President Signs Tariff Bill and Grain Futures Act
President Harding signed the 1922 tariff act making new rates effective at midnight. The Capper-Tincher grain futures bill was also signed, with enforcement guidance issued to collectors and a projected tripling of tariff commission forces. Grain exchanges listed include Chicago Minneapolis Duluth Kansas City St. Louis Toledo Milwaukee San Francisco Los Angeles and Baltimore.
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Washington
Harding
Gillett
House
Cummins
Rep
Senate
McCumber
Senate France Committee
Fordney
Ways and Means Cowm
Ar. Fordney
Treasury
Customs
Marvin
Tariff Commission
Congress
Supreme Court
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Kansas City
St. Louis
Toledo
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Newberry
Mich
Allied Debt-Funding Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Surgeon General Cumming to Visit Abroad for Health Inspections
Dr Hugh S Cumming surgeon general of the public health service will depart Washington October 5 for a two week tour of government sanitary authorities abroad He will attend the Paris convention revising the international sanitary treaty of Rome and propose amendments on measures against typhus plague and cholera He also plans to join the Paris League of Nations hygiene unit to share experience on safeguarding health through inspection and quarantine of entrants.
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Washington
Hugh S. Cumming
Pubiic Health Service
General Cumming
Paris
Rome
Hygiene Unit
League of Nations
Big Counterfeiters Plot Brought Down In Chicago
Chicago authorities seized over 200000 in counterfeit Federal Reserve bank notes and arrested a man in a West Side house. Capt Thomas I Porter, chief of Chicago Secret Service, called it the biggest counterfeiting operation in his 37 years. Agents recovered printing presses, thousands of negatives and plates used by the Treasury.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
House On the West
Thomas I. Porter
Secret Service
Federal Service
Treasbury
Manila bars women boxers six months
Manila imposes a six month penalty for violations of a new law barring women from any boxing activity. The statute prohibits participation in matches bouts or professional events, reflecting a widening crackdown on female boxing amid local policy debates.
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Manila
P. L
President Harding vetoes soldiers' bonus bill
President Harding vetoed the soldiers' bonus measure and sent the bill back to Congress with a veto message. He cited absence of revenue, specifically rejecting his sales tax plan to finance the bonus, as the main reason. He criticized the bill as inadequate and stingy and argued any bonus must be generous and funded.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Soviet Gold for the Turks
London reports Soviet Russia funds keep the Angora government in hostilities and supply the Turkish armies under Mustafa Kemal with large quantities of military materials. Informants say Bolshevists have transferred gold and precious stones, much looted from Russian churches, to aid the Turks.
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London
Russia
Angora
Bolshevists
Mustapha Kemal
Japan May Quit Parley Over Russia Attitude
Tokyo reports Japan may withdraw from the Changchun conference unless Russia shows compromise spirit. The foreign office cites Russian insistence on Nikolaievsk affair talks and Sakhalin evacuation as evidence of insincerity. Japan notes consent to discuss European Russia issues after the conference.
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Tokyo
Japan
Changchun
Russia
Foreign Office
Nikolaievsk
Sakhalin
Presbytery backs war on Turkey over Christian massacre
A Denver presbytery resolution urged the United States to join Britain in war against Turkey, citing Christian massacres as the motive for action. The measure was released publicly in Denver on September 22.
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Denver
America
England
Colo
Turkey
Nomination Falls to Pass for Embassy Secretary Post
Washington September 28 The nomination of Miss Lucile Atcherson of Columbus for the post of secretary to embassy class four, the first appointment of a woman to the American diplomatic service, failed of confirmation before Congress adjourned.
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Washington
Mise Lucile Atcherson
Columbus
Two Army Air Mishaps Kill Six and Two at Logans Field
On Mineola Long Island an army Martin bomber crashed after a night bombing drill, killing six including First Lieut Raymond E. Davis and six others stationed at Mitchel field. Witnesses estimated 25 000 watching on site with 10 000 more at Logan Field Baltimore two Marine pilots Patton and Hansen died in a tail spin at Logan Field as 10 000 observers watched.
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Long Island
Logan Field
New York
Mineola
L. L
Raymond E. Davis
Langley Field
Thomas Benfield
Chicago
Mitchel Field
David H. Stivins
Edward Kane
Henry J. Nichols
Carr Hill
Tex
Irving M. Whitey
Ashburnham
Mass
Davis
Red” Army
Blue” Army
Mitchelfield
Kempstead
Baltimore
Patton
Pasadena
Cal
Hansen
Church Ferry
N. D
United States Marine Corps
Quantico
MISTREAT SAILORS CHARGE IN RUM RUNNING BY Korona
Four Korona crew members sign a New York Times letter accusing vessel owners and city officials of wholesale rum smuggling around New York waters and mistreatment of American merchant sailors. The ship, which sailed March 19, is held by Spain in Cadiz amid government and private libels.
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New York
New York Times
Cadiz
New York City
Divorced Episcopalians Barred From Remarrying
Portland Ore Sept 25 The general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church adjourned to meet in 1925 in New Orleans after enacting a ban on divorced persons who are Episcopalians from remarrying and after debates over ordination, councils, and women’s legal standing.
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Portland
Ore
Episcopal Church
Congregational Church
Federal ‘Council of the’ Churches of Christ In America
Councils of the Church
General Convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church
New Orleans
Sham Battle to Test Plane Off Virginia Coast
Preparations near completion for a mock battle off the Virginia coast next week pitting a battleship fleet against navy planes. The drills aim to test scouting and torpedo aircraft against a modern fleet and show the value of air forces as part of naval power. York, Pa. Sept. 23 P Walter Banker of Wilkes Barre Pa was elected president of the Luther League of America at the biennial convention Mrs T Peterson of Chicago was elected recording secretary.
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Washington, D. C
Virginia
Chicago Woman Lutheran
York
Greenville
Del
Lydia E. Pink
Senate Sustains Harding Veto on Soldier Bonus Bill
Washington reports the Senate sustained President Harding's veto of the soldier bonus bill. The House had overridden the veto earlier, 258 to 54. Final Senate vote to override failed, 28 to sustain with 44 voting to override. 48 needed for override. Meyer London backed override. Mondell forced a vote. debate limited.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
House
Meyer London
Mondell
Garrett of
Tennesee
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Federal Coal Commission
Teacher killed by golfer in accidental blow
Miss Evelyn Calman of Depere, Wisconsin, a Racine public school teacher, died when Allan Simpson, assistant district attorney, swung a golf driver during a demonstration. Calman stepped behind him as he pulled the club back and was struck behind the ear.
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Racine
Wis
Evelyn Calman
Depere
Allan Simpson
Simpson
American oil executive held for ransom in Mexico
John C. Chaney, 53, general superintendent of the International Petroleum company, is being held by Mexican bandits in Tampico who demand 5000 dollars for his release. Chaney was captured at Agua Nacida on September 19 during an inspection trip.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
John C. Chaney
Tampico
Mexico
Chaney
International Petroleum Company
Agua Nacida
Stand Three Held in Mail Theft Case in Denver
Two men and a woman were arrested in Denver in connection with a registered mail theft at the Trinidad depot on May 21. The loot ranged from $56,000 to $100,000 in value. Authorities held the trio for further questioning.
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Denver
Col
Trinidad (Col
Anton
End of Sixty Seventh Congress Ends After Weeklong Session
Washington reports the sixty seventh congress adjourned sine die after almost ten months of action. Key acts include a 2 454 210 deficiency bill with 200 000 for Smyrna relief, tariff revisions, and a failed soldier bonus veto.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Aldrich
Roosevelt
Smyrne
National Fire Damage in Atlanta District Reported
Fire in Atlanta business district caused estimated damage between $700000 and $1500000. Also notes National Fire Prevention Day proclamation by President Harding for October 9, 1920.
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Atlanta
Harding
Washington
London
Speedy
Sea of Marmera
Downing Street
Near East
First State Bank of
Savage, Minn
Illinois
William Hate Thompson
Chicago
Athens
Pacific
Panama
Plenty of Meat in Europe Beef and pork supply seen safe
Washington reports a Department of Commerce forecast that Europe faces no beef or pork famine. Cabled dispatches indicate cattle herds in Great Britain France Italy and Poland are near normal with a sizable rise in Spanish sheep and growing goat herds across the region.
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Washington
Europe
Department of Commerce
Department
Great Britain
France
Italy
Poland
San Francisco Divorce Settlement Ties $1 Million
Mrs. Robert Stewart Howard wife of a Danbury piano maker won an interlocutory divorce decree in San Francisco. Reported out of court property settlement totals about $1,000,000.
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San Francisco
Cal
Robert Stewart Howard
Danbury (Conn
Markets in Chicago Open High Low Close Sept 23 1922
The Chicago markets report prices for wheat corn rye flour hay and cattle hogs with opening highs and lows noted. Grain futures show Sept and Dec bids while livestock quotes list prime steers feed prices and hogs for the day.
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Chicago
Timothy
Tanlac Promises Relief for Rheumatism and Stomach Ailments
An advertisement touts Tanlac as a remedy for rheumatism linked to stomach trouble. It cites a testimonial from Robert Trotter of St. Paul praising relief of aches after starting Tanlac and urges readers to obtain a bottle at a local druggist.
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Tanlac
Robert Trotter
State St
St. Paul, Minn
Taniac
Railway Networks Compared Across Australia and United States
A brief note contrasts rail mileage with Australia having about 26 000 miles of railway versus the United States roughly 250 000 miles, highlighting scale differences between the two nations' networks.
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Australia
United States
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Health Board
Surrey
Adelina
Warren
Adelina Otero Warren
Santa Fe
N. M
Army Air Maneuvers
Spain
Fleet
Virginian
Pedro M. Arcaya
Senor Pedro M. Arcaya
Venezuela
Dominiel
Senor Arcaya
Wayne
U. S
Boose
Ates Mills
Long Peak
Culo
Mills
Rocky Mountain National Park
Hamburg Germany
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast Lines
John P. Tiernan
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Augusta Tiernan
Strand Motion Picture Theater
East Liberty
Pittsburgh
Robert Fay
Alluta
Hamburg
Bayer
Germany
Francis
Constantinople
Esine
Chanak
Kum Kalesi
Dardanelles
Blandinsville
First National Bank
Dublin
Dail
W. S. Hughes
Kansas
Hérian, Wigh
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