Masked Gangs Kill Civilians As Belfast Riots Rage
Fierce rioting erupts in North Belfast after the murder of a policeman and wounding of two officers. Gunmen in masks invade homes on the Falls Road dragging victims from beds and shooting them. Three civilians are slain in their homes as troops patrol streets in armored cars. Several wounded and a police officer killed. violence spans late Saturday night into Sunday dawn.
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Falls
Leonard
Carroll
Falls Road
Farrell
Kearin
Trodzen
Ireland
Man dies after barroom shooting at Pacific hotel
George Heard died at St James hospital after being shot Saturday in the barroom of the Pacific hotel at East Park street. District court will file first degree murder charges against Mike Raich, jailed downtown. Heard’s deathbed statement supports witness Clarence Fye that the shooting was unprovoked. Raich says he shot Heard in the back after a drink refusal.
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George Heard
Pacific Hotel
East Park Street
St. James Hospital
Mike Raich
Harry Meyer
Clarence Fye
Raich
Soviet Documents Reveal Red Plans for U S Campaign
Chicago dispatch reports original Moscow orders found among Witty Schachman's effects. The documents threaten lethal action against officials who reveal plans and describe a general railroad strike to paralyze industry. Also noted are revolutionary links to Japan China Hindustan and Turkey with funds traced to the third international. A separate dispatch from Constantinople says a military junction on the South Russian front is imminent with captures of Kharkov and Ekaterinoslav expected.
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Chicago
Moscow
Witty Schachman
Nikolai Lenine
Orient
Japan
China
Hindustan
Turkey
Third Internationale
Schachman
Constantinople
Wrange
Marino
Bolshevists
Kharkov
Ekaterinoslav
Alex Mendrovsk
President of American Federation Sums Up Harding Backward View
The federation’s president tersely states that Harding’s stance favors retreat and reversal, signaling opposition to current forward policies and urging reconsideration of the administration’s course. The comment frames a cautious resistance within labor circles to the president’s approach.
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American Federation
Harding
Normalcy Against Progress in Gompers Article
Samuel Gompers writes in the American Federationist that Harding seeks to return to normalcy while Cox forges a forward course. He says the Republican platform turns its back on labor and the people, urging all workers to oppose those who retreat to the past and to support forward progress under Cox. The piece frames both candidates’ stated aims and the public mood against a backward path.
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Washington
Associated Press
American Federationist
Samuel Gompers
Harding
Cox
Gompers
Republican National Convention
Senator Harding
Union Leader Warns Craftsmen to Quit Squabbling
John H. Donlin, president of the Building Trades Department of the AFL, warned Chicago readers that building crafts must resort to reason to end jurisdictional disputes or unions may be destroyed and the open shop may prevail. The warning was sent from Washington to every international union affiliated with the department and released locally today.
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Chicago
John H. Donlin
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Coal output target set at 12 million tons weekly
Washington has coal operators aiming for more than 12 million tons of soft coal weekly through December 1 to avert a winter shortage. Despite summer rail-car bottlenecks, railroads promise support, and production during the week ending Sept 8 reached 11.614 million tons, the highest since January except for one week. Households are urged not to hoard coal.
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Washington
National Coal Association
Association
United States Geographical Survey
Butte Infant Mortality Lower Than National Average
Butte reports a 65 infant mortality rate per 1000 births for 1920, well below the national average of about 95. E R Grigg notes 1,338 births and 41 infant deaths in the year, with pneumonia, bronchitis and heart trouble among leading causes. Male births outnumber female by 42, and countywide births favored boys slightly.
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Mass
el Paso
Tex
Montana
Anaconda
Butte
Child Hygiene Association
E. R. Grigg
Pneu
Silver Bow
Grigg
Buite
United States
Burlington
Water famine forces Martigny villagers to drink wine and beer
Geneva Sept 26 The village of Martigny faces weeks without drinkable water after flood waters washed away the town water works due to a glacier pocket burst. The flood is receding but reconstruction will take many weeks, leaving residents to rely on wine and beer for drinking.
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Geneva
Martigny
Where Babies Have Best Chance Healthiest Cities
A fragmented list ranks cities by infant outcomes and population ranges. Brookline Massachusetts and Berkeley California appear among high and low tiers with figures mentioning populations from under 100 000 to 250 000 and multiple entries for Seattle San Francisco Cambridge Oakland and others.
Cabin Robbery Suspect Arrested After $353.47 Stolen
Pat Leggatt reported a break in at his cabin on East Woolman Street about 8 PM with $353.47 in cash and checks taken from his room. Paddy Quirk was arrested around 10 PM in North Walkerville by deputies Mackey Schwartz and Leary and jailed on robbery charges. Leggatt identified Quirk at the scene after seeing him leave the cabin. Quirk had previously served time at Deer Lodge and was linked to a Broadway robbery ten years earlier involving P. J. Boyde’s saloon.
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Pat Leggatt
Woolman Street
Leggatt
Paddy Quirk
Walkerville
Quirk
Mackey
Schwartz
Leary
Deer Lodge
East Broadway
P. J. Boyde
Perth Amboy asphalt plant fire destroys large complex
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Barber Asphalt Waving plant near Perth Amboy New Jersey. The blaze burned several acres with two large asphalt tanks and many tar laden cars. Loss estimated at 1.0 to 1.5 million dollars, with 32,000 workers affected. Police and firefighters report extensive damage.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Barber Asphalt Waving Company
Rioting Kills 25 Koreans in Japanese Quarter Attack
In Genzan Korea on Thursday and Friday, Korean students destroyed or damaged branches of the Koran Industrial Bank and the Oriental Development Company and burned seven Japanese houses. Japanese papers report further shooting and casualties as the mob, allegedly led by students from a Canadian Presbyterian mission, sparked the violence.
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Genzan
Korea
Associated Press
Koran Industrial Bank
Oriental Development Company
Canadian Presbyterian Mission
Two Montana Men Named Rhodes Scholars In 1920 Election
Boston, Sept. 26. Results of the annual United States Rhodes scholar election were announced by Prof. Frank Aydelotte. Two Montana men were chosen to go to Oxford in 1921, with the quota for the year at 32 and new arrangements easing reception. Selections were made from 5090 former scholars, about 400 candidates, on character, intellect, and vigor after personal interviews. no written exams.
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Boston
Rhodes
United States
University of Oxford
Frank Aydelotte
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rhodes Trustees
Oxford
Cecil John Rhodes
California
William F
Hunger strike by MacSwiney shakes Balmoral household
Lord Mayor MacSwiney’s hunger strike in Brixton prison disrupts King George’s Balmoral circle. A royal chaplain’s sermon references provoke tension as the king objects to the content. The royal family misses the weekly service for the first time this season amid resignations from several royal ladies over policy on Irish references.
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Macswiney
Universal Service
Special Cable Dispatch
London
Mayor MacSwiney
Brixton Prison
King George
Balmoral Castle
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