Taxes Revised by House After Republican Conference
Washington report outlines a revised administration tax bill with changes in excess profits and income surtax rates, a lower corporate rate after June 1, and repeal of transportation taxes. Other amendments include expanded exemptions, preserved presidential and Supreme Court salaries, and adjusted duties on candy, sporting goods, and art works.
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Union News Service
Washington
House of Representatives
Treasury
Wowers' and Means Committee
Majority Committee
House
Supreme Court
Associated Press
United States
Sailor on Poca Honios Pummeled in Naples Fracas
A sailor from the American steamer Poca honios in Naples joined a clash with Spanish sailors sparked by shouts of Down with America. The fight ended with Americans repelling the insult and raising the flag. Several Spaniards were badly pummeled and needed hospital care.
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Naples
America
Hay freight hikes curb western harvest as rates rise
Washington reports show hay movement from Omaha and Kansas City cut by over 50 percent due to freight rate hikes. Kansas City dealers say higher rail charges drop tonnage, forcing farmers to abandon hay costing up to 60 dollars a ton. Witnesses claim western prairie acres may go unmowed this year.
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Washington
Omaha
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce
D. B.tilson
Kansgas
James I’. Sutile
Transportation Department
The
Oronha Exchange
Nebraska
Lewis
Boy Drowns After Going For Help On Lake Michigan
Peter Nolan, 1, drowns within fifty feet of shore while swimming a quarter mile to aid two drifting companions. He is believed exhausted after the raft carried away by wind. Police rescue the other two boys.
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Chicago
Peter Nolan
Lake Michigan
Nolan
Missing Flier Morentino Villa Found in Castro Sopene Mountains
The body of aviator Morentino Villa, missing for days, was recovered at the bottom of a deep gully in the Castro Sopene mountains. A mechanic who was with him at the time of the death has also been found.
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Santader
Spalo
Morentino Villa
Castro ‘Sopene
Jobless Figures Given By Secretary in Senate
Secretary of Labor Davis told the Senate that about 5 785 000 persons are unemployed in the United States. He provided the figure in response to a resolution requesting current jobless estimates.
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Washington
United States
Davis
Senate
Noted Mexican Bishop Dies in New York
The Retired Bishop Jose Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregon of the Diocese of San Luis Potosi Mexico died at the home of Rev Michael J. Lavelle rector of St Patrick's Cathedral after visiting New York en route to his diocese. He served as bishop for fifty years and led the San Luis Potosi house for thirty seven years.
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New Yorke
Itey
Jose MM. Tgnacio Montes de Oca Y Obregon
San Luie Portosi
Mexico
Michael J. Lavelle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Spolo
Oca
Harding Recognizes Senate Share in Foreign Affairs
President Harding designates Senator Henry Cabot Lodge as a member of the American delegation to the disarmament conference, signaling Senate involvement in foreign affairs. The Pan American building near the State Department will host talks, with funding for the delegation expenses debated in Congress.
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Harding
Senate
Weatero
Union News Service
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Senator Lodge
Highes
Congress
Shipping Board
State Department
Pan-American
Pan- American Union
United States
Tariff Push Seeks Protection for Southern Western Goods
Senator Ladd of North Dakota and John H. Kirby of Houston urged a protective tariff before the Southern Tariff Congress. U W Parsons called for continued embargo on foreign dues, arguing the House vote against the embargo reflected German propaganda.
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Greensboro
N. C
Southern Tariff Congress
Senator Ladd
North Dakota
John H. Kirby
Houston
Texas
Association
U. W. Parsons
Congress
House of Representatives
Rangers Kill Fence Cutter in New Mexico Shootout
Endocia Guzman was shot and killed near Pierre by Forest Rangers J R McClure and Lesiie Flemloy after Guzman and Guisele Acosta allegedly tried to cut a government fence. A gun battle followed and Acosta was arrested. The coroner returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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Rangers
Silver City
N. M
Endocia Guzman
Pierre
J. R. McClure
Lesiie Flemloy
Guzman
Guisele Acosta
Guz
Agosta
Washington introduces exchange stabilization conference resolution
A joint resolution introduced by Senator King Democrat Utah seeks to authorize the president to convene a conference of leading commercial nations to pursue means of stabilizing international exchange.
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Exchange
Washington
King
Utah
Shackleton Selects Scouts for Antarctic Quest Voyage
London reports Sir Ernest Shackleton has chosen two boy scouts to join the Quest voyage. Patrol leader W. Mare of Aberdeen, age 10, and N Mooney of Kirkwall, Orkney, aged 17, will accompany the expedition on the ship Quest.
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London
Booteh
Ernest H. Shackleton
Kins
Hmonweten
Lloyd George Advocates Broad Pacific Accord With Japan and U S
London prime minister David Lloyd George urged a broader Anglo Japanese understanding tying Japan to the United States on Pacific issues. He argued such a pact would secure world peace and aid disarmament talks, noting the war benefits of Japan’s wartime cooperation and urging concerted action with the United States. He also said the premiers’ conference did not address the Irish question.
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London
Japan
United States
Pacific
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Ile
Washington
Flood Destroys Hatch New Mexico Town
Hatch New Mexico was destroyed by a flood after a cloudburst. Seven feet of water flooded the town forcing residents to flee in night clothes. Losses in buildings and local crops are estimated at about 500000 dollars.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Hatch
Here
Reindeer Meat Arrives in Frisco Opening New Industry
A shipment of 30 000 pounds of dressed reindeer meat has been received in San Francisco from Nome Alaska by a wholesale butcher firm and is on sale in local retail shops marking the opening of a new industry according to an announcement.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Calif
San Fronvigco
Nome
Alaska
Austrian government sanctions sale of Great Woellersdorf Arsenal
Vienna approves transfer of Austria’s largest plant to a German syndicate with a partial government stake preserved. Purchasers include the Boer syndicate group and Ludwig Schitt of Frackforton Malin plus Prince Lippe Det mold. Plant valued near $100,000,000 and partly repurposed for peacetime output.
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Vienna
Woellersdorff
Austria
Nkers Boer
Sondhbeimer and Comay
Ludwig Schitt
Prankforton Malin
Prince Lippe Detmold
Peace With Germany Aims For Rapid U S Treaty Ratification
Berlin reporting that Chancellor Wirth secured an ample Reichstag majority for a peace treaty with the United States after consultations with party leaders except the communists. The pact, drafted with Ellis Loring Diesel and Dr. Friedrich Rosen, awaits Washington’s approval and will go directly to a plenary Reichstag session for ratification without debate. Possible ambassador picks include Prof. Gerhart Von Schulze Gaevernitz.
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Berlin
United States
Wirth
Reichstag
Ellis Loring Diesel
Friedrich Rosen
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Gerhart von Schulze- Gaeveriit
Freiburg University
Senate Passes Road Levy For Federal Aid
The Senate approved a federal roads bill authorizing 75 million dollars for construction with one third available immediately and the rest in six months. The measure, previously 100 million, now heads to conference and assigns federal aid to the Agriculture Secretary with up to 60 percent for inter state roads and the remainder for inter county roads.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Steamer San Jose to be abandoned off Lower California
The San Jose aground off the coast of lower California will be abandoned. The Homer will salvage all removable machinery and then leave the wrecked ship. Officials say any attempt to drag the San Jose from the rocks would be useless.
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San Francisco
San Jose
Lower California
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Homer
Pilot and Passenger Die in Plane Crash near Preston Minn
Pilot Herbert Riebe aged 27 and his passenger KR Bright were killed when their aircraft fell 2,000 feet. Riebe, a Rochester based commercial fielder, and Bright, owner of a chain of movie buses, had ties to the area including one bus stationed locally.
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Preston
Minn
Herbert Riebe
Bright
Herve
Riebe
Rochester
Hand of Pharaohs Daughter Left to Bradley Institute
Will of the late Annie E. Petherbridge filed for probate directs the mummy hand of Pharaoh's daughter who saved Moses to Bradley Polytechnic Institute in Peoria. The provision accompanies other bequests forming part of the estate.
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Pharaoh
Peoria
Moses
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Annie E. Petherbridge
Profiteering Declared a Crime in Cuba Under New Measure
Havana reports a new law labeling profiteering as a crime under a Cuban chamber of deputies approved measure. The bill empowers the president to set meat prices with stockmen and retailers, and mandates a ten day quarantine for imported cattle before admission to Cuba.
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Havana
Chamber of Deputies
Wyoming Briefs Record Storms And Dusts Of State
The Basin fair opens Sept 9 with a new premium list. Thermopolis faces a $69,018.37 suit by the First National Bank over city warrants 1919 to 1921. Clover yields drop to 1.00 ton per acre with 92 percent condition. Twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Teusheck of Kemmerer die two hours apart after three months. George Sumner Martin, Casper area pioneer, dies in a tractor accident. Rye yield 14 bushels per acre. quality 84 percent. Valentine geyser resumes activity in Norris basin. Niobrara Teachers Institute set Aug 20 to Sept 2 at Douglas with law-mandated attendance. Union Pacific plant at Laramie closes for four retorts and track work. Winter wheat yield 18 bushels. quality 92 percent. Estimated 1921 production 1,814,000 bushels. Demolition of St John’s Hospital Cheyenne proceeds for Frances Warren Pershing Memorial. Deserts Fort Russell deserters bound over for trial in Cheyenne. two men confessed. Boy LeConn dies at Gillette from being tangled in a lariat. Crops statewide down due to drought, winds, grasshoppers. alfalfa second cuttings in jeopardy. Sugar beets damaged by web worm. A cloudburst near Chugwater floods gulley, damages lines and road. Casper race meet purses total 4000 dollars. Natrona County Pao Association hosts events September 4 to 6 with harvesting themes.
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Uolon News Servi
Averance
Frank Teusheck
Kemmerer
George Sumner Martin
Wyoming
Casper
Natrona County
Martin
Laramie
Valentine Geyser
Yellowstone National Park
Norris Geyser
N. P. Skinner
Niobrara County
Douglas
Converse County
Union Pacific Tle
St. John's Hospital
Cheyenne
Laramie County
Frances Warren Pershing
Gillette
Chugwiter
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Chugwater
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Acnion
Anna A. Gordon
Evanston, I
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Neb
Willliam Bridgaan
Willian Moore
Union Pacific Prasenger
Cozad
Vehile
Honolulu
Des Moines
Towa
Weaera Newspaper Union News Service
U. S
Hughes
Shackleton
U.S
Western Newspaper Union News Service
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Alschuler
Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
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Butcher Workmens' Union
el Paso
J. D. Reeder
Germany
Levy
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