Head of Mail Robbers in Toils of Law
John W. Worthington president of the Central Securities Company and his partner Owen T. Evans were arrested by federal agents as leaders of a mail robbery ring spanning New York to San Francisco. Twenty others named in a secret indictment face conspiracy charges as the Central Trust Company is appointed receiver.
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Chicago
John W. Worthington
Central Securities Company
North LaSalle Street
New York
San Francisco
Owen T. Evans
Alae
Waukegan County
Central Trust Company
Securities Company
Arnstein
Worthington
Nicky” Arnstein
Wall Street
Landis
Evans
United States
John V. Clinin
Sing Sing
William A
Cncago
Seattle
Federal
Mondell Announces Wyoming Senate Candidacy
Floor leader of the house announced his candidacy for United States senator from Wyoming. He plans to run next year when Senator Kendrick, a Democrat, seeks re election. Mondell has served in the house for more than a quarter century, currently in his thirteenth term. He was first elected to the Fifty fourth congress and, after a defeat for the Fifty fifth, returned for the Fifty sixth and has served since.
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House
United States
Wyoming
Kendrick
Mondell
Cotton Price Rises $3 A Bale On Poor July Report
New Orleans August 2 The lowest July 25 condition reading at 4.7 percent of normal and a forecast of the smallest crop in 25 years triggered a sharp cotton price surge of about three dollars per bale in the market here.
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New Orleans
Mondell Out for Senate in Aug Announcement
Washington reports Representative Frank W. Mondell a Republican will not seek reelection to the House and is expected to run for the Senate in the near term. Mondell’s decision affects party plans and shifts Republican contest dynamics in the region.
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Washington
Frank W. Mondell
Republing
City hires 300 workers for street and park projects
Racine Wisconsin reports a municipal work program begins with about 300 men reporting to department heads to work on streets, cemetery and park improvements funded by a $190,000 bond issue. Many workers are on the city's charity list and will be tabulated by needs and family size.
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Racine
Wis
Widow Ella Van Nostrand jumps from Waldorf window
New York on August 2 Mrs. Ella Van Nostrand eighty widow of Civil War era Brooklyn leader James Van Nostrand leaped from a twelfth story window at the Waldorf Astoria amid scorching heat, believed driven to the act by the heat.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria
Ella van Nostrand
James van Nostrand
Brooklyn
Request for US Authorization of Liberia Loan Payment
President Harding sent a letter to the Senate requesting legislation to authorize further payments on the five million dollar Liberia loan. Secretary Hughes echoed a moral obligation on the United States to fulfill the loan, stating Congress approval is necessary for the executive to act.
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Harding
Congress
Negro Republic
Washington
Liberia
Senate
Hughes
United States
Coolidge
Plague Serum Sale Reported By International News
London reports an American institute offered 2 million dollars to dispense the Spahlinger tuberculosis serum in the United States. Dr Spahlinger says the Rockefeller Institute will accept and send specialists to Geneva to secure the serum composition for limited supply use.
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Rockefeller Institute
United States
London
Spahlinger
Portugal
Brazil
Spain
Belgium
Geneva
Hoover Aid Will Assist Soviet Russia
The Soviet government agrees to release American prisoners and begin famine relief in Russia. Secretary Hoover, heading the American relief commission, announced immediate relief work and possible negotiations led by Director Brown with full powers. A cable from Kamenoff to Gorky transmitted the Soviet reply outlining release and talks to fix conditions.
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Commerce Hoover
Russia
Hoover
American Relief Commission
Maxim Gorky
Kamenoff
all-Russian Central Executive Relief Committee
Mr. Hoover
Gorky
American Relief Administration
Brown
Moscow
Reval
Riga
Hoover warns on relief talks with Russia and prisoners
Brown of the American relief administration in London outlines steps for relay to Gorky and Kamenoff. Hoover says no public appeal for funds is needed as reserve cash determines European winter needs and Dangin shipments can begin after an agreement with the Russians.
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Hoover
Dangig
Rent Jump Sparks Hundreds of Complaints in Chicago
The Chicago Tenants Protective League reports hundreds of complaints over rent increases. Sixty day notices calling for higher rents, effective October 1, were issued by local real estate dealers about two weeks ago, triggering a flood of grievances at the league offices.
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Chicago
Chicago Tenants’ Protective League
Standing of the Clubs in the National and American Leagues
National League standings show Philadelphia and Chicago tied at 6 runs? New York 6, Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 7, Boston 3, Brooklyn and St Louis 7. American League records list Chicago 5, Philadelphia 4, New York 6, Cleveland 2, Boston 2, St Louis 4, Washington 1, Detroit 4.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
National
Peret. Pitttsburgh
St Laure
Mayflower Visit Highlighted by President Harding Speech
President Harding joined ceremonies in Plymouth mass to observe the Pilgrims tercentenary aboard the Mayflower with about 300 people aboard. He used the occasion to press disarmament aims and promise a new era of world peace and national leadership.
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Plymouth
Masa
Harding
United States
Stolen Mail Pouch From Cleveland Substation
A mail pouch containing more than $5,000 in currency and jewels was taken from a Cleveland postal substation. Authorities are seeking a clerk who left the station at 3 a.m. to aid the investigation.
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Cleveland
Russia Faces Severe Famine Crisis Across Regions
Dispatches from Aug 2 describe famine in Moscow and surrounding areas with refugees, mutinies in Petrograd, martial law rumors, and government decrees restricting refugee movement. Reports cite 64,000 starving people near the capital, cholera deaths in Samara, and refugees abandoning children amid widespread distress.
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Berlin
Moscow
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Menshevigts
Pavlovsky
Tumboff
Pensa
Voronesh
Tamboff
Samara
New Tax Revision Program Proposed to House Ways and Means
Secretary Mellon urged a federal auto tax and half reduction in transportation costs for the next year with full repeal in a year. The plan aims to raise 8 to 4 billion dollars in revenue for the coming fiscal year while cutting taxes by 500 million dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Sweet bill consolidates war veterans bureau actions
The conference report on the Sweet bill creating a single bureau for all government activities related to veterans was adopted by the Senate and now awaits action by the House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Missouri and North Arkansas railroad suspension affects Arkansas region
Road operations halted causing transport disruption across northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri. Towns shift to automobile and truck to reroute rail service from nearby lines. More than 100000 workers may lose employment as the 94 mile line from Joplin to Helena is shut.
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Harrison
Ark
Arkansas
Southwest
Missouri
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
Northwest
Joplin
Helena
Man Shot Dead During Train Hold Up at Jansen Neb
Wells, whose address is unknown, was shot and killed at Jansen Nebraska by one of two transients who forced him and others to sign W W membership cards on a Rock Island and Pacific freight train. About 20 transients were arrested at Plymouth Nebraska after the incident. Wells was shot when he tried to leave the train as it reached Jansen. his body was found on the tracks by engineer David Ireland of Fairbury.
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Omaha
Neb
K. Wells
Jansen
Rock Island & Pacific
Plymouth
Wells
David Ireland
Fairbury
Hatfield and Chambers Shot Dead in Welch
Sydney Hatfield and Edward Chambers, key defendants in the Williamson murder trial and Mohawk town shooting case, were killed in Welch by P. W Lively after an argument. Hatfield attempted to shoot Lively but was outdrawn.
Almanac and Bible as Early Home Libraries
The passage notes that two centuries ago the family almanac and Bible formed the home library. It recalls weather predictions from 100 years prior that were sometimes correct and led to local fame for the predictor, spread through corner groceries and tavern bars nationwide.
Language of the First Commoner Compared to Biblical Kings
The Manchester Guardian notes that the first Commoner’s rhetoric could seem fulsome to eastern court audiences at times. It cites Speaker Rick’s comparison of Henry VIII to Samson for justice and fortitude and to Absalom for beauty and comeliness.
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Henry VIII
Samson
Absalom
Manchester Guardian
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