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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1923
Page
7
Associated Press reports in Lausanne that the Near East conference political committee agreed on negotiating separate treaties with Turkey to define foreign privileges within a year while Turkey maintains the status quo. A separate dispatch says the Turco Greek dispute is settled and reparations agreement reached.
Five foreign governments voiced to the state department their stance after the Supreme Court ruling limiting liquor on ships within the three mile limit. Spain and Britain sent written views, while France Italy and the Netherlands presented their positions to Secretary Hughes noting inconveniences and risks to international commerce if comity practices are dropped.
Albert Schlageter was executed by French troops for rail sabotage and related offenses. He was shot near a quarry beside a cemetery, and his body given to cemetery authorities. The act marks the first execution in the occupied region. A separate dispatch notes German industrialists offering guarantees for reparations loans to the German government.
William Jennings Bryan addressed the national railroad valuation conference aired by Senator La Follette and other progressives. He warned against government ownership but feared possible federal centralization and proposed a system of state owned trunk lines with divergent lines.
Dallas Texas May 26 plans to unite local chapters with national headquarters were finalized in a two day meeting of the state organization of the Disabled Veterans of the World War. Commander Capthin Ky Raley said a liaison officer will improve fairness and efficiency in handling individual claims.
Lieut Harrison G Crocker of Kelly Field took off from Ellington Field at 521 this morning for a Gulf to the Great Lakes flight. He hopes to land at Selfridge Field Michigan tonight. An army plane believed to be his was sighted over Blytheville Arkansas at 705 this evening following earlier reports from Memphis that the craft passed Earle Arkansas about 500 miles from Houston at 1035.
Miss Jean nette Pennington, divorced wife of John A. Hine, denied any improper relations with Roger Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals. She claimed she knew the ball player but had never been in his company before the divorce. Hornsby’s name appeared in proceedings to set aside the divorce on grounds of misrepresentation.
London reports Britain will not break with the Soviet Union and hopes remaining disputes can be settled by negotiation. If the Moscow government withdraws Russian political agents abroad, the Foreign Secretary may invite a plenipotentiary to discuss Anglo Russian relations at a London conference soon.
Secretary Denby told the Naval War College graduating class that the navy must stay ready for defense in a dangerous world. He warned war between great powers will draw in many nations, but pressed against excessive armament.
The Texas Pacific Railway offers ten thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for wrecking two passenger trains near Cisco on Thursday morning. At least six lives were lost. The railroad receivers believe the switch was tampered with.
Port Worth Texas May 26 Robert Manards 17 of Fort Worth died in a local hospital after the Texas Pacific rain wreck near Cisco Thursday. Another victim had been reported earlier.
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