Weekly World News Update on Global Events and Local Crimes
A roundup of varied items includes the death of J. Evans in Sioux Falls and a jail escape by Ward McCrill after killing the jailer Ernie Thompson. Prohibition actions, mail theft aboard a steamer, a dense Douglas fog, and traffic crashes are noted alongside international road-building plans in China and 1919 oil production data from California. legislative moves on war-adjustment pay, the largest post office appropriation to date, a possible Honolulu visit by President Wilson, and social figures’ engagements are reported. Suffrage movement progress is tracked with ratification optimism as states move toward the 36th vote.
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Western
J. B. Evans
Robert E. Evans
Dakota City
Neb
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ward McCrill
Minot
N. C
Ernie Thompson
Theodore Bell
California
Vancouver Harbor
Prince Rupert
B. C
Douglas, Ariz
China
R. J. Moore
San Francisco
Far East
Standard Oil Company
McGlennon
New Jersey
Post Office
House
Wilson
Honolulu
Alexander Hume Ford
Pan-Pacific Association
Labor party picks Countess of Warwick for East Waltham stow
A Labor party candidate selection names the Countess of Warwick as the prospective parliamentary contender for East Walthamstow. Other items note US nonrepresentation at a Kaiser trial tribunal, the Prince of Wales possibly voyaging to Australia, and various international political and financial updates.
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Countess of Warwick
East Walthamstow
Labor Party
United States
Kaiser
Paris
Prince of Wales
England
Australia
Panama Canal
North Sea
Hamburg
Paul Deschanel
French Republic
National Assembly
Louis Adolph Thiers
Empire
Napoleon
Sotheby’s
Henry Hollingsworth
St. Helena
Foreign Office
Germany
Poland
F. J. Roney
Earl Boles
Tampico
Interior Department
Sims to Prove Charges Made by Senate Committee
A Senate committee reports Sims will prove charges. Arizona shifts include Susan B Anthony amendment likely to pass in special session. New Mexico wool growers convention set for Roswell March 8 9. Phoenix closes all dance halls at midnight and Sundays. Colfax County New Mexico dedicates a $5000 school on Lincoln's birthday. Raton high school agriculture projects yield $300 to $500 per student. State land code reforms end dummy tenantry. Attorney General Jones keeps downtown Phoenix offices at personal expense. Auto tourists misroutes criticized. Wilcox route proposed. New Mexico school budget totals $3 748 875 for 1919 20. taxes largely fund schools. Simp to Prove Charges Made by Senate Committee is report.
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Lane
Nancy
Phillip C. Kauffmann
Victor Kauffmann
Europe
Poland
Blss
House
Ways and Means
Wyoming
New Mexico
Idaho
Arizona
Washington
Nevada
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Delaware
New Jersey
Mississippi
Maryland
Vermont
Connecticut
Lyman
Arizona State Land Board
Susan B. Anthony
A. A. Johns
Senate
New Mexico Wool Growers’ Association
Roswell
Albuquerque
Phoenix
Cite Commission
Tenaja
Colfax County
N. M
Lincoln
John V. Conway
R. C. Bonney
R. M. Johnson
Santa Fé
Belen
Bank of Springer, N. M
Springer Mercantile Company
Bank of Springer
George A. MacDonald
Land Department
MacDonald
Agricultural Department
Raton
Smith-Hughes
E. D. Smith
Samuel L. Pattee
Superior Court
Capitol
Wiley E. Jones
el Paso
Deming
Bowie, Wilcox and
Benson
Douglas, Bisbee
Tombstone
J. S. Williams
Wilcox Dry Lake
Taxpayers’ Association of
Senate to Probe Sims Naval Co operation Claims
Washington reports that Rear Admiral Sims charged the Navy Department with failing to cooperate with allies during the war. A Senate subcommittee will investigate, after the current naval decorations inquiry finishes in about ten days. Secretary Daniels defended the administration and said Sims must prove charges before a naval board if they persist.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Senate
Naval Committee
J. R. Ratham
Providence, R. I
Daniels
Admiral Sims
Naval Board
Ratham
Naval Intelligence
Trent
Sims’ Charges, Mr. Daniels
Admiral Mayo
Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Benson
Naval Operations
Judge Rejects Idea of Educating Reds in Courts
Federal Judge Carpenter criticized Judge Orrin Carter of the Sinois Supreme Court for suggesting radicals should be educated rather than deported. He compared the notion to trying to teach a rattlesnake to sleep in a cradle with a baby, calling it impractical.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Orrin Carter
Sinois Supreme Court
Congress Defers Relief Action On European Aid
The House Ways and Means Committee postponed action on Secretary Glass request to authorize 150 million dollars for food relief in Europe. The delay follows plans and representations from Red Cross officials to examine relief strategies before moving forward.
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Congress
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Glass
Austria
Poland
Red Cross
Organization
Counsel Files Motion for New Trial in Murder Case
In Los Angeles California attorneys for Harry New convicted of second degree murder in the killing of his fiancee Freda Lesser filed in the Supreme Court a motion for a new trial. Sentencing was postponed until after arguments on the motion.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Harry New
Freda Lesser
Supreme Court
New
Proposed U. S. Paper Control Bill After Peace
A bill by Representative Christopherson Republican South Dakota would put control and distribution of print paper for one year after peace into the department of commerce.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Christopherson
Republica
South Dakota
Watt’s Scottish pipe organ sparks church music row
The first pipe organ in Scotland built by James Watt in 1762 stirred a fierce clash with Wee Frees when installed at St Andrew’s Glasgow. After controversy and pamphleteering, the organ was closed, later owned by Glasgow Corporation, and now rests in Kelvingrove galleries Central Hall.
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James Watt
Watt
Scotland
Glasgow Corporation
High Street
Kelven Grove Galleries
Few Town Criers Left In England Amid Decline
The article notes a decline in town criers with Wycombe ending an 80 year tenure as the current crier resigns. It contrasts with France where proclamations are done by garde champetre. It quotes Hamlet on the poor eloquence of criers in Shakespeare's day.
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England
Wycombe
Old Town
France
Les
Surprising Living Arrangements Prompted Awkward Exchange
While returning from a dance I told my escort I lived at a grand house on the street. He reacted with shock saying how can you live there when I live there. The moment exposed a surprising housing coincidence during a simple homeward walk.
Musical Insects and Their Wing and Stridulating Sounds
The article explains insect sound production with wing vibrations causing buzzes and hums often over 1000 strikes per second. It notes a special wing base quiver and describes chirping as stridulation where a scraper on one part rubs against another, akin to a fiddle bow.
Large College Attendance Across 11 Universities
Registrars report October enrollments total 56,855 across 11 institutions. Leading schools include Michigan 8,255 and Texas 8,679, with Ohio State 7,244, Wisconsin 7,987, Penn 6,846, Yale 3,461, Kansas 3,805, Iowa State 3,283, Missouri 3,116, and Penn State 3,065.
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United States
The
Intercollegiate Association
University of Michigan
New York University
Ohio State University
University of Wisconsin
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas
Yale University
University of Kansas
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
University of Missouri
Pennsylvania State College
Object of the Truest Artists Echoed by Ruskin
A quotable reflection on art by Ruskin compares the aims of the truest artists to create lasting images free of agitation, contrasting with lesser design that serves passing narratives and shifting emotions. The remark frames art as enduring vision rather than momentary impulse.
Colorado settlement prices for metals report
Bar silver at 1.30 percent, copper 19 20 per pound, lead 8.00 per unit, spelter 9.31, tungsten 6.50 to 12.00 per unit. The listing provides current market figures for precious and base metals traded in Colorado.
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Colorado
Eastern live stock market data from Chicago report
Chicago report lists bid ranges: hogs bulk $15.15-15.50 top $15.50. sows $14.25-14.85. pigs 13.75-14.75. Cattle values cover medium to prime $9.50-19.50, veal calves 16.75-18.00, feeders 7.25-11.00. Sheep show lambs 16.75-19.65 and ewes 9.00-12.00 with culls 5.85-8.50.
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Ev Cccce
Denver
Gosling
Colo
Chicago
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