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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
2
A wide range of brief items reports on political releases in London and Washington, wartime and famine concerns, incidents of violence and crime, and notable deaths. Highlights include Russian relief efforts and Lenin notes, famine impacts on children, public notices of prosecutions, and a Washington report on government finances and policy shifts.
Washington lawmakers began revising the revenue law with hopes to finish next week. Senate plans a recess as talks on the bread funding and armament conference move forward.
In a note on baseball history, veteran catcher Bill Billifer, longtime teammate of Alexander the Creator, is cited as guider of the Chicago Residents, succeeding John Z. Evers. The report places Evers’ woes in Chicago.
President Harding attends the Pilgrim Tercentenary celebration as the supreme council meets in Paris to discuss allied aid for Russia and the Upper Silesian question. Reports note cholera fears across eastern Europe, massive refugee movements, and tensions over postwar reparations and shipping competition between Britain and the United States.
Reports say opposition figures fear Bolshevik strength and foresee counter revolutions in Soviet Russia. Alexander Kerensky is said to be negotiating with France with hopes of toppL ing Lenin and Trotsky, possibly gaining support for a stable government and debt concessions. Italy may back him while Britain desires Greek control of Constantinople. Moscow urges foreign nationals to evacuate southern Russia as food runs short and transport fails.
President Alarding travels by water to Ily miowth then rests at Secretary Weeks' home as Congress adopts a relief bill for ex servicemen. The measure aims to reorganize agencies and provide care for veterans lacking employment, with serious unemployment noted in large cities.
David H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue, has ordered Assistant Commissioner Matson to conduct a thorough inquiry into bureau affairs. Serious charges include illegal disclosure of income tax statements for profitable use and alleged internal collusion to reveal confidential information.
Seven former Chicago White Sox players and two alleged accomplices are cleared by a Chicago jury of conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series. Judge Landis promptly ruled no players involved in throwing games will be allowed back in professional baseball. The public moral stance remains clear despite the verdict's reliance on legal technicalities.
The world mourns the death of famed operatic tenor Enrico Caruso who died in Naples after complications from illness in America. He had returned to Italy for recuperation and did not survive surgery attempts. The funeral was lavish with royal and government dignitaries present and many singers performing at the last rites.
Federal authorities move to end a wave of postal and bond robberies across the nation. John W. Worthington of Chicago is arrested as the gang’s brain, with others hunted or in custody. Evidence links Worthington to the Sinclair OK company robbery in New York and Dearborn station theft in Chicago, plus Council Bluffs and other crimes. Prosecution claims they dealt in doctored Liberty bonds and washed savings stamps.
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