Washington to Cut Taxes and Expenditures in Fiscal Year
President Harding, Secretary Mellon, and Republican House leaders agreed on a plan reducing taxes by about 900 million dollars and government spending by 520 million dollars this year. Key items include retroactive repeal of the excess profits tax, a half repeal of the transportation tax, and reductions in higher income surtaxes and luxury taxes.
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Washington
Harding
Mellon
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Capper Tincher grain gambling bill moves in senate
Washington Aug. 9 The Capper Tincher bill to prohibit gambling in grain gained senate right of way as part of a pre recess plan. Debate focused on restricting cooperative associations on grain exchanges and the rebating of commissions while the National Grain Dealers Association funds opposition and an investigation is authorized.
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Senatory
Senate
Harding
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senator Capper
Kansas
Agriculture Committee
Kenyon
Iowa
National
Grain Dealers’ Association
Western Canada Colonization Association backs fall rye plan
Regina report on drought in Southern Alberta and Southwestern Saskatchewan urges extensive fall rye seeding as partial drought remedy. Directors endorse the committee recommendation and empower A A Brown to lead a large rye campaign in the affected areas. More than 300,000 acres reportedly sown nightly in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Regina
Canada
Western Canada Colonization Association
Alberta
Saskatchewan
A Brown
Sas
Typographical Union Convention Divides Over Officers Salaries
Quebec August session of the International Typographical Union shows a split over proposed economies in executive officers salaries and travel expenses. John McParland and Ferdinand Barbarack spar over pay cuts while bartering for a fixed annual salary for W. J. Barrett. debate derailed by laundry bill remarks and staff expenses.
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Quebec
Imen
International Typographical Union
John McParland
John W.trays
McParland
Indianapolis
W. J. Barrett
Chicago
Barrett
Ferdinand Barbarack
San Francisco
Caruso Will Reads Without Mentioning Wife and Daughter
Naples, Aug 10. The late Enrico Caruso's will was read in court with Mrs. Caruso Gio vanni Caruso and one of the singer's sons present. The 1919 instrument did not mention his wife and daughter, who under Italian law must receive the greater part of the estate. The remainder would be at the testator's disposal after they are provided for.
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Naples
Enrico Caruso
Indemnity Disposition Debated as Premature
Ottawa reports a discussion on disposing of the German indemnity, potentially around 300 million, is premature. British chancellor statements suggest the matter remains indefinite and Canadian government consideration may be deferred.
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Ottawg
Canada
Fire consumes eighteen wells near Batum in Asiatic Russia
London reports fires rage in eighteen oil wells on the outskirts of Batum, a major oil center in Asiatic Russia. Central News Agency cites Estonian Reval wire saying extinguishment seems unlikely and oil loss could be disastrous amid famine and cholera. Col. Spencer returns from Regina meetings and plans to depart for Vancouver.
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Asiatic
Russia
London
Batum
Reval
Esthenia
Quebec Harvester Commits Death by Self Action on Train
Francois St. John, a harvester from St Lambert Quebec, shot himself on a train near White River en route to Virden Manitoba. His body was found in a lavatory by a trainman. Papers identified him. he carried 200 dollars in pauper money and coins. The body was removed at White River and to be sent home to St Lambert.
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Port Arthur
Francois St. John
St. Lambert
Quebec
Virden
Man
White River
St. Lambdért
Spanish Blorkhouse Attacked by Moors
Madrid reports ongoing hostilities between Spanish forces and Rif tribesmen in Eastern and Western Moroco with a blockhouse at Meijas in Tetuan attacked. Garrison retreated to Gouk Eld Arba after losing several men. the commandant downplays the incident.
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Madrid
Moro
Bage
Marotéco
Jetuan
Meijas
Tetuan
Gouk-Eld-Arba
Mine Workers Take Wage Gut
Nine electricians, blacksmiths and hoistmen on strike since April 16 voted to return to work in Tonopah Nevada. They will accept a new wage scale with about a 12 percent cut, ending a strike that hampered local mining operations. The miners' union will meet tonight to consider returning to work.
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Tonopah
Nev
Quebec
Taschreau
International Typographical Union
China
United States
Canada
Harvest work rush prompts early filings at office
Local government employment office reports a surge of orders for men in harvest labor. Applicants should apply early as most workers are needed for the Crow line. Wages reach up to 4 dollars for threshing with tasks lasting 20 to 30 days in some cases.
Everest Ascent Challenge Said To Cost Two Ears
The quotation claims no white man has scaled Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, suggesting ascent would cost two ears.
Boundary to be drawn between Poland and Germany
Paris August 10 The Allied Supreme Council paused the Silesian issue pending expert work on a new boundary line separating Poland and Germany in the area agreed in principle by France and Great Britain yesterday awaiting the specialists' report.
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Paris
Allied Supreme Council
Poland
Germany
France
Great Britain
New Comet Sighting Baffles Observatories
At sunset near San Jose a bright star-like object was seen by W. W. Campbell and others at Lick Observatory. If confirmed as a new body credit would go to Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and Major Reed Chambers. Harvard and Princeton observers reported similar notes, but subsequent searches found nothing definite.
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San Jose
Cal
Lick Observatory
W. W. Campbell
Eddie Rickenbacker
Reed Chambers
Rickenbacker
Campbell
Henry Morris Russell
Princeton University Observatory
Chambers
Russell
America
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Observatory
Venus
E. S. Kane
Mutiny at Austrian jail leaves four dead at Stein penitentiary
Inmates at the Stein penitentiary in Vienna staged a mutiny Monday night after sending an ultimatum to the government demanding sentence reductions. Fire and vandalism followed as mattresses were burned and cell fittings destroyed, with many wounded.
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Stein
Vienna
Rickard Plans Another Heavyweight Title Bout
Promoter Tex Rickard renews the lease on Boyles arena at thirty acres where the Rempsey Carpentier bout was held and announces a world heavyweight championship in July. He intends arranging a Dempsey clash with the most logical opponent.
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Jersey City
Tex Rickard
Ous
Boyles
Thirty Acres
Jack Dempsey
Alaska steamer Alaska disaster death toll and survivor reports
Survivors arrive in San Francisco as authorities update the Alaska wreck death list. Eureka records 17 dead with six missing. 9 crew and 2 unidentified bodies. Estimated on board 152 passengers and 82 crew. Anyox brought 97 passengers and 70 officers and crew. 30 still unaccounted. Lifeboats washed ashore. one skirt found. Families seek news. uncharted current blamed by officers. Captain went down with ship. crew and passengers recount course errors and launch issues.
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California
Alaska
San Francisa
Eureka
C Id
E. Ebm
Sayrancisco
Portland Steamship ¢Pany
Steamship Company
San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company
Ore
San Franciscan
R. G. White
Fred
Portland
Eureka Bilks’ Club
White
W. H. Dyer
la Grande
Familly
Dyer
B D. Dupree
Harry Hooey
Blunt's Reef
Dupree
Harry Palmer
N. White
Madera Cai
I. W. Skogiind
Omaha
Neb
Weather rundown reports cloud cover across western cities
The past 24 hours brought partly cloudy and cool conditions over the prairie provinces with light rain in portions of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Local showers appeared in the north and moderate warmth in the south. Thursday looks fair with little change in temperature. Samuel E. Smith reports a fatal motor vehicle crash.
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Mooge Jaw
Winnipeg
Nelson
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Saskatoon
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewag Ang Aleberta
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Col
Drebrney Smith
Grace Hospital
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India
Toronto
W. BR. Rollo
Mrotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Martin F. Ryan
William Weeks
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
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Crile Batholic
Denver
Austrian
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Promier
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Centrol
Shamuel E. Smith
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