Navy to keep full force under five power treaty plan
The general board and Secretary Denby approve a year of maintaining a minimum sea force. The Navy will keep six battleships cruisers and eighty four submarines at sea with replacements for Delaware North Dakota and other ships. New ships include Colorado West Virginia Omaha class light cruisers and 8 to 10 S submarines.
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Asard
Washington
United
Fullery
General Board
Denby
France
United States
Quay D'Orsay
Colorado
West Virginia
Delaware
North Dakota
Commander Ordered To Search Great Lakes For Lieut Roth
The army air service ordered the commander at Selfridge Field Michigan to join the search for Lieutenant Roth missing navy balloonist believed lost over Lake Erie. A sighting near Fort Stanley Ontario reported by the Colonial showed a balloon basket submerged with possible occupants as a tow plan was set to locate and recover the bag and tow it to Port Stanley. The Elsie Dorix was dispatched and not expected back until later in the day.
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Associated Press
Washington
Selfridge Field
Mount Clements
Mich
Army Air Service
Roth
Navy
Lake Erie
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Fort Stanley
Ont
Here
Colonial
Cassin
Port Stanley
Elsie Dorix
Bouanchaud and Guilbeau Stand Fast in Louisiana Race
New Orleans July 7. Lieutenant Governor Hewitt B and Dudley Guilbeau candidates for governor respond to Sheriff Stark of Lafourche who urged their withdrawal. Bouanchaud and Guilbeau insist they will not step out, saying Stark misreads conditions in the third district and does not understand local realities.
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New Orleans
Hewitt B
4Chand
Dudley Guilbeau
Sherif Thomas Stark
Lafourche Parish
Ageriva
Stark
Third District
Coroner probes Hot Springs killings in cottage shooting
In Hot Springs Arkansas a coroner inquest was awaited to solve the murder of J F Wetever 65 Vander Taylor 30 of Hot Springs and McKinley Johnson 25 of Fort Smith shot to death in a east Hot Springs cottage. The case hinges on the latest evidence and witness statements.
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Hot Springs
Ark
J. F., Wetever
Vander Taylor
Mot Springs
McKinley Johnson
Fort Smith, Ark
Jack of all trades jailed after stealing Ford and loot
Crayman Addison, a black man, was jailed after driving a stolen Ford into Monroe and discarding a Bible, shotgun, flashlight, violin, electric fan and bed clothes. He confessed to stealing the car in Waskom Texas and claimed the loot to be his property. Addison awaits extradition to Texas.
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Crayman Addison
Monroe
V. 8. & P. Railroad
Addison
John Brothers
Waskom
Tex
N.C. Clarke
Shreveport
Lady Luckdene
Marshal Brothers
Texas
City seeks union depot for Monroe to urge railroads
Mayor Arnold Bernstein and the Monroe city commission plan to mobilize the Monroe Chamber of Commerce Rotary Kiwanis and Lions Clubs to pressure the Louisiana Public Service Commission to require Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific and Missouri Pacific to build a $250000 passenger station or a facility meeting Monroe's needs. A petition will be filed with the commission to aid the effort and all civic groups are expected to back the drive.
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Arnold Bernstein
City Commission
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Rotary, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Monroe
Farmers and Labor Leaders Eye 1924 Political Pie
Chicago July 7 Defeated in unity efforts among minority political and industrial groups, farmer labor party delegates return home with plans for 1924. Federated party welcomes bolters, names five to its exec committee as both sides plot platforms and presidential bids. Conference urged recognized Soviet Russia and Mexico and ending school military propaganda.
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Chicago
Farmer-Labor Party
Federated Farmer-Labor Party
Federated Party
Federated
Farmer-Labor Convention
Jay G. Brown
Labor Party
Farmer-Labor
Workers Party
Federal Reserve Bank
Russia
Mexico
Columbre
Desolated Gold Field Fire Sparks Bootleg Feud Fallout
Destruction hits Gold Field Nevada as a desert fire sparked by a bootleggers feud sweeps the town. One man is dead, a woman missing, and damage possibly reaches 1.5 million dollars. Remaining buildings include the Gold Field Hotel, railroad station, post office, bank, Elks Club, and hospital. Refugees gather on hillsides or seek shelter in shacks while Tonopah aids the stricken town.
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Associated Press
Gans-Nelson
Gold Field
John S. Cook and Company Bank
Elks Club
Chas. R. Blake
Tonopah
Nevada
Cala
Desert
French Back Poincare on Ruhr Stay Amid Reparations Row
Paris reports the French parliament endorses Premier Poincare jealously guarding Ruhr presence until Germany pays. The Senate and deputies back his stance rejecting papal interference in policy. Vossische Zeitung cites French seizure of 76 million marks at Duisburg Reichsbank branch.
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Poincare
Ruhr
Associated Prene
Paris
Pris
France
Germany
Senate
Vatican
Chamber of Deputies
M. Poincare
Perlin
Vossische Zeitung
Duisburg
Reich Bank
Brown Paper Mill Awarded $2 Million Factory Contract
The Brown Paper Mill Company of Monroe awarded a $2,000,000 contract to Morton C. Tuttle Company of Boston to build a large paper mill in Ouachita parish near West Monroe. George F. Hardy of New York City named construction engineer. plant to use local yellow pine and natural gas from Morehouse parish. construction starts August 1 and aims to open January 1 with 400 to 500 workers.
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Brown Paper Mill Company
Monroe
Orange
Texas
Ouachita
West Monroe
Morehouse Parish
Monroe Field
French Chamber Opens Debate on Washington Naval Treaty
Paris July 7 The French Chamber of Deputies opened debate on ratification of the Washington naval treaty discussing its provisions on limiting naval armament and capital ships. Earlier the chamber ratified the treaty by 460 to 106.
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Chamber of Deputies
Associated Press
Paris
French Chamber of Deputies
Washington
Farmer Trades Daughters for Cow and Calf Case
Cortland Kentucky July 7 Alleged to have traded his two daughters and a son for a horse a cow and a calf Lark Thornington of Truxton was convicted of improper guardianship before Judge Champlin in childrens court George Shaw of Truxton charged with completing the barter was released in 1000 bail on a charge of attacking the younger daughter The older daughter Mamie Thornington 26 detained for mental examination The children had rarely seen a railroad train and were kept closely confined The court ordered the father to pay for their care and the siblings will be committed to the county home
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Cortland
Lark Thornington
Truxton
Champlin
Childrens’ Court
George Shaw
Mamie Thornington
Shaw
McAdoo Campaign Planning Revealed at Private Dinner
A New York dinner among about a dozen McAdoo confidants outlined launching a McAdoo for President effort. The group discussed rival candidates and projected McAdoo could enter the convention with 400 delegates as campaign clubs form nationwide.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
New York Evening Post
McAdoo
Samuel B. Amidon
Kansas
Mr. Amidon
The
Evening Post
Cox
Ohio
Smith
Underwood
Great Britain
John W. Davis
Henry Ford
Amidon
Europe
Stuart G. Gibbeney
Wilson Campaign Committee
Byron R. Newton
Port of
Frank Wilson
W. Judson Timmins
David Hunter Miller
E. Bright Wilson
Tennessee Society
Oscar Price
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Uncle Sam
Creat Lakes
Lieut
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Guilbeau
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A*milk and Ice Fund
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Frankie Genaro
Toney Norman
Inwood
N. Y
Inwood Country Club
Leon J. Cadore
Chicago Americans
Brooklyn
Dallas
W. J. Simmons
Atlanta
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H.W. Evans
S. F E. Marvin
Titan
First Christian Church Bible School
Jeffries
Union Depot
F. W. Tinnin
First Baptist Church
Royal Confectionery
Leon
Reichstag Bank
McReynolds & CO
General Insurance Ouachita National Bank
Aetna-Ize
Iron Mountain
E. E. Broadnax
G. K. Godwin
Bruce Frizzell
Duncan
Big Dam
Parlor City
Genasco
la. Gas Products Corporation
Dewdrop
Grand Street
Lieber
William G. M’adoo
Boom
Mac
Barkis
Rochelle Avenue
Third Street
River Front
Harry G. Frazer
Cortexo
Fairbanks, LA
Church of Christ
City Hall
Barkdull Faulk School
Care News-Star
Benson’s
Ouachita Bank
Monroe Furniture Company
Monroe Furniture Company, Ltd
House OF Service
Second Street
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