Washington Sidelights on National Park Power Permits Debate
Senate bill S 4554 seeks to amend the 1920 act creating a federal power commission and allowing power site filings in national parks. Secretary Payne objects that permits should require congressional action, while Senator Jones promotes the measure amid park policy vows to preserve unimpaired parks. Protests rise from women’s groups across the country as petitions and memorials mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astlington
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Committee On Commercce
Jones
Washington
Committee On Commerce
Payne
Interior Department
National Park Service
Power Commission
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
Grand Canon
Yosemite
Sequoia
Friends of the National Parks
Rhode Island
California
Senate considers reorganization of executive departments
Federal measures push for a 10 member majority plus 4 minority special senate committee to study reorganizing executive departments and creating a department of public works and a department of public welfare. A joint committee to investigate agencies would report by December 1923 while Congress may streamline functions and remove duplication.
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Knox
Pennsylvania
MoeCormick
Illnois
Europe
Senate
Department of Public Works
Department of Public Welfare
Jones
Washington
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Plac
House of Congress
Interior Department
Women drive for maternity protection bill in Congress
Representatives from eleven national women’s groups form a joint congressional committee in Washington to push passage of measures including the Sheppard-Towner bill. Members include Ethel Smith, Kate Trenholme Abrams, Lida Hafford, Ellis Yost, Louise Stanley, Mary O'Toole, Maud Wood Park, Jeanette Rankin, Lena Phillips, Arthur G. Watkins, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sheppard-Towner
Ethel Smith
National Women's Trade Union League
Kate Trenholme Abrams
Lida Hafford
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Ellis Yost
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Louise Stanley
American Home Economics Association
Mary O
Nette Rankin
National Consumers’ League
Lena M. Phillips
National Federation of Professional and Business Women's Clubs
Arthur G. Watkins
National Congress of Mothers
Congress
Fruit
Women’s Club
New Providence
Ragazza Club
Rockford
Washington County
Woman's Club
Dover
N. H
Woman's Club of
New London
Women’s City Club
Calais
P. EL 0
Dorcas Society
Monday Club
Dickinson
N. Dak
Economics Club
Ryder
J. A. McConnell
Crockett
Texas
League of Women Voters
Dane County
Wvis
Woman's Literary Union
Portland
Streator
Federation of Parent and Teachers Elubs
Wolisn’s Club
York
Women's
Chils
South Dakota Urges Federal Aid Over Lake Andes Flooding
South Dakota legislators push a resolution urging Congress to reimburse landowners flooded by government artesian wells near Lake Andes. The measure notes past federal spending kept the lake full and warns against draining the lake, seeking financial indemnity for affected landowners.
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Outh Dakota
Uncle Sam
Representative Sterling
South Dakota
Committee On Public Lands
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress of the United States
Lake Andes
Charles Mix
Congress
Veterans Welfare Reestablishment Plan Proposed in Congress
A bill to consolidate all soldier welfare functions into a new Bureau of Veteran Reestablishment within the Interior Department is introduced by Rep Rogers and Sen Capper with American Legion backing. The plan shifts War Risk Insurance and related services under one director at ten thousand dollars a year to ensure direct responsibility for relief decisions.
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American Legion
House
Roters
Massachusetts
Senator Capper
Kansas
Rogers
Legion
National Legislative Committee
Col BR
G. Chohneley- Jones
War Risknaurance Bureau
W. Lamkin
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Lavender Warren
Public Health Service
Department of the Interior
Bureau of
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Washington
Rubens Warns of Lenine Regime in Russia Visit
J H Rubens of Milwaukee, after a year in Russia aiding American manufacturers, arrives in Chicago to warn that the Lenine Soviet regime has outspent the czar era. He says famine and discontent prevail, the Red army keeps order, and demobilization would hasten Lenin’s downfall. He plans a year of public warning at his own expense.
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Chicago
J. H. Rubens
Milwaukee
Russia
Mr. Rubens
Red Army
Lenine
Battle in County Monaghan at Ballybay clashes injure constables
A fighting incident near Ballybay south of Monaghan saw Sinn Feiners ambush a police patrol injuring two constables. Reinforcements were attacked, one defender killed, and a civilian killed with several wounded and ten arrested.
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Dublin
Ballybay
Monaghan
Monahan
Sinn
Adventist Church Sends 833 Missionaries Abroad
Washington report from January cites the Seventh Day Adventists foreign missionary board stating 833 missionaries were sent overseas with one third to China and to other regions. The denomination also reports about 83 million dollars given to missions last year by members. President Wilson vetoed a joint resolution to suspend the Clayton Act prohibition on interlocking directorates among railroad companies.
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Washington
Seventh Day Adventists
Toro
Foreign Missionary Board
China
Tada
Wilson
Labor graft in Chicago building trades unearthed
Evidence shows Chicago labor leaders in the building trades extorted thousands from contractors on large Chicago projects. The disclosure signals a major graft probe implicating organized labor in construction.
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Chicago
Dixon cancels inaugural ball over $50 ticket price
Governor-elect Joseph M. Dixon called off Helena’s planned inaugural ball citing a $50 ticket. He said he did not want to be the honor guest at a party costing that amount.
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Balk
Missoula
Mont
Joseph M. Dixon
Helena
Nine Thousand Workers Accept Wage Cuts at Chicago Shops
Nine thousand employees in the fullman car shops notified management they will accept wage reductions up to 20 percent. The action was voluntary and reported from Chicago.
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Chicago
Fullman
Corrects Kahn Statement on Japan Opposition to California Law
Washington officials clarified that Representative Julius Kahn of California was mistaken in believing Japan had dropped its opposition to California's anti Japanese land law. The State Department stressed Japan's continued stance and no withdrawal was received.
Soo Locks Close Marking Historic Late Season End
The Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan closed for the season on Monday, ending the 1920 navigation season in the upper Great Lakes. It was the latest closing in the history of the Soo canals.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mie
Dee
Upper Great Lakes
DAnnunzio flees Fiume by air in Evacuation Accord
Proclamation quotes DAnnunzio saying Italy is not worth dying for as he departs Fiume by plane. Evacuation agreement for Fiume and ratification of the Rapallo treaty reportedly concluded. Negotiations continue with Fiume municipal council as truce extends.
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D’annunzio
Italy
Lume
Tiume
Rapallo
Rome
IV Annunzio
Fiume
D'Annunzio
Rapalo
Ferrarin
Caviglia
Richardo Gigante
Hostventuri
Gigante
Venice
Luisella Baccara
Burned houses in Middleton Ireland after ambush
From Cork report the military governor destroyed several houses near Middleton after an ambush of police and troops. Tenants received notices and one hour to remove valuables before the buildings were set afire, with furniture burned. Additional structures at Ballyadam and Knockgriffin also met fire.
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London
Cork
Middleton
Ballyadam
Knockgriffin
Carrigiehill
U. S. Navy Balloon A 8 Found Safe After 19 Days
The United States naval balloon A 8, missing since December 13 after lifting from Rockaway Point, is reported safe along with its three naval lieutenants. A violent wind and snowstorm carried the gas bag about 500 miles into Canadian wilderness before the message reached the air station in New York.
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New York
United States Naval
Rockaway Point
L. 1
Restore Tennis Court Takes First Priority at White House
Four changes to Washington grounds are begun to meet President-elect Warding’s wishes. Restoration of the tennis court is listed as the first priority in the project plan.
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Washington
Ohin
White House
Harding
Mexican saloons and fumbling houses closed by mayor order
A city order by Mayor Francisca J. Gonviles shuts down Juarez El Vaso Tes. Jan. L-Saloons and fumbling houses at Jutires, Mex, located opposite here. The mayor has just assumed office.
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Juarez
el Vaso
Tes
Jan
Jutires
Mex
Francisca J. Gonviles
Textile unions vote to accept wage cut in Fall River
Six textile unions of the American Federation of Textile Operatives vote to accept a wage reduction of 21 2 percent recently announced by manufacturers.
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Fall River
Mass
Dee
American Federation of Textile Operatives
Congressman Kincheloe Breaks Leg in Capitol Hall
Congressman D H Kincheloe of Kentucky fell in the corridor outside his office in the House Office Building and sustained a broken leg He was carried to the casualty hospital for treatment.
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Washington
D. H. Kincheloe
Kentucky
Ofice
Fire hits the presidential yacht Mayflower at navy yard
A small blaze broke out aboard the Mayflower tied at the Washington navy yard. Firefighters extinguished the fire with no serious injuries reported.
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Washington
Dee
Navy Yard
Countess Georgina Markievics Sentenced to Two Years
Dublin reports Countess Georgina Markievics was tried by a court martial on a charge of conspiracy to organize a seditious society and sentenced to two years at hard labor in prison.
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Dublin
Georgina Markievics
Grain market shows steady undertone amid holiday trading
U S Weekly Market Report for period ending December 30 notes no definite trend but a steady undertone as holiday business dominates. Wheat premiums largely hold, corn premiums fall, and mixed corn under December trends. Minneapolis and Chicago quotes reflect demand for low grade wheat, timothy steady, and hay markets sluggish. Dairy prices and fruit vegetable shifts show mixed movement with regional price levels noted.
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My. US
Bureau OF Markets
Washington
Chicago
Minneapolis
Gulf
Timothy
New York
Sic
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Baldwins
Yorks
Death of former German chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Former imperial chancellor Dr Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg died after a brief illness at his estate near Berlin. Born in 1856 he was linked to the Frankfurt banking Von Bethmann family. He coined the phrase a scrap of paper in 1914 and opposed U boat ruthless tactics during the war.
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Berlin
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
Hohenfinnow
Hollweg
von Bethmann
Frankfort
Mathias Hollweg
Bonn
Prussia
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Belgium
Doctor Hollweg
Water Power Permits Sought in Midwest Applications
Included in 194 applications received by the federal water power commission for permits or licenses under the water power act are one from Ilinois one from Wisconsin and three from Minnesota.
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Washington
Tan
Federal Water Power Commission
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cassell Rations Housing in City of 170,000
In Cassell Germany a city housing commission report notes 5400 residents without homes. The body is rationing rooming houses and hotels to cope with the shortage in this 170000 population city.
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Cassell
Germany
City Housing Commission
Changes at Washington tennis court for Harding wish
Readers report alterations at the Washington tennis court in response to President-elect Warren G. Harding. The changes aim to align facilities with his preferences as the new administration prepares to take office.
Atlantic City hotel proprietors fined in liquor case ruling
Judge Robert H. Ingersoll in Mays Landing county court fined seven Atlantic City hotel and case proprietors a total of 20 000 for selling intoxicating liquors.
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Mays Landing
N. 7
Ann
Pfor
Atlantic City
Robert H. Ingersoll
Milk dumped into rivers as supply unable to market
Edwardsville January 1 report says decreased demand left many southern Illinois dairy farmers with excess milk and thousands of gallons are being poured into rivers and creeks daily amid market shortages.
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Edwardsville
Tinois
Duke Connaught Aboard Malaya With High Temperature
A Daily World dispatch from London reports the Duke of Connaught aboard the battleship Malaya with a fever of 101 degrees. The note notes the duke’s condition during the ships’ voyage.
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London
Daily
Wr. Press
Sios
Malaya
German Refusal to Disarm Civic Guards Talks Circa Nice
Paris dispatch says the prime ministers of France Great Britain and Italy will discuss Germanys refusal to disband the ein wohnerwehr civic guards when they meet at Nice or Cannes.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Taty
Einwohnerwehr
Nice
Cannes
Culver Citizens Battle Bandits in Broad Daylight
Culver Indiana reports a bank holdup on main street by five Chicago gunmen. Three bandits and two citizens were shot. bandits fled or were captured in Knox Burr Oak and Culver. About 7500 dollars taken. Saine shot in mouth. Chicago reports a parallel railroad robbery with two youths captured at Aroma Park after a gun duel. one wounded youth died. Joe Scott and Jake Scott identified.
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Culver
Ind
Chicago
Knox
Tvo
Burr Oak
Lnd
H. A. Ox
J. R. Burns
A. Gilbert
Culver Exchange Bank
J. J. Laine
Saine
Jacob Saine
fFor
New Orleans
John O'Neil
Joe Scott
Jake Scott
Greenville
Ill
Raid Near Hurley Nets 70 Saloons Raided by 48 Agents
In Hurley Wisconsin 48 federal prohibition agents from Chicago raided 38 of 58 saloons within an hour arresting about 70 saloonkeepers and others. They seized thousands of dollars in moonshine and bonded liquor as evidence after a wild night of sales. Prisoners were escorted to Ashland where bonds were set from 500 to 2000 dollars each.
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Hurley
Wis
Dee
Iron Range
Prohibition
Frank D. Richardson
Chicago
Ashland
United States
Walter S. Kate
Red Cross Aids the Turks
Four hundred seventy tons of American supplies have been distributed to refugees in the harbor of Constantinople by the American Red Cross after Wrangel's army collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Constantinople
Wrangel
Candy Price Cut By Major Drug Chain In New York
A large chain drug concern announced candy prices would fall 8 to 33 1 8 percent due to lower sugar costs. The move affects various candy lines and reflects market easing in early January.
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New York
Whisky Ring Revealed Arrest of Antonio Vappano
Washington January 1 a nation wide plot to obtain liquor permits through bribes to prohibition officials is exposed with the arrest of Antonio Vappano an Italian fencing master in Washington awaiting further police action
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Washington
Jan
Antonio Vappano
London Papers Call for US Britain Japan Naval Conference
London newspapers renew insistence on restraining naval armaments and urging a conference among the United States Great Britain and Japan to address the issue.
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Japan
London
United States
Great Britain
Wreck on Big Four Road Kills Engineer in Ansonia
Union City Indiana December reports a Big Four passenger train wreck at Ansonia Ohio leaves engineer George Buster dead and 17 passengers injured, some seriously.
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Union City
Ind
Dee
George Buster
Ansonia
Burglarists Steal One Cent From Factory Safe
Burglars forced open the New Way Manufacturing safe on Tuesday night in Eau Claire Wik, but took only one cent. They escaped undetected with no clues left behind.
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Eau Chute
Wik
New Way Manufacturing Company
Senate Passes War Finance Revival Over Wilson Veto
The Senate approved Joint Resolution 212 to revive the War Finance Corporation 65 to 5 despite President Wilson's veto. The president warned the move could raise false hopes and harm orderly business and finance. Senator Underwood said he would override the veto, while Secretary Houston urged disapproval.
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Washington
Senate
War Finance Corporation
Wilson
Underwood
Houston
Senate of the United States
Iam
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Italy suspends passport issuance for U S immigrants
Washington reports the royal Italian government has halted issuing passports to Italian subjects seeking emigration to the United States and will not resume until Italy is advised on which immigrant classes are desired in the United States.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Envoy Sails to Cuba to Confer With President Menocal
Maj. Gen. Enoch H Crowder sailed for Havana by presidential directive to discuss the Cuba situation with President Menocal. Flooding hits farms near Orilla and Kent as White river rises three feet in four hours. Federal troops at Merrimac West Virginia report shootings from Kentucky mountains amid a coal strike disturbance.
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Washington
Wilson
Havana
Menocal
Cuba
Seattle
Wash
White River
Orilla
Kent
King County
U. S
Williamson
W. Va
Merrimac
Kentucky
Trenton Auto Crash Drowns Man and Baby
A man and a baby drowned when an automobile skidded on waterlogged road near Trenton New Jersey. Seven others were injured with cuts and bruises as the car plunged into a deep ditch during the incident dated January fifth.
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Trenton
N.J
Shot by Football Star Dies in New Year Party Accident
New York news reports Julian Dick died after being accidentally shot at a New Year's party by George Bruce Brooks, former Williams College football star. A blood transfusion operation failed to save him.
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New York
Julian Dick
George Bruce Brooks
Williams
Railroads Await Government Guaranty Ruling
Justice McCoy ruled that railroads must wait for a final order from the Interstate Commerce Commission before receiving any part of the $4.1 billion government guaranty. The decision halts immediate disbursement pending further regulatory action.
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Washington
Jan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Justice McCoy
Capitol in West Virginia Burns in Mysterious Blaze
Charleston West Virginia January 1 The capitol building was destroyed by fire of mysterious origin. Two firemen were killed and several others injured when a section of root arc decayed In.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Capitol
Open Letter to Women from Philadelphia Patient
The letter describes severe menstrual irregularities and pain, preventing household work. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for seven months she reports restoration of health and ability to perform duties. The writer endorses the product and recommends it to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Vici
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Land sale in San Antonio area seeks buyers for 1206 acres
1206 Acres Rich Valley Land in Live Oak County listed by Jerma Lacks & Knight, owners. Fenced with good conditions, price 35 dollars per acre. Includes notes on $200 estimate monthly income, total cost for one month wages, and references to government quotations and sworn statements. Oyster Growers' Co-op in Tampa, Florida mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Live Oak Co
Jerma, Lacks & Knight
San Antonio
Texas
Agsn
Tampa
Fla
Bitter Truth and Hergesheimer Dinner Debate
Joseph Hergesheimer, noted fiction writer, dined in New York with a friend and criticized the commercial spirit in literature. He argued that art should not be driven by money, though he noted prices should not pose an obstacle in these times as the waiter delivered an exorbitant bill. Chronic Constipation is as dangerous as disagreeable Garfield Tea cures it Adv.
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Joseph Hergesheimer
New York
Hergesheimer
Garfield
Suave Agent And Farmers Wife In Scandal Snippet
A canine dialogue features a Suave agent at a door offering a literary work to cultured locals. Farmer Fumblegate explains his wife, listening on the party line, is the one stuttering as another woman details a revolting scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fumblegate
Kangas City Star
Cuticura Talcum Advertises Fragrance Choice
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Talcum as part of the Cuticura Trio with Soap and Ointment. The scented powder and perfume are pitched for face skin baby and dusting use at 25 cents each, available everywhere.
Automobiles Boost Business Brain Power Claim
The United States Automobile Chamber of Commerce says cars have increased executive capacity by 83 1 3 percent, adding 37,491 men of executive caliber to business. The impact shows a salary value gain of 562,365,000 dollars.
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United States Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Kitchen quarrel echoes through Yonkers kitchen
In a Yonkers Statesman snippet, Mrs. Bacon notes her husband rants about the cook while Mrs. Egbert recalls she left yesterday, sparking talk of fear and propriety in the household.
Otter Fur Quip Sparks Grim Warning In Letter
A sardonic remark on otter hunting and broader cruelty prompts a stark warning about men leaving home as part of a grim social observation. The author connects skinning to moral dissipation and warns that absence does not improve affection.
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Bureau of Veteran Re-establishment
Savages
Haiti
Naval Board of Inquiry
Naval Board of Innquiry
Alatlan
Cuckels
Cadeus Belegarde
Cocos
Clarence IX, Morris
Squadron Wi
Marine Aviation Forces
Lawrence Muth
Warry Lawrence
Oyelash
RED
CZAR
County Monaghan
Adventist Church Active
Seventh Day Denomination
Seag
Ireland
Knockgriffa
U. S. Weekly Market Report
Bethmann-Hollweg
ASK Water Power
Commission
Culver State Bank
Lmoaney
T. C. Rail
America
General Crowder
Mrs. Little
Peggy
Mother
Kemp
Dean
Ast
Illinois
R. L. Petts
St. Centralia
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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