Amnesty Extended for Foes by Irish Leader Anil Men Meet
Former foes aligned with Indianaplis miners and railroad unions prepare a Chicago conference on February 17 to discuss a joint alliance against wage scale attacks The United Mine Workers of America led by John L Lewis invites 16 standard railroad unions to join the meeting as miners set new wage policy for April 1.
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Indianapolls
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Chicago
John L. Lewis
Lewis
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employed Depot Federation of Labor
Standard Railroad
General Amnesty Decree Issued by Irish Provisional Government
Dublin February 11 The Irish provisional government led by Michael Collins issues a general amnesty for acts during the recent hostilities. The decree covers British naval military police and civil service members and others who aided or abetted violence, anywhere, in the last six years, with full legal protection and a call for citizens to respect the amnesty.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Michael Collins
Irish Provisional Government
Ireland
Great Britain
Guards Called Out In Strike In Providence
Three National Guard troops were stationed at armories in Providence to quell a textile strike disturbance in the Pawtucket valley. Governor San Souci, who ordered them last night, urged restraint and discussed field deployment as strikes caused plant closures tied to 20 percent wage cuts by management.
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Providence
R. 1
Pawtucket Wiliey
San Souci
New York Building Activity Reaches Record January
January 1922 shows a 49 percent rise in New York construction over January 1921. Across 27 northeastern states, total contracts awarded tripled to $186.32 million, though down 16 percent from December, remaining the second largest January in F W Dodge statistics.
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New York
F. W. Dodge
Change In Farm Bill Accepted
Washington February 11 by a vote of 278 to 8 the House accepted Senate amendments to the farmers cooperative marketing bill and sent it to the president for approval. The measure long before Congress in one form or another would permit organization of marketing associations among farmers for cooperative dealings.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Relief Chiefs Deny Charges In Hoover Report
Executives of the American Committee for Thiussian Famine Relief wired President Harding seeking a chance to meet and refute charges attributed to Secretary Hoover. The report claims over 200 relief organizations operate in the United States as “frankly competitive.”
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Chicago
American Committee For
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Tarding
Andh
Moorcroft Miners End in Cold Blooded Murder
J J Walker of Moorcroft dies after being shot by Fred Anderson alias Fred Roberts in Excelsior Springs Missouri. Anderson, a former Salt Lake City resident, is jailed awaiting murder charges after a fatal confrontation over a woman. Coroner details note Anderson fired from six feet, Walker died five hours later. Anderson’s son claims his father abandoned the family years ago.
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J. Walker
Moorcroft
Hmond
J. J. Walker
Moorcrofyo
Fred Anderson
Fred Roberts
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Janetlentad
Nave Wayne
Anderson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Walker
R. W. Walker
Wyo
Kansas
Andersen
John Shea
Shea
Roberts
Governor Dixon Honored as Scout Tenderfoot in Helena
Governor Joseph M. Dixon was made an honorary tenderfoot scout by Helena Boy Scouts. The ceremony occurred in the estate house lobby with local officials present. He delivered a brief address before reciting the official scout oath.
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Helena
Mont
Joseph M. Dixon
Boy Scouts of America
Tiny Tots Seek Hollywood riches tale spawns trail
Chicago dispatch reports Solomon Fink read aloud about Hollywood diamonds and cars to his family. Hours later Herman Fink five and Mollie Fisher four wandered with a neighbor's child through Northwestern railway station claiming they were headed to Hollywood to shoot a new western.
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Fink
Hollywood
Herman Fink
Mollie Fisher
Northwestern
Indiana
Newspaper Cut Becomes Alimony Contention in Missouri Case
In St Louis, Morris Yachts, a newspaper carrier, sought a lower alimony after local paper subscription rates were cut. The judge refused, ruling his income at the time of the order did not reflect the rate cut.
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ST. Louts
Morris Yachts
Murder Probe Details Narrowed as Dolly Normand Is Questioned
Los Angeles February 11 The Taylor murder investigation progressed with district attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine declining to reveal whether any witnesses would be summoned or if the day would take another direction. Actress Mabel Normand, among the last to see Taylor alive, was questioned along with chauffeur William Davis. Normand said she could offer no solution and denied being in love with the director.
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Normand
Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Woolwine
Mary Miles Minter
Miss Normand
Miss Minter
Taylor
William Davis
Davis
Miss
Mrs Obenchain Barred From Greeting Friends In Court
Los Angeles Feb 11 Mrs Madalynne Obenchain charged with murder of J Belton Kennedy will be barred from conversing with women friends and well wishers in court when the jury appears next Tuesday morning Judge Sidney N Reave ordered the bailiff to remove any offenders. Prosecutors protested the grouping of women near her and stated it could prejudice the jury William Laughlin a telegraph company employee and the first witness for the prosecution is to testify Tuesday regarding messages Obenchain allegedly sent to co defendant Arthur C Burch while she was in Los Angeles and he in Chicago.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Madalynne Obenchain
J. Belton Kennedy
Rene Misse
Sidney
N. Reave
Mrs. Obenchain
William Laughlin
Laughlin
Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
Chicago
Army Airplanes Sent to Monterey
Four American army airplanes with 53 passengers including Lieutenant Colonel Marino Medina and Major General Juan A Domingues left Laredo for Monterey. Army officers said the trip aimed at promoting cordial relations between Mexican and American military officers.
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Laredo
Texas
Marino Medina
Juan A. Domingues
Joaquin Amaros
Monterey
Quarantine on Colorado Dairy Cattle Declared in Wyoming
Gov Carey announces statewide Wyoming quarantine on Colorado dairy cattle after tubercular findings. Colorado stock entering Wyoming will be held for 60 days at owners expense for observation.
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Tribune
Cheyenne
Wyo
Carey
Wyoming
Colorado
Yap Treaty Signed Today Ends US Japan Debate
The United States and Japan formally signed a Yap treaty at 2 20 PM in the State Department ending the long diplomatic dispute over the Pacific island. Delegations led by Secretary Hughes for the U S and Baron Kijuro Shidehara for Japan witnessed the ceremony.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Yap
Bepordary Hughes
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
State Department
Lampitt Sentenced to Life For Wyoming Oil Field Killings
Albert Lampitt received a life term in the Rawlins penitentiary plus a $500 fine and costs after being found guilty of first degree murder in district court. The killings of Harry Feight and Worley Seaton occurred when a bunkhouse exploded at Grass Creek oil field last May, injuring three others.
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Lampitt
John King
Thermopolis
R. B. West
W. J. Simpson
Cody
Municipal Ownership Wins In Muscatine Bond Vote
In Muscatine Iowa on February 11 municipal ownership secured a decisive victory in a special election. The city approved a 25000 dollar bond issue to establish its own electric light and power plant by an overwhelming majority.
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WENS
Muscatine
Iowa
Ford Receives Lincoln Property in Eight Million Dollar Deal
A signed eight million dollar check to Ralph Stone, Lincoln Motor receiver, completes Henry Ford's purchase of Lincoln property at auction. Data by William Sayres set the transfer, witnessed today by Henry and Edsel Ford, W C Leland, Harvey Firestone, and Harry M Leland among others.
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Detroit
Mid
Henry Ford
Ralph Stone
Lincoln Motor Company
Ford
Lincoln
William 5. Sayres
Edsel Ford
W. C. Leland
Harvey Firestone
Harry M. Leland
The
Lincoln Company
Cement Price Reduction Sought by Eight States
Eight states in the Misuiadipp valley push for a further cement price cut for highway construction. Colonel C. H. Miller, head of the state public works and buildings department, said cement firms offered a reduction but deemed it insufficient.
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Springfield
Misuiadipp Valley
C. H. Miller
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Woman Bandit Aids Fur Robbery In Chicago
A well dressed young woman led two men in a $10,000 fur heist at Nathan Brodheim's Chicago store last night. She forced the owner into a closet with a pistol while his accomplices helped themselves.
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Chicago
Nathan Brodheim
Brodheim
Germans Seek Bachelor Tax Proposal to Boost Welfare Fund
Berlin Feb. 11 The National Association for the Protection of the Family says the Reichstag should raise the bachelor and childless parents tax by 10 percent. Revenue would fund a child welfare fund.
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Berlin
National Association For the Protection of the Family
Reichstag
Vassar Girls Seek More Men for Campaign Funds
Vassar College student group at Annandale on Hudson plans further activities to aid a $500,000 expansion of St Stephens College near the campus. The effort aims to attract more men to boost dancing partners for Vassar, with Miss Floren C. Mohale’s fudge auction fetching a record price of 23.0 a pound.
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Annandale-On-Hudson
N.Y
Vassar
Bt. Stephens College
al. Stephens
Mise Floren C. Moh
Vassar Girls
Ulster Premier Seeks Immediate Troop Reinforcements
Sir James Craig announced on arrival from London that four additional battalions would be sent to Belfast at once. He warned he would act independently if authorities fail to secure the release of kidnapped prisoners amid earlier raids. Shooting occurred in North Queen Street with police reinforcements.
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Belfast
Associated Forcas
James Craig
London
North Queen Street
Lorry Hold Up by Armed Men in Ireland and Related Notices
A Cork to Lissarda report says armed attackers hijacked a police vehicle on the Mac Room to Bandon route, looting rifles and gear but causing no casualties before the group fled. Belfast reports say kidnap victims await release next week amid border tensions and tightened policing. London notes the British cabinet steps to free pre truce offenses tied to Irish matters. A separate remark claims upper-class Chinese women focus on gossip and gambling, ignoring serious affairs.
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Cork
Associated Press
Mac Room
Bandon
Lissarda
London
Associated Preas
Colonial Office
England
Rickard Held to Grand Jury in New York Case
Tex Rickard sports promoter was held in 10000 bail by a New York magistrate on four charges preferred by 15 year old Alice Ruck and the children’s society. Counsel challenged prior testimony by the Ruck girl and Anna Wer. Proceedings adjourned to allow bail and custody with his counsel.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Alice Ruck
Children’s Society
Rickard
Simpson
Anna Wer
Richard
Senate Committee Takes Up Four Power Pact For Early Decision
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee opened formal consideration of the four power Pacific treaty on February 11 as part of the Washington conference agenda. After a lengthy discussion the panel adjourned with no fixed schedule and no hearings demanded. Senator Lodge indicated gradual reporting of treaties as they become ready.
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Senate
Harding
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Lodge
Borsh
Idaho
Brandegeo
Connecticut
Lodge
Pacific
City Must Pay for Lynchings in Race Riots
Chicago jury awards $6,000 to Mrs. Carmela Laxzweroni widow of Calmiro Laxzseroni killed by a mob during race riots on July 23, 1919. City found liable for the mob violence.
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Chicago
Carmela Laxzweroni
Caalmiro Laxzseron
Disappointment In Store For Personal Crisis Reports
New York report says bubble by gas will be harder to obtain from today and accidental death from the game enum will decline, per Dr HL GO McAdam of the city health department. A war by product device has been adopted to rehabilitate illuminating gas time.
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New York
Enum
HL GO. McAdam
City Health Department
Beaching Saves Big Oil Tanker Clement Smith
The oil tanker Clement Smith struck a submerged object at the entrance to the harbor and was beached when it appeared she was taking water. It was later refloated and brought to her dock with no injuries. The boiler and pump rooms flooded but damage thought light. The tanker, 4,612 tons, was from Port Lobos.
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Boston
Clement Smith
Port Lobos
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