Mellon Says U S Will Relax Attitude on Liquor Aboard Incoming Liners
London dispatch reports Secretary Mellon arrives in England and states the United States does not plan to seize foreign ships or detain crews over liquor on liners. He aims to discuss debt and other issues informally with British officials, plans July in Europe, and return to Washington by September 1. He travels with family, intends to visit France Belgium and battlefields, not Germany.
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London
Andrew W.wellen
the Treasury
England
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Eretary Merton
Pwarde
France
Belgium
Battle Fields
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Washington
Germany
English Syndicate to Spend Millions on Local Development
St. Louis boat St. Louis of Federal Barge Line won the unofficial upstream race from New Orleans to Cairo arriving at 7:20 am. Cairo, twelve hours behind, expected after 1 pm. The race, begun twelve days earlier, marked a rare Mississippi contest in decades. The Illinois entry from Memphis arrived near midnight. Officials of Mississippi Warrior Barge Service also reported a new transport record with Baton Rouge towing from Cairo in three days.
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New Orleans
Mississippi Warrior Barge Service
Baton Rouge
Cairo
Belgian Soldiers Die In Passenger Train Bombing
Nine Belgian soldiers were killed and twenty-five to thirty wounded when a time bomb exploded in a train car carrying on leave troops from the Ruhr back to Belgium. The blast occurred near Duisburg as the train crossed the Rhine, injuring a guard and leaving several wounded not expected to survive. Authorities vow penalties for the attack.
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Belgium
Ruhr
Mars
Wiesbaden
Duisburg
Rhine
Typhoon Aters Flood Manila Streets and Palace
Manila battles a fierce typhoon that unleashed torrential rain and flooding. Streets were knee deep, with the Manila Palace under about 18 inches of water and canoes used for transit as Governor General Leonard Wood faced delays during a provincial tour.
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Associated Press
Manila
Manila Palace
Leonard Wood
Turkish authorities seize Greek ships at Constantinople
London June 30 The Turkish authorities have justified to the Allies that all Greek vessels entering Constantinople will be seized according to an Exchange dispatch from Constantinople.
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Associated Press
London
Constantinople
Oklahoma pastor fuels martial law with lectures sparks troops
Tulsa dispatch reports Governor Walton citing unofficial stats of 2500 whipping parties in Oklahoma. In Henryetta a minister Rev Cornelius Bowles advertised two lectures on occupation of Okmulgee county prompting early deployment of about fifty Okmulgee County troops under Col E L Head to the city hall area. Police and sheriff feared unrest as martial law loomed and Bowles continued to press accusations against deputies.
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James Storment
John Russel
Okmulgee County
Baird H. Markham
E. L. Head
Muskogee
Bowles
Sheriff Russell
Storment
Urania Petroleum to Be Nucleus for Stupendous Moves
English interests in London plan to invest over 10 million dollars in Monpree district Louisiana to explore Urania Petroleum Company limited. W. E. F. Hall says first well near Urania LaSalle Parish will test gas pools linked to Monroe field as advisers expect a pool within fifty miles. If a gas find is made London capitalists will reorganize the company for major operations.
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Monpree
Urania Petroleum Company, Ltd
Urania
LaSalle Parish
W. E F. Hall
Monroe
England
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Louisiana
Urania Petroleum Company
Hall
Louisiana Governor Replies On Bull Fight Protests
Governor Parker of Louisiana says Louisiana is law abiding and will not permit bull fights after a telegram from Governor Baxter protesting the New Orleans events. The exchange followed Baxter's request for Parker to use authority to stop the barbarities.
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Associated Presa
Augusta
Louisiana
John M. Parker
P. P. Baxter
New Orleans
Parker
Governor Removes Arthur Taylor From Louisiana Highway Commission
Baton Rouge reports say Governor Parker removed Arthur Taylor vice chairman of the Louisiana Highway Commission and named W. F. Cooper as replacement. Taylor had refused to resign and filed charges against the commission and chairman Wilson T. Peterman.
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Highway Commission
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Parker
Louisiana Highway Commission
W. F. Cooper
Taylor
Commission
Wilson T. Peterman
Berwick Named Conservation Commissioner by Governor
Governor Parker announced the appointment of Dudley Berwick of Eunice as conservation commissioner to succeed the late M. L. Alexander. Berwick, a former Eunice mayor and prominent lumberman, inherits a department with a $110,000 deficit carried from the prior year, to be covered by the new $360,000 appropriation.
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Parker
Dudley Berwick
Eunice
M. L. Alexander
Berwick
Conservation Commission
Suits Against Ku Klux Klan Leader Filed in Dallas Court
In Dallas June 30 a receiver appointment and accounting suit was filed by K G Sumter for Creston P Reynolds against H W Evans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. An injunction and a slander suit seek to block Evans from life membership actions and claim damages of about 106000. Evans is ordered to appear in Dallas federal court July 6.
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Chicago
Louisiana
Fort Worth
United States District Court
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Sontiau
CARE
President Harding Prefers Park Rest Over Public Rallies
President Harding and Mrs Harding arrive at Gardiner Montana and enter Yellowstone National Park for a two day rest visit. The trip features a tour of the buffalo elk herds mammoth hot springs and upper geyser basin with plans to motor through the park and enjoy nature away from crowds. Secretary Work urges trout fishing but the president is seen as not an avid fisherman.
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Gardiner Gateway
Mont
Gardiner
Harding
Yellowstone National Park
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Livingston, Mont., Enterprise
Marion, Oliv, Star
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Harding admits move on unions claims leaders disagree
Washington July 30 President Harding in a Helena labor speech drew sharp rebuttal from Samuel Gompers AFL president who said labor needs action not words. Gompers alleged officials aided anti union campaigns and cited DOJ injunctive actions against miners and railroad workers as evidence. The formal statement warned against assuming a conspiracy to crush organized labor.
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Harding
Helena
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Eresh
Harding Department of Justice
New Orleans School Building Plan Halted by Board
New Orleans on June 30 the school board halted a $4.5 million school building program after bids showed costs would exceed the appropriation by about thirty percent. Bids will be reissued in November.
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