League of Southwest to plan seven-state irrigation development
At Denver meeting of the League of the Southwest governors and engineers from seven states discuss a vast river system project. Key topics include shared Colorado River waters, potential reservoirs, and international water rights with Mexico, while officials outline the scope draining 244,000 square miles and the need for authorized, fair allocation.
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League OF Southwest
Denver
Colorado
League of the Sandwest
Simon Hamberger
Utah
O. H. Shoup
W. BE
Chaplin Charles H. Lee
State Water Commission
Cal Hornia
B. Squires
Nevada
Emmett D. Boyle
Lewter M. Gillette
New Mexico
Sims Ely
Resources Board of Arizons
Gillette
Colorado River
Mexico
Arthur Powell Davis
United States Recretion Service
Carpenter
Greeley
Wyomin
Bamberger
Utul
George M. Hull
Denver Water Commission
Arizona
Plorado
Wyoming
Bolt
Grand
San Juan
Belfast riot leaves multiple dead and widespread arson
In Belfast a night of rioting by unionists and Sinn Fein supporters causes heavy property destruction by arson and gunfire. Six men die, many wounded, with women aiding families as clashes spread from Ballymacarrett to Grosvenor Road and Old Park. Police and troops restore order after hours of fighting.
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Union
Beeston
Belfast
Sinn Peinorn
Etuud
Tel | Hones
Miswan
Pir Rod
Ballymacarrett
Telfast
Cullingtree Land
Grosvenor Fond
Latur Party
Batt
Law seeks to curb landlords barring children in Chicago
Trials will pursue a law to punish landlords who bar doors to children in Chicago. City council members parents and Governor Lowden back the effort to protect children and penalties for cruel landlords who effectively deny access to minors.
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Chicago
Lowden
Strikes Delay West Coast Shipping and Lynch Mob in Tulan
A memorandum to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce reports West Coast dock delays due to strikes at Antofagasta delaying the La Primavera by fourteen days. In Tulan a mob of about 2000 hanged Tom M Owens a white man accused in a taxi driver crime. Owens was 10 years old.
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San Francisco
Sete
South American
Te Chamber of Commerce
Marine Department
Jotn Halversen
Halevorsen
Antofagasta
Ponzi Assets Dwindle in Bank Examinations
Boston reporters say the receivers of Charles Ponzi’s Securities Exchange Company faced a setback as documents were examined. They found assets from six banks totaling far less than earlier estimates, with projections shrinking from 57 million to possibly under 10 million.
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Boston
Mase
Charles Ponzi
Securities Exchange Company
Interstate Commission approves $4,000,000 loan to Erie Railroad
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a loan of four million dollars to the Erie Railroad to help finance 1920 maturities totaling twenty four million three hundred ten thousand dollars, and another order authorized an extension of the Erie loan.
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Washington
Interestate Commierce Commission
Erie Railroad
Erie
Women Vote Sec. of State Proclaims 19th Amendment
Secretary of State Colby signed the proclamation ratifying the 19th Amendment. The event lacked a ceremonial public scene as suffrage groups hoped. The National American Woman Suffrage Association pressed for presence, while the National Woman's Party complained of procedural friction.
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Union News
Washington
Americ
Bee
National Woman's Party
Militants of America
Alice Paul
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Association
Colby
Tary
Sind
Mywlf
Associa
Helen H. Gardner
Ite Nite
National Woman's
National
Congress
Armendment
Pitteturg
Allegheny County
Federal Reserve Board Faces Industry Classification Debate
Governor Harding rejected claims that the Federal Reserve Board sought to label Industry as essential. He said the policy adhered to at the bankers conference last May guides their approach amid conflicting interpretations of the Fed's credit role.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Harding Xald
Federal Reserve System
May Get 50 Cents on Dollar Poston
Official estimates of Charles Ponzi’s liabilities show a total around 7 900 900 dollars. A statement from Ponzi suggests creditors may receive about half of their claimed amounts.
Livestock Conference Called in Washington
Edwin T. Meredith invited J N. Watson of the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange to Washington to meet with livestock exchange representatives. The aim was to reduce brokerage rates for livestock commissions, but no action was taken as a result of the conference.
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Kenses City
Edwin T. Meredith
J. N. Watson
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
Washington
Soviet Front Crumbles Under Polish Offensive
Soviet forces on the Prussian front reportedly falter as Polish troops advance, signaling demoralization and an inability to halt the enemy rush.
Poles Advancing On East Prussian Front
Poles push along the east Prussian frontier as Bolshevist forces retreat. Polish reports claim Ossevets forts secured and passage across Bohr marshes reaching Augustowe lake, with Soviet troops concentrating to halt eastward advances. Casualty and prisoner figures tallied as fighting continues near Grodno and Leonpol.
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Esters
Union
Paris
Red
Bohr Marshes
Augustowe Lake
Augustowo
Reis
Augustowo-Grodno
Nieman River
Miawa
Clechanow
Kolno Myssyplec
Kobryn Pass
Bolshevia
Leonpol
Bolshevists
Grodno
Foreign Ministry
Poland
East
Prossia
Fires set in Dundalk shops amid sectarian riot
Two shopgirls were burned to death in Dundalk stores owned by Protestant Unionists. Fires spread to nearby homes and the Ulster Bank. The flames followed destruction of Catholic property in Lisburn and Belfast, and authorities suspect reprisal motives.
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Dundalk
Ireland
Salesgire
Ope Aulexmnan
Unioniet
Ulster Bank
Lisburn
Belfast
Emigration from Huerta Pelayo and US visa effort
In Huerta Pelayo Guadalajara villagers led by town clerk Pedro Martines Embil traveled with 25 companions to the American consulate to obtain visas for passports as emigration from Salamanca province rises amid strikes. Washington reports say the Federal Reserve Board notes a downward trend in prices for most goods, with raw product prices forecast to lower food costs. Athens Police Chief Jenkins is shot by Deputy Reynolds during a bridge patrol, Reynolds surrenders without comment, and authorities mention a hostile exchange with a sheriff’s deputy following threats from Charles McCann.
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U. S. Madrid
Huerta Pelayo
Guadalajara
United States
Pedro Martines Embil
Salamanca
U. S
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Ghet
Athens, Ga
Jenkins
Athens
William A. Reynolds
Berti
McMinn County
Reynolds
Charles McCann
Withems
Jenkins Wes
Grafts Own Flesh On Body Of Wife
Chicago surgeon Dr Orlando P Scott performed grafts from his thigh to his wife's foot and ankle without anesthesia at her bedside. The operation, witnessed by doctors and nurses, aimed to save her leg after a car crash caused gangrene.
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Chicago
Orlando P. Scott
Sebs
Hoodoo on This Farm Holds Bad Luck Record
Near Kliberton Chester County William Fryer endures a string of misfortunes on his farm. A horse was stung by an insect and remains serious, Fryer fell from a straw maw causing cuts, Mrs. Fryer was severely injured after a cherry tree incident, a cow birthed twins and all three calves died, and another horse entangled in a halter strap broke free.
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West Chester
William Fryer
Kliberton
Chester County
Pet Cat Attacks Brooklyn Teacher in Home Incident
Miss Maude E. Ross a Brooklyn school teacher living at 12 Decatur street was wounded by a large tiger variety cat that sprang at her at home. The cat escaped twice and is to be recaptured for health board examination.
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New York
Maude E. Ross
Decatur Street
Brooklyn
Board of Health
Mins Ross
Miss Stoxs
Miss Ross
Farhurst Refuses Fine Then Serves Brief Jail Time
Brooklyn woman Eloise B Farhurst declined a 25 fine and chose jail for two days but after an hour her mother paid the fine and she returned home The magistrate in Brooklyn Traffic Court noted she could pay under protest and appeal She claimed innocence and said she would serve the sentence. Isabel Shorter of New York was involved in a separate incident where a bolt pierced a dining room den and killed eight goldfish.
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New York
Eloise B. Farhurst
Brooklyn
Faily
Farhurst
Fish
Isabel D. Shorter
Shorter
Indictments Hit 42 Steamship Firms in Sherman Case
A federal grand jury indicted 42 steamship companies and freight brokers including many major transatlantic lines for conspiracy and restraint of trade under the Sherman act. The action accuses ongoing restraints on interstate and foreign commerce in grains, oil, coal, and manufactured goods through commissions, freight rates, and membership controls.
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Union News Service
New York
United States
Stemmahlp Freight Brokers’ Association
Steamship Companies
Transatlantic Associated Freight Com
Ferences
Brokers Aid Forward
Ors
Steamship Freight Brokers’ Association
Stemnsly Freight Brokers’ Association
New York Produce Exchange
Late Market Quotations Yield Mixed Livestock Prices
Market reports show cattle and hogs steady to lower with high steers and heifers fluctuating. Beef cows firm to strong, veal rising, stockers quiet, feeders steady, and sheep and lambs mixed as buyers weigh demand against supply. In Chicago cattle and hogs market activity reflects muted demand and variable prices.
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Dulin
Vrais
Rantenn
Chicago
Chaice Atvers
God Yeuriines
Drasey
Dutle
Chives
Nevada
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Bimeci
Tod Noxe
Walgha
Sinn Fein
U. 8
Madrid
Spain
N York
Bills Island
War Finance Corporation
Ossovetz
Augubtowo
MOBG
Grand Jury
Sacramento
Cal
Sutter Basin Land Company
Sutter County
George Maddock
Maddock
Philomena Mustadi
Thomas MH. Macdonald
Bureau of Public Bounds
Department of Agriculture
Virginia Fields
Williamson
W. Va
Carmwell
Sycamore Hollow
Mingo County
West Virginia
Kentucky
Parkes
Mons
Tiseaeees
Mutter
Firat Gr Creamery
Vroceas Lutter
Rae Candlers
Lewis J. Bailey
Federal Bureau
Frank Toard
Palmer
Bailey
Atlanta
David Laesd George
Genera
AREEO
Toana
Ib J
Gui
Jay and Ghain
P.O
Denysarn
Routh
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