Nation's Capital Signals Stirring World Happenings
Tokyo approves, Japan accepts 53 million gold in Chinese payment for rail line, while Germany’s marks fund Kai Chow-Tsinau fu railroad in Shantung. Big Three naval pact on 5-5-3 ratio. Mutsu retained. Shantung conference reaches critical stage. Attorney General plans federal building in New York. Senate backs deficiency bill. four power treaty to go to Senate. Police find dynamite near Bass River Bridge. Democratic rift mends as Underwood aligns with followers. Board of Trade: no extra holidays before Christmas. Schultz pleads guilty to Toledo post office robbery, sentenced 40 years. Four power treaty seen aiding Philippine independence. Ohio Bell seeks Sandusky Home Telephone purchase. Cuban sugar refinement bill to pass tariff-free. Coal miners’ families drive strikebreakers from Pittsburgh fields with red pepper and bricks.
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Tokyo
Kai Chow-Tsinaufu
Shantung
Japan
State Department
Daugherty
Lodge
Underwood
Beverly
Mass
Bass River Bridge
Oscar Underwood
Chicago Board of Trade Directors
Charles Schultz
Toledo
Leavenworth
Kaw
Philippine Press Bureau
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sandusky Home Telephone Company
Congress
United States
Pittsburgh
Kan
Nation's Business Briefs Triggered by Industry and Government Actions
Elk heart Indiana reports 500 New York Central repair shop workers laid off. FTC head Gaskill warns court decree changes on meat packers threaten public protections. Chicago Great Western cuts rates saving farmers $1,685,435. Farmers Loan and Trust Paris unit to be taken over by National City in 1922. Metropolitan Trust grants 10 percent Christmas bonus. Durand urges Congress to review meat packers unrelated business ban. Mellon announces new Treasury savings certificates in 25 100 1000 denominations. Certificates available at post offices and Federal Reserve banks.
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Elkhart
Ind
New York Central
Nelson B. Gaskil
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Chicago Great Western Railroad
National City Company
Paris
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Metropolitan Trust Company
Congress
W. Y. Durand
Treasury Savings
Muskegon moves to end jitneys keep streetcars
General Muskegon Michigan votes to eliminate jitneys and retain street cars in a city transit decision.
Penn and Ivy sports notes from University pages
Paul Thompson becomes president of the Athletic Association at the University of Pennsylvania succeeding the late H. Laussat Geyel. Ed Walsh is named an American League umpire for 1922. Tilden and Richards to play indoor exhibition at Penn on January 21. Harvard confirms stronger use of indoor facilities this winter. Penn State’s Glenn Killinger to debut professionally in Philadelphia against the Canton Bulldogs. Harvard invites Pittsburgh to Cambridge for a late October game if California cannot participate. Dartmouth elects Charles Burke 1922 captain. Michigan considers adding rowing to varsity athletics. Harvard and Cornell to race at Lake Cayuga May 27 with freshmen eight also rowing. The International plans another 16-game schedule next season.
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William H. Tilden
Vincent Richards
New York
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard
Department of Physical Education
Glenn Killinger
Penn State
Philadelphia
Canton
Ohio
Bulldogs
Leo Conway
Quakers
University of Pittsburgh
Crimson
Cambridge
Mass
University of California
FP. W. Moore
Harvard Athletics
Charles Burke
Dartmouth
University of Michigan
Athletic Board of Control
Corneil
Lake Cayuga
Fred W. Moore
International
Ulster Rejects Participation in Irish Free State Settlement
Reports from London and Paris describe Ulster declining to join the Irish Free State in reply to Lloyd George. Dutch East Indies loan talks in the United States seek about 100 million dollars. Interim measures include German reparations and a government resignation amid unrest. Additional notes cover Soissons loans, Cuban sugar pricing, and a German ambassador appointment to Washington.
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Ulster
Lloyd George
Washington
Colupibus
Britain Ratifies Irish Treaty in Parliament Victory
Prime Minister Lloyd George wins a sweeping Commons majority to ratify the treaty creating the Irish Free State. Lords follow with 166 to 47 in favor. Ulster Premier Sir James Craig warns boundary proposals reset 1914 conditions. Boundary debate centers on Tyrone and Fermanagh.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Ulster
Ireland
James Craig
Lloyrd George
Downing Street
Lord Birkenhead
Trish
Lord Carson
House of Lords
House of Commerce
Dublin
South Ireland
Sinn Fein
Tyrone
Fermanagh
Thomas Moses
Belfast
Lord Desart
Duke of Northumberland
Lord Monteagle
Lord Morris
Lord Summer
Chicago’s Real Prohibition Arrives for 2.8 Million
Police chief Fitzmorris announced a citywide prohibition enforced by 5,300 officers under Mayor Thompson. The department will align its policy with the Illinois prohibition act and keep the lid down until it squeaks.
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Chicago
Fitzmorris
Thompson
Coal Miners Idle as Scranton District Shuts Collieries
Six Temple Coal Company collieries close due to dull market, about 4,000 workers idle. Pennsylvania and Hillside Coal and Iron units employ 10,000 more with 8,000 Lehigh Valley Coal workers on strike, totaling 22,000 idle.
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Scranton
Temple Coal Company
Pennsylvania and Hillside Coal and Iron Company
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Naval holiday formally adopted by United States Britain and Japan
Washington agreement on naval tonnage limits reached by US Britain and Japan with Hughes ratio 5 5 3. Japan and Britain keep ships while scrapping others to allow preservation of key vessels Wasp Colorado Washington and Mutsu adjusted fleets including new British super dreadnoughts and changes to several dreadnoughts.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Hughes
Harding
Colorado
Delaware
North Dakota
Erin
Ajax
Centurion
Powers
Washington Notes on Nominations and Foreign Affairs
Elmer Dover of Tacoma is tipped for assistant secretary of the treasury and Martha Spears of Colorado is named Denver land office register. Britain and Japan signal withdrawals from leased territories. The House Foreign Affairs Committee backs aid for Russia famine districts. A Congressional farm report urges relief for U S agriculture. Oscar Underwood leadership challenge within the Democrats grows. Daugherty says New York federal offices will be housed under one roof in a new Washington building.
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Elmer Dover
Tacoma
Wash
the Treasury
Harding
Mellon
Martha J. Spears
Colorado
Denver
Japan
Shantung
Great Britain
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Russia
Joint
Congressional Committee
Oscar Underwood
Democrats
Senate
Daugherty
New York City
Washington
Sinn Fein Leaders Clash in Dail Over Irish Free State
In Dublin the Dail session pits Eamon de Valera against Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins as they debate ratifying the treaty with Great Britain. Ulster Cabinet rejects entering the Irish Free State, insisting on retaining British citizenship and opposing an all Ireland parliament.
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Ulster
Irish Free State
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Great Britain
Eamon de Valera
Arthur Griffith
Michael Collins
Dall
de Valera
Collins
Sinn Fein
Dail
Belfast
Ulster Cabinet
Lloyd George
England
Ireland
Boundary Commission
Cabinet
Sinn Fe
All Ireland
Foch Bids Farewell After Six Week U S Visit
Marshal Ferdinand Foch stood in his cabin on the French liner Paris and said goodbye to America after a six week visit. Tears filled his eyes as New York City paid its parting respects at City Hall, marking the climax of the trip.
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New York
Ferdinand Foch
Marshal of
France
Paris
Goodby
America
United States
Japanese official ends rumors of war with United States
Dr Juichi Soyeda former President of the Imperial Japanese Railway told a farewell luncheon audience that the arm ament conference results should dissipate rumors of a possible war between Japan and the United States. He spoke to American and other newspaper men.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Juichi Soyeda
Imperial Japanese Railway
Buffalo Mayor-Elect Agrees to $10,000 Volstead Tax Settlement
Buffalo mayor-elect Frank X. Schwab will pay $10,000 into the Treasury Department before taking office on January 1 to settle taxes and penalties related to alleged Volstead act violations. The compromise does not resolve criminal indictments still pending against him.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Frank X. Schwab
Treasury Department
Berlin Default Is Announced
The German government informed the Reparations Commission it can pay only 150,000,000 to 200,000,000 gold marks of the January and February installments totaling 1,000,000,000. It seeks postponement of the balance and a revision of later installments to secure foreign credits. Britain’s Bank of England says no loan is possible, threatening bankruptcy in January when half a billion gold marks are due.
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Berlin
Reparations Commission
Germany
Bank of England
League of German Industry
Yale donor pledges 3 million for Yale salaries drive
New York businessman Mrs Stephen v Harkness announced by the Yale Alumni Weekly as donating 3 000 000 to Yale on condition the university raises 2 000 000 more to increase faculty salaries. In Ossining New York George Brazie 60 a Cooperstown farmer was executed at Sing Sing 11 11 p m after an 11 03 electric chair session.
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New Haven
Stephen v. Harkness
New York City
Yale Alumni Weekly
Yale
Yale University
Ossining
N. Y
George Brazie
Cooperstown
Sing Sing
East ST. Louis
Ill
H. Goldberg
Fairmont City
Federal District” Court
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Dail Eireann
Ireland
England
Jacksonville
Fla
Albertus Vogt
Florida
Belfast
Ulster
Lockwood Legislative Committee
Hyman L.morse
Brooklyn
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Muskegon
Mich
Greenpoint National Bank
Eberhardt Faber Pencil Company
Will H. Hays
St. Luke’s Hospital
New Jersey
Baron Inchcape
Balboa
Marcus Hubrecht
James B. Hubrecht
Legation
Hubrecht
James A. Reed
Missouri
Pacific
Ben Johnson
Skagit River
Stanwood
Stillaguamish
Conway
Medill McCormick
American Congressional Committee
Haiti
San Domingo
Paul Thompson
Athletic Association
H. Laussat Geyel
Ed Walsh
Iron Man
Britain
Commons
Count DE Chambrun
Foch
Lafayette
Marshal Foch
Marquis Lafayette
Mutsu
SIN Fein
Ellsworth Davis
Los Angeles
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