De Valera Seeks Basis for Irish Conference Peace
Dublin July 27 The Irish Republican cabinet met to study Britain's peace proposals but reached no decision. Eamon De Valera and colleagues have not yet found a basis for a conference in London and continue searching for common ground. Sinn Fein cabinet officials say no Dail session is planned until a viable proposal exists. Sketch reports discussion of four Irish legislatures with a central parliament amid unification talks.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Irish Republican Cabinet
Ulster
Eamonia de Valera
London
Mansion House
Sinn Fein
Dail Eireann
Ireland
Munster
Connaught
Leinster
Ecch
Eamonn de Valera Bes
Bry
Last Monay
Weaver and Felsch to Escape Plotting Charges
Des Moines Indiana defense witnesses recounts testimonies in the Black Sox case. Players allegedly asked to throw games to aid bets. Attell Burns and Gandil cited in Chicago meeting. Mabare disputes identity claims and defends past prizefighting career. Johnson, president of the American League, allegedly involved in pressuring Boras to testify.
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Zelzor
Des Moines
Bennett
Bureas
Attel
Manars
Burns
Mahare
Chick Gandil
Kame
Graham
Mabare
Chicago
Gar
Gandi
Atiel. Burns
J. Louis
Maharg
Peaches Graham
Billy Mabarg
Manard
Ban Johnson
The
American League
Texas
Boras
Norris Bill Defeated in Senate Sparks Funding Draft
Washington July 27 The Norris Bill failed in the Senate to create a government agricultural exports financing corporation. Republican leaders and the agricultural committee admitted the loss and planned a compromise substitute for consideration tomorrow following President Harding's support for a finance power. In other news, Dr PF W Court officiated the marriage of BHAT Roster Brandon to Albert F Marter. The couple will reside on a Brandon area farm.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Norris
Agricultural Committee
Harding
Manse Corporation
Prohibition Debate and Committee Hearings in Congress
Proceedings in Washington focus on anti smoking measures for women led by Representative Johnson of Mississippi before the District of Columbia committee. Lasker explains need for a 1.125 billion appropriation while various committees press ahead on tax revision, Hawaiian labor, Norris farm export measures, tariff hearings, and military affairs matters.
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Washington
Johnson
Mississippi
Diatrict
Columbia Comrmittes
Chairan Lasker
Shipping Board
Appropriations Committee
Wayenang Means Committee
Immigration Committe
Spurgin bank loot reaches Montreal exposure grows
Warren C. Spurgin, president of the Michigan Avenue Trust, missing since July, is believed hiding in Montreal with about $1.59 million unaccounted. Indictments accuse him of embezzling securities and replacing them with worthless stocks while fleeing Chicago, with details traced through Detroit to Canada. His daughter Vivian and wife, detained for questioning, may hold further information.
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United Prose
Chicago
Warren C. Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Montreal
Canada
Spurgin
Detroit
Cook County Grand Jury
Spursin
Stacca. Wite
Vivian Spur-sin
Warren C. Spur- Sin
Miss Spurgin
C G W Employes Alarm Over Shop Leasing
Oelwein Ia July 27 Special Leasing to A S Becker Co Cleveland O of Chicago Great Western shop at Southpark St Paul Minn has raised a question shop crafts plan to take before the railway labor board or other body. The transfer is believed by the shop men to be a subterfuge to escape responsibility for special rent or wages and working conditions.
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Oelwein
A. S. Becker & Co
Cleveland
Chicago
Great Western
Southpark
St. Paul
Minn
Railway Labor Board
Snepmen
Illinois Producers Boost Milk Prices
St Louis reports a milk price rise by the Illinois Co-Operative Milk Producers Association. Distributors pay 23 cents a gallon, up from 19 1/2, and 2.12 per hundred pounds, up from 1.69 1/2. Expanded production costs cited as cause.
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Associated Frass
St. Louis
St Louis
Illinois Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Association
Chicago Professor Goes to California
Dr. Robert A. Millikin, professor of physics at the University of Chicago, is appointed director of physics and chairman of the executive council at the Norman Bridge laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. He will assume duties in October.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
Robert A. Millikin
University of Chicago
Norman Bridge Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Throop Institute
Harding signs order to coordinate federal purchasing
President Harding approved an executive order to coordinate buying for the navy army and shipping board and permit transfers of surplus property between agencies. Director Dawes at the budget bureau organizes the country into purchasing zones with an army corps area system and a general purchasing agent per zone under a Washington supervisor.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Army and Shipping Board
Harding
Dawes
Army Corps
Washington
Pellagra Epidemic Warned With 100000 Suspected Victims
In Washington the Surgeon General and Dr. Goldberger warned that unless drastic relief measures are taken there could be at least 100000 pellagra victims in the cotton belt this year with about a tenth dying. Red Cross officials and health service leaders planned to report findings to President Harding. Health officers from southern states will meet in Washington with government and Red Cross representatives to discuss the pellagra situation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Caner
Cammie Pabus Searth
Harding
Red Cross
Cumming
Public Health Service
Joseph Goldberger
Livingston Farrand
Ealth
United Press
Washington
D. C
The
Health Service
Wanderer May Tell Reporters New Tale of Triple Murder
Chicago July 27 Carl Wander ler sentenced to be hanged Friday morning for killing his wife her unborn babe and a ragged stranger planned to talk with newspaper men today guards thought he might revise his earlier story of a staged hold up and a fake robbery to kill both the stranger and his wife final preparations at the county jail for Wanderer's execution can be delayed only by two governor granted reprieves
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Associated Press
Chicago
Carl Wanderler
Wanderer
Tex Rickard and Quimby Plead Guilty in Fight Film Charge
Tex Rickard and Frederick C. Quimby pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Wm. B. Sheppard in New York to violating interstate commerce laws by transporting Dempsey-Carr pend er fight pictures across state lines from New Jersey. Each was fined $1,000.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex Rickard
Prompater
Frederick C. Quimby
Wm. B. Sheppard
New Jersey
Bears sent to President Harding from Euphrata
Euphrata Wash July 27 President Harding has been offered a pair of cub bears for the White House menagerie. W Southard of this city telegraphed he is preparing to ship two "beautiful cub bears for Laddie Bay to practice on." The bears are a token of Mr Southard's appreciation for the president's interest in reclamation measures in congress. They have been named Miss Swampy South and Mr Arid West.
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Associated Press
Euphrata
Wash
Harding
White House
W. ©. Southard
Laddie Bay
Southard
Congress
Miss Swampy South
Arid West
Berlin Sends Silver on War Debt Account
New York July 27 The Associated Press reports silver valued at 750000 to 806000 dollars will be converted into credits to aid reparations payments before August 31. The shipment arrived from Germany and was consigned to The Equitable Trust Company by the Reichsbank. Other shipments totaling around 10,000,000 are said to be under way.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
Equitable Trust Company
Reichsbank
Ocean Grain Rates for August Cut at Gulf Ports
Ocean rates for grain to Antwerp Rotterdam and Havre from Gulf ports were cut 2 1/2 cents for the last half of August. The decline follows a larger arrival of ocean tonnage at Gulf ports, with rates dropping from 29 1/2 cents to a new level. The move was enacted by steamship agents in Galveston and other Gulf ports.
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Associate
Galveston
Tex
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Havre
Dzgents
Gulf
Gulf Ports
Utes End Three Day Sun Dance at Pagosa Springs
In Pagosa Springs Colorado on July 27 the annual Ute sun dance concluded after three days of braves dancing without food or drink while crowds observed the solemn ceremony noting the devotion of the worshippers.
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Pagosa
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Toronto Landlords Charge $2 Fee to Show Apartments
Some landlords in Toronto now require a $2 payment to view apartments, a charge unrelated to rent. One prospective tenant recounted a landlord saying the fee would not affect the rent if the tenant accepts the unit. The issue drew complaints from readers today.
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Toronto
Assantarna Nan
Zal
Lipstick and morals rally notes spark beauty debate
Chicago July 27. Mrs M F Baird of Champaign, president of the American Cosmetician Society, tells 3060 members that curbing male wandering is part of their job. She argues that attractive wives help curb indiscretion and questions why virtue must be ugly. She cites the Christian Endeavor critique of rouge and urges better grooming to guide youth.
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United Press
Chicago
American Cosmetician Society
M. F. Baird
Champaign
Marshal Captures 3 Motorcar Thieves at Marble Rock
Three men who escaped authorities at Dousher ty, Ia, in a stolen car were captured by Marble Rock marshal F W Bower in stockyards Tuesday morning. The suspects Earl Baker Clarence Blake and Robert Moore were injured in a wreck when speeding overturned. They surrendered after the marshal, unarmed, drew near. their weapons were left in the wrecked auto and they were turned over to the Butler county sheriff.
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Marble Rock
Dousherty
F. W. Bower
Earl Baker
Clarence Blake
Robert Moore
L. Hoadley
John Geser
Mr. Bower
Mr. Geser
Marshal Bower
Isheritz
Butler County
Denial of Shortage Rumors Hits Chicago Opera
Chicago July 27 rumors of a cash shortage at the Chicago Grand Opera company were denied by attorney Redmond Stephens. He said the old organization faced no such deficit amid alleged box office tax-method issues and a manager’s discharge linked to alleged collusion with ticket scalpers in New York and Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Redmond Stephens
Opera Company
New York
Tennessee Pension Grants for Confederate Servants
The Tennessee pension board in Nashville has granted $10 monthly pensions to 47 individuals who served as cooks or body servants in Confederate armies. Eighty-five applications have been filed.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
The
Tennessee Pension Board
Isession
Banks Arm to Resist Bank Robbers in Waterloo County
Banks in Waterloo and Black Hawk counties organize a vigilante force armed with 45 calibre revolvers shotguns and Krag rifles to counter bank robberies. Deputies drawn from bank staff and veterans form armed bands under sheriff direction with autos ready for pursuit. Officials from state and county governments support the plan and a $1000 reward is offered for capturing attackers dead or alive.
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Waterloo Banks
Tang
Formey
State Bankers’ Association
Hach
Krag
Yeggs
American Legion
Waterloo
Yepg
Black Hawk County
Herman T. Wagner
United States
Department of Justice
Yoggs
Legion Presses Harding Over Vet Bonus Bill
The American Legion urged President Harding to back early passage of the adjusted compensation bill for veterans. Gilbert Bettman, head of the Legion’s legislative committee, delivered a statement to the president and cabinet members and to Senate leaders, asserting the bill’s justice and urging action despite a deferment. The Legion claims congressional houses favor the measure and pressures the administration to not block its early passage.
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Legion
Washington D. Os
Washington, D. C
American’ Legion
Harding
Gilbert Bettmen
National Legislative Committee of the ‘Organization
Bettman
Melon
Hoover
Daugherty
Labinet
United States
Senate
American Legion
Congress
Women vote against anticigaret measure in capi tal
Twenty five women filled a house committee room to hear Representative Johnson press a bill banning cigaret smoking by women in the capital. After two hours of argument a referendum showed twenty four of the twenty five women voting against the bill.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
House Committee
Johnson
Iowa Bank Robbers Caught in Chicago to Be Brought Back
Requisitions signed by Gov Kendall for the return of Hanlontown residents Florence and James Shamo charged with bank robbery. They are under arrest in Chicago and were indicted for robbing the Citizens Savings Bank of Hanlontown of 45950 in bonds on October 27, 1919.
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Iowa
Chicago
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Kendall
Towa
Hanlontown
Florence
James Shamo
Open Preliminary Hearing in Guthrie Bank Case
Guthrie Center Iowa July 27 Testimony at the preliminary hearing of Dave Masters for the murder of Stuart town marshal J K Meyers in the Stuart First National Bank robbery was circumstantial. Ad journment at noon until 2 PM. Mrs Mahoney Des Moines who saw Masters with four others in an alley after the robbery was a principal witness. Sheriff Robb Chief Saunders Hi Yackey and a Polk deputy were to be examined today.
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Associated Press
Guthrie Center
T. R. Lemmon
Dave
Masters
J. K Meyers
Stuart
Stuart First National Bank
Mahoney
Des Moines
Denver Police Hold Young Girl Hiker
Miss Mildred Curtis a 16 year old seminary student from Benton Harbor Michigan was arrested on a flat car at the end of a Union Pacific train arriving in Denver. She says she began a hike to Colorado from home but grew tired and boarded the fat car near Pierce. authorities hold her awaiting word from her father.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Mildred Curtis
Benton Harbor
Mich
Union Pacific
Colorado
Pierce
Cale
Family Wiped Out as Streetcar Hits Auto Killing Five
A Cleveland dispatch reports a fatal auto streetcar collision killing five members of the Francyk and Brantoff families. John M. Francyk his wife their baby and a daughter die alongside Anna Brantoff. Max Brantoff is in critical condition.
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United Preset
Cleveland
Anr
Buto
John M. Francyk
Francyk
Anna Deaskanna Brantof
Max Brantoff
Tar Daubers Get Warning Bullets Marked for Them
A threat letter from the Ku Klux Klan warned that 100 men would shoot down Klan members in southeast Texas. In Texarkana masked men abducted Gordon Harrison, an orchestra leader, and whipped him in a dancing hall, warning him about relations with white people.
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United Press
Dulles
Tex
Texas
Beaumont
Ku Klux Klan
Texarkana
Gordon Harrison
Parkersburg Fire Destroys Barns Livery and More
Parkersburg Iowa reports a night blaze destroying property valued 25 000 to 30 000 including a livery barn blacksmith shop elevator and lumber office. Fire started likely at Ackerman livery barn and spread despite water protection. Independent Grain and Lumber Co. buildings were spared but nearby structures and a dump burned until 1 30 a m. Two horses and a light wagon perished as the roof collapsed.
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Parkersburg
Ackerman
Indeendence Grain & Lumber Co
Illinois Central
Independent Grain & Lumber Co
H. Dresslhuis
New Jersey Receives Tax on Dempsey Carpentier Fight
State Treasurer Read announced Tex Rickard paid New Jersey $144866.70 as the state's 10 percent tax on the gross receipts from the Dempsey Carpentier fight. The payment was received in Trenton, N J, on July 27.
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New Jersey
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Tex Rickard
Senate Favors Quiz of Island Conditions
Washington July 27. The senate adopted Senator MacCormick's resolution for a committee to investigate conditions in Haiti and San Domingo, focusing on American participation in their affairs.
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Senate
United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Today
MacCormick
Haiti
San Dommnigo
Reward Offered for Light on Boy Death Mystery
Mr and Mrs H G Kuehn offer 100 reward to uncover how their son Henry Kuehn disappeared from a bathing beach on July 1 and was found dead in the river the next morning. They cite rumors of other boys seeing him and say several peculiar circumstances remain unexplained.
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Henry Kuehn
H. G. Kuehn
Sheriff turns hanging into pink tea affair
United Press reports Sheriff Peters refused to turn a hanging into a social event. He said he would issue only the usual invitations for the execution of Carl Wanderer, who killed his wife and a man hired to stage a fake abduction.
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United Press
Chicago
Peters
Union Depot
Waukegan Constable Speaks Of Bryan Speeding Incident
Waukegan Illinois July 27 A auto speeding through Waukegan was stopped by Constable John Frazer The passenger identified himself as William Jennings Bryan claiming to hurry to Antioch Illinois for a lecture engagement The constable initially doubted the name but Bryan provided explanations confirming the identity Also mentioned is William Agnew Barrett a National Board of Review member famed for watching more motion pictures than others in the U S and perhaps the world
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United Press
Waukegan
Tih
John Frazer
William Jennings Bryan
Antioch
Bryan
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
William Agnew Barrett
United States
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