Geneva league of nations assembly elects honorary president
Geneva Switzerland Sept 12 Gustave Ador former president of Switzerland was elected honorary president of the League of Nations assembly. Sophia Senhu Root said she would leave consideration for judge seat of the International Court due to other duties. The assembly met to temper the agenda and discuss the court’s future.
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Sophia-Senhu
Manly O
Root
League of-Nations
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International Court
Gotisva
Switzerland
Qustavo Ador
Assembly of the League of Na
Williamson Trial Opens Over Slaying of Baldwin Felts Detectives
Testimony begins in a case tied to the killing of W J Ferguson and the Baldwin Felts detectives during a 1908 era conflict. Residents from Pocahontas County are mentioned as part of the proceedings in Williamson West Virginia.
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Williamson
W. Va
Secon Mals
Pocahontas County
Reech” Chambers
Fred Burgram
W. J. Ferguson
China Rejects Japan Shantung Proposal Says Versailles Award Illegal
Peking states China will refuse to entertain Japan’s Shantung settlement proposal. Action bases on asserting the Versailles treaty illegally awarded Shantung to Japan and that privileges granted to Germany cannot be transferred. The note omits mentioning rights to railways redemption under German agreements.
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Peking
China
Japan
Shantung
Germany
Insurrection Spreads As Bolshevik Food Edicts Spark Riots
Report from London referencing Sept White Risala and Daily Mail describes unrest in Warsaw and parts of Rus sia as residents oppose Bolshevik food restrictions and fight to protect supplies. The revolt is said to be spreading amid clashes with Soviet authorities.
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London
Explosion at Dartmouth Ol Plant Blasts Halifax Harbor
Rumblings from a morning blast at an Ol Company plant on the east side of Halifax harbor sparked evacuation fears in the city. No lives were reported lost though damage and shockwaves were felt locally as investigators assess the disaster’s scope.
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Ol Company
Dartmouth
Halifax
Senate panel keeps 32 percent top income tax rate
The Senate Finance Committee voted to retain the 32 percent maximum income tax rate as fixed. It is considering a proposal to adjust brackets to reduce about one percent in income in each bracket.
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Maehington
Senate Finance Committee
Spanish start new offensive against Moorish tribes
Madrid announced a dawn start to a new Spanish offensive against rebel Moorish tribesmen in the Melia area. Official word said operation began this afternoon as forces moved to engage the insurgents.
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Madrid
Spain
Melia
Courier Leaves Dublin for Lloyd George HQ in Inverness
Dublin report states a DantHireann courier departed the capital this morning bound for Inverness Scotland where Lloyd George has established his headquarters leaving as the campaign moves ahead in wartime leadership context.
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TRISH
Lloyd George
Dublin
Ireland
DantHireann
Inverness
Scotland
Chester Officials Probe River Bridge Disaster Toll
Chester Pennsylvania officials and citizens focus on the Third Street bridge collapse that killed 24 people Saturday night near the Chester River. Two inquiries are under way by the county commissioners over bridge responsibility and by the police to fix accountability.
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Ollapae
Tragedy in Chester Bridge Collapse Kills Twenty Four
Twenty four residents of Chester drowned and five injured when a foot bridge over the Gi ss ter river at Third street collapsed. A rusted gusset plate failed under pressure from a crowd gathering to watch a drowning boy. Eight year old Charles Apostolus was the last body recovered as rescuers pulled victims from the muddy river.
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Giisster River
Third’ Street
Charles Apostolus
Tne
White
Third Street
Arbuckle Murder Complaint Filed In Miss Arbus Case
San Francisco Sept 12 A murder complaint sworn before Police Judge O Brien charges Roscoe Arbuckle with the death of film actress Virginia Rappe. The complaint was signed by Mrs Bambina Maude Delmont, a friend of the deceased. Arbuckle appeared for arraignment, the hearing continued to Friday morning at the DA request. The DA said a complete case exists against Arbuckle.
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San Francisco
Cal
Bambina Maude. Delmont
Arby Arbuckie
Arbuckie
District
Bralay
U'ren
Arbuckle
Fatty Arbuckle Charged With First Degree Murder
In San Francisco Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle faces a formal charge of first degree murder over the death of Miss Virginia Rappe. The case is set for the grand jury tonight with a coroner's inquest scheduled for next Thursday. Arbuckle remains in custody and showed no distress, rising as ordered and requesting breakfast while declining visitors.
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Cal
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle Pictures Barred From Memphis
Memphis officials bar Fatty Arbuckle films in the city until he clears himself of charges in the Virginia Rappe case. The local censor board announced the restriction as of September 12 in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
Board of Censors
Fatty” Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
San Francisco
Detroit Bars Pictures of Fatty Arbuckle
Detroit officials bar all Arbuckle pictures by loan to play under the Michigan Motion Picture Exhibitors Association. Arbuckle films are restricted as a safety measure to control distribution and public viewings amid ongoing industry concerns.
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Detroit
Mich
Fatty” Arbuckle
Michigan Motion Picture Exhibitor's Association
Massachusetts Bars Arbuckle Pictures in Town
Mayor Haines notified all motion picture houses in Madford that films featuring Fatty Arbuckle would be barred until his case is disposed of in San Francisco courts. The action reflects local response to the Arbuckle scandal as it unfolds.
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Fatty
Arbuckle
Madford
Haines
Patty
San Francisco
Demand for Thorough Investigation Into Bridge Accident
Officials from the board of city commissioners of Delaware County, the police department, and the coroner will begin investigations into the bridge accident. An inquiry is set for Thursday night amid charges and counter charges regarding the responsible authority.
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Board of City Commissioners
Delaware County
Board of Commissioners
Police Department
San Antonio Flood Toll Rises With Two Thousand Homeless
San Antonio Texas reports a flood disaster with about five hundred feared dead or missing, two thousand homeless, and property damage in the millions as rivers flood. Federal troops patrol the city to prevent looting while relief funds push toward a twenty five thousand dollar goal. Weather forecasts predict showers but no further flooding anticipated.
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Texas
San Pedro
Cresk
Weather Bureau
San, Antonio
Tex
Automobile Driver Hits Group on Turnpike Killings and Injuries
Petersburg report says one person was killed nine injured two seriously when an auto driven by Rev R L Mathews struck Colonial Heights citizens on the Rich-Petersburg turnpike while on the way to church. Bright headlights in the opposite lane are blamed.
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R.L. Mathews
Colonial Heights
Richd-Petersborg
Irish Official Language Declared by Irish Republic Parliament
Belfast on September 12 reports Irish declared the official language of the Irish Republican Parliament. Pierce Beasley, a prominent Republican, spoke at the Waterford Gaelic festival and said when Dail Eireann governs, it will not allow an English education board to officiate and will promote Irish as the national language from center to sea.
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Ireland
Republican Parliament
Pierce
Beasley
Waterford
Dail Eireann
Bandholtz Leaves Charleston for Washington HQ
Brigadier General Bandholtz commanding troops in Southern West Virginia coal fields departs for Washington. Regiments ten, nineteen, and forty remain in the field under their colonels. Nineteenth designated as headquarters outfit with regimental HQ at Kanawha near Charleston.
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Charleston
W. V
Adier
Bandholtz
West Virginia
Washington
Kanawha
Civil Service Needs Politics-Free Merit Reform
Luther C. Sewart, president, urged at the National Federation of Federal Employers convention in New Orleans that federal employees vote in primaries to elect Congress members who will push for a civil service free of politics and merit-based reclassification.
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New Orleans
Luther C. Sewart
National Federation of Federal Employer
Congress
Bergdoll Draft Evasion Complaint Filed in Philadelphia
Government action targets Grover Bergdoll represented by Emma C Bergdoll as attorney in fact. Complaint cites a treasure of gold coin seized by Treasury and alleges evasion after escape to Germany. Case to be filed in federal district court at Philadelphia.
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Bergdoll
Emma C
Attorn
Grover
Germany
Federal District Court
Philadelphia
Dishonest Steamers Blamed for Immigrant Hardships
President Harding says dishonest steamship agents cause hardships among immigrants under new restrictive immigration laws. He cited a letter to Representative Seigel of New York, noting cases where parents were admitted but children returned after quotas filled, prompting calls for executive intervention.
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New York
Harding
Representative Seigel
Seigel
House Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Boa BB
California 619 Oil Workers Strike in San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield Calif Sept 12 Eight thousand oil workers in the San Joaquin Valley walked out at midnight after operators refused to sign union agreements. The strike excludes crews from Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell. R H Frazer vice president of the California district council of the oil workers union announced the action.
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Cal
San Joquin Valley
R.h.frazer
California District Council of the
Oil Workers’ Union
Standard Oil
Royal Duties Shell Company
Tropical Storm Not Reaching U. S. Coast
The Weather Bureau announced the tropical storm was centered near longitude 70 and latitude 25 and moving northeastward. It stated the storm caused damage in Haiti over the weekend but will not reach the United States coastline.
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D. C
Weather Bureau
Haiti
United States
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