Harding May Write His Name High In History
Washington Aug 5 President Harding will name America’s delegation to the disarmament conference in Washington with Senate advice not required. The chosen leaders will reflect Harding’s judgment and may determine his historical standing depending on progress toward disarmament and peace. Possible delegates include Lodge Borah Underwood Root Hoover Hughes and others with Borah as a likely contributor and Underwood a Democratic possibility.
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Charles E. Hughes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Idaho
Underwood
Borak
Alabama
Hubby Root
Herbert Hoover
New York Evening Post
Doubt on Reports of Americans Freed by Reds
American relief officials in London doubt Latvian newspaper reports that U S prisoners in Russia have been released and are leaving. Secretary Brown says word came from Riga. Hoover demands direct negotiations with the Soviet government before extending relief. State Dept sends aid to frontier as reps travel from Riga.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
Riga
Walter L. Brown
Relief Administration
Marguerite Harrison
Bolshevik Propagan Organization
Hoover
United Press
Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
American Relief Administration
Walter Lyman Brown
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Frontier
State Department
Evan Young
American “Relief Association
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Moscow
Commission
Red Cross
Miners Refuse Conference Over Wage Reduction
Altoona August 5 The United Mine Workers of the central bituminous coal fields notified operators that a joint conference to discuss a wage reduction would not be granted. The wage scale modification would violate the agreement set by the federal bituminous coal commission effective until next March. The miners said they will confer on other matters only.
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Associated Press
Altoona
United Mine Workers of
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Bituminous Coal Commission
Austria Again in Market for Relief
Wisconsin law lets liquor searches be based on belief. Madison reports search warrants to determine unlawful manufacture or possession in light of new enforcement. Attorney says the peculiar wording broadens prohibitions and empowers officers to act.
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Wisconsin
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Ondon
General Morgan
W. C. Zabel
Milwaukee County
Jail crowd prompts turn-based jail terms plan
Bluefields W V Aug 5 The Mercer county jail is crowded with defendants awaiting jail sentences A plan approved by Judge J Frank Maynard Prosecuting Attorney Lee and Sheriff Hunt allows defendants to post bail and take their turns serving sentences as earlier terms finish in this emergency measure.
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Associated Press
Bluefields
Mercer County
J. Frank Maynard
Criminal Court
Lee
Sheriff Hunt
Girl Thief Shoots Man Over Post Office Robbery Confession
Lena Clarke a Palm Beach postmistress and poet confessed to shooting Miltmore of Orlando after he refused to sign a statement admitting the robbery. Police allege she lured him to a hotel, drugged him, and then admitted planning the theft to cover shortages of about 3200.
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Palm Beach
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Miltmore
Lena Clarke
Vestal
Orlando
W. H. Miltmore
Lena
Millmore
West Palm Beach
Police seize another member in Chicago mail robbery case
The Chicago mail robbery ring led by John W. Worthington expanded its net with the arrest of Charles W. French in a hotel raid. Worthington and Owen Evans remain jailed as federal authorities seek further confederates. In Omaha, Harry Palmer, linked to the same gang, was arrested at the post office and held without discussion by postal inspectors.
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French
Landis
Owen Evans
Omaha
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Ting
Toder Palmer
Southern health officials pledge support for rural health program
The conference of southern health officials adopted a resolution to coordinate all federal health and welfare work under one department. They urged mobilization of public health service agencies and farm and home demonstration programs to promote better diets with milk, milk products, and fresh vegetables in rural homes.
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Department of Agriculture
Boy Mistaken for Holdup Man Shot in Des Moines
Des Moines August 5 AP report says 15 year old Bonner Paul was shot in the left side and back while walking home from a circus he was mistaken for a holdup man by Clinton A. McDonald an iron moulder who said he believed the youths were robbers. The boy is expected to recover.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Bonner Paul
Clinton A. McDonald
McDonald
Paul Boy
Counter Revolution Plot Uncovered in Rostov on Don
Riga reports the discovery of a counter-revolutionary plot at Rostov on Don and the arrest of its leaders led by Maj. Gen. Uktomsky. The announcement describes a coordinated movement aimed at overthrowing authorities.
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Associated Press
Riga
Rostov On Don
Uktomsky
Courier delivery by 5 30 P M promise
Notice explains paper delivery by 5 30 including error rescue. If not received by then call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone inquiries reach the office before 6 30 P M.
Northcliffe urges Canadians on disarmament meeting
Lord Northcliffe told a Vancouver luncheon that failure of the Washington disarmament conference would be a world catastrophe. He praised Presidents Harding and Hughes, warned against reliance on force, and said the gathering could bring a new era of peace and prosperity from the Pacific to Europe.
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United Press
Vancouver
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Hughes
England
Pacific
Four Children Die in Bronx Tenement Fire
A morning blaze on the upper floor of a Bronx tenement killed four Corsine children aged 5 to 18 and injured several others. The fire destroyed four adjacent houses and left Julio Corsine’s family grieving as Victoria 14 Harry 9 Edna 18 and William 5 perished.
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Associated Press
New York
Bronx
Victoria Corsine
Harry Corsine
Edna Corsine
William Corsine
Julio Corsine
Corsine
Saskatchewan Grain Blown Down by Severe Storm
Damage from a hail and wind storm east and southeast of Regina, Saskatchewan, was estimated at more than 2 million dollars. Wires were down and reports limited. a 30 mile by five mile stretch of grain was cut as if mowed in the affected area.
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Associated Press
Regina
Sask
Here
Norway and Russia Draft Trade Treaty Approved
A draft trade agreement between Norway and Russia, negotiated by a Norwegian delegation with Russians in Stockholm, has been approved. The action marks progress toward formalizing bilateral trade cooperation between the two nations.
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Associated Press
Christiana
Attockholm
Exhumations to Probe Schiller Park Arsenic Case
Chicago August 5 Officials plan to exhume two more bodies in the Schiller Park murder probe after arsenic was found in John Demmer buried eight years ago in Colby Wisconsin. Arsenic had been found in Mr and Mrs Fred Kolze. Demmer’s housekeeper Mrs Demmer is held for questioning. Undertakers deny embalming arsenic. Elmer Kolze asks further exhumations to test embalming practice.
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Chicago
Schiller Park
Mirately
Hoffman
Ar- Senic
John Demmer
Colby
Wis
Fred Kolze
Demmer
River filled with dead grasshoppers along St Lawrence
Aug. 5 reports from Quebec and New York describe countless grasshoppers floating down the St. Lawrence River. In Three Rivers insects covered the river bank to bank as observers search for explanation.
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Associated Press
Quebec
St. Lawrence
New York
Queen Alexandra Sends Sympathy to Mrs Caruso
Queen Mother Alexandra of England sent a telegram of condolence to Mrs Enrico Caruso. The note expressed deep regret over the loss of the renowned singer and said his gift will be greatly missed in England. The message arrived among more than 2,000 condolences received worldwide.
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Enrico Caruso
Queen Mother
Alexandra
England
Extension of Emergency Tariff on Farm Products
A bill introduced by Senator Gooding Idaho seeks to extend the emergency tariff act for farm products and livestock until December 27 1921. Senator Penrose Pennsylvania chair of the senate finance committee says a permanent tariff bill may not pass before November and an extension may be needed.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Gooding
Idaho
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate Finance Committee
Charges Murders Inexcusable by American Troops
Oswald Garrison Villard and former minister Horace Knowles testified before a special senate committee accusing the U S occupation of Haiti and San Domingo of causing “inexcusable murders” by American troops. Naval officers were called to defend the administration amid claims the occupation began in 1915. Villard and Knowles said the turmoil started after U S forces arrived and labeled the killings a blot on the navy.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Haiti
San Domingo
Oswald Garrison Villard
Horace Knowles
Senate
Villard
Knowles
United States
Payroll Bandits Hold Up Barrett Payroll in Shadyside
Six armed men held up the Barrett Manufacturing paymaster near Shadyside about 11 o'clock and escaped with payroll funds estimated at 15 000 to 25 000 dollars. The paymaster traveled with five armed guards in a car when the robbery occurred in Hackensack New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Hackensack
N. J
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Shadyside
Harding Replies to Obregon Letter Still Secret
American chargé d affaires George T. Summerlin met with President Obregon at Chapultepec castle and delivered Harding’s reply to Obregon’s personal letter. The content of Obregon’s letter and Harding’s response remains undisclosed.
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Obregon
Associated Press
Mexico
Civ
George T. Summerlin
President Obregon
Chapultepec Castle
President Harding
Washington
Elmer Dover
Carrigan Death Shocks Worcester Community
Dr. Thomas C. Carrigan dean of Catholic University of America law school died in Worcester after several months of illness. The obituary notes his prominence and the loss to the local and national legal academic communities.
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Bean Carrigan
Associated Press
Worcester
Mass
Thomas C. Carrigan
Law School
Catholic University of America
Washington
Harding outlines 1920 price break and cotton loan efforts
Gov. Harding of the Federal Reserve describes the reserve system as 12 money reservoirs able to move funds between banks. He notes 39,000 member banks share responsibility and explains the reason for a progressive rate. Harding also details rediscounting for cotton and wool in 1920 with seven banks rediscounting 190 million dollars, rising to 267 million by November.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve System
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Representative Mills
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New York
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Lenroot
Wisconsin
Suba
United Press
Joint Agricultural Commission
W. P. G. Harding
John Skelton Williams
Driverless radio automobile roams Dayton street display
Dayton traffic police watched as a miniature car with no driver rolled along a busy street. Controlled by radio from 190 feet behind, the autonomous vehicle lacked its own wireless, claimed to be a first public exhibit of radio air service.
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McCook Field
Radio Air Service
Highways Weather Bureau Report Covers Midwest Towns
Highways generally in good condition per a Weather Bureau report covering Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo. Showers likely this afternoon and pleasant Saturday.
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Charles!idney
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Waterston
Spurgin case tied to rewards and Chihuahua hiding
Chicago officials report Warren Spurgin, missing banker, in hiding near Chihuahua City after a July 22 arrival. Telegrams claim a reward talk with a Mexican contact. Lloyds declines discuss, while federal agents seize $10,000 in liquor tied to Spurgin. Local police pursue leads and search for his exact hideout.
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Clinton
Chihuahua City
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Ederal Prohibition
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Hermasijlo
Night subway tragedy ends after party chase
In New York an all night gathering turned fatal as Katherine Hogan and two others fled two taxi drivers through a Brooklyn tunnel. Hogan slipped and touched a live third rail, dying from the electric shock.
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Wisconsin dry law enjoined against enforcement official
A temporary injunction in Dane County Circuit Court restricts W. Stanley Smith, prohibition commissioner, from enforcing the Deverson prohibition law that bars sales of nonintoxicating liquor over bars or requires removal or alteration of bars. P. C. Kolinski, representing Milwaukee saloon interests, secured the order.
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Associated Press
Madison, Wis
W. Stanley Smith
Prohibition
Deverson
Circuit Court
Dane County
P. C. Kolinski
Milwaukee
Dawes Budget Help Hopes Dim for Big Tax Cut
Washington Aug. 5. House Ways and Means faces a $500 million tax cut only if Dawes directs big economy. Mellon warns $250 million must be cut expenses to avoid falling tax revenue, amid talk of cutting rail payments and Shipping Board funds. Mondell remains optimistic the levy can fall by $500 million with proper cuts.
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Ways and Means
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Associated Press
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Wyoming
Ibis
Ways and
Warnance Corporation
Shipping Board
One Man Killed and Another Shot in Card Game Holdup
Canton investigators report a fatal holdup near Lake Park last night. August A. Hahan, 50, was shot dead and Howard W. Marking gravely wounded as seven armed foreigners burst into a cottage where a dozen players had gathered for a card game, firing over 25 shots.
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Canton
Lake Park
August A. Hahan
Howard W. Marking
Altho
Cholera Cases Reported in Soviet Russia
Public health figures published in Izvestia Moscow and cabling to the United States show that between Jan 1 and July 15 there were 47 779 reported cholera cases in Soviet Russia. In June alone there were about 24 000 cases, with 7 005 registered in the Saratov province since the year began.
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Washington, D. C
Izvestia
Moscow
United States
Soviet Russia
Saratoff
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