World News Roundup of Political Moves and Disasters
Secretary Weeks announced the army air service contract for three Fokker pursuit planes with a speed target of 140 mph. President Harding pledged to use federal power to stabilize rail service and enforce laws. The Senate rejected a knife duty cap vote. Major policy shifts touch rail wages, coal distribution, and ship subsidies. Spanning crimes, accidents, and deaths, the item cites Arbuckle’s world tour, a child’s death in Colorado, and a string of labor and fire incidents.
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Weeks
Washington
Army Air Service
President Harding Vows Action On Rail and Coal Strikes
President Harding told Congress his administration will use all government power to maintain transportation and workers' right to work. He called for a temporary national coal agency and a coal industry fact finding commission, and criticized the Herrin crime as federal impotence.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Mondell
Senate
House
National Coal Agency
Herrin
Union
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Esch-Cummins
Railroad Labor Board
Western Desert
America
Bandit Kills Man For 6750 In Baltimore
William B. Norris and Fred W. Kuethe, clerical staff of Hicks, Tase & Norris, were attacked while carrying a $6750 payroll near West Madison street after leaving the Commonwealth Bank. Norris was shot dead, Kuethe struck with a pistol butt, as bystanders fled and the robber escaped in a car.
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Baltimore
William B. Norris
Hicks, Tase & Norris Company
Fred W. Kuethe
Commonwealth Bank
Howard and
Madison Streets
West Madison Street
Norris
Kuethe
Canada Opens Doors Wider To Immigration After War
The Canadian government reversed earlier wartime restrictions allowing more immigrants. The move aims to fill labor needs, boost settlement, and aid agricultural development in the West. British and American migrants plus Europeans like Serbians Poles Swiss Roumanians Dutch and Swedes join Canadian migration as that land’s prosperity renews hope. French Canadian families also seek return to old homes amid industrial strain in New England.
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Canada
Dominion
Great Plains
West
Reed Pays After Missing Dog Tax Warning
Erie railroad police captain E. C. Reed faced a warrant for failing to pay a dog tax after being advised to pay at the central office. He finally settled $17 in the court of Justice G. W. Stults, admitting the joke was on him.
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E. C. Reed
Erie Railroad Police
Reed
Central Office
G. W. Stults
Justice of the Peace
Indianapolis News
Neat Pile or Tidy Sum Highlighted in Police Note
A brief police note urges clean habits and order, warning that the man who cleans up often amasses a neat pile or tidy sum as a result. The item emphasizes discipline and routine as a societal good.
Tanlac Restores Strength of Akron Railroad Man
J. E. Mowrer of Akron states Tanlac relieved a stomach fit and loss of appetite that left him nervous and weak. He reports enormous appetite, no indigestion, and new strength after taking Tanlac, sold by druggists.
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Tanlac
J. E. Mowrer
Park
St. Akron
Paulac
Family dispute forces a confession at Rumpus Ridge
Gap Johnson confronts Louvindy in a domestic quarrel on Rumpus Ridge. Mrs Johnson resists admittance of a mistake, then relents under pressure, prompting a public admission in a humorous frontier dialogue style.
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Louvindy
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
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Call Boy
David A. Reed
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
William K. Crow
Federal Coal Distribution Committee
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Charles L. Knight
Akron
Viscount Northcliffe
London
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James Kennedy Patterson
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University
Missouri Pacific
John Reid
Samuel Swain
Lon Hewitt
Kansas City, Mo
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Appleton
Wis
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Cal
Quincey
Western Pacific Railroad
Roscoe C
Fatty”) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
San Francisco
Elmo Allison
Sentinel Rock
Cheyenne Canyon
Colorado
R. E. Allison
Shreveport
Terrence Ross O'Rourke
Chicago
Wonder of
Canton
Brandon Jake
Lamar, Colo
Illinois
Indiana
Federal Fuel Committee
Eastern
Western Kentucky
Shufflin
Phil Douglas
K. M. Landis
Douglas
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
City
Brundage
Williamson County
Herrin Mine
Marion
W. E. Farmer
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Italy
Russiau
United Kingdom
Germany
Greece
Czechoslovakia
George E. Simpson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Mr. Simpson
Signa
Duluth Dispatch
Minnesota
Adelia Lampe
Melstone
Mont
Harry Gaylord
McCray
Indianapolis
Jack Dempsey
Bill Brennan
Michigan City
Ind
Los Angeles
Mildred Davis
Ain Ae
Forest Dadley Carr
Metropolitan Opera Company
Virginia Beach
Richmond
Strawbridge
Montreal
Albert Schroeder
Ortonville
Pontiac
Mich
Carl Schroeder
August Zimmerman
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Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Santa Fe
Stockholm
Red Army
Leon Trotzky
People's Commissar For War
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Henrietta
Ellie Island
Genevieve Ward
Hampstead
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Thacker
Nova Scotia Military District
Cape Breton
Killarney
County Kerry
National Army Corps
Berlin
Rie
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Austria
Vienna
Leips
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Solon
Bandit
Man
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Mowrer
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