Mob hangs murderer in jail yard at Watticaburg
In Watticaburg Mississippi a mob seized Al Carey Jones awaiting execution for Mrs J Bo Mosely murder. They dragged him from the county jail to the courthouse yard where he was hanged after a violent struggle. Guards offered no resistance. A pistol, chair and blows marked the assault.
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Watticaburg
Miss
Carey Jones
J. Bo Mosely
State Supreme Court
Court House
Garenin Will M. Edmondson
Joe Gray
FL HU Mcfe
Surender
eKenzle
Ketting
Seizure of 250 Cases of Scotch at Lighthouse Point
New Haven police halted a liquor run near Lighthouse Point after boarding an auxiliary schooner and arresting eighteen men. About 300 cases of liquor, three trucks and three cars were seized, with three New Haven residents among those taken into custody. Federal officials probe whether the whiskey traces to Bermuda and the Focomoke shipment.
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New Haven Conn
Lighthouse Point
New Haven
Conn
Jennie T
J. Harmar Bronson
Earl P. Sperry, Jr
William Beecher
Prohibition Enforcement
Thomas J. McAuliffe
New Britain
Bermuda
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Canada
Atlantic City
Viscount Northcliffe Begins Global Pacific Tour
New York July 23 AP Viscount Merthcliffe British publisher arrives aboard Aquitania on the first leg of a broad tour to study international problems in the Pacific. He will visit Canada Hawaii Fiji New Zealand Australia Philippines Japan China Korea Straits Settlements and India. He remarks the Irish question cannot be settled in seven days and praises President Harding’s invitation to a conference on disarmament.
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New York
Viscount Merthcliffe
Aquitania
Pacific
United States
Viscount Northcliffe
Canada
Honolulu
Fiji Island
New Zealand
Australia
Philippines
Jran
China
Korea
Straits Settements
India
Lord Northcliffe
England
Lettie and George Mixed Moonshine With Gasoline
An eleven passenger automobile crashed onto a sidewalk at First Street and Broadway in Los Angeles. It knocked over a fire alarm telegraph pole and damaged a cigar stand. Mrs Lettie Farrell and George Ruprecht were arrested and held at Central Police station on intoxication charges.
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Los Angeles
Cal
First Street
Broadway
Lettie Farrell
George Ruprecht
Los Angeles County
Central Pelice Station
Farrell
Ruprecht
Harding Goes Camping With Old Friends
President Harding departs Washington by car to join a camping party with Harvey Firestone Henry Ford and Thomas A Edison on Licking Creek near Peekville Maryland. He plans a canvas night and return tomorrow with luncheon at the camp and visits to Marinland and West Virginia halls. Mrs Harding stays in Washington while Bishop Anderson and Mrs Anderson join the group.
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Washington
Harding
Harvey & Firestone
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Licking Creek
Peekville
Hagerstown
Ford
Mr. Edison
William F. Ande
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anderson
John Burroughs
Mesars
Firestone
Edison
Harding Grips The Old Axe On Maryland Camping Trip
President Harding arrived at a Yule 23 camping site in Pectonville Maryland and cut wood for luncheon with an axe. He planned horseback work in the afternoon and a night in the woods. His car was met at Funkstown by Harvey Firestone Henry Ford and Thomas A Elison as hosts on the short vacation.
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Pectonville
Harding
Funkstown
Washington
Harvey 8
Firestone
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Elison
Aviator Lands on Island in Volcano Pit
San Francisco reports forest service pilot Raymond Fisher engine failure at 15 000 feet above Crater Lake Oregon. He landed on a tiny island in the crater lake, with walls a thousand feet high, repaired damaged spark plugs via parachute deliveries, then escaped the crater and flew to Medford.
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San Francisco
Crater Lake
Ore
Raymond
Fieher
Forest Service
America
Fisher
Medford
Cre
Reward Offered For Arrest Of Missing Michigan Avenue Trust President
Michigan Avenue Trust directors in Chicago authorize a $10,000 reward for Warren C. Spurgin, the missing president believed to have $300,000 in cash and securities. Spurgin left town with his wife and children six days ago. a world hunt is underway with bond insurance of $100,000 backing his obligations.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Warren C. Spurgin
Spurgin
Meetin
Robbers Escape After Omaha Cash Grab
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thompson, en route from Marshaltown to dispatch in Omaha, were robbed of 250 dollars but the robbers escaped. Authorities reported no injuries.
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Omaha
Neb
J. C. Thompson
Marshaltown
Veterans to receive free marriage licenses at Legion convention
Kansas City July 23 AP Veterans at the third annual American Legion convention will have marriage licenses paid for by the national chaplain and the executive committee. Albert E Hutchings stated the committee would cover the license costs, urging veterans to register the girls for the free licenses. About one hundred veterans are expected to take advantage.
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Kansas City
American Legion
Albert E. Hutchings
Mutehinge
Texas vot es on suffrage amend ment and other constitutional changes
Texas voters weighed a national amendment to deny ballots to non naturalized foreigners and grant equal suffrage for men and women in line with the nineteenth amendment. Four other measures included dissolving the state prison board pension boosts for Confederate veterans and raises for executive and legislative salaries.
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Pallas
Texas
Concession of Fiscal Autonomy Drives Irish Peace Talks
A Dail Eireann meeting is sought to discuss the British offer while Sinn Fein awaits developments. Publication of proposals hinges on an agreement between Lloyd George and De Valera. Key issues include possible Ulster leader Sir James Craig meets and whether reform to the home rule act would satisfy Irish republicans. General Smuts plans Ireland visit as negotiations intensify.
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Dail Eireann
Sinn Fein
Mier Lloyd George
DeValera
James Craig
Ulster
Ireland
Yd George
House of Commons
Jan C. Smuts
London
Bamoan Peace Ane Es
Spain reports heavy losses in Morocco battle at Melilla
Madrid dispatches indicate a grave clash with rebels on the Barbary coast near Melilla. Paris reports say Spain suffered heavy casualties and is sending reinforcements as King Alfonso travels to Madrid amid escalating crisis.
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Spain
Morocco
London
Madrid
Melilla
Paris
Alfonso
Morrocco
French Reinforcements to Upper Silesia Reported
Paris reports say Germany will ensure safe passage for a new French division ordered to Silesia within hours. Official circles claim ministers back the premier and a strong stance against retreat despite British opposition from Lloyd George.
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Paris
Upper Silesia
Dettd Lloyd George
Capitalist Hugo Stinnes Injured in Auto Crash Near Wiesbaden
German capitalist Hugo Stinnes sustained a brain concussion and a deep cut to the forehead when his automobile overturned near Wiesbaden in Prussia. He was with his daughter and granddaughter, both injured, and he was taken to Wiesbaden for treatment where he rested easily.
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Berlin
Hugo Stinnes
Wiesbaden
Prussia
Stinnes
Sid Ross Released by Beaumont Texas Club
Sid Ross, a pitcher bought early in the season from the Portland club, was unconditionally released today by Beaumont Texas.
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Beaumont
Texas
Sid Ross
Portland
State Obtains Mansion of Stephen Foster Heritage
Louisville July 23 The old Federal Hill mansion near Bearis town where Stephen C Foster wrote My Old Kentucky Home becomes state property of Kentucky The State Commission reported contributions totaling 60800 dollars to cover the 50000 dollar purchase price and related costs for the historic house and its preservation.
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Louisville
Federal Hill
Bearistown
Stephen C. Foster
Kentucky
State of
Thirty Thousand Turkish Prisoners Captured by Greeks
Amyrna July 22. An encircling Greek movement cut off the Turkish retreat from Eski Shebr toward Angora. The Eski Shebr line is isolated and Turkish forces there are deemed prisoners. About thirty thousand Turks were reported in Greek hands. Mustapha Kemal Pasha is said to have escaped toward Ahgdra.
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Amyrna
Asia Minor
Hnve
Angora
Eski Shebr
Eski-Shebr
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Ahgdra
Angora Evacuations Reported Amid Turmoil in Anatolia
Reports from interior Anatolia indicate Angora the Turkish nationalist capital is being evacuated with residents fleeing toward Sivas about 230 miles eastward. The waterless capital’s situation is described as critical, though not confirmed by other sources.
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Athens
Angora
Sivas
Anatola
Watercess
Crane Returns Via Soviet Russia Amid China Service
Charles R. Crane the retiring American minister to China is returning to the United States via Soviet Russia and has reached Tomsk on the Trans-Siberian Railway in Siberia. Messages received in Peking report his progress.
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Peking
Charles R. Crane
China
United States
Soviet Russia
Siberia
Crane
Tomsk
Twenty Nine Thousand Aliens Swear Allegiance
A June naturalization report shows 29,201 aliens becoming citizens. Among them 21.58 percent, 643,432, were from Germany, with 4,014 Austrians, 3,508 Italians, and 3,313 British nationals. The smallest group, 19, hailed from Spain.
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Washington
Germany
Department of Labor
Great Britain
Spain
Lava Hot Springs Three Day Celebration Opens in Bannock County
A three day Lava Hot Springs festival begins with a 9:30 am street parade and 11 am addresses. The program includes swimming contests, bucking, bulldogging, boxing, and dances with Pioneer Day honors. Monday features a big boxing card and multiple bantamweight bouts under the Gate City promotion. A capacity crowd is expected with T. W. Rickard supervising and Pocatello supporters ready to back local fighters.
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Bannock County
Lava Hot Springs
Sople
Lava
Jobe
W. Ash
Lava Boys
Charley Lavatta
Pocatello
Ray Williams
Lavatta
Salt Lake
Williams
Pew
Gate City
Leon Ilett
Larry Daniels
Temple Pharmacy
Hhe
T. W. Rickard
Southeastern Idaho
State Athletic Commission
Bergdoll inquiry erupts as witness called liar
Washington July 23 AP The Bergdoll investigating committee adjourned after Charles A Braun brother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll faced Democrat Johnson of Kentucky who called him a liar. Braun claimed persecution as the sergeant at arms escorted him out, mother Emma Bergdoll alleging a $5,000 payoff in her son’s escape.
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Washington
Bergdoll Investigating Committee
Charles A. Braun
Representative Johnson
Kentucky
Johuson
Weing
Braun
Ehairman
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Bruce R. Campbell
Emma R. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Bolden Wins National Ten Mile Swin Championship
Eugene T. Bolden of the Illinois Athentic club won the national A A U ten mile swimming title in the Delaware River finishing in 2 hours 12 minutes. He led by about a half mile over J W Yall Jr of Central Y M C A Brooklyn who took second and Henry Geibel of New York who finished third.
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Riverton
N. Y
Eugene T. Bolden
Illinois Athentic Club
Delaware River
J. W. Yall
Central Y. M. Co. A. Brooklyn
Henry Geibel
New York
Six Cantonments to Be Abandoned by War Dept
Secretary Weeks announced that six army cantonments will be abandoned by the War Department. Two are located in the east, while the other four were not named.
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Washington
War Department
Weeks
Men Refused to Buy L W W Cards Robbed on Train
Jas Moore of Tulsa and Paul Miller of Oklahoma City reported to Omaha police that they were robbed of 14 dollars and 21 dollars and 80 cents respectively by members of the L W W on a freight train near Columbus Nebraska after refusing to buy L W W membership cards.
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Omaha
Jas. Moore
Tulsa
Okla
Paul Miller
Oklahoma City
Harvest Hands
L W. W
Columbus
Neb
Village in Buh City Lacks Officials After Sentences
Five Buh village officials in Duluth were sentenced to sixty days in jail for contempt of court, leaving Buh without a mayor, recorder, or other officers to transact business. Governor Preus was asked to decide whether the village could be provided with temporary leadership.
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St. Paul
Minn
Buh
J. A. O. Preus
Page Morris
Duluth
Ulster Says No Rush Toward Republic in Belfast Talks
In Belfast on July 23 Ulster officials expressed no anxiety about shifts in British policy. Unionists affirmed Ulster’s secure position and rejected any move toward a republic or the abandonment of the Northern Irish parliament amid ongoing negotiations.
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Belfast
Ireland
Ulster
Methodist Graduates Entering Ministry Rising at Northwestern
Chicago July 23 AP The Methodist committee reports 1888 of 1000 male graduates from 29 colleges and Northwestern University will enter the ministry this year. Northwestern lists 153 preparing for Christian service the largest ever, with about 18 percent of male graduates entering ministry and several others pursuing foreign mission work.
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Chicago
Methodist Committee On Conservation and Advance
Northwestern University
Methodist Board of Education
Es Uates
Bor
Senator France to Return Through Riga After Moscow Visit
United States Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland, who recently toured Soviet Russia, telegraphed that he will leave Moscow for Riga and expects to arrive in Riga on Wednesday.
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Riga
Joseph I
France
Maryland
Soviet Russia
Moscow
All Russian famine relief appeal endorsed by trade union council
London reports the All Russian Trades Union council will appeal to the world proletariat for aid to famine areas in Russia. The commission for assistance for the starving in Moscow and Petingrad is to operate under the Cross. Delegates Leonid Krassin and Maxim Litvinov attended the meeting.
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London
All- Husaian Trades Union Council
Russia
Daily Post
Moscow
Leonid Krassin
Maxim Lrg
Petingrad
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