Quiet Belfast and world news mix of conflict and culture
Across Belfast steady rain quiets a fortnight of unrest while news from Europe and beyond reports rioting deaths and hundreds of wounds. Reports mention peace talks in Riga, German French clashes, and Lloyd George’s swift return to Britain.
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Poland Rejects Peace Line Boundaries Demand
The Polish government declines to bound its military actions by the peace conference lines and says it must rely on its own strength despite ally sympathy.
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Northern Italy Tremor Razes Towns and Shakes Pisa Leaning Tower
Reports from Rome and Milan describe a violent earthquake in northern Italy causing heavy damage in Villa Collemandina Castiglione Pieve Fasciano Vaglia Camporgiano San Donnino Piazza Absherdin Poggio Cantagano and surrounding areas. Casualties feared as residents flee to fields and churches suffer damage.
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Hunger Strikers Crowd London News on Cork Mayor
Lord Mayor Mac Swiney of Cork nears 26th day of hunger strike in Brixton Jail as Lloyd George opposes unconditional release. Reports say government may offer clemency terms but no guarantee ends the Irish stand. Mac Swiney refuses food while guards offer meals and common rumors of water sustenance are denied by relatives.
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Lithuania in Collusion With Reds, Poles Claim
Warsaw dispatch reports a Soviet wireless message accusing Poland of inadequate Riga peace talks guarantees. The Soviet charge cites Latvia’s assurances as insufficient and notes objections to movement freedom of delegates and document immunity at the frontier.
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Polish-Lithuanian dispute note to League of Nations
Paris reports that Poland accuses Lithuania of allying with the Soviet government at Moscow to allow Soviet forces passage and a base on Lithuanian territory. The note claims Lithuanian troops occupied Polish-evacuated areas after Polish withdrawal and later Lithuania rejected the fixed frontier, asking Poland to retreat behind a new line.
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Sinn Fein Founder Cables Wilson on War Aims
Arthur Griffith, Sinn Fein founder, sends message to President Wilson urging enforcement of the American war aims including self determine rights with consent of the governed and notes the Cork lord mayor dying in Brixton prison.
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Sinn Fein Organization
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England and France to Pay Debt
Paris official note confirms Anglo French loan arrangements due Oct 15. France covers 150 million by gold transfers and favorable exchange, and 100 million by a U.S. market loan. First gold shipment was sent September 4.
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France
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Hunger strikers in Cork refuse prison doctor visits
The deputy lord mayor confirmed that 11 hunger strikers in Cork on the twenty sixth day of abstinence request no more visits from the prison doctor and say they wish to die in peace.
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Cork
Officers Raid St. Cloud Brewing Plant
Twenty prohibition officers from Minneapolis and three officials raided the St. Cloud Brewing plant. Two employees and three officials were arrested and jailed in Minneapolis on alleged violations for brewing beer with more than 2 percent alcohol. Agents also posed as bartenders during the raid and sold beer.
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Dempsey Knocks Miske Cold in Third Round
World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey defended his title for the first time by stopping Billy Miske of St Paul in the third round of a scheduled 10 round fight in Benton Harbor. The KO came 1 minute 13 seconds into the third, after Miske had been floored and counted out.
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Toledo
Ten Charred Bodies Found in Hotel Ruins
Klmath Falls Ore Sept 7 Ten persons are known to have burned to death when fire swept the Houston hotel and nearby district. Four others are unaccounted for and may have perished. The Red Cross has taken refuge seekers to the Main street courthouse. A reef fund was started by the labor council for victims.
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Babe) Borton
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Turkish envoy accused of misusing Red Crescent funds
An affidavit in a New York surrogate's court alleges Abdul Haki Hussein Bey, late Turkish ambassador to Washington, diverted most of over 100000 dollars raised in the United States for the Turkish Red Crescent to stock speculation. The funds, collected from bazaars and events in major cities, were reportedly reduced to 8722 dollars sent to Constantinople, with the rest placed in banks after his death in 1919. Sebastien Romero, Spanish consul general, administers the estate and seeks 114364 dollars.
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Turkey
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Army recruiting records set in August amid peacetime effort
Washington reports August enlistments reached 19,242 as Army recruiting again broke peacetime records. July enlistments were 15,321, slightly higher than June, per Adjutant General Harris.
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Washington
Warris
Prize for Mail Pilots Across the Continent
Washington reports a new air mail incentive as pilots begin the trans continental route today. Otto Praeger announces a prize pool of 1000 dollars for top mileage at six months with five routes joining in to offer 500 to the winner 300 to the runner up and 200 to the third. Records may be set on any segment between the coasts.
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Washington
Trans-Continental Air Mail
Otto Praeger
Seven Companies for Montana Nation al Guard Regiment Are in Progress
Adjutant General Phil Greenan says Montana will soon form a national guard regiment with seven companies of 70 to 80 men each. Kalispell Miles City Roundup Plentywood Glendive Lewistown Bozeman organize units. each company must have 50 men and three officers before muster.
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Bozeman
War Department
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Brand for hogs sought by Montana landowner
A Montana hog owner asks the state livestock commission for a unique ownership brand to mark hogs in a 40 acre field to distinguish them from neighbors, saying hogs must not be loosed yet need clear identification. The Montana Millers' association requests a 19 cent per bushel wheat milling increase for all mill classes citing higher labor, borrowed money costs, and machinery expenses.
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Montana Millers’ Association
Montana Trade Commission
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