Smith Urges Housing Aid to End Rent Gouging
Governor Smith urged immediate emergency housing measures in a special message to the Legislature. He pressed stronger anti rent profiteering laws, building stimulation, and a permanent housing policy. He cited 100000 dispossess cases and urged a yearlong rent suspension with proof of necessity.
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Smith
New York
New York City
Eltien
Stedita
State Land Bank
Legiti
Sievernor
Lock Weed Housing Committee
Oath Given Socialists Declare It Illegal
Officials of the Board of Elections were surprised to learn that Francis M. Hugo had already administered the oath of office to five Socialist assembly members who were re elected last week. They argue the oath requires certificates of election which the new members had not yet received, as the canvassing Board will not meet until today.
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Board of Elections
Francis M. Hugo
Board of Aldermen
MacSwiney Read Papers and Talk Greatly in Cork Hunger Strike
London dispatch reports Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney, on his thirty ninth day of hunger strike, reading papers and talking despite extreme weakness. Officials doubt any feeding, noting doctors would know, and Home Office says it cannot confirm nourishment. MacSwiney sent a message to Irishmen worldwide praising sympathy and warning England of stain on its name if the hunger strike continues.
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Teibuse
New York ‘Tribune
London
Evening News
Cork
Asso- Press
MacSwiney
Home Office
Irish Self-Determination League
Iri League
Annie MacSwiney
Brixton Prison
Mesage
London Times
England
In fairness to De Clairmont The Count Not Accused
The Tribune reports no German spy plot complicity by Count Robert de Clairmont. Counsel Olcott Bonynge McManus Ernst state the claim is incorrect and no authorities have ever accused him of aiding enemy plots. The newspaper asserts the earlier remark was erroneous and stands by the count.
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The
Tribune
Mme. Vietorlen
Robert de Clairmont
bin Halaraph
Y ‘Olcott
Bonynge
McManus & Ernst
Count de Clairmont Hs
Socialists Seated as Five Assemblymen Return to Chamber
Albany report details the reinstatement of five Socialist Assemblymen August Claessens Charles Solomon Samuel De Welt Louis Waldman and Samuel Orr after Lusk committee papers justified seating. Speaker Sweet acknowledged their right to be heard amid clashes with Tammany Hall supporters and ongoing efforts to oust them.
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Albany
August Claessens
Charles Solomon
Samuel de Welt
Louis Waldman
Samuel Orr
Sweet
Lusk
Martin G. McCue
Tammany Hall
Nicky in Contempt Rides to Jail in a Taxi
Arnstein, held in contempt for defying a bankruptcy inquiry, was driven to Ludlow Street Jail in a taxi after Judge Martin T. Manton ordered commitment. He refused to answer questions, acting on counsel’s advice, and will seek bail from the Supreme Court pending appeal.
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Arnstein
de Arnstein
Ludlow Street
United States Marshal's Office
Martin T. Manton
Arnatein
Hand
Saul S. Wiyers
Nirety Companion
Advics
Munton
William Fallon
United States Supreme Court
Scottish Reds to Seize Mines in Scotland
London hears rumors from Lanarkshire that leaders of the Scottish Communist movement plan a planned coup at Blantyre near Glasgow. Report says cashiers and officials were told seizure of coal pits is imminent and a Soviet system of mining controls would be set up. Authorities are not skeptical.
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London
Lanarkshire
Blantyre
Glasgow
Westminster Gazette
Hamilton
Scotland
Wilson Likely To Take Stump To Help Party
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson may soon rejoin politics for a brief campaign role. Despite cautious plans, he considers one or two speeches in support of the Democrats, possibly a tour, health permitting. He has resumed routines, moves with ease, and weighs League of Nations issues in his White House work.
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Hueriat
the Tribune
Washington
Wilson
Campagn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White House
League of Nations
League
Hide King Crohan Dies on Detroit Steamship
Despondent over warrants accusing him of embezzling nearly fifty thousand dollars, Biar Crohan of Grand Rapids, president of the Great Western Hide Company, died aboard the Detroit and Cleveland steamship Western States shortly before docking in Detroit. Known as the Hide King for his wartime control of the hide market, Crohan was arrested in Grand Rapids on a Boston warrant following actions with the Anglo South American Bank and the International Trust Company of Boston.
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Detroit
Biar Crohan
Grand Rapids
Great Western
Boston
Cleveland
Crohan
Anglo- South American Bank
International Trust Company
Boaton
Wet Contributions Subject to Inquiry
Washington report on Sen Kenyon leading a Senate inquiry into campaign spending, with interest in potential wet support for Cox. It notes possible last minute sessions before the November election, the plan to hear two witnesses, and lists witnesses linked to New Jersey liquor interests and party finance.
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Tribune
Washington
Kenyon
Town
Senate
James M. Cox
Edmond H. Moore
Ohio
George Sylvester Viereck
Han
the Fatherland
Senator Kenyon
Papdey
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Chicago
Cox
William Barnes Jr
William Boyce Thompson
Republican Ways and Means Committee
Barnes
George T. Carroll
New Jersey Federation of Liquor Interests
National Retail Liquor Dealers of America
Charles McDonald
Democratic State Central Committee of
New Jersey
Edward ©. Stokes
Republican State Central Committee
James W. Gerard
Germany
Democratic National Finance Committee
Millerand Accepts Presidency Candidacy in France Crisis
Paris September 20 Premier Alexandre Millerand agreed to be a candidate for the French presidency to succeed President Deschanel who has resigned. He met with Ariande Briand and pledged to serve as president if Parliament prefers him. Millerand’s stance prompts cabinet shuffle talk and mentions Briand and Poincaré as possible ministers.
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Paris
Associated
Frenc
Alexandre Millerand
Republic
Deschanel
M. Millerand
Ariande Briend
Millerand
Dooshanet
Ramboillet
Paria
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Lentera
M. Briand
M. Tonnart
Poincaré
Frederic Francois-Marsal
M. Poincaré
Chamber
Fischer Sent to Bellevue Sanatorium After Premonition
Edwin P. Fischer, who warned of a Wall Street disaster days before it occurred, was confined to Bellevue Hospital psychopathic ward after police and the District Attorney found no testable basis for his claims. He awaits permanent committal or until mental fitness improves, with his family consenting to designate the sanatorium.
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Wall Street
Edwin P. Fischer
Bellevue Hospital
Hamilton
Ont
Robert A. Pope
Forest Hills
L. I. Fischer
Canada
William J. Lahey
Fischer
John Coughlin
Alfred J. Talley
Talley
Bellevue
Swann
McCoy
O'Hara
Mr. Talley
England
France
Black mob besieges church. priest pleads for calm
Chicago on September 20 reports a mob of about a thousand besieging St. Gabriel's Church on the South Side after a Black man fatally wounded Charlen Barret while rescuing a white girl. Police mobilized along with extra officers to avert wider race violence as several Black men are reported beaten and dragged from a streetcar.
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Barret
Father Burke
Injured in Explosion Sues City for $50,000
James O Brien of Mount Vernon New York filed suit yesterday in the Supreme Court for $50 000 damages against the city of New York over injuries from the Wall Street explosion It is the first action and attorney J Milton Smith expects more claims if successful He says authorities had sufficient warning to prevent harm.
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James O'brien
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Supreme Court
New York
Wall Street
J. Milton Smith
British Miners Renew Threat To Call Strike
From London the report says miners and government at a four hour conference failed to bridge gaps. Smillie restated no new position since Saturday while Sir Robert Horne rejected wage rise and arbitration. A strike now looms with transport workers and railway men to join, notices due Saturday, strike Monday unless a last hour settlement.
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Tribune
Conyrleht
New York Tribune Inc
London
Robert Smillie
Robert Horne
Board of Trade
Smillie
Robert
Watrik Smillie
Triple Alliance
Italian Workers Ordered To Quit Occupied Plants
The General Confederation of Labor ordered workers to abandon seized plants and resume normal work in Italy. After talks with the Interior Minister, an accord restores wage arrears to July 15, excluding salaries for days of occupation. Giolitti proposed reinstatement of all workers with a commission handling individual cases.
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Confederation of Labor
Rome
Messagero
General Confederation of Labor
Giolitti
Thin
Signor
Morro
Explosive Cache Found After Wall Street Blast
Three hundred pounds of smokeless powder in yellow sticks were located in an abandoned houseboat at Plum Beach L I by Sergeant Gegan and Inspector Campbell. The powder, turned over to army authorities, may relate to a prior cache and the Black Tom incident. Police seek occupants of the houseboat and corroborating sources while authorities warn of a possible further attack on the Custom House.
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Wall Street
Plum, Beach
L. I
James Gegan
Bomb Sound
Henry Campbell
United States Bureau of Mines
Gegan
Mipres
Fort Lafayette
Bay Ridge
Mich= ter
Sre
William B. Edwards
Internal Revenue
Byron
Newton
Police
Department of Justice
Army
Governor's Island
Samuel B. Wellington
The
West Indies Trading Company
Cortlandt Street
Wellington
Assay Office
Witham Street
Nassau Street
Matilda Schl
Gay & Godard
Laws
Thomas le Boutilier
National City Bank
A. Mitchell Palmer
Stroudaburg
Edwin Fischer
Hamilton
Ont
Fischer
Wi Paterson
Broad Street Hospital
Chestnut Avenue
Hogsney
Grand Jury
Thiorney
Grand Jy
Mat Ot Tae Bisa
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