Turmoil in Italian Cities as Fascists Press Socialist Stronghold
In Milan and Ancona, Fascists seized government buildings and clashed with Socialists and anarchists. D'Annunzio urged unity while battles raged across Genoa Padua Ancona and other towns with multiple deaths and widespread destruction reported.
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Rome
Milan
Ancona
Genoa
Gabriel d’Annunzio
Fascisti
Chamber of Labor
Railway Men's Club
Muh
Perugia
Apcona
San Pier d’Arena
Sestra
Voltre
Savona
Arditi
Arditi del Popoale
Restoring Order
Fasesti
Turin
Pavia
Ferrara
Padua
Faccisti
Dante Gabhani
Galiani
Wrecken
New York Population Largely Foreign White Stock
New York City shows 76 percent foreign born or alien parentage based on the census. Foreign born whites plus native whites with foreign born parents total 4,294,628 or 70 percent of the population, a 14 percent rise, with overall total reaching 5,620,048.
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P.C
New York
Washington
Cacesapeasseves
Hickens
Southern
Virginia
Tennessee
Fey
Jersey
New Orleans
Kale
Kohlrabi
Orange County
Bermuda
Eiams
Long Island
Norfolk
East Shore
Best
California
Delaware
Georgia
Ben Davis
Ea Baldwin
Hokt Eberris
Carolina
Ate
Iley Bell
Carmen
Georgia Belle
Rene Seeeennanes
Maryland
Cubas
Borah Attacks British Debt Cancellation Preceded by European Disarmament
Senator Borah of Idaho sharply attacked Britain’s proposal to cancel war debts. He warned any renunciation must be preceded by European disarmament, as he leads the Senate irreconcilable wing.
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Washington
Great Britain
Boran
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Mellon Rules Out Allied War Debt Cancellation
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon stated that the United States will not cancel Allied war debts and funding talks will proceed regardless of Britain’s actions. He cited the Debt Funding Commission’s lack of authority and noted Congress could legislate changes, while Borah called for a disarmament link in any cancellation.
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Washington
Mellon
United States
Great Britain
Secretary of the Treasury
Lord Balfour
America
American Debt Funding Commission
Congress
House of Commons
Robert Horne
Exchequer
Britain
Borah
Senate
Balfour
Treasury
Debt Commission
Harding
Allied Debt Funding Commission
Funding Commission
McCumber
N. D
Senate Finance Committee
Watson
Indiana
Hitchcock
American Funding Commission
Boran
Seveal
Lloyd George
Wilson
London Premier Lloyd George speech on economic burden
In the House of Commons Lloyd George asserts European economic problems cannot be borne by British taxpayers. Other items note plans for 500 airplanes for home defense and debt issues with the United States.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
PEKIN
Japan
China
Russia
Vlondon
Rome
Indianapolis
McCray
Indiana
Uniontown
William E. Crow
United States
Chalk Hill
Paris
Constantinople
Near East
Great Britain
America
England
Debts Row Over US War Loans Policy
U S policy rejects international debt cancellation and keeps funding commission approach. Senators McCumber Watson Hitchcock and Boran defend individual country obligations and warn against shifting debt burdens abroad.
Eastern railroads exceed expectations with shopmen arrivals
L. F. Loree president of the Delaware and Hudson and Eastern Presidents Conference said the response to the call for skilled shopmen to bolster Southern lines serving nonunion coal regions surpassed all anticipations. He announced the first quotas had already arrived in Richmond, Virginia.
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New York
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
Eastern Presidents’ Conference
Richmond
Senator Fernald speaks by proxy on tariff bill
Senator Fernald of Maine spoke by proxy after a physician ordered him to whisper for a month. The Maine Republican obtained unanimous consent for the senate Clerk to read his speech on the tariff bill, sidestepping the rule that original matter be delivered in person.
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Fernald
Senate
Washington
Maine
All Railway Unions Called to Conference
In Chicago reports stir over unaligned unions urged a conference of the twelve non striking unions to discuss strike developments and potential action. Ten thousand Santa Fe shopmen demand seniority rights protection in any settlement. In Cleveland, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen says members need not work where yards are unsafe. The Brotherhood of Clerks backs a leaders conference.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
E. J. Manton
The
Order of Railway Telegraphers
William G. Lee
Brotherhood of Trimmen
Manion
Santa Fe
Hooper
Railroad Labor Board
D. R. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Jefferson
Richmond
Ind
Brotherhood of Clerks
Washington Readies Tariff and Rail Measures
Administration offers railroads a chance to prove stable service while Lenroot blocks tariff votes August 17 before a quicker three week timetable. Badgering probes seek senator interests in tariff hikes and media opposition to the tariff bill. Treasury reports July debt reduction of 16 million. Tariff bill passage expected after Republican-led conferences. Coal distribution plans announced after Hoover-Spenser talks. Rail strike settlement stalled amid executive-shopper conflicts. President may call back striking workers to settle seniority via Labor Board. Gooding pushes wider senator investigations. silk rates approved. livestock groups accuse unfair rates before Agriculture. Robert Medill named Illinois fuel distributor.
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Lenroot
Gooding
Treasury
Senate
Republian
Spencer
Hoover
Harding
Labor Board
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Robert Medill
Springfield
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Promises Cure for Ailments
An old Lake Michigan letter touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing a woman’s irregularities and weakness after a year of symptoms. It promotes the product and urges readers to consider it if doctors fail to help. Also includes a short anecdote about Johnny and an advertisement for Cuticura Soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Michigan
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mary Sherman
Rou Lake
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn E Pinkham
At the Women's Club a sharp hat debate ensues
The exchange at the Women's Club features Mrs Blakeley praised for a fine speech while another guest jokes a hat maker could not sway her beliefs. Dame fortune may knock but opportunity visits more doors.
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Dame Fortune
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N. Y
Meier Steinbrink
New Yorker
Daugherty
World’s News
U.S
Inelst
U. S
Anna L. Daniels
New England
Trebizond
Miss Daniels
Charles H. Daniels
Framingham
Mass
Mrs. Sherman
Johnny
Father
Papa
C. Wight, Carpenter
Parrish Ave
Oneonta
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
BALER
Leaves
Illusions
Bod
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