Boyden Resigns as American Observer at Reparations Commission
Roland W. Boyden resigns as unofficial U S observer with the Reparations Commission effective August 1 to resume legal practice. Colonel James A Logan Jr. will take over duties. Boyden, 60, Harvard educated, has served since Versailles Treaty creation and faced earlier State Department cautions over his advisory role. He is the first of two observers noted, amid debates over Germany reparations and policy.
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Associated Press
Paris
Roland W. Boyden
United States
Reparations Commission
Washington
State Department
James A. Logan
Boyden
Logan
American Peace Commission
Harvard
Beverely
Massachusetts
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Commission
Senate
Harding
Department
Th Department of State
Germany
Hughes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rhine
Mr. Boyden
Body found afloat on Lake Erie lashed to cross tie
The body of a man lashed to a railroad cross tie was found floating in Lake Erie near Cleveland by a fisherman. Police investigate whether murder, suicide, or accidental exposure explains the death, noting the tie around the waist and one arm beneath him.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Women Abroad Look to U S to Lead World Peace Move
New York July 1 The women of Europe look to the women of United States to lead in a movement to world peace. Mrs Maude Woodward president of the National League of Women Voters returned from abroad and said a report of the best means to achieve peace would be submitted next week. She noted American women are regarded as the foremost women of the day.
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New York
Europe
United States
Maude Woodpark
National League of Women Voters
Drowned Men After Auto Plunges Into Ditch Near Griffith
Hammond Indiana July 1 James Bloomer 30 and Alexander Duncan 28 both of Chicago were drowned when an auto carrying four people skidded on a sharp turn and overturned in a three foot ditch. All occupants were trapped beneath the car and the two men died before they could be freed.
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Hammond
Ind
James Bloomer
Alexander Duncan
Chicago
Griffith
Here
Buy Rather Than Sell: Advice on Rally Prices Sparks Absurd Hysteria
Theodore H. Price argues against rushing to sell on rallies in a July 1 1923 New York column. He cites strong railway traffic, full employment, robust department store sales, ample bank credit, and a recovering market as reasons to favor buying over selling despite recent pessimism and rumors.
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New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve System
Market Notes in Steel Copper and Grains
Prices held within narrow ranges last week as heat limited production in steel, yet mills remain booked into year end. Copper weakens on Europe’s reduced demand while wheat stays low as farmers face relief. Corn and cotton sell well, promising profits for farmers unless crops fail. continued on page two.
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Europe
Farmer Bennett Dies After Drinking Paris Green to Kill Worms
William Bennett a 63 year old Cleves Colorado farmer who grew tobacco became obsessed with worms he believed attacked him. He prepared three pints of Paris Green and drank the solution on Saturday night and died before an ambulance arrived. Neighbors reported his fear of tobacco pests and bugs and his long illness. Charles Bennett a nephew said his uncle had been in poor health for years.
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William Bennett
Cleves (Co
Charles A. Bennett
The
Bennett Express Company
Farmer Bennett
Inability to Roll Fag Betrays Girl Hoboing as Man
Chicago report details Nellie Mumaugh of Toledo who rode the rails disguised as a man. Police found her coat pockets bulging with toilet articles and noted her failure to roll a cigarette in masculine style. Mumaugh claimed to be Arthur Mumaugh’s daughter connected to the Toledo federal prohibition office and said she traveled from Toledo to visit her sister in St James Minn.
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Chicago
Nellie Mumaugh
Toledo
Ohio City
Mumaugh
Arthur Mumaugh
Federal Prohibition Office
St. James, Minn
Fatal Injuries From Auto Hit Kills 7 Year Old Victor Auer
Victor Auer seven died at Seton Hospital from a fractured skull after his coaster wagon was struck by an automobile driven by A M Kirker. The accident happened at Glenway avenue and Wells street as Victor and companion Robert Mayer nine rode Wells street. Auer jumped into the car path after frightening moment. The death marks Cincinnati’s sixty eighth automobile fatality this year.
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Victor Auer
Albert Auer
Wells Street
Seton Hospital
A. M. Kirker
Bluerock Pike
Glenway Avenue
Robert Mayer
Kirker
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Newport
Charles Emmett
Washington Avenue
Alexandria Pike
Charles Bankamper
Speers Hospital
Bankamper
Seventh and
Isabella Streets
Ray Young
Thomas Wilson
John Dorgan
Joe Utz
John Lewis
Vine Street
Moorrig Greenburg
Sycamore Street
William Coe
Hillside Avenue
Eighth and
Greenbureg
Liberty
Vine Streets
Harry Dertrans
Magnolia Street
McMicken Avenue
Joseph S. Wilkens
Church Street
Lafonia
Frank Bruch
Hughes Street
Joseph Keifer
Massachusetts Avenue
Edna Metzner
Missouri Avenue
Theresa
Camargo Pike
Metzner
Miss Metzner
French Parliament Adopts Budget After All Night Session
Paris reports Parliament passed the budget after an extended session lasting all night, narrowing the difference from the original plan by one billion francs. Premier Poincaré secured acceptance to apply 1923 appropriations to 1924 with a government confidence vote. The deficit stands at 400 million francs, offset by retirement of 800 million francs in 6 percent securities, giving supporters a claimed surplus of 400 million.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
White General Pepilaiev Captured With 100 Officers
Soviet forces capture General Pepilaiev and his staff of 100 in Vladivostok after months of resistance in the northern Okhotsk district. The capture occurred without bloodshed as the Indigirka ferried the prisoners to Vladivostok.
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Associated Press
Vladivostok
Pepilarev
Indigirka
Pepilaiev
Okhotsk
American Peace Award Created For World Cooperation Plan
Edward Bok announces a $100000 American Peace Award for the best practicable U S plan to cooperate with other nations for world peace. Plans due by mid November. jury announced by September. Funds paid in two installments upon jury selection and demonstrated practicability.
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New York
Edward Bok
Philadelphia
United States
Couple 14 and 20 Eloped From Cincinnati to Dayton
Dayton police arrested Zelma Troute, 14, of 5 Harper place, and Clifford Crail, 20, of 2121 Gilbert avenue, after they arrived in Dayton from Cincinnati. An attache of the Juvenile Court will take them back to Cincinnati. They face charges of juvenile delinquency and promoting juvenile delinquency. They left Cincinnati Friday after a letter to Mrs. Florence Troute.
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Dayton (Co
Zelma Troute
Harper Place
Cliffor Crail
Gilbert Avenue
Dayton
Cincinnati
Florence Troute
Troute
Crail
Second Ohioan Dies in Destroyer Blast
Newport Rhode Island July 1 Tony Rock fireman first class of Ashdabula Ohio died today at Naval Hospital, raising to six the dead from the destroyer Williamson fire room explosion in Narragansett Bay yesterday. Harry Anundson water tender Bemidji Minnesota and Haskell B Fields fireman first class Durham North Carolina were in dangerous condition. Clifford Latchford Lebanon Colorado died yesterday.
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Clifford Latchford
Lebanon
Riots Injure Scores in Nova Scotia Strike Clash
Scores of rioters were injured, some seriously, in a clash with police and soldiers near the British Empire Steel plant coke ovens at Sydney N S The fight began at about 830 pm as soldiers with fixed bayonets charged the mobs and continued intermittently until midnight with troops retreating behind stockades.
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Sydney
N. S
British Empire Steel Corporation
Ingenious ends life. wife hid revolver amid despondency
Judson E. Butcher a 57 year old stationary engineer at 2922 De Breck avenue shot himself after his wife hidden revolver fearing his fits of despondency. Neighbors Louis Richert and police reported the scene and the family says Butcher had been in declining health. Mrs Lottie Butcher said she hid the gun to prevent another attempt and that he appeared normal yesterday before he killed himself.
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Judson E. Butcher
de Breck Avenue
Louis Richert
Butcher
Richert
Lottie Butcher
Dry Agents to Face Perjury Charges After Chicago Liquor Case
Indictments were returned last week by the Federal Grand Jury against Roscoe C. Andrews formerly Acting Prohibition Director for Illinois John E Earley and nine others over the distribution of the 200000 stock of Grommes Ullrich as the firm dissolved. Perjury charges against several Prohibition Department agents are expected to follow before the next grand jury. Andrews plans to surrender with bond tomorrow while Earley is reported to be out of the city.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Roscoe C. Andrews
Prohibition
Illinois
John E. Earley
Grommes & Ullrich
Prohibition Department
United States
Prohibition Office
Andrews
Robert R. Levy
United States Marshal
Earley
Canoe Outing Ends in Tragedy on Vermilion River
Lester Green 18 drowned when a canoe overturned in Vermilion River near Cleveland on July 1. Elizabeth Kammer narrowly escaped. Rescuer William Zellers 19 helped with another girl. Green did not surface despite efforts.
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Cleveland
Lester Green
Elizabeth Kammer
Vermillion River
William Zellers
Vermillion
Zellers
Green
White Man Crosses Lake Erie In Open Canoe for First Time
Texas Jack Sullivan paddled solo from Rondeau Canada to Rocky River crossing sixty miles in under 24 hours. He used an 18 foot canoe, was outfitted with oatmeal broth water and a battery powered light, and was paddling under the Cleveland Yacht Club auspices aboard The Shark.
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Lake Erie
Cleveland
Texas Jack" Sullivan
Cleveland Yacht Club
Sullivan
Rondeau
Canada
Rocky River
Ralph W. Walton
Yachting Club
Peru Proclaims July Fourth a National Holiday
Lima reports an executive decree declaring July Fourth a full national holiday in tribute to American Independence. An elaborate celebration is planned across the country to mark the occasion.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Tragic fall on Sky Rocket coaster at Coney Island
Miss Dorothy Billinghurst aged 19 of 357 Oregon street was killed at Coney Island when she stood up in the Sky Rocket car at the first peak and was pitched forward. The car lurched on the descent and she died of a broken neck after the fall from about thirty feet. Park officials and manager Heffley noted prior warnings to stay seated.
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Dorothy Billinghurst
Oregon Street
Coney Island
Miss Billinghurst
Heffley
D. C. Handley
Miss. Billinghurst
Lady Astor Recalls Coat-Tail Held To Delay Liquor Bill
In Plymouth on July 1 Lady Astor told local constituents her account of Friday in the House of Commons. She described waiting all day with minimal fare for her liquor bill and, when MP Banbury delayed, jokingly said she would hold his coat tails to stop him from rising. She acknowledged phrases she used but said that was the extent of the incident.
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Associated
Plymouth
Lady Astor
House of Commons
Frederick Banbury
Commons
Banbury
Astor
ThreeYearOld Shoots Self With Father’s Gun
A three year old boy, William Wallace, found a revolver in a cupboard and fatally shot himself while parents briefly left him alone at 2209 Calumet Avenue. They rushed him to Christ Hospital but he died five minutes after arrival.
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William Wallace
Calumet Avenue
Christ Hospital
William
Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden to Wed Lady Louise Mountbatten
Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden becomes engaged to Lady Louise Mountbatten sister of Princess Andrew of Greece Her brother Lord Louis Mountbatten recently married Edwina Ashley The engagement marks Gustav's second marriage following the death of Princess Margaret of Connaught No wedding date is set Lady Louise aged 34 is a great niece of King Edward VII and Gustav will soon return to Stockholm with his two sons after a visit to England
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London
Prince Gustav of
Sweden
Louise Mountbatten
Andrew
Greece
Lord Louis of Mountbatten
Edwina Ashly
United States
Prince Gustav
Margaret of Connaught
Louise
Edward
Gustav
England
Stockholm
State of siege declared in city after Duisburg attack
German civilians totaling 223 were arrested at Duisburg by Belgian authorities for curfew violations as a state of siege was proclaimed following yesterday's explosion that killed ten Belgian soldiers and injured forty three. Rail and tram services are curtailed. indemnities are to be paid by the Reich and Duisburg for damages.
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Associated Press
Essen
Duisburg
Ruhr
Rhineland
Dégoutte
Mulheim
Hamborn
Reich
Herten
Recklinghausen
Frederick the Great
Hugo Stinnes
Motorist and Woman Involved in Street Incident
Reno Runck restrained a driver after witnessing a woman, Miss Collie Richards, 23, thrown from a car at Belmont avenue. Adams, the driver, claimed they argued and denied knowledge of Richards. Richards was hospitalized with facial lacerations and contusions. both Adams and Richards were charged with disorderly conduct.
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Reno F. Runck
Belmont Avenue
Adams
Runck
Arthur Co. Adams
West Fifteenth Street
Miss Richards
Hamer Street
General Hospital
Whitfield Refuses Food on Sixth Day of Murder Trial
In Cleveland on July 1 John L. Whitfield, indicted for first degree murder of Patrolman Dennis Griffin, nears 123 hours of fasting. He has only sipped water and black coffee as five more state witnesses identify him, including Patrolman Hughes and Arthur Dixon, in the roadster sighting and Griffin’s alleged shooting.
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John L. Whitfield
Dennis Griffin
Cleveland
Whitfield
Harry T. Hughes
Griffin
Arthur Dixon
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