Britain rejects republic as motive for Irish talks
Inverness dispatch says British cabinet warns Sinn Fein against a republic and invites full conference on Irish freedom within the empire. Notes invite questions on guarantees and offer discussion on whether Ireland can align with the British empire while pursuing national aspirations. A conference date is suggested for September 20.
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Inverness
Scotland
Ireland
Trish
Cmpire
Crown
British Commonwealth
Rum Runner Killed in Fight Near Lebanon Indiana
In a clash east of Lebanon Sheriff Thomas Cain and deputies confronted five men transporting whisky. After a car pursuit toward town the suspects attacked. Cain killed one man and seriously wounded another. Three suspects fled. The wounded prisoner identified as Her Gentry of Chicago. the dead man’s name was not learned.
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Lebanon
Ind
Thomas Cain
Cain
Gentry
Chicago
Navy wage board approves wage cuts for 50000 workers
Washington reports the naval wage board recommends wage reductions of 13 to 20 percent for civilian navy yard employees, effective September 16, affecting about 50,000 workers. Overhead positions including supervisors and “non producers” see the heaviest cuts, with general pay cuts of 20 percent, and positions reduced by one-third to one-half.
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Washington, Sept
Navy
Navy Yard
Naval Wage Board
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Cotton Mills in East Op ew New England Resumes Full Operations
Boston Sept 8 The cotton textile industry anchored in New England is the first in America to readjust after price shifts. A rise in cotton prices has been followed by a return to full production in nearly all mill centers. The resumption reduces unemployment as leading mills operate around the clock.
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Boston
New England
America
Republicans Move to Make 1921 Profits Tax Retroactive
Washington reports say President Harding spurred the senate finance committee to repeal the excess profits tax retroactive to January 1, 1922 in the revenue bill. Senator Watson and Rep Mondell announced the plan as a swift response to political pressure before the next election, sparking expected fierce opposition from agricultural interests.
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Washington
Harding
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Watson
Indiana
Finance Committee
Mondell
Wyoming
Republian
Capitol
Anance Committee
Starving Koreans in Manchuria Seek Aid
Tokyo reports 2,000,000 Koreans in Manchuria face famine after drought ruined crops last month. The Korea governor general has set aside funds for relief immigration in Bancheria for the coming fiscal year, but millions remain in urgent need of food.
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Manchuria
Tokyo
Korea
Bfancheria
Building Trades Leader Seeks Arbiter’s Decision
Washington September 10 The Chicago Building Trades must abide by the arbiter s decision says John Dontin chairman of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor He notes that once referred to an arbitrator for adjustment there is nothing left but to stand by the referee s decision.
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Washington
Chicago
John Dontin
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Donn
Treasury warns of three more counterfeit reserve notes
Washington on September 7 announced by the treasury department the detection of three additional counterfeit federal reserve notes. A $60 note from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kaosne City a $20 note from the Richmond Virginia Fed eral Reserve bank and a $10 note from the Federal Bank of Boston were identified.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank of
Kaosne City
Richmond, Va
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Bank of Boston
G O P Leaders Debate Tax Plan Then Split on Sales Tax
Washington Sept 8 Senator Penrose chairman of the finance committee endorses tax reform favoring a direct tax on production or consumption to replace the income levy While he cautions the sales tax cannot be adopted in the current bill Mellon opposes the plan Fordney Mandell back the new levy concept hoping it may fund the soldiers bonus The move reflects GOP leaders in both chambers weighing a revenue revision tied to a sales tax push with opposition from Secretary Mellon.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
Cleveland
Hays
Ounya
Finance Committee
Senator Penrose
Senate
House
Fordney
Ways and Means Committee
Mandell
Congress
Fed
Mellon
English Idle on the March
England’s unemployed march to boards of guardians demanding an adequate relief scale. More than 4,000 crossed mountains to Tredegar, a mile-long procession four abreast. Coventry saw 5,000 demand grants and shelter. Liverpool hosted 6,000 seeking audience with the lord mayor who promised work.
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London
England
Boards of Guardiana
Walea
Tredegar
Board of Guardians
Coventry
Liverpool
Veterans Bureau clean-up squads aid thousands of veterans
Washington reports that federal veterans bureau clean-up squads have completed over 10,000 cases and will report about 2,000 daily as squads cover 14 districts. Des Moines and Des Moines area squads already logged hundreds of cases for veterans needing attention across Illinois and Indiana.
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Washington
Federal
Veterans’ Bureau
Des Moines
Aences
Pigeons to Report News At UMWA Convention
Indianapolis will see carrier pigeons used to disseminate news of the United Mine Workers of America convention starting September 20. George Spavin of Nokomis Illinois offers his homing pigeons to relay hourly dispatches from the convention hall to the two Nokomis unions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
George Spavin
Nokomis
Regulars Withdraw from West Virginia
Washington reports half of the federal troops sent to West Virginia during the civil disturbances have returned to their home posts. Secretary Weeks approved withdrawal of the Twenty sixth Infantry after Gen Bandholtz's field inspection found conditions returning to normal. Remaining forces total about 1150, with units from the Nineteenth Infantry and the eighty eighth air squadron.
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Washington
West Virginia
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Secretary of War
Bilz
H. 8
Bangholtz
Harding
Camp Div
N. J
Bandholtz
Logan County
Twenty-sixth
Nineteenth
Eighty-Eighth Light
Langley Field
Virginia
Rhine
Brndholtz
Germany Pays Reparations in Gold Marks and Drafts
The reparations commission reports Germany paid 180,400,000 gold marks by May 81 and supplied three month drafts for the remaining 1,000,000,000 gold marks. It now has a foreign currency redemption of 170,000,000 gold marks, and Germany has shipped gold to New York to cover the balance, with final account adjustments pending.
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Paris
Sept
Reparationa Commission
Germany
The
Alles
New York
Defaulter Ransome Thomson Sentenced In Austin Case
Ransome J. Thomson, known as Cy Thomson, received a prison term not to exceed 15 years after pleading guilty to two counts of grand larceny for misappropriating 86 000 and 390 000 dollars from George A Harmel Co Austin packers. Indictments also accuse Mayor Pittman and 19 others in Atlanta related to a strike and a freight wreck near Cordele tied to the Atlanta Birmingham & Atlantic line.
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Austin, Minn
Ransome J
Cy) Thomson
State
George A. Harmel & Co
Packera
Austin
Bail &Trike
Atlanta
Magyar
J. L. Pittman
Fitzgerald, Ga
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlonderfhead
Cordele
Pittman
Senators Debate Separate German Treaty Amid Versailles Argu
Washington Sept 10 Senators warn a separate German treaty may hinder disarmament efforts and raise issues over Versailles provisions on Armenian rights. Irreconcilables fear embedding Versailles into German terms makes the U S a party to that pact while still seeking a Pacific and Far East settlement. They support ratification but oppose including Versailles text. The five great powers set a four member American delegation for talks with Hughes Lodge Root and Underwood among others. China Holland and Belgium may gain limited access.
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Washington
Germany
Pacific
Far East
Johnson and Borah
Japan
Shantung
United States
Congress
U. S
Hughes
Lodge
Euhn Root
Unierwood
White House
China
Holland
Belgium
Big Gain in U S Corn Crop Forecasts by Agriculture Dept
Washington reports preliminary 1 September crop conditions show winter wheat 644 million bushels, all wheat 764 million, corn 8.198 billion. Other forecasts list oats 1 billion, barley 187 million, rye 64.3 million, flax 8.8 million, rice 82.7 million, tame hay 70.8 million tons, wild hay 14.8 million tons.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ats
Barney
Robber Holds Woman at Gunpoint for Safe Theft
Mrs. George Allen, under threat of a pistol, unlocked her husband’s safe and took $4,000, then gave the robber $900 before he fled in a car. The Sept 10 incident in Windsor Opt. is reported with details of the robbery and escape.
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Windsor
Opt
George Allen
Canada a Good Customer of the United States
Canada is described as the second largest buyer from the United States with total trade for the year ending March reaching about 2.45 billion dollars. Imports from the U S averaged roughly 100 dollars per capita, rising by around 475 million from the prior year due to heavy U S buying, as reported by Canadian authorities.
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Canada
United States
Great Britain
Great Republic
Ito
Woman's role in politics stirs debate at meetings
A fragmented quote shows Mr Meekton and Henrietta debating women's participation in politics. The exchange suggests women influencing opinions despite skepticism, while earlier talk hints at social friction and resilience amid conflicting views.
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Poltter
Mr. Meekton
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