Senate Passes Anti Beer Bill With New Provisions
The Washington senate approved the Campbell Willis anti beer measure 38 to 20, adding an amendment that makes prohibition officers who conduct searches without warrants liable to fines and imprisonment. It also criminalizes false enforcement actions and preserves citizens’ rights amid heated debate about overreach and bootlegging concerns.
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Washington
Campbell- Willis
Senate
House
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Williams
Mississippi
Senator Stanley
Kentucky
King
Utah
Anti Saloon League
Sterling
South Dakota
Lodge
German officials deny Bergdorf extradition talks concluded
Berlin reports that Bergdorf would be handed over to U S authorities are denied. Officials say no official discussion has occurred and Wilhelmstrasse cannot confirm if Coblenz talks between American and Berlin authorities took place.
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Berlin
Grover Cleveland Bergdorf
United States
Wilhelmstrasse
Coblenz
Loot From Illinois Mail Robbery Recovered Near Peters
A mail pouch containing 46000 dollars taken by three bandits from post office messenger Tommy Feralso at North Wood River Illinois was found in a cornfield near Peters Illinois about ten miles from the robbery site.
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North Wood River
St. Louis
Tommy Feralso
Ill
Peters
British ZR-2 Dirigible Sails to Lakehurst
The navy department announced that the British built dirigible ZR-2 will sail from Howden England on August 25 for its station at Lakehurst New Jersey.
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Atlantic
Naval Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Department
Washington
Howden
England
War Debt Refunding Bill Faces Hot Fight
In Washington the senate opposition mobilizes against a bill granting the secretary of the treasury unrestricted power to liquidate the ten billion dollar allied war debt. Leading Republican critics include Johnson Borah and La Follette with Democratic backing from Underhill Reed Walsh McKellar and Simmons. They argue the measure gives one official too much discretion beyond existing Liberty Loan authority.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Senator Underhill
Alabama
Reed
Missouri
Walsh
Massachusetts
Moc Kellar
Tennessee
Simmons
North Carolina
Parachute Jumper Killed in Flight Test
Chicago Aug 8 A U S aviator Sergeant Patrick Love stationed at Ran tout field was killed while making a parachute jump during a training test with authorities noting the fatal accident occurred during the descent and the unit reported the loss of a brave airman.
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Chicago
Patrick Love
U. S
Rantoul Field
Man Dies After First Parachute Jump From Pier
A paraglider died after a high wind blew the parachute against the northeast tower of the pier. He fell 2000 feet, was rescued from the roof to an Emergency hospital, and died minutes later. He was making his first parachute jump and wore a life preserver, planning to land in the water.
Co Operative Mines Run by Hungarian Workers in West Virginia
New York report notes growing cooperative coal mining among Hungarian miners in the United States. Several large bituminous mines are owned and operated by Hungarians, led by the Himler Coal Company of Himlerville, West Virginia, employing about 1,400 workers.
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West Virginia
New York
United States
Himler Coal Company
Himlerville
W. Va
Penny Stride Threatens Nationwide Railroad Walkout
Washington reports a potential walkout of 168,000 Pennsylvania Railroad employees, with officials and labor leaders both expecting a system wide strike as of August 9. The scale marks a major disruption possibility for rail service nationwide.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Panic prevented by reserve board as credit policy described
Governor Harding testifies to a congressional committee on the federal reserve system saying twelve reserve banks hold money and can move funds as needed. He explains 30 000 member banks bear responsibility and warns against dangerous extensions while noting the board cannot enforce credit policy alone.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Harding
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Bank
Representative Mills
New York
Governor Harding Reflects on Silent Statements Policy
Governor Harding comments on why the state did not issue general statements. He notes that no statement was made unless silence would have worsened matters, underscoring a cautious approach to public messaging.
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Harding
Hays to Study Big Parcel Post Deficit
Washington reports parcel post rates may rise to cover an expected 70 million dollar deficit in postal revenue this year. Postmaster General Will Hays says accountants and engineers are surveying the nation to determine if parcel post is one of the two major losing ventures of the department.
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Washington
Will Hays
Post Office
Singers Replace Musicians in Motion Picture Theaters
In New York on August 8 choruses filled the gaps left by striking musicians in motion picture houses. A big theater featured 70 chorus members while another used 40. Organ accompaniments provided music, and soloists performed between films. Managers say the plan will run until the strike is settled.
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New York
United States tax plan forecasts 1922 revenue and spending
Secretary Mellon presented revised 1922 fiscal estimates to the House Ways and Means Committee. The government would cost about 4.55 billion dollars with 850 million in receipts and 370 million from customs, leaving 3.83 billion to raise by taxes.
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Washington
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
State approves 375 million veterans aid package
New York August 9 state legislation converts more than 375 million dollars to aid for World War veterans, with some provisions passed and others awaiting popular approval.
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New York
States Disburse Veterans Cash Bonuses Across the Nation
Fourteen states have begun paying cash bonuses totaling 184 million dollars while eight more states have pending legislation for 191 million dollars. North Dakota led by paying the first bonus, Illinois tops by amount with 5.5 million, and Alabama Georgia and Mississippi have not passed aid legislation. Many states offering cash bonuses also provide practical aid.
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North Dakota
Illinois
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Mexico imposes heavy auto import tax on American cars
Mexican consul L Garza Leal says President Obregon issued an executive decree effective August 1 placing a 50 percent import tax on popular-priced U S cars. The levy scales 75 centavos a kilo for 250 kg, 60 centavos for next 500 kg, 50 centavos above 750 kg, totaling about 330 dollars on a 1650 pound car.
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Houston
Tex
Alaska Steamship Disaster Links 40 Dead 26 Missing
The Alaska of the San Francisco and Portland line went ashore in dense fog at Blant's reef forty miles south of Eureka. Reports say as many as 40 passengers and 26 crew members may be lost with nine bodies recovered and four boatloads of survivors brought to safety by the coast guard and other vessels.
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Eureka
Cal
Alaska
San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company
Blant’s Reef
Here
Cable Bluff
Hner
Anyox
Coast Guard
Ranger
Portland
North Head
Wahkeena
Charlie Watson
Landis Calls Soldiers Misserved by Postwar Economy
Former baseball arbiter Judge Landis told a Chau tauqua crowd in Topeka that ex service men are not getting a square deal after World War I. He cited widespread unemployment among veterans and contrasted high railroad coal prices with farm and finished goods prices.
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Landis
Topeka, Kas
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Chicago
America
Allies warn Greece against advance on Constantinople
London reports that the allies will not tolerate a Greek push toward Constantinople. Officials say there is no ground to believe Greece plans such an advance, which would conflict with the allied army of occupation. Reports from Athens suggest Britain may favor a Greek move toward the straits.
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London
Greece
Constantinople
Athens
Great Britain
Ferrule Lae and Serine At Tween Turkey and Greece
Two ships named Ferrule Lae and Serine traverse a mid sea passage between Turkey and Greece. The voyage appears to involve maritime routing or transport between the two nations with no further details on purpose or outcome.
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Turkey
Greece
Four men held after alleged $50,000 building loan plot
Four men were held without bail after a police court hearing in Chester Pennsylvania charged with taking part in a conspiracy to rob a meeting of the Ironworkers' Building and Loan association. Police say they thwarted the plot and saved more than $50,000 receipts. Suspects hailed from Chicago St Louis New York and Wilmington Delaware.
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Chester
Ironworkers’ Building and Loan Association
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Wilmington
Del
Robber Steals Nearly $10,000 From Bank Messengers
A lone thief grabbed almost $10,000 from two Jeffries State Bank messengers in Chicago's financial district. He fled in a car as hundreds watched. About $9,500 in assorted bills was taken, with the robber rejecting a bulky $500 silver sack.
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Chicago
Jeffries State Bank
News Bits for Busy People
General Peyton C March arrives in Berlin amid wartime dispatches. Spanish troops in northeast Morocco face a grave situation. Mrs John C Hansen of Des Moines drowns at Spirit Lake. American prisoners in Russia reportedly released per Riga legation. Bishop McDonnell dies in Brentwood New York. A German clash with Czech forces in Austria results in one death and ten wounded. Washington issues rules banning wholesale liquor dealers. UC aviator Patrick Love killed at a Chicago parachute event. Lenin reportedly plans a Scotland holiday pending British permission. Purdue University president W E Stone’s body recovered en route to Banff. London relief officials distrust Russia prisoner release reports. Sheriff Mester seeks arrest of Gov Len Small, who resists. C E Lively, Wells detective, linked to Hatfield-Chambers killings. Mrs Stephen J Prentiti travels to witness executions in Montana. Canadian railroad unions vow to oppose a 12 percent wage cut. Five members of a family die from poisonous mushrooms near Dominion City. House ways and means begins revising the 1918 revenue law. Fifty-eight Japanese workers removed from Tur dock lands to Merceyes, California. Willie Deffendell admits shooting his mother and himself in Booneville Indiana.
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Peyton C. March
United States Army
Berlin
Paris
Morocco
John C. Hansen
Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Hansen
Russia
Bolshevist Legation
Riga
Latvia
Charles Edward
Rantoul Field
Chicago
Nicoelai Lenin
Moscow
Scotland
Reval
W. E. Stone
Purdue University
Banff
Calgary
Alta
London
Mester
Sangamom
Springfield
Len Small
C. E. Lively
Baldwin-Felts
Welch
W. Va
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
Stephen J. Prentiti
Oakland
Cal
Butte
Mont
Steve Brian
Theodore Chronos
Canada
Toronto
Fred Huska
Stuatburn
Dominion City
Man
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Turdock
Stanislaus County
California
Mkreyes
Sleeper Falls From Window Into Narrow Gap
Benjamin Koen woke to danger when he stepped from a third story window and became wedged between a wall and debris. Firefighters freed him after a half hour in a San Francisco incident reported August 8.
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San Francisco
Benjamin Koen
Markets Report Grain and Livestock Prices
Flour and wheat prices listed by grade and delivery terms with soft and hard winter wheat quotes. Cattle ranges include prime steers to heifers and cows, hogs by weight class, and sheep with lambs and yearlings. Live poultry prices cover turkeys fowls broilers roosters geese and spring birds. Local market wholesale values and stand prices are noted.
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Afontreal
American Chemicnal Society
Cambridge University
Manchester University
Penny
Dispatch
Congressional Commission
Lenroot
Cuba
Sumners
Dem
Texas
Reserve Banks
HAYS
Postmaster General
William J. Love
New Board of Operations
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Mr. Love
Shipping Control Committee
Furness, Wilty & Co. Ltd
Secreary of
Treasury Mellon
Mexico
Obregon
Reef
Pacific Steamship
Sys
Labor Association
City
Willie Deffendell
Vernor Krieghaus
Booneville
Ind
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