President Confers With Dawes. Klan Not Discussed
Albert W. Fox reports a one hour conference at the Coolidge homestead with President Coolidge and Gen. Dawes on government policy and agricultural relief. The Ku Klux Klan was not discussed. Dawes proposed forming a domestic agricultural commission modeled after his European Dawes plan. Dawes avoided interviews. press questions yielded only general remarks about campaign issues and Europe. The meeting occurred amid publicity efforts and a note about an upcoming labor day excursion to Richmond.
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Meath
Coolidge
Gen. Dawas
Gen Dawes
Dawes Commission
Europe
Dawes
United States
Janes
Hey
Baker
Slemp
Cilley
Agricultural Commission
Ferguson vows to oust Klan in Texas government
Temple Texas August 25 Mrs Miriam Ferguson Democratic nominee for governor says no member of the Ku Klux Klan will be appointed to Texas state offices. She would remove any officers known to be Klan members and seeks legislation against masking and for mandatory Klan membership disclosure at county clerks. The statement follows Ferguson's primary win amid anti Klan sentiment and is reported by the Austin American.
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Austin
Tex
Ku Klux Klan
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Temple
Austin American
Ferguson
Capital City
A. P
Miriam Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Martian Lightning on a Gigantic Scale
An observer at Jungfrau Observatory Switzerland reports vast electrical disturbances on Mars observed during Aug. 26. Prof. Emile Schaerer and assistant Prof. Koelfiker obtained new measurements and photographs of changes in Martian canals and seas. Large, enveloping flashes suggest electrical activity on Mars, not Earth lightning. The researchers will continue winter observations, returning daily to lower levels near the glacier for rest due to high altitude.
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Jungfrau
Jungfrau Observatory
Switzerland
Emile Schaerer
Schaerer
Koelfiker
Mara
Heiress to $30 000 000 Wins Baby Show Prize
In Aurora Illinois on August 25 the second prize went to the 6 month old daughter of Mrs Lester Norris formerly Delora Angell. She is heiress to John W Gates 30 million estate. Norris baby scored 98 while grand champion Ada Jean Thomas aged 32 months scored 99.9.
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Aurora
Ill
Lester Norris
Delora Angell
John W. Gates
Norris
Ada Jean Thomas
Spanish War Heights Suffer Heavy Loss
Madrid August 25 heavy casualties reported for Spanish troops and Moorish rebels in fierce combat for the heights of Lau. Spaniards captured the position after intensive artillery preparations, according to an official war office communication.
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Madrid
A. P
Lau
Saya' An
War Office
Lausanne Pact Wins in French Chamber
Paris Aug 25 AP The French chamber ratified the Lausanne treaty after a 14 hour debate by a vote of 410 to 171 Premier Herriot called the Turkish republic a daughter of France The Lausanne protocol covers racial minorities and the Sevres Thracian treaty signed in 1920 The treaty signed July 34 1923 reestablishes Near East peace with Britain Greece and Turkey having ratified. the US negotiated a separate treaty not yet ratified.
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France
Herriot
Paris
A. P
Chamber of Deputies
Sevres
Lausanne
Switzerland
Turkey
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Greece
Roumania
Near East
United States
Hidden Trasure Unearthed From Laurentic Wreck
Divers recover about 1.25 million dollars in gold bars from the sunken liner Laurentic wreck off Lough Swilly. After six years of work, the haul includes 7 million in gold and silver bullion. one diver suffered a broken leg amid perilous salvage operations.
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Lonuunu
Cubmarine
Lough Swilly
Mauretania Breaks Eastbound Sea Record to Cherbourg
Cunard liner Mauretania arrives Cherbourg from New York in 5 days 1 hour 49 minutes, setting a new eastbound record. From Ambrose lightship to Cherbourg breakwater covers 3,098 miles at 26.25 knots. The previous record was Majestic in 1923 at 6 days 5 hours 41 minutes.
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Cherbourg
France
Cunard Line
New York
Ambrose
White Star Line
Majestic
Antiaircraft accident injures eight at target practice
Honolulu August 26. Eight enlisted men of the Sixty Fourth artillery were injured during target practice at Waianae. Three were seriously hurt: Corpsman William Hinton, Private Ernest Keeny, and Private Thomas Nelson. Army reports say a shell exploded as loaders prepared to load after the gun recoiled from a previous discharge.
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Honolulu
A. P
Walanae
William Hinton
Ernest Keeny
Thomas Nelson
Spain's Best Matador Hurt by Bull in Charity Fight
Juan Belmonte Spain's premier bull fighter was painfully injured when a young bull charged him in the ring. He was tossed high by the horns, fell unconscious and was rushed to an emergency hospital with severe lacerations.
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Zumaya
Spain
Juan Belmonte
Belmonte
Canadian Premier On Falling Platform
Montreal August 25. W L McKenzie King prime minister P J A Cardin minister of marine and fisheries and between 40 and 50 others were on a platform that collapsed at a St Antoine liberal mass meeting tonight. None were seriously hurt.
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Montreal
W. L. McKenzie King
Canada
P. J. A. Cardin
Betwen
St. Antoline Division
Locatells Rescue by Richmond Brings Gratitude of Italy
American aviators are preparing to visit next Tuesday amid Italy’s thanks for the Locatell rescue effort. The report notes international gratitude tied to the mission and outlines the forthcoming arrival of the U.S. air crew for a reception and talks.
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Locatells
Richmond
Italy
Rescue of Italian pilot Locatelli sparks international praise
The Italian government expressed deep gratitude to the American navy for rescuing Lieut Locatelli and his companions off Greenland with messages to Washington and Rome. Officials hailed the act as human solidarity and commended Rear Admiral Magruder and flight crews for the successful rescue as a broader Atlantic storm threatened the Carolina coast.
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Lieut. Locatelli
Greenland
Mussolini
Washington
Locatelli
Rome
Italy
Calla
State, War and Navy
Patrick
Army
Navy
Frederiksdal
Ivigtut
Liaut
Patrick Lata
Lieut
Calderara
Marescalchi
Richmond
Magruder
Prince of Wales shows left hook in shipboard boxing talk
On the steamer Berenaria bound for New York Aug 25, the Prince of Wales keeps to himself yet exercises daily in the ship gym under George Mason. Mason says the prince is not a champion but averages with amateur boxers and often lands a left hook. Passengers look forward to a Masquerade boxing match on Wednesday. the prince plans to attend.
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Berengaria
A. P
Prince of Walesa
New York
Lord and Lady Mountbatten
George Mason
Mason
Bersngaria
Mrs Barbara Hatch Weds Dom Bernard Follower In Secret Ceremony
New York society was startled to learn that Mrs Barbara Rutherford Hatch wed Winfield Nichols, a longtime member of the Dom Bernard circle, in a secret August 11 ceremony at a nearby justice of the peace. The hasty marriage links a Vanderbilt daughter to a noted Dom disciple amid Fifth Avenue gossip. The wedding was kept within Dom’s inner circle for two weeks before public knowledge emerged on the Fifth Page.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
Soial
Wanhington Post
New York
William K. Vanderbilt
Paris
London
America
Barbara Rutherford Hatch
Vanderbilt
Hatch
Cyril Hatch
Winfield Nichols
Pierre A. Bernard
New York City
Paul Dukes
Dom
Oom
Nichols
Brae Burn Country Club
Upper Nyack
Fifth and Park Avenues
Adonis
Dom Bernard
Lloyd George Soon To Be Liberal Leader
London dispatch reports David Lloyd George poised to lead the Liberals amid rumors of Asquith stepping back from politics. Liberal peers ready an agricultural campaign with state credits for farmers as Lloyd George's leadership predicted. Mrs Tinney sues for separation in Queens alleging desertion after a London engagement failure.
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London
David Lloyd George
H. H. Asquith
Paisley
Labor Party
Grey
House of Lords
Asquith
Mr. Lloyd George
Lord George
Tinney
Mysterious Malady Kills Many in Japan
A Tokyo report says a mysterious sleeping sickness epidemic has struck central Japan causing 2,500 cases and 900 deaths in two weeks. It lists high fatalities in Zentenji and Kotohira on Shikoku, Okayama, Tokoshima, and other areas. Local officials fear a brain fever linked to past influenza.
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Tokyo
Japan
Middle West
Shikoku Island
Okayama
Tokoshima
Keio Hospital
The
Chicago Tribune
Three Guardsmen Killed in Truck Overturn near Camp Henry Knox
Louisville August 25 Three Indiana National guardsmen were killed and eighteen soldiers injured when an army motor truck overturned on the Dixie highway near Camp Henry Knox at night Those killed were Privates Oscar Marshall William Petrie and Harvey Walton all of Ladoga Indiana members of Company L 1164st infantry
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Louisville
Dixie Highway
Camp Henry Knox
Oscar Marshall
William Petrie
Harvey Walton
Ladogs, Ind
1164St Infantry
Noted Hangman Shot Revolver at His Side
London reports John Ellis, England’s famed hangman, found wounded at his home with a revolver beside him. He had resigned last year after executing Edith Thompson. He reportedly spent a sleepless night and had brooded over sending more condemned murderers to doom than any other hangman.
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London
John Ellis
England
Edith Thompson
Ellis
Spain's Rulers Host Mrs Vanderbilt at Santander Dinner
The King and Queen of Spain hosted a palace dinner in Santander for Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and her daughter Grace after the Van derbilts arrived from England where they had stayed as guests of the English monarch at Cowes regatta.
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Madrid
Spain
Santander
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grace
Vanderbilts
England
Quean
Cowes
ZR-3 May Depart For U S by Sept 10
Naval officers at Friedrickshafen Germany supervise completion of the giant dirigible ZR-3. ZR-23 at the Zeppelin plant advised the Navy Department that the transatlantic sighting from Friedrickshafen to Lakehurst NJ might start September 10, with a delay unlikely, as craft nearly certain to depart within days of that date.
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Friedrickshafen
Germany
Navy Department
Lakehurst
Gun on Submarine S-2 Backfires at Cavite
A gun on the submarine S-2 backfired at Cavite early today killing Chief Petty Officer Engle and seriously injuring Seaman Moratki. Considerable damage reported.
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Manila
Cavite
Engle
Moratki
Ohio Klans defeat rattles Democratic party in Ohio fight
Columbus August 25 Anti-Ku Klux Klan Democrats swept the state to control the central and executive committees. Robert T. Scott won the central chair over Fred Heer and Thomas Dye became executive chairman. An anti Klan group led by Thomas Noctor and John A. O Dwyer pushed a motion to enlarge the executive committee from 15 to 22 members, signaling sharper party stance ahead of the state convention.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert T. Scott
Cambridge
Fred J Heer
Thomas Dye
Urbana
Antiklan Combination
Thomas Noctor
Cincinnati
John A. O'Dwyer
Toledo
Kian
Rail merger approved by Erie directors in nickel plate plan
New York Aug 26 Erie Railroad directors approve Van Sweringen offer to merge with four systems into the nickel plate system. Expected to unify about 14 000 miles of eastern rails with Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley Pere Marquette and others soon under one control.
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New York
Erie Railroad Company
van Sweringen
Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valey
Pere Marquette
van Sweringen Brothers
Erie
Frederick D. Underwood
The
New York, Chicago and St Lowe Railroad Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Publi
Mesara
TF and
M J Sweringen
Plar
Erie Board
Frederick 0 Underwood
Moveland
Chesapeake and Ohio and
Hocking Valley Railroad
Messrs. O. P
Nickel Plate
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Applied Dawes Plan
Blunt and Frank
Consult
RF. & FP
Ticket Agenta
Adv
Lusanne
Mauretania
U. S
Farewell
Carolina
Coast Guard
Globe
Seattle
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk
North Carolinaé
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Wilmington
Bahamas
Beaufort
N. C
Cape Henry
Atlantic City
N. J
Isle
Ocracoke Island
Chicamicomico Life Guard
Mantes
Wales
Prince
Barbara Hatch
Lloyd George
Liberals
Will
Frank Tinney
Ceble
Queens County
Edna Davenport Tinney
Dal Cable Dispatch
Mrs. Vanderbilt
U.S
Ohio Klan
Anti-Ku Klux
Erie, C. & O
Hocking Valley
Underwood
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