Diplomats near agreement on Europe security pact note
Edward W. Pickard reports that Briand and Austen Chamberlain have reached a cordial accord on an Allied reply to Germany. The plan, not yet public, aims to start talks through ambassadors, with final arrangements hoped for in September during the League of Nations session. France seeks leadership over central Europe, while Britain resists exclusive eastern German guarantees. Germany demands League entry with cautions and seeks possible mandates for some former colonies.
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Edward W. Pickard
Great Britain
Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Germany
Europe
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Berlin
League of Nations
France
Poland
Russia
Reichstag
Stresemann
League
German ambassador sues for return of seized properties
Aron von Maltzan presented Germany’s formal request to Secretary Kellogg seeking the return of seized German properties now held by the alien property custodian. The U S reply must await Congress, as seizures came under congressional authority and about 300 million dollars remain. The issue could revive broader claims including Lusitania damages and Rhine-occupation costs. Negotiations on Belgian debt funding were also unsatisfactory with frequent rejections.
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Aron von Maltzan
Washington
Kellogg
United States
State Department
Congress
Germany
Lusitania
Rhine
Petition Urges Paynor for Warren McCray From Broad Backers
A petition to Attorney General Sargent urges clemency for Warren T. McCray former Indiana governor. It is signed by 14 governors seven jurors who convicted him and 380 bankers among others. McCray has served one year and three months of a ten year sentence.
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Paynor
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Sargent
McCray
Weeks expected to resign as secretary of war
The article reports John W. Weeks likely to resign due to ill health after an operation. Weeks visited President Coolidge at the White House, with officials saying a return to cabinet duties is unlikely. Weeks himself expressed doubt about returning to Washington this fall.
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John W. Weeks
President Coolidge
White House
Resident Coolidge weighs candidates for Japan ambassador
President Coolidge considers several men for the post in Tokyo after Edgar A. Bancroft’s death. Named as possibilities are Frank W. Mondell William C. Boyden a Chicago attorney and William M. Bullitt former solicitor general under Taft.
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Coolidge
Japan
Edgar A. Bancroft
Frank W. Mondell
William C. Boyden
Chicago
William M. Bullitt
Taft
New York Mayoral Race Sees Walker Oppose Hylan
In Democratic primaries State Senator James J. Walker is chosen to challenge Mayor Hylan who is seeking re election backed by Hearst. A Republican fusion ticket led by Frank D Waterman is formed while W M Bennett vows another bid for the nomination.
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York
Hylan
Hearst
Turkish president divorces Latife Hanoum amid dress decree scrap
USTAPHA KEMAL PASHA and Latife Hanoum divorce as Kemal faces a presidential decree abolishing all old regulations governing the dress of Turkish women. The event marks personal and political shifts in Turkey's modern reforms.
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Ustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Latife Hanoum
Kemal
Illinois News Briefs Highlight Crimes and Public Works
Ninety eight people were sentenced in Chicago for July crimes. Mount Carroll seeks health aid to stop whooping cough. Police medalists honored for aiding a Drake Hotel gang raid. Danville reports no significant rainfall. Waterworks warns conservation. Illinois first charitable institution opens in Jacksonville with a Sept. 17 celebration. Governor Small invited to attend. Joliet prison escape near a cornfield. Hennepin canal made a fish preserve with seine net removal. Better babies conference at the state fair expands after new quarters. Canton to celebrate centennial Aug 27–29. A Chipilly Ridge memory memorial planned in forest preserves. Camp Grant prepares mobilization for Illinois National Guard. Legal fee record set in Peoria will case. Charities receive $50,000 each from Universalist church and Home of the Friendless. Conservation conference to discuss region cooperation in Cliffey Falls Oct 15–16. Budget shows highway construction tops appropriations. education and charitable institutions also funded. Trinity Episcopal church near Belvidere damaged by fire. Dawes and Mrs Dawes visit Camp Roosevelt at Fort Sheridan.
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Chicago Association
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Danville
Illinois
Jacksonville
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Joliet
Louis Gonzales
Hennepin Canal
Springfield
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Chipilly Ridge
Forest Preserves
Chipilly
American Legion
Milton J. Foreman
Camp Grant
Illinois National Guard
Prairie State
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Peoria
Charles 8. Easton
McGrath
Sarah D. Easton
First Universalist Church
Conservation
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Ohio
Kentucky
Cliffey Falls State Park
Madison
Ind
Cornelius R. Miller
Department of Public Works and Buildings
W. J. Straton
State Department of Conservation
General Assembly
James M. Kittleman
Natal Province of South Africa Seen as Garden Range for Cotton
Prepared by the National Geographic Society, Natal is described as a potential cotton region with a planned railway unlocking 500000 acres of land. The Garden Province has diverse terrain from coastal subtropics to Drakensberg uplands and coal in the plateau. Zulu customs, Lobola cattle gifts, and a mixed population including whites, East Indians, and about 1.25 million Africans mark its social fabric. Durban and Pietermaritzburg are key urban centers with growing ports and scenery.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Atal
Union of South Africa
Prince of Wales
Great Britain
America
Natal
Africa
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Texas
Holland
Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
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Drakensberg
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Jacksonville
Fla
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New Orleans
Berea
Pietermaritzburg
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