Germany faces food shortage as Bolshevik protests scale back
Berlin reports that bolshevist leaders ordered followers to avoid Sunday demonstrations and restrict anti-racism rallies to indoors. Hoarding and price listing on a dollar basis worsen shortages of flour potatoes and other staples as farmers withhold supplies amid currency depreciation. London officials fear German food access remains limited and butter eggs and potatoes are scarce.
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Berlin
United Socialists and Labor Federation
London
Germany
Conviction upheld in Evening Mail defraud case
The U S circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction of Dr Edward Rumely former publisher of the New York Evening Mail and attorneys Walter Kaufman and Norman Lindheim for defrauding the alien property custodian reporting the Mail was American owned when control lay with the German government They face one year and one day in Atlanta prison. Berlin reports Fritz Thyssen met with Ambassador Houghton to discuss Ruhr food shortages and proposed surplus grain to Germany at easy terms inviting American wheat price relief.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals Today
Edward ¥. Rumely
Theew York Evening Mail
Walter Kaufman
Norman R. Lindheim
Atlanta
Remely
Berlin
Fritz Thyssen
Ruhr
Alanson B. Houghton
United States
Germany
Gooding Probes Silver Prices Under Pittman Act
Acting Secretary Gilbert told Senator Gooding of Idaho that American silver producers have bought 200,506,000 ounces at an average 1 cent over market, creating a $62,000,000 excess under the Pittman act. Treasury records show the total amount and premium.
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Washington
Gilbert
Gooding
Republican
Idaho
Treasury
Smoot Seeks Germany Study After Norway Visit
United States Senator Reed Smoot of Utah was received in private audience by King Haakon in Christiana Norway. He delivered greetings from President Harding and praised Norway's resources before planning travel to Germany to study its finances.
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Christiana
United States
Reed Smoot
Utah
King Haakon
Harding
Norway
Smoot
Germany
Hancock Succeeds Leland at Utah Grid Program
Harvey Hancock, 1921 Utah captain and two time all Rocky Mountain center, will become graduate manager and freshman coach at the University of Utah on August 1. He succeeds Lelané Prouse.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Harvey Hancock
University of Utah
Rocky Mountain
Clem Crowley
Hancock
Lelané Prouse
Harding to Use Monroe Silver Service in Los Angeles
President Harding will use the silver dinner service of President Monroe during his Los Angeles visit next week. Mrs Rose Gouverneur Hoes, Monroe’s great granddaughter, brought the relics to Los Angeles for exhibition at the Monroe doctrine centennial and motion picture exposition and will lend the service to the hotel for the occasion.
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Los Angeles
Monroe
Harding
Rose Gouverneur Hoes
Brakeman Wounded in IWW Train Shooting Near Gretna
Omaha July 28 Brakeman Wily Jones of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line was hospitalized with bullet wounds after a pistol fight atop a moving train near Gretna Nebraska early today The clash involved a transient and two alleged IWW organizers who demanded Jones join and pay dues The transient was unhurt Police rounded up about twenty men at the train in Omaha arresting two for investigation One unnamed transient reportedly sought treatment for bruises after being clubbed and thrown from the train for resisting IWW recruitment
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Omaha
Wily Jones
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Gretna
Neb
Walter Bernard
Milwaukee
Wis
Grena
Americans at Mercy of Reds in Siberian Encounter
Captain Putta of the Iskum recounted how Soviet agents boarded the Tacoma schooner at Sand Point on June 4, held the crew, and forced a stay in Anadyr. Americans in Anadyr lived under guard while hoping a revenue cutter would rescue them. Burke, a Soviet representative, claimed licensing rights and moved the Iskum toward East Cape, with locals hindered from trading. Though a temporary license was issued, Burke ordered traders to avoid doing business with Putta’s party.
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Nome
Alaska
Sand Point
Siberia
Putta
Iskum
Tacoma
Anadyr
Red
Red Army
Russia
Siberian
Pltta
Burke
Cape Or
East Cape
Diem
Felker
Puttta
Feiker
Putta Arty
Port Gabel
Wheat price drop not as harmful as feared says agriculture official
E T Meredith secretary of agriculture during Wilson era tells AP that wheat decline below a dollar a bushel affects farmers marginally. He notes wheat accounts for about ten percent of farmers income, corn prices rise, and dairy and poultry wealth offset declines, urging steps to prevent future shocks.
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Des Moines
Declaras
E. T. Meredith
Wilson
Associated Press
Twenty Eight Men Entombed in Maltby Colliery Blast
In Sheffield on July 28 an explosion at the Maltby colliery entombed 28 miners. One hundred men were in the mine when the blast cut off access near the fire, with rescue teams awaiting conditions to reach them and families awaiting word at the pit mouth.
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Sheffield
England
Evelyn Nesbit Arrested in Liquor Raid in Atlantic City
Evelyn Nesbit former wife of Harry K Thaw and Al McDonald manager of the El Prinkipo case were arrested in an Atlantic City raid on violating the prohibition enforcement act. Four quarts of whiskey and several bottles of wine were seized in the cafe where Evelyn had appeared as a dancer. They were jailed but released on $1000 bail. Nesbit age given as 32.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
al McDonald
el Prinkipo
Evelyn
Morgan Leaves On Trip To Europe
New York July 28 AP J P Morgan sails on the Homeric for Europe and says he does not intend to take part in any official conference abroad or in further meetings of the international committee of bankers formed last year to study floating a German loan.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Europe
International Committee of Bankers
Justice George Rules S Traps Unconstitutional
Santa Barbara justice declines to enforce the s-traps ban on motorcycle officers. C. E. George says the measure, passed by California's last legislature, is unconstitutional and the courts decide admissible evidence, effective September.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Justice of the Peace
C. E. George
George
Captain's Prompt Action Commended by Harding
A Hoboken crowd stormed the Hoboken I W W headquarters tearing down their red flag and burning it amid protests for a U S flag display. The attack, attributed by I W W New York to International Longshoremen's Association members, involved about 50 raiders who disrupted offices while clerks watched.
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New York
Hobokt
Industrial Workers of World
Hoboken
Silzer
New Jersey
Collision Is Only Accident Alaskan Trip
President Harding remained in bed after a suspected ptomaine poisoning from crabs eaten the night before. He traveled by special train from Seattle toward Yosemite with his party, resting while continuing a five hour Seattle program.
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Hardine
Harding
Yosemite National Park
Seattle
Sawyer
Sawer
Associated Press
Alaska
Oregon
Eugene
Roseburg
Work
Wallace
President Harding
Canada
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast Range
Calif
Henderson
Port Townsend
Wash
Prices tumble as bears attack stocks in New York
New York stock market faced sharp declines after another round of bear activity. Shares across sectors including oil, rail, equipment, and autos fell amid fears of political unrest and sliding prices.
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New York
Germany
Train collision near Quebec kills four trainmen
A Trans Continental line crash occurred 190 miles east of Quebec when a train from Charney collided with another service. Four trainmen died and several were wounded in the eastern Quebec region.
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Quebec
Charney
Peared
Engagement Is Broken Charley and Pola Negri
The Los Angeles Times reports the romance between Pola Negri and Charlie Chaplin has ended. Negri says she is glad it is over and that marrying Chaplin would have disrupted her life and career. They remain friends but she cites his temperament and theatrics as incompatible with being a great actress.
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Los
Negri
Tiang
Charley Chaplin
Hagseen
Los Angeles Times
Miss Negri
Sune
Mre Chaplin
Brookhart Pushes Extra Session for Agriculture Aid
Senator Brookhart urged an extra congressional session to restore farm livelihoods arguing a government marketing agency offers only temporary relief. He called for cooperative farming controls and warned against radical critiques of farmers and labor allies.
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Eldon
Congress
Smith W. Brookhart
Farmers’ Union
Brookhart
Europe
Russia
Ofurope
Ruhr
England
Germany
Collision near Port Angeles injures none and leaves Rainier adrift
The Japanese steamer Mandasan Maru collided with the Rainier four miles west of Port Angeles in heavy fog at 2 a.m. The Rainier was waterlogged and adrift, its crew saved by the Mandasan Maru except for the captain and three others. Both ships were bound for San Francisco and Los Angeles, with the Mandasan Maru carrying the Rainier’s crew toward Alaska. No lives were believed lost.
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Seattle
Wash
San Francisco
Portland
Port Angeles
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Puget Sound
Los Angeles
Port Harbor
Rainier
Alaska
Amateur sleuths hinder rum runners in Del Monte raid
Sheriff W A Ove of Monterey County says amateur sleuths from nearby resorts clogged the beach area after a party of picnickers moved from a sheltered spot. The increased crowds hindered smugglers from landing a cargo and thwarted planned seizures along the oceanfront.
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del Monte
Cal
W. A. Ove
Monterey County
Amare
Ove
Lumber Firms Fined in Missouri Anti-Trust Ruling
Nineteen lumber companies in St Louis and St Louis courts were ousted from doing business in Missouri and fined a total of 96000 by the state supreme court. The court held they conspired to choke competition in violation of the anti-trust law.
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Jefferson City
St. Louis
Missouri
State Supreme Court
Denver Broker Implicated in Bank Failure
Denver broker Maurice Mandell is accused in the Hibernia Bank and Trust collapse with a calculated shortage of 441733.44 after a bank record review. District Attorney Phillip Van Cise charged Mandell, Floyd, and Harrington with theft of liberty bonds worth 22000, pledging high bonds while investigations trace irregularities to 1920 and reveal Mandell’s claimed debt to the bank exceeding 300000.
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Denver
Colo
Asaeccoknta
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
Maurice Mandell
Leo P. Floyd
John Harrington
Phillip van Cise
van Cise
Floyd
Harrington
Mandell
Liberty
Mandel
Pathfinders To Trail Pony Express Route
Four men designated as Pony Express pathfinders travel from San Francisco to St. Joseph Missouri visiting historic pioneer sites. The nine day tour includes Denver Topeka and Leavenworth Kansas with greetings from city mayors and Earl Snell originator of the revival idea.
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San Francisco
Here
St. Joseph
St. Jose
Charles Lee George Millerick
M. T. Barakett
Earl Snell
Denver
Topeka
Leavesworth
Kansas
Lugo finances small farmers in Lower California
Mexicali July 28 AP The state government under Jose I. Li military governor advances more than 500000 to 224 cotton farmers in Lower California. Loans cover 18 000 acres with four percent interest, freeing farmers from bank rates and ginning contracts and enabling them to receive current market prices at harvest. Advances disbursed in four installments: plowing planting picking and winning.
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Mexicali
Lower Califor Jaly
Cottom
Pete
Jose, I. Li
Lower California
Tron
Lugo
Actual Condition of Clearing Banks and Trust Companies
New York reports the weekly condition shows an excess in reserve totaling 28,685,31 dollars. The figure increases by 426,060 dollars from the prior week, indicating a stronger liquidity position for banks and trust companies.
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New York
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Morgan
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Magnus
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W. W
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Pola
Raiier
Pony Express
Pathfinders
Coast
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