Harding Seeks Navy Equality In Armament Policy
President Harding spoke before the Seattle Press Club after a review of the battle fleet, declaring that nations should strive for a first rank navy but only until a new international conscience calls for joint reduction or abolition of armed force. He urged maintaining equality in armament as a duty to the nation, within existing limits.
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Seattle, Wash
Harding
Seattle Press Club
United States
Millionaire Baker's Son Indicted for Second Time on Murder Charge
Walter S. Ward, son of a wealthy baker, was indicted again for first degree murder in the 1922 shooting of Clarence S. Peters near the Kensico reservoir. He pleaded not guilty and was held without bail for trial on September 4 as 150 jurors were summoned. Ward appeared in court with his lawyers and faced the dramatic reading of the indictment.
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White Plains N. Y
Walter S. Ward
Baker
Clarence S. Peters
Haverhill
Mass
Kensico Reservoir
Ward
Newe
Isaac N. Mills
Defense Counsel
Mills
Sherman
Wagner
Westchester County
Ralph
Walter
Cumberland
R. O
L. C. Garrett
E. S. Pierce
B. D. White
Commonwealth
White
Garretts
Cumberland County
Ward Confesses in Bafling New Jersey Murder Case
Walter S. Ward, son of millionaire baker George S. Ward, confessed to killing Clarence Peters near Kensico reservoir after Peters threatened blackmail. Ward claimed Peters and two companions, named Ross and Jack, coerced him at the scene and fled in a red racing car. Ward was freed on $10,000 bail as the tale remained unsettled.
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Ward
Peters
Haverhill
Mass
Tard
Baker
Charlie Ross
Jack
Kension Reservoir
Ross
Weeks
Birmingham College Seeks Scarritt Training Site
Birmingham Alabama Southern College continues efforts to land the Scarritt Training School for Women, competing with Nashville Atlanta Dallas and Memphis. The Methodist Episcopal Church South institution plans to move from Kansas City and has offered a free site on its campus as inducement while other cities make strong propositions to the Methodist board.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern College
Scarritt Training School For
Nashville
Atlanta
Dallas
Memphis
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Kansas City
Methodist Board
NOTE OF WARNING SOUNDED BY WILSON
Associated Press notes former President Woodrow Wilson, writing for the Atlantic Monthly, warns that civilization cannot endure materially without spiritual redemption. In a nonpartisan analysis of U S problems, Wilson appeals for a clearer understanding between the haves and have nots, citing unrest rooted in spiritual life.
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Associated Press
Boston
Woodrow Wilson
Atlantic Monthly
Wilson
United States
River Rouge Deep Water Docks Expanded in Detroit
The River Rouge, site of Ford’s blast furnaces, has been rebuilt to accept deep draft vessels. A three mile new channel from the Detroit River to the Ford basin widens to 400 feet at the mouth, with docking width about 300 feet and 21 feet depth at low water. A 3,000 foot canal removed an S turn, enabling six miles of new docking along the Rouge and supporting some 15 industries. Ford expects 2,000,000 tons in 1923. total project cost around 10 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Detroit
River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Detroit River
Ford Interests
Lakes
Ford Turning
Ford
Rouge
Millions of books issued to support Bolshevist ideas
A Bucharest summary notes the Soviet publishing house in Moscow issued over 14.5 million volumes in the last year across economics politics history and fiction. Writers portray world consequences of hostility to Bolshevik doctrine while fiction often argues opposition distorts individual lives.
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Bucharest
Russia
Moscow
President of United States First Steps on Canadian Soil
Vancouver hosts a historic visit as an American president steps onto Canadian soil for the first time. The welcome mirrors that given to royalty, with 40,000 at Stanley Park and hundreds at a luncheon. Harding speaks of close ties and shared destinies, praising neighborliness and mutual progress between the United States and Canada.
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United States
Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
W. G. Harding
Harding
Prince of Wales
Republic
Dominion of Canada
Henderson
Burrard Inlet
Dominion
Province of
British Columbia
Seattle
Stanley Park
League of Nations deadlock over armament cuts heats up
Geneva reports a standoff as the League struggles to draft a general arms reduction treaty. The Cecil general guarantee plan clashes with a French regional accord proposal, with Switzerland Denmark Norway and Sweden staying out. A compromise is sought before the September assembly to decide on applying the blockade under the covenant.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Cecil
France
Poland
Switzerland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Germany
American consul in Angora builds home on wheels
In Angora, Charles Imbrie, Baltimore born consul and trade adviser, and his wife Katherine Gillespie fashioned a home in a box car due to housing shortages. The couple travel with Imbrie on inspections across Turkey while Mrs. Imbrie keeps house, valuing mobility in their unique railway home.
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Angola
Asia Minor
Asia
Charles Imbrie
Baltimore
Turkey
Imbrie
Katherine Gillespie
New York
Angora
Will Organize Alumni Society
Chicago reports groundwork for a large Alumni Society tied to Citizens Military Training Camps. The organization, linked to the Plattsburg idea of General Leonard Wood, will group campers into county and state captains, with charters issued to county companies as the summer camps finalize the structure.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Association of the
Plattsburg
Leonard Wood
Citizens
Citizens’ Military Training Camps
Alabama Adds Another Football Game Schedule
Montgomery Alabama prints another football game for fall as Spring Hill and Marion Institute join clashes in the capital. Other games list Auburn versus Tulsa, Auburn versus Birmingham Southern, and Alabama versus Georgia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Cliff Green
Spring Hill
Marion Institute
Auburn
Tulane
Birmingham Southern
Georgia
German marks reach new low record in wartime trade
The exchange rate shows German marks at 90 cents a million today, a fresh low as wartime markets report German marks valued at 238000 dollars in New York before the current sale.
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New York
Jail Full of Liquor Violators Appeal Fines Remitted
Ohio county jail at Erya is full of liquor violators appealing fines in municipal court. County Commissioner asked Municipal Judge Strenck to remit fines and to delay punishment. Judge reportedly favors prohibition and advised keeping offenders in Richmond jails.
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Ohio
Erya
Strenck
Richmond
Prohibition
Brother of Newton D Baker fined for liquor aboard boat
New York man B B Baker said to be Newton D Baker’s brother was fined $1000 after guards boarded his motor boat beyond the three mile limit and found six cases of whiskey aboard.
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New York
B. B. Baker
Newton D. Baker
Three Mile
Guardsmen Protect Men Charged With Assault
Springfield dispatch reports two Illinois National Guard companies were sent to Tamms to guard James Hazelwood and Andrew Corbett, jailed on assault charges after fears of a lynch mob. The guards then moved the pair under protection to Carroll this forenoon.
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Illinois National Guardsmen
Springfield
James Hazelwood
Andrew Corbett
Tamms
Carroll
Former Prohibition Agent Charged With Transporting Liquor
Louisville reports former prohibition agent L. R. Delozier charged with transporting liquor. He admits carrying and reselling liquor since leaving office last January. Prohibition enforcement chief P. Green Miller says seized liquor contains denatured alcohol. Delozier’s operations included seizure of ninety gallons of liquor, with colored moonshine, indicating large scale activity.
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Louisville
R. L.delozier
Fromer
P. Green Miller
Delozier
Miller Delozier
Revocation Liquor Permits Cases Heard in Kentucky
Hearings began before Judge Bethurum for Sam Collins Kentucky Prohibition Director on revocation of liquor permits. Twenty six Kentucky physicians and druggists face cases with proceedings from Louisville Bedford Central City Dixon Louisville hearings were represented.
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Kentucky
Bethurum
Sam Collins
Lexington
Louisville
Bedford
Central City
Dixon
Werderson
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Farmers Union Supply Company of Kentucky
Maysville
Covington
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