Plot by French Communists Threatens American Officials in France
Paris reports a planned retaliation by French communists if Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. Threats target American reparations offices and passport bureau. consulates in Bordeaux Lyon and Marseilles guarded. Ambassador Herrick receives more protest letters. police pursue leads and caution crowds near U S sites. Boston editor condemns the bombing as an act of an enemy or a disturbed individual.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Sacco
Vanzett
Sen
United States
American Reparations Commission
Passport Bureau
Alexander M. Thackara
Marseilles
Bordeaux
Lyons
Place de l ‘Etoile
Duc Des Italions
Ambassador Herrick
Chalons-Sur- Marne
Boston
Fred H. Moore
Niccolai Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Ann- Herrick
Europe
Vanzetti
Senate resumes probe on MSNDAY over West Virginia troubles
Judge Hilbert Gary chairman of United States Steel, Brig General H. H. Bandholtz, and West Virginia Attorney General BE England named as witnesses for miners. Frank P. Walsh urged subpoenas in a letter to Senator Kenyon, aiming to compel Gary’s testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hilbert Gary
United States Steel Corporation
H. H. Bandholtz
BE. T. England
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Senate
Frank P. Walsh
Kenyon
Gary
Trainmen to Strike on Saturday Across International and Great Northern
San Antonio Oct 20 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the International and Great Northern line will strike at noon Saturday October 23. About six hundred trainmen will be affected by the strike order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
B. G. Goforth
International and Great Northern Railroad
Palestine
Brotherhood of Railroad
Federal Judge Arrested in Pasadena for Failing to Render Aid
Pasadena police detained Federal Judge Page Morris of Duluth Minnesota after his car allegedly struck Mrs Elizabeth Holmes and he did not stop. Motorcycle officers pursued him for seven blocks before catching the jurist who was released on $1000 bond awaiting a hearing. Police planned to file charges of failing to render assistance and failing to report an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Page Morris
Duluth
Minn
Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Holmes
Senate Votes to Strike Tax Bill Provisions on Foreign Trade
Washington Oct 20 after two days of debate the senate 36 30 to strike from the tax revision bill provisions defining foreign traders and foreign trade corporations exempt from tax on income from sources outside the United States Eleven Republicans joined Democratic opponents in opposing the exemptions led by La Follette who argued foreign rivals already tax abroad Senators Hitchcock Simmons and Townsend warned such exemptions would let firms dodge taxes while Edge backed Smoots sales tax plan and opposed higher surtax rates saying they would slow recovery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
United States
Treasury Department
Senate Finance Committee
Borah
Idaho
Capper
Kansas
Cummins
Iowa
Harrold
Oklahoma
Kenyon
LaFolette
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Moses
New Hampshire
Nelson
Minnesota
Townsend
Michigan
Willis
Ohio
LaFollette
Simmons
North Carolina
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Edge
New Jersey
Rum Running Reduced on Canadian Border
Washington reports a near fifty percent drop in rum running on the Canadian border after a conference between Collins M Graves Vermont prohibition director and Commissioner Haynes at prohibition headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canadian
Prohibition
Collins M. Graves
Vermont
Haynes
Capitol Police Demand Protection From Automobiles
Washington Oct 20 A demand for protection by capitol police from automobiles and that devilish machine known as the motorcycle was made to day in the senate by Senator Watson Democrat Georgia Referring to the Stars and stripes floating from the capitol dome as a guarantee of life liberty and limb the Georgia senator with fervid oratory declared that senators were compelled to jump from in front of motor vehicles and that tourists and other visitors also were imperilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Senate
Watson
Georgia
Capitol Dome
Admiral Beatty Arrives in America for Legion Visit
Admiral Earl Beatty of Britain sails to New York aboard the Aquitania to attend the American Legion convention in Kansas City and advise on the Washington armament conference. He is greeted by destroyers and guards, then to be honored with the city’s freedom at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Convition
New York
Earl Beatty
American Legion
Kansas City
Washington
Hugh Rodman
Scapa Ww
City Hall
United States
State
Navy
Edgeveath Italien
Rene
Pilgrim Society
Chicago
Pershing given a popular welcome in Cherbourg
General John J. Pershing arrived from Paris to a warm reception in Cherbourg. A colonial regiment formed the guard of honor, partly comprised of colored troops, and tea was served at the prefecture with no speeches after Pershing requested their omission.
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Cherbourg
John J. Pershing
Paris
Guard of Honor
Pershing
Diaz visits Roosevelt grave and Long Island tour
General Armando Diaz toured Long Island visiting Theodore Roosevelt’s grave at Oyster Bay and the Kings Park asylum housing 130 shell shocked veterans. He attended luncheon at Piping Rock Club then returned to New York for dinner and planned visits to Grant’s Tomb and West Point with cadet corps review.
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New York
Long Island
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Armando Diaz
Kings Park
Piping Rock Club
American Legion
Italy
Roosevelt
Developments in Thursday Rail Strike Situation
Thursday's rail strike update shows labor board talks with five union presidents adjourned with no definite results. The six large unions pause as conferences continue. Hoover plans for essential transport if a tie up occurs. Officials meet with President Harding on the rail situation. Eastern roads seek replacements to cover potential strikes.
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Labor Board
Cleveland
Standard
Big Five
Secretary of
Commerce
Hoover
Department For Transportation of
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Goff
Harding
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
American Railway Men’s Association
Pennsylvania Lines
Southern Railway
Chicago Rail
Officials Hopeful Rail Strike Danger Fades
Washington noted optimism after Chicago talks between railroad labor board and union chiefs. A White House conference with President Harding and IC C Chairman McChord signaled possible rapid freight rate cuts by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Hoover said Commerce would coordinate state and municipal efforts to move food and fuel, using trucks and water transport if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Commerce Department
White House
Harding
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Goff
Commission
Me Railroad Board
Brotherhood Chiefs
Labor Board
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Unmasked bandits steal 2000 dollars in Wakaka bank raid
Five masked men robbed Farmers State Bank in Wakaka Indiana taking 2000 dollars in cash and bonds. They fled after exchange of gunfire with townspeople and police. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakaka, Ind
Farmers State Bank
Earthquakes Felt in Iquique Early Morning
Violent shocks were felt at Iquique in Valparaiso Chile at 1:45 this morning. No damage was reported.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Iquique
Auxiliary Receiver Named for Coke Company in West Virginia
Richard Sherrick of Uniontown Pennsylvania was appointed ancillary receiver of the Southern Connellsville Coke Company Inc in West Virginia by Judge Charles P Orr. Bond set at 15000 dollars. Petition by G W Thompson J Harry and B F McNeill stockholders noted the role to manage assets under federal western Pennsylvania jurisdiction following a prior West Virginia district receiver appointment.
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Pittsburg
Richard Sherrick
Uniontown
Southern Connellsville Coke Company, Inc
West Virginia
Charles P. Orr
United States District Court
G. W. Thompson
J. Harry
B. F. McNeill
the Corp
Federal
District of Western Pennsylvania
Baker
Joseph C. Lesage Named Huntington Postmaster
Postmaster nominations sent to the Senate by President Harding include Joseph C. Lesage of Huntington Virginia now Huntington West Virginia. Other nominees listed: William L. McClay Lincoln Nebraska William H. Jones Sioux City Iowa Ernest W Dort San Diego California James S Grisham Trinidad Colorado John H Cunningham Loveland Colorado David Goin Frankfort Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Harding
William L. McClay
Lincoln
Neb
William H. Jones
Sioux City
Iowa
Ernest W. Dort
San Diego
Calif
James S. Grisham
Trinidad
Colo
John H. Cunningham
Loveland
David Goin
Frankfort
Joseph CC
Lesage
Huntington
No Indication of Return of Troops Washington Oct
Washington reports no decision on withdrawing American forces from the Rhine or reducing command strength. A formal restoration of peace with Germany awaits exchange of ratified papers in Berlin and a subsequent diplomatic process. The treaty includes commercial provisions and reservations of American rights under Versailles.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Berlin
Harding
Senate
Rhine
Railroads Prepare as Strike Looms in New York and Chicago
Rail executives in New York plan a poll of train employees to gauge who will strike while pensioned workers are urged back to service. Officials expect to fill vacancies from advertisements and recruit from colleges and clubs. In Chicago, railroad presidents say conferences failed to settle the issue, prompting intensified strike preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Railroad Board
Middletown Man Convicted in Triple Murder Case
Emil Schutte found guilty of first degree murder for the December 10, 1914, killings of Joseph Ball Mary Ball and Jacob Ball in Middletown Connecticut. Sentence deferred until next week.
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Middletown
Conn
Emil Schutte
Joseph, Mary
Jacob Ball
Do minion Theatre Fire Hurts Ottawa Captain
A blaze destroyed the Dominion Theatre in Ottawa causing about 150000 dollars in damage. Fire Brigade Captain H P McConnell fell three stories through the Cecil Hotel skylight and was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion Theatre
H. P. McConnell
Cecil Hotel
Bay City Bank Teller Confesses to Embezzlement
Carl Lankenau former teller at the Bay City Bank confessed to federal officers that he embezzled sixty thousand dollars while on trial in U S district court in Bay City Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City, Mich
Carl Lankenau
Bay City Bank
United States District Court
Monsignor John Synott Dies at St Charles College
Monsignor John Synott, 63, president of St John’s Seminary Hartford, died suddenly today at St Charles College in Catonsville a Baltimore suburb. He was born in Baltimore and had served the church for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsinor
John Synott
Baltimore
Monsigenor
St. John's Seminary
Hartford
Labor Board Fails to Avert Strike Amid Talks
Chicago October 20 The railroad labor board failed to avert the October 30 strike after four hours of talks with five unions. Chairman Barton and Vice Chairman Hooper stated no definite results were reached and no further conferences are planned. Union leaders said plans for the strike would proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Ben W. Hooper
Labor Board
Brotherhood
R. M. Barton
Barton
Hooper
Chambers and Burgraff Face New Trial in Matewan Death Case
Reece Chambers and Fred Burgraff are to stand trial in Monroe County circuit court on charges tied to the death of Baldwin-Felts detective W. J. Ferguson from the Matewan battle of May 1920. Their September jury failed to reach a verdict, and a Monroe County venue has been set for a quicker panel selection.
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Reece Chambers
Fred Burgraff
Mingo County
Monroe County
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Gen. Bandholtz
England
Mr. Smoot
Smoot Manufacturers
Capitol Police
Admiral Beatty
America
Gen. Pershing
Diaz
Coke Company
Joseph C. Lesage
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