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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1923
Page
1
A muddled report describes a party traveling toward Alaska from the northern port area. The group aims to visit Fairbanks and Nenana then return by rail, with a mid journey rest and a 24 hour reversal. Local officials note the trip ties to state affairs and the Tenana club involvement.
In Mexicali Lower California on July 16 three men died and several were wounded when a clash between police and deposed councilmen led by Mayor Juan Leera and Congressman Ricardo Covarrubias erupted at City Hall. Police and federal authorities feared renewed violence as martial law was briefly declared and then lifted while tied prisoners remained under guard.
Veterans to be included in the fall program for rehabilitation and insurance tests under a third annual initiative. Disabled World War I veterans would receive ratings and stipends after evaluation at hospital facilities over several months.
Fragment describes an escape and a fight involving Crames Henderson with a reversal of fire, but details are garbled and no clear event or outcomes are verifiable.
In Senlis France Premier Poincare stated France stands firm on Versailles full reparations and rejects an international finance committee. British officials drafting a joint Allied reply to Germany remain undeterred and plan to submit a note to the Allies and United States, with Lord Curzon guiding the process.
Official circles in Senlis described Poincare's July 14 address as a reiteration of French policy rather than a direct reply to Britain's reparations speech by Prime Minister Baldwin. The entire text was said to have been written before Baldwin spoke, and the situation is expected to remain unchanged since January.
London reports a serious setback to Britain’s hopes of taking the lead in allied negotiations for a German reparations settlement. The July 16 dispatch notes diminished prospects for Britain to steer the talks.
Authorities disclosed a rail removal on the Sydney and Louisburg line just before an express passed. A boy was arrested for jamming a switch with a piece of wire at a nearby spot. The tampering was found in time to avert an accident.
President Warren G. Harding pays tribute in Fairbanks, Alaska, to pioneers who built the government Seward-Pineau Alaska railway. He praises those who conceived and faced hardships to forge the steel highway through mountains and wilderness, acknowledging federal backing and cautious, hopeful Alaska development ahead.
Dublin reports a strike began on Free State port docks directed by James Larkin the Irish labor leader recently deported from the United States. The action halted port operations as workers protest conditions and policy.
A federal judge in Los Angeles granted a temporary injunction restraining the Arizona minimum wage law. The ruling, reported from Phoenix, cites a hearing in the Los Angeles federal court on July 16.
Seven passengers were injured when two wooden coaches of an elevated train telescoped into a standing car near the King's Bridge interchange on Jerome Avenue. Officials blamed the rain and brake failure as the motorman tried to move the train through a curve.
Samuel Walter Washington a descendant of John Augustine Washington and Colonel Samuel Washington died in Charleston West Virginia aged 70. He was a lawyer and survived by his widow Elizabeth Wits Washington two sons three brothers including William DeHertburn Washington of Douglas Arkansas and a sister. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Charlestown.
Three thousand people reportedly witnessed a Ku Klux Klan initiation near Logan road in Quay County despite Governor Minkles warning to permit the demonstration. Participants wore full ceremonial regalia as a state mask ban exists. The event was announced by telephone from a car driven through Tucumcari.
Scores and batter lists from AL matchups include New York versus Cleveland with Sha mann Coveltekie and O Neill. Cleveland 108 66. Philadelphia and Chicago totals. Washington and Detroit batteries noted. details show runs and pitcher pairings across several games.
In early 1909 listings show batteries for New York Chicago Pittsburgh Brooklyn Mt Louis Philadelphia and Cincinnati with players named for each battery. A Boston-Cincinnati doubleheader was postponed due to rain with two games rescheduled for tomorrow.
Detroit July 16 A local verdict cites drowning by a fish in the death of Lawrence Wimberly 37 who died in the St Clair river after dozing in a rowboat with George B Horrell. A baited line wrapped his arm and he could not swim as the line dragged him under.
A cloudburst in central Colorado caused floods and railroad damage across Cripple Creek and Husted. Two people drowned near Cripple Creek, including Mrs. Carl Swenson and her infant, when a ten foot flood swept their car. Rails were washed out near Springs, and highway sections were damaged while Colorado Springs escaped major harm.
New York July 14 Of 524 passengers from Great Britain on the Baltic arriving from Liverpool only 42 first class travelers will be admitted to the United States. The remainder will go to Ellis Island where they will be held and deported as Britain's July quota is exhausted under the current immigration law.
Representatives of wheat farmers from Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska Colorado and Texas gather in Wichita for a two day conference to discuss economic production and plan a system to produce more profitably by lowering costs or securing higher market prices. More than 400 delegates expected with speaker J. Osborne president of the Nebraska Farmers' Union among them.
Prime Minister Baldwin told the House of Commons he would communicate the draft reply to the German reparations note to the United States for information. He made the statement in reply to Labour leader J Ramery Melensi4 and clarified that the German note was addressed to the United States as well as Britain and allied governments.
Rome reports Premier Mareschini secured a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies by 263 to 149 with seven abstentions. The electoral reform bill abolishes proportional representation and grants the largest party two thirds of the seats. Mussolini supported style noted in the fiery address as the crowd reacted with demonstrations.
The report alleges a man asked for a chance to testify at a hearing before the attorney general or another official. He claimed District Attorney Batem promised to “put Anderson out of business,” saying each step would “make me governor.”
The New York report states Gauber Surrili French has been awarded a government grant from Francis Ormond French, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Amos Tuck French. Supreme Court Justice Glegerich signed a final decree today.
New York reports vice president GC Hanan of Hanan and Sem Ghee company died at his country home in Port Chester after a heart attack. He was 56 years old.
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