Moderate Irish circles push for dominion status talks
The Dublin convention chairmen Sir Horace Plunkett and Captain Harrison urge acceptance of dominion status for Ireland if it promises full legislative and economic independence within a cooperative empire. They say Premier Lloyd George’s offer may be clarified and invite Valera to disclose information to the public. They cite six conditions and seek mutual consent at imperial and League of Nations levels.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Lloyd George
Horace Plunkett
Captain Harrison
Dominion League
T& Dressed
Valera
Not
Ireland
Imperial Conference
League of Nations
de Valera
Doyd
George
No Immediate Action By Rail Labor Board
Chicago September 7 No action is expected for several days on Pennsylvania Railroad announcements that it would not comply with recent Railroad Labor Board decisions. The board met in executive session and several members prepared opinions while expecting multiple sessions to reach an agreement.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
Decision May Mean Peace or War With Ireland
Inverness Scotland Sept 7 A British cabinet meeting approved a government reply to Eire leader De Valera and dispatched it to Dublin via Sinn Fein courier Barton. A ministerial committee with full powers to act was formed to meet Irish plenipotentiaries once De Valera’s answer arrives, signaling a potential step toward peace or renewed conflict.
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Associated Press
Inverness
Scotland
Ireland
Pamonn de Valera
Dublin
Robert C. Barton
Sinn Fein
Dail Eireann
Lloyd George
Austen Chamberlain
Earl Curzon
Laming Worthington-Evans
Winston Spencer Churchill
Edward Shortt
Robert Munro
Lord Birkenhead
Hamar Greenwood
Robert Stevenson Horne
de Valera
International plot to smuggle valuable stones uncovered
New York reports customs officials seized two packages of diamonds valued at over 100000 dollars. The stones were taken from a purser's clerk named Ernest Potvin as the Zeeland, arriving from Antwerp, was leaving. The recipient's address and his connection to a jewelry firm are being pursued by authorities.
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New York
United States
Ernest Potvin
Zeeland
Antwerp
Pandemonium on Berlin Bourse
Berlin dispatch reports panic on the bourse as the mark slides to about 94. The surge of speculative orders overwhelmed bankers and brokers prompting a five hour session and possible four day closure to clear arrears. Germany’s floating debt is put at 202,776,170,000 marks.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Bow Court Yard
Germany
Murder on City Street Still Baffles the Sleuths
Bluefield reporters recount a baffling murder on a busy Bluefield street. Dick Arnold was shot five times after leaving the fair grounds area, with clashing alibis and conflicting witness accounts leaving detectives uncertain. An alleged Graham resident faced strong counter evidence of innocence, and a car near the scene is described by arriving bystanders. The case remains unresolved as investigators review testimonies.
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Bluefield
Dick Arnold
South Bluefield
T.S. Hamilton
Arnold
Graham
Billy Sunday Club
Eccles
Fair Grounds
Adams Street
Bland
Heeles
Raleigh County
Oakhurst Avenue
Bland Street
Root Expected as Judge of New International Court
Geneva reports in League circles that Elihu Root is likely to be elected judge of the new international court of justice despite rumors of his declination. Friends in the United States hold out hope he may still accept and be chosen unanimously, possibly as chief judge.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Elihu Root
New International Court of Justice
Mr. Root
Friends of the League
United States
Monroe Doctrine and League of Nations Debate in Assembly
Geneva reports the league of nations discussing the Monroe doctrine and intervention limits in American disputes. Bolivia seeks agenda on Chile Bolivia Tacna Arica revision, with Chile’s Augustin Edwards arguing it is an American matter. Bolivia says the US chancellery consulted, mediation not compatible with the Monroe doctrine.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Assembly of the League
Bolivia
Chile
Tacna and
Arica
Augustin Edwards
Train Dynamited Near Atlanta Injuries Reported
An Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic freight train was dynamited within eight miles of Atlanta tonight injuring several people. Unconfirmed reports say the engineer was killed.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Diamond Ring Found In Chicken In New Jersey
In South Gloucester New Jersey a chicken killed for Mr Edwin Bloome’s table yielded a lost $3000 engagement ring from four months earlier located in its craw.
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South Gloucester
N. J
Edwin Bloome
Trial set for Burgraff and Chambers in Matewan death case
Night session in Mingo county court secured a jury pool to try Fred Burgraff and Reese Chambers for complicity in the death of J W Ferguson, one of seven detectives killed May 19 1920 at Matewan. Court orders martial law style security around the courthouse.
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Williamson
W. Va
Fred Burgraft
Reese Chambers
J. W. Freguson
Matewan
Mingo County
Fred Burgraff
Reece Chambers
J. W. Ferguson
Pocahontas County
R. D. Bailey
Tom Davis
Morgan
Davis
Davia
Company A
National Guard
Wheeling Man Is Named Treasurer
C F Franciscus of New York was nominated for president of the United National Association of Postal Clerks at its twenty first annual convention in Wheeling. He faces no opposition and is expected to win. The convention adopted resolutions urging higher retirement annuities and optional retirement after 30 years, plus minor post office reforms. Plans for a welfare board proposed by Postmaster General Hays will be discussed tomorrow with a clerks' representative to join the board.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. F. Franciscus
New York
United National Association of Postal Clerks
Hays
Clerks’ Organization
Secretary Hughes Corrects Conference Name For Armament Talks
Secretary Hughes told Washington newspaper correspondents that the meeting is not a disarmament conference but “the conference for the limitation of armament.” He noted that use of the former title creates an erroneous impression of the talks’ purpose.
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Washington
Hughes
Funeral for Five Army Aviators Draws 5000 in Summersville
Five thousand people from Summersville and Nicholas county attended funeral services for four army aviators who died when their bombing plane crashed between Charleston and Langley Field. Corporal A C Hazelton of Wilmington Del was reported resting easily with good recovery prospects. The four dead are Lieutenants Harry L Speck and W J Fitzpatrick both of Medford Oregon, Sergeant Arthur R Brown of Kentucky, and Private Walter B Howard of San Francisco.
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Charleston
W. Va
Summersville
Nicholas County
Langley Field
A. C. Hazelton
Wilmington
Del
Coal Valley
Montgomery
Court House Yard
Harry L Speck
Medford
Oregon
W. 3. Fitzpatrick
Arthur R. Brown
Kentucky
Walter B. Howard
San Francisco
Rainfall Reported in Forest Fire Region Near McGrath
Rain fell in the western forest fire area near McGrath and White Pine, aiding officials who credited moisture with helping to check the flames. One village, White Pine, was reported destroyed yesterday as militia and volunteers backed lines and conducted back firing overnight. Fire crews in the Onamila district were withdrawn after the rain.
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St. Paul
Minn
McGrath
White Pine
Onamila
Delays Action On Changes By House In Tax Revision
President Harding intervened to force a Senate Finance Committee review of Mellons tax revision suggestions. Mellon plans to discuss revised estimates after the White House conference, with treasury tables on revenue and expenditures. The House bill would be evaluated after Mellon testifies, as the committee postponed any decision until then. The proposals sought about 3.7 billion dollars next year with new revenue ideas including higher tobacco levies and small increases in postal rates and auto licenses.
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Washington
Mellon
Hows Ways and Means
Harding
Senate Finance Committee
White House
House
Senate
Treasury
House Committee
Ideal weather and big crowds at Bluefield fair third day
The Bluefield County Fair third day drew ideal weather and the largest attendance of the week. Afternoon racing topped the program with a 2:17 pace and two five-eighth mile dashes, while Royal Cart driven by Dave H. Kelly set a new local track record at 2:08 1/4.
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Bluefield
Royal Cart
Dave H. Kelly
Miners Threaten Illinois Towns in Armed March
Eight hundred miners from El Dorado and nearby fields encamp near Elizabethtown preparing to march on Rosiclare and Elizabethtown with reinforcements said to bring the force to over 1,000. Police, deputies and hired guards rush to man roads as armed groups move through Karber's Ridge and furnace land amid reports of abductions and shootings.
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Associated Press
Elizabethtown
Ill
el Dorado
Rosiclare
Hog Thiefs Ford
Harrisburg
Rossclare
Karber's Ridge
Big Creek Ford
Furnace Land
Furnace Hill
Ohio River
Carrsville
Boxer Dies From Injuries After Kansas City Bout
Hade Tiger Gaulding aged twenty one died in a Kansas City Kansas hospital from injuries believed to have occurred during a six round boxing match Monday night in the city.
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Kansas City
Another Bid to Halt Electrocution of Six Negroes
In Little Rock, Arkansas, an application for a writ of certiorari was sent to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of the Arkansas state supreme court decision nullifying a chancery court injunction against the execution of six convicted men connected to the Blaine riots of 1919. The six have faced repeated postponements of their electrocution dates.
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Little Rock
Ark
Blaine, Ark
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Chancery Court
Quiet in West Virginia coal fields as troops move
Federal and state officials report a quiet southwest Virginia coal region with armed bands disbanded. The 26th Infantry awaits a special train to send troops back to Camp Dix while the 19th Infantry prepares to establish headquarters near Charleston and Kanawha City as mines resume operations.
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Camp Dix
Nineteenth
Kanawha City
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
H. H. Bandholts
Morgan
Mingo County
Logan
Kanawha
Logan-Boone
Bandholtz
Cabin Creek
Twenty-Sixth
Capitol
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Summers
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