Matteotti Body Report Found Near Rome Culvert
Rome Aug 16 reports say the body of Socialist deputy Giacomo Matteotti has been found in a culvert near Scrofona, about a dozen miles from Rome. Police dogs identified the corpse by a gold tooth. an autopsy will follow at Verano cemetery.
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Highwayman killed by intended victim in street encounter
Syracuse man Robert J Blake a former racehorse trainer and cartoonist disarmed a bandit who attempted a street robbery early today and fatally shot him with the robber’s revolver. Blake said he grabbed the gun, twisted it away, and fired while pursuing the fleeing bandit. He was later arraigned and dismissed by the court.
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Logan Congratulated by Dawes and Young in London
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes sent congratulations to James A. Logan Jr. in London for the Dawes plan's progress toward world peace. Owen D. Young praised Kellogg and Logan for tactful aid contributing to the conference's success after its final session.
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Charles G. Dawes
James A. Logan, Jr
London
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Associated Press
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No Longer A Fighter He Seeks Divorce
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports Joseph F. Bonner declares retirement from fighting and files for divorce. The 1919 Mississippi gunner and shipweight champion flaunts his record and cites spousal intoxication and a series of assaults in late 1919 leading to their separation in December.
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Strike may close all New York movie houses
New York, Aug 16 The executive board of the moving picture machine operators union threatened a strike on September 1 unless the Theater Owners Chamber of Commerce agrees to arbitrate a new wage scale for the coming year. A walkout by operators could close all New York movie theaters.
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Moving Picture Machine Operatora Union
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Ferrera seizes two Honduran towns in revolt
Reports from Honduran sources say revolutionary General Gregorio Ferrera’s troops occupied Marcala and Gracias. Two thousand government troops reportedly left the north coast to pursue Ferrera as Geo Juan Castellanes and rebel followers arrive in San Salvador after retreat from Amapalpa.
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San Salvador
Floating Rum Liner Off Fire Island Reported By Tribune
Coast guard orders search for a 17 000 ton floating hotel off Fire Island used for entertainment of wealthy drinkers. Inquiry may reach Premier MacDonald, vessel carries British crew. Guards to uncover coal and supply routes, monitor 12 mile limit violations, and report on its origins and ownership.
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Danzig
Armored Cars Are Ordered To Curb Mail Robberies
New York Arg 16 The United States Postoffice Department plans 3000 armored cars to deter railway mail robberies after a Chicago attack. One car delivered to Melrose New York. tests pending. Cars feature armored protection, firing slits, internal access controls, and anti gas defenses as government studies losses up to six million dollars in mail thefts.
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Ranters
Wider Cartwheel Use Goal of Treasury Drive
The Treasury began a campaign to restore the silver dollar known as the cartwheel to general circulation. A coin was placed in the pay envelope of every 10000 Treasury employee, with a plan to extend similar steps to other bureaus. The 20 year decline in silver dollars rose as paper money supplanted them, and the move aims to reduce costs and risks of transporting heavy specie between banks. About 609 million cartwheels are available.
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Treasury
Envoi to Japan to be named soon
Secretary Hughes is expected to name a new Ambassador to Japan, replacing Cyrus Woods who resigned after the exclusion law due to illness. Edgar Addison Bancroft, a Chicago lawyer and author, is among the leading candidates, with a notable career including posts with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the Chicago and Western Indiana, and general counsel roles for International Harvester. The Bancroft name has dominated the list, reducing the candidacy of Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, American Minister to China, in the process.
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Cyrus Woods
Edgar Addison Bancroft
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Columbia Law School
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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International Harvester Company
Bancroft
Jacob Gould Schurman
China
Mother of Eighteen in Jail in Chicago Tale
Special to The Washington Pant Chicago August 16 Mrs Henna Pross 48 mother of eighteen children proud holder of an antirace death by own action gold medal from former President Roosevelt is jailed Warden Westbrook calls it disorderly conduct she says she did nothing wrong and was crocheting lace on a park bench authorities disagree noting she had six children by age 21 and eighteen overall
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Henna Pross
Westbrook
300 Lb Star Gazer Gets Stuck On Fire Escape
Firemen rescued an 85 year old woman weighing 360 pounds who wedged between ladder and railing on an upper West Side tenement fire escape while attempting to reach the roof. The escape was wrecked before she could be freed.
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New York
Upper West Side
Shenandoah Reports Long Cruise Success
Shenandoah reports success after maneuvers with the Atlantic squadron 600 miles off the New England coast. The ship left Lakehurst yesterday and is not expected to return until late Sunday. wireless message states all is well aboard.
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Film Man's Divorced Wife Is Killed in Egypt
New York report says Clara Brulatour, first wife of Jules E. Brulatour, a New York film magnate, was killed near Cairo in an automobile crash on Thursday night. Her children who accompanied her were not injured. Brulatour, now married to film actress Hop Hampton, divorced his first wife in 1911 and pays her $20,600 annually.
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Jules EB Brulatour
Cairo
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Brulatour
Hops Hampton
More Than 700000 Get Doles in Germany
Hamburg reports that more than 790000 jobless men and women are drawing unemployment doles in occupied Germany. Ruhr and other sectors lack figures, but will likely add to the total.
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Ruhr
President Coolidge Resting at Vermont Home Visit to Son's Grave
President Coolidge relaxes at his father's Plymouth Vermont home after visiting the grave of Calvin Jr. in the family lot. Mrs Coolidge flowers the grave from the White House, then joins him for a warm welcome breakfast as villagers observe crops, milk routes, and local commerce.
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John ©. Coolidge
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Florence V. Cilley
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Protocol Restores Unity to Germany Dawes Plan Aug 9 Annex
London reports the final protocol from the London conference detailing four annexes. It records acceptance of the Dawes plan by all governments and the reparations commission, with signed and initiated agreements and dates to be advanced. Germany agrees to enact laws under the Dawes plan covering the bank of issue railways and industrial debentures.
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Ramsay Macdonald
Maurice Hankey
Foreign Office
Reparation Commission
Germany
Europe
British Foreign Office
Paris Sees Ruhr Agreement Ratification Likely
Paris observers report cautious optimism over Herriot's Ruhr evacuation and the Dawes plan. Parliament faces a heated vote next week with reluctance in the senate, while opponents hesitate to defeat ratification for fear of reopening negotiations. Public confidence remains muted as calls for deep economic reforms and higher taxes loom. A cabinet meeting is set for August 19 at the Elysee, with deputies and senate sessions on August 21 to weigh the London conference settlement.
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M Herriot
Ruhr
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Senate
M. Herriot
Jean
France
Elysee Palace
Chamber of Deputies
Berlin Acceptance Likely Amid Ruhr Disappointment
Aug 16 Berlin reports a disappointed public over Ruhr evacuation gains yet shows a strong belief the Marx Stresemann cabinet will win Reichstag support for Dawes legislation and London pact. Nationalists threaten abstention. Dawes measures face first reading Saturday with ratification hoped before month end as London talks are reviewed.
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Ruhr
Marx-Stresemann
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Dawes
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Ference
Reichstag
Stressmann
Foreign Relations Committee
Virginia Man Sought In Klan Church Raid
Burlington Vermont authorities questioned Gordon Wells and William McCreedy after their confessions on the attempted robbery at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. They said E L Raeh leader of the Ku Klux Klan urged action to retrieve William C Moyers, a Klan organizer, who Moyers' home is in Virginia and who may have fled there.
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Gordon Wells
William McCreedy
E. L. Raeh
Kieagle
Ku Klux Klan
William C. Moyers
Wells End McCready
Moyers
Virginia
End Tt Iis
Defense Means Peace as Pershing Addresses Iowa Guard
General John J Pershing, visiting Des Moines for Iowa National Guard inspection, urged patriotic cooperation with planes for National Defense Day. He called the event not a mobilization but a plan to apply common sense and avert past unpreparedness that cost billions and eroded morale before American soldiers could be ready.
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Iowa National Guard
United States
Dawes Plan Opens Path to Peace as London Pact Signed
London conference ends with a peace framework tied to the Dawes plan. Allies pledge to withdraw troops and evacuate Dortmund after ratification. High officials from Britain and France hailed the agreement, with Kellogg and Logan credited for progress and German cooperation praised amid French cautions. The plan awaits parliaments’ approval and banker funding of about $200.9 million.
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