Betting Even On Big Fight At Toledo
Toledo dispatch notes Willard and Dempsey will clash for twelve rounds in a $150,000 zone tomorrow before near a million spectators. Willard at over 240 pounds and Dempsey under 210 are to weigh in. betting is even on the eve, with expert opinions split and the scene set by Major Biddle and Tex Rickard amid a busy prefight chatter.
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Toledo
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Jack Dempsey
New York
Chicago
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Golgith
Jack Johnson
James Jeffries
Willard
William Harrison Dety
Dempsey
John L. Sullivan
Jim Corbett
Johnny Sullivant
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Ken Willard
Johson
Havena
Hoy
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Philadelphia
Fid
Major Biddle
Tex Rickard
Texas Riskarda
Frank Flournoy
Tennessee Flournoyly
Oug Pecord
Troy Pecords
Battling Nelson
Demobilization Ordered to 225,000 by Sept 30
Washington Secretary Baker ordered all U S military commands to complete demobilization of emergency officers and reach a peace time strength of 225,000 by September 30. Camps Meade Custer Bowie Funston and Fort Oglethorpe to close July 10 with Camp Upton as a debarkation camp until July 15. Baker said funds for a larger force were unavailable and that war time prohibitions are not involved. The Attorney General will decide when demobilization ends.
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Washington
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Bowie
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Michigan Reds Alarm Per Gompers Gompers says Michigan a hotbed for reds in Senate briefing
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Michigan shows a surge of radicalism with I W W influence spreading among miners and Detroit protests. He noted prohibition era conditions, extensive propaganda spending, and over 200,000 copies of the Russian Soviet constitution sold in Detroit.
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Gompers
New York Tribune
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Thousan
Detroit
Gompers Saids
Europe
London Fabian Society
Auto racer dies in speedway crash at Sheepshead Bay
Raymond Howard, twenty seven, an automobile racer, lies dying at Coneysland Hospital after a Peugeot car he drove with mechanician Emilio Goelli, thirty four, crashed at Sheepshead Bay Speedway during a 160 mile Derby tryout. Goelli was killed instantly. Howard injured with skull, leg and arm fractures. Eddy O'Donnell aided victims. race ended with hospital arrival moments later.
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Coneysland Hospital
Emilio Goelli
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
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Gamdolll
O'Donnell
West Sixty-fourth Street
33,000 Guard Big Dirigible City Today Fights Way Against Reds Through Fog
The story describes 33,000 guards, police, and Secret Service agents mobilized in New York to counter a rumored radical plot feared to include bombs and attacks on officials, powerhouses, and key city landmarks during Independence Day. It notes bomb discoveries in Walpole Massachusetts and widespread protective measures across major cities, with heightened scrutiny of officials’ homes and public utilities.
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Kifth Avenue
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Fifth Avenue
Seventy-seventh Street
Henry C. Prick
Seventieth Street
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifty-eighth Street
W. K. Vanderbilt
Fiftythird Street
Andrew Carnegie
Ninetieth Street
Astor
Finley J. Shepard
Knox Aims to Shelve League Until After Treaty Ratification
Washington July 9 Senator Philander C Knox will move to defer action on the league of nations until the peace treaty is ratified. The move, served on Senate leader Hitchcock, aims to trigger a vote on amendments, reservations, and the Root program as Administration supporters anticipate a milder final ratification resolution despite Republican opposition.
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New York
Jeep
Senate
League
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Titchcock
Sten
Hitchcock
McCumber
Spencer and
Norris
League of Nations
United States
German Assembly Expected to Ratify Peace Treaty Soon
A Weimar dispatch reports the German National Assembly will consider the peace treaty on Saturday and a majority is believed to have been secured. London dispatch notes expected ratification this week as Germans seek the blockade lifted. Italian Parliament also seen to ratify soon under Premier Nitti, while the Anglo Franco American pact awaits the U S Senate outcome.
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Germany
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London
Nitti
France
Senate
House of Commons
United States
Esthonians Take Fort And Four German Ships
Copenhagen reports Esthonian warships have captured the fortress of Bolders at the Dvina River mouth and cleared the river of German armed vessels to the Muchlgrabe Canal. Four German ships were captured. Riga now appears invested from west east and north, tightening the siege on the city.
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Bolders
Dvina
Muchlgrabe
Riga
Commons Is Divided on Premier's League Plea
London reports the Premier outlines plans to try former German Emperor William II in London with a tribunal, aiming to make an example to deter future aggression. The Daily Mail notes exile rather than death and potential arraignment for Crown Prince Wilhelm, amid debate over League of Nations and allied aid pacts.
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William Hohenzollern
England
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Daily Mail
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International Trial Court
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House of Commons
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Geremany
France
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League of Nations
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Kier
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