U S Safeguards Russ Interests at Far East Conference
The State department assures that legitimate Russian interests will be protected at the arms and Far Eastern conference. In a message via the American minister at Peking the U S states it cannot recognize Chita as the Russian authority and will act as moral trustee for Russia’s rights. Consul Caldwell is sent to Chita but his presence does not imply recognition. Holland and Belgium are said to have seats as invited powers.
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Muscovy
Washington
State Department
Far Eastern
Chita
Peking
United States
Russia
Kar Eastern
Pekins
Department
U. S
Siberia
John Caldwell
Caldwell
Yap Guam Cable Plan Outlined for Yap Control
The Asahi Shim bun outlines a three point method to settle Yap control. It proposes the Guam Yap cable to the United States Yap Shanghai cable to Japan and Yap Manado cable to Holland. It says Japan would acknowledge American freedom of communications and the U S would gain extra territorial rights for Yap wireless stations. It also notes the U S would refrain from recognizing Japan's mandate north of the equator.
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Asahi Shimbun
Yap
United States
Japan
Holland
Oil Stills Blast Kills Eight at Atlantic Refining Plant
Philadelphia reports eight men dead and nine severely injured after simultaneous explosions wreck three large oil stills at the Atlantic Refining company plant in Point Breeze. Five workers died in an earlier August 13 incident at the same facility.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
British Premier Cancels Sinn Fein Conference at Inverness
London Sept 16 Prime Minister Lloyd George cancels the September 20 meeting with Sinn Fein delegates after receiving a letter from Eamonn De Valera asserting Ireland as a sovereign state. He will consult colleagues on next steps amid the new situation.
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London
Lloyd George
Sinn Tein
Inverness
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
PUTS BAN ON FOOD DRAFTS
Washington reports the Soviet authorities will not allow the American relief administration to install the food drafts system used in European relief. Secretary Hoover explained that drafts let U S residents buy warehouse food abroad for relatives in famine areas. He noted about 1,305,000 Russians reside in the United States.
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Washington
American Relief Administration
Hoover
Poland
Austria
Serbia
United States
Burns Bust of Ex Kaiser in Bremen Market Place
A Wilhnersdorff celebration of the 1914 Tannenburg battle was broken up by socialists and communists who overpowered nationalists. The radicals forced the band to play revolutionary airs and accompanied them to Bremen where a bust of ex Emperor William and monarchical banners, captured earlier, were burned in the market place.
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Wilhnersdorff
Tannenburg
East Prussia
Bremen
William
Man Alleges Solo Murder in River Bridge Hoax
Chicago Sept 19 Harvey W Church demonstrated to state prosecutors how he killed Daugherty and Ausmus alone. He re enacting tied handcuffs, lifting a detective as heavy as Daugherty, then describing the sequence of moves, the ax and ball bat blows, and burying Ausmus before tossing Daugherty into the river. He claimed he initially accused others to gain police complicity.
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Chicago
Harvey W. Church
Bernard J. Daugherty
Carl A. Ausmus
Church
Ben Newmark
Billy” McCarthy
McCarthy
Iit
Ausmus
Yeas
Newmark
Leon Parks
Milton
B. Walker
Parks
SAIS Sees Fewer Idle Men Now Than 1914 Levels
Washington reports Secretary Davis noting 5 735 000 unemployed today versus 7 000 000 in 1914 with more workers. highlights 12 000 000 still employed and 500 million available for public works bonds. He cautions about shifting demographics and urges cautious interpretation of recovery signs.
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SAIS
Washington
Davis
Europe
Commissees
Norway to Recognize Soviet Russia if Case Presents
In Christiania on September 15 the Norwegian foreign affairs minister said Norway will declare recognition of the Soviet government of Russia as a de facto regime if such an application is made in a lawsuit between agents of the two governments. The preamble of the Russo Norwegian commercial agreement notes an exchange of notes and promises recognition under specified conditions.
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Christiania
Russia
Norway
Reds Capture Rebel Chiefs at Vladivostok and Siberia
A Moscow radio dispatch says a raid on Imperatorskaya at Vladivostok captured all officers of the anti Bolshevik Merkulof government and the convoy cruiser Lieutenant Davidoff. Nikolsk reports defeat of Semenoff followers near Grokodovoka in Siberia.
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Riga
Moscow
Imperatorskaya
Merkulof
Davidoff
Nikolsk
Semenoff
Siberia
Grokodovoka
Air Gunner Sets Remarkable Machine Gun Record
Lieut L T Kittredge of the Pacific naval air service reportedly fired a machine gun in flight at 85 miles per hour. He achieved a 100 percent score with Lieut EP McReiar aboard during a Sept 16 test over San Diego California.
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Gal
L. T. Kittredge
Pacific Naval ‘Air
McReliar
Kittredge
Irish Leader Expresses Surprise On Conference Basis
Eamonn De Valera telegrams Lloyd George from Scotland protesting that Ireland must state its position clearly before any conference. He argues Irish representatives would be prejudiced if the talks proceed without explicit Irish stand. Lloyd George, ailing, considers next moves as Dublin and London weigh future talks.
Mass of News Bits From Varied Global Events
A roundup of diverse items: champagne imports through New York, Patty Acouele, gasoline price shifts in Jersey City, a fatal train collision near Perryia, Prince Zu-Eulenburg’s death, boxer James McDonald dies in Binghamton, German ratification of the peace treaty, a Norwegian fishing crew killed by a mine, bail denial for Madalynne Obenchain, Bank of Eatonton closure, a Milwaukee canary killed by lightning, Uruguay’s wheat reserves near depletion, Antoni Ponikowski named Poland premier, Chicago Northwestern train wreck near Belleplaine, U.S. government spending drop in August, Dauntless brings ZR-2 victims’ bodies to New York, wholesale prices rise with food up 13.5 percent, and 325 murder indictments from Logan County.
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Patty" Acouele
Virginia Rappe
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Cal
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Standard Oil Company of
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United States
Reichsrath
Berlin
Fihing
Haugesund
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Madalynne Obenchain
J. Benton Kennedy
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Macon
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Gus Guthine
Milwaukee
Wis
Uruguay
Montevideo
Department of Commerce
Washington
Antoni Ponikowski
Poland
Center Party
Pilsudski
Warsaw
Thomas Lee
John Johnson
Chicago & Northwestern
Belleplaine
Dauntless
England
Department of Labor
Logan County
Logan
W. Va
Bandits Raid Bloomfield Distillery Steals Whisky and Cash
Twenty masked men attacked the B McClaskey Sons distillery near Bloomfield on September 20. They bound guards with wire, blindfolded them, and escaped in seven touring cars with eighty eight cases and three barrels of whisky, taking $55 in cash and a pistol. The distillery sits a quarter mile from Bloomfield’s business center.
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Bloomfield
Imards
B. McClaskey. & “Sons - Distillery
Pershing Guest of French Government in Paris
The French government requests General John J. Pershing to stay in Paris. He has rooms reserved at the Hotel Gril as his headquarters while in France.
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Paris
John .J. Pershing
France
Pershing
Largest single Chicago income tax payment recorded
A Chicago corporation's income tax expert paid a check for 3 978 206 46 to John C. Cannop, collector of internal revenue, marking the third quarter payment for the 1920 income tax. It stands as the largest single income tax payment in Chicago to date.
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Chicago
John C. Cannop
Internal Revenue
Flour and hay and cattle market prices snapshot
Grain prices show flour types ranged from patent grades at about 6.50 to 7.75 per unit, rye flour at 6.10 to 6.20, and soft winter wheat around 4.10 to 4.20. Hay prices list No 1 timothy up to 25.00, No 2 timothy 19.00 to 21.00, and No 3 timothy 13.00 to 16.00 per unit. Cattle values include prime steers 9.00 to 10.00, good steers 8.00 to 9.00, fair to good 6.00 to 9.00, yearlings 8.00 to 10.90, and cows 3.50 to 7.00.
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Éandard
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