Legislative Sparks in Early 1920s Senate and House Actions
The House passes the Winslow profiteering and distribution control bill for emergencies while the soldier bonus bill clears the Senate 47 to 22 and heads to conference. Talks on coal and rail strikes spark debate as Hays is asked to arbitrate post office clerks differences. Cummins bill on anti profiteering moves to calendar, ICC reports on locomotive boiler inspections, and Bryan and Hitchcock end long political feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Winslow
Senate
McCumber
Smoot
McLean
Simmons
Walsh
Massachusetts
Harding
Will H. Hays
Bartlett
National Federation of Post Office
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bo Lers
William J. Bryan
Hitchcock
Capitol
Nation’s Business: Railroads Merger Coal Pool and Labor Strikes
Reports show Pennsylvania Railroad priced orders for 119 locomotives. Federal Trade Commission flags Midvale Republic land merger as unfair. New York gas rates cut. July railway earnings rise despite strikes. Coal pooling plans near completion in Washington. Eb ert H Gary extols Ford in Chicago. U S Shipping Board withdraws from Bremen Hamburg service. President hints at congressional power to seize railroads and mines in emergency. Crude oil output tops prior month. Andrews steel and Newport rolling mill raise wages 20 percent. Bridges burned on St Louis Southwestern Railway. Refined sugar price boosted. United States Cast Iron Pipe workers strike over wage rise. George Hanssen sells NY Curb Market stake for 8000 dollars. July sees 33 oil companies formed with 28.0 million investment. California primary shocks as Hiram Johnson routs. Lehigh Portland Cement to build Birmingham mill. House Republicans block price fixing. New York coal crisis bill grants extraordinary powers. Michael Collins buried in Glasnevin. Elmer Schlessinger resigns as Shipping Board counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Midvale-Republic-Inland Steel
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Daugherty
New York
Federal Fuel Distribution Committee
Washington
Henry Ford
Chicago
Ebert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
U.S. Shipping Board
Bremen-Haimburg
Congress
Ady
Andrews Steel
Newport
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Texarkana
Stamps
Ark
United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company
George Hans
Hiram Johnson
California
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Birmingham
Ala
Sanders
Indiana
Michael Collins
Glasnevine Cemetery
Griffith
Elmer Schlessinger
United States Shipping Board
Bob Fothergill joins the Detroit Tigers slugging lineup
Bob Fothergill the Rochester Inter national star known as the Sultan of Slug joins the Detroit Tigers after a revival that earned his recall. Otto Pahlman extends hitting streak to forty tying Ty Cobb as Danville Three I League star matches major league record.
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Bob Fothergill
Rochester International
Detroit Tigers
Fothergill
Tribe
Montreal
Toronto
Terre Haute
Ind
Otto Pahlman
Danville
Pahlman
Ty Cobb
Lester Sell
Syracuse Stars
St. Louis Nationals
Yate
Harvard
Princeton
Jackson W. Showalter
Georgetown
Edward Lasker
Chicago
Western Chess Association
Louiisville
Baltimore Orioles
New Haven
Wells
Harry Wills
Tut Jackson
Ebbets Field
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Helen Wills
Boston
United States
Southampton
Tilden and Richards
Patterson and
Wood
Longwood Cricket Club
Wide Range of 1922 Economic and Labor News
The report notes Southern Pacific railroad expenses and steel price moves, by product coke price changes, and orders against discrimination at Mistletop Stockyards. German bonds trade at low NY curb prices. Hiram Johnson secures Republican Senate renomination by over 65 000 votes. Jewish groups in Boston plan legal action against anti Semitic rings amid Klan fears. Bituminous coal strikes end in Pennsylvania, Chicago and Alton with heavy costs. Rail shopmen strike is treated as a closed issue by railroad leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souther Pacific Railway
Chicago
Armour & Co
Fowler Packing Company
Kansas City
Kaw
Wallace
Washington
New York
Hiram Johnson
California
United States Senate
Maargin
Boston
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania
Alton
General Harbord
Germany
William G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
British shipyards launch fourteen vessels in August
dispatch from London states Clyde shipyards launched fourteen ships totaling 33 000 tons in August. Reparation Commission delays moratorium decision on Germany with Poincare accepting solution. American consuls Flater and McBrooks expelled from England over alleged interference in shipping. Bolshevik Black Sea sailors join Odessa revolt. fifteen killed and sixteen injured in Cumberland mine explosion. British cancels U S consulate rights at Newcastle over alleged influence on shipping. Berlin market sinks as pessimism returns with the mark plunging toward 2000 to the dollar. Odessa independence from Moscow and anti Bolshevik united in South Russia reported amid clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Odessa
Dunsmuir
Cumberland
Newcastle
England
United States Shipping Board
Berlin
Moscow
South
Russia
Miller Fuel Plan Adopted For New York State
Governor Miller signs the coal administration bill creating a $10,000,000 revolving fund to buy and sell coal. The act grants wide powers to a fuel administrator, preserves housing laws on heat and hot water, and vests licenses and enforcement across the state. Critics warn overreach, while Wood sales and regional zones are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive
Albany
Miller
New York State
Cotilio
Senate
Lockwood
New York City
Coal Administration
Assembly
Machold
Birth Rate Falls as Death Rate Rises in Q1 1922
Washington reports Census Bureau statistics for the first quarter of 1922 showing a birth rate of 23.3 per thousand, down from 25.3 per thousand in 1921, while the death rate increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Pittsburgh Coal Company Signs Cleveland Agreement Ends Strike
The Pittsburgh Coal Company, the region’s largest producer, signed the Cleveland agreement with United Mine Workers district officers ending the bituminous coal strike in the Pittsburgh district. The firm has an annual capacity of 24 million tons and normally employs about 20,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Senate approves four billion dollar soldiers bonus bill
Washington report says the Senate passed a four billion dollar soldiers bonus measure by a 47 to 22 vote. The roll call lists Republicans and Democrats voting for and against, with several pairs and absentees noted and conference pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Brandegee
Bursum
Cameron
Capper
Colt
Cummins
Curtis
Gooding
Hale
Jones
Kellogg
Lafollette
Lenroot
Lodge
McCormick
McCumber
McLean
McNary
Nicholson
Oddie
Rawson
Calder
Dillingham
Edge
France
Frelinghuysen
Keyes
Nelson
New
Phipps
Reed
Pennsylvania
Smoot
Sterling
Wadsworth
Dial
Glass
Myers
Shields
Swanson
Underwood
Williams
Repubiicans
Washington News Roundup Signals Economic and Policy Shifts
Federal estimates place the white potato crop at 439.9 million bushels while Britain builds gold reserves in the US to cover war debt interest reports to Secretary Hoover. Congress debates coal bills and tariff schedules as Harding resists bonuses and eyes commissions, with Daugherty probing rail strike conspiracies. Night sessions likely to finalize the tariff bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Boies
Republican
Iowa
Harding
Russia
Congress
Senate
House
Pennsylvania
Daugherty
Odessa Soviet Proclaims Independence Amid South Russia Revolt
Berlin reports Odessa Soviet declares independence from Moscow and calls citizens to unite against Bolshevik rule. State Department officials doubt a successful revolt, citing weak organization among non-Slavic Black Sea populations and the Red Army’s strength. Historical note links to Denikin and Wrangel White Army actions in 1919 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Berlin
Odessa
Washington
State Department
Russia
Moscow
Black Sea
Red Army
White Army
Denikin
Baron Peter Wrangel
Constantinople
Russian Provisional Governnment
Interallied Commission
Nicholas——Durime
Crimean Peninsua
Wrangel
Sebastopol
Congress Opposes Seizure Powers for Roads and Mines
Washington reports Republicans in the house and senate have decided not to grant the President authority to seize roads and coal mines. They indicate they will not pass legislation giving such power before Congress adjourns, despite administration urging support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Warding
Congress
Chicago and Alton Bankrupt Under $14 Million Debt
The Chicago and Alton railroad placed in receivership in Federal Court due to coal and railway strikes. Judge George A. Carpenter appointed William G. Bierd and W. W. Wheelock as receivers. Debts estimated at $14,000,000 with assets not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad
George A. Carpenter
William G. Bierd
Road
W. W. Wheelock
Allies in accord on German relief
Paris July 1922 The Reparations Commission unanimously accepted the Belgian compromise on the German moratorium proposal. France and Belgium voted against while England supported the motion as Italy abstained. The agreement exempts Germany from cash payments for 1922 with 1923 terms to be decided later and includes 1922-23 coal and wood deliveries under German government and industrialist arrangements.
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Paris
M. Dubois
Poincare
John Bradbury
England
France
Belgium
Italy
Hugo Stinnes
Germany
James A. Logan, Jr
Loeuvre
World News in Condensed Form Highlights
Summaries from multiple cities cover estate inventories, a Japanese cruiser lost with 300 crew, France pressuring Germany, Nellie Grant’s death, Emile Bacardi’s passing, Herrin massacre indictment, railway shopmen wage fight, and two Lyden sisters drown. prominent names include Ann M Swift Gustavus Swift Nellie Grant Emile Bacardi and Frank P Lyden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ann M. Swift
Gustavus Swift
Swift & Co
Tokio
Nitka
Kamchatka
Paris
France
Germany
Franklin Hatch Jones
U.S Grant
White House
Franklin, N. H
Gretchen
Phoebe Lyden
Rutherford
N. J
Pemigewasset
Frank P. Lyden
International Paper Company
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Union
Europe
Nation’s Business
Miller Fuel Plan
Winsoft Coal Stronghold
E. F. Grable
U.S
The
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
Congress Against
Chicago & Alton
Margaret Campbell
Piccadilly
Atlantic City
Reparations Board
World's News
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