England Only European Nation Able to Pay Debts
The American press summarized Reginald McKenna’s speech asserting Great Britain is the only European nation able to pay its debts, while Germany’s exportable surplus remains insufficient. He warned debt settlements hinge on timing and the broader economic context, with the United States potentially involved in any wide European debt settlement. He listed Germany, France, and Italy as major debtors and emphasized economic factors over political considerations in repayment.
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Iuternational News Wire
New York
England
America
Reginald MecKenna
Bankers’ Association
Great Britain
United States
McKenna
London Joint City & Midland Bank, Ltd
Europe
Speath, Jiu
Pera
McKenne
Germany
Mellenna
London
France
Italy
Meitenna
Alsace-Lorraine
Saar
McWenna
Newspaper Delivery Notice for Late Arrivals
The Courier announces home delivery before 3 30 o clock. If not received by that time call 3330. a fee for the paper will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 30 PM.
Turkish bombardment of American destroyer reported
London dispatchs cite a semi official Athens source that an American destroyer engaged in evacuating refugees at Aivali was bombarded by Turkish forces. The report, attributed to Hearst and AP, notes damage but few specifics on casualties or retaliation.
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Athens
London
Hearter's
Aivali
Elopement Theory Ties to Murder Mysteries in New Jersey
A letter reportedly hinting at an elopement connects Mrs Eleanor Reinhardt Mills and Rev Edward Wheeler Hall to a murder case in Middlesex County New Jersey. Prosecutors possess the note containing a line about mending, while investigators pursue a possible love affair theory as Mills died before her marriage years ago.
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New Brunswick N. J
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
Dward Wheeler Hall
Middlesex County
Milts
U S Debt Falls Slightly in September
Washington October 4 The American public debt stood at 22 814 407 791 dollars as of September 9. The Treasury reports the debt was reduced by about 336 million dollars during September.
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U. S
Washington
TD. C
Treasury Department
Iowan Ay Omana Aids Relief Work Among Refugees
Smyrna dispatch reports Turkish authorities extending evacuation time for Christians. Gen darmes conduct house to house searches and turn refugees to American relief groups for embarkation. The destroyer Parrott arrives with relief supplies including 6,000 loaves of bread under Byron MacDonald and Dr Mabel Elliot, while the Lawrence sails to Marmore then Rodosto with more bread under George White.
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Associated Press
Smyrna
Parrott
Island of
Mytilene
Byron MacDonald
Philadelphia
Mabel Elliot
Fort Worth
Tex
Lawrence
Marmore
Rodosto
George White
Grinnell
Greeks, Turks near clash over Thrace at Mudania talks
Greece presses to keep Thrace. Venizelos seeks U S intercession. Ismet Pasha agrees to allied armistice terms and a protocol is signed at Mudania. Greek delegates arrive as Athens warns against evacuation, fearing renewed war unless eastern Thrace remains under Greek control.
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Constantinople
Ismet Pasha
Mudania
London
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Ay Juandon
Mazarakis
Sarriyaunid
Athens
Declara
Plastiras
Irmomte
Thrace
Brir
Harington
Great Britain
Ismet Pashs
M. Franklin Bouillon
Greece
Nnts
Madania
Pom. Athans
Nider
Maritza
Venizelos
Mustapha Kemal
Big Bootleg Whisky Factory Blown Up by Careless Truck Man
Chicago dispatch reports the city’s largest bootleg whisky factory burned to ruins. John Carlin, a truck driver with prohibition raiders, ignited a match while waiting to move 700 gallons seized alcohol. The blast consumed the basement distillery and entire building. Carlin was badly burned, agents unharmed.
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Chicago
John Carlin
Carlin
Cartin
Weather bulletin notes cities in Iowa and Wisconsin
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau report covers Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Mason City Waterloo and other towns. Rosin food condition generally good with near normal rainfall reported.
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U. S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Chertes City
Get
Algona
Charles City
Ceder Rapids
Davenport
Des Meines
Dubuque
la Fence Wis
Mason City
Waverly
Advertising Duty to the Public urged by railway head
W H Sawyer president of East St. Louis and Suburban Railway spoke at the American Electric Railway association convention urging aggressive advertising. He said 2 percent of gross earnings should be spent, not defensive ads, to inform customers and reduce public prejudice. Other speakers included Brush, Flowers, Bird, Collier, Barnes, and Wright.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Whll
W. H. Sawyer
East St. Lauia & Suburban Railway Co
American Electric Railway Association
Sawyer
3& C. Brush
Philadelphia
J.B. Flowers
Baltimore
Britton I. Butd
Baron G. Collier
New York City
J. P. Barnes
Louisville
P. §. Ariewright
Atlanta
Injecting Business Into Postal Service for Efficiency
Syracuse N Y Oct 4 Postmaster General Work repudiates the idea labor is a commodity. He says labor is not a commodity in the postal system and the service should function seven days a week or risk paralyzing the nation. He notes more business is being injected into postal management and more recognition is given to individual rights.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Post Office Department
State of
New York
Hev
Kansas Printer Has Casting Inventions
Dutchess? Kansas گرفت. Louis C. Tinsley, a former Hutchinson printer, reports patents for new type casting devices. Inventions include tabulating site mechanisms and a measure device for a type casting machine aimed at revolutionizing printing processes.
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Kansas
Dutchinson
Kan
Get
Louis C. Tinsley
Gutchinson
Pauline Rutherford Appeals Father's Will In Norwich
Pauline Beatrice Rutherford known as Peuifas Frederick appeals probate of Richard O Libby s will in Norwich Connecticut The will leaves a $30000 estate to other heirs and includes a clause calling the action intentional and not a mistake through her counsel she seeks to overturn the judgment and secure her inheritance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Pauline Beatrice Rutherford
Peuifas Frederick
Richard O. Libby
Standard Oil of California Declares 100 Percent Stock Dividend
International News Wire from San Francisco reports Standard Oil of California will issue a 100 percent stock dividend. The move follows decades of asset growth and reinvested earnings, with a $10,000 investment ten years ago now yielding stock valued at the market price.
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International News Wire
San Francisco
Cal
Standard Oil Company of California
Nto
Harding urges bankers to aid world economic reconstruction
President Harding appeals to American Bankers Association to expand their cooperative reach beyond finances to social and moral issues. He says bankers’ leadership and trusted influence can mobilize resources for global reconstruction, urging prudent spending, intelligent collaboration, and nationwide ethics in service. He notes bankers’ role in national unity and calls for swift, decisive action.
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Hy United
New York
Harding
America
American Bankers’ Association
Tfording
Ieh
Thebank
Renant
Forest Fires Still Menace Minnesota
Forest fires across northern Minnesota spread smoke across the Torast area as winds drive flames beyond control. In St Louis county 1065 fires burned, with Walter Rhinow aiding the forestry department at the scene. Women and children fled threat zones, valuables hurriedly moved to safety as residents awaited hoped for rain.
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Rye
Asabel Vereen
Duluth
Minn
Norkdeorn
Minnesota
St. Louis County
Raiden
Walter FL Rhinow
Forestry Department
Collision near Belgrade leaves twenty dead in train crash
Belgrade reports a deadly railway collision on October 4 injuring 34 and killing twenty persons. The crash occurred on the main Belgrade to Satonikt line involving two trains and caused extensive damage to rolling stock.
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Belgrade
Loskeratz
Los Kovatz
Satonikt
Irish Amnesty Offered to Rebels Disarming by Oct. 16
Dublin reports the Irish provisional government issues a proclamation granting amnesty to all rebels who lay down their arms by Oct. 16. Leaders are reportedly unlikely to surrender, while a constitutional amendment requiring oath of allegiance to King George was defeated 60 to seven in the Dáil.
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Dublin
Gel
Irish Provisional Government
Eamonn Dea Yatera
Yorces
Dall
Prosperity Predicted as Money Flows to Commerce
Chicago October 4. National prosperity is rising as money shifts from securities back into commercial channels. George A. Roberts of National City Bank New York told the Farm Mortgage Bankers Association convention that prosperity is supported by lower interest rates driven by supply and demand dynamics.
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George A. Roberts
National City Bank
New York
Farm Mortgage Bankery Association
Hokroming
Ford Sells Coke to Men at Half Price in Detroit
In Detroit on October 4 the Far a Motor Co announced it was supplying coke to its employees at $8 per ton, well below the $15 retail price in the city. Company officials said orders were pouring in as word of the discount spread.
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Ford
Detroit
Mich
Fara Motor Co
Rimownce-Ment
Ford Company
The Bluebird Loses Claim to 100 Grand
In Brooklyn a surrogate court jury ruled that Chinatown widow Frown, known as The Blue Bird and said to be Bart Conroy’s legal wife, shall not receive his $100,000 fortune. The relatives’ contest argued undue influence over Conroy’s will, but the court rejected the claim.
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Bluebird
New York
Chinatown
May
Bart Conroy
Brooklyn
Conroy
Army urged to save Uncle Sam Insurance business
Maj. Gen. W. G. Harbord, deputy chief of staff, appealed to stockholders of Uncle Sam, Limited, at the Reserve Officers' Association convention in Washington. He urged confidence and adequate provisions, framing the army’s role as a national life and fire insurer overseen by congress as a board of directors.
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Foy
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Get
Uncle Sam, Limited
W. G. Harbord
Army
Ite
Reserve’ Officers’ Association
Finn
Mets
National Ve
Fire Insurance
Giants Rally Wins Opening World Series Game In Eighth
The New York Giants defeated the New York Yankees 12 in a dramatic World Series opener at Polo Grounds. Ruth homered and Meusel drove in three runs as Bancroft, Groh, and Frisch sparked a late rally, while Nehf and Bush struggled on the mound for New York.
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Yanks
Giants
Neht
Ryan—Hoyt
Bush
Byron
Prissy Polo Grounds
New York
Ghinta
Yankees
Puld
Ginnie
Ugnul Brassy
Cainers
Nick Altrock
AY Schaach
Bubo
Baba Ruth
George Murray
Bush Shawkey
Manteo Llewellyn
Gay, Miller
al Smith
Democraticc
Gav
Miller
Vince
Eddie Grant
Grant
Argonne
Gen. Pershing
Judge Landis
Witt
Slenge
Dugan
Groh
Ruth
Jim
Banecroft
Ward
Bancroft
Jeft
Frisch
Jamil Meusel
Meusel
Schang
Young
Pipp
Pijip
Keily
R. Meureel
Meuse
Nebf
Big Cu Se Haing
Scharg
Yankee
Kelly
Stengel
Snyder
Scott
Cenpera
Friseh
Wit
Toler
Groh Uy
Yenkies
Bartcraft
Pe Giants
Moeusal
Mounsel
Meucel
Hayctroft
Wittup
Wikt
Seer
Ale
Nehf
Babe
Aieusel
Hoyt
Areusel
DeGos
Mawsel
Melly
Bnydor
Smith
X. Pryad
Coventh Yaueis
Ro Witt
Ana ¥Risoh
Boott
Giants Pipp
Prisckh
Xeny
Ware
Geely
Byan
Cs Stronse
Aise
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Standard Oil OF
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Associated Prong
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Mlwaukee
Toate
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Uncle Sam, Ltd
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