18 Nov 1921
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1921
Page
1
The report notes British support for an open door approach to China and announces a high level session scheduled for Monday. An official statement gave little on objectives, implying the French armament conference will focus on presentation of Premier Briand’s views.
The Admiralty ordered a stop to all work on four Hood type super battleships. Shipyards were told not to proceed with any further naval construction until the Admiralty issues a new directive. The pause follows the Washington Conference findings and halting warship production until further notice.
Market activity cooled by noon led by declines in Mexican Petroleum and Industrial Alcohol after early strength from Mercantile Marine Preferred, American Smelting, and Anaconda. Ralls remained sluggish as call money opened at four and a half percent for the week ahead.
The Associated Press reports that in San Francisco on November 18 the jury for the manslaughter case of Roscoe C Arbuckle was selected at 10 15 am and sworn by the clerk.
State Police pursue two armed robbers who killed 72 year old Mrs Allen Braithowitz and severely beat her husband after entering their Greensburg area farmhouse on November 13. The assailants demanded money and fled into nearby woods following the attack.
The Senate adopted the conference report on the Anti Beer Bill, outlawing beer and wine for non sacramental uses. The measure now goes to the President after the House earlier acted.
Washington November 1 The nomination of Bill Dresel to the American Charge D Affaires at Berlin was confirmed today by the Senate.
Washington dispatch reports Pope Benedict sending a cantegram to President Harding hoping God grant a happy issue to the initiative by the Chief Magistrate of the Great American Republic aimed at tranquilizing the trepidation of humanity.
Richard Champlain aged 22 confessed to killing his father Adrian Champlain and stepmother Mrs. Champlain in Saginaw Michigan. He was sentenced today to life imprisonment after pleading guilty.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, which had deferred its dividend in May, declared a 2 percent dividend. The past four years saw a 4 percent annual rate. In Chicago, bank messenger John Hebel was kidnapped by men near the Loop and taken to Lincoln Park, where a sack addressed to the Great North Trust Co. was taken from him.
Washington dispatch reports naval and Far Eastern committees delaying formal statements on policy. Britain and France align with open door and Chinese development, Italy likely to join, Japan crafting detailed plan with Tokio. U S officials defer specifics, promising to uphold open door while negotiations proceed.
Associated Press report from Mena Arkansas notes that eight members of the R. E. Weems family at Wikes about 26 miles south of Mena were killed when their home collapsed during a violent storm. Little damage was reported elsewhere on the Weems farm.
In New York on November 18 thirty three individuals and twenty five corporations, members of the Marble Industry Employers Association, pleaded guilty to violating the Anti-Trust law. Supreme Court Justice McAvoy will sentence them on November 28. The case stemmed from findings by the Lockwood Committee during the Building Trust inquiry last year. A separate note mentions a French scientist photographing stars near the sun using a color filtered screen.
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