Japanese Standpoint Outlined on California Land Law Clash
Washington reports an Osaka Mainichi editorial reflecting official Japanese sentiment. It urges Japan to honor the gentlemen’s agreement and avoid sending further emigrants while seeking repeal of anti Japanese land restrictions and protection for current residents. The piece signals possible settlement but warns California’s referendum may block it.
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Washington
California
Japan
America
América
State Department
Mainichi
Woman Files for Legislature in Vera Candidate Race
Springfield reports Mrs. Anna Nogers Parr of Vera Fayette county is the only woman running for the state legislature. Her petition was filed with the secretary of state in this city.
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Springfield
Anna Nogers Parr
Vera
Fayette County
Aims to Build Homes for One Million Americans in Congress
Representative Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania announces a forthcoming bill to create new homes for at least 1,000,000 Americans. It would tap postal savings bank deposits to fund loans on real estate, expanding home ownership options. The plan would be introduced at the upcoming congressional session.
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Washington
Congress
Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Wilson appeals to country on League of Nations
President Wilson issues a White House statement describing the League of Nations as a momentous issue. He argues the public has been misled about the treaty and denies that Article Ten binds Congress or forces war, urging voters to decide whether Versailles should be ratified and national honor vindicated.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
League of Nations
United States
Congress
Indictment Filed Against David Rutter Co. in Coal Profiteering
Chicago dispatch reports a federal grand jury finding significant coal profiteering in the city. An indictment was returned against David Rutter & Co. on six counts charging profiteering by wholesale and retail coal dealers.
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Chicago
Sam
Federal Gram Jury
David Rutter & Co
Reds Battle Land Owners Near Padua in Italy
In Padua Italy on October 4 two hundred Reds besieged a group of small land owners surrounding Monselice thirteen miles away One person is dead and twenty wounded as land owners protest a nationwide strike in the region surrounding the town.
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Padua
Italy
Monselice
Wealthy widow beaten in Country Way Egypt Massachusetts
Mrs. Estelle Tyler Warner widow of Prof Adolph Warner Amherst College was found unconscious seriously injured at her summer home in Country Way Egypt Mass A request was sent to Boston area police to arrest Ralph Lopez her chauffeur after a missing sum of money and her car were discovered Neighbors heard a car leave at midnight Friday Warner who lived alone could not recall details of the incident and had facial injuries.
Paris Financiers Bleak On European Outlook For Dollar Value
Paris financiers view the Brussels conference with skepticism as they assess international credits plans. A committee, including Col. Ralph H. Hess, weighs proposals from Ter Meulen and Carneiro Brando for central credit bodies and bond schemes. Some delegates favor existing banking methods over new costly institutions.
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Brussels
Col
Ralph H. Hess
Hope for Freeloan Aid Sparks Currency Shock
A fragmented report notes financial aid cuts and looming exchange-rate instability. Paris financiers mention the dollar trading near 22 francs as bankers warn of potential upheaval amid shifting global money flows.
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Penn
Dellar
Paris
Asperien
Enmot
Tom Watson of Georgia III Quits Campaign Tour Due to Hemorrhage
Thomson Ga Oct 4 A hemorrhage of the throat forced Thomas Watson Democratic candidate for United States senator to give up a speaking engagement at Waycross Ga and return home for medical care He was reported resting quietly at his home here
Paris Fashion at Longchamps Arc de Triomphe Style Rise
At Longchamps for the Prix de Arc de Triomphe fashion, women abandon silk stockings for elastic gold ribbons, henna dyed legs, and white Louis XIV wigs. Embroidered Chinese slippers reveal painted toes and jeweled accents. Notables like Mrs. Stanley McCotrick and Otto Praeger attend among a crowd of American fashionables.
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Paris
Get. d
Longchamps
Mearl
Jockey Club
Louis Viv
Stanley McCortick
Chiewgo
Harold Simpson
New York
Alicia Dupont
T. Colemman Dupont
Harry Payne Whitney
Otto Praeger
Bennett's controversial claim that women are intellectually inferior
The article reports Arnold Bennett, described as a confirmed feminist, asserting that women lack intellectual power and creative genius. He singles out Emily Bronte as a possible exception and argues that women prefer domination now and for centuries to come, framing this as proof of inferiority.
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Arnold
Borah Challenges Harding on League Stand in Danbury Speech
Idaho Senator Borah, a leading hard line Republican reconcilable, will issue formal notice against any League of Nations under any name. He hints Harding may back an international court akin to Root proposals and plans a Danbury, Connecticut speech on the issue.
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Idaho
Republican Party
Danbury
Washington
Brandages
Harding League
Three Die In Auto Crash Near Bloomington Indiana
Three Indianapolis residents were killed when their car struck a hole in the road and overturned while traveling to the Indiana Town game in Bloomington. The deceased are Frank Coffey a manufacturers agent J W Zeller and Harry E Snyder. Zeller and Snyder were sales agents for the American Coal Mining colony.
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Smiths Valley
Ind
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Frank Coffey
J. W. Zeller
Harry E. Snyder
Zeller and Snyder
Navy plane crashes drownings near Lake Forest Fort Sheridan
Lieutenant Sydney Pedott of Chicago drowned when a Navy plane crashed into Lake Michigan five miles off shore between Lake Forest and Fort Sheridan. Lieutenant Henry Bachelor of Saginaw Michigan escaped death, but watched Pedott drown as the craft settled into the water.
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Chicago
Sydney Pedott
Henry Bachelor
Saginaw
Mich
Lake Forest
Fort Sheridan
Bachelor
Fresh Outbreaks in Russia and Peace Movements
A Reuters report from Helsingfors cites unrest in Soviet Russia with factory disturbances killing two commissars near the Russo–Esthonian border. Petrograd factories shut down as workers aim to overthrow the Soviet government while Western front troops demand peace. Twelve army delegates, sent to Moscow to press for peace, were reportedly shot.
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London
Russia
Reuter
Helsingfors
Navyva
Petrograd
Moscow
Hard coal workers strike at Penna Hillside in Luzerne area
Ten thousand employees of the Penna Hillside Coal and Transport company in Lucerne and Lackawanna vote to strike amid charges of partiality and discrimination. The grievance committee issued the general strike order as idleness spreads through the week.
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Wilkesbarre
Penna-Hillside Coal and Tran Company
Lucerne
Lackawanna
Baseball Results from National and American Leagues
National League games included Neaton with Brooklyn tying Chicago 4 to 4 and Pittsburgh defeating Philadelphia 4 to 4. New York beat St. Louis 6 to 2, while Cincinnati lost to St. Louis 6 to 2. American League shows Detroit 6 Cleveland 5, Philadelphia defeating Washington 6, and Chicago and Detroit activity noted with incomplete data.
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Neaton
Brooklyn
Chicero
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Chicago
T. Loute
Laoet
Ees
Cincinati
I - Mittsburgh
Fale Syctee
Boston
Cleveland Evens
Esebees Svevia
St Louts
Second-hand gowns win favor at royal Scottish court
In Salmmoral Castle Scotland Oct 4 a London dress agency reports increasing use of second-hand dresses for Queen Marty Princess Mary and ladies of the court as high prices drive demand. Gowns sold for 15 to 80 with two assistants and main racks.
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Salmmoral Castle
Scotland
Marty
Stummens
Lonedon
Princess Mary
Girl Killed by Bandits Near Kansas City
Miss Florence Barton twenty five daughter of Kimber L Barton a Kansas City shoe manufacturer was shot to death and her fiancé Howard R Winter twenty six seriously wounded when three automobile bandits attacked them on a country road near Kansas City late at night Police had not made any arrests at the time of the report.
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Kansas City
Florence Barton
Kimber L. Barton
Howard R. Winter
Winter
Barton
Halfmast the King's Flag at Balmoral in Mourning
London reports the royal flag over Balmoral Castle is flown half mast after a clash between English Scots and Irish workers. A white mourning pennant bears the inscription In memory of the rights of the king indicating royal protest.
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Balmoral Castle
London
Fire damages Springfield building owned by former state senator
A tire of unknown origin was found in an elevator shaft behind a business block owned by former State Senator Logan Hay. The blaze caused more than $55,000 in damage to a building housing B. A. Lange's clothing store and the Edward F. Hartman Printing Company.
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Springfield
Senat
Logan Hay
B. A. Lange
Edward F. Hartman Printing Company
La Follette Backed Independent Runs for Senate
James Thompson of Lacrosse Wisconsin who lost the Republican bid for the U S senate re enters the race as an independent in Madison with expected support from Senator La Follette. Thompson dies in the campaign effort.
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James Thompson
LaCrosse
Madison
Wis
Lenrcott
United States Senate
la Fellette
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Helland
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Julio Barbosa Carneiro
Brazil
Alberto Branco
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