British Premier Lloyd George renews invitation to Irish conference
Dublin reports Lloyd George sending a fresh invitation for a conference in London on October 11 to discuss reconciliation between Ireland and the British Empire. The Sinn Fein reaction appears more optimistic as Dublin presses for talks while Britain stresses the need for consent and constitutional terms.
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Sinn Feio
Freeman's Journal
Cordialix
Liloyd Dearney Repis
Asme
Gairloch
Scotland
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Eamonn de Valera
Lublin
Inverness
Anan
London
Relief for Russia Not Sought From League of Nations
Geneva reports the Russian Relief Committee will not seek credits from the League of Nations. Responsibility for funds and new welfare measures is left to Brussels talks and other welfare groups. Officials say governments find it hard to open new credits now. In Mexico City, Pepecatepel volcano near Amecameca and Tlanacas remains unusually active causing local fear of a eruption.
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Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
Russia
Brussels
Xoon
Mexico City
Pepecatepel
Quiseltu
Amecameca
Tlanacas
Vatican restricts Bank of Rome on aid to Russia relief
The Holy See bars the Bank of Rome from sending 10001 Malian lire to the papal funds in Berne for relief of famine victims in Russia.
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Russia
Rome
Holy See
Bank of Rome
Puneio
Berne
Switzerland
Plan to Attend Conference Premier Briand Leads French Delegation
Premier Briand plans to accompany the French delegation to Washington for talks on Far Eastern questions and arms limitation. The party sails on the Lafayrite, likely November 7, with Melbourne Premier Hughes expressing caution over Australian representation at the conference.
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Washington
Briand
Jim
Amlita
Melbourne
Preufer Hughes
Indian Autonomy Demand Under British Rule Closer to Canada
Dr Datta, a reformist Indian reader, told the Canadian Club in Toronto that India must be granted a measured autonomy within the British Empire. He argued constitutional reform, not revolution, affects all parts of the empire and India will remain integral only with self government.
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India
Dr 8
BL Datta
Datta
Japan Selects Delegates for Washington Conference
The delegation to the Washington Conference on armament limits includes Prince Kyasato Tokugawa as president of the House of Peers Vice-Admiral Toma saburo Kato Minister of the Navy and Baron Kijuro Shidehara ambassador to the United States The group also features 18 from the foreign office three from finance twelve from the navy and seven from the army The Asahi Shimbun notes Tokugawa’s appointment as a surprise signaling a potential Tokugawa ministry after the conference.
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Kyasato Tokugawa
House of Peers
Tomasaburo Kato
Navy
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
United States
Foreign Office
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of the Navy
Army
Kato
Shidehara
Asahi Shimbun
Tokugawa
Hara
Australia Reports Yearly Budget Surplus and Mixed Outlook
Australia shows a budget surplus of £ 894,000 for the past year as revenue reaches £ 65,182,000 and expenditures £ 54,624,000. An accumulated surplus grows to £ 5,01%,000 with next year estimates at £ 61,787,005 revenue and £ 64,604,000 spending including funds for shipbuilding soldiers homes land settlement war pensions and aviation. Public debt totals £ 401,726,000, with £ 350,607,000 owed to the Imperial Government.
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Devel
Groas
Imperial Government
Empire's Massive War Effort and Sacrifices Recap
A House of Commons summary on Britain’s world war effort cites about nine million Empire troops served. One in ten died, one in four wounded, and one in three were casualties, underscoring the heavy cost borne by the empire and its adversaries.
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House of Commons
Grain Freight Rates Cut by Montreal Lines
At a Montreal shipping lines meeting a ten percent reduction in grain freight rates from Montreal to United Kingdom points was agreed. The cut is not attributed to passenger freight scarcity.
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Montreal
United Kingdom
Refugees in Petrograd and Riga Headline
Approximately 160000 famine refugees from Russia are in Petrograd with work found for only 6000 of them, according to a wireless message received. The report highlights the scale of the displacement and limited employment opportunities for the displaced population.
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Petrograd
Riga
Russia
Moose Jaw Man Given Six Month Driving Ban
Andrew Casey was found guilty of driving a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public. He was forbidden to operate a car for six months and fined 25 dollars in the police court here.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
Andrew Casey
Edison Predicts Prosperity Amid Economic Adjustment
Thomas A. Edison says good times are coming as the economy shifts. He notes periods of low mood result from a faulty adjustment of the economic machine or shocks from war, insisting the system will function properly once obstructions are removed.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Germany faces reparations limit and global impact
German minister of reconstruction Dr Walter Rathenau argues at the Imperial Association of German Trades congress that Germany must reach the limit of its reparations capacity. He warns cessation of work abroad worsens global unemployment and calls for international economic understanding and co operation with Britain, the United States, and France. He endorses replacing gold with goods and mentions plans for seven billion in gold marks over four and a half years.
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Lmit
Walter Ratheneau
Congress of the
Imperial Association of German Trades
Britain
United States
Germany
Winston Churchill
France
Hungary Accepts Council Rules on Burgenland Talks
Hungary states it will follow Council of Ambassadors instructions on Burgenland and seeks approval for direct talks with Austria. The council replies that negotiations can proceed only after Hungary evacuates Burgenland as ordered, with mediation possible if the evacuation is observed.
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Paris
Hungary
Council of Ambassadors
Burgenland
Austria
Land
Canada Seafish Catch Drops Across Atlantic and Pacific
August sea fish landings on both coasts totaled 776 677 cwts worth 3 043 461 dollars, down from 1 005 884 cwts valued at 3 647 137 last year. British Columbia halibut reached 41 512 cwts, up from 28 689 cwts, while BC salmon dropped to 224 766 cwts, about half of last year’s August total.
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Atlantic
Pacific
British Columbia
CPR Cuts Livestock Rates to St Paul and Chicago
Canadian Pacific Railway announces a 40 percent reduction on livestock shipping rates from prairie provinces to St Paul and Chicago, effective October, with no cuts below 5 cents per hundred pounds. Rates from Moose Jaw, Calgary and Edmonton listed as examples, reflecting relief amid Fordney tariff pressures.
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U.S
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Chicago
Calgary
Edmonton
World Record For Altitude Dayton Ohio
John A. MacReady, test pilot at McCook Field, shattered the world altitude record with an official height of 49 500 feet in the same biplane used by Major Rudolph C Schroeder who set 08 180 feet on February 28 1920 Lieut MacReady was aloft one hour forty seven minutes most of which was spent reaching the mark At 99 000 feet he opened his oxygen but pressed on till the ameter read 41 000 feet then the engine coughed and died after which he glided to the ground.
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Dayton
Ife
Ex-soldier and daughter found after 63 days at sea
In an open rowboat William A. Spencer and his ten year old daughter Cora Eleanor were located near Norfolk Va after a nationwide search. They had spent sixty three days aboard the vessel cruising the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River.
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Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Potomac River
William A. Spencer
Cora Eleanor
Halifax Plans Housing For Cattle Shipments Ocean Port
Halifax Board of Trade moves to improve shipping facilities in anticipation of large cattle shipments from Halifax to the Old Country this winter. Government may be asked to convert large sheds at the new ocean terminals into temporary cattle sheds. The first small cattle shipment has already been processed through Halifax.
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Halifax Board of Trade
Halifax
Old Country
Ocean
Socialists Push True Republic Measures in Reichstag
The Independent Socialist party in the Reichstag proposes confiscating former Emperor William and royal family property, dismissing monarchist officials without pensions, disarming monarchist military personnel, and introducing trial by jury as part of abolishing monarchist remnants and establishing a republic.
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Independent
Socialist Party
Reichstag
Germany
William
Reduce Price Of Farm Implements By Chicago Firm
The International Harvester Company cuts farm implement prices 10 to 20 percent effective Oct. 1, marking its second general reduction this year after earlier 10 percent cuts in spring and July tractor price drops. The move follows a study of market and labor costs and aims at forecast production costs for 1922.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Harvester Company
Briand to Outline French Policy at St Nazaire Speech
Premier Briand will present France's stance on the armaments conference in a St Nazaire address on October 9. He plans a declaration of ministerial policy on all pressing issues to be laid before Parliament when it reconvenes on October 18.
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Paria
Briand
St. Nazaire
Nansen Wins Delay on League Appeal for Food Aid
Dr Fridtjof Nansen of Norway appeared before a League of Nations committee to urge an appeal to member nations to feed Thugata. The proposal was tabled for further discussion despite a subcommittee’s adverse report.
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Geneva
Fridjof J. Nansen
Norway
League of Nations
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