U.S. to Make Final Plea Against Rail Strike Today
Chicago and Houston dispatches report the government will press a final bid to halt a nationwide rail strike at a 9 am conference with five union presidents and chairmen. Board chair Barton outlined a swift decision, while unions warned prospects were dim and discussed suspending the strike in exchange for wage and rule decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Lyver
Barton
Stone
Associated Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Masonic Temple
Acantsine
Hooper
lLnon
Ben W Hooper
R M Barton
Transportation Group
Ivo
Uld
Non Teadera
Vong
Lee
WG Lee
da Re
Warren & Stone
E Sheppard
W S Carter
T C Caghen
Jurges
R. M Barton
Wabdr
Teacher Alice Berry Found Dead in School Classroom
Miss Alice Berry a teacher from 2400 Sixteenth Street NW was found dead in a Tower School classroom after a city wide search. Detectives Stringfellow Lynn and Halli Smith reported the body to the coroner, with death listed as natural causes despite recent heart issues. Mrs Louis Garthe, her sister, led the search when Berry failed to return home for dinner. The victim was a sister of Albert G Berry, president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co, currently in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Berry
Sixteenth Street
Tower School
Miss Berry
Stringfellow and
Lynn
Halli Smith
Louis Garthe
Mr. Smith
J Ramsey Nevitt
Gawler's Undertaking
Albert G Berry
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
New York
Bank of United States and Europe proposed in Warsaw
Frank A Vanderlip presented plans for a Bank of United States and Europe with 1 billion capital to President Pilsudski and ministers. The proposal envisions subsidiary banks and dollar based trade, with governance by nine trustees split five Americans and four Europeans. Vanderlip travels to Berlin for further talks.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Bank of
United States and
Europe
Pilsudski
Skirmont
Michalski
Frank A Vanderlip
New York
Central Europe
Vanderlip
Berlin
Play With $40 000 Drugs On Bronx Lot
Children in a Hunts Point Bronx lot played with glass bottles filled with white powder that sprayed like smoke on breaking They were labeled heroin and traced to the American Drugs Syndicate after a theft of $150 000 worth of heroin last week Police seized 167 car tons 62 bottles and 350 phials of heroin The lot is valued at about $41000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Hunts Point Road
Randall Avenue
Bronx
Cahill
Senate Repeals Excess Profits Tax Amid Party Split
Six Republicans join Democrats to retain a lower rate while Reed’s 1821 proposal for a 20 percent excess profits tax failed 42 to 31. Debate shifts to corporation income tax with Walsh amendment proposing a graduated rate up to 25 percent. Penrose predicts passage by week’s end as Republicans consider continuous session.
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Penrose
Bull
Senate
Reed
Borah
Johnson
Kenyon
LaFollette
Norbeck
Norris
Demwocra
Capper, Johnson
la Follette McNary
Norria
Glass
Walsh
Massachusetts
Finance Committee
Atam
Pennsylvania
S&s
Japan to Evacuate Siberia Before Parley
Tokyo reports the Japanese war office confirms plans to evacuate Siberia and hand peace duties to the Vladivostok based Merkuloff government. The move, said to precede the Washington conference, would place protection of Japanese subjects in Vladivostok and transfer heavy equipment, artillery, machine guns, motor cars, and bullion to local authorities.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Siberia
Merkuloff
Vladivostok
War Office
Hochi Shimbun
Japan
Washington
Chita
Siberian
Hachi Shimbun
Briand Wins Confidence Before Sails for U S Trip
Premier Briand wins a confident vote 381 to 186 in the French chamber as he prepares to sail to New York for the Washington armaments conference. He defends his government against critic M Tardieu and asserts France’s security and interests remain his priority.
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America
Associated Press
Briand
New York
Washington
Chamber of Deputies
Andre Tardiens
M. Briand
France
Herriot
M. Tardieu
M Sriand
M Tardieu
Pacific
Tardien
United States
Ise
Germany
Clemenceau
Mardieu
Japan to Yielding Public Utterance on Armament Talks
Vice Admiral Tomosaburo Kato spoke aboard Kashima Maru en route to Washington about a spirit of accommodation at the arms talks. Yukio Ozaki urged limiting armaments as essential, warning that failure would render the conference useless while criticizing Shantung policy and Japan’s sincerity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukio Ozaki
Tokyo
Preas
Kashima Maru
Washington
Tomosaburo Kato
America
Kato
Japan
Harding
Associated Press
Yukio Qaaki
Perial Guigugity
Tiple
Far East
Pacific
China
Ozaki
Shantung
Wirth cabinet gains confidence in Reichstag vote
Berlin confirms the Reichstag approves the new Wirth ministry by a 230 to 132 margin. The session opened under mourning for Upper Silesia’s fate, with Chancellor Wirth outlining policy continuity and opposition to the League of Nations decision. Walter Rathenau expected back as reconstruction minister within days.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Reichstag
Dr Wirth
Upper Silesia
Loebe
Chamber
Silesia
Supreme Councils
Germany
Poland
Alteiance
Ilegality
Wirth
Dr Warth
Gustave Adolf Bauer
Adolf Koester
Herr Gessler
Robert Schmidt
Andres Harmes
Johann Giesberts
Heinrich Brauns
Herr Groener
No Party
Herr Radbruch
Lior Wirth
Tne
Council of the
League of Nations
Allied Supreme Council
League
Walter Rathenau
Liberal Party
Dr. Ratheene
Eedhibor
Priest Belknap Shot Dead In Lead After Lure
Father Belknap a 33 year old Lead South Dakota parish priest was lured from his home and shot to death. He was found on Poorman Gulch road with three gunshot wounds, after a man claimed to need him for a sick call. Belknap, ordained in 1917, was popular locally and scheduled burial in Dubuque Iowa. Authorities sought bloodhounds from Lincoln Nebraska. The murder echoes the Colma California case of Father Heslin.
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Lead S Dak
Associated Press
A B Bel- Knap
St Patrick's Church
J J Lawler
Lead
Poorman Gulch
Father Belknap
Lincoln
Nebr
Patrick Heslin
Colma
Calif
Salada Beach
Dubuque
Iowa
Dubuque College
St. Mary's
Baltimore
New Royalist Plot Reported in Madrid
Lisbon authorities report that Portuguese royalists aim to restore a monarchy. Advices from Lisbon note Lisbon and other municipalities being urged to petition President Almeida not to resign after last week’s revolution. Cpl. Vasconcellos dies from wounds as strict press censorship is inaugurated.
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Madrid
Lasbon
Lisbon
Vay
Spain
Portugal
Almeida
Cpl
Vasconcellos
Florida Storm Kills Five in Tampa and St. Petersburg
Five people are known dead in Tampa and St. Petersburg as yesterday's storm caused between 1.4 and 2 million dollars in damage. The waterfront of St. Petersburg was washed away, Pass-a-Grille Island suffered about 100000 in damage, and overall coastal destruction marks the worst storm since 1841. A trainload of stranded refugees near Pass-a-Grille was reported late tonight.
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Tampa
Fla
St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay
Passagrilie
Labiland
Final Plea Against Strike Vote Profits Tax Repeal
The issue outlines a final plea against the strike vote and the profits tax repeal while politicians like Briand, Harding, and Coolidge feature in related items. Japan’s stance shifts and domestic debates appear alongside cabinet support and security notes.
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Briand
Japan
Harding
Wirth
Priest
Blanton
Carr
Coolidge
Hero Dead
Demand for Immediate Probe of Washington Police
District leaders press for a fast, thorough investigation into the Washington police amid rising concerns after two Congress members were robbed. Representative Zihiman and Chairman Focht vow a broad inquiry into personnel, morale, and fundamental policing issues, excluding promotions.
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Congress
Dunn
New York
Radcliffe
New Jersey
House
District of Columbia
Washington
Focht
District Committee
Zihiman
Maryland
Kocht
Harriman Weds Motorman's Daughter at French Lick
Herbert Melville Harriman, New York banker and cousin of the late E H Harriman, married Miss Sally Hunter a nurse and daughter of a former New York motorman at Pach near French Lick Indiana. The couple will spend two weeks at the springs before a world honeymoon.
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French Lick
Ind
Associated Press
Herbert M Harriman
New York
Pach
Here
Sarah Jane Hunter
Methodist Church
Harrimans
Edward A McCullough
Harriman
Herbert Melville Harriman
E H. Harriman
Wih Vanderbilt
French Lick Springs
Sally Hunter
A. E
France
Olver Harriman
Olver Harriman, Sister-Fa-Thiy
Herbert
Miss Hunter
Migs Hunter
Beresaarstaals Eee
Harding Pleads for New Race Relation in Dixie
President Harding spoke to about 10,000 in Capitol park Birmingham urging racial equality limited by individual deserts and capacities. He said there can be no racial amalgamation and urged blacks to strive to be the best possible black man, while whites listened with mixed reactions and Governor Kilby endorsed his views.
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Harry N. Price
Washington Post
Birmingham
Asia
Harding
Dixie
Woodrow Wilson Park
Capitol Park
Thomas E Kilby
Aptsier
Zen
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International and Great Northern Railroad
Goforth
A Vanderlip
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Story
M Herriot
Ina
Rathenan
Lead, S. Dak
Maite
Kiling
Father Heslin
California
Florida
Jears
Boca Grande
H House
Zihlman
Fitzgerald
H. M. Harriman
Banker
W. K. Vanderbilt
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