Graf Zeppelin Lands at Lakehurst After Transatlantic Flight
Graf Zeppelin finishes its American solo crossing, landing at Lakehurst New Jersey with about 100000 spectators cheering. The airship traveled 4175 miles from its base in 5 hours 19 minutes at an average speed near 45 mph and will remain at Lakehurst before a future world tour.
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Atlantic Ocean
William Bishop
Los Angeles
New York City
Navy Reservation
Leisler Kiep
Hamburg-American Line
Zeppelin
27 Passengers Aboard Alaska For This Port
Seattle Aug 5 Steamer Alaska sailed Sunday at 9 oclock for Alaska ports with 204 passengers first class and 18 steerage The following passengers are for Tuncau H H Lereh and wife Mrs P Jones Mrs H Mates R L Bernard Mrs W Schmitz Keith Wildes Mrs H C School Ms C Speechley Mrs F Millard and daughter Mary J Wilson Lou Kay J Castello W T Bishop W White A E Egeldson C B Secrett George A Aabele Mary Allard Dorothy Bakke William E Larson and five steerage St Joseph Mo Aug 5 Miss Audrey Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs C O Smith wed by William S Smith of Rock Island Ill The pastor was Rev Stanley E Smith Mrs Stanley Smith and Sidney Smith were matron and best man
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Seattle
Alaska
Tuncau
H. H. Lereh
P. Jones
H. Mates
R. L. Bernard
W Schmitz
Keith Wildes
H. C. School
C. Speechley
F. Millard
Mary J. Wilson
Lou Kay
J. Castello
W. T. Bishop
W. ©. White
A. E. Egeldson
C. B. Secrett
George A Aabele
Mary Allard
Dorothy Bakke
William E. Larson
Steerage
ST. Joseph, Mo
Audrey Smith
C. 0. Smith
Willam
Smith
Rock Island, Til
Stanley E. Smith
Stanley Smith
Sidney Smith
Aides' Advice Helped Hoover Fill Navy and Commerce Posts
Washington report details how Charles Francis Adams and Robert Patterson Lamont rose to top posts in Hoover's cabinet. Adams, a Harvard treasurer and famed yachtsman, was scooped by a Boston sports writer and later named Secretary of the Navy. Lamont, an Illinois engineer, became Secretary of Commerce after Hoover chose him from his preinaugural circle.
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Hoover
Navy and Commerce
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
Navy
Robert Patterson Lamont
Illinois
Commerce
Adams
Belle Isle
Fla
Harvard University
Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Florida
Shamrock
Boston
Miami Beach
Charles Prancis
Cambridge
Harvard
Christian
Herter
John Richardson
Great Business Department
A. W. Shaw
Chicago
Commerce Department
United States
War Debt Commission Concludes Its Work
The tri partite United States Austria and Hungary war debts commission, which has issued judgments totaling over 41 million dollars, will soon cease to exist. Edwin B. Parker, the sole commissioner, drafts the final report as Hungary’s debt finalizes with a treasury deposit and Austria’s debt reduced to 370 thousand dollars.
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War Debt Commission
Ston
Tripartite Claims Commission
United States
Austria
Hungary
Edwin B. Parker
Sioner
Fins
Commission
Ernst Brossinage
Alexius de Boer
Rhs
Dame Millicent Fawcett Dies in London
Dame Millicent Fawcett, longtime leader of the suffrage movement in England, dies in London at 86. Her career spanned advocacy and writing for equal rights, including landmark moments in May 1867 and July 1928 when suffrage milestones were achieved.
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Dame Fawcett
London
Dame Millicent Fawcett
Millicent Fawcett
Women of England
Ladies’ Gallery
House of Commons
John Stuart Mill
House of Lords
Escore
Millicent
One Thousand Men Fight Forest Fires Near Sand Point
Spokane dispatch reports nearly 1,000 men battling multiple forest fires in Northern Idaho. About 250 troops defend Sand Point water supply at Sand Creek while another 250 fight Pack Creek flames. Fires have burned thousands of acres and hindered access.
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Spokane
Wash
Idaho
Acantie
Sand Creek
Sand Point
Millicent Garrett Fawcett and suffrage era leaders
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, a dominant force in the women’s suffrage movement, promoted education and independent employment for women and opposed militant tactics. Born 1847, she married Henry Fawcett and guided parliamentary action. In San Bernardino, aviator Virgil Cline was killed when a plane exploded after a lightning strike, with his wreckage scattered.
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England
Dame Millicen
Fawcett
National Union of Women's
Women's Political and Social Union
Emmeline Pankhurst
Millicent
Millicent Garret
Aldenburgh
Suffolk
Newson Garrett
Justice of the Peace
Henry Fawcett
Philippa Garrett Paweett
Education Office
London County Council
San Bernardino
Cal
Virgil Cline
Missing Prohibition Agent Sought After Speed Boat Disappearance
Detroit Aug 5 A Federal Prohibition Agent Richard J Sundlands of New York remains missing after a speed boat used by rum runners was seen near the Detroit riverfront He disappeared Saturday with a man and woman detained Walter Petty Acting Collector of Customs said no definite sign of violence or voluntary disappearance and reports of possible slaying have not been substantiated Trentons Walter Thomas claims 182000 miles as a mail carrier over years with a 14 mile daily route and about 945000 pounds of mail carried
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Detroit
Mich
Richard J. Sundlands
New York
Trenton
Walter Thomas
Two Loaded Steamers In Fatal Crash At Ostend Harbor
Nine people drowned when two excursion steamers loaded with pleasure seekers collided at Ostend harbor entrance. One sank quickly as the outgoing boat struck. five women, two girls, and one man perished. Survivors and injured were rescued by small boats amid crowds on the beach.
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Ostend
Belgium
Baltimore Banker Appointed Ambassador to Italy
Washington announces the appointment of John W. Garrett of Baltimore as Ambassador to Italy. The banker has 20 years in the diplomatic service, previously serving as Minister to Venezuela Argentina and the Netherlands.
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Washington
John W. Garrett
Baltimore
Italy
Venezuela
Argentina
Netherlands
Today's stock quotations from New York market
Alaska dunesu stock is quoted today at 6, American Tobacco A 177, American Tobacco B 1%6, Bethlehem Steel 21%, Continental Motors 12%, Corn Products 8, Cudahy 51, Naval Acme 3714, Stewart Warner of Standard ON of California.
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New York
Alaska Dunesu
American Tobacco
American Tobaccco B
Bethlehema Steel
Continental Motors
Corn Products
Cudahy
Navnal Acme
Stewart Warner
Standard ON
California
Bennett to marry Edmund Fearnley Whittinghall
British tennis star Eileen Bennett will wed Edmund Fearnley Whittinghall son of a London clergyman. Whittinghall paints portraits and plays squash and racquet, but does not play tennis. If Miss Bennett is like some American wives it won’t be long before he learns her favorite game.
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Eileen Bennett
Edmund Fearnley Whittinghall
London
Whittinghall
Miss Bennett
New Work on Alaska Road Okayed by Interior Secretary
Secretary for Interior Wilbur authorized more work this season on the McKinley Park road to finish within two years. The 73 mile route will gain 60,000 for opening a slackening supply base before winter to allow spring construction after the northern winter breaks.
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Washington
Wilbur
McKinley Park
Representatives of six governments Meet
The Hague August 5 Representatives of six governments are gathered here ready to inaugurate tomorrow a conference that may close post-war financing negotiations The Young Reparations Agreement dated June 1 in Paris will be discussed as necessary issues in application The plan must be put under way An aside notes the world s largest wooden shot factory is in Davenport Iowa not Holland
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Hague
Paris
G O P National Committee Called To Meet September 9
Washington Aug 5 Chairman Hubert Wark issued a call for a Republican National Committee meeting in Washington on September 9. The session will elect a successor to Works who recently resigned and consider other changes Claudius Huston of Tennessee is viewed as likely to succeed Works.
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Washington
Hubert Wark
Aing of the Republicse “Fas
Ional Committee
Claudius Huston
Tennessee
Work
Bishop Cannon Answers All Charges Statement Released
Bishop James Cannon Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the South released a 15,000-word statement defending himself against charges tied to profiteering during the war, stock market criticism, and alleged improper use of church funds to support Hoover and the Saint Smith Democrats of Virginia. He denied wrongdoing in all instances while opposing Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic National Committee chairman Rainey, and Senator Glass of Virginia.
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Washington
James Cannon
Methodist Episcopal Church of the South
Cannon
Cour
Cwar
Board of Tempersnes
Hoover
Saint Smith Democrats
Virginia
Alfred
BE. Smith
Raakal
Glan
Otto Floto Dies A Promoter Of West Sports
Denver honors sport writer Otto Floto aged 66 who died here. A promoter of western ventures he organized the Plota Dog Stow which grew into the Sells Floto Circus. Friend of Jack Kearns he aided Jack Dempsey’s career. Widow survivor noted. Stanislaus County California claims 27 cents of every del ire income comes from Holstein dairy cows.
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Denver
Colo
Aug
Bolta Floto
West
Plota Dog Stow
Sells-Floto Circus
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Otto Floto
Stanislaus County
California
Chinese Tong War Sparks Amid Chicago Shooting Rampage
A flare of violence erupts in Chicago's Chinatown with Kee Sun killed and Leong Wong wounded on crowded streets, sparking police alerts across the nation. In Boston and Newark, shootings linked to tong factions raise fears of a coast to coast outbreak over Opium trade. Four Chinese, including Loy Sing, are arrested as authorities investigate the gunplay and gang links.
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Chicago
Til
United States
Chinatown
Kee Sun
Leong Wong
Wong
Re ‘Linion
Hg Sing
Three Firemen Killed In Kansas City Drug Store Blaze
Aug 5 Kansas City three firemen died and many were injured as walls collapsed during a blaze in a downtown drug store. An explosion occurred as the house was being dragged from the burning building. Phil Kahn reported Abe Moor appeared saturated with oil. Witnesses described several injured spectators near the blaze.
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Kansas City
Howe
Phil Kahn
Abe
Ten miners killed trapped in Sumite Banton Coal Mine
Tokyo August 5 Ten miners died in the Sumite Banton Coal Mine in central Hokkaido. Sixty nine others are trapped with little hope of rescue as the disaster unfolds in the central district copper mine.
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Tokyo
Sumite Banton
Kokkaido
Tourist Receives Sad News While on Pleasure Trip
SEATTLE Aug 5 Mrs Fred Butterworth touring Alaska on vacation learned Saturday of her husband death. Butterworth was secretary treasurer of the mortuary firm bearing his name. She arrived in Juneau this morning aboard the Admiral Rogers and sought a passage on the Princess Charlotte at 7 tomorrow.
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Suil
Fred Butterworth
Alaska
Juneau
Butterworth
Morticians J
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