German Internal Explosion Would Destroy Europe
Paris dispatch reports Berlin teetering under shell shock amid crisis talks as Britain, France, and Germany contend with possible fracture of Germany into rival states. Warns that break up risks Bolshevik spread and civil war, threatening European civilization and entente stability.
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Europe
Berlin
London
Germany
America
France
Frince
Premier Salas
Premier Coffec— i
Florida Dealers Sell Cars Built for Rum Running
The Chicago Daily News reports Florida auto dealers supply cars built for rum running, with a negro chauffeur and guaranteed safe delivery. A dealer described outfits, drivers, and methods, claiming to tailor cars for bootleg operations and promising discreet service and bank references to prove reliability.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Atlantic Seaboard
Terry
Tom
Delivery deadline notice for Courier service
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 30 o clock. If you do not receive your paper by then, call S160 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
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S160
Bootlegger King of Illinois Sunk by Federal Raid
Federal prosecutors say evidence seized at an Elgin brewery raid can halt operations of Lawrence Crowley the alleged bootlegger king of Illinois. Agents led by Bryce Armstrong seized two beer trucks from Hilgin Ice Products said to be Crowley controlled and traced them to a rural road. Evans announced that Crowley once Joliet dogcatcher built a fortune and owns buildings in northern Illinois and a Joliet mansion.
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Chicago
John T. Evans
Lawrence Crowley
King
Illinois
Elgin
Bryce Armatrong
Hilgin Ice Products Company
Crowley
Evans
Joliet
Kenyon Praises Farm Bloc in Hardin County Speech
Federal Judge W. S. Kenyon praised the farm bloc in a Hardin county farmers address in Fort Dodge Iowa on July 1. He said more farm legislation passed this session than in the prior ten sessions and that the agricultural bloc has definite tasks to do. He opposed government by blocs but supported the bloc's aims and urged more farmers in the senate.
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Fort Dodge
Kenyon
Hardin County
Congress
Senate
Wheat Drops Below Dollar Mark in Chicago Trade
Wheat opened around 31 per bushel in Chicago trading on July 11 but quickly fell below the dollar level. The July contract touched 99 3-4 cents and September delivery hit 93 5-8 cents as the unusual drop unfolded, a rarity since before World War I.
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Chicago
Mystery Blast Kills 12 at Cartridge Plant
Twelve workers die and twenty are injured in a Western Cartridge Co plant explosion at Hastalton. Officials suspect ignition of powder by a friction spark from salvage machinery. Most victims worked in salvage, where government cartridges were emptied for reuse, with debris and exploding cartridges tearing through the area.
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United Press
Asten
Tit
Western Cartridge Company
Hastalton
NF OF L OPENS FIGHT TO UNIONIZE STEEL MILLS
The American Federation of Labor backs a campaign to organize U.S. steel workers from three headquarters in Chicago Bethlehem and Cleveland with support from Samuel Gompers. The drive seeks eight hour days better conditions and immigration limits while rejecting extremist elements and a replication of the 1919 strike.
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NF. OF L
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
J. BE. MccCadden
National and International Organization of the Steel Industry
Gary
Clerk All Tangled Up When Wilhelm Weds Stepmother
New York July 11 City Clerk McCormick issued licenses to wed to two Wilhelms and witnessed both weddings. Wilhelm Sr married Hendrika Horing from Holland while Wilhelm Jr wed Lonora Breidenbach who had recently divorced Wilhelm Sr. This makes Mrs Wilhelm Jr both daughter in law and stepmother to her husband and stepsister to the bride.
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New York
Wilhelm van Beck, Jr
Wilhelm, Sr
McCormick
Wilhelms
Wilhelm
Hendrika Stephania Horing
Holland
Wilhelm, Jr
Seme
Lime
Lonora Wilhelmina Breidenbach
Two Bathers Die in Twin Lakes Tragedy Near Fort Dodge
Two bathers died and a third narrowly escaped drowning at Twin lakes twenty five miles west of Fort Dodge Iowa when they hit a deep hole while swimming. Florence Elvidge Fort Dodge an employee of the Commercial National bank and Edwin Johnson Callender were drowned Arthur Sollie Callender managed to reach shallow water and swim to shore. The trio had gone to Twin lakes to escape heat none could swim and a large search party worked through the night with several hundred people aiding.
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Associated Press
Fort Dodge
Twin Lakes
Here
Florence Elvidge
Commercial National Bank
Edwin Johnson
Gallender
Arthur Sollie
Callender
Miss Elvidge
Patrick Calls Off Dawn-Dark Flight for Year at Least
Darton Ohio July 11 The day it at irangcontinental Aiight Lunt Russell la Mrauguan has been abandoned for this year at feast. Maj Patrick of the army air service issued the order explaining the decision for the good of the serving flying conditions for all others concerned. Remainder of the year will be unfagurable and the Curtiss pursuit ship in which Maughan made his best attempt to span the continent on a day was not built for endurance.
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Paris
Berlin
France
Britain
Chancelor Cuno
de Goutte
Premier Poineare
America
Baldwin
Washington
Darton
Irangcontinental
Russell la
McQook Field
Con. Patrick
Ne Army Air Service
Patrick
Maughan
France Ratifies Naval Armament Pact by Wide Senate Vote
Parle July 11 The French senate approved the Washington Treaty for disarming naval armaments by 287 to three after the chamber of deputies ratified it last Saturday. Today's senate action completes ratification with publication remaining as the final step. The four power Pacific treaty was ratified unanimously by the senate after chamber approval.
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Associates Press
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Chamber of Devuties
Friends Will Seek Release Under Bond for Princess Fahmy
Friends of Princess Marie Fahmy of Beynt seek bail after her arrest on murder charges in connection with Prince Aly Fahmy's death at the Savoy. The move faces likely denial, as murder defendants are rarely granted bond. The princess reportedly faced objections from the prince family over religious grounds in the Tuarringa case.
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Princess Fahmy
The
Savoy
Private Booze Safe on Federal Liners
Washington July 11 The shipping board says it has no authority to stop passengers from drinking private liquor aboard government vessels in the dining saloons. Indications suggest a formal ruling from the Department of Justice may follow on the issue.
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Washington, D. C
Shipping Board
Department of Justice
Mike Kelly suspended by league president Hickey
Chicago July 11 Mike Kelly manager of the St Paul club of the American association was suspended by Thomas J Hickey the league president after it was disclosed he had given an interview in which he criticized President Wickey and the league.
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Chicago
Mike Kelly
St. Paut Club
American Association
Thomas J. Hickey
St. Paul
Wickey
AY League Backs Anderson Despite Grand Jury Quiz
William H. Anderson, superintendent of the state anti saloon league, is under grand jury inquiry on grand larceny and forgery charges brought by O B Phillips. David James Burrell, league president, declared no fraud occurred and Anderson would not appear. Phillips testified as Anderson vacations in Carlinville Illinois and plans to return to New York tomorrow.
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International News Wire
New York
William H. Anderson
State
Anti-Saloon League
O. B. Phillips
Ferdinand Pecora
David James Burrell
League
Anderson
Phillips
Carlinville
Tomor RE Os
Lightning Strikes Kill Teens in Iowa Storm Toll
A freak bolt of lightning struck the Green home in Kenwood Park Cedar Rapids killing Mary Green 26 and Mildred Leveson 16 as they stood at a clothesline. Eugenia Dell Smogster 6 was injured, while Frank T Corey 17 died near Fort Dodge. The day tab also reports storms wreaking havoc in Rock Rapids and widespread heat related deaths across the Midwest.
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Kenwood Pari
Wal- Iace
Virginia
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Orn
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Onin
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Frank T. Corey
Frank Corey
L. M. Neudeck
Corey
Fort Dodge High School
United Press
Detroit
Mich
Dorothy Roman
Onsted
Leon Lavina
Monroe
Jace van Note
Ashley
Deastra
Colsma Ena
Two Rail Unions to Ask Wage Increase
Two rail unions plan to seek a wage rise reverting to the May 1920 scale set by the United States railroad labor board. Wartime increases would be restored, with about 65 cents a day more for yard conductors and helpers and higher pay for passenger conductors. Officials named new leadership for the two unions and their executive committees.
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Hy Ie
Associated Press
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
Western Association of General
Mississippi
United States Railroad Labor Board
Railroad Labor Board
Brotherhood
J. KR. Thompson
Texas
M. P. Reynolds
Charles Bogue
A. B. Corn
St. Louis
A. B
Pearson
Topeka
Kan
Order of Railway Conductors
Wiliam Bishop
St. Paul
A. W. Icks
Green Dray
The
Brotherhood of Reilway
Two Governors Fined for Speeding in North Carolina
Greenville North Carolina July 11 governors of North Carolina and Tennessee were arrested for speeding near here and each fined ten dollars by a county traffic officer. Gov Morrison of North Carolina was driving with Gov Peay aboard in the lead car. The officer said governors or no governors you all look the same to me and it costs money to speed in North Carolina.
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Greenville
N.C
North Carolina
Tennessee
Morrison
Peay
Boston Batteries Clash Ends In Sharp Turnaround
Boston Batteries faced St Louis in a tense contest marked by turnovers and late runs. Clemons led Boston with clutch plays as the defense clamped down in the final minutes to seal a narrow victory over the visitors.
Two Men Held in Jail for Poker Players Stickup
Glynn Gough and Kenneth Herman, both in their twenties and living in Waterloo, are jailed on robbery charges after a Sunday morning piano game heist at Fisher's Lake Cottage. Sheriff H. T. Wagner notes $990 in cash, a $500 government bond, two diamond rings and watches were stolen. diamonds were insured and Chicago insurers assist the investigation.
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Glynn Gough
Kenneth Herman
Waterloo
H. T. Wagner
Fisher's Lake
Wagner
Sherif
Chicago
Gough
Newton
Lves
Herman
Leversee Road
Denver Road
Prohibition raid destroys booze on Mississippi islands
In Muscatine County Iowa and across the Mississippi River in Illinois, authorities seized ten stills seventy five barrels and hundreds of bottles and jugs in raids on four islands led by J B Pendergast federal prohibition director for western Illinois. No arrests were reported. Blanchard Island was the main source of supply.
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Muscatina County
Rock Island
Mercier
Illinois
Mississipp River
J. B. Pendergast
Blanchard Island
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