Allies Plan Conferen ce as Kemal presses demand for Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha presses to restore Constantinople to Turkey and open a conference with Black Sea states to guarantee neutrality of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus. Britain vows to defend the straits. France Italy Greece and others to attend. Russia denies sending troops. Britain could face a difficult stand with the Turks as Mesopotamia unrest grows and Indian Moslems denounce British policy.
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Hether
Near East
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Turkey
Straits
Thrace
Greece
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Russia
England
Kemal
Anatolia
Ismid
Chanak
New Zealand
Australia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ead
Bulgaria
Marquis Curzon
Count Sforza
Poincare
Japan
Jugo-Slavia
Romania
Venice
Rome
Daniloff
Caucasus
Baku
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Irak
Mesopotamia
Emir Fersat
Mosul
Christendom
India
Kemal Pasha
Calcutta
Central Khalifat Committee of India
London
Britain May Alter Lord George Policy Amid War Opposition
The article notes Lord George's stern policy facing cabinet support but rising protest from the press and English public against pursuing new war. Trade unions and major manufacturing centers oppose the step violently. A widespread sentiment favors allowing the Turks to reclaim Constantinople.
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Lord George
England
Great Britain
Constantinople
Americans Aid Refugees in Asia Minor Crisis
Rear Admiral Bristol and George Torton led rescue efforts for American nationals in Smyrna as refugees fled. Mr Elorton commends the bravery of the Smyrna American colony, including W P A women teachers at a local school who refused to abandon their posts amid flames.
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Asia Minor
America
Bristol
Constantinople
George Torton
Smyrna
Elorton
Vetoed Bonus Bill Sparks Senate Override Fight
President Harding vetoed the World War bonus bill citing revenue shortfalls and a dangerous treasury covenant. The House overrode the veto 258 to 54 but the Senate rejected the override with 44 votes, leaving the measure defeated despite bipartisan support. Senator Williams of Mississippi lampooned the scene as a Republican president faced with a large, contentious grant to veterans.
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Congress
House
Senate
Harding
Williams
Mississippi
Impeachment Move Over Daugherty Faces House Delay
Minnesota congressman Oscar Keller who drafted the impeachment resolution against Attorney General Daugherty saw his case stalled by the House Judiciary Committee. Keller had enlisted Samuel Untermyer to present arguments on Daugherty and the railway shopmen injunction, but the committee postponed hearings to December amid AFL protests. Sam Gompers denounced the delay as brazen, while the AFL sets October 1 as Impeachment Day for demonstrations against Daugherty and Judge Wilkerson.
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Oscar Keller
Minnesota
Daugherty
Keller
Samuel Untermyer
House Judiciary Committee
Mr. Untermyer
Sam Gompers
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Wilkerson
Rescue crews reach gold mine tomb with 47 dead
After 22 days of furious labor in Jackson California, rescue teams reached the level of the gold mine where 47 miners were entombed by a fire. All were found dead, evidently from poisonous gases within hours.
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Jackson
Cal
League of Nations in Geneva Faces Deadlock on Naval Disarmament
The League of Nations in session at Geneva spends much time on naval disarmament without progress. The assembly unanimously votes to admit Hungary soon, and Germany’s admission is anticipated. Mandates for former German colonies, including the phosphate monopoly on Nauru, receive general approval despite U.S. concerns. Bolivian and Bolivian relations with Obi face potential serious difficulties unless a friend power mediation or arbitration is secured.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Reague Assembly
Tmungary
Cormany
Nara
United States
Bollyin
Obi
Worms fund college dream in western Pennsylvania
Paul A Webb sought Alleghany College in western Pennsylvania but lacked funds. He turned to worm and hell bender gathering, selling bait to fishermen to cover part of his expenses and later hired others to expand the business to help pay his way through college.
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Paul A. Webb
Alleghany College
Pennnsylvania
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Tariff Commission
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Kirkpatrick
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