Tax Cuts Backed at White House Conference
A conference at the White House with President Harding and Republican leaders frames a revenue bill with total internal taxation at 3.075 billion dollars, cutting overall expenditures by 516 million and delaying new taxes. The plan retains the $2,000 corporate exemption, reduces the top surtax, and halves transportation taxes in 1922 with full repeal in 1923.
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Washington
Harding
House
Treasury
White House
Republican House
Federal Judge backs higher pay for bank workers
New York report says another federal judge joined Judge Landis in supporting better compensation for bank employees to deter dishonesty. Judge Shepard ordered a man and a woman into a day of custody in a Chicago case, praising the pay initiative.
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New York
Landis
Chicago
Shepard
United
Bank officials face fines for alleged embezzlement
Mrs. Judith B. Deming and H. B. Randall, assistant cashier and cashier of the First National Bank of Ame nia, were accused of taking 85,500 over two years. Their attorney argued they were poorly paid, the bank suffered no loss due to reimbursements by friends of the accused, and the money was used to cover urgent living needs.
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Judith B. Deming
H. B. Randall
First National Bank of
Fail to identify accused robber in Kuhen murder case
Evansville Indiana August 10 William Englehardt 19 confessed assault and robbery of John Rettig night manager at an auto service station He was taken to Vincennes to see if he could be the man who wore a green overcoat and tried to sell Dennis Kuhen s taxicab murdered last November near Evansville After a garage in Vincennes failed to identify him Englehardt returned to Evansville
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Evansville
Ind
William Engglehardt
John Rettig
Vincennes
Dennis Kuhen
Fort Branch
Kuhen
Englehardt
Postal Clerk Arrested in Mail Robbery Case Near Evansville
A. W. Sides 29 of Mt. Vernon Ind was arrested by Postal Inspectors Thompson and Griggs in Fort Branch and will be charged with robbing government mails at arraignment before U S Commissioner Charles E Harmon. Sides worked as a postal clerk on the Fort Branch and Mt Vernon branch of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad.
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Evansville
Ind
A. W. Sides
Mt. Vernon
Fort Branch
Here
Thompson and
Griggs
Charles E. Harmon
United States
Sides
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Howatt threatens coal fields if jailed
Hutchinson Kas Aug 10 Alex Howatt president of the Kansas miners organization warned that if compelled to serve the jail sentence imposed by the Kansas district court all work in the Kansas coal fields will suspend and not a pound of coal will be mined He and the organization’s vice president face one year in jail for violating state industrial cart orders and an appeal to a higher court has upheld the lower court decision.
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Hutchinson, Kas
Alex Howatt
Kansas Miners’ Organization
Kansas District Court
Kansas
Howatt
Airplanes to aid mine disaster rescue in Indiana
The U S Bureau of Mines plans to use airplanes for mine rescue in District 11 coal fields. Chanute field will supply planes to Vincennes safety station, with landing fields near each mine mapped. High powered cars will meet planes if landings are distant. current reliance on McCook field ends.
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Indiana
District 11
United States Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Chanute
Rantoul
Ill
Bureau of Mines
Vincennes
McCook
Spurgin Arrested in Mexico After Chicago Warrant
Warren C. Spurgin, missing president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company, was arrested late yesterday by Chihuahua City Chief Bussebio Hermosillo. Dispatches say Hermosillo offered to bring Spurgin to the border if $200 expense money is guaranteed. The reward remains $2,500.
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Chicago
Warren C. Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Bussebio Hermosillo
Chihuahua City
el Paso
Hermosillo
Spurgin
Runaway horse injury strikes Mrs Okie Roberts near Atlas
Mrs Okie Roberts, about 40, was seriously injured when a horse pulling a gas engine driven road grader bolted on Black Creek road near Atlas. Her nine year old son remained unharmed in the buggy. Mrs Roberts regained consciousness briefly at the scene but lapsed into a coma before being admitted to the city hospital.
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Okie Roberts
Atlas
General Railway Strike Threat Looms Over Wage Fight
Washington Aug 10 Calling of a general railroad strike may hinge on tomorrow developments All railroad unions except the Big Four Brotherhood have voted in referendum to strike over recent wage reductions If eastern railroads answer to Big Four demands is unsatisfactory a strike vote will be taken Union leaders would aim to tie up all lines nationwide.
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Washington
Big Four Brotherhood
Eastern Railroads
Big Four
Navy plane fires at boat wounding girl in Narragansett Bay
Washington reports a navy plane fired a machine gun at a small boat during practice in Narragansett Bay wounding a girl. The gun was fired allegedly unknowingly. Lieutenant E P Garry commanded airplane 92 N. A board of inquiry has been ordered.
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Washington
Narragansett Bay
Navy
Navy Department
Atlantic
E. P. Garry
Weather Tonight Brings Showers and Thunderstorms
A weather report notes showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures in the eastern and southern portions. The forecast calls for somewhat cooler conditions on Thursday after the unsettled night.
Dublin Horse Show Draws English Visitors Amid Political Tension
Reports from Dublin say optimism follows the delay in J J McKeown’s release and Dail Eireann’s upcoming meeting. The city hosts a social horse show attracting Irish and English visitors, with Danish remount officers and several American guests. Eamonn de Valera welcomes released Irish Republicans at the Mansion House, while Frank Walsh secures a British visa for travel to London to meet de Valera and Arthur Griffith.
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London
Dublin
J. J. McKeown
Dail Eireann
Dail
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
Ireland
Eagle
Rhode Island
O’hara
Beckner
New York
Viceroy
Fitzalan
Lord
Dufferin
Abingdon
Earl and Countess of
Kenmare
Osborne Beauclerk
Kathleen Beresford
Mansion House
Ballyminlar
Paris
Frank P. Walsh
Eamonn de Valeera
Walsh
British Isles
Washington
de Valera
Arthur Griffith
Daugherty to talk over Debs pardon with President Harding
Washington dispatch reports that probes under consideration regarding a pardon for Eugene V. Debs, jailed Socialist leader, will be discussed with President Harding. Attorney General Daugherty indicated a phase of the matter relates to general political considerations of pardons for those prosecuted under the espionage laws.
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Daugherty
Debs Pardon
Pres. Harding
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Harding
Mererty
Department ¢, Justice
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