Taxes Revised in House Debate Amid Tax Reform Shifts
Washington reports outline administration tax revision changes after Republican conference shifts on excess profits, income surtax, and repeal of transportation levies. The bill lowers certain rates after June 1 and expands exemptions while preserving key revenue goals. In San Francisco, Women’s Christian Temperance Union leader urged anti tobacco youth education as delegates gather. In New York, detectives uncover a drug delivery route with narcotics, a route book, and seized items. In Omaha a train window escape by an alleged counterfeiter is reported.
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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
San Francisco
Acnion
Anna A. Gordon
Evanston, I
Women's Christian Temperance Unio
New York
Yonkers
Lakewood
N. J
Sailors clash as Americans defend flag in Naples incident
A Naples sailor from the crew of the American steamer Pocahonios beat several Spaniards after they shouted down with America. The Americans quickly subdued the attackers and forced a retreat while raising the American flag. Several Spaniards were badly pummeled and required hospital care.
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Naples
America
Hay freight hikes curb Western harvests
Washington reports show freight rate increases cut hay movement from Omaha and Kansas City by over 50 percent. Kansas City dealers note reduced tonnage and higher costs mean thousands of prairie acres may stay uncut. Witnesses cite water routes via Panama Canal to New York as cheaper than rail.
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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 While Going for Help Near Chicago Lake
Peter Nolan, 1, drowns within fifty feet of Lake Michigan shore after swimming a quarter mile to aid two drifting companions. The three boys were on a raft when wind carried it away. Nolan became exhausted. Police rescued the other two boys.
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Chicago
Peter Nolan
Lake Michigan
Nolan
Missing Flier Morentino Villa Found in Gully
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 accompanied him at the time of death was also found.
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Santader
Spalo
Morentino Villa
Castro ‘Sopene
Jobless Figures Reported For United States
Secretary of Labor Davis told the senate that best estimates indicate about 5,785,000 people are out of work in the United States. The figure was provided in response to a resolution seeking current unemployment data.
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Washington
United States
Davis
Senate
Noted Mexican Bishop Dies in New York
Retired Mexican bishop Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregon, head of the Diocese of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, died at the home of Reverend Michael J. Lavelle in New York where he was visiting en route to his diocese. He had led the San Luis Potosi church 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 recognises Senate role in foreign affairs
Washington report notes President Harding designates Senator Henry Cabot Lodge as a member of the American delegation to the disarmament conference and outlines the balance of representation. It also covers funding approval of 200000 to cover expenses, venue negotiations at the Pan American Building, and the stance that the United States will not pay a large share of visiting delegates' costs.
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Weatero
Union News Service
Washington
Senate
Harding
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 advocates urge embargo after House vote in Greensboro
In Greensboro North Carolina Senator Ladd of North Dakota John H Kirby of Houston Texas and others urged a protective tariff on southern and western products at the Southern Tariff Congress U W Parsons pressed for continued embargo against foreign dues claiming the House vote was swayed by 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 Cutters in New Mexico Gunfight
Endocia Guzman was shot and died near Pierre by Forest Rangers J. R. McClure and Leslie Fleming after a clash while attempting to arrest Guzman and Guisele Acosta for allegedly salvaging a government fence. A gun battle followed and Acosta was arrested. The coroner ruled the shooting justifiable homicide.
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Rangers
Silver City
N. M
Endocia Guzman
Pierre
J. R. McClure
Lesiie Flemloy
Guzman
Guisele Acosta
Guz
Agosta
Resolution Calls Conference On Stabilizing International Exchange
A joint resolution introduced by Senator King Democrat Utah authorizes the president to convene a conference of top commercial nations to seek ways to stabilize international exchange rates and related financial conditions.
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Exchange
Washington
King
Utah
Shackleton Plans Scout Voyage On Quest Ship
London scouts selected by Sir Ernest Shackleton for an Antarctic expedition aboard the Quest depart with two youths from HMontwen and Kirkwell districts named Loud ova 7 and Mooney aged 17.
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London
Booteh
Ernest H. Shackleton
Kins
Hmonweten
Lloyd George calls for Pacific accord with United States
London premier David Lloyd George urged to merge the Anglo Japanese alliance into a broader Pacific understanding with the United States. He argued Britain must honor obligations to Japan while fostering fraternity with the United States, and that success at the disarmament conference hinges on Pacific talks. He noted the imperial premiers did not discuss Ireland.
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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 in cloudburst
Hatch New Mexico, thirty eight miles north of Las Cruces, was wiped out by a flood after a cloudburst. Water stood seven feet in the town as residents fled to the hills in night clothes. Losses from buildings and nearby crops are estimated at five hundred thousand dollars. In El Paso Texas an unidentified Mexican killed one, wounded another, and two horses were slain in a clash with custom officers led by J D Reeder who seized alcohol and tequila from smugglers.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Hatch
Here
el Paso
Texas
J. D. Reeder
Reindeer Meat Shipment Opens New Industry in Frisco
A shipment of 30,000 pounds of dressed reindeer meat arrived in San Francisco from Nome Alaska and is on sale in local retail shops. The announcement says this marks the opening of a new industry.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Calif
San
Austrian sale of Great Woellersdorff arsenal to German syndicate
The Austrian government sanctioned the sale of the Great Woellersdorff arsenal the largest plant in Austria to a German syndicate. A small portion of stock stays with the government. Purchasers include the Boer, Sondhbeimer and Company Ludwig Schitt and Prince Lippe Det mold. The plant valued near 100 million dollars and partly converted to peacetime products.
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Vienna
Woellersdorff
Austria
Nkers Boer
Sondhbeimer and Comay
Ludwig Schitt
Prankforton Malin
Prince Lippe Detmold
Germany Nears Peace With United States Under Pact Plan
Berlin reports that Chancellor Wirth secured majorities in parliament for a forthcoming peace treaty with the United States. Key figures Ellis Loring Diesel and Dr. Friedrich Rosen agreed on fundamentals, with ratification expected directly by the Reichstag without party debate. Potential ambassador nominee Prof. Gerhart Von Schulze-Gaevernitz is among new names discussed.
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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 Roads
The senate passed a federal roads bill authorizing 75 million dollars for construction with one third available immediately and the rest in six months. The measure, originally 100 million, goes to conference and places federal aid under the secretary of agriculture with up to 60 percent for interstate roads and the remainder for inter county roads.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Steamer San Jose Abandoned Off Lower California
San Jose aground off the California coast will be abandoned by Pacific Mail officials. The Homer will salvage removable machinery from the wreck before leaving the scene. Dragging the San Jose from the rocks would be useless, officials said.
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San Francisco
San Jose
Lower California
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Homer
Pilot and Passenger Die in 2000 Foot Plane Fall
Preston Minnesota reports the deaths of pilot Herbert Riebe 27 a commercial flyer from Rochester and his passenger Bright owner of a chain of movie buses, in a 2000 foot fall from an airplane near the city.
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Preston
Minn
Herbert Riebe
Bright
Herve
Riebe
Rochester
Hand of Pharaohs Daughter Gifted to Bradley Institute
The mummy hand of Pharaoh's daughter, famed for rescuing Moses, was left to Bradley Polytechnic Institute by the will of the late Annie E. Petherbridge, filed for probate in Peoria.
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Pharaoh
Peoria
Moses
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Annie E. Petherbridge
Make Profiteering a Crime in Cuba
Havana imposes profiteering as a crime under a measure approved by the Cuban chamber of deputies. It marks Latin America’s first use of the offense in criminal law. The bill would let the president consult stockmen and retailers to fix meat prices and require a ten day quarantine for imported cattle before entry.
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Havana
Chamber of Deputies
Wyoming News Notes Highlight Drought, Deaths and Races
Basin fair dates set for Sept. 6 to 9 with a busy catalog of premiums. Legal action by First National Bank against Thermopolis over city warrants from 1919 to 1921 for $69,018.37. Clover yield 1.00 ton per acre, quality 96 percent of normal. rye 14 bushels per acre. winter wheat 18 bushels. Twin infants born to Mr and Mrs Teusheck of Kemmerer die shortly after birth. George Sumner Martin killed near Casper in a tractor accident. Niobrara Teachers Institute planned Aug 20 to Sept 2 at Douglas. Union Pacific plant at Laramie temporarily closed for upgrades. Four retorts to replace two at Laramie preserving plant. Cheyenne’s St John’s hospital being demolished for Frances Warren Pershing Memorial. Deserters from Fort Russell bound over for murder trial in Cheyenne. Cowboy game tragedy near Gillette takes life of 12-year-old Andrew LeConn. Drought and grasshopper damage reduce crops across Wyoming. sugar beets down 1 percent. A cloudburst near Chugwater washes out tracks and floods property. Casper hosts a four-day horse meet Sept 4-6 with $4,000 purses and derby events.
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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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Willliam Bridgaan
Willian Moore
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Towa
Weaera Newspaper Union News Service
U. S
Hughes
Shackleton
U.S
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New Mexico Village
Alschuler
Amalgamated
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Butcher Workmens' Union
Germany
Levy
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