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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
2
Washington conference with President Harding sparks a plan for another meeting between railway unions and executives to resolve the shop strike. Reports show coal car loadings rising and other federal actions shaping the year’s economic outlook.
President Harding weighs a final proposal to end the coal strike via a four state agreement and a federal inquiry. Washington officials expect early settlement while railroad shopmen reject a simple seniority compromise and press for a full conference with all unions.
Reported seizures of three British steamers and arrests in Batoum amid global tensions. Dail Eireann president Arthur Griffith dies in Dublin from influenza. Alsace Lorraine expulsion notices issued for 500 Germans. Clonmel returns to Free State control after turmoil. Swatow typhoon deaths estimated at 50,000. Belgica balloon race winner announced. India Canada South Africa to ratify Washington treaties. Russian destroyer sunk in Helsinki maneuvers. Dundalk captured and Drogheda attacked as Irish Civil War flares north of Dublin.
In the Ohio primaries the Republicans chose Carmi A Thompson favored by the Harding administration and the Anti Saloon League for governor while Democrat A V Donahey of New Philadelphia secured the nomination.
Portugal faces a general strike driven by rising food prices. The government has declared martial law with constitutional guarantees suspended and relocated to Fort Cascaes as unrest grows.
In the shop men's strike discussion the worst accident occurred near St. Louis Missouri when a steel coach passenger train on the Missouri Pacific ran past block signals and collided with a local train. Thirty seven people died and one hundred eighty eight were injured.
ATER reports from Swatow on the China coast say the recent typhoon ranks among history’s worst. Death estimates jump from 5,000 to 50,000 with about 100,000 left homeless.
Mrs Herbert Lane of Larwill Indiana reports four years of fatigue nervousness and dizziness. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says she feels well again and can manage farm work and three children. The ad urges others with similar symptoms to try the product.
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