Hughes Declares Russian Recognition Hindered by Destruction
Secretary Hughes and AFL President Samuel Gompers exchange views on recognizing the Soviet government. Hughes argues recognition requires Russia to show internal and external constructiveness, while Gompers notes information gaps from supervised tours and urges clarity on Russia’s governance and people's rights.
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Washington
United States
Hughes
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Russia
Brookhart
Congress
Gompers
Governor Pardons Lifer Over Lawyer Deficiency Claim
Jackson Mississippi July 20 The governor pardoned John Watt a life term prisoner asserting he was convicted solely because he did not employ a good lawyer. The governor did not disclose the attorney who defended Watt.
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Jackson, Miss
John Watt
Russell
Watt
Home Made Cider Rule Lets Juices Be Made Without Permit
Washington July 21 The Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair ruled preservatives must be added to prevent fermentation in cider and other fruit juices whether home brewed or elsewhere. The ruling authorizes the manufacture of such juices without a federal permit.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Blair
Pearl valued at $2000 found in Pecatonica River
In Beloit Wisconsin on July 20 a perfect pearl about half an inch in diameter was found in a clam pulled from the Pecatonica river near Rockton Illinois by William Castner. The pearl is valued at about $2000.
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Pecatonica River
Beloit
Wis
William Castner
Rockton
Ill
Father Kills Youth After Rude Date With Daughter
Evansville Indiana July 19. Angered by Horace R Logsden twenty three of Shawneetown NL breaking a date with his daughter M B Strickland fifty nine drove to the young man's home and shot him twice Logsden died in a hospital here.
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Evansville
Ind
Horace R. Logsden
Shawneetown
M. B. Strickland
Logsden
Eleven Cent Gasoline Rate Slashes Dallas Prices
A local price war in Dallas drops gasoline to eleven cents per gallon, the lowest in years, after a Humble Oil and Refining Company station advertises the rate. The move follows the wider fight among gas stations for customers.
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Dallas
Texas
Tex
Humble Oil and Refting Company
Group Seated at Home Hit by Auto Kills Elderly Woman
St Louis July 19 Mrs Laura Griffin of Beardstown Illinois drove an automobile into a group seated in front of a home killing an elderly woman and seriously injuring five others.
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St. Louis
Laura Griffin
Beardstown
De Valera Asks U S Cash for Irish Campaign
Dublin July 23 Eamon de Valera sent a message to the American Association for Recognition of the Irish Republic requesting funds to support his candidates in the upcoming Irish election.
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de Valera
U. S
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
American Association For Recognition of
Trish Republic
Trish
Pardons in Mississippi Rise Steadily Under Russell
Jackson July 23 Gov Lee M Russell has pardoned 738 convicts since January 1 and granted suspension of sentence to 181 others according to state penitentiary records.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Dets Ponitentiary
Danish church envoy visits America with 75000 member synods
Dr. Harold Ostenfeld of Copenhagen the primas of Denmark and bishop of Shaelland diocese arrives in the United States with his wife seeking to deliver a message from the Danish church to two American Danish synods totaling 75 000 members.
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Harold Ostenfeld
Copenhagen
Primas
Denmark
Shaelland
America
Mexico to gain formal recognition from United States soon
Washington reports optimism in the State Department that the Obregon government will be formally recognized within a week or ten days. Mexican and American commissioners have settled major differences in the recognition conference with only minor edits pending. Final approval rests with President Harding and Secretary Hughes, with Mexican senate amendments to the petroleum bill a contributing factor.
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Washington
Obregon
State Department
Mexico City
Harding
State Hughes
Senate
German Resistance in the Ruhr Is Weakening
Dusseldorf July 21 officers at French headquarters say the Ruhr resistance is weakening. They cite no sabotage reports in six days and note 572 railroad trains are now operating in the Ruhr, more than double the level three days ago.
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Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Population total for China set at 436,994,953
The Chinese postal department announced a national population of 436,994,953 excluding Mongolia, Fengtien, and Tibet where figures are not available. The city of Shanghai reports the release on July 23.
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Shanghai
China
Chinese Postal Department
Mongolia
Fengtien
Tibet
Chicago Car Men Get Three to Five Cent Raise
On July 21 the board of arbitration granted Chicago Surface Lines employees a wage increase of three cents per hour for one year and five cents per hour for the following year, totaling for 13,646 workers. The workers had requested ten cents.
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Chicago
Board of Arbitration
Labor Short Women Work in Illinois and Indiana Fields
Washington reports a severe labor shortage on Illinois and Indiana farms with women now working in the fields. The remark was made by Will R. Wood of Indiana, chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee.
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Illinois
Indiana
Washington
Will R. Wood
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Factory Wage Totals Reach Record
The federal reserve board reports large gains in employment across twenty lending industries and says factory totals have reached a record high in America.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Percy G. Williams Dies at Pinéacres Estate
Percy G. Williams, retirement era theatrical magnate, died at his East Slip estate Pinéacres on July 23. In 1912 he sold his vaudeville horse system to the Keith interests for a reported 12,000,000 dollars.
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Percy G. Wiliams
East Slip
Percy G. Williams
Pinéacres
Keith
Villa Ambush Kills Francisco Villa in Parral
Lead report states Gen Francisco Villa Col Miguel Trillo and Rosalio Morales were killed in an ambush near Parral Chihuahua with Villa wounded four times. Trillo wounded six times. Federal troops dispatched to Cantillo and Gen Eugenio Martinez leads the column. President Obregon orders investigation into Villa assassination.
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Parral
Chihuahua
Mex
Francisco Villa
Miguel Trillo
Villa
Rosalio Morales
Longue
Guanajuato
Trillo
Canutillo
Villa Ranch
Eugenio Martinez
Chihuahua City
Mexico City
Obregon
Augenio Martinez
Francisco Serra
Santa Clara
Ear injury sparking $15,012,750 damages suit
James C. L. Huber, promoter of New York and London, sues M. C. Martin in circuit court for 15,012,750 dollars claiming loss of earning power after an August attack in London. He alleges Martin cut off his right ear and sprayed acid on his face in a quarrel over a woman. The filing notes Missouri securities may be attached.
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St. Louis
M. C. Martin
London
James C. L. Huber
New York
Huber
Martin
C. B. Piper
Missouri
Piper
Senator Brookhart Urges Hughes on Recognition of Russia
Senator Brookhart asks Secretary Hughes to recognize the Russian soviet government in a Washington conference after returning from a several week trip to Russia. The Republican senator from Iowa pressed for formal recognition of the new regime at the State Department.
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Senator Brookhart
Hughes
U. K
Washington
Brookhart
Rep
State Department
Russia
38 Insane Felons Escape Illinois Hospital for the Criminal Insane
In Chester Illinois on Sunday night thirty eight inmates at the Illinois Hospital for the Criminal Insane attacked guards broke bars and escaped. Superintendent Dr Frank A Stubblefield suffered a broken arm while suppressing the outbreak. Four guards were stabbed and one convict was killed.
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Chester
Illinois Hospital For the
Frank A. Stubblefield
Terrific quake damages Hall of Records in San Bernardino
San Bernardino California July 23 thousands of dollars in damage resulted from a severe earthquake at 11 28 pm Sunday night The Hall of Records building in the courthouse group sustained heavy damage with rock torn from the walls The quake is described as the severest in the city’s history.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Hall of Records
Court House
De Valera Declares Irish War Over
Dublin reports Eamon de Valera states the war is finished for Republicans and they do not intend to renew fighting in the fall or after the elections. He spoke in a July 23 statement addressing the ongoing conflict and political timeline.
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de Valera
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Obregon Says International Commission Near Agreement
Mexico City July 28 President Obregon reports that all major questions before the international commission on American recognition of Mexico have been satisfactorily arranged. The statement signals progress toward formalizing recognition and indicates a nearing agreement on key issues.
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U. S
Obregon
Mexico
International Commission On
U S Market Report Fruits Vegetables and Grains Prices
For the week ending July 21 New York and Chicago markets report Irish cobbler potatoes Kansas early Ohio midwestern prices f o b and cash tracks. Florida melons North Carolina cantaloupes California salmon tints and hay feed grain and dairy price movements across major city markets with specific per unit costs and ranges.
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Washington
Kansas
California
Arizona
Chicago
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Prairie
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Daylight Sea-to-Sea Dash Ends in Wyoming Town
Lieut. Russell L. Maughan failed on the second attempt to span the continent between dawn and dusk when an oil leak forced a land at Rock Springs Wyoming at 5 08 p m mountain time He had covered more than two thirds of the United States a total of 1002 miles and was pushing toward the goal at 170 miles per hour.
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Wyoming
Rock Springs
Wyo
Russell L. Maughan
United States
Two Flyers Die As Plane Burns and Crashes Near Windsor
Detroit July 23. Howard Neal, owner of Detroit Air Photo, and a man believed to be Eugene Ranchard, a pilot, were burned to death when their airplane caught fire 1,000 feet up and crashed twelve miles southwest of Windsor Ontario.
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Detroit
Mich
Howard Neal
Detroit Air Photo Company
Eugene Ranchard
Windsor
Ont
Federal Expenditures Totals for Fiscal Year 1923
Washington reports that total outlays chargeable against ordinary receipts for the year ending June 30 1923 reached 3 697 478 020 26. Public debt expenditures amounted to 7 963 798 180 17 with 402 850 000 credited to debt retirement.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Farmers Plan to Hold Wheat and Aid the Market
Chicago July 21. O E Bradfute president of the American Farm Bureau federation announced a plan to withdraw 200000000 bushels of surplus wheat from the market and store it on farms while farmers are financed under the new intermediate credit act.
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Chicago
O. E. Bradfute
American Farm Bureau Federation
Seven German Food Rioters Killed in Police Fire
Berlin July 23. Food riots in Breslau have escalated into clashes between police and radicals. Seven were killed and fifteen wounded when officers fired into a mob controlling parts of the city.
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Berlin
Breslau
Silesia
Foot Power Plane Makes Flight
Officials at Mc Cook army air field announce a foot powered airplane invented by W. E. Gerhardt that has proved capable of limited flight.
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Dayton
McCook Army Air Field
W. E. Gerhardt
Republican Senate Campaign Chief Foresees Restless Wave
Washington July 21 Senator Noses of New Hampshire, chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee, predicted that the wave of unrest indicated in the Minnesota election will sweep to other states.
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Pertl
Says
Moses
Washington
Noses
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Government workers quit in record resignations over pay
The article notes a wave of resignations among high level government posts as officials say salaries from $5,000 to $10,000 are inadequate for living in the capital. It cites Edward Clifford and S Parker Gilbert among others, with stories of ambition thwarted while duties demand extensive training and social obligations.
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Clifford
S. Parker Gilbert
The
Treasury
Mellon
Harding
C. H. Houston
Hoover
C. W. Pugsley
Western Agricultural College
Treasury Surplus Reported at 310 Million Dollars
General Lord announces a 1922 23 budget surplus of about 310 million dollars, beating expectations after President Harding forecast 200 million. The report details large reductions in ordinary expenditures and a shift in receipts, with a net saving of 1.133 billion from prior estimates. It notes comparisons to Britain’s 101 million pound surplus and outlines specifics on tax and debt figures.
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General Lord
Bureau of the Budget
Harding
Lord
War Finance Corporation
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Youths Pass Severe Physical Tests at Fort Meade Camp
About 2 600 reserve officers training camp cadets at Fort Meade undergo rigorous health screening. Only 25 are rejected for physical defects. Vaccinations, typhoid inoculations, and Schick tests are administered under Camp Surgeon Dr J M Coffin. Maj P F McGuire and Maj A P Hutchins supervise. Daily hygiene talks, outdoor sports, and extensive health data sharing with parents accompany the program.
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Army Medical School
Washington
Medical Corps
Production and Trade Expand as May Output Surges
Federal Reserve Board notes heavy May and early June production and shipments of general merchandise and manufactures, with higher employment and wage gains. Wholesale prices ease modestly. banker and government security holdings dip. Iron steel cement and petroleum output reaches new highs. building permits fall while actual contracts rise. Unemployment dips slightly amid strong cotton steel meat packing and sugar refining activity. Wheat crops lag but overall cotton improves. Rail and freight movement remains brisk with record car loadings. wholesale and retail trade rise, meats hardware and shoes show large gains.
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Federal Reserve Board
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