American Army Fliers Make Successful Flight Greenland
Davis Seagirt, N. J., Aug. 25. John W. Davis said last night that President Coolidge s acceptance speech failed to meet the corruption issue in public office. He asked if public resources have been squandered, is it answered by the budget system, and if unfit men remain in office, is it a defense that the Admin is not dishonest, and if wounded veterans are defrauded of care, is there comfort in lavish appropriations by Congress.
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Seagirt
N. J
John W. Davis
Coolidge
Congress
German National Party Upholds Ruhr Evacuation Stance
The German National Party of the Reichstag unanimously backs the July 22 resolution demanding Ruhr evacuation, railway restoration, and recognition of German State authority. They vow to oppose any settlements not meeting their terms. Belgium to sign Dawes plan on August 30 confirmed by Brussels officials.
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Berlin
German National Party of the
Reichstag
Ruhr
Belgium
Brussels
Great Britain
Reichstrath In Line With Dawes Report
Berlin reports the Reichstag last night adopted all legislative bills connected with the Dawes plan, aligning government action with the approved framework and paving the path for subsequent measures.
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Reichstrath
Berlin
Reichstath
Dawes
Crews of Wrecked Boats In Arctic Safe Report
A radio message heard by Navy operators in Bremerton noted the Arctic crew reached Point Barrow and the Lady Kindersley crew was en route there, with all hands accounted for and safe.
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Arctic
Bremerton
Navy
Point Barrow
Storekeeper Turns on Robbers Captures One
Sam Pra ger captured one of three men and attempted to loot his jewelry store this afternoon and shot and wounded another. Two of the three men escaped.
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Los Angeles
Sam Prager
Elevation of Guns on Battleships Questioned by British Objection
Admiral F. H. Schofield told the Gyro Club in Seattle that maneuvers in the Southern States showed American marksmanship excellence but also argued for higher gun elevations on battleships amid British objections.
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Seattle
F. H. Schofield
The
Gyro Club
Great Britain
Miss Bernhofer To Give Farewell Concert In Juneau
Miss Mary Bernhofer a concert singer who toured Skagway returned yesterday aboard the Admiral Rogers. She will present a farewell concert in Juneau next week at the Parish Hall. Mrs Howe Vance who accompanied her also returned by steamer.
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Mary Bernhofer
Skagway
Admiral Rogers
Bernhofer
Juneau
Howe Vance
Miss Bernhofer
Mars Signals Reported by Vancouver Wireless Station
Operators at Point Gray wireless station heard four groups of dashes not matching any known code and suspect signals from Mars. Sitka and Merchant Exchange heard the signals as authorities order all major US Army and Navy radio stations to listen in from midnight to 8 AM Monday.
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B.C
Mars
Sitka
Vancouver
B. C
Point Gray Wireless Station
Washington
United States Army
Navy
Reparations Greatest Issue Says Coolidge
Plymouth August 22 President Coolidge calls reparations the paramount issue facing the world and delays any new arms conference until the Dawes plan operates He says removal of the fear of invasion must guide European relations and foreign inquiries about debts to the United States should wait for reparations settlement.
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Plymouth
Coolidge
Europe
United States
Bigamous Honeymoon Interrupted by Arrest
Seattle August 22 Marius A Miller a 40 year old San Rafael contractor and his bigamous bride Mrs Delphine Schuller a 29 year old nurse to the invalid Mrs Miller were arrested by Sheriff Matt Starkwick at Black Diamond. They admitted marriage at Santa Rosa with Miller allegedly drunk. They planned to wait for Mrs Miller's death but Schuller acted sooner. Arrest followed August 12 with bond posted. Miller said they were touring Washington on a honeymoon.
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Seattle
Marius A. Miller
San Rafael
Delphine Schuller
Miller
Matt Starwick
Black Diamond
Santa Rosa
Kid McCoy Faces Paralyzing Disease in Three Years
Los Angeles reports from Aug 22 claim Kid McCoy will suffer complete paralysis and total dementia within three years if he escapes the murder charge or lives that long. Dr Cecil Reynolds, a defense alienist, said McCoy is in an incipient paresis stage from long standing alcohol and blood infection. Reynolds linked the shooting to disease manifestations. Treasury agents in New York also report smuggling of Mrs Theresa Mars jewelry into the United States.
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Los Angeles
Kid McCoy
Theresa Mars
Los Angeles Times
Cecil Reynolds
McCoy
Reynolds
New York
Treasury
United States
Bandits Rob Bank for Second Time in 6 Weeks
Four men held up the Venice State Bank this morning and escaped with 5850 pounds. Cashier Riley identified the robbers as the same group who struck on July 7 and escaped with 12407 dollars.
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Bandits
Rob Bank
Venice
Fli
Riley
Leopold Loeb Should Hang Says State Officials
Chicago Aug 22 state argues for capital punishment in the Leopold Loeb case, contending the kidnaping and murder of Robert Franks warrants hanging to protect children. Prosecutor Joseph Savage asserts the defendants’ claimed mitigation failed and warns absence of the death penalty could embolden future crimes. Darrow counters describe the killing as one of the least cruel in Illinois history while defending the defendants and noting the victim died quickly.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Joseph Savage
Savage
Cook County
Walter Bachrath
Darrow
Franks
Ilinois
Japanese Dreadnoughts Sink Two Warships Under Treaty
Tokyo reports under the Washington treaty sixteen inch guns aboard the superdreadnoughts Mutsu and Nagato will send the warships Aki and Satsuma to the ocean floor on September 3. The war office announced today in Tokyo.
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Tokio
Mutsu
Nagatao
Aki
Satsuma
War Office
Western cattle market to shrink in second half of 1924
Chicago, Aug. 22. The Department of Agriculture estimates about half a million fewer cattle will be marketed in the western region in the last half of 1924 than in the same period of 1923. The outlook signals a notable decline in western cattle sales.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Philippine House approves relief bill after Wood veto
Manila August 22 The House of Representatives passed a bill allocating 56000 for typhoon victims relief that Governor General Wood had vetoed. The measure now proceeds to the Senate for approval and signature.
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Philippine
Woods
Manila
House of the Philippine Legislature
Wood
Trial Welcomed by Senator Wheeler in Montana
Washington report says Senator Wheeler welcomed the trial in Montana as a result of the federal indictment during his present campaign.
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Senator Wheeler
Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Rare Monkey Gift At Wedding In Portland
A three year old rare species monkey, hand-sized, was given as a wedding present to Mrs. B. V. Beale by Capt. Thorsen of Wenador. The animal, seven inches long with a 14 inch tail, is not in the New York zoo and curls its tail when sleeping like a rope coil.
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Portland
B. V. Beale
Thorsen
Wenador
New York Zoo
Ram Runner Caught After Two Mile Sea Chase
In Seattle a Coast Guard Arcata chase disabled the launch M-899 with 11 pounders firing 29 times. Two men were arrested, one seriously wounded by shell fragments. Fifty cases of beer and 24 cases of whiskey were seized, with more liquor said to have been dumped overboard. Moscow reports a zinc silver lead copper mining concession at Tyutikha Bay granted to a Vladivostok firm of the Engineering Corporation of England.
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Seattle
Coast Guard Arcata
Moscow
Tyutikha Bay
Priamur District
Vladivistok
Engineering Corporation of England
Hoover to mediate Rio Grande river dispute
Denver dispatch reports that Herbert Hoover will represent the United States as mediator in a series of hearings starting in September to ease a reclamation service decree affecting irrigation development on the upper Rio Grande. The mediation party will include federal and Colorado and New Mexico officials, traveling by motor from Alamosa to El Paso with hearings to continue on Pare Two.
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Denver
Col. Ave
Reclamation Service
Rilo Grande
Rio Grande Commission
Alamosa
Colo
el Paso
Tex
Herbert E. Hoover
United States
Colorado
New Mexico
Globe fliers reach Greenland from Iceland in 12 hours
United States aviators Lieut. Smith and Lieut. Nelson completed an 825 mile flight from Iceland to Greenland arriving around 8:10 pm. Italian flier Locatelli did not appear in the dispatches. U.S. boats will resume the hunt with the next takeoff planned for tomorrow.
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Halifax
United States
Globe
Hunt for Locatelli Aboard U S Cruiser Richmond
Between Iceland and Greenland on August 22 the Richmond Raleigh and destroyer Harry are ordered to hunt for Lieut Locatelli. Scouting planes from the two cruisers will be used.
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Locatelli
U. S
Richmond
Iceland
Greenland
Raleigh
Harry
No News of Locatelli Reported at Sea
Dispatches from the cruiser Richmond indicate no news of Locatelli. The vessel reports thick fog after leaving its last station and says it is 217 miles off Cape Farewell awaiting better weather. Continued on page two.
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Locatelli
Washington
Richmond
Cape Farewell
Father of Dempsey Weds Girl at Farmington Utah
SALT LAKE CITY August 22. Hiram Dempsey age 47, father of Jack Dempsey, married Lottie Dexter Blassinger 26 of Salmon Idaho at Farmington Utah yesterday per advices received here.
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Salt Lake, City
Hiram Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Lottie Dexter Blassinger
Salmon
Idaho
Farmington
Utah
U S Imports Exceed Exports in July
Commerce data show U S imports for July at 278 4 million dollars while exports reached 278 0 million dollars Imports narrowly surpassed exports by about 400 thousand dollars for the month Gold imports totaled 18 83 million dollars with exports at 327 thousand. silver imports 7 13 million and exports 9 19 million.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Prohibitionists seek women’s aid for campaign drive
Kansas City Aug 22 Plans for a nationwide bid for the Republican ticket are hampered by money shortages. Herman P. Faris of Clinton Mo, a 65 year old banker and Sunday School superintendent, says the Prohibition Party will win if funds permit and that radio will play a key role in his campaign. He plans to radiocast from here as the opening gesture, with Dr B E P Progh directing national efforts from Harrisburg Pa and John P Coffin overseeing western and local operations in Chicago Los Angeles and Johnstown Fla.
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Kansas City
Herman P. Faris
Clinton Mo
Prohibition Party
Faris
B. E. P. Progh
Harrisburg
Chicago
John P. Coffin
Johnstown
Fla
Los Angeles
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Davis
Toeife
Eieoere
Pavis
Clarksbhier
Atdeeda
Clarksburg
John C. Johnson
Merchants Exchange
Point Gray
M’coy
Fighter
Leopold-Loeb
Cowes
Prince and Princess
Viggo Ind
Prince Viggo
Denmark
Eleanor Green
Isle of Wight
Coast Guard
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Globe Fliers
U.S
Lawrence
Dempsey
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