Daugherty Named Attorney General by President Harding
President elect Harding announces Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio will head the Justice Department and outlines three cabinet selection principles. He vows a Republican cabinet and says the lineup will be one the nation can be proud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Daugherty
Econd
Charles FE. Hughes
Department of Justice
Chicago
Republican
Hughes
Columbus
Ohi
Commerce
Navy
Herbert Hoover
J. J. Davis
Unemployed Relief Plans Rejected by Chicago Federation
Chicago Feb 21 Plans to ease unemployment by shortening working hours were scrapped after the Chicago Federation of Labor failed to act on proposals submitted two weeks ago. President John Fitzpatrick charged that many workers with secure jobs showed little concern for less fortunate colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
John Fitzpatrick
May Recover Confiscated Property
The senate approved an amended trading with the enemy act allowing American wives of citizens in Germany and Austria-Hungary to recover property confiscated by the government if they owned the property before the United States entered the war.
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Mt Waehinanem
House
Senate
Germany
Austria-Hungary
United States
Case Remanded for Further Conferences
The United States Railway Labor Board in Chicago on February 21 recommended remanding the dispute between employees of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad and the road for additional conferences. The board said prior talks did not satisfy the act's spirit and urged talks on all aspects before any action. The case followed a wage reduction notice later rescinded. the road cited financial inability to meet rates from the July 1920 wage award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board Today
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
The
Road
Farm Youth Kills Father and Two Brothers in Texas
Bert Robinson, a young farmer from near Aledo in Tarrant County, killed his father Will Robinson and his two brothers Jim and Will Jr. during a temporary fit of insanity. He was jailed in Fort Worth after the incident on February 21.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Bert Robinson
Aledo
Tarrant County
Will Robinson
Jim
Will
England Menace to United States in Washington Talk
Judge Daniel F. Cohalan denounces England as a menace to the United States. He urges freeing Canada and the West Indies as a basis for war-debt negotiations and warns of British imperial expansion threatening Asia. He proposes aiding Japan to form an Asia for Asians Monroe Doctrine.
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Chicago
England
United States
Daniel F. Cohalan
New York
Cohalan
Wingland
Canada
West Indies
Japan
Asia
Australia
Prohibition blamed for U.S. crime rise says Governor Cornwell
Huntington, February 21 Governor John J. Cornwell told a Trinity Church audience that crime in the United States has risen due to national prohibition laws and enforcement efforts. He cited jail crowding and pardons given to enlistees to support the war and warned against solving crime by force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwell
Huntington
W. Va
United States
John J. Cornwell
Men's Service
Trinity Episcopal Church
Landis impeachment hearing questions judges outside work
The House judiciary committee questioned whether a federal judge may keep outside employment while serving on the bench. They considered impeachment charges against Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis over his 42 500 a year baseball arbitration role and debated potential censure or broader legal reforms. The panel delayed ruling, opting to proceed Wednesday and left any decision to the full House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Welty
Whio
Landis
Volstead
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Husted
New York
Goodykoontz
West Virginia
Boles
Iowa
Chicago
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Judge Landis
Two Dead as Mason Temple Collapse In Cleveland
Two men are confirmed dead after three floors of the Mason Temple building on east Sixth Street and Superior Avenue collapsed. Five workers remain unaccounted for as search efforts continue through the debris. The deceased are Nathan L. Soglovitz, 28, and Fred Seeder, 67, both associated with the wrecking firm raising the structure. The incident prompted an all night rescue operation led by H. G. Schell, timekeeper for the Cuyahoga House Wrecking Company.
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Cleveland
Masonic Temple
East Sixth Street
Superior Avenue
H. G. Schell
Cuyahoga House
Nathan L. Soglovitz
Fred Seeder
MacSwiney Brother to Face Court Martial in Cork Roundup
John MacSwiney brother of the late Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney of Cork will be tried by court martial Tuesday. He is charged with conspiring to levy war against His Majesty's forces and possessing arms and ammunition after a Cork roundup on February 8.
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John MacSwiney
London
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Wilson to seek Congress authority on German bonds for Belgian debt
President Wilson is expected to urge Congress to authorize accepting German bonds to offset Belgiums debt to the United States. An understanding at the Paris peace conference among England France and the United States supports submitting such recommendations to the three governments to ease Belgiums financial burden.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Belgium
America
State Department
England
France
Newark Man Charged With Withholding Purse in Mackey Shannon Case
James Kolb of Newark was arraigned in Jersey City on February 21 charged with withholding a $1,000 purse from the mother of Raymond McMillan known as Mackey Shannon. The latter died after a December bout with Al Roberts.
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Jersey City
N. J
James Kolb
Newark
Raymond McMillan
Mackey” Shannon
al Roberts
Ill defendants in Matewan case may halt trial
In Matewan two defendants Bowman and Kaiser are ill with influenza and could not appear. Judge Bailey adjourned to eight o'clock tomorrow morning while considering whether a mistrial would be declared and whether the other seventeen defendants would proceed with the death of Albert C. Felts case.
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Albert C. Felts
Bowman
Kaiser
J. J. Coniff
Wailey
Baldwin-Felts
Matewan
Sid Hatfield
Bailey
Canadian Boxing Champion Buried in Windsor Ontario
Thousands of citizens from nearby towns lined the streets of Ford City to pay last respects to Arthur Pelky Canada’s heavyweight boxing champion who died last Friday after a long illness. Pelky had a past incident seven years ago when he accidentally killed Luther McCarthy in the ring. His last fight was about a year ago when he was knocked out by Bob Martin.
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Windsor
Ont
Ford City
Arthur Pelky
Canada
Pelky
Luther McCarthy
Bob Martin
Labor leaders prepare for national policy talk
Washington February 21 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor will convene tomorrow to precede a Wednesday conference of 106 national and international unions led by President Samuel Gompers to discuss a national policy amid the current industrial situation.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Seam] Gompers
Winslow bill for partial payments to railroads eyed for final passage
Washington reports the Winslow bill to provide partial payments to railroads on their government guaranty account is poised for final Senate passage after a unanimous consent agreement. Senator La Follette objects, arguing the measure expands the Esch Cummins guarantee, with debates over returns and funding practices and no committee report cited.
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Washington
Iit
Senate
Townsend
Michigan
Interstate Commercee Committee
Kirby
Arkansas
Trammell
Florida
la Follette
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Senator LaFollette
Treasury
Congress
Wilson
Chamber
Interstate Commerce Committee
Caruso Voice Said to Improve After Illness
Indications are Enrico Caruso’s voice will be better than ever after the illness that nearly caused his death last week. A statement was issued late today at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Hlness
New York
Enrico Caruso
Metropolitan Opera House
Weather man predicts two more days of snow
The weather bureau announced two additional snow days for much of the snow covered east after a prior weekend snowfall. Snow is forecast for tomorrow across the middle and north Atlantic and New England states, with a likely snowfall Wednesday. A disturbance off the North Carolina coast drives the progression, moving northeast along the coast and followed by unsettled weather from Colorado east of the Mississippi with snow and rain in the south.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
North Carolina
Ohio
North Atlantic
New England
Atlantic
Colorado
Mississippi River
Steamships Detained at Quarantine for Vermin Delousing
New York Feb 21 steamers from European ports with vermin infested passengers are detained at quarantine for delousing and fumigation under Dr Leland Cofer. Three ships Themistocles Palmero la Savoie Leopoldina with 1159 steerage and 655 cabin passengers await landing while delousing continues and a Minnesota disinfection plan awaits ship in service. Stationary delay about twelve hours per ship until Minnesota is used.
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New York
Leland 8
Cofer
Minnesota
Hoffman Island
Themistocles
Palmero
la Savoie
Leopoldina
Havre
House Likely to Yield 10 Senate Amendments in Tariff Talks
Washington February 21 Congress conferees recessed after agreeing to four amendments in the Fordney emergency tariff dispute. They split on duties for wheat olives and sugar and on long staple cotton protection. House provisions include a 30 cent per bushel flax seed tariff a two cent per pound lemon tariff a two cent per pound tariff on meats and an exemption for imported breeding livestock. Democratic members expect few Senate changes and aim to send the bill to the president soon possibly to seek a veto override.
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Washington
House
Senate
Liquor and Jazz Music Suggested for Ships
Washington February conference on allocating eleven new 535 feet combination passenger and cargo vessels urged by Pacific coast ports to boost American lines. Seattle and Astoria speakers argued liquor and jazz could attract passengers while dry shops kept rules, as others favored mixed approaches to compete with Japanese and British liners.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Pacific Coast
Orient
EK. F. Blane
Seattle
Roger D. Pinneo
Astora
Ore
James A. Merry
San Francisco
Blaine
Pacific
Los Angeles
Portland
Astoria
West Coast
Anti Cigarette Bill Passes in Joise Idaho Senate
The Idaho senate today passed an anti cigarette bill signaling a move to curb tobacco use. Governor or city actions were not specified in the readable portion.
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Joise
Idaho
Tennate
Foreign Loans During and Since War Defended
Washington reports defense of wartime and postwar foreign loans by government officials. Secretary Houston excused from further appearance. Assistant Kelley remains in charge as Senate committee probes loans to France Czechoslovakia Liberia and others. Hearst suit challenged. Frierson argues no need for injunction.
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Treasury
Washington
Houston
The
Senate Judiciary Committee
Reed
Frierson
William Randolph Hearst
Nicholas Kelley
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Hearst
Kerensky
Russia
Solicitor General
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Senate Committee
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Shields
Tennessee
McAdoo
Glass
Pole Ley
Pilot Coney Begins Record Flight Across Continent
Lieut William D Coney of the 1st aero squadron started from San Diego at seven PM bound for North Island and the Atlantic coast aiming to complete a 2070 mile flight with Dallas as the sole scheduled stop within twenty four hours.
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San Diego
Cal
William D. Coney
1St Aero Squadron
North Island
Aroelantic
Dallas
Texas
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