Leonard Retains Lightweight Diadem In 15 Round Battle
Benny Leonard defeated Lew Tendler at Yankee Stadium in a fast paced fifteen round title defense before 65 000 fans. Leonard controlled the bout with speed defense and sharp combinations while Tendler struggled to mount an effect. Tendler acknowledged Leonard as a master ring general after the verdict in Leonard's favor.
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Leonard
King
Lew Tendler
Yankee Stadium
New York
Benny Leonard
Philadelphia
Tendler
Boyle's
Thirty Acres
Benny
Billy Gibson
Disarmament Move Fails in Commons Vote
J Ramsay MacDonald urged a conference to limit arms but the House rejected the motion 286 to 169. The amendment by R W O Neill was talked out as debate focused on method over ideal and on League of Nations involvement.
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Associated Press
London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
House
R. W. O'Neill
League of Nations
United States
Mr. McDonald
Mr. O'Neill
McDonald
Singapore
Herbert H. Asquith
Imperial Conference
London Baptists Press Dry Embassy Policy in Washington
Stockholm dispatch reports Dr. J. H. Rushbrooke of London Baptist Commissioner for Europe says the British Embassy in Washington should stay dry to respect American prohibition. He notes Baptists reject anti American remarks and urges reps in America to show respect for the constitution. Representative W. D. Upshaw plans to visit Romania to investigate Baptist persecutions and seek Congressional aid.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Sweden
Washington
J. H. Rushbrooke
London
Europe
Baptist World Alliance Today
America
Rumania
Rushbrooke
W. D. Upshaw
Atlanta, Ga
Congress
Reds Lose to Cardinals in Tight St. Louis Game
In a close eight to seven result, the Reds fall to St. Louis as New York wins elsewhere. An earthquake rattled Southern California while markets showed listless trading and rails slumped. Senator Hiram Johnson returned from Europe without comment on presidential plans.
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REDS
St., Louis
New York
Hiram Johnson
Europe
Argentine President seeks 155 million gold pesos to modernize army
President de Alvear sent to the Senate for secret consideration a measure to authorize 155,000,000 gold pesos to modernize the Argentine army. La Razon cites failures to curb arms at the Pan American conference and says Argentina is almost disarmed compared with neighbors as justification.
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Buenos Aires
de Alvear
Senate
la Razon
War Minister Quits as Silva Takes Charge in Lisbon
In Lisbon on July 23, the War Minister resigned and Prime Minister Silva temporarily assumes the portfolio.
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Quats
Lisbon
Silva
Grand Jury May Hear Beazell & Chatfield Failure Case
Hamilton County Prosecutor Charles S. Bell said the Beazell & Chatfield brokerage collapse could be presented to the grand jury after new information from Judge Peck. Referee Charles T. Greve held up $10,000 receiver and counsel fees as excessive, noting insolvency and prior misstatements in bankrupcy filings.
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Charles S. Bell
John Weld Peck
Beazell & Chatfield
Bell
Hamilton County Grand Jury
Peck
Grand Jury
Charles T. Greve
Henry S. Irving
Carl Jacobs
Irving
Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs
Greve
Radio to be Installed in Sing Sing Death House
A radio set will be installed in the Sing Sing death house to give the condemned their last contact with the outside world. The idea came from the prison chief electrician, sponsored by Captain Stanley J. Sheppard of the Salvation Army, with Warden Lawes endorsing. Captain Sheppard announced the outfit was presented by David Saronoff, RCA general manager.
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New York
Sing Sing
Stanley J. Sheppard
Salvation Army
Lawes
Sheppard
David Saronoff
Radio Corporation of America
Irene Castle Treman Wins Divorce In Paris On Abandonment
Irene Castle Treman, a dancer, wins a divorce in Paris from Captain Robert E. Treman on grounds of abandonment. Three other American women also secure decrees, with similar grounds, including Mrs. Carlisle Keyes and Mrs. Blanche Suzanne Elliott Donner.
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Irene Castle Treman
Paris
Associated Press
Robert E. Treman
Carlisle Keyes
New York
Blanche Suzanne Elliott Donner
Philadelphia
Robert Newsch Donner
Margaret Brown
Irene Castle
Treman
Broadway
Ithica
N. Y
Pickens
8. C
Vernon Castle
Ft. Worth
Tex
Royal Flying Corps
Treman-King Company
Cornell
American Expeditionary Force
New Rochelle
Woman Freed After Killing Mate At Cincinnati Court
A Cincinnati wife who shot her husband after he beat her daughter was freed by Judge Yeatman in a swift murder trial. She told how religious disputes and family abuse led to the fatal confrontation and asked to view the body before fleeing with her two children.
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Mate
Criminal Court
East Front Street
Newport
William E. Bush
Bessie B. Bush
Cutter Street
Walter Bush
Mrs. Bush
Bush
Cincinnati
South
Anna
Dom
Alice
Judge Yeatman
Church of God
Wehking
Youths Force Way Into Clubhouse Steal Safe
Four young men broke into a rear frame clubhouse adjoining the Nine Mile House on Harrison Pike and carted off an iron safe containing an estimated $2,000 to $5,000. The theft occurred around 5 am as patrons had already left. The safe had a 9 pm time lock. Cincinnati police and County Sheriff Witt pursued leads linking the safe to a prior Stockton Club robbery.
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Harrison Pike
Nine Mile House
Cincinnati
Gwaltney
Cleves
Samuel Bauer
Charles Bright
Harrison Pike House
Bauer
Mr. Bright
Stockton Club
Hamilton
Mill Creek
Fifth District
Richard B. Witt
German Princess on Trial for Perjury in Ehrhardt Case
Leipsic July 23 Princess Marguerite of Hohenlohe Oehring faces perjury charges and alleges Ehrhardt’s hypnotic influence as she admits housing the fugitive captain. Prosecution contends she was his daily companion while Ehrhardt evades capture after the Baltic Iron Brigade leader's flight. The case contrasts with Ehrhardt’s own treason indictment and is expected to conclude tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Leipsic
Marguerite of
Munich
Ehrhardt
Marguerite
Herr von Eschwege
Forest Fires Rage Across Quebec Province
Five thousand men battle fires in Quebec Province with several districts turning serious. Escalana, reported Saturday surrounded by flames, has been saved, while forests burn fiercely in the St. Lawrence and St. Matapedi Valleys.
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Quebec
Quebec Province
Escalana
St. Lawrence
St. Matapedi
Native Tribes in India at War Fifty Killed in Surprise Attack
Fighting erupted in British India’s Northwest Frontier between Amb and Miangul tribes. The Najab of Amb seized territory in a surprise attack killing fifty. The Nawab of Mian retaliated as refugees flooded into Peshawar.
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India
Assoc
Peshawar
Bitish
Amb
Miangul
Northwest Frontier Province
Mian
Villa Followers Threaten Revolt Over Villa Hacienda Seizure
Mexico City reports three men are detained over the Villa slaying while general Eugenio Martinez says loyalist forces may face a Villista revolt. Mrs. Berta Villa seeks to claim the Canutillo hacienda for her and her three children, prompting fears of clashes with Villa followers.
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Villa
Widow
Mexico City
Eugenio Martinez
Chihuahua
Jose Martinez Baca
Berta Villa
Canutillo
Parral
Whitfield Murder Trial Opens as Jurors Seated in Chagrin Falls Case
Cleveland July 23 Jury selection begins in the first degree murder case against John L Whitfield for Policeman Dennis Griffin's death. Eight tentative jurors including one woman seated. fourteen of thirty six venire questioned. six women and one man identify Whitfield roadster near Chagrin Falls where the body was found. Trial to be conducted under thirteen juror rule with special venue tomorrow.
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Cleveland
John Ll. Whitfield
Denns Griffin
Whitfield
Common Pleas
Frank C. Phillips
Chagrin Falls
Griffin
Tes
Hitfield
Convict Morrell Plans Appeal Over Georgia Return
William Morrell a Georgia escapee and book salesman held in New York Dr Perry M Lichtenstein examined him in the Tombs prison Morrell says guards beat him and he will seek Governor approval to investigate extradition papers He says he would rather kill himself than return to Georgia and cites North origins as motive for rough treatment News notes he escaped from a road gang in Georgia and has a history of fugitive status and multiple prior escapes.
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New York
William Morrell
Georgia
Gove
Morrell
Perry M. Litchenstein
Tombs
Lichtenstein
John J. Hanley
Jasper County
Atlanta
Butfield
Governor orders probe into Georgia chain gang beating claim
Governor Clifford Walker ordered the State Prison Commission to investigate charges by William Morrell alias William McGharrity held in New York that he was beaten while in a Georgia chain gang. The governor said he does not believe the charges but will examine all such cases brought to his attention.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Clifford Walker
State Prison Commission
William Morrell
William McGharrity
New York
Morrell
Escape Losses and Recaptures In Illinois Insane Convicts Uprising
Chester Ill July 23 Seven of forty one escaped inmates from the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane remained at large with twenty three recaptured. One guard was stabbed and in the escape a prisoner was killed. A hasty roundup followed as guards pursued fugitives in cemeteries and a wooded tract near the facility.
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Chester
Ill
State Hospital
James Denney
Ralph Dilday
Instituton
Klalter O'Malley
St. Louis
O'Malley
Call for Governor General Wood’s recall by Philippine legislature
A unanimous joint resolution in Manila demanded the recall of Governor General Leonard Wood addressed to President Harding. Cabinet and Council of State resigned after President Harding’s policy of direct intervention prompted friction, with the Wood reinstatement of Ray Conley cited as a trigger.
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Harding
Manila
Leonard Wood
Council of State
Legislative Council
Wood
Malacanan Palace
Manuel Quezon
Senate
Ray Conley
United States Secret Service
Cousin of Czar Secures Floorwalker Job in Wichita Store
Prince Michael Alexandrovitch Dimitri Obelenski, claiming royal lineage, is booked tomorrow as assistant floor manager at a Wichita department store after a string of police encounters in Kansas City and Wichita. He had been detained over suspected royal jewels and later arrested for attempting to cash a check.
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Wichita
Kan
Prince Michael Alexandrovitch
Dimitri Obelenski
Czar
Russia
Kansas City
Dimitri
Tulsa
Lawn Party Staged By Hungry Burglar
Negley Schaffer reports a Sunday night burglary at 3553 Vine street. The thief stole a coat with 30 cents and a fountain pen then searched the kitchen icebox, ate the lunch there, and spread scraps on the lawn the next morning.
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Negley Schaffer
Vine Street
Schaffer
Two Suspects Arrested in 300000 Jewel Theft
Princeton New Jersey July 23 Eugene Moran and Albert Horowitz wanted by New York police for stealing 300000 dollars worth of jewels from Buffalo socialite Mrs C P Hugo Schoellkopf at a New Year’s Eve party were arrested with William J Burch Mor gan’s alleged father in a motor car reported stolen in Philadelphia Moran and Horowitz face grand larceny charges in connection with the robbery of Mrs Schoellkopf.
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Princeton
N. J
Eugene Moran
Albert Horowitz
New York
C. P. Hugo Schoellkopf
Buffalo
Metropolis
William J. Burch
Morgan
Philadelphia
Moran
Horowitz
Matthew Biddulph
Sing Sing
Mrs. Schoellkopf
West Pee
Frankarrett Carman
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London Baptist
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Sing Sing Death House
Edward
Erhardt
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Voeirina
Morell
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McGarity
Fayette County
Illinois
Indorse
Secret Service
Conley
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