Trade Aid Stew Steals Spotlight in Treaty Battle
Liberals celebrate as debate over aid and trade policy shapes the Senate confrontation with extremism. Observers note the tough approach risks stiff enforcement and political backlash.
26 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
1
Liberals celebrate as debate over aid and trade policy shapes the Senate confrontation with extremism. Observers note the tough approach risks stiff enforcement and political backlash.
In Hull England salvage crews and thousands watch as steel ropes are laid to lift the damaged airship ZR-2 from the Humber mud. An inquest is planned for tomorrow after bodies are recovered. authorities blame early construction defects and seek wrecking bar action as divers refuse the strong currents.
An index lists varied advertisements including Arnold Fairyland Art Academy of Cincinnati Baldwin Piano Co Corona Typewriter Dow's Drug Stores East Hills Coal & Supply Bracy & Braun Grape Nuts Ohio Military Institute Ralph Green Wallingford Coffee and other local merchants and services with page references and brief mentions.
Hull August 25 Flight Lieutenant A H Wann in command as navigating officer said the airship sailed at 60 knots then slowed to 50 as a violent cracking sound appeared. He reported girders broke, the ship dropped nose first, exploded, and sank in seconds after rescue from Humber. His injuries are not serious.
Washington reports the Berlin signed treaty preserves Versailles provisions for reparations and economic deals while explicitly freeing the United States from the League of Nations covenant and most Versailles boundaries. Berlin crowd views monarchist rally as revival of war era spirit with Ludendorff leading speeches.
Militias clash as armed bands clash with deputies at Blair. Governor Morgan pleads for 1,000 federal troops as West Virginia coal region unrest prompts Senate inquiry resumption September 19 at Williamson and a mobilization plan.
Mrs. Stella Brown of 1333 West Liberty street turned her deserting husband George Brown over to Ft. Thomas authorities to claim a reward used to buy clothes and start a home for her two young daughters Nina and May. She said fear and hunger drove her to act and she sacrificed her marriage for her children.
Charleston dispatch reports a gun battle at Blair West Virginia between Logan County Deputy Sheriffs and a large armed group. Authorities could not confirm fighting. residents flee toward Madison as guards tighten at hardware stores and rails. Governor vows to restore order with state and federal help.
The peace treaty between Germany and the United States was signed at 5 30 pm in Berlin in the Foreign Office on Wilhelmstrasse. Ellis Loring Diesel the American Commissioner signed first followed by German Foreign Minister Rosen. The signing lasted about ten minutes and marked the renewal of friendly relations.
The full text of the treaty will be printed on the newspaper’s editorial page for readers seeking complete details and analysis.
Two masked bandits robbed the Missouri Kansas & Texas Limited mail coach as the train entered Denison Texas early today. Postal authorities estimated the loot could reach as high as half a million dollars.
Knox County dispatch reports Glen B. May a coal operator from Knoxville was found murdered amid the burned camp ruins at Titus Campbell County. No arrests were made by nightfall though officers expected swift action.
Mrs Henry Dibblee of Chicago, sister of the late Marshall Field, died at her York Harbor summer residence aged 76. The body will be taken to Chicago for burial.
In Winona Lake Indiana a pleasure flight ended in tragedy as L D Merrill former Lieutenant in the U S aviation service and Jack Rodeheaver 18 were killed. The aircraft lurched from two thousand feet causing Merrill to be thrown from the rear seat and Rodeheaver to be crushed when the plane crashed.
London dispatch reports fears that more than a thousand lives have been lost in Malbar riots. English women and children are at risk as railway stations are wrecked and troops clash with rioters near Calicut. Agitators blamed for sparking the disorder.
Madison West Virginia August 25 Sheriff John L Hill said Boone County will not resist the miners marching from Marmet to Mingo County. He noted only a few deputies and no means to stop them, saying the marchers are welcome to pass through Boone County with their ample commissary. He expected no trouble as they move through Petoney Sterling and Danville along the Racine Madison route.
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of nine year old Freda Hornberger as detectives chase a reported band of gypsies in Kenton County. A mob gathered after the arrest of Fred H Berold and a claim of a black touring car. Matilda Hornberger identified a girl with the gypsy couple but ruled her as not her sister. Local officials pursued leads toward Independence Kentucky as public anger grew.
Deerfield an eight mile northeast village of Alliance Ohio woke to a daylight theft as safe blowers entered the New York Central depot in the early hours and carried off a safe weighing more than a half ton.
American scientist and inventor Peter Cooper Hewitt died at the American Hospital in Paris at 7:15 p m He was son of Abram Stevens Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt and grandson of Peter Cooper He studied at Columbia and Stevens Institute and held honorary doctorates from Columbia and Rutgers He pioneered the mercurial vapor lamp the electric rectifier the wireless receiver and the electric current interrupter He belonged to many engineering societies and New York clubs
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