Five Million Dollars Worth of Intoxicants Imported
Washington reports from the commerce department show intoxicating beverages imported during the fiscal year valued at over five million dollars, up from about half a million the year before. Wine led entries with more than two million gallons, whiskey totaled about 195,600 gallons, Great Britain supplied most whiskey, France most champagne, Spain much of the other wines.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Great Britain
France
Spain
Earth Tremors Cause Death in Italian Post Office
A southeastern Italian post office on the Adriatic collapsed after an earthquake. Many were killed or injured with bodies recovered from the ruins. One identified victim was M. Zavoiania, a reputed Greek millionaire transacting business at the post office.
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Rome
Italy
Adriatic
Colla
M. Zavoiania
Des Moines Street Cars Ordered Stopped in Foreclosure Suit
Federal Judge Ma Vace ordered all Des Moines street cars halted at midnight Wednesday. Receivers Chambers and Horner A. Miller were appointed to act under the new foreclosure suit brought by the bondholders, consolidating all pending actions against the company.
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Des Moines
Ma Vace
Geon
Chambers
Horser A. Miller
Farmer Whipped by Masked Men in Missouri Attack
John Craig, a wealthy retired farmer from Norborne Mo, was assaulted by masked men last Friday and coerced into a car to a town where he was whipped. Police and family were told Craig was warned to treat his family better.
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Norborne. Mo
John Craig
Craig
Newae
League Granted Charter for Tobacco Trust
A charter has been granted by Judge Martin establishing a league. The charter authorizes a national league devoted to the use of tobacco, aligning with the United States objectives.
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NTE ” League
New York
Curt Justice Martin
America
Encke's Comet Prepared to Visit Solar System
Harvard Observatory reports a Cordoba national observatory cablegram noting sighting of Encke's comet on July 23. first observed in 1819, the comet returns every three and a half years but usually remains too far away for naked eye view.
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Cambridge
Masa
Encke
Harvard University Observatory
C. V. Perrine
National Observatory
Cordoba
Argentine
Candy Buying Public Floats Idea of City Candy House
Detroit and Chicago reports at the National Jobbing Confectioners Association convention discuss a city candy house to meet shifting tastes. Candy makers note sugar prices fell only, while labor transport and flavoring costs rose. nuts surged from 20 to 90 cents a pound. Chicago officials probe price drops as local retailers cut 10 to 20 percent from wartime levels amid sugar declines.
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Detroit
Mich
National
New
Chicago
New York
Russell J. Poole
American Relief Agency to Begin Russian Aid Plan
London Aug 2 AP W L Brown Europeans director of the American Relief Administration will travel to Riga next Friday to negotiate a written agreement with the Russian famine committee to start relief immediately The release of American prisoners in Russia is deemed paramount After Riga agreement the A R A will direct its European resources to Russian relief A 15 man preliminary mission will go to Petrograd and Moscow to begin aid Hamburg and Danzig reserves are sufficient to cover delays in shipments from America Grain hoards in famine areas may be exposed by supplying bartered goods
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London
W. L. Brown
American Relief Administration
Riga
Russian Famine Committee
Russia
Europe
Petrograd
Moscow
Amburg
Danzig
America
Shanghaied Soldier Freed in Ship Deserter Case
New York reports Earl Clark, a private in a Panama Canal Zone police unit, faced desertion charges from a court martial at Governor's Island. Clark claimed he was shanghaied by Swedish sailors in 1920, escaped in Manchester, was jailed in England, mistreated, and later transported by ship to London before arrest.
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New York
Earl Clark
Panama Canal Zone
Governor's Island
Clark
Manchester
Canal Zone
Sengrmas
Savey
Amne
London
Celtic
Idaho Weather Tonight and Wednesday Outlook
Idaho faces unsettled conditions tonight with likely showers in the mountains. Wednesday should be fair with improving conditions and continued mild temperatures.
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Idaho
Registration plan for aliens not part of police system
Registration plan for aliens merged by Secretary Davis aims to protect and guard aliens, not create a police system. It proposes fees of 10 dollars for adults and 3 dollars for minor wage earners, with a bureau of naturalization becoming a bureau of citizenship and Americanism to broaden its activities and place aliens across the country to avoid urban congestion.
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Ton
Davis
Aften
Adu
Bureau of Naturalization
Bureau of Citizenship and Americanism
Britain Reaffirms Original Date for Conference
The dispatch reports Britain agrees to the Arbington conference timeline, drops a preliminary Pacific meeting. Officials say President Hastings favors the August date, with possible attendance by Mr Hughes of A Mason, and Lloyd George's input depending on circumstances.
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Great Britain
Hasting
Jer Hughes
Newnals
Lloyd George
Echooner Henry L Maree Seized Off New York Coast
The schooner Henry L Maree with liquor cargo was taken into custody by the U S Coast Guard near four miles off the coast. The vessel, listed as a fisherman with Gloucester home port, showed no papers for British registry, and the crew admitted loading cargo at a point off New Providence. A first mate escaped in a fast motor boat and the cargo was partially discharged.
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New York
Henry L. Maree
Coast Guard of
Seneca
Fm Town
Gloucester
Tiantle City
Can Coast Guard
Treaty of Trianon Published Amid War Boundaries Debate
Budapest report notes publication of the Trianon convention text in the Official Gazette and a map showing Hungary's postwar borders. London dispatch mentions Austen Chamberlain and De Valera, with remarks on truce termination if collapse occurs and a need for reasonable notice.
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Budapest
Hungary
AAS cBa
London
Austen Chamberlain
Lioga Samoon de Valera
Lon
Cone
Caruso Dies After Illness and Surgery
World famous tenor Enrico Caruso died after a long illness and surgical procedure in Naples. Reports describe his operation for a liver diaphragmatic issue, followings weeks of pleurisy and complications, with messages of mourning from fans and leaders worldwide.
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Enrico Caruso
Sae
Caruso
Sorrento
Naples
Messere
Specia
Heat brings ruin to crops and heat deaths rise
The report notes warm weather ruins dual bean crop and potatoes in August. Seventeen heat deaths occur in cities and Venice records several. Thermometers show about 106 degrees across the country while a cyclone damages property in Milan. Canada delegates exceed six hundred.
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Rome
Venice
Milian
Al Nance Plan Ties Kean to British Financiers
Fragmentary note links Senator Kean to a British financier group aiding British shipping. The British claim the arrangement involved a thoroughly British effort and opposed American company involvement.
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Ashington
New Reparations Pact Expected From Paris Meeting
Paris reports Germany and France likely to sign a new reparations agreement within days. Louis Loucheur and Dr. Walter Rathenau lead negotiations to be reviewed by the Supreme Allied Council early next week.
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Paris
Germany
France
Louis Loucheur
Walter. Rathenau
Petit Paris Centory
Supreme Allied Council
Zinovieff Quits Soviet Regime
London reports confirm G. S. Zinovieff governor of Petrograd severed ties with the soviet government. Sir Philip Lloyd-Graeme told the House of Commons that Zinovieff has ceased to be a member of the soviet government. Earlier Moscow advices said he was reelected chairman of the third Internationale.
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London
S. Zinovieff
Petrograd
House of Commons
Philip Lloyd-Graeme
Board of Trade
Russia
Philip
Zinovieff
Moscow
The
Third Internationale
Bank robber ring tied to Sinclair agents under federal raid
Federal authorities arrested John W. Worthington and Owen L Evans in Chicago in a roundup tied to a network handling bonds and stolen securities from robberies totaling about 5.5 million dollars. The case spans crimes in Toledo Pullman Dearborn Chicago Mt Vernon Council Bluffs Minneapolis Centerville and other locations with links to Sinclair Oil stock losses. Worthington denies altered notes or fraud charges while in jail at Waukegan.
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Chicago
Sinclair Orean
York-3 Securities
Dearborn
John W. Worthington
Qwen .L. Evans
W. Worthington
Owen T
Worthington
Nevas and
Evans
Central Securities
Toledo
Pullman
Ill
Dearborn Street
Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Toccoa
Council Bluffs
Minneapolis
Minn
Centerville
Iowa
Sinclair Oil
New York
Waukegan
Tenor Known as the Idolized Figure Headlines Note
A yet unclear report centers on a tenor praised as an idolized figure. The fragmented text references a renowned performer and hints at public attention but lacks full details.
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