United States Steel Reports Smallest Quarter Since 1915
United States Steel Corporation reported earnings for the quarter ending June 30 at 21,892,016, the smallest since March 1915, with regular dividends declared but drawn from surplus to meet common dividend needs. Chairman Gary said industry heads toward improvement and a day of unprecedented business awaits.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
United States
Rock of Ulster Obstacle to British Ulster Talks
London reports indicate Sinn Fein leaders discuss government outlines while no reply comes from De Valera. Dublin sources say the so called rock of Ulster is the great obstacle in the negotiations on proposals outlined by Austen Chamberlain.
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Associated Press
London
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
de Valera
Ulster
New Instructions to French Ambassador
Paris July 26 Great Britain agrees to a Paris experts meeting Thursday ahead of the August 4 supreme council. Premier Briand telegraphed fresh instructions to the French ambassador in London regarding reinforcements. The exact nature of the orders is not disclosed but expectations rise that the issue will be resolved before the council.
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Paris
Great Britain
Supreme Council
France
Briand
London
Passenger Train Runs Without an Engineer Near Suffolk
Fireman Henry Mason discovers the locomotive on Seaboard Air Line No. 16 is missing its engineer R. J. Buckner. The crew halts the runaway train three miles east of Suffolk and finds Buckner’s body near a trackside low bridge. The Birmingham Atlanta passenger run was automated by the fireman.
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Portsmouth
Suffolk
Henry Mason
R. J. Buckner
Birmingham
Atlanta
Buckner
Governor Len Small Offers Self to Sangamon Authorities
Springfield July 26 Gov Len Small offered to surrender to Sangamon county authorities on warrants charging embezzlement as former Illinois treasurer His counsel Albert Fink said Small would submit in Chicago tomorrow to the capias Judge Smith had directed Sheriff Henry Mester said he would take a sheriff s bond but would not go to Chicago Officials planned to arrest Small despite immunity claims and a diplomatic approach by State s Attorney Mortimer.
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Springfield
Lll
Small
Chicago
Sangamon County
Illinois
Henry Mester
Ill
Len Small
Cook County
Capias
Kankakee
Mortimer
George D. Sutton
Barber Howard Mitchell Charged With Kidnapping and Murder
Steubenville Ohio July 26 posse search for Howard Mitchell alias Harry Carman Wellsville barber charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Harry Cummins Jr local auto dealer. Prosecutor Pearce later changed kidnapping to murder after Cummins body found. Reward raised to 1500 by county. another 1000 offered by citizens. Cummins vanished Saturday after taking Mitchell for a car demonstration. car found in a city garage later that day.
Congress Moves Toward Expanded Farm Credits and Rail Debts
Washington July 26 Congress acted quickly to broaden the War Finance Corporation’s powers to fund up to 500 million dollars in railroad debts and to provide additional farm credits. Senator Kellogg introduced a Hoover Meyer drafted bill as a substitute for Norris’ farm export plan, arguing the WFC should handle agricultural lending. The president called the move a moral and legal obligation, while some lawmakers signaled opposition and expected action within two weeks.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
War Finance Corporation
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
Commerce Hoover
Meyer
Norris
Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Dividend Declared by Southern Pipe Line in Oil City
The directors of Southern Pipe Line today declared a dividend of $2 a share, payable September 1, to stock of record August 15. This dividend is $1 less than the previous payment.
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Oil City
Southern Pipe Line
Overhauling Fordney tariff rates urged by Senate panel
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee heard George C. Davis of the New York customs house warn that reforming rates under the Fordney tariff is needed for effective administration. He cautioned that adopting the American valuation plan would trigger broader, uncertain changes and long litigation, while Marvin and Culbertson backed the plan.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George C. Davis
Comparative Values Bureau
New York Customs House
Davis
Congress
Customs Service
Thomas O. Marvin
Wim. C. Culbertson
Tariff Commission
Flint Glass Workers To Accept A Wage Cut
Atlantic City July 26 Represent representatives of the American Flint Glass Workers Union and the National Association of Pressed and Blown Glass Manufacturers agreed to a ten percent wage cut for the Iron mold department. About 300 men work there. Tomorrow the chimney branch with over a thousand workers will also be asked to take a cut. T Berry president of the Manufacturers Association said the Fordney tariff is not enough to protect the industry and a delegation will appear before the Senate finance committee in Washington for a hearing tomorrow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Flint Glass Workers Union
National Association of Pressed and Blown Glass Manufacturers
Iron Mold Department
Ik. T. Berry
Toledo
Ohio
Manufacturers’ Association
Fordney
Berry
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Chamber of Commerce urges general turnover tax plan
Washington July 26 The Chamber of Commerce of the United States backs a general turnover tax on all business transactions as part of a broader tax program. It also urges repeal of excess profits and war excise taxes and supports limiting estate tax changes to avoid more than one tax in five years. Fordney leads tax revision hearings amid opposition to a federal sales tax as lawmakers seek $4 billion in next year’s revenue.
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Chamber of Commerce
United States
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Chamber of Commerce of the United
Mills
New York
P. Landreth
Philadelphia
F. P. Miller
Dowington
A. C. DeFord
Youngstown
Ohio
Ten Thousand On Otrike Relief List
West Virginia and Kentucky relief rolls show 10 971 men women and children on strike relief in Mingo county and Pike county. United Mine Workers official Frank Keeney releases census figures for the week ending July 27. Officers report lack of knowledge of the census by state police and public safety heads.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mingo County
West Virginia
Pike County
Kentucky
Frank Keeney
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
Keeney
Williamson
Brockus
Jackson Arnold
Department of Public Safety
Sol Levi Dies in New Orleans Businessman and Former Mayor
Sol Levi a New Orleans business man and former mayor of Birmingham Alabama died here early today. He was a notable figure in politics and commerce with ties to multiple southern cities.
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Sol Levi
New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
Officials eye late fall for disarmament conference meeting
Washington reports American officials favor late fall for convening all delegates once Japan confirms participation. They will prepare extensive data and programs while awaiting Japan’s formal acceptance and invitations. Tokyo also confirms cabinet decision to join the Far Eastern conference discussions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
United States
State Department
Harding
Tokio
Peace Time Amy By End Of Month
Washington reports the United States Army will be reduced to 150000 men by July 31 after Congress refused funds for a larger force. Secretary Weeks outlines the abandonment of seven cantonments and the sk
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Amy
Washington
United States
Congress
Weeks
Devens
Massachusetts
Sherman
Ohio
Pike
Arkansas
Grant
Illinois
Jackson
South Carolina
Meade
Maryland
Bragg
North Carolina
Dix
New Jersey
Travis
Texas
Lewis
Knox
Kentucky
Mendes Stubbs Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
Birmingham, July 26. M C Stubbs an Ensley merchant shot and killed his wife then killed himself. He left three notes addressed to The Public stating domestic infelicity prompted his actions.
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Birmingham
Ala
M. C. Stubbs
Ensley
Hospital costs for former servicemen averaged 4.68 dollars daily
In Washington on July 26, Dr. C H Lavinder told a Senate committee that hospital treatment for former service men cost about 4 68 dollars per day per case. He cited a daily average of 12 000 patients in public health hospitals, with a peak near 26 000, and said there were 6 000 beds available for veterans but no bed surplus.
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Washington
C. H. Lavinder
Public Health Service
Senate
Pomerens
Ohio
Lavinder
America Sails After Seizure Freed by injunction
The liner America, one of nine vessels seized by the Shipping Board, sailed for Bremen and Plymouth after a temporary injunction freed her from entanglements. The ship carried 797 passengers and 4,600 bags of mail with 250 American Legion members aboard bound for France.
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Bremen
New York
America
United States Mail Steamship Company
United States Shipping Board
Plymouth
Francis R. Mayer
Line
Mail Steamship Line
United American Lines
The
Shipping Board
Elmer Schiesinger
New Jersey
New York Court
George Washington
American Legion
France
Battle Fields
America Today
Rockefeller Denies Planned Marriage Quietly
New York reports say John D. Rockefeller Sr the world's richest man considered marriage but was denied this afternoon by his secretary at the Oil King's Tarrytown estate.
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New York
Apb
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
False Teeth Stolen in Havana Nap Incident
Manuel Ivkaz Morgado dozed in Central Park and woke to find his $40 set of false teeth missing. Police investigated, but no suspect was named in the report.
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Havana
Manuel Ivkaz Morgado
Morgado
Central Park
Automobile of murdered man found in garage
Steubenville Ohio July 26 The automobile of Harry Cummins Jr an automobile dealer whose body was found on the outskirts of Steubenville was located tonight in a local garage. The proprietor said the car had been brought from the outskirts for repairs last Saturday by a man answering the description of Cummins companion sought by police. Cummins body was found by men searching for lost cattle after a weeklong disappearance. He had a bullet wound and his ring and pocketbook were missing. Authorities have offered a 1500 reward for the apprehension of a Wellsville Ohio man alleged to have been Cummins companion on a trip Saturday afternoon and who cannot be found.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Howard Mitchell
Harry Carman
Wellsville
Barber
Harry Cummins, Jr
Mitchell
Stanton Pearce
Cummins
Jefferson County
Steubenvile
No “White Slavery” In Haiti Report
Geneva July 26 dispatch says Haiti rejects existence of white slavery in the island and Haitian officials offer no reply to league inquiries on the matter asserting such a slave trade never existed there.
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Haiti
Geneva
Switzerland
The
League
Morristown Man Killed in Shootout With Constable
In Beckley West Virginia July 26 a running fight between Constable A A Painter of White Oak and Morris Mayner living near White Oak left Mayner dead from shots to the heart and forehead. Painter was wounded and later treated at home. A coroner's jury exonerated Painter finding Mayner killed by the officer in the line of duty.
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Mayner
Justice Stover
Painter
Justice of the Peace
Prince
Southeast Texas band plans action against Ku Klux Klan
Beaumont residents report formation of a group to oppose Klan activities in southeast Texas. The letter to the Ku Klux Klan claims local officers fail to arrest Klan members who violate the law and calls for open warfare against the group.
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Beaumont
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Mrs. Warren Spurgin Returns to Aid Bank Case
Detroit reports Mrs. Warren Spurgin, wife of the missing Michigan Avenue Trust Company president in Chicago, turned herself in to detectives and headed back to Chicago to help authorities locate her husband, sought for questioning over the bank’s failure.
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Detroit
Warren ¢. Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company of
Chicago
Peace Proclamation Recommendations Soon
Attorney General Daugherty announced that recommendations on issuing a peace proclamation will be sent to President Harding within a week. He said the study of wartime laws to assess the proclamation’s effects is progressing rapidly and thorough coverage is planned.
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Mr. Daugherty
Harding
Daugherty
De Valera Reply Forecasts Declared Pure Guesswork
Dublin reports that forecasts of Eamonn De Valera's reply to British proposals are speculative. Desmond Fitzgerald notes no announcement is imminent. Indications suggest friction with Ulster over unity and a supreme Irish parliament, with Ulster resisting cohesion.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Desmond Fitzgerald
Sinn Fein
Ulster
de Valera
Ireland
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Leclares
Rock OF Ulster
Lloyd George
Upper Silesia
Flint Glass
Otrike
S. Frank Keeney
Mingo
John D
Morris Mayner
A. A
White Oak
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