Congress Reconvenes for Long Session in 1922
Congress reassembled after a 30 day recess with 54 Senators present. Debate focused on President Harding letters, tax and tariff revisions, and the for credit relief bill described as a bankers’ bill. Senate also prepared to consider the German Austrian and Hungarian treaties and a Smoot tax proposal as a House bill moves to the Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Coolidge
House
Piersson
Mississippi
Harding
McCormick
Ilinois
Harrison
Turson
New Mexico
Sterling
South Dakota
Cburrison
Germany
Austrian
Hungary
Capitol
White House
Lodge
Foreign Relations Comimitteve
Tarrison
Marting
New York State
Daston
Finance Committee
la Follette
Wisconsin
Smoot
Utah
Daugherty Orders Inquiry On Klan Investigation
Attorney General Daugherty and Director Burns of the Bureau of Investigation conferred on Wednesday to consider the necessity of seeking an investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. Mr Burns has been basing an investigation.
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Daugherty
Washington
Director Burns
Bureau, of Investigation
Burns
Harding appoints Farrington to deliver message at World Press Congress
President Harding designates Wallace R. Farrington of Hawaii as governor of Ilawall territory to deliver a special message to the World Press Congress when it convenes on October 11 in Columbia Missouri.
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Harding
Columbia
Press Congress of the World
Wallace R. Farrington
Ilawall
Congress
Harding Nominates Lands Office Officials for Great Falls
President Harding nominates Walter Bobennett of Great Falls as register of the land office and Osthur 7 Lewis of Floweree as receiver of public moneys at Great Falls.
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Washington
Walter Bobennett
Great Falls
Harding
Osthur
Lewis of
Floweree
Pershing Arrives in France to Welcome at Havre
General John J. Pershing commander of the American forces returns to France aboard the liner Paris from the Atlantic. The arrival at Havre Wednesday is marked by a guard of French battle cruisers Strasburg and Metz torpedo boats and destroyers escorting the vessel. The general, on the bridge beside the captain, is greeted with a patriotic welcome as the liner moves upriver.
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General Pershing
France
Havre
John J. Pershing
Paris
Pershing
Atlantic
Prurrot
Strasburg
Metz
Aurier
National unemployment conference to meet in session
Washington Secretary Hoover announced a national unemployment conference will meet here next Monday at 10 o'clock. About 30 delegates will be chosen to reflect regional diversity and help craft a practical working program without dole or charity measures. The full conference will organize into committees with hearings likely on various subtopics.
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Washington
Hoover
Treaver
Mine Foreman Shot Dead by Employee at Virginia City Mine
John Keel, an employee, killed mine foreman George Grant at the High Up mine near Virginia City after a friendly wrestling match. Five shots were fired, three hitting Grant in the head and neck. Keel surrendered to authorities.
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Butte
George Grant
High Up
Virginia City
John Keel
Madison County
Keel
Grant
Weel
Misk River irrigation dispute eyed for Ottawa meeting
State Engineer C S Weidel said an International Joint Commission decision on Milk and St Mary river irrigation rights likely will be issued at the Ottawa gathering on October 4. The dispute dates to 1900 and concerns cross border water rights and reservoir development. Governor Dixon urged facilities to satisfy both nations.
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Helena
United States
Canada
St. Mary River
International Joint Commission
Ottawa
C. S. Weidel
Commission
Lethbridge
Montana
Chinook
Mont
Joseph
Dixon
Weidel
Dominion
Mr. Heidel
Willis J. Egleston
United States Reclamation Service
Rudolph Forster Considered for Assistant to President
Under a new executive reorganization, the office of assistant to the President is under consideration with Rudolph Forster, executive clerk at the White House, named as a possible appointee. Forster has served as the President's right hand through several administrations and is noted for his familiarity with executive routines.
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Rudolph Forster
White House
Forster
Akron Woman Faces Murder Charge In Acid Attack
Mrs Minnie L Derr 42 is in the People's Hospital after confessing to throwing acid into husband Alvin R Derr's face in Akron. Derr died from inhaling fumes. Police court docket lists murder charge. She broke down, crying she meant to disfigure not kill.
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Akron
Ohio
Minnie L. Derr
People's Hospital
Alvin R. Derr
Lloyd George delays cabinet return on peace reply
London reports Premier Lloyd George will not return to London until about October 1. He remains in touch with ministers and will communicate the government’s considered reply to Eamonn de Valera. A boycott of southern Irish goods grows amid Ulster product protests.
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London
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Trish
Scotland
Southern Ireland
Ulster
Dingwall Town Council
Burgh
Dingwall
Fox
Gladstone
Roseberry
Chamberlain
Providence
Ultimatum to China deemed unavoidable by Japanese party
A Japanese opposition party resolution asserts Japan must adhere to the 21 demands and seek agreements on all China engagements. M Wakatsuki defends the 21 demands treaty, arguing an ultimatum to China is unnecessary if China honors prior accords. Officials say Japan favors comprehensive review of China affairs.
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Okuma
Tokio
Japan
China
Kensei-Kai
M. Wakatsuki
Far East
Freight Train Holdups Arrested in Bozeman and Billings
In Bozeman two Mexican men and a Black man were arrested after a sensational freight train hold up on the Northern Pacific and a box car raid bound for western points. Special agent James Keown turned the trio over to Gallatin county authorities. The Black man, named Joe Brown, pleaded guilty to vagrancy and received a 30 day sentence. A Mexican suspect is held in Billings as the case continues.
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Bozeman
Billings
Northern Pacific
Western Points
James Keown
Gallatin County
Joe Brown
Justice Court
November Conference Interest in Paris
Paris newspapers focus on the Washington conference to be held in November. editorials debate General Pershing’s visit as prep for talks with French leaders. Myron Herrick’s dinner address praises American restraint and justice, notes America’s aid with 2,000,000 young volunteers.
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Paris
Washington
L'Avenir
General Pershing
Myron T. Ierrick
France
General Wershing
Allied Club
Herrick
America
Ambassador Herrick
Massed Robbery at Bloomfield Distillery By Masked Bandits
Twenty masked armed men overpowered two guards at the B McClaskey Son distillery in Bloomfield Kentucky. The guards were blindfolded and tied as the bandits escaped in seven touring cars with 88 cases and three barrels of whiskey.
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Bloomfield
B. McClaskey & Son
Votes Against Peace Pacts At Senate Panel
Washington reports the Senate foreign relations committee favored reporting three peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary. Senator Borah was the lone dissenter. The panel adopted reservations on allied commissions representation and on extending U.S. government property protections to American nationals. The favorable vote stood 9 to 1 with Borah voting no.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Senate
Temerene
Ohio
Ranch hand killed by farming machine near city
C Jovich a ranch hand on the Joe Riddick ranch died when horses pulling the machine ran away. He cleared the sickle bar but the machine passed over him breaking his neck and mangling the body. The accident was found in the barnyard.
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Dilion
C. Jovich
Joe Riddick
Jovich
Petition Seeks Removal of Newall Over Milk River Project
Settlers on the Snands watered area circulate a petition to remove Dr. Newall as head of the national reclamation service, blaming him for the Milk River irrigation project shortcomings.
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Glasgow
Dr. Newall
National Reclamation Service
North Dakota Bank Reports Half Million In Negotiations
Bank of North Dakota negotiations totaling 500000 were reported in the bank's September month statement. The report notes private bank liquidation pressures and a rise in individual deposits with registered checks down and liquid assets up, including cash on hand and deposits in outside banks.
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N. D
Bank of North Dakota
Oto
el Tin
Harvest Hands Scarce Belts Farmers Face Harvest Shortage
Buffalo area farmers report a shortage of harvest labor as threshing and gathering loom. Week-old notes show growers worry over enough workers to finish work and avoid delays.
Mather Praises Tourist Travel Season in Lisbon
Stephen T. Mather, superintendent of national parks, traveled through Lisbon on Thursday en route to Washington. He expressed satisfaction with the season's record of tourist travel and visits to national parks.
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Lisingston
Stephen T. Mather
National Parks
Washington, D. C
Mather
Brumfield Hurls Chair in Jail Cell Encounter
Roseburg Oregon Dr R M Brumfield who faces trial October 5 for the alleged murder of Dennis Russell throws a chair at Deputy Sheriff Hopkins in his jail cell. The incident stemmed from Brumfield’s anger over his cellmate, just sentenced on a moonshine charge, being assigned to work in the courthouse yard.
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Roseburg
Ore
R. M. Brumfield
Dennis Russel
Hopkins
Bribery Claim Ties 25 Cents to Spokane Child's Body
In Spokane a 9-year-old boy claimed a 25 cent bribe to reveal William McLachlin's body. The body was found in four feet of water in the Spokane river after the boy initially said the other child was buried by a sandpit slide and later that he drowned in a pond. Police say the boy confessed after a detective offered the payoff. The McLachlin family says Willie feared water.
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Spokane
William Bafaro
Williiam McLachlin
Bufaro
McLachlin
Willie Mcpnachlin
Red Cross National Convention Call By President Harding
President Harding issues a national appeal to support the Red Cross ahead of its convention in Columbus Ohio next month urging American public backing for the drive and emphasizing humanitarian relief efforts.
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Washington
Harding
Legion to Open Hotel in Chicago For Veterans
The American Legion hosts a veterans hostel to aid World War I servicemen who are homeless or penniless. Open this fall, the facility offers free shelter and meals to those unable to pay, with optional paid rates for those who can.
Woman succeeds late husband in Lincolnshire seat
Mrs Margaret Wintringham, liberal, elected to the house of commons for the Louth division of Lincolnshire in succession to her late husband Tom Wintringham. She becomes the second woman member of the commons after Lady Astor.
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London
Margaret Wintringham
House of Commons
Louth
Lincolnshire
Tom Wintringham
Commons
Lady Astor
Relief to grain growers aided by federal reserve banks
J M Anderson president of the Equity Cooperative exchange reports from Washington that the War Finance Corporation will authorize $15,000,000 in advances to farmers in Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota. The move aims to aid spring wheat belt farmers through federal reserve bank support.
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St. Paul
Federal Reserve Banks
J. M. Anderson
Equity Co-operative Exchange
Washington
R. T. Jarmon
Mr. Anderson
War Finance Corporation
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
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Sooson
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