Old Timers Depart Congress in Changing House
A 1918 era summary lists Champ Clark and Uncle Joe Cannon among fading figures as Tuesday’s congressional contests reshape Washington. Former speakers, senators, and key advocates like Sherwood, Thomas, Esch, and Sims are described as moving to the background, with Nancy-like portraits of politicos and hints of cabinet hopes and retirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe” Cannon
Congress
White Dome
Washington
Champ Clark
United States
House
James K. Polk
White House
Gillett
Danville
Isaac Sherwood
Toledo
Senate
League of Nations
United Republican
Colorado
Charlie” Thomas
Bureau
Woolen Mills Slow Down in Lawrence Mass
Four mills of the American Woolen Company in Lawrence will close for the rest of the week and shift to a four day week. The plants had operated six days with about half their normal workers. Lack of orders cited as the reason for the curtailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Mass
American Woolen Company
Allied Order to Bavaria Calls for Immediate Disarmament
Interallied Control Commission hands Bavarian government a demand for disarming militia detachments. Officials say Munich will seek Berlin's stern refusal to suppress defense organizations active across Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Interallied Control Commission
Berlin
Samoan Governor Commits Death by Own Action
Commander Warren J. Terhune, Naval Governor of American Samoa, shot himself on November 8 amid charges and a pending inquiry. He had served as governor since 1919 and faced tensions with Samoan natives. Captain Waldo B. Evans was named his successor as a naval board prepared to investigate.
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Honolulu
Warren J. Terhune
American Samoa
Kansas
Naval Board of Inquiry
Washington, D. C
Executive Mansion
Samoa
Washington
Navy Department
Terhune
C. H. Boucher
Minneapolis
New Jersey
Navy
Department
Josephine L. Terhune
Lookout Avenue
Hackensack
N. J
United States
Germany faces 70 billion mark deficit in treasury claim
In the Reichstag Dr Karl Hefferich warned Germanys treasury runs a deficit of about 70 billion marks. He cited expenditures at 100 billion and receipts of 30 billion. News from New York says Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier will box for 500000 dollars between March 1 and July 4 with details to be set later. France and Czecho Slovakia sign a commercial treaty. Winthrop Murray Crane of Massachusetts leaves an estate valued at 9180000 dollars per his probate filing. Rumors suggest President Wilson may resign to allow Warren G Harding to assume office. Franard village in Ireland nearly wiped out by uniformed men seeking revenge for an RIC inspector's murder.
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Berlin
Karl Hefferich
Germany
New York
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Paris
France
Czecho-Slovakia
Pittsfield
Mass
Winthrop Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Chicago
Wilson
Warren G. Harding
William Jennings Bryan
Dublin
Franard
Inspector Kelleher
Royal Irish Constabulary
Wildwood Crest
Joseph EB. F Jones
North Midwood
Winton Shields Post
Collingswood
Gloucester
Knights of Columbus
Women’s
Democratic Committee
Alma L. Brown
Clayton
John J. Mansbeck
Edson W. Fitch
Gloucester City
Margaret B. Laird
Newark
Jennie
War Ness
East Orange
Essex County
State Assembly
Assembly
Cumberland County School Field Association
Clarence Wolf
Millville
Wilbert T. Steelman
Port Norris
Mary Brennan
Bridgeton
Burlington County
Flagg
Jordan
Adolph G._Geller
Egg Harbor
William Scheufele
Fred Speyerer
Oscar Kolbe
James Woidill
Woodbury
G. Atteridge
Joan of Aree
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Willams
Wilkes- Barre
First Presbyterian Church
Bordentown
Joseph K. Ashton
Gibbstown
Grace Simmons
L. R. Moore
Magnola
Sieber
Charles H. Martens
Walter C. Ellis
Board of Health
Board of Commissioners
Long Branch
Ocean Avenue
Sea View Avenue
Princeton University
James Loughlin, Jr
Pittsburgh
Union National Bank of Newark
Union National Bank
National Surety Company
Harry B. Caithness
Kearny
Caithness
National Company
Harding Declares League of Nations Now Deceased
Warren G. Harding, in his first speech as president elect at Marion Ohio, proclaimed the Versailles League of Nations “now deceased” while pledging an international role for the United States. He said the nation would not surrender American freedom, thanked supporters, and vowed to return as a booster for America amid a celebratory parade and night rally.
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Marion
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Theersailles League of Nations
Harding
Jimmie
League of Nations
America
United States of America
League
Washington
Bedford
Elks
Surplus Labor for Mills Rehires Factory Workers
S S King of Dayton Ohio president of the National Association of Sash Door and Mill Manufacturers says planing mills and factories lost half their workers to automobile plants but are now getting them back. He notes the east central states have a surplus of labor with rising efficiency in some cases fifty percent.
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Chicago
S. S. King
Dayton
Ohio
National Association of Sash, Door and Mill Manuufacturers
Planing
East Central
Mr. King
Heaviest Woman Lucy Moore Dies in Bristol England
Lucy Moore reputed to be the world’s heaviest woman has died in Bristol. She reportedly weighed as much as 668 pounds at her peak, was born in Kentucky, and spent years in show business traveling worldwide. She reportedly received many marriage proposals during her travels.
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Lucy Moore
Bristol
England
Miss Moore
Kentucky
Contractor Indicted for Building Graft in New York City
George S. Backer, a prominent New York building contractor, was indicted by the additional grand jury on perjury charges tied to his testimony at the Lockwood investigation. He claimed he lost 25,000 in supposed bribe money paid to avoid strikes tied to Brindell and later said he gave it to two unknown men at the Hotel Chatham. Witnesses testified to a widespread graft network, the Brindell system charging 1,000 per story on skyscrapers, with total graft cited at 20,136 and multiple payments including 5,000, 2,500, 1,500, 1,500 and 626 to various recipients.
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New York
George S. Backer
Miclionaire
Riverside Drive
Lockwood
Robert P. Brindell
Chatham
bar_of Justice
City Hall
Brindell
Henry Hanlein
Circle of Nine
John T. Hettrick
Court House
Columbus Circle
Gotham Bank
Albert Volk
Brindeil Ring
James Connolly
Frank Melton
New Jersey Briefs Highlight Coal Shortage and Elections
Bordentown faces acute coal shortage as homes lack fuel and dealers cannot estimate restock. News notes Cec il the Mystic fraud case in Burlington. Mercer and Hunterdon counties shift party control in county and state races. Court actions, gas rates, road plans, and local elections are reported, with multiple towns experiencing shifts in leadership and public works debates.
Washington and national items in brief
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a rehearing in the Western freight rate case. President Wilson ordered Navy assets for Harding’s Panama Canal Zone visit. Arnstein pleaded not guilty to bringing stolen securities to DC. Delaware reports a 2.7 percent decline in colored population. Sugar restrictions end November 5 per Wilson proclamation. State Department keeps passport controls in Poland due to unsettled conditions.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Industrial Relations of
Kansas
Western
Wilson
Bureau of Census
Department of State
Poland
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W. Sims
Tennessee
John H. Esch
Wisconsin
Esch
Sims
John Walter Smith
Maryland
Jimmy” Phelan
California
Lawrence
Bavaria
Alfred Sao Sze
Court of St James
Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo Ag
Hackensack, N. J
World News
Peace and Justice Association
U. S
Baron Allotti
Baron Avezzano
Cecil
Mystic
Cecil Seepgnn
Burlington
Parker
Mercer County
Charles H. Reichert
Board of Freeholders
James W. Haring
Hunterdon County
A. Lincoln Moore
Arthur W. England
Judiah Higgins
John J. Horne
Hutchinson
Browne
Cumberland County
Bacharach
Turner
Buzzard
Carl
Johnson
People’s Water Company
Bayonne
Republican County Tax Board
Edwards
Gummer
Supreme Court
Board of Utility Commissioners
Trenton
McCran
North Arlington
Chauncey Avenue
Kearny Avenue
Schuyler Avenue
Dover
New
Bloomfield
Belleville Avenue
Freeholders
Glen Ridge
Milltown
National Guard
Robert Treat Hotel
Newark Club
Fred Bolce
Ellen Anderson
Thomas Anderson
Linden Place
Oliver G. Frake
EB. A. Scott
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