Balfour Rules Out League Covenant Amendments
Paris November 8 The League Assembly Commission chaired by Arthur Balfour chose to shelve proposed amendments to the league covenant for now. The move aims to avoid sparking international wrangling before the United States may join the league, with Sweden and others pushing for changes while some states threaten larger revisions.
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League Assembly Commission On General Organization
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Valet to Archbishop Arrested by Troops
London dispatch reports soldiers raided Archbishop Walsh residence at Drumcondra and arrested the Archbishop's valet William Kelly in Dublin. The Central News despatch notes the incident occurred on November 23.
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Nine Die as Alabama Mine Explosion Burned Workers
Nine men were killed and seven injured in a Moseish mine fire and gas explosion near Jasper Alabama. Eleven injured were rushed to Birmingham hospitals by special train as rescuers moved into the wrecked drift.
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Moseish
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City Bank to Loan Cuban Planters 10 Million
The National City Bank of New York plans to loan Cuban sugar planters ten million dollars to prepare for the coming crop. Havana officials indicate this may start a series of credit measures by various parties independent of the Cuban government. The move aims to assist Cuba by enabling European buyers to purchase Cuban sugar amid exchange-rate pressures and financial uncertainty.
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National City Bank of New York
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Colored Leader Slaps Cuvillier After Election Run-in
In a heated County Clerk's office meeting, Tammany Assemblyman Louis AL Cuvillier accused Cornelius W. McDougald of not mobilizing black voters. McDougald, objecting to a racial slur, responded with a forceful slap that sent Cuvillier across the room, then left the scene.
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Dublin Sunk in Sinn Féin Roundups and Riots
Dublin is sealed by heavy military patrols after mass arrests of Sinn Féin leaders. Three men, including T. C. Clane, killed while attempting escape from a guard house. Dublin Castle uses the fortress for prisoners as police seize documents and weapons in rounds across the city.
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T. C. Clane
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Lord French
Dragnet
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Aye
Sinn Féinera
Ennia
County Clare
Associated Press
Republcan
Dublin Castle
Liffey
Ireland
Trafic
Mob Lynches Colored Man in Ty Town Court Yard
A mob breaks two doors to seize Harry Jacobs during an assault trial in Ty Town Louisiana. He is dragged by a rope tied to a moving car to a bridge where bullets finish him, while appeals by the judge and the victim's husband fail.
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Waimob
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Gems Found in Shoe at Rummage Sale
In New Bedford Massachusetts a woman found four diamond rings and a brooch valued at 1500 in a shoetoe box at an Eastern Star rummage sale. The jewelry traced to Mrs. Thomas H. Jones who had hidden it there to guard against burglars and forgotten it until recovered.
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Mass
Eastern Star
Thomas H. Jones
Broad Inquiry Into Haiti by Congress Vital
A 1920 dispatch argues Congress should appoint a strong investigative committee to travel to Hayti and examine American administration. It claims the naval board is too limited, warns of distrust and reprisals, and urges testimony from American commercial interests to reveal facts and civil and military faults. The piece notes five years of occupation and calls for full subpoena power and public exposure to resolve tensions.
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New York Tribune
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Little Republic
Naval Board
Maya
Subpena
United States
Craig Refuses Aid to Hylan Graft Inquiry In New York
Comptroller Charles J. Craig blocks delivery of office evidence to Corporation Counsel O'Brien amid claims of a private probe into contractors. He accuses officials of shifting responsibility and signals rejection of the mayoral inquiry in collapse imminent as Reporters note the public hearing plan may be undermined by internal resistance.
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Evangelist Seeks New Job To Feed His Family
The Rev. Robert Rein, a Jamaica evangelist for 31 years, seeks honest work to survive rising prices. At 58 he and his wife and young son live in a single room after layoffs and rebuffs from banks. He rejects movies and cabarets but will sling dishes or take any decent job while possibly continuing gospel work.
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da Iaba
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Intel Marcantile Trust Co
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Brindell Faces Disbanding Pressure From Federation
The Building Trades Council head Brindell faced a move by John Donlin of the AFL to suspend the council’s charter unless the outlaw painters union was dissolved. The painters’ union was ordered dissolved and delegates returned to their regular bodies after a meeting at 12 St. Mark’s Place.
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Building Trades Council
John Donlin
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
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Kidnapping suspect linked to Toronto magnate case revealed
Portland dispatch reports John Noughty, former secretary to missing Toronto theater owner Ambrose Small, arrested in Oregon City. Noughty allegedly confessed to stealing $100,000 in Dominion Victory bonds, with Toronto detectives en route to Toronto to recover the bonds. Hoover relief council formed to aid eastern Europe children with Herbert Hoover chairing and Franklin K. Lane treasurer.
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Fire Damages Church Where Beecher Preached
A three alarm fire swept the Plymouth Church Sunday school building on Pineapple near Hick Street Brooklyn seriously damaging the historic edifice. Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis is pastor and Henry Ward Beecher preached there. Firemen fought wind-driven flames and concentrated on saving the church with efforts continuing at 2 o clock.
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Hick Street
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Henry Ward Beecher
Court Allows 960000 To Yield Case Attorneys
In a Chicago probate dispute over Marshall Field's will the court awarded 440900 in attorney fees and split 600000 among four firms. Captain Field now gains about 46 million from his mother's share plus his 40 million from his own. Trustees' lawyers receive 150000, others receive various sums.
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Chicago
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Mcculloch
Edward F. Dunne
Henry Anthony Marsh
Paggie Marsh
JF Dammann
John S. Miller Jr
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38 000 Levies by Brindell Charged
Verbal clashes during yesterday’s hearing of the housing inquiry highlighted alleged extortion by labor leaders and combines in building materials. Grover A. Whalen and Samuel Untermyer sparred over ash dumping for the new courthouse, with Whalen admitting a past association with the dumping firm.
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Ewen Street
Brooklyn
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