Davis Tears Home Welcome Clarksburg West Virginia Rally
AUBREY F. TAYLOR reports John William Davis sheds tears as he returns to Clarksburg and Fairmont, West Virginia, greeted by a large crowd. He thanks neighbors from his sister's porch, recalls boyhood toy ships, and vows to speak again when he returns.
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J. W. Davis
Welcome Home
West Virginia
Aubrey F. Taylor
Clarksburg
W. Va
John William Davis
Davis Homestead
Fairmont
Davis
John Davis
Elk Run
East Indian Steamship Company
Indian Steamship Company
Lee Avenue
Grafton
Mrs. Davis
Nonpartisan Movement For G O P Announced
President Coolidge eyes Plymouth vacation after conference with Chairman Butler the national committee to launch a national nonpartisan movement for Coolidge and Dawes. Butler cites voluntary sympathy from other parties and a desire to support the administration. Campaign leadership will rest with the national committee. plans include rest and limited government business via Plymouth telephone service.
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Coolidge
Butler
National Committee
Dawes
Mr. Butler
Plymouth
Mr. Coolidge
John
Ford's Name Forced Into Senate Contest
Henry Ford’s name appears on the Republican Senate primary ballot in Michigan after petition filings. He did not consent and could withdraw. he faces rival James Couzens and other candidates including Arthur J. Tuttle Hal H. Smith and Daniel W. Tussing. Democratic candidate Dean Mortimer E. Cooley remains unopposed. Ford later said at Wayside Inn he would not be a candidate.
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Lansing
Mich
Henry Ford
Secretary of State
James Couzens
Arthur J. Tuttle
Detroit
Hal H. Smith
Daniel W. Tussing
Mortimer E. Cooley
University of Michigan
South Sudbury
Mass
Wayside
United States Senate
Ford
Brazil Extends Zone of Military Control
Buenos Aires reports that Brazil decreed a state of siege for Sergipe Bahia Ampezonas and Para and extended it in Rio Janeiro Sao Paulo and the federal capital. Brazilian forces from Sao Paulo reached Cerqueira Cesar about 150 miles west of the city as rebel forces in North Parana were surrounded at Tibagy.
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Buenos Aires
la Nacion
Santos
Sergipe
Bahia
Amepezonas
Para
Rio Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Cerqueira Cezar
Abot
Parana
Tibagy
Counterfeits Routed Through Europe Found by Danish Official
Copenhagen reports Dr. Prince the American minister discovered a counterfeiting operation converting $1 bills into $100s. The distributing point was traced to a Baltic state with specimens sent to Washington in a special dispatch.
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Copenhagen
Dr. Prince
Denmark
Baltic
Washington
Cruiser Sends Imbrie’s Body Home From Persia
The cruiser Trenon sailed from Naples to Persia to transport the body of American Vice Consul Imbrie back to the United States after he was killed by a mob in Teheran. The dispatch notes the mission and arrival details are to follow as the removal proceeds.
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Naples
Italy
A. P
Tren
Persia
United States
Imbrie
Alain
Teheran Mond Lake
Noosa
Cayerna Fe
Shenandoah to Lakehurst hover over station awaiting daylight
Shenandoah position set about 70 miles southeast of Ambrose Heights and 95 miles from its hangar near Lakehurst New Jersey. Officers expect Commander Lansdowne to steer toward Lakehurst after weather reports indicate favorable conditions for landing near the air station before dawn. Paris Bread Higher Price Control Likely. Bread prices rise in Paris for the third time in three months while the agriculture ministry plans strong action on wheat prices after the London conference.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Shenandoah
U. S
Patoka
Narragansett Bay
Ambrose Heghtship
Lansdowne
Lakehurat
Paris
Agriculture Ministry
London
American loan to Germany to be floated in New York
A Berlin loan plan proposes four fifths of a 2.006 billion dollar loan to Germany be floated in New York with J Pierpont Morgan underwriting 1000 million, Kuhn Loeb & Co 400 million, and Speyer 200 million. The issue would bear eight percent interest and be sold at 93, with 3 percent banking commissions.
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Special Cable Dispatch
London
Germany
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Speyer
Chicago
Drink Smoke Dance To Death Off East River Pier
Two men died after dancing off an East River pier in New York as four companions were pulled from the water. The group had been drinking a bottle of "smoke," a water and alcohol mixture popular on the waterfront, while six others continued to dance on the pier. An excursion to the Western North Carolina Mountains is noted on page 5 with a Southern Railway advertisement.
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New York
East River
North Carolina Mountains
Southern Railway
Danish Delay Delimits North Atlantic World Flight
The Danish policy delays the Gertrud Rask with supplies for the American around-the-world fliers. Icebound off Angmagsslik, the ship cannot reach the Greenland harbor, risking the entire operation. Army and Navy weigh options as destroyers prepare for 48-hour readiness.
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Indian Harbor
Labrador
Auga
Gertrud Rask
United States Army
Angmagsalik
Denmark
United States
Greenland
Gertrud
Ivigtut
North America
Iceland
Cape Farewell
Milwaukee
Angmagselik
State Department
Angmagsslik
A. P
East Greenland
American World Flight Party
Leopold and Loeb case notes on motives and pathology
Washington Fest reports Dr. Hulbert detailing Nathan Leopold Jr's struggle with morality and his fixation on the "king and slave" fantasy. He aided the kidnapping and murder of Robert Franks but showed no remorse, while questioning religion and claiming atheism. The article cites Leopold's early religious exposure and later disdain for God, plus minor thefts in childhood.
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Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Rerlly
Richard Loeb
Harold 8S. Hulbert
Hulbert
Leek
Leopold
Christ
God
Walter
Egyptian Prince in British Asylum Released From 20 Years
Prince Achmed Seyfeddine of Egypt has spent over two decades in a London asylum after a quarrel with King Fuad. The Egyptian legation confirms the prince, of royal blood, was identified with Fuad and accused of assault, leading to his transfer abroad to avoid a domestic scandal.
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Constantinople
Achmed Seyfeddine
London
Akham
Egypt
Legation
Achmed
Fuad
Bigod
England
Cabinet backs Herriot program as London talks loom
Paris reports unanimous cabinet approval of Premier Herriot and colleagues on the reparations conference. A communique dated 1:50 this morning says the ministers were briefed on the London talks and granted full approbation. Herriot Clementel and Gen Notlet will depart for London today. Editorials foresee stormy days ahead as the conference nears a week end.
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Paris
A. P
Herriot
London
MM. Herriot
Clementel
Gen. Notlet
Echo de Paris
le Reppel
France
The
Figaro
Foch
Ruhr
M. Herriot
Premier Herriot
United States
Macdonald
Cologne
Marshal Foch
Germany Accepts Dawes Plan Formal Protocol Signed
London reports that the first protocol required to implement the Dawes reparations plan was signed by German representatives and the reparations commission. The document formally accepts the Dawes plan and frees German assets as security for the proposed loan, with two more allied agreements to follow.
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London
Reparation Commission
Germany
Mier Herriot
Paris
France Italy Accept American Debt Plan in Principle
Paris reports France and Italy have in principle accepted the U S plan to fund war debts. France would require Germany to faithfully implement the Dawes plan, Italy seeks amendments to other debts and larger German indemnity, with five years of interest cancellation and a long amortization period. Payments would start after five years at 1 percent annual amortization and rising interest, with half cash and half secured paper if needed.
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Paris
France
Italy
Germany
America
World War Foreign Debt Commission
Europe
United States
Ku Klux Raid Opens Door to Arrest in D Street Case
The vice squad led by Lieut. Davis and Sergt. McQuade forced entry to room 407 at 1402 H Street NW yesterday afternoon after shouting Ku Klux Klan three times. Thirty men were arrested and gaming equipment seized. John Graham, 48, charged with permitting gambling and making handbooks. Other arrestees named on the docket as witnesses. Police delayed entering for about two hours, forcing suspects to resist via a window which was blocked by guards.
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Ku Klux Klan
Lieut. Davis
Sergt. McQuade
H Street Northwest
John Graham
Severe Quake Rocks Towns on Tokyo Bay
Japanese holiday-makers in the Boshu coast towns of Pojo and Futeyama at the entrance to Tokyo bay were thrown into consternation Saturday evening by a somewhat severe earthquake. No damage has been reported. A very slight shock was felt in Tokyo at the same hour.
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Tokyo
A. P
Boshu
Pojo
Futeyama
Tokyo Bay
Mrs C B Dillingham Granted Final Decree In Paris
Mrs Charles B Dillingham wife of a New York theatrical producer received a final divorce decree. formerly Miss Eileen Kearney of San Francisco, she wed in May 1919 at Purchase New York. An excursion notice follows on Page 16 for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Virginia and West Virginia mountains on August 14.
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Paris
Charles B. Dillingham
New York
Dillingham
Eileen Kearney
San Francisco
Purchase
Virginia
West Virginia
Chesapeake Ohio Railway
Explosion on yacht injures owner near Corinthian Club
The AH Baba a ten ton yacht exploded and burned near the Corinthian yacht club yesterday afternoon. Owner Dr George Warren was blown into the air but not seriously hurt and was rescued by first mate Bill Bird. The yacht valued at 40000 sank as water was poured on it. Warren fleet surgeon to the club was treated for burns at Emergency hospital.
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George W. Warren
Corinthian Yacht Club
Warren
Brown
Bill Bird
H Street
Senator Dial's Ire Over Family Staffing Accusation
Senator Dial confronted Insurance Commissioner John J. McMahan during a campaign meeting in Greenwood South Carolina as McMahan alleged Dial used family members in his Washington offices. McMahan said Dial had employed a daughter as a messenger and argued it violated southern chivalry to employ a lady in such a role.
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Greenwood
S. C
John J. McMahan
Dial
Washington
McMahan
Japanese Mine Blast Entombs 50 Workers
Fifty miners were trapped in the Iriyama coal mine in Fukushima Province after a gas explosion. It is feared all are dead, with nine bodies already recovered from the mine.
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Tokyo
A. P
Iriyama
Fukushima
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Court
Lad
Madhouse
King
Marx
Press of Paris
Teuton
James A. Logan, Jr
M Barthou
Paria
Downing Street
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C. B. Dillingham
G. W. Warren
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