World Tersely Told Highlights From Washington DC
Rates on grain and hay in trans Mississippi territory were upheld by the interstate commerce commission and take effect December 27. Postwar naval and Pacific fortification talks continued with major nations, including a proposed abolition of submarines by Britain and a 5-5-3 naval ratio. Several resignations and appointments occurred in Washington involving Mellon Hoover and Balfour, with Dawes planning retirement. A quadruple treaty to preserve Pacific peace was signed, while the five-figure headlines noted a bank robbery, a prison mutiny, a fatal schoolteacher murder, and other urban incidents across the United States.
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trans-Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Multiple 1920s incidents in brief news items
Bart Amos, Kokomo police, wounded in a gunfight with a robber at Hupp department store. robber fled. Gerald Wendt, Harvard grad and chemist, dismissed from University of Chicago for peeping in a dorm bathroom. Dominic Benigno found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death in Cleveland. Mrs. Endicott killed in an automobile crash near Columbus. Miss Jennie Lamoore shot Ras Cooksy dead in Dallas federal building rest room. Marshal Foch honored by New York and the nation as he sails home. Seven Des Moines prisoners escaped by sawing cell bars. Kentucky Military Institute plant fire at Lyndon injures none. Shipping board sale near Camden may fetch over $4 million. Paris reports no extension to German reparations payments. Fires devastate Sesto valley in Bolzano district. Berlin notes export ban on German coal to neutrals. Polish refugees dying from exposure near Warsaw. Lloyd George expected ratification of Irish peace treaty. Hungary-US peace ratification bill read in Budapest. Santo Domingo councilors urge U.S. Senate to restore sovereignty. Ulster’s Craig accuses Lloyd George of breach of faith. Paris chamber approves 25.14 billion franc budget. Peru mobilizes 398 officers and 11,800 troops for Ticaco. Robert Haab elected president of Switzerland.
Pact at Washington set to curb navy growth and shape Asia
Edward W. Pickard reviews the Washington conference amid pacific peace treaties and naval limits. He notes near-certain ratification by Britain France Japan and likely the United States with Borah Reed and La Follette opposing. He details 5 5 3 limits, Mutsu and Hood class ships, and far eastern issues including Shantung and Manchuria. He also discusses German reparations, Irish question, and a Tacna Arica dispute between Chile and Peru.
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Washington
Harding
Pacific
Great Britain
France
Japan
Senate
Borah
Reed
LaFollette
Takahashi
Wilson
Underwood
Colorado
Delaware
North Dakota
Hongkong
Kowloon
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Canada
Uless
Chile
Peru
Tacna-Arica
Tarapaca
Tacna- Arica
la Puensa
Lima
Irish treaty battle heats in Dublin and Westminster
The British parliament and Ireland's Dail debated the peace treaty last week. De Valera opposed parts of the pact and accused delegates of overstepping authority, while Collins and Griffith defended the agreement in a tense session that moved to secrecy before public debate resumed.
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Dail Eireann
Ireland
Lloyd George
Dublin
de Valera
Dail
Collins
Grifith
Rail labor rejects wage cuts then faces new pay rules
Representatives of 35,000 rail way maintenance of way and shop laborers met in New York and vote to appeal to the railway labor board for higher pay. Two days later the board imposes changes: time and a half after ten hours, basic eight hour day reaffirmed, and allows agreements to reduce hours below eight to avoid force reductions. Starting times to be set by mutual agreement.
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New York
Railway Labor Board
Partial UMWA win over checkoff system court ruling
The United Mine Workers of America won a partial victory when the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago found Judge Anderson of Indianapolis erred in enjoining the checkoff, remanding for rehearing and likely averting a broad coal miners strike. Wives of Kansas strikers led mobs in the Pittsburg area, opposing workers who wished to labor as state troops were deployed.
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United Mine Workers of America
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Anderson
Indianapolis
Court of Appeals
Indiana
Ilinois
Kansas
Howat
Pittsburg
Governor Harding Sees cautious farmer recovery hope
Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board released an annual report noting broad improvements in national business and financial conditions over the past year while urging continued patience. He warned that until farmers gain purchasing power, rapid gains in domestic trade remain unlikely.
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Overnor
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Cuticura Ad Promises Pimples Free Skin
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for clear skin. Smear Cuticura Ointment on blemishes, wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water for five minutes, then maintain by daily use. Also promotes Cuticura Talcum for ongoing care.
Edison quips on new talking machines automatic stop device
Mr Edison remarks that the latest talking machines include an automatic self stop feature. A listener replies with a pun about his wife being an old model, reflecting playful banter on evolving technology.
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Mr. Edison
Pra
Unclear Dialogue on Disarmament Sparks Debate
Brief dialogue hints at conflict over disarmament ideas between two parties. One party suggests skepticism about a first Turkey stance and proposes aggressive options as a response. The exchange lacks concrete actions or dates.
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Arthur J. Balfour
E. Mont Reily
Porto Rico
Reily
Mrs. Harding
the Treasury
Mellon
International High Commission
Hoover
Hughes
Arthur Balfour
Paron Kato
Charles G. Dawes
Dem
Washington Conference
Hawaii
Phila
Oneda
Earl Throst
Joseph C. Wilson
New Orleans
Waco
Aquilla
Tex
Texas Central Railroad
East St. Louis
Til
Solomon Tart
Newark
N. J
Rockwood
Tenn
Spring City
United States Railroad Labor Board
Drake
N. D
State Industrial Commission
Mattie Kirby
Hudson, Mich
Alice
Adrian
Mich
Margaret Waken
Detroit
Half-Way
Mount Clemens
Bart Amos
Kokomo
Ind
Hupp
Gerald Louis Wendt
Harvard
University of Chicago
Kenwood Hall
Dominic Benigno
Wilfred C. Ely
George K. Fenner
Cleveland, O
Katherine C. Endicott
Plattsburg, N. Y
F. C. Endicott
United States Infantry School
Camp Benning
Columbus, Ga
Jennie Lamoore
Ras Cooksy
Federal
Dallas
Marshal Foch
Des Moines
Kentucky Military Institute
Lyndon, Ky
Shipping Board
Fairview
Camden
Operaion
Paris
Germany
Bolzano
Italy
Sesto
Upper
Adige
Berlin
Reparations Commission
Warsaw
Russia
Zeitung Am Mittag
Andreas Hermes
Commons
London
Parliament
Hungary
The
National Assembly
Budapest
Consultative Council of
Santo Domingo
United States Senate
Dominican Republic
Gates
James Craig
Ulster
Belfast
Premier George
Chamber of Deputies
Buenos Aires
Ticaco
Tacna
Robert Haab
Switzerland
House of Parliament
Bank of Ireland
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
Moscow
China
Iriah
Edward W. Pickard
Far Eastern Committee
Shantung
Manchuria
Shne Die
John F. Stevens
America
Equator
Senate Finance Committee
Southern Ireland
House of Lords
Edward Carson
Capt
Charles Craig
Irish Free State
King George
Boundary Commission
Justice Cohalan
England
Bellans
Sumner-Forker Grain Co
Sumner
Owa
Marion
Ees
Hunt
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Texag
Ablem
Holland
Liggett King Pin Plug Tobacco
Aaa
Parker
Danaruff
Hiscox
Isc
Ned Walking Coy
Madge
Marjorie
New York Sun
Bernard—Breen
Peters
Turkey
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