Global tensions and U S policy dominate wartime news
Secretary Weeks rejects Hoboken land bid for waterfronts while Mellon foresees Europe rehabilitation under the Dawes plan. July tax collections show decline. reparations chief Gilbert accepts post. Aerial crew survives a plane tailspin. Dawes plan boosts European cash grain demand. Klan trials, fires, and notable deaths fill the day with political, economic, and international developments.
Rum francs fake passes warn dry officers in Summit County
Mayor Conger of Peninsula Summit county says rum runners use fake corn borer passes to evade dry officers. Burglars stole 600 dollars from Captain Dayton Randolph’s home in Gallia county. Several accidents and deaths reported across Ohio.
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Peninsula
Summit County
Cleveland Federation of Churches
Joseph R. Knowles
Alliance Fire
Army and Navy Union
Dayton Randolph
Reedyville
Gallia County
George Steserean
Cleveland
Toledo
Doyle
W. H. Stout
Bedford
Charles Cooper
Lakewood
R. EB. Willis
Guernsey County
Joseph Hefferman
George Myers
Youngstown
James
Martin
Calvin Fisher
Lucille Fisher
Edgar Fisher
Leonard Prussal
Felix Carlewski
Michigan
Perry County Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
W. L. Wells
Middletown Carpenter
Dixie Highway
J. Benson
W. H. Byron
Pennsylvania
Dennison
Ignatz Lenear
Thomas Miles
Carl Lawrence
George Spraggins
Joseph Molnar
Charles A. Curtis
Leroy Thomas
Wilmington
John W. England
Columbus
Clyde England
Mildred Larenthe
Newark
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
American Shovel Company
Lorain
Ralph }. Cole
Findlay
I. Hdwards
Cincinnati
Marysville
L. A. Boulay
Akron Ministerial Association
Amos Plotner
Pulaski
Ind
George Younts
Jesse M. Peters
Plotner
Marion
John J. Johnson
Maumee
Elmer Grove
East Columbus
Scioto Valley Traction
Delaware
Edgar Clifton
Eldred Hinder
Everett
Civil conflict in China spreads chaos to Shanghai
Civil war between Kiangsu and Chekiang provinces worsens in Shanghai. Famine threatens the city as refugees flood in. Hospitals fill with wounded troops as casualties mount hourly amid Peking's punitive mandate and rising foreign intervention concerns. Sun Yat Sen plans a northern expedition from Canton to aid Kiangsi. Chang Tso Lin declares war against the Beijing government.
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Shanghai
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Peking
Mukden
Sun Yat-Sen
Canton
Kiangsi
China
Kun
Lu Yung-Hsien
Chekiang Province
Ho Feng-Ling
Tsao Kun
Chi Shieh- Yuan
Kiangsu
Chi
Wu Pei-Fu
Che- Kiang
Poison Liquor Toll in Philadelphia Rises
A weekend death toll from adulterated liquor in Philadelphia reaches four dead, two women and two men, with twenty six hospitalizations and nearly 200 arrests citywide. Victims include Fannie Sylvester and Charles Soschorowski, found unconscious or dead after exposure. Police raided several spots selling liquor as authorities warn of continuing danger.
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Philadelphia
Fannie Sylvester
Charles Soschorowski
Pershing Whispers of Wild West Show Offer After Army Service
A proposal for General John J. Pershing to start a Wild West show business after retiring from active duty drew serious consideration. Details on the showmen were scarce, but the offer reportedly amused Pershing and reached him toward the close of his military career.
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Pershing
Washington
John J. Pershing
Army
Gas Co Loses Bid to Halt Rate Order in Charleston
U S District Judge G W McClintice refused to grant a preliminary injunction against the public service commission. United Fuel Gas Co sought to restrain the commission from enforcing an order suspending a double gas rate in Charleston.
Mice Infected in Chicago Lab Robbery by Boys
Four youths aged 9 to 11 robbed a bacteriological laboratory in Chicago and carried off four infected mice. The animals were recovered and the boys placed on probation.
Sultan's Palace for Sale in Constantinople
The Sultan's palace in Constantinople is offered for sale for 1,260,000 dollars and is expected to be converted into a theater.
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Constantinople
Palmer Cox will directs trust for brother George Cox
The will of Palmer Cox author of the Brownie stories directs a trust fund for his brother George A. Cox of Granby Quebec after Cox’s death the estate then to pass to four Granby grandnieces. The value of the estate is not disclosed.
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New York
Palmer Cox
Brownie
Granby
Province of
Quebec
George A. Cox
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