and a half pounds and as large as a cabbage is shown in a newspaper office window. The oversized puffball was picked by H Blewitt on his Walling Hill farm.
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New York World News Service
Winsted, Conn
H. Blewitt
Walling Hill
Japanese spinsters leap to volcano ends loveless years
Three young Japanese women Takeji Kobayashi 25 Shika Sema 24 and Kiyo Maruyama 23 leaped into Asama volcano after despair over marriage prospects. Police said they were despondent at the prospect of loveless lives in Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Asama
Takeji Kobayashi
Shika Sema
Kiyo Maruyama
Halfway Arctic Base Opened by MacMillan Expedition
An intermediate Arctic base was established by the MacMillan expedition at Flagler Fjord on Ellsmere Island between Etah and Cape Hubbard. Amateur radio linked with Bowdoin chief operator John Reinartz, voice heard clearly, verifying new long distance communication. A rescue and repair effort followed for the NA-2 after heavy seas damaged the Peary and Bowdoin vessels.
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Washington
Macmillan Arctic
Flagler Fjord
Ellsmere Island
Etah
Greenland
Cape Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Arthur A. Collins
Cedar Rapids
John L. Reinartz
Bowdoin
America
Schur
Bennett
Navy Fliers
MacMillan
Byrd
Rocheville
Peary
Rescue of Children in Gull Lake Resort Fire
Eight sleeping children locked in rooms were saved from a Gull Lake resort hotel fire near Battle Creek Michigan. Firemen broke doors and staff lowered 76 year old blind James Milne to safety with an improvised wire cable while C W Dunkley and A L Spaulding aided the rescue through flames. The hotel was destroyed and officials attributed the blaze to a gas leak in the heating plant.
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Associated Press
Battle Creek
Mich
Locke
Gull Lake
James Milne
Grand Rapids
C. W. Dunkley
Chicago
Central Division
A. L. Spaulding
Milne
Maud Schooner Safely Halted Off East Cape Siberia
Ber ing Sea August 15 The Arctic schooner Maud under Captain Amundsen's command remains at East Cape Siberia after a failed drift attempt toward the North Pole. The Maud was reported at East Cape earlier and its status is now confirmed as safe.
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Bear
Murder of Detective Ties Dutch to Yorktown Slayings
Muncie Indiana August 15 1924 police pursue George Dutch Anderson in the slayings of detective Ben Hance his wife and other crimes linked to the Chapman gang. Wolfe in custody amid alibi challenges while Yorktown witnesses place two men with Anderson and Wolfe near the crime scene.
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Muncie
Ind
Ben Hance
Gerald Chapman
George
Dutch) Anderson
Hance
Charles
Wolfe
Anderson
Yorktown
Gus Burgess
Mark Broadwater
Applegate
Hartford
Conn
Chapman
Ta' A
Hancey
Charles Cramer
Eaton
Murder of Bankers' Detective Linked to Anderson Gang
An Indiana Bankers Association undercover operative, who infiltrated the Anderson gang, has been missing since July 6 and is believed murdered. He was last seen entering a Detroit house with gang members, as Webster and his men investigated a planned Indiana bank robbery on July 4. The missing man’s name was not released.
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Bankers
Anderson
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana Bankers’ Association
First Street
la Fayette Avenue
Detroit
Harry Webster
Webster
Indiana
Anderson Sought in Toledo With Captured Vegg
Toledo police say George Dutch Anderson was in the city within the last week while linked to a double murder in Muncie Indiana. Inspector Haas notes Anderson and a man matching Charles One Arm Wolfe stayed with bank robber Albert House, who was arrested. Secret service and local raids targeted the trio after a Detroit operation last Monday.
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Anderson
Toledo
Vegg
The
Associated Press
George
Haas
Charles
Ind
Albert House
House
Wildwood
Wolfe
Secret Service
Detroit
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BOY Slayer
Jack
Norbeck
Lieut. Becci
Daddy Fletcher
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Arctic
Siberia
Wolte
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