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Newspaper
Darlington Herald
Location
Darlington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
5
A cross party group of 34 senators and representatives met in Washington at Senator La Follette's call to organize a progressive bloc to push a broad reform program. The effort groups Republicans and Democrats and includes senators-elect and representatives-elect.
Capt. George Augur, famed circus giant eight feet four and 360 pounds, dies in New York. William Goodsell Rockefeller dies of pneumonia in New York, relative of John D. Rockefeller. James R. Mann, Illinois congressman, dies of pneumonia in Washington. William H. Vanderbilt resumes work after inheriting 21 million on his 21st birthday. George H. Scidmore, consular general in Yokohama, dies there. John Wanamaker ill in Philadelphia. Archie M. Stevenson, former Republican leader, dies in Denver, linked to Taft’s 1912 renomination.
Post Office presses to handle mail during holiday rush. Los Angeles jail sentences raise total to 273 since November 20. Bercivik fined for auto accident caused, in Kenmore. Griggs wins $1,000 for delays due to wrong numbers from telephone operators. Typhoid epidemic in Franklin Furnace NJ leaves five dead and 95 ill. Direct US Honduras wireless link established with a president Hayes?. mind. Hensel admits stealing $51,912 from Harlem bank. Harvard bootlegger arrests at Dunster hall. Bank failures and closures reported. Kimball bank among them. Clara Phillips sentenced to 10 years to life for murder. Typhus casualties among Negristina crew to Long Island College Hospital. one death. US delegation met in Mexico City welcomed by 16 Americans. Mexico City riots leave many dead when water works collapse. Moscow hosts arms limitation conference invitees. Osaka bank loses funds. Japan’s Nippon Sekiden Ginko suspended payments. Coleman Alberta power plant fire damages $200,000. one missing. Poincare accepts Curzon London meeting on German front. Mutiny in Szechwan. Greek king held prisoner. Italian consuls replaced by Italians by year start. Mexico imposes import duty pause. Berlin luncheon honors Medill McCormick. Mexico moves to bar films depicting Mexicans as villains. Berlin denies secret Russia pact. Parana river launch hits ferry. 34 dead. Rome pushes naval parity against France amid disarmament talks.
In Paris last week Greece executed three former leaders for treason linked to Asia Minor defeats, prompting Britain to break relations. The Mosul oil dispute and Near East interests heighten tension as Turkey moves to assert influence amid Allied debate on Ruhr occupation.
The Athens military court martial condemned six conspirators to death for treason linked to defeats against the Turks. Former Premiers Gounaris Stratos Protopapadakis Baltazzi Theotokis and General Hadjanestis were executed, while Stratigos and Admiral Goudas received life terms. Britain severed ties and urged restraint, threatening isolation for Greece, with US recognition in doubt. King George was kept under surveillance as protests rose.
Reports describe hidden details of the Lausanne talks with committees on Turkey frontiers and Mosul oil fields making little progress. Turkish rejection of the Mudros armistice costs for allied troops in Constantinople fuels tension amid conjecture from dispatches.
In Chicago Clemenceau argues Germany seeks revenge through allies in Soviet Russia and Turkey. He cites 45 disarmament violations by Germany, hidden war material stores, and claims German bankruptcy to dodge payments. he refutes charges that France is militaristic.
The measure passed the House by a comfortable margin after extensive consideration and amendments by the Republican majority. One amendment requires annual congressional authorization of payments from the merchant marine fund to operators, seen as ending a permanent appropriation and providing expenditure oversight.
President Harding clarifies his stance on enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment. The Philadelphia Army Navy game orgy highlighted law violations. Federal authorities are instructed to cooperate with enforcement agencies and push liquor cases for severe penalties. Fifty new prohibition agents were added in Philadelphia.
APAN left Shantung peninsula on December 1 after concessions to the Chinese in payment terms. The next day China occupied Kiaochow and made Tsingtao an open port with the municipality autonomous under Chinese sovereignty. Japan granted rights to participate in public enterprises in Tsingtao.
The Italian chamber of deputies approved by 275 to 90 giving Premier Mussolini authority to push economic reforms and rehabilitate finances. He acts as receiver for a nearly bankrupt country as many labor groups offer to work one extra hour daily for the government.
Goes SMALL of Illinois issues pardons for William Bross Lloyd and 15 other Communists sentenced for violation of the state espionage law, guided by Justice Carter's dissent rather than the court majority.
The nation loses a highly informed and bold congressman James R. Mann of Chicago after 13 consecutive terms in the lower house. He was re elected in November and praised for his long service and courage.
A portable disk grinder designed for industrial schools and factories uses an electric grit socket. The ad also promotes Red Cross Bar Blue detergent and urges readers to try it for snowy-white clothes. It ends with a generic persuasion about grievance airing.
The text lists age ranges and phrases for stages of life from life sources. It mentions Fifteen to twenty-five, thirty-five to forty-five, and fifty on as middle ages, with brief labels. No events or people are described beyond the generic life phases.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a simple at home solution to color a wide range of fabrics from skirts and dresses to draperies and coats. It claims the product works on materials including silk and wool and promises a permanent, fade resistant result.
A humor column cites Griggs and his “light-haired wife” as an expensive proposition in a colorful exchange. The line prompts playful commentary on marriage and finance, reflecting an odd social quip from the Boston Evening Transcript.
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