Tax revisions proposal cuts rates on small incomes and taxes gas
Senate Democrats Walsh and Gerry propose to cut normal tax rates for individuals earning up to 15 000 and impose a one cent per gallon gasoline tax to offset a 105 million dollar loss. They urge a graduated corporate rate structure and retain the capital stock tax while opposing the Republican plan.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Gerry
Rhode Island
Finance Committee
Senator Walsh
Treasury
Headway Fails on Anti-Beer Bill in Senate Session
The anti beer bill drew major Senate attention but made no progress as Senator Shields defended prohibition and a parliamentary tangle delayed decisions. Senator Sterling sought right of way amid a wrangle over debatable scope, while tax revision and peace treaty votes loomed. Opponents vowed to block unanimous consent and maintain obstructionist tactics.
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Washington
Senate
Shields
Tennessee
Sterling
South Dakota
Panama
Gloomy forebodings no longer justified says Harding
Charlotte. Sept 22. Governor Harding of the federal reserve board declares in a Made in Carolina Exposition address that banking conditions have greatly improved. He says the readjustment is progressing and that the corner has been turned, though much depends on agricultural prospects and how crops are marketed this year.
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Charlotte
N. C
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Desolation After Oppau Explosion Leaves Ruins
Desolation and ruins remain at Oppau Germany after a massive blast. AP reports 1100 dead and 4000 injured in the Mannheim Ludwigshafen district with French and German relief workers coordinating evacuations and medical aid. The 32nd French army corps leads the relief effort as casualties mount including French barracks destroyed and Moroccan rescues.
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Associated Press
Mannheim
Germany
Oppaun
Mannheim-Ludwigshaesen
Oppau
Verdun
Flanders
Thirty-Second Army
Red Cross
de Goutte
Rhine
M. Tirard
Eisenheim
Refuse Sacrament to Immodestly Dressed Church Postings
Montreal notices posted on doors of the Church of the Gesu Bleury street warn that the sacrament may be refused to women dressed immodestly. Archbishop Bruches ordered action to curb modern fashions. Reverend P O Plamondon said modern women’s clothes are a sin and a shame and that he has refused several woman interviews for clothes.
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Montreal
Church of the Gesu
Bleury Street
Bruches
P. O. Plamondon
Fund Created For Lane Memorial Beneficiaries
A $100,000 fund raised by friends of late Franklin K. Lane secretary of the interior will pay Mrs. Lane for life. Upon her death the principal will form a memorial to Lane, likely an educational institution, with Lane dying in May at Rochester Minnesota and leaving little estate.
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New York
Franklin K. Lane
Wilson
Lloyd George nears return as cabinet duties pause
London report notes Prime Minister Lloyd George, nearly recovered, will not return to London until about October 1. With no full cabinet meeting planned, he stays in close touch with ministers and is preparing a united government reply to De Valera. The Irish situation is unlikely to spark rapid cabinet sessions in Scotland soon.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Camonn de Valera
de Valera
Scotland
Farrington Warns Union Life at Risk Over Accounting
Indianapolis September 22 Led by Frank Farrington president of the Illinois coal miners the anti administration faction in the United Mine Workers of America clashed over John L Lewis proposal for an itemized $27000 accounting for an unauthorized strike two years ago The debate showed Illinois delegates divided and will continue tomorrow with Farrington arguing the issue is district autonomy and the union's life is at stake
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Indianapolis
Frank Farrington
Illinois Coal Miners
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Farrington
Gomer
Coulterville
Lewis
Ferrington
Mrs. Charles Calvert Claimed by Death
London reports the death of actress Mrs. Charles Calvert born in 1876 who began on stage at seven and acted with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. She achieved fame in England and the provinces and in the United States with Edwin Roth's company and Mary Anderson. Her strongest successes came in Shakespearean roles.
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Mrs. Calvert
Charles Kean
England
Provinces
Concession Men Shot Dead at Tennessee State Fair
W C Puckett of Atlanta and Charles J Stewart of Indianapolis were shot to death amid a large crowd at the Tennessee state fair grounds in Nashville on September 22.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. C. Puckett
Atlanta
Charles J. Stewart
Indianapolis
Arbuckle Murder Hearing Opens In San Francisco
The preliminary murder hearing for Rascoe Arbuckle began in San Francisco with Dr. Shelby Strange testifying on Miss Virginia Rappe’s autopsy. Arbuckle attended with wife Minta Durfee and lawyers as spectators packed the room and corridors.
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San Francisco
Rascoe
Atty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Sylvain J. Lazarus
Shelby Strange
Arbuckle
Minta Durfee Arbuckle
Flora Durfee
Frank FE. Dominguez
Charlies H. Brennan
Lou Anger
Must Pull Together Lloyd George Declares
Gairloch Scotland September 22 Premier Lloyd George told a deputation from the Dingwall town council that the nation must pull together. He said the task ahead is hard but progress shows improvement compared with a year ago and urged unity to help Europe if Britain holds.
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Associated Press
Gairloch
Scotland
Lloyd-George
Dingwall Town
Dingwall
Fox
Glalatone
Rosebery
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Europe
Operators Adopted to Pay Deputies in Southern West Virginia
Washington report on Sept 22 describes Attorney General England testimony to a senate panel. He says coal operators fund deputy sheriffs salaries, fueling miner unrest and pressuring authorities to seek changes in the anti union statute. Deputies are appointed by court and paid from a ten cent per ton assessment.
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Washington
England
Senate
West Virginia
Logan
Logan County
Former Huntington Police Chief Guilty of Liquor Equipment Possession
Morris B. Davis, former Huntington police chief, found guilty by a federal jury of unlawful possession of equipment for manufacturing liquor. Judge McClintic deferred sentence.
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Huntington
W. Va
Morris B. Davis
McClintic
Five Electors File Lincoln Party Petition in Pittsburg
Five electors C C Hamilton William P Peters Ralph A Meriffen William S Reid and Samuel H Kenah filed a petition with the common pleas court to form a Lincoln party in the district. They seek to run candidates for mayor councilmen judges and county officers including coroner and sheriff.
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Pittsburg
Lincoln
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
C. C. Hamilton
William P. Peters
Ralph A. Meriffen
William S. Reid
Samuel H. Kenah
New York City Race With Urbain Ledoux Aids Jobless
New York City joined Urbain Ledoux in a fundraising race to aid the unemployed. Officials announced a municipal redeing house to feed and shelter 1,000 jobless and Ledoux sought a building to aid another thousand. He urged churches to open doors and called for bread and coffee for the first 1,000, with Salvation Army processing applicants.
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New York
Urbain Ledoux
Mr. Zero
Bleeck
Ledoux
Salvation Army
Jury views Sprigg scene in Mingo County killings
In Williamson West Virginia on September 22 the jury for J C McCoy Dave Phillips and William Parsley visited Sprigg to inspect the May death of storekeeper Harry Staton amid Mingo County disturbances. Witnesses described seeing the defendants with guns but no shooting occurred. The trial resumed in Williamson with state witnesses continuing into the evening.
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J. C. McCoy
Dave Phillips
William Parsley
Williamson
W. Va
Sprigg
W Va
Harry Staton
Mingo County
F. H. Lacy
Staton
McCoy
Phillipa
Woman Confesses to Acid Attack on Husband in Akron
Akron, Sept 22 Mrs Minnie L Derr forty three mother of five confessed she threw acid into the face of her husband Alvin R Derr while he slept in their home. Derr died Tuesday from fumes. She said she did not want to kill him only disfigure him. The couple's five children heard the confession.
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Strange
Miss Rappe
William I Oppals
Grace Halston
Lazarus
Bambina Maude Delmont
Alice Blake
Zeb Prevost
O’brien
Semnacher
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Brady
Edward Swan
New York
Lowell Sherman
Arbuckle
Arthur Beardslee
Hotel St. Francis
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Robert H. McCormack
United States Attorney General
EH. Forrest Mitchell
Akron
Minniell. Derr
Alvin R. Derr
Derr
Mine Worker Officials Indicted at Fayette
Charleston West Virginia September 22 John Sprouse president of district 29 United Mine Workers of America James Gilmore board member and former president Frank Williams George Barrett and Toney Stafford organizers of the mine workers union all of Beckley and twenty eight others were indicted in the Fayette county circuit court on charges of attempt to commit murder and conspiracy under the Red Men act in connection with shoring up the Willis Branch coal properties several months ago One witness waived immunity and confessed corroborating testimony involving the indicted men Stafford is an unnaturalized citizen Four men are already serving terms after conviction for alleged complicity in the Willis Branch shooting.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Sprouse
United Mine Workers of America
James Gilmore
Frank Williams
George Barrett
Toney Stafford
Mine Workers’ Union
Beckley
Fayette County
Red Men's Act
Willis Branch
Morgan
Stafford
Ku Klux Klan Faces Federal Interrogation probe
Washington indicates Attorney General Daugherty ordered Burns to investigate Klan activity nationwide. Imperial Wizard Simmons says the Klan welcomes impartial inquiry and will open records to federal authorities. In Delaware Wilmington police break up a nighttime initiation mob near Union Park Gardens.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Soreector Burns
Department
Bureau of Investigation
Senate
Watson
Georgia
United States
Lord Baltimore
Stanley
Kentucky
Ohio
Senator Stanley
Anti-Saloon League
Weasterville
Senator Watson
Atlanta
William J. Simmons
Imperial Wizard
Imperial Klondliam
Council of the Order
Wilmington
Del
Union Park Gardens
Clarksburg Posts Largest Growth Among West Virginia Cities
Census Bureau figures show Clarksburg led WV in five year growth 1915 to 1919 with a 618.4 percent jump in factory product value and a 3190 percent rise in salaries and wages. Wheeling tops in production value among cities.
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West Virginia
Washington
Clarksburg
Census Bureau
Wheeling
Clarksborg
Charleston
Parkersburg
Huntington
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Charles Calvert
Fatty Arbogale
GQGT
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Fayette
Red Man Act
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