Magistrate in Tar Cage Recieves Klan Threat Over Phone
A Tar Caged magistrate received a Ku Klux Klan threat by telephone as the case involving Mrs Mary Shank and Miss Dorothy Grandon escalates. County officials discussed summoning a special grand jury while considering the safety of involved persons and the impact on the surrounding community.
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Frederick Madd
Florence
Dorothy Grandon
Toe Osle Fay
Rine de Wifi
Moss Gru
Tom Daserstown
Hagerstown
Miversy
Shank
Mary Shank
Wagistra E Brest
Wimen
Miss Graner
Crandon
Shanks
William Wo
Wen Free
Asumer
Miss Grandon
Panama Canal Tolls Rise as Year Breaks Records
New York July 26 The Panama Canal records its tenth fiscal year of operation ending June 30 with record figures. Twelve months saw 5 648 ocean going ships including 5 230 commercial vessels and 418 US government craft. Total tolls reached 24 291 492 dollars, tonnage 27 218 928, with large increases in transits 18 percent and tolls 38.7 percent.
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New York
Panama Canal
Klanbacked names lead Texas governor race in early returns
Incomplete returns from 33 of 252 Texas counties show Felix Robertson leading the Democratic primary with 3533 votes while the Klansman hope steadies for other candidates. Mrs Ferguson, the first woman candidate for governor, draws attention as her husband Jim Ferguson campaigns. Senator Morris seeks renomination against two rivals.
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Dallaster
Texas Election Bureau
Texas
Felix Robertson
Ku Kiut
Yreh Davidson
W Davidson
Meram Ferguson
Barton
Ve Collins
Pope
Joe Burkett
George W Dlsen
Collins
Antiklan
Puts Himself in Jail By Using Camera
Redlands California July 26 Gero nimo Espinosa jailed as the worlds most bonesheaded burglar after ransacking the home of Hinkle and taking valuables including a camera with film He developed prints at a drug store and the police were waiting when the developed photos were viewed today by the store keeper and the authorities
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Washington Post
Redlands
Calif
Geronimo Espinosa
4 Hinkle
Geronimo
Consul Asks Divorce Names Opera Singer
New York July 26 Pierre Moracchini French vice consul in a divorce suit named Leon Rothier of the Metropolitan Opera Company as corespondent. Moracchini asserted an interlocutory decree granted in 1919 to his wife Ada Moracchini but not followed by a final decree was obtained by divorce malpractices of Herbert F Miller, who was later indicted, with no papers served upon him as a defendant.
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New York
Pierre Moracchini
Vica
Leon Rothier
Metropolitan Opera
Moracchini
Iis
Ada Moracchini
Herbert F Miller
Defense Casts Disease Theory In Leopold Loeb Case
Chicago July 26 defense counsel seek mercy for Leopold and Loeb by arguing mental disease and youth make them not fully responsible for the Franks murder. Drs Healy and Trueck join Chicago alienists. Darrow says evidence shows diseased minds. Prosecution calls ironclad case as trial nears verdict.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Clarence Darrow
Robert Franks
Willam J Healy
Boston
Benjamin Trueck
New York
John R Caygerly
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Leopold and
Loeb
Robert F. Crowe
Crowe
Darrow
Benjamin and
Walter Bachrach
Sergi James J Gortland
Leopold
Lfe
Gortland
Steamer with 150 to 200 Aboard Sinks in Norfolk Harbor
Norfolk Va July 26 The excursion Gratitude carrying 150 to 200 aboard sank in the harbor tonight. Passengers were rescued by small boats and transferred to the steamer Pennsylvania which rushed from Cape Charles after taking on evacuees. Many women and children were aboard and rescue efforts were chaotic with some seeking refuge on a sunken barge.
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Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Texas Oil Company
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railway
Cape Charles
Brecause
Gratitude
Egypt Charges Graft Against High Officials
Cairo reports a ministerial order to trial three senior foreign officials and the minister of communications for defrauding the government of about 250000 pounds. The case stems from a 1918 contract with the Bos Boreding firm of Dordrecht for Suez harbor enlargement, which allegedly overpaid due to claimed rock discovery never verified.
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Cairo
Council of Discipline
Bos Dredging
Dordrecht
Holland
Suez
Bos
The
Chicago Tribune
Harding Memorial To Cost Six Hundred Thousand Dollars
Marion Ohio July 26 At least 500000 will be expended in the construction of the Harding memorial tomb and 100000 for beautifying the site and surrounding area as part of landscaping Brig Gen Charles Sawyer announces to the executive board Albert D Taylor of Cleveland is named to oversee landscaping Telegraph pleas urge committee endorsement of Taylor Funds totaling 994000 have been received with excess to form an endowment for maintenance of the memorial
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Washington Post
Marion Ohio
Harding
Charles Sawyer
Harding Memorial Association
Sawyer
Albert D Taylor
Cleveland
Indorse Taylor
Gilmore Relapse Reported. Belasco Condition Unchanged
New York July 26 Frank Gilmore executive secretary of the Actors Equity association suffered a relapse tonight after a restful afternoon. His condition is serious, physicians said. David Belasco, suffering from a throat affection, showed no change tonight.
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New York
Frank Gilmore
Actors Equity Association
David Belasco
Four Die in Grade Crossing Auto Crash in New Jersey
Four Millville residents perished at Hand Avenue crossing when a speeding car struck their trolley alighting party from Cape May Court House. Driver fled. car wreck injured two others, including 21 year old John Myers who had just earned a license.
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South Orange
Cape May Court House
Hand Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Millville
Joseph Myers
John
Jennie Elliott
Wildwood
Tta
Payroll Bandit Trio Steals Hartford Mills Payroll
Three masked men robbed the Hartford Hosiery Mills payroll of 3988.15. Fate Etheridge Walter Hendricks and Henry Grady were arrested within 30 minutes after a police chase. Grady reportedly drew a pistol but dropped it as officers warned shots. Money recovered. Local authorities describe the crime as a staged robbery aimed to dump pay envelopes.
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Nashville Tonn
Hartford Hosiery “Mills
Fate Etheridge
Walter Hendricks
Henry Grady
Grady
Mellon Day Inquiry to Be Staged During Campaign Fights
The Senate committee on Mellon Day inquiry moves ahead amid campaign activity as it sets September 2 for open hearings. Republican leaders Couzens and Jones will select counsel after rejecting Heney. Watson resigns chair, Jones ascends. Democratic members King and Jones back prompt investigation, with August for staffing.
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King
Utah
Jones
New Mexico
Heney
Francis J Heney
California
Couzens and Jones
Washington
Congress
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mellon
Couzens
Watson
Detroit
King and Jones
Iis
Senator Watson
Ernst
Kentucky
Denver
Treasury Department
President Coolidge Defends Defense Day Plan
President Coolidge declares Defense Day participation is a 1920 defense act compliance not mobilization. He denounces antiwar critics and says the plan aims to lessen war risk through world cooperation, while rejecting any implication of a mobilization. Continued discussion appears on page birth.
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Council For Prevention of War
Coolidge
Frederick J Libby
National Council For Prevention of War
White House
War Department
Councl
World Cooperation
Dawes Campaign Opens as Taormina Polls Saved From Deportation
A dramatic day unfolded when a liner overtook the Kungsholm to rescue four Poll children and their Esthenian mother from deportation, reuniting them with Taormina Poll on the pier. Charles Dawes will launch his national campaign with a Lincoln address near August 29, San ders says Maine trip may follow as part of the state campaign.
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Dawes
Washington
Kungsholm
Gothenberg
Pick
Chicago
Charles Jr Dawes
Wil
Lincoln
Gen Dawes
Everett Sanders
Findana
Maine
Explosion and Fire On Ship Kerfs 450 Passengers
Explosion and fire aboard the liner Bergensfjord after a port departure injures 450 passengers. The ship berthed, serious damage reported. In Texas, Culpepper, a Baptist layman and local campaign worker, is shot and jailed amid a heated political clash.
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Christiania
Norway
Bergensfjord
Hnet
Glass Bracelet Fashion Wrecks Havoc in Paris
Paris reports twenty seriously injured in the past week from glass bracelet accidents. Wearers suffer cuts and arterial wounds when bracelets break. The new style, worn by young women, caused several grave injuries as fragments pierce skin and arteries.
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Paris
President Gives Up Week End Yacht Trip
President Coolidge cancelled his planned weekend yacht trip amid unsettled river conditions and weather worries. He stayed at the White House to refine his acceptance address as preparations continue for his forthcoming duties.
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Oolidge Vester
Ori Sy
White House
Fist Fight Over Bobbed Hair Divides Mexican University
In Mexico City a bobbed hair controversy erupts as 10 000 girls march from the bobbed hair league to the National University medical school to display their styles. A campus clash pits seniors and freshmen against opposing factions, prompting expulsions and suspensions as 6 000 students join the freshmen and seniors in a tense standoff before the anticipated arrival of 1,000 medical students.
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Mexico City
Bobbed Hair League
National University
Education
Military Academy
Jon
Chuago Tribune
Conference notes on Anglo American unity and Dawes plan
Reports from London July detail allied experts and observers urging progress at a tense inter allied conference. Delegates warn of risk to unity if negotiations stall, while proposals for a fair Dawes plan frame resumed talks aboard the steamship debate.
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London
Moih Tal
Britain
Srermmer
Dawes
Mendes
Graul Neces
Tor Luigze
Manten
Uber Staltment «Aic
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