Comanche Crew Recounts Fire Aboard Off Florida
Sixty six crewmen of the steamship Comanche, burned off Florida, arrived in New York aboard the Cherokee and denied passengers claims of drunkenness and cowardice. They described women in the saloon with life belts, an orchestra trying to boost morale, and passengers meddling with officers’ duties as boats were readied. Purser Sterling Martin, with a crushed left leg, testified lifeboats were crushed during the rescue of survivors from the Reaper, as government inspectors prepare hearings.
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Associated Press
New York
Florida
Pasengers
Sterling Martin
Reaper
Mellon Presents New Schedule of Normal Tax Rates
Secretary Mellon outlined a new tax rate schedule to the House Ways and Means Committee. The plan proposes 1 percent on the first 3000 of taxable income, 2 percent on the next 1000, 3 percent on the next 4000, and 6 percent thereafter, as an alternative to the Treasury proposal.
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Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Melton
Green
Temporary restraining order against Texas Highway Board
Judge George Calhoun in Wichita county district court grants a temporary injunction blocking the state highway department from spending 163,000 dollars allotted for a Red River bridge project from Burk Burnett in Wichita county into Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
State Highway Department
Red River
Burk Burnett
Wichita County
Oklahoma
George Calhoun
Fifty-Third District Court
Bride's Pledge to Obey Killed by Close Vote
Rockwood Tenn Oct 22 The Tennessee and West Virginia state departments of mines join in efforts to recover eight men entombed by an explosion at the Roane Iron Company mine after a close bishops vote in a separate matter.
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House OF Bishops
Associated Press
Rockwood
Tenn
Tennessee
West Virginia
State Departments of Mines
Roane Iron Company
Greeks reportedly invade Bulgaria shell Petrich near border
Reports say Greek forces invaded Bulgarian territory and shelled the village of Petrich near the border amid a growing crisis from clashes at Demirhissar. Sofia protests to the League of Nations while Bulgaria seeks an immediate inquiry into the incident.
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Bulgaria
Petrich
Associated Press
Demirhissar
Sofia
Vienna
League of Nations
League
Greeks Invade Bulgarian Territory Reported
Official dispatch from Sofia on October 32 1 reports Greek troops have invaded Bulgarian soil. No war declaration from Athens government has been received.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Athens
League of Nations reports no Bulgarian protest by three
Geneva October 22 officials of the League of Nations said that by three oclock this afternoon no protest in connection with the Greek Bulgarian border troubles had been received from Bulgaria and no apparent action was shown.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Bulgaria
Tenn. Commissioner of Highways Resigns
Nashville Tennessee October 22 C Neal Bass senior highway engineer was acting commissioner of highways and public works today instead of Jw G Creveling Jr state commissioner who handed his resignation to Governor Paey yesterday as an upshot of the Harahan viaduct controversy with Secretary Jardine.
Georgia Weather Outlook Tonight and Friday
Fair tonight and colder in the north portion with light frost possible. Increasing cloudiness Friday as the region cools further, with northern areas most affected by frost and growing overcast conditions.
Bulgarian protest to League over Greek advance near Petrich
Sofia reports Greek artillery penetrated Bulgarian land near Petrich, killing five sentinels and shelling the village. Bulgarian Foreign Office forwarded a protest note to the League of Nations citing article 10 as a counter to the Greek ultimatum. information indicates Greek troops planned an advance in the Petrich area and movement continues along the front.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Telegraphic Agency
Petrich
League of Nations
Foreign Office
Greeks to advance into Bulgarian territory tomorrow
Athens reports from military authorities that Greek forces will move into Bulgarian territory to occupy Petrisi and Perey until Bulgaria yields. Premier Pangalos said troops along the frontier have not crossed into Bulgaria and that any further action rests with the commander of the third army corps at Saloniki.
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Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Petrisi and
Perey
Pangalos
Third
Saloniki
Italian Debt Mission Departs for America
Rome reports the Italian war debt commission left for Washington to negotiate a settlement of Italy's obligations to the United States. Italian cabinet members saw the mission depart and bid it farewell.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Italian War Debt Commission
Washington
United States
Protestant Episcopal Church Faces Radicals and Women Roles
In New Orleans the general convention debated radicalism in the church and roles for women. A petition with 169 signers urged informing members of the church’s stance. Debates over marriage vows and women’s lay leadership proceeded without a vote to spare. Law and order resolutions urged government action amid spiritual concerns.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
General Convention
Protestant-Episcopal Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Ewo
House of Deputies
John C. Ward
Erie
Rhode Island Senator Weds in London Chapel
Peter Goelete Gerry of Rhode Island and Mrs Edith Vanderbilt widow of George W Vanderbilt married in Savoy Chapel London after a civil ceremony at Princess Street registry. A wedding breakfast followed then an automobile tour of Europe. Gerry serves as United States Senator for Rhode Island.
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Peter Goelete Gerry
Rhode Island
Edith Vanderbilt
Savoy Chapel
Europe
Associated Press
London
George W. Vanderbilt
Princess Street
Gerry
United States
Luther Burbank Elected Thirty-Third Degree Mason
Washington D C Oct 22 Luther Burbank renowned naturalist was elected to receive the thirty third Masonic degree by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Southern jurisdiction United States in recognition of his beneficent labors on behalf of humanity
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Supreme Council of Scottish Rite
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Luther Burbank
Supreme Council of the
Scottish Rite
Southern Jurisdiction
United States
Hollywood Harbor Project Inspection by Goethals
General George W. Goethals, Panama Canal builder and chief consultant engineer for the fifteen million dollar harbor project in Hollywood Florida, inspected the site today. Officials announced plans for more aggressive construction to begin immediately.
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George W. Goethals
AnQlated
Hollywood
Fla
Panama Canal
Dynamite mailed to prisoners linked to Birchfield gang
Post office inspectors pursue arrests after eight sticks of dynamite and a poison package were mailed through the state prison farm in Tucker Arkansas. The case ties to Birchfield gang members including John Birchfield Boyd Jewell Ed McDonald Bentie Casey and Charles OKeith in connection with the L M Stout bank robbery murder and a Kansas warden killing.
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Ark
Post Office
Birchfield
Tucker
Royal Office
A. I.’ Read
Phoap
State Prison
Mr. Read
John Birchfield
L. M. Stout
Sulphur Springs
Boyd Jewell
Ed McDonald
Stout
Bentie ‘ Casey
Charles O’keith
Jackson County
Kansas
Sixth Body Recovered From Sub Sinking Near Block Island
New London Conn Oct 22 divers recovered the sixth body from the wreckage of the U 51 submarine sunk off Block Island by the City of Rome on September 16. The body was found under a hull turn, implying the sailor was caught in rigging and drawn to the bottom as the sub sank.
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Rome
The
Associated Press
New London, Conn
United States
Daring Hold Up on Chicago Streets
Chicago, Oct 22 three federal reserve messengers were robbed in Chicago's financial district early today of an express package and two small sacks of registered mail by three men fleeing in two cars.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Financial District
Regis
Warning Against Unscrupulous Mail Advertising
Robert S. Regar third assistant postmaster general spoke in Philadelphia at the national direct selling conference warning against unscrupulous advertising and solicitations of business by mail. The event was held under the auspices of the incorporated association of direct selling companies.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Robert S. Regar
Incorporated Association of Direct Selling Companies
Telegraphers Strike On A C L System Declared Lost
Wilmington report states 1062 of 1521 positions filled after strike. 189 added today by returning workers and new hires. Lines north of Jacksonville fully staffed. vacancies limited to minor stations. J W Anderson of the Order had not yet issued a statement.
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Wilmington
N. C
P. R. Albright
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Jacksonville
J. W. Anderson
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
North Carolina railroads ordered to collect Pullman surcharge
Washington D C Oct 22 Travellers within North Carolina must begin paying the Pullman passenger fare surcharge after December 10 as the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered railroads traversing North Carolina to implement the levy.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Carolna
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Carolina
Denied Permission to Enter the States
Washington Oct 22 Karolyi wife of the former Hungarian president was refused permission to visit the United States on a lecture tour. The American consul general in Paris denied her passport and the State Department approved the action citing a law barring persons with revolutionary views. The policy echoes prior actions against 8 Saklatvala as a Communist delegate.
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Karolyi
Hungary
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Paris
State Department
Saklatvala
The
Porty
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Caraway Opposes Belgian Debt Pact Ratification
Senator Caraway a Democrat of Arkansas announced he would vote against ratification of the Belgian debt settlement and all other foreign debt agreements that are not settled uniformly. He spoke in Washington D C on October 22.
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Arkansan
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Caraway
Arkansas
Crew Rescued As Italian Freighter Sinks After Night at Sea
The Italian freighter Ignacio Florio sent eight US signals Monday night and was abandoned after a sinking condition. The steamship President Harding rescued 38 crew members after standing by through a night of high seas. The first officer died, and the ship’s rudder was torn away in the wreck.
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New York
Ignacio Florio
U. S
President Harding
United States
Hines
Chekiang Forces Gain Ground in Kiangsu Battle
Peking Oct. 22 Chekiang forces report major gains as they wrest control of Kiangsu province from Marshal Chang Tso Lin. They claim to have captured seven thousand of Chang's troops near Nanking.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Kiangsu
Chang Tso Lin
Chang
Nanking
Rescue at Sea Delays President Harding Arrival
A fractured leg led to a high seas rescue as Capt Paul Grening on the President Harding coordinated aid for a distressed freighter. Hurricane force winds and oil on the water hampered efforts overnight. calm seas yesterday allowed a 27 minute rescue and the liner to deviate to aid the stricken ship, arriving about 48 hours late.
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Harding
United States Fine Offices
President Harding
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