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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
4
Revision of the Powell tax proposal nears completion with Senate finance action expected. The plan includes lowering surtax rates, raising corporate taxes, and broad changes to exemptions for heads of families and dependents. Revenue loss is projected at about 178 million dollars, with adjustments to brackets and rates across individual income taxes.
At the World’s Zloniat Congress the session adopted a resolution urging an open door in Palestine. A second resolution sought League of Nations confirmation of Britain’s mandate over Palestine. The Jewish national body in Palestine and its executive were recognized as the official institutions of Palestine Jewry, with a single American member on the executive.
The State Corporation Commission saved an order forbidding alleged discrimination by the Harvey Corporation and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad against men who wish to eat while wearing sleeves. Campbell Russell, chairman, said he was denied dining in a Harvey dining room at Purcell, Oklahoma, without his coat.
Philadelphia. Charles Mraun brother of Grover Bergdoll and Kent Bergdoll, convicted deserters, sue in Federal Court to recover a promissory note for 10000 dollars served as Bergdoll assets. Brown contests ownership arguing he is not an enemy alien and seeks return or sale proceeds via the custodianship.
Treasury Department figures set a per person savings target of 260 dollars as of nationwide population 105 million. They claim total savings would reach about 27 billion, with 21 billion in government securities and 6 billion in bank deposits.
Proposals from Japan to China seek a joint enterprise to manage and reopen key leased zones including Kiao Chan bay as a commercial port. The plan envisions foreign residence rights, abolition of exclusive concessions, open trade, rail links, and a joint banking consortium.
Judge C Feather admonished the grand jury as he opened County Court proceedings stemming from a mob incident at the city jail. About 150 men and boys allegedly beat two Black women who were accused of assaulting two white women on the street earlier the same night.
Ten men are known dead and more than a dozen injured after a second serious fire at the Athinine Refining Company plant in Philadelphia. The blast followed by a fierce oil flare left several workers missing and prompted rapid company rescue efforts to avert more fatalities.
New World Tribunal reports that the International Court of Justice bench elected by the League of Nations assembly includes John Hassett Moore of the United States Viscount Finlay of Great Britain Dr Y Odi of Japan Dr Andre Weiss of France Commendatore Angiolotti of Italy Dr Ruy Barbosa of Brazil Dr B T C Lodder of Holland A S De Bustamente of Cuba Judge Dirik Nyholm of Denmark Dr Max Weber of Switzerland Rafael Altimbay Creten of Spain. Moore announced his acceptance at his New York home and the South and Central American bloc won four candidates on the first ballot. The Chilean A Alvarez briefly threatened the slate before two Swiss and Danish judges prevailed.
Fragmentary account from Chattanooga describes a Black girl involved in racial unrest. She claims her actions aimed only to scare white residents after an altercation in which a public safety item was loaded. Families displaced by mounting violence remain scattered near the mountain foot and in hiding.
D J Tobin resigns as treasurer and executive council member of the American Federation of Labor following a clash with AFL President Samuel Gompers over representation at an unemployment conference. Resignation to be acted on at the council meeting on November 14 in Washington.
Ten or more passengers and the driver were rescued from a bus that hung across the Interstate bridge over Superior Bay. A street railway wrecking crew helped stabilize the vehicle and pull everyone to safety amid the fall risk.
In Greenwood Mississippi 17 year old Nora Thurt Scruggs was held for preliminary hearing after a coroner's jury returned a verdict holding her responsible for the killing of her father Charles Scruggs. He was shot to death at their Currellion home.
Samuel Gompers avoided injury after a fall from a stage during the Amalgamated Association convention in Atlanta. Witnesses said he slipped from a prop while the audience watched the veteran labor leader recover and continue his address amid the ongoing labor uprising for improved conditions.
London reports cancelation of arrangements for a conference with Eamonn de Valera asserting Ireland’s independence. Lloyd George warns that reaffirming sovereignty would make talks impossible. Diplomacy shifts to faster telegram exchanges as British offer to resume negotiations remains conditional.
The allied supreme council plans to lift March penalties in the occupied portion of Riineland only if Germany accepts an interallied export import license body. Temps Sig asserts Germany has not complied, so penalties stay until conditions set by the council are met.
Four of Chicago's largest packing firms Armour and Company Swift and Company Wilson and Wood Cudahy Packing Company announced adoption of the American shop representation system. A packers statement said 75,000 workers, more than 1 percent of the employees, voted in favor of the plan.
An armed bandit boarded a central city streetcar and robbed a North St. Paul Trust Company messenger of a satchel containing 12000 in currency and 4000 in notes and coupons, holding up a black messenger in St Louis Missouri.
A Chicago corporation paid $8,078,206 to the Internal Revenue collector during the third quarter of the annual income tax for 1020. The payment accompanies a note of $3,978,206 income. The transaction involved an income tax expert employed by the company.
Senate Finance Committee partially approves a provision to extend excess profits taxes for corporations into another year while moving repeal of the capital stock tax to next year. The panel also backs an increase to the corporation income tax and revises the lease measure as to timing.
Tokyo reports a conference of naval military and foreign office officials outlined basic limits on arms, calling for reductions balanced by existing programs and urging no new base establishments on the Pacific. Japan favors delaying further warship construction and extending current completion dates while keeping its navy intact. Further talks planned on seaplanes submarines and other arms. The US proposed discussing army navy restrictions open door China spheres of influence and Manchuria issues.
Death toll in San Antonio area floods climbs as authorities report 47 known dead and around 250 missing, with estimates rising toward 800 by police officials. Property losses are variously estimated near 5 million dollars while local residents debate the figures as destruction spreads.
Thomas W. Lamont of J.P. Morgan & Co. will travel to Mexico City at the behest of the international bankers committee on Mexico. He will confer with Mexican officials, gather their suggestions, and report back to the committee representing British French Swiss Dutch and Belgian interests.
All parts of Wyoming report a Burlington rail plan to build a 48 stall roundhouse and shop buildings at Gheybull with an estimated construction cost around 800000. Also cited are fish stocking from Lara mie hatchery, peanut crops near Thermopolis, Rambouillet ram shipment to Idaho station, court delays over a shooting case in Albany county, refinery staff changes, a notable Amber sale of 755000 railroad ties, a murder verdict in Caspar, and legal battles over a city occupation tax.
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