Plans for a real memorial for Columbus bones
A Pan American movement relaunches a plan to create a suitable memorial and viewing place for Christopher Columbus bones on the island. The bones, brought from Spain in 1540, would be kept in a viewable receptacle for dignitaries visiting the island, with past visits by Stimson and Knox noted.
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Washington
Associated Preas
Christopher Columbus
William Pulliam
Customs
Pulliam
Spain
Stimson
Knox
Angel-faced boy given two years six months hard labor
Elmer Dillon, 22, known as the angel-faced boy, pleaded guilty to lifting a wallet in front of the Hudson terminal building. Judge Talley, noting 25 arrests in 14 years, sentences him to two years six months at hard labor, saying he cannot give twenty years.
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New York
Elmer Dillon
Brookhart Calls Cummins Resign for Kendall Harmony
Des Moines Iowa Aug 26 Col Smith Brookhart quotes Senator Cummins urging resignation upon election to let Governor Kendall appoint a compatible successor. Brookhart notes Cummins referenced a letter Herring received from Curmine and retorts that if his power matched his will the government would not last a fortnight. He adds quote about the non-partisan league of Wall Street.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Kendall
Col Smith Brookhart
Clyde Merring
Marshalltown
Herring
Curmine
League of Wall Street
Red Oak Man Attempts Death By Own Action
Red Oak Iowa August 25 Ed P Dutton attempted suicide by taking strychnine tablets. Dr Butchart treated him and saved his life. Despondency from unknown causes is suspected. Dutton 40, a printer at Murphy calendar factory, married two months ago and left a note to his wife. He came here from Perry.
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Red Oak
P. Dutton
Butchart
Dutton
Murphy Calendar Factory
Perry
Weather Indications for Chicago Next Two Days
The forecast shows partly overcast conditions tonight and Sunday. Cooler air is expected from the northwest tonight.
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Chicago
Weather Summary for August Observations
Local observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley record 24 hour totals ending 7 am. Rain amounts are given for five days from Aug 21 to Aug 26 with highs from 84 to 87 and lows from 62 to 73. Rain fell on Aug 21 1.13 inches Aug 22 0.02 Aug 23 0.01 and Aug 24 none Aug 25 0.92 with Aug 26 none. Afternoon temperature 59.
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H. M. Stanley
Walkout Paralyzes Rail Yard at Roadhouse
About one hundred Railroad Trainmen struck over defective equipment at Roadhouse Tl Aug 26. The walkout idles ten yards completely and worsens railroad traffic in the area as Associated Press reports.
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Roadhouse
Associated Press
Great Wall of China Crumbling Despite Long History
Visitors describe the Great Wall at Nankow forty miles from Peking as slowly crumbling. Turrets along the mountain ridges are in ruins and locals remove stones for valleys below. Originated 20 B C under Emperor Chih Huang Ti with later expansion in the seventh century using up to a million workers.
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Peking
Associated Press
China
Nankow
Shanhaikuan
Tibet
Chih Huang Ti
Hannibal
Demirtash Embroideries Find Ready Sale in U S
In Broussa Asia Minor the Demirtash embroideries have found a ready market in the United States. Patterns are unique and of Macedonian origin, brought to Broussa about 200 years ago. The industry supports 700 Armenian and 200 Greek refugees.
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Broussa
Asia Minor
Associated Press
United States
Demirtash
Constance Shellman
Louisville
Burns Man Sentenced for Burning Daughter’s Hand
Bayonne New Jersey August 26 a verdict found Wnt H Moore a blacksmith guilty of holding his six year old daughter Dorothy over a stove burning her hand to the bone he was sentenced to one year in the county penitentiary.
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Bayonne
N. J
Dorothy
Wnt. H. Moore
Profiteering Bill Blocked Until Monday
The administration bill to curb coal profiteering was blocked in the Senate by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the issue was postponed to Monday. Senator Cummins refused comment while Senator Pomerene urged hearings for both operators and miners.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Cummins
Pomerene
Ohio
Kidnapped Missionaries Reported Held in China
Peking August 26. A Greek surveyor and a French engineer and daughter were kidnapped by Barbary brigands and are being held for 100000 dollars ransom. Advices say interior towns have been looted.
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Peking
Associated Press
State Fair stock shipments from Orient to Des Moines
At the Iowa state fair Charles Waltz a prominent farmer loaded a car with pure bred Shire horses to ship to Des Moines for the fair. T. M. Hayden shipped Hereford cattle and J. E. Burns Polled Angus cattle. The Boy's Pig club of Orient and Union townships shipped their pigs out Tuesday. These were two fine cars of registered stock.
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Orient
Ila
Charles Waltz
Des Moines
T. M. Hayden
J. E. Burns
Union Townships
Ocean Vessels Withdrawn From Service
Tokio reports marine transport circles are low in spirits as the hot season begins. A number of large ocean vessels are withdrawn one after another, causing a marked depreciation of charterage.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Cool Winds Dampen Heat Across Kansas and Missouri
Cool north winds and rain in western Kansas and Missouri cooled the region after five days of extreme heat. The thermometer in Kansas City fell from 102 to 65 as cooler air moved in.
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Kansas City
Kansas
United States
Missouri
Arms Seized From Nile Liner Bound for China
Customs officials in San Francisco seized 10 000 rounds of ammunition and 50 German made rifles hidden in the Nile crew quarters as the China mail liner prepared to sail for the Orient. No arrests were made.
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San Francisco
Cal
Orient
Body Found In Corn Field In Ottosen Week-Old Baby
A week-old baby was found fully dressed and wrapped in a blanket in a corn field north of Ottosen. The Kossuth county coroner holds the body as investigators probe the case.
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Ottosen
Kossuth
Clearing House Position in East Declines from Last Week
The Associated Press reports the East clearing houses hold 7,036,360 in excess of legal requirements, down 41,584,200 from the previous week, reflecting a tightening liquidity stance in New York on August 26.
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New York
Associated Press
Ford to Close Three Plants Over Coal Shortage
Detroit August 26 Ford Motor Co will shut the Highland Park Dearborn and River View plants on September 15 due to a coal shortage. Fifty thousand workers in these plants will lose jobs plus thousands in related facilities nationwide.
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Ford
Ford Motor Co
Highland Park
Dearborn
River View
Administration Eyes Another Coal Meet Next Week
Officials say overtures on the anthracite coal situation are likely to secure another meeting next week. Bituminous issues will be discussed only as they relate to transportation as conditions begin to normalize.
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Washington
Associated Press
Insurance contracts increase in Japan in first five months
Tokio reports life insurance contracts totaled 283,075,600 yen for the first five months, up 35,800,000 yen from the same period last year. The Associated Press notes the rise reflects stronger demand in Japan's life insurance sector.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Japan
Mice Infest French Fields: Killed By Gas
In the Ajoie valley near the Swiss French frontier thousands of mice invade farms and cause damage. Authorities organize drives offering payment for each dead rodent. Poison gas is injected into subterranean galleries. a record day reports 27 000 mice killed.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Ajoie
Treichés
Alsace
Street Car Runs Wild injuring twenty two in Syracuse
A crowded trolley on Walnut avenue hill during a heavy electric storm jumped the tracks and crashed into lighting poles. Twenty two passengers were removed to hospitals after the wreck in Syracuse on August 26.
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Syracuse
N. H
Walnut Avenue Hill
Through Ticket Promise from Faith Based Guidance
A church advertises a "through ticket" concept guiding followers to spiritual arrival via Bible teachings. The free ticket requires commitment to Christian doctrine and faith in Jesus Christ for safe passage at journey’s end.
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Jesus Christ
Aoa
Seventeen True Bills by the Grand Jury Nine Against Bilbo
The Union county district court grand jury returns seventeen indictments. Nine target Geo W Bilbo over alleged oil stock schemes. two target H Harold Young for larceny or breaking and entering. J R Sears faces second degree murder in Blodgett death. Orrie Shannon indicted for breaking and entering. Bonds set, Bilbo's at $18,000, secured by J and Harsh. The case includes a Blue Sky charge against Bilbo from August 15, 1922. Motion for venue change in Sears trial likely next week.
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Union County District Court
Geo W. Bilbo
H. Harold Young
Mr. Bilbo
J. & Harsh
Creston National Bank
Bilbo
Adam Pickett
W. A McKee
J. Carroll
Iowa
The
General Assembly
State of
J. R. Sears
Chester A Blodgett
District Court
Taylor, Ringgold
Decatur County
First Training Camp for Farm Women In West Virginia
Clarkesburg August 26. Report says the nation’s first training camp for farm women is under way at Jackson Mill near here. Eighty five women from farms in eighteen counties are registered for the program.
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Clarkesburg
W. Va
United States
Jackson Millis
Famins
Maintenance of Way Workers Seek Wages Increase
Chicago August 21. Four hundred thousand maintenance of way workers will ask the Railway Labor Board next week to raise the minimum wage from 2 cents to 4? cents per hour. President Grable of the maintenance of way organizations announced the plan today. The current minimum is 2 cents per hour.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Railway Labor Board
Grable
Berene Ureabnaught Sinking Report Emerges
A fragmentary notice cites the Berene Ureabnaught as sinking with limited readable details. Authorities have not released full casualty or location information.
French Dreadnaught France Capsizes Near Quiverton
Aug 26 Brest France An Associated Press report says the French battleship France capsized and sank near Quiverton. It is unofficially noted that cruisers Paris and Strasbourg rescued crew members. The ship completed in 1912 displaced 29150 tons length 492 feet and carried 1108 crew with fifteen reported drowned.
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Brest
France
Quiverton
Paris
Strasbourg
Cox Dines With Lloyd George Ante
James M. Cox former Democratic candidate for President dined with Prime Minister Lloyd George at breakfast in London. Cox had previously met Col. M. House, who is visiting. He issued a statement on Europe's financial state noting German Premier Wirth warned the United States to engage quickly or risk further turmoil.
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London
Ave
James M. Cox
Lloyd. George
House
Cox
Europe
Premier Wirth
Germany
United States
Werse
Canada Miners Accept Wage Cut
Ottawa reports coal miners and western Canadian operators have signed a pact returning miners to work with a 15 percent wage cut from 1921 rates. Operators had sought a 20 percent reduction, the labor department announced.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Labor
Let Contract for State Owned Cement Mill
The South Dakota cement commission awarded the general contract for the Rapid City cement mill to J. C. Buckbee & Co Chicago engineers. The $1,300,000 plant will begin work as conditions permit.
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Chicago
South Dakota Cement Commission
Rapid City
J. C. Buckbee & Co
John Guild Shortage Grows to 750000 Dollars
Honolulu Aug. 26. The alleged shortage in the accounts of John Guild former secretary of Alexander and Baldwin has grown from 560000 to 750000 dollars according to auditors working on the company books.
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Honolulu
H. T
John Guild
Alexander and Baldwin
Rumors of Turkish Offensive Reach Constantinople
Reports from Constantinople cite rumors of a Turkish offensive with no definite news. Initial alerts were issued by French authorities, who announced a jump-off on Wednesday. latest claims say the attack began today, though only small raids are confirmed.
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Constantinople
Atethority
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