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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
2
Charles G. Dawes takes helm as budget chief with Army help and volunteer advisers. The article outlines Dawes plans, the scope of duties, and the push to secure estimates for the next fiscal year. It notes Army officers Moseley and Smither as guidance, and describes broader Washington pressures and anticipated Cabinet coordination.
A London Graphic piece muses on how smoking started with two traditional tales. One says Adam sought relief from Eve, and God sent tobacco, while another suggests Eve prayed for distraction from Adam and was answered with the smoke.
A dangerous fish lurks in the South Seas coral sands with a hollow dorsal fin that resembles rattlesnake fangs. When stepped on it ejects a poison into the victim, posing a hidden peril to divers and beachgoers alike.
The House pushes oil onto the free list as tariff provisions advance. A presidential letter hints at a possible concession aimed at easing pressure on tariffs. The shift signals a broader move toward tax and trade adjustments under consideration.
The session opened with debate over a proposed duty on cotton linked to an oil tax plan. Chairman Fordney faced opposition from President Harding on a protective provision. Initial votes split along party lines as Republicans opposed extended debate and Democrats backed tighter oils and fuels provisions.
Police say a fireman refused to return to duty after an engineer death in a Texas rail disaster. Robinson faces murder charges relating to the incident as officials confirm an offensive report of the engineer being chilled by a party unknown to railroad staff.
A Brooklyn boy named Prank Faring allegedly stabbed himself with a stiletto. Doctors at Holy Family hospital performed a thirty five minute operation to repair the heart. Frink asked to sit up two hours after the procedure and doctors were hopeful for recovery.
According to a European source quoted by Vosskche Zelwung, Mussina faces drought and famine with Bertin Twen near starvation. People subsist on bark and tree grubs as sections deteriorate while thousands flee toward Moscow and Petrograd, seen in every direction.
Secretary of the National Organization of Good Fellows of America, K Hansen, was arrested on charges of using the society to defraud. He allegedly secured 52,000 in two cent membership fees from 254,000 members across the United States. The group aimed to push a move to permit light wine and beer manufacture. Hansen founded the organization.
Officials of the Protestant Episcopal Church announce a new venture to use advertising columns in New York papers for church publicity and evangelistic outreach. The publicity department will add an advertising writer, following decisions at two conferences, though full details were not released.
Western Newspaper Union dispatch from Washington reports Japan ready to enter a disarmament conference but withholding assent to unrestricted discussion of Pacific issues. American officials favor a path to a satisfactory conference while avoiding broadening the agenda to sensitive East Asia questions. Tokyo fears opening diplomatic intrigues could jeopardize progress comparable to Versailles.
The article discusses using savings to fund housing amid debt and policy shifts. It cites figures on deposits directed toward home building and notes government actions under Commerce Secretary Hoover and Postmaster General Hays. It mentions parcel post scales weighing babies as part of a development experiment for mothers and infants.
In Boston Hoover predicts improving times as industrial doldrums ease. He notes rising labor efficiency, greater farming effort, and curtailed speculation and waste, signaling a turn toward better economic conditions.
A joint committee vote orders an inquiry into second class postal rates. A subcommittee named Hurpone, with Ramseyer, Hardy, Kelly, Parish, Bell and others from Iowa Pennsylvania Georgia Texas, will lead the review.
Federal authorities report the removal of forty eight turrets of whiskey from a government bonded warehouse at Vallejo California and its substitution with water The whiskey is linked to F Hollman a San Francisco realty dealer and to a figure named Johnson The latter was tarred and had part of his hair clipped by masked men at Tenaha Texas and is jailed awaiting the next grand jury on a bigamy charge Sheriff M Smith of Shelby County relayed that the woman claimed the masked men gave no instructions when she was freed but asked about a man she knew Johnson is said to have been married three times.
In private talks with Wool Ferry investigating mission, several prominent Filipinos in business and politics express desire for eventual independence. They caution the Philippines are not yet ready due to precarious financial conditions. Public speakers weigh the same concerns as the debate continues.
War era coverage details clashes between former Secretary Daniels and Rear Admiral Sims amid Senate naval committee probes. Reports compare majority and minority views on delays and decisions shaping U.S. naval operations, with a political backdrop from Daniels to Hear Admiral Sims. A stray Frontier Days note closes the piece with an unrelated sighting by a Pine Ridge Sioux woman.
Navy Secretary announced that navy yards and shot stations will operate on a five day week temporarily to avoid drastic personnel cuts due to reduced appropriations. In Florida, eight masked men tarred and whipped White preacher Tarred and Whipped Minch, then dumped him in a sack and left him on the street near a depot after beating him at the close of evening services.
The public health service reports a new pellagra outbreak in the South. Officials cite low mood in the cotton market and diet of salt pork and corn bread as contributing factors. Cases have doubled in at least one state since last year and the situation is considered serious.
Julesburg Colorado July 14 Following recusations he had made Ralph Roxell a prominent young clothing merchant here had endeavored to induce his wife to go with him to an all night party and Baker a prosperous young rancher near Julesburg killed Howell there They argued in the law office of Kultur and George Maker witnesses were unable to check Baker before he fired five shots from an automatic pistol The sheriff Humberstone of Sedgwick county said Baker shot the wrong man when he picked Roxell as the one who had enticed his wife away Mrs Roxell swore Baker was allied but Jute town Townston Roxell identified Baker and Baker shot him to death The evidence convinced the jury that Roxell was not the man in Nile District Attorney Rey Thorne planned a direct reform to get Baker charged with felonious intent After the shooting Baker walked into the street and left the building He was enraged and had four children.
Ohio bankers convening in Cleveland affirm the nation’s gradual return to normal conditions saying the country is solid as the Rock of Gibraltar. They acknowledge internal price adjustments are the main need for practical calm and stability.
Chicago dated report states Mrs Dora Waterman was found guilty of slaying her husband with a meat cleaver to seize his property She was the third woman convicted in twenty years among twenty one tried on murder charges and received a seventeen year sentence in the penitentiary.
The Turkish nationalists deport Greeks into the interior, including 100 employees of an American tobacco firm, claiming to curb Greek agitation for a Pontus republic. A village was burned and eighty two bodies were found at the mouth of the Kiau Irmak river. Paris says France will keep Rhine occupation until Germany meets Versailles wartime punishment conditions. Briand advertises France’s strength and seeks Allied support.
Political fray centers on removal of hides from a free list as party lines split. Republicans push for adjournment while opponents advocate continuing proceedings, reflecting a charged legislative atmosphere and strategic maneuvering.
Washington July 16 The House voted 152 to 7 to impose a 15 percent ad valorem duty on raw green and pickled hides, with a follow up tax on all leather goods including shoes. Eight Ways and Means Republicans supported free hides, while Garner of Texas led Democratic opposition. A later vote kept the bill moving despite Democratic objections, highlighting partisan splits among lawmakers over the leather duty and its impact on farmers and the shoe industry.
Representatives of the United Mine Workers of America for Missouri Kansas and Arkansas met with Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators Association and John P White national headquarter envoy and declined a voluntary wage reduction.
In Chicago the National Association of Taxicab Owners in convention launched a campaign to protect car users and the public from reckless driving. Delegates represent major taxi firms from New York Philadelphia Washington San Francisco Pittsburgh Kansas City and numerous smaller cities.
Mrs Sam Lank of Minn city endured a fruitless 24 hour search for her baby daughter believed taken by gypsies. Overcome with despair she collapsed onto her bed and discovered the infant fast asleep on the floor between the bed and the wall.
Census bureau reports mortgage debts of American farms rose sharply from 1910 to 1920. The rise in charges against farm owners reached about eighteen hundred percent, climbing from roughly $1,000 in 1910 to over $4 million in 1920, signaling heavy financial strain on farming communities.
In Lynch Kentucky three men were killed and four seriously wounded as officers led by William Holcomb chief of police Jim Coldiron deputy sheriff and Carl Fulton mine foreman tried to arrest three unnamed suspects. The wounded were unnamed and the accused were jailed in Harlan under guard to prevent disorders. The report also notes a nationwide drive by the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters in Atlantic City New Jersey to end discrimination against families with children and to push state laws outlawing such practices.
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