President Wilson Plans League Tour Around August Sixth
Washington July 28 President Wilson will begin his national tour to promote the League of Nations around August sixth. He is expected to visit the Capitol to meet leaders from both parties and may issue a statement clarifying his position on reservations before leaving. Senators Smith and Thomas conferred with the President but did not discuss the conversation.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
White House
Smith
Arizona
Thomas
Colorado
Shantung
Senate
American Boy Freed After Ransom Paid in Mexico
Washington reports Philip Thompson, the American boy kidnapped near Mexico City by Mexican bandits, was released after paying fifteen hundred pesos. The Mexican government advised the payment, and after the ransom, promised to refund the money and intensify efforts to capture and punish the assailants.
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Washington
Philip Thompson
Mexico City
State Department
Foreign Office
Confessed killer charged in brutal Chicago child murder
Thomas Fitzgerald, the confessed slayer of six year old Janet Wilkinson in Chicago, was formally charged with murder. He told the court he had nothing to add to his signed confession. He said he enticed the girl to his room, killed her when she screamed, and buried her under a coal pile in the basement. The girl’s father clashed with detectives in the courtroom during the arraignment.
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Chicago
Thomas Fitzgerald
Janet Wilkinson
Fitzgerald
Bolshevik Report Admits Retreat on Archangel Front
Moscow reports the Bolshevik government says enemy pressure forced retreat along the Archangel railway in North Russia. The statement, issued in London on July 28, notes strategic withdrawal to protect forces amid advancing opposition.
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Archangel
Russia
London
Moscow
Italian ambassador to U S reportedly to be recalled
Rome dispatch reports Italian Ambassador Count Cellere to be recalled soon with no reason given. The notice from Rome cites no official explanation for the pending diplomatic move.
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Rome
Italy
United States
Count Cellere
Germany aims to act as if war never happened
Paris reports a suspected German effort to export Bolshevism and influence abroad through spy networks. Zurich and Amsterdam sources name agents, funds, and operations across Switzerland, Spain, Holland, and South America as Germany seeks to reestablish influence after the war. A third golf tournament opens this week. Judge Bratton arrives to hold court.
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Paris
Germany
Brazil
South America
Repub
Spain
Holland
Switzerland
Amercan
Lock, Stock and Barral
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
Berne
Maroun
Agadir
Aaron
Cohen
Uninist
Enver Talaat
Italy
Algeria
Tunis
Shbeidemann
France
Teuton
Amsterdam
Holland Hust
Cobienz
United States
Average New Yorker earns French Croix de Guerre
Sterling G. Beardsley a New York cotton broker over 42 wins Croix de Guerre for nine months service with the American Red Cross in France. He served at the Somme offensive in 1918 and, as a soup kitchen worker, scrubbed floors aided surgeons and provided soup and coffee under fire while stationed at Compiègne and the Marne.
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France
Sterling G. Beardsley
New York
Beardsley
American Red Cross
Marshal Petain
Beardley
New Yorker
America
Red Cross
Somme
Compeigne
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Cadets Make Sharpshooters at Presidio Drill
The Presidio camp reports 482 Army ROTC cadets at Fort Barry tested in rifle practice. 294 cadets scored 125 or better for sharpshooter, 110 to 124 for marksman. Top performers include Cadet Felton Taylor of Pomona College with 119.36 average. 61 cadets scored 130+ for national matches. fourteen will be selected after July 30 elimination. New Mexico Military Institute cadets listed as sharpshooters.
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San Francisco
West
Fort Barry
Advanced College
Felton Taylor
Pomona College
California
Southern California
Presidio R. Co. T. C
Dayton
N. M
William B. Woods
Holbrook
Ariz
James A. Garner
Picacho
Clarence E. Hinkle
Roswell
William EB. Bates
Houston
Tex
William C. Morris
Eagle Pass
Gustav L. Seligman
Santa Rita
Robert P. Boone
Capitan
Homer J. Delancey
Hurley
James H. McClerkin
Hereford
B. Saunders
Pinto
Noel E. Blazer
Mescalero
Francis Hagerty
State College
Gerald
T. Gouin
Silver City
Charles’ H. ‘Hagerty
Richard D. Tudor
Hest Vaughn
Hughes for League of Nations With Four Reservations
Washington July 28 Charles E Hughes former Supreme Court justice and 1916 Republican candidate voices support for the League of Nations with four protections. He outlines reservations on withdrawal notices, domestic control of immigration and duties, preservation of U S stance on Western Hemisphere questions, and nonassignment of armed force without congressional approval. Hughes says these guardrails safeguard U S interests while enabling international law and justice without sacrificing essential national concerns.
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Washington
Charles E. Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Hale
League of Nations
Hughes
League
United States
Congress
Mr. Hughes
Ozark Trails Convention Heads to Roswell NM
The Ozark Trails Association holds its annual convention in Roswell New Mexico on October 1 2 and 3 following a bid win after a lively contest in Miami Oklahoma. Past gatherings have set attendance records surpassing ten thousand. A Relay Run plan will unite participants from Arkansas Saint Louis Kansas City Las Vegas and other points with cars delivering speeches along the route. The schedule will be announced later and those wishing to join should contact President W H Harvey at Monte Ne Arkansas.
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Ozark Trails Association
Roswell
New Mexico
Miami
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Saint Louis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
W. H. Harvey
Monte Ne
First State Bank Improves with Tile Floor Renovation
The First State Bank and Trust Co building undergoes extensive remodeling with workmen starting today on a new tile floor and interior decorations.
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First State Bank
First State Bank & Trust Co
Tight Little Island Bars American Movies
Glasgow reports 400 film exhibitors at a conference pledging to back the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association in opposing a wealthy American firm planning cinemas in Britain. They aim to bar releases that push new cinemas while removing violence from films. Juvenile offenses linked to cinema re-enactments prompt warnings about crime inspired by movies.
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Tight Little Island
Glasgow
Cinematograph Exhibitors’ Association
Great Britain
Race riots in Chicago spark deadly beach clash
Police patrol the so called Black Belt after racially charged violence in Chicago left two Black men dead and more than fifty people hurt. Officers plan to bar Black bathers from white beaches to prevent a recurrence.
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Chicago
Fires Burn In Northwest National Forests
Montana and northern Idaho report over twelve hundred fires in national forests. A new blaze starts on Marshall Creek in the Clearwater forest while fires in the Lolo and Missoula areas are slackening.
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Northwest
Missoula
Montana
Idaho
Forest Service
Marshall Creek
Clear Water
Lolo
Chinese boycott cuts Japan rice supply in Shantung act
San Francisco July 28 The Chinese boycott and the Shantung decision at the peace conference target Japan with a cut in rice shipments and the measure is proving effective.
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Chinese Institute
Shantung
San Francisco
Japan
Death of an English Woman Miss Jermima Phythian
Miss Jermima Emma Phythian aged sixty five died last evening at 8 30 at the home of Mrs Helen M Miller East Bland She came to America thirteen years ago spent six as Mrs Miller's companion A Christian reformer she leaves a sister Mrs Thomas Harrison of Roswell Burial will be Wednesday at South Park with Rev C C Hill conducting the funeral services
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Helen M. Miller
East Bland
Miss Phythian
America
Thomas Harrison
Roswell
South Park
C. C. Hill
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