Happenings In Washington and World News Briefs
A wide range of items from Congress requests for immigration station funding to overseas diplomacy and domestic policy. Reports note Secretary Houston seeking 55.6 million for Ellis Island, 1 million for San Francisco, and a similar sum for Seattle. Frank B. Willis named junior U.S. senator from Ohio. Pershing opposes army cuts. Dodge estate valued at 50 million bequeathed to Mrs Anna Thompson Dodge. Parker denied restoration of Russian borders. naval court of inquiry announced. prohibition funding debate. railroad losses claims discussed. Alaska mine killing linked to Jaynes Morris. Porto Rican governor appointment urged. Lansing to publish memoirs. US naval dominance projected. Langtey measure on housing for officials. Pennsylvania Railroad director resigns. German garrison reductions. Woolworth estate appraisal listed.
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Frank B. Willis
United States
Ohio
Harding
General Pershing
Senate
Anna Thompson Dodge
Horace E. Dodge
House Commerce Committee
Washington
Treasury
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
William Beard
Jaynes
Morris
Walker County
Jasper
Alaska
Hardie
Marion
Felix Cordova Davila
Porto Rico
Antonio R. Barcelo
Robert Lansing
Mureh
Great Britain
Congress
Langtey
Republiein
Kertucks
Pennsylvania
A. W Melton
Pittsburgh
War Department
Germany
F.W. Wooldworth
Mineola
L. L
Nation's Business and Sports Headlines Spark Wide Changes
Bank in Memphis closes voluntarily citing reserve problems and weak collections. Massachusetts hotel workers threaten a one day weekly lockout if forced to give every seventh day off. Sugar price cuts announced by Arbuckle Bros and two refining companies. Steamship interests seek Volstead Act relief for foreign trade vessels. Investigations widen as Samuel Catermyer seeks broader powers. Burglary insurance reforms discussed amid abnormal national conditions. Weavers and pullers in New Jersey accept a 15 percent pay cut. Housing shortage estimates to be presented to the National Chamber of Commerce. Leonard defeats Mitchell in six rounds at Madison Square Garden as Morgan debuts as promoter. Willard mulls New Jersey training quarters for Dempsey bout. Herman defeats Wilde in London. Corri stops the fight. Shruebb signs seven year Oxford coaching deal. Yolo Flier Club expects sixty planes for Woodland meet. Wisconsin Athletic Commission elects Liginzer as president of the National Boxing Association. Judge Landis to take basebal salary, leaving a net $42,500. Organized baseball ends vestiges of its agreements as leagues and clubs sign a new commission structure.
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People's Savines Bank and Trust Company
Memphis
S. W. Portieck
Massachusetts
Boston
Arbuckle Bros
American Sugar Refining Company
National Sugar Refining Company
Samuel Catermyer
Lockwood Joint Legislative Committee
App
Miffler
Wenly-Nye Surety
New York
New Jersey
Tle
National Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Kenny Leonard
Richie Mitchell
Madison Square Garden
Miks Anne Morgan
Leonard
Mitchell
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Pete Herman
Jimmy Wilde
London
Corri
England
Alfred EK
Shruebb
Oxford
Yolo Fliers Club
Woodland
Cal
Walter H. Liginzer
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Athletic Commission
National Boxing Association of the United States
Landis
Chub
Suepreme
Oil production curbs fail to translate in Tulsa field
Tulsa field observers report efforts to restrict oil output not producing the expected impact on prices. Ford Motor Company Secretary B J Craig notes reopening dates for a plant remain uncertain and likely before month end. Brooklyn City Company faces two fare policy after appellate court denial. Firebugs blamed for 15 building fires in Madera Pennsylvania with estimated losses around 250000 dollars. Naval court to inquire into free balloon incident to convene at Rockaway Naval Air Station. Secretary Daniels confirms charity plans for balls tied to President Hardings inauguration.
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Tulsa
Okla
B. J. Craig
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Mich
Supreme Court
Brooklyn City Company
Flatbush Avenue
Madera
Pennsylvania
Navy Free
Canada
Rockaway Naval Air Station
Austro Hungary Collapse Predicted Amid Global Tensions
Reports warn of a near term political collapse in Austria Hungary as Austrian minister to France Leron Richolf says the crisis is only weeks away. Berlin notes German shipbuilding for Japan and French warship deals. Iceland suffers an ice famine while Greenland seeks ice shipments to protect the herring harvest. Political shifts تشمل Greece and France reflect broader European upheaval as Premier Leygues cabinet falls after a confidence vote.
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Austria
Leron Richolf
France
India
Berlin
Japan
Iceland
Cabletram
Reykjavik
Norway
George
Constantine
Greece
M. Metuvas
Tome
Georges Leygues
Clea
Langdon Killing Sparks U S Japan Diplomatic Protest
Acting Secretary Davis sent a formal protest to Japan over the shooting of Lt. Langdon off Vladivostok aboard the Albany. Navy and State officials seek full inquiries from Admiral Gleaves and Consul MacGowan with Tokyo embassy officials expressing regret.
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Washington
Davis
Tokio
W.W. A. Langdon
United States
Albany
Vladivostok
Baron Kijuro Sideharg
State Department
Admiral Gleaves
Asiatic Fleet
MacGowan
Landon
Navy
Daniels
Vindivastok
Japan
Vindivostok
Langdon
Navy Department
Gleaves
General Oi
Kawahara
Albany lays out state highway network plan
A Hewitt legislative highway committee introduces a proposal linking every village and city in New York with a state road system. Plans call for 11,119 miles of work, 10,380 miles authorized in 1917, over 8,000 miles built, and an outlay of 82 million dollars.
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Albany
N. Y
Hewitt Legislativ Highway Committee
Dutch Unemployment Surges as 100000 Idle in Holland
Amsterdam reports a major industrial slump with 100,000 unemployed in Holland. A North Brabant assembly member cites Ministry of Home Affairs data predicting 50 to 60 percent of the population may rely on the state for support for about three years.
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Amsterdam
North ‘Brabant
Ministry of Home Affairs
Holland
Coroner Cocktail Case Heads to Damages Suit
Chicago case stars Sam Greenberg a laborer as he sues saloon owners Harry Cohen and Joseph Arkin for 50000 after two drinks labeled whisky allegedly contained wood alcohol in 1919 prohibition era. Experts debate blindness caused by small amounts and fumes while Greenberg recounts losing sight after red liquor drinks.
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Chicago
Sam Green
Harry Cohen
Joseph Arkin
Greenberg
Cook County
Cohen
Arkin
Cohen & Arkin
Senate acts to curb British debt funding and coal controls
The Senate advances measures to prevent funding of British debt and to grant federal power to regulate coal prices in emergencies. A court of inquiry is set for Rockaway air station on arrival of three lieutenants to probe the balloon flight. Census Bureau reports 10,000,000 bachelors in the United States.
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United Staes
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Census Bureau
United States
Great Lakes
Daniels
Rockaway
N. Y
Hinton
Farrell
Kloor
Calder
Senate’ Committee
World disarmament urged by House committee head
General Tasker Bliss told the House Naval Committee that a world disarmament conference would be welcomed by Europe’s great powers and could reveal the next Germany if any nation rejects disarmament. He urged the United States to complete its naval program while noting a likely balance of power among Britain, the United States, and Japan.
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Washington
Europe
Germany
Tasker
Bliss
House Naval Committee
Supreme War Council
Inter
American Peace Commission
United States
Daniels
Great Britain
Japan
House Committee
Butler
Alect Harding
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Idaho
Walsh
Montana
League of Nations Disarmament Commission
General Bliss
France
Italy
Berlin Fears French Crisis With Militaristic Cabinet
German officials warn the new French cabinet may pursue a tougher military policy toward Germany and a more imperialistic stance in Europe than the Leygues government. They say Leygues was not forceful enough and yielded too much to English cautions.
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Berlin
Germany
Europe
Leygues
France
England
Harding Opposes Senate Chamber Inauguration Ceremony
Freshman elect Harding plans a public inaugural on the east Capitol steps with thousands likely to watch. He rejects a Senate chamber swearing in and opposes a $50,000 stadium option, arguing against the joint committee plan for a chamber ceremony.
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Harding
Senate Chamber
Washington
Capitol
Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee
Senate Vote Cuts Regular Army to 150000 Men
The Senate approved a 150000 enlisted strength for the regular army by a 34 to 28 vote despite Pershing and Baker arguments for 175000 to 200000. Lenroot sponsored the amendment. supporters claim about 75000000 dollars in annual savings, while critics warn service cuts across branches.
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Washington
General Pershing
Baker
Senator Wadsworth
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
The
Senate
Committee On
Congress
Pershing
Wadsworth
New
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Prohibition Ends Saloon Closures and City Fire in Digest
Federal Judge orders closure of thirteen saloon properties valued at 31 million for one year due to liquor violations. Columbus City Hall fire destroys a historic building. Bridgeport man Elwood Wade found guilty of first degree murder. New York seeks strict prohibition enforcement amid Rhine troop reduction debate. Paris notes surprise in military redeployment. Vienna calls for profiteer whipping penalty.
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Chicago
Landis
Paris
Rhine
Trench
Vienna
Columbus
State House
Bridgeport
Conn
Elwood B. Wade
George BE. Nott
Nott
Albany
Miller
New York
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Ellis Island
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Seattle
Alton B Parker
National Civic Federation of
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Kloor, Farrell and
Wilds
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Lanzuley
Nation’s Business
U.S
Vladi- Vostok
Siberian
New York Roads
Highway Committee
Bedrich Stepanek
Czecho - Slovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prague
U. S
Capitol Steps
Whitney-Warren
University of
Louvain
Whitney Warren
Learning
Pershing, Baker
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