Treaties and taxes dominate early session activity
Congress reconvenes as the Senate debates reparations terms and a revised tax bill. President Harding pushes treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary toward ratification before an armament limits conference. Debates over U S rights in reparations and fiscal measures unfold amid looming strikes and international tension.
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Coogress
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Watson
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Austria
Hungary
Bell
Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
United States
Repara- Viens ‘Commission
Penrose
Finance Committee
Sopater Gerry
Gieregard
Drgk
Sterling
South Dakota
Reed
Ohio News Roundup of Deaths Firing and Floods Across States
A chaotic Ohio scene unfolds with reports of suicides and executions, accidents, robberies, floods and fires. Notable events include Belts of violence in Akron and Cleveland, a fatal train collision near Steubenville, a fatal automobile crash in Columbus, and flood damage across several towns. Schools and tax issues appear with legislative actions, while the state contemplates veterans bonuses and highway progress. Multiple towns report hospitalizations and injuries from accidents and crimes, with a broad snapshot of early 20th century Ohio life.
Fines 59 Autoists by Phone in Speed Trap Case
Philadelphia reports that fifty nine speeders were fined by Justice Leech after being informed of their violation by phone. Each faced a $10 fine and $3.50 costs for exceeding the Lancaster Pike speed limit by more than fifteen miles per hour. The note said drivers were summoned to pay or mail a check, citing a stone barn as a deterrent for those who refused. In a separate note, a Welland County infant was accidentally killed by a grandfather chopping wood. The child, Mary Frick Piper, died when the ax stroke struck her head. The grandfather, nearly blind, said the accident occurred as the child moved into his path.
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Sighrhy Woods
Oberlin College
Uen
Bela Tito
Newark
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Carroll County
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Cleveland
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Massillon
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Mary Cash
Youngstown
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Cincinnati
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Lima
Glouster
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Trimble
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Gallipolis
Bridgeport
Martins Ferry
Ohio Industrial Commission
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Minerva
Stark County
Tobbery
Reuben Gonter
New Philadelphia
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Allen Township
Union County
Butler County
John Stewart
Belle Center
Logan County
Salvatora Cala
Dan Kuber
Lakewood
John Kain
Wooster
Clermont County
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London Chamber of Commerce
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Coshocton
Sheridan
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Civil Service Commission
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Wellington
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Dover
Parker
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Mahoning County
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Minnie L. Derr
Alvin R. Derr
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Lfe
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Beesie
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Columbus
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Herrick
W. F. Wagner
Defiance County Children’s Home
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Detective Goes Hog Wild Potatoes Over Hooch
Yonkers detective John Ryan goes undercover as a potato wagon farmer to chase illicit liquor. Dressed in denim and a flare hat he trades sleuthing for agriculture, selling taters and resigning to farm. He expects Yonkers market to take his entire harvest. Turks Plan Divorce Reforms Angora New divorce laws are among reforms proposed by nationalists. Under current law a threefold repetition of I divorce thee ends the marriage.
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Lloyd George
Scotland
Gairloch
Britain
Yonkers, N
John Ryan
Ryan
Higan
Yonkers
Force
Angora
Peace Arch Dedication at Blaine Marks a Century of Peace
A Peace Arch dedication ceremony in Blaine Washington commemorates one hundred years of peace on the American Canadian border as the Pacific highway runs beneath the arch.
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Blaine
Wash
DiviningRod Poor Guesser Says Victoria Society
Australia's Royal Society of Victoria ruled after investigating divining rods that the practice is a subject for psychology rather than geology. The notice notes many failures and few successes, citing Popular Believers Monthly as the source of the remark.
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Australia
Royal Society of Victoria
Great Tree War Memorial Plaque Dedication
The Great Tree in Yosemite National Park, a shrine of beauty, becomes a patriotic landmark after the American Legion dedicates a memorial to America's unknown hero. Mrs Elton V Fox of Melbourne places a wreath at the base plaque amid ceremonies.
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Yosemite National Park
American Legion
America
Elton V. Fox
Melbourne
Australia
From Far and Near Definite Oddities and News Bits
A collage of curiosities from sugar cane to coin shortages in Paris, drafting boards, and a magnetic drafting device. Reports note a 60 mph boat with aerial propulsion, marshmallow oil use, cotton prospects in New Hebrides, and ancient gold and silver ingots. Also mentions a Cherokee Tenn. youth who may be the nation’s youngest Sunday school superintendent and a wheat conservation idea involving steam-pressed blocks.
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Paris
Raymond Buchard Taylor
Cherokee, Tenn
China
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