Dr Howard Seized by Brigands at Manchurian Ranch
Consular advices report ransom in money and cartridges demanded for the release of Dr. Harvey J. Howard of the Rockefeller hospital, captured at the Morgan Palmer ranch on the Sungari river. Palmer was killed the same day. Palmer’s mother and family escaped with others at the scene.
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Peking
A. P
Harvey J. Howard
Rockefeller Hospital
Morgan Palmer
New York State
Howard
Samuel Sokywbin
Mukden
Robert Green
Change Tso-Lin
Washington
Dr. Howard
Sungari
Mr. Palmer
Harold Baldwin
Derby
Conn
Chang Tso-Lin
Khiy
Drillers Release Tankersley to Little Rock Club
The Drillers released catcher Tankersley to the Little Rock club of the Southern Association yesterday. Secretary Feazel announced the move this morning and also said outfielder Murray, who played in left field for the Drillers yesterday, has been signed. Murray was a free agent who had been playing amateur baseball elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tankersley
Drillers
Little Rock Club
Southern Association
Feazel
Baseball Association
Murray
Bseball
Joe W Peters Granted Stay of Execution
Baton Rouge July 29 The governor Henry L Fuqua granted a stay of execution for Joe W Peters a negro condemned to hang at Lake Charles on Friday The reprieve until October 23 allows the pardon board to act on his case Peters was tried in Calcasieu Parish for the murder of his wife Clara Peters and his sentence affirmed on appeal to the supreme court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
A. P
Joe W Peters
Megro
Lake Charles
Henry L. Fuqua
Board of Pardons
Peters
Calcasieu Parish
Clara Peters
Supreme Court
Essex Republicans Hold Outing Near Swampscott
President Coolidge drew attention at a Essex county Republican reunion outing near Swampscott Mass as he prepared to mingle with attendees and greet guests amid ongoing campaign business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swampscott
Mass
A. P
Essex County
Coolidge
Crown King and Queen, Peddlers, $5 Plate Feast
In New York the East Side peddlers held a testimonial dinner for 250 attendees. The event crowned the king and queen of the peddlers, with gold inscribed invitations, colored lights, a crystal pendant backdrop, and an electrically lit fountain on the king’s dais. The queen, Mrs. Molly Barasch, wore a diamond diadem and white lace dress. the menu was gold embossed and a 48 page souvenir program was handed out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Side
Molly Barasch
San Francisco Matron Denies Paternity in Divorce Suit
Mrs Elaine Campbell claims the child in her divorce case is not hers but adopted. She asserts she is the daughter of an English lord and a Turkish princess, electrifying the court with her testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Campbell
San Francisco
Washington Aides Plan Border Defense To Cut Liquor Trade
Assistant Secretary Andrews proposes a motorized border patrol to block bootlegging at the source. The plan aims to expand customs enforcement on the northern and southern borders, reduce losses estimated at 10 to 15 million dollars yearly, and curb smuggling of narcotics aliens and taxed merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
Andrews
The
Treasury
Interior Prohibition Organization
Customs Service
Border Patrol
Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Prohibition
United States
Prohibition Unit
Federal Courts
Police doubt Reading suicide victim is Robert Scott
Chicago July 29. Police express scant belief that a man who shot himself in Reading Pennsylvania is Robert Scott brother of Russell Scott under death sentence for a drug clerk holdup. The victim left a note reading I am nobody from nowhere and wore clothing labels removed, description only partly matches Robert Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. P
Reading
Robert Scott
Russell
Robert
Scott
Thomas Scott
Miss Burkhead Dies After Suit Against Governor
Miss Frances Burkhead of Yazoo City died in Atlanta after an operation. The funeral will be held in Yazoo City this afternoon. Burkhead, once a secretary to former Governor Russell, had sued him in February 1922 for $50,000 alleging harm to her health due to relations with him, but she lost the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
Miss
Frances Burkhead
Atlanta
Bryan Body Began Final Trip From Dayton to Washington
The Bryan funeral train moved from Dayton to Chattanooga then toward Washington with the body of William Jennings Bryan in a casket viewed by crowds. Mrs Bryan sat near the flag draped casket as flowers filled the car and railway workers paused in respect. Citizens recalled him as the greatest speaker and a steadfast public figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
A. P
Bryan
Pullama
Statesman
Dayton
W. L. Baker
Mrs. Bryan
First Southern
Washington
Knoxville
Bristol
Roanoke
Lynchburg
G. W. Mitchell
First Presbyterian Church
Miami
Mr. Mitchell
Wm. J. Bryan
Arlington Cemetery
Southern Railway
Arrest Made After Calhoun Head-On Crash
Early morning highway collision near Calhoun led to the arrest of Arthur Gunner on a charge of driving while intoxicated. His machine, carrying B Bennett, struck Roy Grant and Miss Mabel Hay. Gunner was slightly injured and abandoned his car before being detained by Traffic Officer Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
Arthur Gunner
Mitchell
Gunner
B. Bennett
Roy Grant
Mabel Hay
Nevada set to use lethal gas again for executions
The Nevada State Prison prepares a second gas execution with hydrocyanic acid. Prisoners Shanko Jukich and Guadalupe Acosta face possible commutation while authorities plan an air tight chamber and a separate observation platform to protect witnesses.
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Carson
City
Nev
Gee Jon
Togg Mankiller
Shanko Jukich
Ruth
Guadalupe Acosta
Elko
Nevada
Garret Acosta
Acosta
Jukich
Reno
Carson City
Premier Kato Regrets Bancroft Death In Japan
Tokyo telegram reports Premier Kato and Foreign Minister Shidehara expressing deep sorrow over the death of Edgar A. Bancroft American ambassador to Japan. They praise his dedication to American Japanese friendship and his role in advancing pacific understanding despite the loss described as tragic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
A. P
Edgar A. Bancroft
Japan
Kato
Shidehara
America
Coal strike menacing both sides of water
Atlantic City reports 18,000,000 tons of hard coal sold at a loss of 50 to 55 cents per ton since April price drop. Operators say the losses prove a 10 percent miners wage raise cannot be afforded this year. In London, British officials push to avert a general coal strike set to begin Friday with cabinet and high officials meeting miners and owners to decide the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
A. P
London
Stanley Baldwin
Presbyterians Send Delegates to State Endevor Convention
Laurel Mississippi church dispatches eight delegates to the state Christian Endeavor convention on July 29 to 31. They carry invitations from the mayor, chamber of commerce and Kiwanis club for Laure to host the 1926 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Miss
First Presbyterian Church
State Christian Endeavor
Chamber of Commerce and
Kiwanis Club
Laure
Cotton pest appears in north part of state
Reports from Tallulah and Ouachita parish warn of a cotton leaf caterpillar outbreak. E R Strahan, parish farm agent, found the pest on Jeff Cole’s north of Monroe field, with up to a dozen worms per stalk. Caustic arsenate dusting urged to protect crops as rain favors pest spread.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Parish
Jeff Cole
Cole
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Strahan
Caddo
Mr. Strahan
Tallulah
Army worm outbreak hits Louisiana crops warns farmers
Tallulah La July 29 The Delta Laboratory announces an outbreak of the cotton leaf caterpillar or army worm across Louisiana with possible spread to Mississippi and Arkansas. Farmers are urged to dust crops with calcium arsenate at 5 pounds per acre as soon as feeding is observed to prevent serious damage.
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Tallulah
A. P
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Government Delta Laboratory
George A. Maloney
Federal Department of Agriculture
Delta Laboratory
Rif Leader Plans New Attack on Franco Morocco Front
French Morocco July 29. After a brief calm the Rif leader Abd El Krim appears to be rearming and resuming operations. Raids target villages loyal to the sultan and French convoys as tribes shift sides amid propaganda efforts.
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Morocco
A. P
Abd-El Krim
Nurse to Queen Victoria Aids Search in Oakland
Emilie Rund Clark, once a nurse to Queen Victoria, searches Oakland California for her cousin’s child Ellert Ellertson who stands to inherit a Norwegian castle and million dollar estate.
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Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Emilie Rund Clark
Oakland
California
Ellert Ellertson
Norway
English social world welcomes new viscountess Gould
Mrs. Guinevere Sinclair Gould becomes Viscountess Dunsford after marrying George Broderick, Viscount Dunsford, heir to the Earl of Middleton. The couple plan tours in Canada and Europe before settling in England, while her past ties to American society and legal battles over her children’s allowances continue. Lord Dunsford, a WWI veteran and public works contractor, had a prior marriage to Peggy Rish and a recent divorce.
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New York
A. P
Guinevere Sinclair Gould
George J. Gould
Montreal
George Broderick
Dunsford
Earl of Middleton
Lady Dunsford
Lord Dunsford
Canada
England
London
Alexander Sinclair
Trinity College
Dublin
Howard Gould
Miss Sinclair
Howard
George
Edith Kingdon Gould
Gould
Peggy Rish
Tragedy Follows Police Court Case In Richmond Shooting
Rudolph Disse admits killing his former lover Vivian Tomlin Peers and rival Henry Carter along with Detective Sergeant J. Harvey Burke after a court session. Willis Britt was wounded while attempting to intervene as Disse fled in Britt’s car. Carter died at a restaurant. Burke died later.
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Richmond
A. P
Rudolph Disse
Vivian Tomlin Peers
Henry G. Carter
J. Harvey Burke
Carter
Willis Britt
Disse
Burke
Britt
Cisse
Vivian
Students Clash With Police in Mexican City
Dispatches from Guadalajara report a disturbance in the main plaza at noon. Students from two seminaries clashed with mounted police after an incident the previous night. Shots were fired but no casualties. Authorities ordered the seminaries closed for violating the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
A. P
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Louisiana Railway seeks to abandon 17 miles of track
The Louisiana Railway and Navigation company asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit abandoning 17 miles of track between Morganville and Naples Louisiana. It proposes a new line along a similar route to speed and reduce costs of train movements across an intervening river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Morganville
Naples
Louisiana
Jesse James Gun In Possession Held By Police
In Memphis on July 29 Perry and Mrs. Perry Perkins faced charges of disorderly conduct after a public fight over a pistol claimed to be Jesse James’s. Perkins said he obtained the weapon from Kit Dalton, a Memphis friend of James, and that the relic bears an inscription dated January 23, 1872. He said the gun was not loaded when seized.
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Memphis
A. P
Jesse James
Perry Perkins
Perkins
Kit Dalton
James
Jesse
Kit
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Miss Burkhead
Bryans
Scopes
Baby Centre OF Fight
Horace
Jerome
Jewell Jerome
Kansas City
Bancroft
Nippon
U.S
Riff Leader
Emelie Rund
Clark
L. A. & N. Railroad
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