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August 1, 1925

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OLVANY TO ASK FOLEY IF HE WOULD FIGHT HYLAN IN PRIMARIES; Hope That Mayor Will Withdraw Expressed After Big Five Meet on Mayoralty. NOT LIKELY, SAYS M'COOEY Turns Down Wagner, Walker and Churchill, Also 3 Men From His Own Organization. ANOTHER MEETING MONDAY Session at Waldorf Ends in Hint That Hylan May Change Mind Before Next Conference. TO ASK FOLEY IF HE WOULD FIGHT HYLAN

By Unknown Author

Conf of "Big Five" leaves Olvany and Flynn firm against him with McCooey, Connolly and Rendt for him; McCooey thinks it unlikely he will withdraw

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LINKS WATER JOBS WITH SINNOTT BONDS; Kerrigan Says Surety Agent Gets Toll on Awards by Board Headed by His Father. REVENUE IN "PAUPER" RISKS Deputy Controller Asserts Firm Collects From the Catskill Region to This City. LINKS WATER JOBS WITH SINNOTT BONDS

By Unknown Author

Kerrigan reports bonding business obtained through contracts made by Bd of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, of which J P Sinnott is member; says firm wrote "pauper bonds" insuring towns through which N Y C reservoirs and aqueducts pass against expense of burial of imported workers on project; cites big contracts in city; quotes testimony of J L Burke on contracts for fences in Catskill region

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DEPORTED GERMANS CROSS LINE IN MISERY; 5,000 Quit Poland to Huddle in Dirty Barracks, With 15,000 Others En Route.

By Lincoln Eyre

Deportation taking place; scenes en route

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DRY RAIDERS SMASH CLUBS WITH SLEDGES; New Drive to Make Broadway Dry Begun by Buckner and Merrick. CROWBARS UNHINGE DOORS Flying Squadron Headed by Raider From Border Known as 'Plague of the North.' DRY RAIDERS SMASH CLUBS WITH SLEDGES

By Unknown Author

3 arrested and liquor seized after dry squad led by W R Stafford, "Plague of the North," smashes doors

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CAILLAUX TO REST WHOLE DEBT CASE ON PARLEYS HERE; Check at London Shifts French Hopes for Favorable Settlement to Washington. BRITISH COLD TO OFFER Refuse to Accept 6,000,000 Yearly From Future Dawes Payments at Full Value. REPARATIONS CHIEF FACTOR French Minister Determined Not to Commit His Country to Settlement if Germany Defaults. TO REST DEBT CASE ON PARLEYS HERE

By Edwin L. James.special Cable To the New York Times.by Edwin L. James

Offer that was rejected by Britain; reparations a factor

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Notable Births

1925Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (died 2000)^[†]

Ernst Jandl was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator. He became known for his experimental lyric, mainly sound poems (Sprechgedichte) in the tradition of concrete and visual poetic forms.