France Holds World by Ruhr Threat in 1922
London dispatch reports Premier Baldwin's June figures show Britain's economy worsened as France keeps Ruhr in paralysis. The piece argues France uses economic leverage to push concessions from Britain, risking American payments and global stability. Italy and Belgium tilt toward Britain as neutral states feel the impact.
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Mark Sullivan
London
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Vatican
France
Holland
Ruhr
United States
Germany
Rnerstone
Americas
America
América
Baldwin
Theos
Herbert Hoover
American Relief Administration
New York Tribune
Payroll Plane Shot Down by Bandits Foiled by Pilot
In Lima, Peru bandits yesterday shot down a low flying payroll plane carrying $20,000 for laborers near Cerro Agul. Pilot Lloyd Moore, a former mechanic, steered the crippled craft to a landing and escaped on foot before the robbers could reach him.
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Lima
Peru
Earth
Lloyd Moore
Canete
Cerro Agul
Pershing’s August tour to inspect U S citizen army
Gen Pershing, still in active service at 64, plans a five week national tour beginning with Mount Gretna to review citizen soldier units. He will visit Camp Des Moines in Iowa on August 20 and Camp Custer on August 22, meeting officers and youths to stress modern arms readiness. He aims to see a ready citizen army before retirement.
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United Press
Camp Meade
Pershing
America
Pennsylvania National Guard
Mount Gretna
Gen. Pershing
Foch
Haig
Diaz
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Peme Knox
Louisville
Fort Des Moines
Camp Custer
Mich
Delivery deadline notice from Courier service
The notice states the Courier will deliver the newspaper before 3 30. If the paper is late due to carrier error call Phone S100 before 6 30 p m to receive a replacement copy.
Joint Raiders Raid Oskaloosa Bootleggers
Oskaloosa Iowa July 16 state dry agents with county and city officers conducted the area’s most extensive raid since the dry law. They allege sales evidence against about a score of bootleggers, with homes searched and liquor seized. Defendants faced preliminary hearings before Mayor LeRoy R. Carlett.
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Oskaloosa
Leroy R. Carlett
Plane to Carry Harding Mail to Vancouver Trip
President Harding will be greeted in Vancouver July 26 with all mail accumulated on his Washington desk since his vacation trip. Chicago postmaster Arthur C. Lueder announced the mail arriving July 24 will be flown to Cheyenne Wyoming and placed on a fast train. The move marks the first Harding has received on his trip.
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Chicago
Harding
Vancouver
Washington
Arthur C. Lueder
Cheyenne
Wya
Lueder
Indictment of 22 in 1920 whiskey transport plot
Twenty two men are named in federal indictments for conspiring to move 1000 cases of whiskey from the Old Grand Distillery Louisville to Chicago in 1926. Key figures include Watson Kennedy McLaughlin and Sadler, with seizures of 800 cases at rail yards and 200 at trucks. Suspicion of forged permits and payments up to $90,000 are cited.
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Chicago
Louisville
OD. H H. Watson
B.C. Kennedy
William
A. Sadler
Canada
John J. McLaughlin
Matthew] Weydert
Sadler
U. S
E McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Des Moines Negroes Split Over Equal Privilege Debate
The Des Moines Negro population divided over aims for equal privileges with whites at theatres, restaurants, and beaches. A municipal bathing beach test failed despite council rulings against discrimination, while some Negroes entered local venues to test rights and were asked to depart. Suits may be filed. opposition exists within churchgoing members of the community.
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Des Moines
Altho
Truth Serum to Be Used in Montana Murder Case
In Butte Montana experts will administer scopolamine to test the innocence of youths related to the killing of Charles Johnson a Renova merchant. Roy Walsh and Albert Hughes are defendants contending another man fired from ambush. Trial dates set with potential postponement if doctors fail to arrive.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Charles Johnson
Roy Walsh
Walsh
Albert Hughes
Johnson
Convicts Escape Eastern Penitentiary Prompt Massive Manhunt
Six armed inmates fled Eastern Penitentiary in a daring Saturday breakout and car theft spree. They forced Thomas J. McAllister Jr to drive them toward the Maryland border after abducting him, sparing women at one farmhouse. Police, sheriffs, and troops from five states chase the escapees as authorities investigate their plans and identities.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Toda
Meno
Eastern Penitentiary
Thomas J. McAllister, Jr
McAllister
MacAllister
Maryland
Mexico Recognition Conference Nears End in Mexico City
The recognition talks in Mexico City approach a probable end this week after nine weeks of sessions. American delegates Werren and Payne plan to report to Washington on their progress with Mexican counterparts. A U S recognition could occur within a year, with results to be reviewed by Secretary Hughes.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Werren
Payne
Washington
United States
Hughes
Poincare Speech Not an Indirect Reply to Baldwin
Paris officials say Poincare’s Senlis address reiterates French policy and does not respond to Britain's reparations note. The six month standstill with Britain and France remains the same, while London reports mixed reactions and Baldwin plans to share a draft reply with the United States.
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Sentis
Baldwin
Great Britain
France
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Senlis
Morning Post
the Times
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Daily News
Daily Express
Teut
Daily Herald
Italy
Belgium
United States
Germany
Downing Street
U. S
House of Commons
J. Ramsay Macdonald
Child Crushed When Car Skids Off Grading Edge
In Manchester Iowa a three year old daughter of farmer John Rotach died when the family car ran off a newly graded edge of the highway near Dundee. The vehicle overturned at 7 30 p m while returning from a visit to the grandmother. The child died at a local doctor’s office. Rotach, a new driver, lost control while meeting oncoming traffic on the edge of the graded road.
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Manchester
John Rotach
Dundee
Rotach
Cornell College appoints two new faculty members
Mount Vernon Iowa July 16 The Cornell College executive committee announces two new hires for the coming year Professor Howard Clinton Lane to fill the English vacancy left by Lindsay and Gertrude Todd as the new home economics instructor Lane a Harvard and Bordeaux trained PhD candidate who has taught at Princeton Todd Cornell College graduate 1913 pursued graduate work at Town University and Columbia University
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Howard Clinton Lane
Lindsay
Europe
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University of Bordeaux
Princeton
Gertrude Todd
Cornell College
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Shotgun Squad In Search Of Bearded Peeping Man
A city special squad of women with shotguns is patrolling Des Moines to hunt the bearded man terrorizing residents for two weeks by peering in windows. Mrs. E L Roger and the two Lewis daughters reported seeing the prowler near their home last night. a revolver was implied in the earlier incident.
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Des Moines
E. L. Roger
M. Lewis
Hold Jack Johnson for Carrying Booze with Old License
Indianapolis July 16. Former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson faces charges of transporting liquor and driving with an old license. Johnson and cousin Guy Rhandas were arrested Sunday by Sheriff Snomual Steele. Bonds offered were two diamonds valued between $5,000 and $10,000. Johnson said he was en route to New York.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Guy Rhandas
Sheri Snomual Steele
New York
Attack on Motor Truck Law Fails
Des Moines July 16 The application to restrain the state railroad commission from enforcing the motor license law was denied by Judge James H. Applegate. The suit by Manhattan and S. L. Collingsworth attorneys contends taxation of farm trucks and gasoline trucks is unequal. The ruling leaves vehicle licensing and insurance requirements in effect for motor vehicles carrying passengers or merchandise on state highways.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
James H. Applegate
Guthrie Center
Applegate
Manhattan
S. L. Collings
Dwight M. Lewis
Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
Iba
Prepare Camp Dodge for Training 3000 Guardsmen
Camp Dodge in Ja is gearing up to host more than 3,000 Iowa National Guardsmen for the annual field training school from August 7 to 21. A full operating medical setup, X ray, laboratory, darkroom, new mess hall, kitchens, and regimental HQ are under construction to ensure comfort and safety. The program includes rifle, machine gun, howitzer and cavalry drills, infantry maneuvers, and field officer theoretical work.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Iowa Guard
Lasher
Hold Country Girl for Death of Lover
Margaret Allister, 21, a country girl, is held in Kansas City on a murder charge after Paul Murderk, ex-prize fighter and saloon keeper, died on the sidewalk. She claimed fear that Murderk would abandon her for his wife, crying Run, honey, don't let the police catch you here.
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Kansas City
Margaret Allister
Paul Murderk
Margaret
Murderk
Chinese Emperor Flees Plot by Royal Eunuchs in Forbidden City
July reports say the Chinese emperor fled the Forbidden City at night after learning of a plot by palace eunuchs to kill him, fire the city, and loot imperial buildings. Police expelled over 100 eunuchs and searched palaces for hidden treasure and further evidence.
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United Press
China
Imperial House‘hold
Forbidden City
Quezon Leads Philippine Cabinet Crisis Over Wood Control
After 48 hours of talks at Manuel Quezon's home, the Philippine cabinet resignations, including Quezon and Speaker Rexas, were tendered to Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood. Mayor Fernandez also resigned, signaling a major rift as Quezon seeks to strip Wood of powers.
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P. 1
Manuel Quezon
Senate
Philppine
Eugene A. Giluora
Leonard Wood
Boperal
Congress
Norge
Quazon
Rexas
House
Board of
Rostral
Gov
Woon
Wood
Quezon
Fernandez
Conley
al- Jagad
Terratory
Interior
Jose Lauret Om
Gox
Wisconsin Solons Making Bad Matter Worse in Tax Laws
Des Moines July 16 Opponents of tax revision in Iowa oppose the long Wisconsin legislature session begun last January and not yet adjourned. Debate centers on tax laws with Wisconsin corporate rules blamed for driving manufacturing concerns and business firms out of state. The St Paul Dispatch editorial warns conservative members have little hope for sensible revision or escape from harsher provisions worsening the tax climate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wisconsin
St. Paul Dispatch
Two 11-Year-Old Safe Robbers Caught In Sioux City
Two youths, both 11, were captured by police after entering a coal company office by forcing the door with a crowbar. They pried open private drawers and the cash register, getting about $159 before their arrest. The boys identified themselves as Erec Semoski and Tony Caleski.
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Sioux City
Olice
Erec Semoski
Tony Caleski
Kansas Governor Proposes Sellers Strike To Boost Wheat
A conference of five hard wheat states met to discuss lifting wheat prices. Governor Jonathan Davis of Kansas proposed a sellers strike, urged by farm clubs and granges from Texas Oklahoma Nebraska and Colorado. John A. Whitehurst of the Oklahoma board of agriculture called the meeting.
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Ken
Gav
Jonathan Davis
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Eall
John A. Whitehurst
Oklahoma Board of Agriculture
Philippine Senate Demands End to Wood Interference
The Philippine senate charges Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood has been improperly intruding in internal affairs while holding supreme authority. Quezon faces pressure as activities today lead to the resignation of the cabinet.
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Philippine Senate
Leonard Wood
Islands
Gen. Wood
Quezon
Policemen Shoot Two Fleeing Suspects on Night Chase
Des Moines police say two youths fled a motorcycle stop when ordered to halt. Harry Kourla 18 is in serious condition from multiple bullet wounds. Gale Johnson was struck in the foot but not seriously hurt. Johnson, once linked to looting and dubbed the Baby Bandit, denies shooting.
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Baby
Signalmen Seek Wage Increase Across Rail Lines
Chicago July 16 Signalmen of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and of the Southern Pacific in Texas and Louisiana joined others in asking higher pay. Their petitions will be heard July 26 by the United States railroad labor board in Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas
Louisiana
United States Railroad Labor Board
Chiago
Sullivan admits to police part in gem holdup
George Sullivan and three companions robbed the C. E. Frederick jewelry store in the Black Building on December 18, 1922. Sullivan, arrested in Williamsburg, Ia., confessed to Chief P. L. Walker, was arraigned on robbery with aggravation and jailed on $2,500 bond. He described a plan to divide cash at Fairview cemetery and the group’s flight to Sioux City with jewelry.
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C. E. Frederick
George Sullivan
Sullivan
Fairview Cemetery
Sioux City
Williamsburg
P. EL. Walker
George Albert Sullivan
Harrison Street
Walgrloo
Frederick Jewelry
James Black
Sama
Frederick
Rock Island
Chicago
Fredericks
Riot in Rogers Park Involves Taxi Drivers and Bandits
A July riot in Rogers Park saw about 500 people clash after a taxi hold up ended with six unconscious. Police dispersed the melee, arresting 10 men as drivers and residents fought robbers who tried to flee in a taxi.
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Chicago
Rogers Park
1Police
Brookhart Plans Speech Tour Across Iowa
Des Moines reports Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa heads to New York tomorrow and then Washington midweek. He recently returned from Europe where he studied cooperative marketing and will begin a series of fall speeches upon his Iowa return.
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Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
New York
Washington
Brookhart
Europe
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