04 Sep 1922
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1922
Page
1
Berlin reports rising prices and food shortages as winter looms. The government tightens wine and spirits sales, urges restraint, and coordinates forced measures to curb profiteering. Officials warn against price gouging while planning centralized food distribution and municipal watch on markets.
A West Paterson court order halted a planned picnic for political prisoners at Regina's Roost N J. Police, with Justice of the Peace Kannelhor upholding the ruling as un-American. More than five hundred ticket holders were turned away while organizers and supporters protested. about four thousand tickets had been sold for the holiday event.
Ten year old John Hyland of 129 Perry Street pulled a .32 caliber revolver from Norah's baby carriage, startling bystanders Martin Toomey and Frank Tahara. The weapon discharged, wounding Martin in the chest. he was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in serious condition. Detective Ryan says the gun likely was tossed into the carriage to avoid police search.
A wide range of brief items reports labour and crime events including an anthracite strike settlement aimed at preventing suffering, masked robberies stealing cash and jewelry, fatal automobile crashes in Middletown and the metropolitan district, labor and political actions, and a mass of public notices. The items mention Edna Ferber, the League of Nations, and various police investigations alongside sports results and market news.
Lieutenant Walter Hinton resumed the sea plane flight to Brazil aboard Jampaio Correia No. 2. The return journey began from Pensacola with a test over the harbor before continuing south. The Bampaio Correia No. 2 arrived at Petersburg from Pensacola amid stormy conditions and plans to resume at daybreak toward Key West.
Mrs Catherine Sweeney and her niece Mia McNaught were robbed by three masked men in their Flatbush home after returning from a theater. The burglars took cash and jewels valued at $1,000, but fled before diamonds worth $20,000 could be stripped. Police detained three nephews of a neighbor on suspicion of burglary, while the Sweeney household awaited word from investigators. The incident involved a chauffeur, a German police dog, and later police protection for the family.
State police and Clinton County District Attorney Harold A Jerry opened a formal inquiry into the September shooting of A M Buddie Johnson at Jack Clifford’s camp on Chateaugay Lake. Johnson said to have accidentally fired Clifford’s 2 caliber revolver while packing for a hunting trip, with Mrs Johnson and others questioned as investigators seek fuller details. A separate Boston riot erupted when Aaron Allen of the YMHA read a disputed letter at a Winthrop mass meeting, prompting pursuit by angry attendees and leading to statements from Mrs Kann’s family and Cliff House trustees confirming their stance.
Mrs. Agatha Miller, fifty four, of Cleveland, died when the car she rode in rolled off a Niagara Falls cliff two hundred feet to the riverbank. Edward Meyers of Buffalo drove the vehicle parked near the American bridge while the others rode as sightseers. he left to fetch license papers, the car slipped, and Mrs. Miller was killed despite bystander efforts to halt the plunge.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports seven railroad machinists died when a fire at the Thirty third Street Pennsylvania Railroad car repair shop broke out at 6 am. The blaze, thought incendiary, trapped fifty five workers including many from outside cities. Police held two in custody amid ongoing inquiries by multiple agencies.
Bernard Sloan an Irish immigrant who saved a five year old boy from the East River last Thursday night was found dead off East Sixty fifth Street. He had come to New York three months earlier, lived with the Murphy family and earned scant means. Sloan leaped into the river at Roton Point during a rainy excursion by the Yorkville branch of the Irish Republic organization and perished after shielding the child until a rescuer pulled the boy from danger. Mrs Murphy plans to bury him in Cong Cemetery.
Coal dealers say New York City can avoid winter hardship if railways deliver anthracite. Production to resume with 155,000 miners returning by Sept 11. mines reportedly in good condition though full capacity may take a month. Two to three week household needs likely met, with smaller, staggered orders possible. Five percent of tonnage goes to industry, others for home use. cellar stocks and small reserves expected to ease shortages.
Railroad shopmen from the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and Reading lines in Philadelphia pass a resolution urging Samuel Gompers to support a general strike after an injunction against the shopmen. Camden, N J workers join the Philadelphia effort with nearly 1000 attendees at the meeting.
Philadelphia dispatch reports the United Mine Workers wage scale committee ratified the Pepper plan ending the anthracite coal strike. 186,000 miners will return to work on Monday September 11 with a plan to form a separate anthracite commission to investigate industry conditions. The agreement preserves existing wage rates and supports a congressional push for a dedicated commission.
Washington reports the end of the anthracite strike reduces the administration's industrial crisis burden. Officials say rail entanglements remain a government concern while policy decisions await further actions by Attorney General Dougherty amid ongoing transportation negotiations and a stalled contract backdrop.
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