Disarmament talk spans U S and allies in Senate hearings
Henry White former Versailles negotiator urged world disarmament as a path to tax relief while cautioning the United States to lead and preserve naval strength. Senator France proposed a three power naval reduction by 1935 and President-elect Harding timing. Earlier, bandit killings earned $500 rewards in Kansas City.
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Union News Service
Washington
Henry White
France
Roosevelt
House Naval Committee
United States
General Pershing
Tasker H. Biles
Supreme War Council
Daniels
Davis
Mate Department
White
Great Britain
Germany
Harding
Wilson
House Committee
Maryland
Senate
Japan
Borah
Idaho
Soldiers Cannot Sue VU for Damages
Montgomery Alabama a soldier cannot prosecute a damage suit against the government even for a bump on a troop train the state supreme court rejected the appeal of Jacob Moon Moon sought damages from Director General of Railroads Walker D Hines alleging train employees locked him out of his car at Alexander City and he was injured stepping off the train
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Montgomery, Aln
State Sun- Court
Jacob Moon
Hallroads
Walker D. Hines
Alexander City
Congress Limits Army to 175000 Enlisted Men
Congress moved to cap the regular army at 175000, with Senate bills and a House joint resolution directing the secretary of war to cease enlistments. Votes showed broad support with only a few dissenters, amid debates over economy, Pershing’s safety margin, and Pacific garrisoning on Yap.
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Union News Baretow
Washington
Congress
Senate
New
Indiana
House
Kahn
Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of War
Bee
Texas
Blackman
Alabama
Cody
Maryland
Cramton
Michigan
Joint Conference Committee
War Department
Pershing
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Wilson
Phelan
California
Williams
Mississippi
Pacific
Japan
Yap
America
Open Shop Ideal Outlined by National Manufacturers Leader
C. Mason, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, declared the open shop the true American standard where no one gets special privileges and all have equal chance. He noted the association favors the open shop and urged Congress to remove government shackles on private business to quell nationwide discontent.
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Chicago
C. Mason
National Association of Manufacturers
Mason
Congress
No-Blue Sunday League Incorporation in Albany
The No-Blue Sunday League Inc formed in Albany with secretary J J Lyons to promote activities restraining blue Sunday laws and to act in accordance with the law for the benefit of those interested in limiting such laws.
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Albany, N. Y
No-Blue Sunday League, Inc
J. J. Lyons
New York
Robbers Take Safe From Rialto Theater in St Louis
Three men robbed the Rialto theater in central St Louis and escaped with a safe containing about $3,500. The vaudeville house was targeted during the evening performance and authorities pursued the suspects.
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St. Louis
Settlement on Child Denied Chicago
Judge Dunne reports to continue court battles over the Field estate for Mia Marah’s illegitimate son, despite Peggy Marsh's marriage to Al bert Johnson of Cleveland. Field estate counsel John P. Wilson denies a 850,000 annuity settlement to the boy.
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Chicago
Peggy Marsh
Albert Johnson
Cleveland
Dunne
Mia
Marah
Henry Field
John P. Wilson
Reprisals in Cork City Destroy Two Royal Irish Constabulary Dwellings
In Cork on January 21 two Washington Street houses housing Royal Irish Constabulary members were destroyed by military forces after being fired upon from six nearby buildings. Authorities said the seized targets housed Sinn Fein sympathizers. inhabitants were warned to flee while engineers demolished the structures. A curfew from 5 p.m. on weekends was announced, and Major General Strickland claimed martial law was proving successful amid warnings to disperse crowds as explosions caused alarm but limited damage.
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Cork
Ireland
Cork City
Washington Street
Royal Irish Constabulary
Dwyer
Sion Fein
Strickland
Associated Press
Unmarried veterans taxed on disability payments
Washington reports that unmarried war veterans must pay income tax at 4 percent on disability payments over 1000 dollars per year. The Treasury Department ruled against exemption for ex-service men, while those in service pay only on amounts above 3500 dollars. War risk insurance payments are not taxable.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Dissolved After 51 Years
After fifty-one years of effort the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association has dissolved in New Haven Conn. Founding members in 1809 included Susan B Anthony Isabelle Beecher Hooker Harriet Beecher Stowe Julia Ward Howe and William Lloyd Garrison. Frances E Burr, 69, the lone surviving pioneer, served as secretary from 1860 to 1870.
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Suffrage Society Dieband
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
Isabelle Beecher Hooker
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Julia Ward Howe
D. Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
Hartford
Frances Ebbilen Burr
Pioneer
Untermyer Urges Immediate Congress Probe of Justice and Alien Property
Samuel Untermyer called for an immediate congressional investigation of the Department of Justice and the alien property custodian in New York. He warned of vast patronage and potential scandals, urging nonpartisan, expert-led inquiry to expose how powers were used for political ends and to protect national honor.
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Union News Service
New York
Department of Justice
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
Legislative Committee
Building Trust
Congress
Lockwood Committee
Train Crash Near Stine Hits Continental Limited
Scores of passengers aboard train No. 19 on the Salt Lake line bound for Los Angeles were shaken up as the Continental Limited crashed into a landslide ten miles west of Stine Nevada. Dozens were hurled to the floor and bruised in the impact.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Salt Lake Line
Stine
Nev
Hamon Trial Set for March 10 in Ardmore Oklahoma
Judge T W Champion announced the Carter County District Court docket will open March 28 and the case of Mrs Clara Smith Hamon charged with shooting Juke Hamon is set for March 10 in Ardmore Oklahoma.
Oklahoma House considers penalties for snoring disturbances
A bill in the Oklahoma House would criminalize loud snoring and talking during sleep that disturbs the family and neighborhood peace. Offenses carry escalating penalties from loss of breakfast for the first, to days living with a mother in law for the second, with fines from 100 to 1000 dollars for the third and subsequent offenses.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma House
Barbour Plan Killed In Redistricting Battle
Washington notes end of a stormy Congress session as the House adopts the reapportionment bill with a 435 member cap for ten years. Barbour led the push for a 435 maximum. the plan to cut or raise seats failed. States losing seats next March 4, 1923 include Missouri Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Mississippi Nebraska Rhode Island Vermont. gains go to California Michigan Ohio Connecticut New Jersey North Carolina Texas Washington.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Representative Barbour
Barbour
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Nebraska
Rhode Island
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California
Michigan
Ohio
Connecticut
New Jersey
North Carolina
Texas
Page sues hotel owner for alienation of wife
Kansas City man Charles H Page filed a $20 000 suit against hotel owner H H Sauders claiming alienation of his wife s affections He cites moving pictures showing New Year s Eve celebrations at the Hotel Muehlebach where Mrs Page and a man identified as Oren H Souders appeared The couple divorced in May 1939 Page alleges Souders caused the break up by frequenting Chicago and California hotels with his wife and with Mrs Page prior to the divorce
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Kansas City
Charles H. Page
Page
H. H. Sauders
Muehlebach
Oren H. Souders
Souders
Childless Women Asked to Do House Work Four Days a Week
Washington report notes letters signed by Wives and Mothers of Industrial Workers urge Congress to pass laws requiring childless married women under 60 to perform house work three days weekly for mothers with children and to enact an eight hour day for housewives. The appeal argues legislation should favor improving conditions of overworked housewives and dishwashers.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Congress
Crowe to Appoint Women Assistants in Chicago
States Attorney Robert P B Crowe announced plans to appoint women as assistants and to have women prosecute all women on trial in Cook County. He said women are more competent to understand delinquent girls and women.
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Chicago
Estates
Robert PB. Crowe
Cook County
Educating Children Through Army Life Colorful Missouri Tale
A Missouri farmer with eleven children on sixty acres sought army enlistment for his second oldest son and twins under age. The letter to Adjutant General Harris highlights educational aspects of military life and the family’s plan to have the boys join as a pathway to learning and opportunity.
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Washington
Ozark
Missouri
The
Missourian
Harris
Jlo
Wyoming Notes Highlight Pardons and Legislature Start
Carrie Sanford of Cheyenne is granted a pardon for manslaughter. The Sixteenth Wyoming Legislature convenes Jan 11 for forty days. Lander reports a teen tragedy as 14 year olds Francis Pearson and Harold Nichols clash fatally. State Supreme Court upholds the Sacaat diploing law for sheep. Douglas voters approve water and sewer bonds by 208 to 80. Caspar oil and gas boom noted with refinery explosion causing glass damage. Deaths in Casper for 1920 run 768 to 290 births. J M Wilson reelected Wyoming Wool Growers president. Casper hosts 1922 convention. Governor Carey calls for law enforcement, an eight hour day for women, and opposes a veterans bonus. State lands board allows sale of school land near Casper for cottages. Accident near Pine Bluffs claims two men and a boy. Cheyenne sees $1,000,000 in projected improvements including hospital and schools. Presidential electors certify Harding and Coolidge with Peter Kooi, James Michelson, and J M Schwoob as electors. Judge W H Edwards sets trial for nurse Emma Schul in infant poison case. A highway confrontation ends with a mugger getting little cash. Thermopolis to host Wyoming State Teachers Association meeting in Oct 1921.
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Carrie Sanford
Cheyenne
State Board of Pardons
Wyoming
Albany County Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Laramie
Thomas Pearson
Lander
Francis Pearson
Harold Nichols
State Supreme Court
Douglas
Casper
Standard Oil Company
Wyoming State Land Board
Union Pacific
Pine Bluffs
Los Angeles
Scottish Rite Temple
Harding
Coolidge
Peter Kooi
Sheridan
Washington
James Michelson
Big Piney
J. M. Schwoob
Cody
W. H. Edwards
Emma Louise Schul
Infanta
von Mrossen
W. Humphreys
Mawlina
Thermopolis
Wyoming State Teachers’ Association
J. ©. Knode
Greybull
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Dublin
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McKinley
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