Supreme Court secodary boycott attacked by Gompers
Samuel Gompers denounces the high court ruling on the secondary boycott as a blow to human freedom and labor unions. He says the decision aligns with predatory greed and undermines worker protections, while noting the stance favors profits over humanity. He spoke in St Louis while en route to Mexico City for the Pan American Federation of Labor event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
United States Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Movement For Human Freedom and Progress
Gompers
Supreme Court
Duplex Printing Press Company
International Association of Machinists
Antiusion Shop
Justice Brandeis
Movement For — Freedom and Progress
Washington
Mexico City
Pan- American Federation of Labor
Inauguration Costs Stir Senate Battle Over 50 000
Washington Jan 4 Proposals to spend 50000 for Congressional inaugural expenses faced sharp Senate opposition. Debate covered weather costs welfare of feeble minded DC schools and Europe with Senators Borah Norris Jones Fletcher and Knox clashing over proper ceremony funding.
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Washington
Capitol
Harding
Senate
Europe
Knox
Pennsylvania
Congressional Committee
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Jones
Fletcher
Florida
Congress
District of Columbia
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Crossed Sea In Locker, Now Kept From Lover
Amelia Arnaud who crossed the Atlantic from France hid in a three foot square locker to join her fiance Louis Ponticello in Norfolk. Ponticello was held for the grand jury after confessing aiding her illegal entry. the girl was denied admission. She spent twenty days aboard the New Windsor before discovery on arrival.
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Norfolk
Amelia Arnaud
Atlantic
France
Louis Ponticello
United States
New Windsor
Rescue of Abducted Girls After Car Pursuit
Two girls abducted while waiting for a streetcar near Third and Saratoga were rescued on Edgewater Road Newport. William Rosenfelder and taxi driver William Guy pursued the speeding car, fired on it, and forced the abductors to stop. The girls were unharmed and refused to identify the suspects. license numbers were recorded and police notified.
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Edgewater Road
Newport
William Rosenfelder
Liverside Parkway
Ft. Thomas
William Guy
East Second Street
Guy
Rosenfelder
Third
Saratoga
Cincinnati
Tiosenfelder
Dazed Man Rescued From River Motor Boat Near Southern Bridge
Clem Perrine of Mt Healthy was found in a dazed state in a motor boat drifting downstream near the Southern Bridge. Rescuers Rueben Hanes and Oscar Johnson pulled him from the boat and turned him over to police for observation at the Fourth District Station. Perrine says two unnamed men were with him. the boat is owned by A Arthur Stewart of Browne & Stuart Co.
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Clem Perrine
Perry Street
Mt. Healthy
Rueben Hanes
Oscar Johnson
Mill Creek
Hanes
Johnson
Perrine
Fourth District
A. Arthur Stewart
Browne & Stuart Company
Burnet House
Cardinal Gibbons Improves Further After Illness
The archbishop's condition continued to improve today after he returned home yesterday. He enjoyed a restful night at his Baltimore residence following a month away at friends in Western Maryland, where his illness had grown serious and he was described as doing very well.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Friends
Maryland
Rob Lewis Lynched After Greer Murder Arrest in Meridian
In Meridian Mississippi on January 4 a mob lynched Robert Lewis a Black man accused of killing T W Greer a railroad watchman. The mob overpowered the arresting officer and freed the prisoner.
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Meridian
Miss
Robert Lewis
T. W. Greer
Lewis
Idle Garment Workers Hit Chicago Convention Report
Chicago delegates heard that nearly half of the citys garment workers are idle. M M Holtz secretary of the International Association of Clothing Designers spoke at the convention in Chicago noting the high unemployment among workers in the clothing trade.
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Chicago
M. M. Holtz
International Association of Clothing Designers
Stumbles of Defence: Fatal dynamite blast near Gates
In Williamson West Virginia George Hayes is killed by a premature dynamite blast near the Chrystal Block Mining Company boarding house at Gates. Civil and military officials and union leaders investigate the fatality, with investigators noting a store card found nearby and motives linked to mine labor tensions. Hayes reportedly crossed Tug River by boat and stumbled while climbing a fence, triggering the explosion.
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Williamson
W. Va
George Hayes
Chrystal Block Mining Company
Gates
Hayes
J. M. Tully
Chrystal Block
Tug River
Court Rejects Packers Plans in Stockyards
Washington January 4 Justice Stafford in the District Supreme Court rejected all proposals by the big five meat packers to divest their stockyard interests. Packets must submit new plans within 30 days or the court may take title to the stock and dispose of it under decrees from last year. The government opposed the Swift Armour holding plan and emphasized the need for early complete divestment of all stockyard holdings.
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Washington
Stafford
District Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Eee
Swift and Armour
F. H. Prince & Co
Boston
Five Thousand Thespians Idle In Gotham Stranded
The Actors' Equity Association reports five thousand actors unemployed in New York and many more stranded nationwide after a wave of road-company failures from 1919 to 1920. It blames irresponsible managers who entered theatre during the war and found financing easy.
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New York
Actors’ Equity Association
Brick masons seek wage cut at Utah Fire Clay Co
In Salt Lake City on January 4 brick masons employed by the Utah Fire Clay Company, numbering in the hundreds, asked the firm to reduce wages from ten dollars to eight dollars per day. The request was announced today by Lawrence Greene, the company manager.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah Fire Clay Company
Lawrence Greene
Seven Russian children denied entry to the United States
Seven Russian children adopted by Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully were ordered excluded by Ellis Island immigration authorities for potential public charges. McCully prepared an appeal and bonds while the youngsters wait in detention, with three more planned to join later.
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New York
Newton A. McCully
Sebastopol
Immigration Board of
Ellis Island
Santa Claus
Ramapo
Washingtton
Washington
America
Admiral McCully
Anastasia Sherbatov
Nina Furman
Fedor Pozko
Ninotaski Klimenko
Eugenia Selifanova
Eugenia
Woman says she killed man and forgot
Kansas City police report a 29 year old woman named Lillian McGill called headquarters claiming she killed a man Sunday night and hid the body under a bed. Police found an unclothed man about 25 at a small hotel and McGill admitted the shooting after describing a quarrel and a rifle discharge.
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Kansas City
Lillian McGill
Men's Clothing Prices Drop From 1920 Levels in Chicago
Chicago reports a sharp fall in spring and summer men’s clothing prices. Wool suits now $25 wholesale versus $40 last fall and $37 a year ago, blue serge $30, standard worsted $34, finest worsted $53, trousers $9, summer fabrics from $14.50. Buyers nationwide say they liquidated peak-price stock and retail will move to the new level.
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Chicago
Tirad
America
United States
Move to Have Wilson Name League Envoy
Jan 4 A joint resolution urges President Wilson to accept the League of Nations invitation and appoint an American representative on the league's Commission on Disarmament. The measure was introduced by Representative Fuller a Republican from Massachusetts.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
League
Commission On Disarmament
Fuller
Massachusetts
Balloonists survive four days in Canadian woods eating pigeons
Three American naval balloonists wandering near Moose Factory after a December 13 landing endured four days in dense Canadian terrain. They survived by eating two of their three carrier pigeons and were guided to civilization by hunter Tom Marks. The Anglican minister said frost avoided deaths and the men planned to travel to Cochrane later, likely returning by week’s end.
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Cochrane
Ont
Associated Press
Moose Factory
Hudson Bay Company
Rockaway
N. Y
New York State
Moose River
Tom Marks
Marks
Met
Lake
Haythornthwaite
James Bay
Woman Plotted To Burn Debtors Homes in Carysville
Springfield dated report says Emma Park of Carysville along with Ida Brecount and son Frank Brecount were indicted for conspiracy to burn multiple buildings in Carysville. Brecounts confessed while Park, released on bail, allegedly aided by supplying fire starting maps and listing homes owed by Park’s customers.
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Springfield
Emma Park
Carysville
Champaign County
Ida Brecount
Frank Brecount
Urbana
Park
Steamfitters Union Rejects Closed Shop in Buffalo
Steamfitters Union No 665 declares against closed shop rules and withdraws from the International Steamfitters organization and AFL. The Buffalo local vows to keep organizing and to sustain current wages and hours through higher production, with 180 members mainly in large plants. Building steamfitters in a different local are not affected.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Steamfitters’ Union No
International Steamfitters’ Organization
American Federation of Labor
Russian Soviet Announces Global Terror Policy
Moscow advices quote Lenine urging measures to keep bourgeois enemies busy with internal strife worldwide. The proclamation calls for great strikes and intensified agitation for trade with Russia to combat famine and attack capitalism globally.
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Washington
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Europe
Russia
Treasury Allows Market Valuation For 1921 Inventory Taxes
U S Treasury rulings let firms value on hand goods at current market prices for tax purposes. The agency warns prosecutions could follow if the public does not receive the same price benefits in income tax returns. An example shows how market value adjusts cost of goods sold and taxable profits.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Tariff Bill Faces Death Likely Over Hearings Decision
Washington Jan 4 The Fordney emergency tariff bill stalled as the Senate Finance Committee decided to hold hearings starting Thursday. Critics predicted the move could kill the measure, with lawmakers trading sharp words over proceeding despite support from Chairman Penrose. The panel also scheduled hearings on the soldier compensation bill.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Utah
Finance ‘Committee
Penrose
Simmons
North Carolina
Nugent
Idaho
Jones
New Mexico
Gerry
Rhode Island
Calder
New York
California Senator Opposes Federal Naturalization Move
Senator Phelan of California said Japan would resist by seeking a federal naturalization law while California holds to its anti alien land ownership measure. Senator Johnson supported the state law and cautioned against broader federal action. California officials report progress with Japan and a congressional delegation meeting in Washington.
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Phelan
California
United States
Japan
Johnson
State Department
Roland S. Morris
Shidehara
Congress
Kahn
Cork Mayors Stowaway Visit Sparks Irish Tension
Peter J. MacSwiney and Daniel O Callaghan arrived in Newport News as stowaways aboard the West Cannon from Cork. MacSwiney’s passport, vised by a U.S. consul, prompted release after immigration authorities detained them for status review. O Callaghan remains under guard while seeking clarity on his status.
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MacSwiney
U. S
Newport News
Peter J. MacSwiney
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Daniel O'Callaghan
West Cannon
O’callaghan
America
Stowaways Not Summoned To Appear Before Committee
Washington dispatch reports that Peter J. MacSwiney and Daniel O Callaghan have not been asked to testify before the Committee of One Hundred on Ireland. Chairman Frederic C. Howe said the only notice of possible travel came from a British dispatch noting an American consul had granted MacSwiney a passport.
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Howe
Washington
Peter J. MacSwiney
New York
Cork
Daniel O'Callaghan
Newport News
Frederic CC. Howe
Passport Plight Delays Cork Leader’s Brother Returning
Peter MacSwiney, brother of Cork's late lord mayor, arrived as a stowaway in Newport News Virginia seeking to return to the United States. He had left England without a passport and was told by the American Embassy in London that aid could not be given due to lack of proper travel documents and possible international violations.
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Cork
MacSwiney
Ireland
Terence MacSwiney
O'Callaghan
Committee of One Hundred
O’callaghan
Daniel O’callaghan
London
United States
Red Cross
New York
England
Peter MacSwiney
Newport News
Peter
International
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