Police Close in on Warring Tongs in Eight Cities
Police tightened control across major cities to curb a new tong war between Hip Sing and On Leong with four killings and multiple arrests. Reports say 75 telegraphs from New York and Boston urged leaders nationwide as Philadelphia and Newark rounded up dozens.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
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Philadelphia
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Cleveland
Washington
Baltimore
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On Leong Tong
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Nevada
Police
Collision between trolley and ash truck injures thirty
New York City on August 26 a collision at 109th street and Third Avenue between a trolley and a heavily loaded city ash truck injured thirty passengers. The crash shattered windows and caused panic among riders, including many women. Seven were hospitalized and two remained for further treatment.
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New York
109Th Street
Third Avenue
Spectacular man hunt planned in Hastings double murder
Hastings Nebraska reports a massive manhunt after Clarence Yager and Mrs. Lawrence Bird were shot to death on a highway Monday. About 900 farmers and townspeople armed with shotguns clubs and pitchforks surround the area as investigators pursue a lone assailant believed to threaten motorists in past encounters.
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Neb
Clarence Yager
Lawrence Bird
Grand Island
Stig
Germans in French Foreign Legion battle in Morocco
Paris reports about 16 000 Germans serving with the French Foreign Legion in Morocco fighting Riffians. Many ex-soldiers seek to join the German effort against France’s allies, but the French war ministry cannot accept all. The Germans have performed well since Abd El Krim began the offensive.
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Arma
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France
French Ministry of War
Foreign Legion
Abd-El-Krim
Rebels Attack Front in Morocco Battle
Air scouts report renewed tribal activity along the Moroccan front with rebels pushing toward French positions in Tsoul country. They attacked with bombs and bayonets, were driven off after a sharp fight leaving dead and wounded. Minor assault on Kolleine by Djebal tribesmen repulsed with wounded left. Operations against the Branes continue per French plan.
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French Morocco
Morocco
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Branes
Field Marshal Hoetzendorf Dead in Germany
Vienna reports the death of Field Marshal Baron Franz Von Hoetzendorf, longtime chief of staff and later commander on the Italian front. Born November 11, 1852 in Vienna suburbs, he served at the start of World War I and later played a key role in Galicia before command on the Italian front until 1912.
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Baron Franz von Conrad Hoetsendorf
Germany
General von Hoetzendorf
Penzing
Galicia
Lemberg
Italy
Austria
Ven Koevess
Plan to Unite Postal Unions Aims 60 000 Members
In Cleveland on August 26 AP reports a proposal to fuse eight national postal unions into a single federation with about 60 000 members. The plan keeps each group intact while allowing members to join the new body. If approved, the idea goes to the Railway Mail Clerks and City Letter Carriers associations for action next year.
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Cleveland
Ohio
National Post Office
Pga
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
National Association of Railway Mail Clerks
National Association of City Letter Carriers
Japan Increases Opium Supply With Doctors Prescribing More
Geneva August 26 AP Japan's increased morphine and heroin manufacture and opium stockpiles drew a demand for explanation at the League of Nations opium commission meeting. Japanese delegates said doctors prescribed more opium products than Western physicians and promised a fuller reply later.
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Japan
League of Nations Opium Commission
Husicians
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High Explosives for Rain Making in Greenville
The War Department has been asked to supply high explosives for rainmaking experiments in Greenville County to ease a severe drought. Representative J J McSwain says the plan involves detonations in mountain regions, inspired by a World War veteran’s remark that French soldiers believed artillery could induce rain.
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J. J. McSwain
France
Debt Question Under Debate With Houghton
London August 26 AP The luncheon meeting of Allanson B Houghton American ambassador and M Caillaux French finance minister is a key incident in major negotiations The talks suggest France's debt to Great Britain will not be settled until US arrangements are known Political writers say Anglo French settlement requires US input and a possible tri partite deal among the three nations may emerge
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Allanson B. Houghton
M. Caillaux
Winston Churchill
France
Great Britain
United States
Italians see Belgian debt view as chance for better terms
Rome reports indicate President Coolidge’s Belgian debt settlement stance is seen favorably by Italian officials. They view it as an opportunity to seek more favorable terms than Belgium received and hope it does not set a precedent for future refunds with France and Italy.
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Coolidge
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France
Italy
Brick thrower disrupts British cabinet session
In London a well dressed man entering No 10 Downing Street hurled two bricks through a window during a cabinet debt meeting and was arrested. Brussels will delay Belgo American debt accord discussion until after Christmas with criticism rising over the Washington negotiations.
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Belgium
Washington
Chamber of Deputies
Eight Rob Bank in Heyworth Nets $2500
Eight men robbed a Heyworth bank today and escaped with 2500 dollars after blasting open the vault. Police pursued leads but no arrests were reported. The incident occurred in Heyworth, with AP noting the daring method and quick getaway.
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Chicago
Heyworth
Wvafe
Desperadoes Sought After Officer Ned Clark Slaying
Nebraska and Kansas authorities intensified the hunt for two masked gunmen implicated in the death of North Platte traffic officer Ned Clark. The pair robbed the Nielson farm near Fairview Kansas, gagged 13 year old James Nielson, and likely fled toward a Kinsley gas station after ransacking the home.
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Kansas
Ned Clark
North Platte
Sam Thomas
Andrew Nielson
Fairview
James Nielson
Kinsley
Clark
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Bumper crop reported across the nation in August
Reports from the middle west and beyond describe bumper crops and better prices aiding farm finances despite frost and drought. Officials cite stronger purchasing power, growing crops, and livestock demand, with Minnesota and Iowa showing gains in grain and cattle markets.
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Everett C. Brown
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Iowa
Nebraska
A. BE
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Convictions for intoxication rise slightly in Wes and Wales
London reports a small year over year rise in intoxication convictions in Wes and Wales, with eighteen per 10 000 of population still under half the pre war level. Health agencies link the uptick to higher consumption of morhy beat spire.
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London
Wes
Wales
Cattle And Sheep Groups Press Grazing Rights Plan
Salt Lake City hearing on unappropriated public domain heard Frank J. Hagenbarth of Idaho urge stockmen to unite for grazing rights on national forest ranges. He cited resolutions by the National Woolgrowers and American National Livestock associations seeking recognized, transferable grazing rights based on established priority, with provisions for ingress and egress and protection of forest resources.
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Frank J. Hagenbarth
Idaho
Senate Public Lands Committee
Hagenbarth Ae
Hagenbarth
Congress
Forestry Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Woolgrowers’ Association
Time Not Ripe for Columbia River Reclamation Project
A Washington report from the special commission to Secretary Work states the time has not arrived for the costly Columbia river basin reclamation project. The $193 260 000 construction cost and $158 per acre are cited, and the bureau of reclamation lacks needed information to form a development plan. The commission warns solvent development needs a broader settlement and farm development program.
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Washington
Special Commission
Columbia River Basin Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation
United States committee studies 4.4 beer impact in Ontario
A U S congressional special committee led by Representative Grant Hudson of Mississippi dined with Ontario Prohibition unions in Toronto on August 26 to examine the sale and effects of 4.4 beer. Hudson said 95 percent opposed the beverage as insufficiently strong and too little to curb prohibition violations. The discussion also touched on public behavior and enforcement in the United States.
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Toronto
United
T. Hudson
Three Indicted For Boston Kwik Club Collapse Death
A Boston grand jury charges Linton Hart vice president Charles R Gow company Charles A Leary general superintendent and Martin Kane city concrete inspector with manslaughter in connection with Edith Jordan death among 44 who died in the Kwik Club collapse on July 4.
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Linton Hart
Charles R. Gow Company
Charles A. Leary
Eneral
Martin Kane
Edith Jordan
Kwick Club
Turmoil in Bolivia Delays Presidential Installment
From Lapaza in Bolivia reports show President-elect Joke Gabino Villaneura’s installation postponed as President Bautista Saavedra clings to power with army support. the capital remains tense amid extraordinary political events according to AP.
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Bolivia
New York
Lapaza
Joke Gabino Villaneura
Bautista Saavedra
Baseball Scores and Box Scores From Today’s National Games
A compact rundown of today’s major league games across cities including New York Cincinnati Pittsburgh Boston Brooklyn Cleveland Chicago Detroit St Louis andSt. Louis with running lines, team pitchers and batters, final tallies and key substitutions. Rixey Biemiller May Wingo Krueger Barnes Fitzsimmons Snyder Luque Hargrave Scott Hartley Meadows E Smith R Smith ONeil Keen Hartnett Knight Wilson Cantrell Deberry Harris Rommel Groves Cochrane Ohie Sewell Pennock Bengough Faber Schalk Wingfield Bischoff Whitehill Bassler Coveleskie Ruether Dal ton Hargrave
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Rtle
Cincinnati
Rixey, Biemiller
J. May
Wingo
Krueger
Barnes
Fitzsimmons and Snyder
Passenger's Dog Sparks Bus Strike in London
London August 26 reports that East Surrey Traction bus service was halted by a strike of 600 conductors and drivers after a conductor refused to carry a dog belonging to a woman passenger. The men protested the dismissal, sympathizing with the conductor who cited disease concerns to justify the refusal.
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London
East Surrey Traction Company
Matricide: 17 year old sentenced to San Quentin
Dorothy caeerane 17 was convicted of manslaughter for shooting her mother Elling son dead in January. She received a one to ten year sentence with no leniency recommendation and will be eligible for pardon after one year. Her attorney argued against prison confinement for a minor.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Caeerane
Dorothy
Changes Made in Ford Car Models
New York August 26 The Ford Motor Company announced the standard Ford chassis changes the most since the Model T. Prices remain the same Open and closed cars now have an all steel body on a lowered chassis with new body styles. Color replaces black on closed cars Fenders are lower larger and brakes redesigned Longer lines and redesigned grille with higher radiator Gas tank moved under the cowl and cars are roomier The motor remains unchanged.
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Ford Motor Car
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Minister Active Against Klan in Florida School Case
Arcadia Florida August 26 The De Soto county school commission upheld the dismissal of Grady Herndon assistant principal and Baptist minister who preached against the Klan and published a pamphlet calling it un American Citizens demanded reinstatement but the committee ruled the action was in the school systems best interest Herndon said he would pursue court action.
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Grady Herndon
de Soto County
Herndon
Kilan
Lawson's Work Will Continue At Chicago Daily News
Victor F Lawson estate details place control of the Daily News under Illinois Merchants Trust with John J Mitchell stating three quarters of profits will fund benevolent uses while the remaining quarter passes to Iver Lawson of San Diego California.
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Chicago Daily News
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Illinois Merchants Trust Company
Iver Lawson
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