Report on deplorable conditions at Johnson City soldiers home
Forbes testifies before a senate committee that 850 ex servicemen at the Johnson City Tenn home suffer from vice, corruption and immorality. Morphine, whiskey and other abuses are alleged, with guards defied and lax discipline. Senator Walsh urges action by Attorney General Daugherty. Forbes cites lack of federal jurisdiction.
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Daugherty
Washington
Johnson City
Tenn
Congress
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Senate
Bureau
Fores
M. P. McInerney
Walsh
Massachusetts
Federal Board
Subomittee
Rest Haven Sanitarium
Wau- Kesha
Wis
Irish Dail to Meet August 16 Amid Negotiations
London reports extreme caution over Irish talks as the Dail Eireann is summoned to meet August 16. Officials send notification to imprisoned Irish Republican Parliament members, while Dublin and Belfast discuss the minimum Ulster terms. Government aims to avert negotiation breakdown and push reconciliation by north and south.
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London
Dall Eireann
Dublin
Belfast
Ulster
Stefansson Plans Voyage to North Arctic Expedition
Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson announced plans for expeditions under the Stefansson Exploration and Development company. Associates include E. J. Knight of Seattle F. W. Maurer of Vancouver and Allan Crawford of Toronto. Crawford to head ship from Seattle Aug Al to Nome aboard the Victoria. Orion schooner outfitted. By August end the party expects to be in Arctic seas with scientists joining next year.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Stefansson
E. J. Knight
Seattle
F. W. Maurer
Allan Crawford
Toronto
Crawford
Victoria
Nome
Orion
Arctic
Craw-ford
Unopened mail pouch found after post office robbery
An unopened mail pouch containing 46000 dollars, seized by three bandits who held up Tommy Feralso, a post office messenger at North Wood River, Illinois, was discovered late today in a cornfield near Peters, Illinois, about 10 miles from the robbery site.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Tommy Feralso
North Wood River
Til
Peters
Knights of Columbus to Spend 2.5 Million on Hospitalization
San Francisco report states the Knights of Columbus will allocate about 2.5 million dollars for hospitalization work for disabled ex service men. The effort follows an agreement with the U S Public Health Service to provide comforts and recreation in government military and marine hospitals and to maintain vocational training for shell shocked veterans. The organization will continue 800 college and university courses and 132 night vocational schools. It also notes the Irish question stance: no new policy beyond the 1920 New York convention resolution supporting Irish self government and U S recognition of their government.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Knights of Columbus
Saal
William J. McGisley
United States Public Health Service
Knights
McGinley
New York
United States
Montana Outlook Improves in Federal Survey Says
A U S employment service survey reports Montana showing limited gains as building, harvest, and railroad work ease unemployment from mining downturns. Billings sees upward trends with construction and civic projects offering jobs, while Helena notes persistent mining gloom but some activity in building and agriculture. The outlook remains cautious with no rapid improvement expected until mining recovers.
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Standard
Washington
Montana
United States Employment Service Survey
Billings
Helena
Booze Easy to Get but Is Expensive
Lord Northcliffe, en route to Vancouver, plans for Honolulu and Australia, notes a Vancouver newspaper man stating the average American finds alcohol easy to obtain yet costly and often of poor quality. The remark highlights cross continental views on beverage access and pricing.
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Lord Northcliffe
Vancouver
Honolulu
United States
Couver
Arrests in Stillwater theft case near Bozeman
Bozeman reports two men F. Moran and Elmer Spencer were arrested in Columbus by Stillwater County sheriffs on a charge of stealing a car in Bozeman Wednesday night. The wrecked auto was found in a ditch nine miles beyond Livingston. Both suspects are reportedly injured.
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Bozeman
Moran
Elmer Spencer
Columbus
Stillwater County
Livingston
Jody of Caruso Laid to Rest in Italian Home
The funeral of Enrico Caruso was held today at the Royal Church of San Francesco di Paola in Naples. A cortege with troops and vast crowds moved to the cemetery where the body was placed in a vault. Services were conducted by permission of King Victor.
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Naples
Tleo Caruso
San” Prancesco di Paola
Victor c
Shelley Declines To Withdraw From Race For Prohibition Director
National Republican Committeeman C H P Shelley of Montana will remain in the race for federal prohibition director for Montana despite opposition from Representative Riddick and McCormick. McCormick plans to support Shelley when Harding returns, aiming to press the White House for Shelley's appointment, while Blair may oppose Shelley's nomination unless overridden.
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Cial
Standard
Washington
National Republican
Upt
Prohibition
Shelley
Internal Revenue
Blair
Widow opposes clemency for Byrne Chronopolis murder case
Mrs Sylvester J Prenat arrived from Oakland to oppose executive clemency for Steve Byrne and Theodore Chronopolis who were sentenced to die for the December 9 1919 murder of her husband in Butte. She recalls the brutal night and vows to witness the execution, stating she will not forget. She plans to stay in Butte until the August 31 date and then return to California.
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Steve Byrne
Theodore Chronopolis
Sylvester J. Prenat
Prewatt
Butte
Oakland
Cal
Prenatt
Bea
Judge Landis faults lack of final draft in Chicago trades dispute
Federal Judge Landis harshly criticized the failure to reach a final draft of a Uniform agreement aimed at ending the Chicago building trades controversy. The dispute stalled as the draft remained unsettled. A separate Washington report notes plans for federal and health agency cooperation to prevent pellagra recurrence, discussed at a conference with Surgeon General Cui ming, health officials from 12 southern states, the Red Cross, and the Department of Agriculture.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Building Trades
Landis
Washington
Cuiming
Public Health Service
Red Cross
Department of Agriculture
Mellon warns Congress on tax burden and expenditure cuts
Secretary Mellon urged the Ways and Means Committee to cut federal outlays or raise taxes, warning that without substantial reductions the tax levy could rise by half a billion. He noted July expenditures and a peak in deficits, while Rep Mondell argued it is feasible to cut the total tax levy by at least $500 million and repeal excess profits and higher income taxes.
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Secretary of Treasury
Representa' Mondell
Congress
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Mr. Mellon
Melton
Mondell
Wyoming
Will contest in Murray will case set for October
Salinas Cal Aug 4 The trial of the contest of the will of James A Murray Montana mining millionaire who died at Monterey this county is set for Monday Oct 3 Contestants demand a jury trial.
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Salinas
Cal
James A. Murray
Montana
Monterey
Mail Robbery 16 Charges Against Young Employee
Waurner Willoughby, 21, a Northern Pacific employee, was arrested at the passenger station by Postal Inspectors for theft and embezzlement of mail packages valued at about seven to eight thousand dollars. He confessed to a two year spree of robberies involving merchandise and jewelry, ending a six month investigation into the disappearance of parcels and sacks.
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Waurner Willoughby
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
JR. McWhorter
Tennyson Jefferson
Willoughby
President Seeks Firm Results From Disarmament Talks
President Harding expressed confidence that the disarmament conference would yield definite progress toward eliminating war. He said America follows a God given destiny to lead world peace and prayed for a new order under his administration focusing on peace and brotherhood.
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Harding
America
Disarmament Conference Set for Armistice Day Start
Washington reports that the international disarmament and Far Eastern conference, proposed by President Harding, is expected to begin on November 11, the armistice anniversary. Britain agrees to the date, Japan hints at no objection though preferring delay, and France and Italy likely to join promptly. The U S seeks a defined agenda without insisting on rigid topics, with Yap possibly discussed or eliminated beforehand.
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Washington
Harding
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Tokio
France
Italy
Hughes
State Department
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