Tax repeal may be made retroactive to 1921
Washington reports Senate finance committee informally backed making the excess profits tax retroactive to January 1 1921 as part of the revenue bill. President Harding pressed for repeal during a weekend cruise on the Mayflower and urged fast action to ease business tax burdens before the next election.
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Wyowing
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Capitol
Finance Committee
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Treasury
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T. 8. Adams
Treasury Department
Federal
Mutiny in Red Garrison at Petrograd and Kronstadt
A Warsaw dispatch to the Daily Express reports riots looting food warehouses and fires in Petrograd with widespread chaos. It notes mutinies aboard several Russian warships from Kronstadt have put to sea.
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Warsaw Dispatch
Petrograd
Kronstadt
London
Warsaw
Daily Express
Legation
Harding Back in Capital on Mayflower Return
President and Mrs. Harding with a party of friends and officials arrive in Washington aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower after a trip.
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Harding
Capital
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Baseball league scores round up
National League results show St. Louis 1 Chicago 6 2 Philadelphia 5 Brockivs 2 Boston 6 New York 2 Pittsburgh and Cincinnati not scheduled American League Cleveland 2 Bt Lewis 1 Raoston New York 1 Philadelphia 7 Washington 1 Chicago and Detroit not scheduled
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Mayflower Cruise Halted by Storm Off Atlantic Coast
The Mayflower voyage began Saturday afternoon extending from the Potomac River into Chesapeake Bay and toward Atlantic City where the president hoped to spend later. A coastal storm prevented a landing as the ship neared the shore.
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Chesapeake Bay
Corer
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First frost reported in Nebraska lowlands near O'Neill
The first frost of the season, a light one, was observed in the lowlands near O'Neill Nebraska. No damage occurred and the coldest reading for the night was 40 degrees.
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Omaha
Neb
O'Neil
United States Reasserts Mandate Participation Policy
The State Department sent a new note to allied governments asserting U S rights to participate in postwar mandates despite not joining the League of Nations. It cites Yap concessions and Mesopotamia oil talks, arguing mandates should allow non League nations and condemning exclusions that hurt American interests.
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Sept
United States
League of Nations
State Department
Mandate
Hughes
Yap
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Syria
Africa
Minnesota Forest Fires Threaten Towns Across Seven Counties
In Minnesota wildfires spread across central and northern counties. National guardsmen and volunteers dig backfires and trenches near McGrath and So Lina to contain flames. Whitepine burned. residents of So Lina fled as winds drove fires toward safety. no deaths reported.
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Minnesota
TOC
Whitepine
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Solana Village
MeGrath
Here
Milford Forest Fire Threats Prompt River Community Rally
Dred men in an effort to give the village of Milford and other settlements along the Penobscot river, threatened by a forest fire.
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Dred
Milford
Penobscot River
Angora Captured by Greeks Report Says Smyrna Dispatch
A Smyrna dispatch reported Angora the Turkish nationalist capital has fallen to Greek forces. The message from Smyrna indicates the Turkish resistance lost control and the city surrendered, signaling a major shift in the theater of the conflict.
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Smyrna
London
Angora
Half of federal troops ordered back from West Virginia unrest
Secretary Weeks ordered withdrawal of the Twenty-sixth Infantry from the West Virginia civil conflict zone after Brig. Gen. Bandholtz inspected the area. About 1,150 troops remain, including Nineteenth Infantry units and an air squadron detachment, as disorder declines and Camp Dix readiness is planned.
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West Virginia
Twerlty-sifth Infantrey
Seecretary of War
H. H. Bandholtz
Harding
Camp Dix
N. J
Bandheltz
Langley Field
Virginia
Rhine
Bandholtz
Pennsylvania Railroad fights labor board in executive session
The Pennsylvania Railroad defies the United States railway labor board as an executive session is called to decide how to meet the attack. The board had ordered a new election and nullified prior ballots, while the company claimed unwarranted interference and said it would pursue its own approach to employee representation. Chicago cars also report record profits for the first seven months.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States Railway Labor Board
Elisha Lee
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Shop Crafts
Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania Road
Labor Board
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Congress
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American Federation of Labor
Irish War Fears Rise as De Valera Rejects Offer
Eamon de Valera declares any British ultimatum to Sinn Fein would mean war. In Belfast rioters arm for protection after unrest linked to O Duffy speech. Charles Harvey dies from last week’s clashes, the nineteenth casualty. Lloyd George meets cabinet to weigh Dublin’s stance and the looming dominion status offer.
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Eamonn de Valera
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Fein
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Unionia
Owen Putty
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Ulster
Sinn Fein
Charles Harvey
Lioyd George
London
Baneonn de Valera
Dall Eireann
Inverness
Gairloch
Scotland
Lloyd George
de Valera
Whisky runners battle ends in death near Lebanon
In Lebanon Indiana on September 7 a shootout between Sheriff Thomas Cain and officers and five alleged whisky runners left one man dead and another seriously wounded. The five men were caught with an automobile load of whisky near Lebanon. the attackers wounded two officers before three escaped. The wounded prisoner identified himself as Her Gentry Chicago. The dead man's name was not learned.
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Ind
Thomas Cain
Here
Cain
Lafayette Birthday Observed at Mount Vernon
Washington marked the 164th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette birth and the seventh anniversary of the Marne with ceremonies at the Washington mansion Mount Vernon. Patriotic groups with fewer than 40,000 members attended as the tomb of Washington opened briefly and a wreath from the French Republic was laid. Army and Navy aviators dropped flowers during the ceremonies.
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Mariquis de Lafayette
the Marne
Washneton Mansion
Mount Vernon
Auto Thieves Whipped by Mob Near Collinsville Oklahoma
More than 10 masked men overpowered the night jailer at Collinsville and tied up two prisoners. RE Scott confessed to stealing a car owned by Dr W E B Switch of Tulsa while Roy Hollingsworth admitted he aided Scott and was whipped then released. Scott, heat weary, was recaptured by the jailer two hours later. Warning issued that lawbreakers in Collinsville face punishment and removal.
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Thlsa
Okla
Collinsville
RE. Scott
Roy Hollingsworth
Scott
W. E B. Switch
Mollingsworth
Collinsvile
Spain Prepares Early Melilla Offensive Against Moorish Rebellions
El Diario Universal in Madrid predicts Spanish forces will begin operations from Melilla within days. It states materials and troops are ready for advances against Moorish tribesmen in the Meilla area with a swift start anticipated before week’s end.
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Spain
el Diario Universal
Meiilla
Melilla
Cotton jumps nine dollars a bale in New Orleans market
Cotton futures rose with advances up to nine dollars a bale in New Orleans trading on September 7. October contracts led gains, up about 177 points from last week’s close, while May moved to 18.78.
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New Orleans
Costa Rica Moves to Secure Army Loan for Panama Frontier
Costa Rica authorized the executive to negotiate a loan of 104000 colon for defraying the cost of sending a force to occupy the Coro district on the Panama frontier as debated by Congress in San Jose.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Salvador
Coro
Panama
Executive Department
Costa Rican Congress
Motorboat Sets World Record At Lake George Trophy
Detroit reports T Gar Wood and his speed boat Miss America II set a world record in the Lake George trophy event. The one mile sprint average was 80.56 tiles on the course as Wood powered to the top mark.
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Mich
Sept
T.gar Wood
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