World News Briefs: Acquittal in Mississippi and Other Happenings
Acquittal of Guv Lee M Russell at Oxford Mississippi follows a twenty minute jury deliberation. Mines in Leadville Colorado resume work after wage demand submissions to the Colorado industrial commission. Bandits seized bonded whisky worth 50000 from Jack Daniels Distillery in St Louis. Swiss farmers seek US emigration to produce butter and cheese in Routt and Moffat counties Colorado. Eugene Berue, 63, learns of a $1,000,000 estate from his wife’s brother’s death. Radio reception aboard the Overland Limited near Salt Lake City marks transcontinental testing. Five dead and six injured after an explosion destroyed four mills of the Black Diamond Powder plant in Susquehanna Pennsylvania. Gen Charles G Dawes and Edith Roosevelt join the National Civil Service Reform League council. Astoria Oregon fire devastates downtown with losses around 15 million. A six foot six inch golden eagle is shot near Pana Illinois. A Kansas City Missouri theater explosion causes $100,000 damage. Charlie Wright, accused of Ruby Hendry murder, is burned at the scene by a mob. Covington Kentucky depot and freight house burn with $100,000 damage.
Costa Rican delegates resign from Washington conference
A chaotic midweek report notes Costa Rican delegates resigning from the Central American republics conference in Washington due to political conditions. Other items include dry enforcement victory in Supreme Court action and a Senate bill for freight rate cuts in agricultural and livestock products.
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Conference of Central American Republics
Washington
Gooding
Ida
Rio
Clara Phillips
Los Angeles
Ireland Free State Established and Paris Urges Reparations
Ireland formed as the Free State with President Cosgrave and Timothy Healy sworn in. King George signs the proclamation. France outlines a plan to seize the Ruhr and control German assets for reparations, while Britain opposes. Daugherty defends his conduct amid impeachment charges. Harding opposes direct presidential elections and a new Congress. Mellon rejects tax dodger accusations as unfounded.
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Irish Free State
Emerald Isle
Cosgrave
Timothy Healy
Dublin
Dail Éireann
Executive Council
Ulster
Free State
George
Privy Council
Buckingham Palace
Senate
House
Harding
Congress
Treasury
Mellon
Blaine
Wisconsin
Lausanne Delegates Clash Over Dardanelles Control
Lausanne talks on Mosul oil fields and Turkish frontiers center on Dardanelles. Russians pressure for Turkish sovereignty but allies push for free passage and demilitarization. US Ambassador Child backs open straits under international oversight and Turkish limits. Turkey presents its plan Friday, closely aligned with allied aims.
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Mosul
Turkey
Dardanelles
M. Schitcherin
Ismet Pasha
Lord Curzon
Straits
Black Sea
Ismet
Gallipoli
Aegean Sea
Sea of
Marmara
Bosporus
Constantinople
United States
Ambassador Child
America
Secretary Mel Lon Proposes NHIS Tax Reform Changes
The NHIS annual report notes cuts in maximum surtax rates from 50 to 25 percent, limits on net income loss deductions, and stricter securities exchange rules tied to consolidations. It also reports rising business volume, full labor employment, improved agriculture, and generally sound banking with ample credit.
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NHIS
Mellon
OAL Talks Fail in Chicago Leave Wage Dispute Open
Operators from fourteen states and mine workers representatives adjourned in Chicago after a second futile conference. They could not agree on a wage scale or working conditions and many said only government intervention can avert a spring strike.
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OAL
Chicago
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Russell
Oxford
Frances Birkhead
Leadville
Colo
Colorado Industrial Commission
Jack. Daniels Distilling Company
St. Louis
Denver
Colorado
Routt
Moffat
Eugene Berue
Elizabeth, N. J
Kansas
Overland Limited
Salt Lake City
Black Diamond Powder Company
Suscon, Pa
Charles G. Dawes
Edith K. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
The
National Civil Service Reform League
Astoria
Ore
Portland
David
Colonius
Pana
Kansas City
Charlie Wright
Ruby Hendry
Perry
Fla
Covington
Supreme Court
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Detroit
Truman
Newberry
Denby
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Great’ Britain
Japan
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House Judiciary Committee
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Rep., Minn
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Daugherty
Department of Labor
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Arizona
Stuart H. ‘Hawkins
Massachusetts
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Hazers
James M. McIntosh
Indianapolis
League of Nations
Russia
Asia Minor
Fridtjof Nansen
Christiania
Dean D. Lewis
Leonard Wood
University of Pennsylvania
Philippines
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Sigerson
Milan
London
Paris
Sligo
Free
Hbeaten
Chungking
China
Britain
Yuntian'province
Italy
Rome
New ‘Zealand
London Daily Express
Greece
Lost and Found Bureau of the Near East Relief
Athens
South Manchurian Railway
Tokyo
Reichstag Committee of Administration
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Reichstag
Cc. O. Forsberg
Hsuchow
Henan Province
Shanghai
Sean Hales
Patrick O’maille
Prince Caetani
Germany
Karl, Wirth
Wwho
United ‘States
Obregon
City of
Mexico
U.S
France
Ruhr
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Harges
House Committee On Judiciary
Rafet Pasha
Rafet
Belgium
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Poincare
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England
Cuno
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Chairman Jones
Senate Commerce Com
Mittee
House Committee
Judiciary Committee
Bellans
Indigestion Y
Bellans Hot Water
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield
Mass
Old Jewell Hall
William Jewell College
Kansas City Times
Willis
Gillis
aGarippe
W.hill CO
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
California
Hessig
Chemists
Mi Tenn
Opportunity Stock and
Mr. Beck
San Francisco
Calif
Walter
J. Dudley
Louis Bldg
Dayton
Ohio
Mississippi Delta
Talahatchie Lumber Co
Memphis
Tennessee
BR. H. Neal
S. West Ave
el Dorada
Ark
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