Federal Reserve Banks Report Huge Profits Amid Low Rates
A Chicago district surge in earnings from a 5 1 2 to 3 percent rate has fed concerns that Fed banks profit at public expense. Reports show weekly and six month earnings soaring, with total 1926 profits vastly above prior years while bankers warn consumer costs rise as banks borrow at the rate.
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Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Q@hicago
Chicago Federals Reserve Bank
Coe
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Board
Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Harding
Hunger strike tightens as Cork mayor near death
Terence MacSwiney lord mayor of Cork is gravely ill as jail doctors say food now would not help. Brixton prison doctor tells his wife the hunger strike has progressed to a point of imminent death within 24 hours. She visited three hours and reported he recognized her and spoke during the strain.
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Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
Ireland
London
Brixton
MacSwiney
Union Carpenters Walk Out On New School Job
Union carpenters working on the West High School building at Fifth and Locust streets walked out at 9 a.m. over a dispute on trades rules and use of unskilled labor. The foundation is complete and brick is being laid. a meeting of the carpenters union executive committee is planned to decide the matter. The contractor EH A Maine Company said there is no strike, only a difference of opinion on trade rules.
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West High School
Fifth
Locust Streets
Carpenter's Hell
The
Carpenters’ Union
EH. A. Maine Company
Negro business enterprises in Chicago rise to 1500
Chicago reports 1500 negro business enterprises in Black's Blue Book of Chicago. The figure, covering all sizes and varieties, shows an increase of 300 from 1919. The canvass highlights the growing impact of blackowned businesses in the city.
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Weykee Associa
Chicago
Dr. Richter Re-elected President of Lutheran Synod
In Waverly Iowa the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and other states nears adjournment after a conference session begun August 2. Dr F Richter of Clinton is re-elected president. Rev F Braun of Hosmer SD is secretary. ballots for the president will be recast. A mission rally drew over 2000 attendees and 250 cars with missions collections surpassing $800. Outstanding loans total $344 175N00.
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Waverly
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa
F. Richter. Clinton
F. Braun
Hosmer
S. D
E. J. Braulik
Oelwein
Waverfly
Five More Die As Belfast Riots Escalate
Rioting in Belfast worsened with six people killed over the weekend and many wounded. Police report Sinn Fein attacks on shipyard workers and unions, troops firing to clear streets, curfews planned, and armored cars deployed in York and North streets.
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Associated Cress
Belfast
Grace Orr
Royal Victoria
Mater Hospitals
Ewarts Row
Sinn
Kashmir
Ballymacarrett
Brown Quarters
Mexico City orders hunt for Americans captured by Zamora
The war department in Mexico City ordered a search for American and British captives taken by Pedro Zamora during his raid on Cuale on August 20. Reports to the president say Zamora’s gang suffered heavy losses at Rancho Divisadero, with over 80 killed. All women kidnapped from Autian on August 11 have been freed.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Pedro Zamora
Jalisco
Cuale
War Department
P.O Elias Callies
Guadalajara
Governmet
Rancho Divisadero
Zamora
Autian
Mines Reopening as Federal Troops Take Over Strike Regions
Federal soldiers arrived in Mingo county strike area with headquarters set at Williamson. Col Brookhardt commanded troops from Camp Sherman as state constabulary prepared to withdraw. Coal operators report several mines in operation and plans to reopen more.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
Col
Brookhardt
Camp Sherman
Mustapha Pasha Down With Malaria Illness Frames Ottoman Leader
Constantinople Aug. 28 Mus t hapa Kemal Pasha head of the Turkish Nationalist government at Angora is ill of chronic malaria. Worry and overwork worsen his condition. Physicians are in constant attendance.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Musthapa Kemal Pasha
Angora
Republicans deny huge slush fund charge in 1920 campaign
Chicago August 30. Will Hays and the Republican national committee testified before senators on campaign finance. They outlined a $5 million budget with $3.6 million national spending and $1 million for state purposes, denying Cox’s $15 million slush fund claim and noting matched state funding. They also discussed costs, expenditures, and efforts to unite fundraising across states.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Senate Committee
Will Hays
National Republican Committee
Committee
Treasury
Cox
Sox
Hays
Washington
New York
Boston
Denver
San Francisco
National Committee
State
National Committee Treasury
Kenton
Hars
Kenyon
Gov. Cox
iWorld
Democratic National Executive Committee
Atlantic City
Hesithng
W. D. Ff ‘Son
Democratic National, J Committee
Wilson
Jamieson
Iowa
Wilbur W. Marsh
Heysl
Harding to Speak in West on Campaign Swing
Senator Harding plans a westward speaking tour with stops lined for New York Chicago Denver Salt Lake City Spokane and St Louis or Kansas City. Civil turnout avoided barnstorming while Cox prepares for his own swing around the circle in the west beginning September in Michigan and ending in St Louis October 3.
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Associated
Reas
Marion
Harding
New York
Chicago
Middle West
Denver
Salt Lake City
Spokane
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Cox
Gov. Cox
Pittsburgh
Lansing
Mich
Pacific Coast
South
East
Soldiers Exhibit Needlework at Kentucky State Fair
Wounded soldiers who learned sewing in hospitals will compete with women in the Kentucky state fair opening Sept. 14. Embroidered and knitted pieces woven towels rugs lamp shades and posters will be among items submitted by the former soldiers.
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Associated
Tress
Louisville
Kentucky
Peace Officers Shot Dead by Highwaymen
St Louis Aug. 3. Hugene S. Conrey and Benjamin Corner night sheriff and city marshal of Clayton ten miles west of here were shot and killed at Clayton early today by highwaymen who attempted to rob them.
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St. Louis
Hugene S. Conrey
Benjamin Corner
Clayton
Here
Double Funeral for Soldier Boys at Independence
Independence Iowa held a double funeral for WWI soldiers Ralph C. Holmes and Cecil Ardill at the Presbyterian church. Holmes died of influenza aboard ship before reaching Liverpool, while Ardill died in Liverpool eight days later. Both were members of the 34th Division headquarters troops and were buried at Oak Grove and Wilson cemeteries with military honors.
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Independence
Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps and
Sons of Veterans
Presbyterian Church
Ralph C. Holmes
Cecil Ardill
Germany
Holmes
Oak Grove
Arbill
Wilson
Iherpool
England
Arbili
Liverpool
City
Camp Cody
Deming
N.M
Camp Diz
N. J
Coal Miners Win Wage Increase Across Board
President Wilson approves the anthracite coal commission plan raising contract miners wages by 20 percent and company men by 17 percent. The award sets a minimum 24 5 cents per hour for lower paid miners, provides about 18 million dollars in back pay, and covers 174 000 workers with average annual increases of at least 85 million dollars while denying retroactive price hikes.
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Federal Land Banks
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Anthracette Coal Commission
Thomas Kennedy
Miners Scale Committee
Ferry
United Mine Workers
Commission
Italy and U S in accord on Russia case
Secretary Colby said Italy informed the United States that Rome and Washington share sentiments on Russia and Poland reflected in the American note. The Italian reply will come after the Italian premier returns to Rome from Lucerne. Similar assurances had been received from Poland.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Italy
United States
Russia
Poland
Colby
State Department
Rome
Lucerne
Engineer Scalded to Death Under Wreck
At Snells station near Oshkosh Wisconsin two railroad workers were hurt when the Velvet special from Chicago to Minneapolis left the rails. Engineer James Dollard of Fond Du Lac was scalded to death and brakeman Paul Jafke was seriously injured as heavy rain softened the track. The fire started by a baggage car lamp spread to three sleepers but no passengers were seriously harmed.
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Oshkosh
Wis
James Dollard
Fond du Lac
Paul Jafke
Fond de Lac
Snells Station
Chicago
Minneapolis
Negro Lynched by Mob in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City Claude Chandler, a Black man, was seized from the jail by 50 masked men Friday night and found hanged near Council Grove eight miles west of the city. He was held after being linked to the shooting of two officers during a raid on a moonshine still near Arcadia.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Claude Chandler
Council Grove
Chandler
Arcadia
Here
Highways Report Details Weather and Path Conditions
Showers in the last 48 hours left roads in good condition and a fair weather forecast is expected for the next 24 hours across the listed Iowa and Minnesota towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Maranda New Hampton Postville Waters and Waverly. The summary notes involvement from the Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau and local officials in Charles City.
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Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Charles‘ City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Deg l' Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Maranad
New Trampton
Postville
Watersnd Waverly
Tair
Railroads Seek Stay Against Town Fare Increase
Railroads petition Federal Judge M J Wade to enjoin the state from enforcing the 7 cent fare after Sept 1 1920 arguing the 2 cent fare law of 1907 was invalidated by the federal transportation act of 1941. Carriers named include Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Chicago and Northwestern Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha Wabash Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern Minneapolis and St Louis Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Illinois Central with Chicago Great Western expected to file.
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Des Moines
Towa
M. J. Wade
Railroad Commission
United States
Chicago
Rock Here & Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ohaha
Wabash
Fort Dodge
Des Moines & Southern
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Illinois Central
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Restored Fort de Chartres Opens as Pioneer Park Feature
Restoration of Fort de Chartres in Illinois state park status after a $12 250 appropriation opens to the public this month. The 1718 fort near Prairie de Rocher sits four miles east, with British rule and early Mississippi Valley governance tied to its history.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Fort de Chartres
Finos
Kaskaskia
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Prairie de Rocher
Peace Delegates Strained Conditions At Minsk Meeting
A Minsk wireless report says Polish peace delegates and aides are confined as de facto prisoners amid sanitary and censorship restrictions. Maurice Pate of Denver and Herschel Walker of Philadelphia are among ill or detained delegates, with talks hindered by Soviet control and blocking of wireless communications.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Riga
Foreign Ministry
Minsk
Maurice Pate
Denver
American’ Relief Administriation
Eighty fourth Division Reunion Set for October at Camp Zachary Taylor
Officers and men of the Eighty fourth Lincoln division will gather at Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville October 11 to 13 for a reunion. Earl Clark, former division newspaper editor and reunion chairman, announced. The division, numbering twenty five thousand, hailed from Illinois Indiana and Kentucky and trained at Louisville cantonment before going overseas just before Armistice.
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Louisville
Camp Zachary Taylor
Earl Clark
Reunion Comittee
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Modification of coal priority order sought by Cleveland and Akron
The Cleveland and Akron chambers of commerce asked the interstate commerce commission to modify the emergency order directing railroads to prioritize coal for the northwestern states. They urged diverting some coal through their districts for Ohio cities, arguing Northwest shipments already meet the region’s needs. Officials warned any change could cancel current emergency orders and set a precedent for other communities.
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Associatec
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chambers of Commerce
Cleveland
Akron
Northwest
Ohio Cities
Waterway Hearings Set for October on Great Lakes Route
Chicago August 30 The Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway project hearings will be held in October before the International Joint Commission. Committees from the Chicago Board of Trade, Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Mississippi Valley Association, and the Chicago Association of Commuters are preparing data for presentation.
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Associated Press
Chicaeo
Chicago
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Inernational Joint Commission
Chicago Board of Trade
Ninois Manufacturers’ Association
Mississippi Vailey Association
Chicago Association of Commutes
Fire sweeps Ikao resort in Japan’s mountains
Ikao, a famed summer resort west of Tokio, was engulfed by fire yesterday destroying about three quarters of the town. Nearly 3,000 guests from Tokio were staying there, including many prominent individuals.
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Japan
Tokio
Ikao
Ikao Mountains
Theatrical Manager Fred Lent Killed in Fall
New York August 30 Fred Lent theatrical manager was killed today after falling from the fourth floor of the hotel where he lived He reportedly lost his balance while using a telephone and fell through an open window Atriaed who was staying with Lent described the accident
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New York
Fred Lent
Waa
A'trieed
Lent
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Anthracite Coal Commission
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Henderson County
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