No Recess During Parley Suggested by House Leader
President Harding rejects a full recess as the disarmament conference opens November 11. Representative Mondell says only a Thanksgiving breathing spell until December 5, with urgent tax, tariff, railroad, and debt funding bills to be completed. The plan also includes extending the emergency tariff law and clergy maternity bill urged for early consideration.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Representative, Mondell
House
America
Mondell
Senate
House of Representatives
Stop Food Raids by Swiss on Frontier Goods
In Zurich a currency disparity spurs Swiss cross-border eating sprees. Cheap meals and provisions attract thousands each Sunday, depleting frontier supplies for Austrian German and Italian families by Monday.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Italy
French Delegation to Washington Armament and Far East Conference Named
Paris October 19 The French government will not announce its Washington armament and Far East delegation until Parliament meets. Premier Briand and former Premier Viviani head the principals with Sarraut Jusserand and Berthelot, plus Maurice Cusenuve as General Secretary.
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Briand
Viviani
Sarraut
Jusserand
Berthelot
Paris
Washington
Tax amendments ready for Senate tax revision bill
Washington report: Republican leaders publicize amendments to the Tax Revision Bill before Finance Committee action. Proposals include a 50 percent surtax above 200000, repeal of certain transportation taxes, raise in distilled spirits tax, restore capital stock tax, estate tax cap at 50 percent, repeal of several excises, and candy tax cut to 8 percent.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
World News Briefs From Cities Across The Globe
Viscount James Bryce sailed to England aboard the Adriatic. In Omaha Thomas H Matters was arrested on a charge tied to a $200000 bank embezzlement from Pioneer State Bank. In New York Augusta Stetson won a court case blocking a wall she called a spite barrier. In Essen Hugo Stin nes Co faces trial for cheating the war department on prisoner wages. In Waco Louis Crow died amid a Ku Klux Klan clash attempt. In Melbourne Premier Hughes named George Foster Pearce to lead defense at a forthcoming arms talks. In Wassau the Moonshiners Union formed a defense fund against prosecutions. In Geneva a Swiss bill seeks a nine hour factory workday.
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James Bryce
England
Omaha
Neb
Thomas H. Matters
Pioneer State Bank
Augusta Stetson
First Church of Christ Scientist
Berlin
German War Department
Hugo Stinnes & Co
Essen
Waco
Tex
Louis Crow
Lorena
Bob Buchanan
Melbourne
Hughes
House of Representatives
George Foster Pearce
Australia
Wassau
Wis
The
Moonshiners’ Union
Geneva
Swiss National Council
Senate Agrees Tax Plan Revisions Shall Narrow Burden
Republican leaders unveil a rewritten tax revision with lower surtax rates and kept corporate taxes, reti n ing the stock tax and repealing excess profits tax. Lenroot to draft amendments. conference attended by Lodge Penrose McCormick and others. No general sales tax, agriculture bloc gains influence, House leaders cautious.
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Senate
Lodge
White House
Harding
Lenroot
Wis
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Finance Committee
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Capper
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Penrose
Watson
Ind
House
Smoot
Republican House
Hoover Aid Suggests Daily Trade Survey Like Weather Reports
I M Felker special assistant to Secretary Hoover proposed daily surveys of business conditions in the United States similar to weather reports. Speaking at the Industrial Engineers conference in Springfield Massachusetts he noted the Commerce Department already began a new service in this direction.
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Mass
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Industrial Engineers Conference
Department of Commerce
Chicago Police Shakeup Tied to Federal Rum Inquiry
Federal Grand Jury poised to indict police officers prompted a broad transfer by Chief Fitzmorris. Four lieutenants, thirty-three sergeants, seventy two patrolmen and one policewoman moved in a general order, with some changes routine and others linked to the rum ring probe.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Fitzmorris
Mail Robbers Take $100000 In Detroit Heist
Four men waylaid Canadian messenger William R McCauley near the Detroit Windsor ferry and seized twenty six mail pouches including three registered pouches likely totaling over 100000 in currency. The heist occurred as McCauley finished his last Windsor Detroit run and the alleyway ambush followed the car diversion. Police had no witnesses and weathered streets were deserted at the time.
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Detroit
William R. 2fcCauley
Windsor
Ontario
Kenilworth
McCauley
Detroit-Windsor
Jefferson Avenue
Washington News Roundup From Capitol to Court
Republican Leader Mandel vows no recess before Congress convenes as Senate debates German treaties. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood retires to govern the Philippine Islands. Attorney General Daugherty backs state prosecutions over Ku Klux Klan crimes. Secretary Weeks unveils a policy demanding general officer efficiency across services. Taft warns prohibition violations may rise before curbing.
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Congress
Weeks
Daugherty
William R. Palmer
United States
Connecticut
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
Moses
New Hampshire
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Department of Justice
Washington
Taft
Backache Relief Reported by Roxbury Mother
Mrs. Maupe Taylor of Roxbury Massachusetts describes severe backache and fatigue from caring for five children. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring sleep and function, urging other women to try it for relief from female system disturbances.
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Mrs. Taylor
Lydia E. Pinkham
Roxbury
Mass
Lesser Evil and an Olive Industry Note
A quip from a police encounter features Mr. Chuggins defending a slow start of his car after two hours of effort. An aside praises agreeable talk as a social asset and notes California’s olive cultivation exceeding 40 000 acres.
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Gateway, Magazine
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