De Valera Rejects British Terms in Irish Dail Speech
In Dublin the Irish leader Eamon De Valera rejects British peace proposals and rules out partition while vowing to arm Ireland for resistance. He says secession is not in question and clarifies Ireland would act as a separate nation if talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Dail Hireann
Ireland
Ulster
England
North
de Valera
Irish Republican Army
Frank P. Walsh
Sean Kelly
Walsh
United States
Collins
Dail
Dail Eireann
de Salen
Marshal Selling Cigars in Budapest Story of Hoffmann von Koeves
Austrian Generalissimo Herman von Koeves falls from grace after war. Once the highest ranking commander of Austro Hungary, he amassed military honors yet lost all property when eastern Hungary was ceded to Romania under the peace treaty, forcing him to run a tobacco shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Herman von Koeves
Hungary
Roumania
China Accepts Harding Invitation to Disarmament Conference
China accepts President Harding's invitation to participate in the international conference on armament limitation and Pacific questions. The state department reports China's reply subscribes unreservedly to American views on disarmament and the Pacific and makes no reservations.
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Washington
China
Harding
State Department
National League of Women Voters
Dawes
Madden
Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Frank R. Eldridge, Jr
Far East
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
American Railway Association
Battleship Remains Core of Navy in Air Age
The joint board report to the War and Navy secretaries asserts battleships remain the fleet backbone despite aircraft threats. It credits airplanes with strong performance in tests but says airpower has not rendered battleships obsolete, urging development of aircraft carriers and anti aircraft weapons for national defense. General Pershing signs the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretaries of War and Navy
Joint Board
Virginia Capes
General Pershing
Appointment of Burns as director of Bureau of Investigation
William J Burns of New York, famed detective, named director of the Bureau of Investigation by Attorney General Daugherty at a salary of 7500 dollars annually. He replaces William J Flynn who led the secret service for years. The Senate heard a sharp attack from Senator Reed on Representative Volstead and Wayne Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Burns
New York
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Daugherty
William J. Flynn
Secret Service
Senate
Senator Reed
Representative Volstead
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Department of Labor
Ansell Heads Bergdoll Plot in Bitter House Fight
Washington reports a bitter partisan clash over a House Investigating Committee report on Grover Bergdoll’s escape. It blames Samuel T. Ansell for facilitating the escape and criticizes several military and justice officials while noting differing party positions within the committee.
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Washington
Congress
Grover C. Bergdoll
House
Philadelphia
Samuel T. Ansell
United States Army
Bergdolf
Governors Islind
New York
Ansell
Peter C. Harris
Harris
George Chamberlain
Oregon
United States Shipping Board
Johnson
Kentucky
Representative Flood
Virginia
Representative Luhring
Indiana
Peters
Maine
Representative MacArthur
War Department
Bergdol
John E. Hunt
Bergdoll
Earl B. Wood
Department of Justice
Bersdoll
Wood
C. C. Cresson
Hunt
Bruce Campbell
Allen
Lloyd George Says British Navy Must Be Second to None
In the house of commons Lloyd George declared the empire will have a navy equal to any other nation. He said the imperial conference decisions require the navy to be second to none, and his statement was met with loud cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lloyd Gorge
Berlin Banking Scheme Collapses After Massive Promises
German banker Karl Koehn, operator of a mushroom banking concern with forty two branches, failed to pay 100 percent interest every 60 days. He owed depositors 37 000 000 marks and faced liabilities over 100 000 000 marks as the scheme collapsed in Berlin.
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Berlin
Mr. Ponzi
Boston
Karl Koehn
U S Steel Cuts Labor Pay Again
United States Steel Corporation under Elbert H. Gary announced a 10 percent wage cut for laborers effective August 29, reducing base rates from 46 cents to 30 cents per hour. The move affects about 110,000 workers, with other salaries to be equitably adjusted. Labor leaders express regret but doubt ensuing trouble.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Gary
Seven indicted murder ring tied to Italy, arrests sought
Clues to arrest members of the so called murder trust linked to 87 killings in New York Cleveland Detroit Chicago and beyond were given by three of the seven indicted. The gang headquarters are in Italy.
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New York
Murder Trust
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Italy
London
Great Britain
United States
Marshall
New Jersey
Dawson
Y. T
Klondike
Berlin
Cincinnatis
Crowell
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Woman's Home
Companion and Farm
Tex Rickard
King, Essex and Hudson
New Jersey Briefs Highlight State Developments and Incidents
A wide range of items covers corporate filings, a fatal shooting at a Succasunna estate, utility rate actions in Mercer and Atlantic counties, and a Ku Klux Klan warning from state safety chiefs. Other notes include fire sales, school sessions, plant shutdowns, a mercury poisoning case, road bids, oyster fleet activity, potato trade shifts, church and military honors, drownings, fare rulings, political candidacy moves, and local civic events.
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Harding Hotel Company
Trenton
Atlantic City
Peter K. Bender
Rover General Hospital
Bender
Oaks
Bernice Barber
George S. Barber
Succasunna
State Public Utility Commission
Mercer County Board of Freeholders
Delaware and Atlantic Telephone Company
Atlantic City Electric Company
Ku Klux Milan
Public Safety
Labarre
Ackley
Wildwood Crest
Woodbury Heights
Rusek
Tadeusiak
State Highway Commission
Chatham-Madison Road
Morris County
A. G. Julien
New York
A. C. Stephany
Maurice Cove
New Jersey
Daretown
Massachusetts
Cape May
Old Cold Spring
Stokes
Charles S. Edmunds
Philadelphia
Edward Wright
Swedesboro
Episcopal Church
Woodbury
Burlington Island Park
Alexander Settle
Margaretta Street
Frankford
Rellstab
Public Service Ralilway Company
Col Hngswood
George A. Waite
Camden County Board of Freeholders
Branson Lloyd
Reed Lloyd
France
Clayton
Cedar Green
American Legion
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Ernest Smith
Len Small
Ill
Marshal
Cresson
Majority Report
Outponzis
PONZI
Mary O’toole
Municipal Court
District of Columbia
Mary O'Toole
U. S. Steel
World News
New Jersey State
Brighton
Salem
Gloucester City Board of Education
Elmer Girls' Canning Club
Mantua
Cumberland County Medical Society
Fortescue
Camden Council
Delaware River
Harry D. Shaw
Walker Norton
Belmont Fire Company
National Park
Wenonah
Pitman M. B
Mullica Hit
Woolbury
Eureka Triangle Club
W. F. Shields
Thomas F. Shields
Hackettstown
A. F. Kelly
William F. Shields
Board of Education
Bordentown House
Mabel Robbins
Wildwood
Henry Weatherby
West Deptford Township
Margistrate Goffray
Weatherby
Ernest A. Reed
Masons of
Newark
Upper New York
New England
Canada
Reed
David Blumenfield
Bridgeton
Edward Housand
Charles Goins
Camden
Davis
George Kelfchline
South Jersey
Newbold
Westville
Gloucester City
Bureau of Immigration
Islmer
Broadway Volunteer Fire Company
Brooklawn
Cramer
Avenue C
Central Avenue
Fred Thema
North Twenty-fifth Street
Second Methodist Protestant Church
Louis D. Stultz
Stultz
William D. Stultz
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