World events briefed amid labor tension and political moves
The item lists global and U S developments: Fordney McCumber tariff sent to conference. labor unions call for unity against employers. coal production projections. President Harding vows to veto non revenue boosting bonus bills. Army air service orders three Fokker planes. rail strike actions and law enforcement stand. numerous local incidents including accidents and crimes. a broad sweep of political and economic notes from Washington to Chicago and Wisconsin.
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Weeks
Washington
The
Army Air Service
Notable Irish Leader Michael Collins Killed in Ambush
Foreign Michael Collins, a key figure in Ireland's guerrilla era, was shot dead while riding in a car near Bandon. The town lies about twenty miles southwest of Cork. The Dublin dispatch notes National Army forces captured Bandon and Dunmanway as rebels retreat.
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Michael Collins
Ireland
Bandon
Cork
Dublin
National Army
Dunmanway
South Ireland
Illinois News Happenings and Public Affairs Summary
A sprawling Illinois roundup reports post office and Davis store robberies with $4,000 taken, coal and gas drilling near Tre-Pheny, governor Small naming son Leslie to the penitentiary commission, and Kilns of the Ku Klux Klan initiating 4,650 candidates. It notes civil suits after a Clinton shooting, the Illinois Commerce commission appointments, massive road bids, and state fuel distribution planning. It also covers the Peoria Knights Templar conclave preparations, public health notes, school readiness, and a broad health and crime outlook.
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Collison
Davis General Store
Tre- Pheny
Org
Small
Leslie
Penitentiary Commission
Sol. John Lambert
Joliet
Knights Templar
Peoria
Siloam Commandery Band of Oak
Illinois
Ku Klux Klan
Chicago
Illinois Commerce Commission
Daniel Roberts
Jacob Ringer
Chester E. Cleveland
W. H. Crumb
Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cook County
Downstate
Rockford High School
Jarman Memorial Hospital
Tuscola
Robert C. Macy
California
Macy
Urbana
Grant Park
Tohn A Hays
Hays
State
Arthur B. Inglesh
Chauncey H. Jenkins
Department of Public Welfare
Ralph Spafford
Isaac D. Rawlings
Illinois Department of Health
North Central States
National Bureau of Economic Research
New York
Pennsylvania
Marion
Dewitt T. Hartwell
Williamson County
Brundage
Hartwell
Melvin Thaxton
Kendall County
County Farm Bureau
Missouri State Board of Charities and Corrections
Jefferson City
Herrin
I. D. Rawlins
Cass County
Clark County
Hancock County
Peoria County
Jefferson County
Madison County
Winnebago County
Rail Conference Ends in Failure
The August New York meeting with 148 railroad executives and union leaders collapsed without a settlement. Executives rejected union concessions, insisting strikers be rehired only without seniority, threatening wider union involvement and public‑policy disruption. Warren S. Stone urged settlement for public welfare.
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New York
Seaboard
Brotherhoods
Bert M. Jewell
Railway Employees Division
American Federation of Labor
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. Stone
Collins Forgives Slayers as He Dies in Cork
Michael Collins head of the Irish Free State and army commander told his assassin to forgive them as he lay fatally shot in Cork. His last words were addressed to Major General Dalton on August 25.
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Collins
Cork
Michael Collins
Irish Free State
Army
Dalton
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