Greece Warns War If Turkey Demands Indemnity
Greek foreign minister M Alexandris warned at Lausanne that Greece will seek battle rather than pay indemnity from Turkey. He said the Greek delegation may withdraw from the Near East conference if Turkey persists. He stressed Greece seeks peace but is prepared to defend its honor with a reorganized army.
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Lausanne
Turkey
Greece
M. Alexandris
Constantine
Constantinople
32 Bodies Recovered After Rio Grande Crossing Attempt
Mexico City reports thirty two bodies believed to be Italian and other foreigners killed during failed attempts to enter the United States. The remains were recovered from the Rio Grande near Laredo Texas, many long submerged and unidentifiable.
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Mexico City
United States
Rio Grande River
Laredo
Texas
Nuevo Laredo
Stand for the Old Fashioned Gospel Mass Meeting Pledge
Fifteen thousand attendees at a Southern Baptist convention mass meeting in Kansas City pledged themselves by rising vote to propagate the old fashioned gospel. Dr George W Truett of Dallas declared belief in the virgin birth deity of Christ vicarious atonement resurrection and return.
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Kansas City
Southern Baptist Convention
Geo. W. Truett
First Baptist Church
Dallas
Tex
Christ
South
Dr. Truett
Bandit Leaders Are Unyielding
Washington reports pessimistic about China talks with bandit leaders over hostages. The State Department backs diplomacy via the Peking council and long as hostages remain at risk it will stay on scene to seek a hopeful path. It notes threats to kill two captives if demands aren’t met by today but sees potential unofficial foreign involvement as essential. Roy Anderson, an American with ties to bandits, may join Chinese efforts to secure release.
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Washington
China
State Department
Peking
Schurman
Department
Copsul Davis
Philoon
Will Send Cruisers to Russian Waters
London reports preparations at Chatham and Portsmouth for immediate dispatch of four light cruisers and seven mine sweepers to Russian waters. The Daily Herald claims significant Mediterranean movements this week toward the Dardanelles, possibly to the Black Sea, but no corroboration is available elsewhere. The Herald has pushed a strong Bolshevik campaign tied to Lord Curzon's note to the Russian soviet.
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London
Chatham
Portsmouth
Daily Herald
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Herald
Lord Curzon
Bryan Would Make Prohibition Effective By Total Abstinence
Indianapolis Presbyterians at a popular meeting unanimously endorsed a resolution by William Jennings Bryan calling the general assembly to require every Presbyterian minister church officer and member and all denominational schools to sign a pledge of total abstinence. The plan starts with presidents and faculty in colleges and ends with every student, presented to the assembly as the meeting closed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Jennings Bryan
General Assembly of the Church
Bryan
Presbyterian Committee On
Settlement of Debt Is Likely
Washington reports that the Anglo American debt settlement neared completion after a debt commission meeting considered the British proposal. Treasury officials said no objectionable points were found, and Secretary Mellon stressed that the settlement’s key elements were not affected by British wording changes.
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Washington
American Debt Commission
Treasury
Debt Commission
Sir Auckland Geddes
Commission
Mellon
Great Britain
United States
Wounded Distillery Bandit Confesses to Many Robberies
Waukegan officials say Peter Walker Marion Hall and W A Roby were arrested at Highland Park after a raid on the Samuels distillery at Deatsville Kentucky. In a signed confession Walker details a band of twenty men robbing Kentucky distilleries, binding guards, loading barrels on trucks, and shipping to Chicago. Roby wounded, may die, a doctor kidnapped and dumped on the road.
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Waukegan
Peter Walker
Marion Hall
W. A. Roby
Highland Park
Samuels
Deatsville
Kentucky
Roby
Walker
Louisville
Chicago
German mark hits new low in New York exchange
In New York the German mark tumbled to 56.000 per American dollar marking a sharp break in the currency. The rate indicates a record low as markets react to economic pressures. The event reflects broader concerns about the German economy and currency stability.
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New York
Apparent cancer cure announced by Liverpool professor
Dr L F Haughey of Concordia Kansas reports that Professor Blair Bell of Liverpool University has developed a cancer cure based on a lead collateral solution claimed to target diseased tissue. Bell reportedly spent 18 years refining the PRM OB. eR 9D Dee Ye TN.
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New York
Blair Bell
Liverpool University
L. EF. Haughey
Concordia
Kan
Haughey
Bell
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