Washington News of the Week Cuts Busy Readers
Washington reports the fight over the four power treaty with irreconcilables pressing for a disentangling reservation. Ambassadors pledge Senate support to Britain at a London dinner. Across Washington and Indianapolis, bills on pensions and mine strikes move amid military and economic turmoil.
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Senate
Washington
Great Britain
United States Senate
Ambassador Harvey
Lhe
Pilgrims’ Society
London
A. J. Balfour
Paris agrees to reparations commission role this year
London reports that Britain conditionally accepts France’s plan to let the reparations commission handle Germany’s reply on reparations due this year. Louis Loucheur warns France cannot repay the $3 billion US debt.
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Paris
Reparations Commission
General Strike Threat Looms in Coal Mines
News review notes a looming general strike of coal miners on April 1 as United Mine Workers of America in Indianapolis reject wage cuts and endorse a potential shutdown, with a members referendum planned before March 31 if no deal is reached.
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United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Scale Committee
Senator Borah Opposes Bonus Over Veterans Care
Senator Borah fights the bonus citing harm to soldiers care already underway by the veterans bureau. He forecasts ten years of disability costs reaching 1.5 billion dollars, while Director Forbes notes 1922 spending at 510 million and describes daily cash allotments and free hospital care for about 380,000 veterans.
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Pakex
House
Ways and Means
Harding
Congress
Washington
Senate
Army
Navy
Mondell
Mellon
Enator Borah
Veterans’ Bureau
Forbes
Senate Deliberates Four Power Pacific Treaty Details
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee discussed the four power Pacific treaty and adopted a Hitchcock resolution asking President Harding to transmit more information and documents. Administrations leaders noted most negotiations were oral with few notes kept.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hitchcock
Warding
Senate
Trade statistics publication request by Hoover
Secretary of Commerce Hoover seeks to publish trade statistics gathered by trade associations. he asks the Attorney General for guidance on the legal framework and release process. The move highlights government data sharing aims and potential impacts on industry transparency and regulatory policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecretary OF Commerce
Hoover
Belfast Conflict Deepens as British Troops Fight Factions
Faction clashes in Belfast leave about forty killed and many wounded as British troops intervene with bayonet charges. Michael Collins travels to London and says liaison commissions will patrol the frontier and a hostage release is secured. European economic talks face likely postponement and German reparations debate looms with Rathenau proposing noncash payment in 1922.
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Belfast
Michael Collins
Irish Free State
London
James Craig
Free State
Ulster
Collins
ROM
Paris
Europe
Genoa
Rome
Milan
Verona
France
United States
Senate
Walther Rathenau
Rathenau
Germany
Stinnes Loses Grip as Reichstag Votes Confidence
Industrial magnate Ugo Stinnes and his Peoples party faced sharp attacks in the Reichstag debate. The government won a confidence vote. The result benefits Chancellor Wirth and the Indus trial group opposing Stinnes, including Doctor Rathenau.
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Ugo Stinnbes
Germany
Reichstag
Peoples’ Party
Wirth Bus
Doctor Rathenau
Stinnes
Chicago gang defrauds foreign residents after Ponzi style scheme
A gang in Chicago defrauded foreign residents of millions using methods like the Boston Ponzi scheme. Most members are under arrest and police pursue the rest.
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Nother
Chicago
Ponzi
Boston
Taunton Woman Credits Vegetable Compound Relief
Mrs Besngee Silvia of 59 Grant St Taunton says the Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound eased her back and leg pains and other monthly troubles allowing her to work and do housework through her period. She advises friends to try it after similar success.
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Taunton
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Besngee Silvia
Grant St
It Must Be a Great Consolation to the Widow
The article notes that it is a strong relief when life insurance fully compensates a family for a breadwinner’s death. It emphasizes the financial cushion provided to widows by adequate policy payout, easing their burden in mourning.
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H. E. Watts
Ior
Dr. Pierce
President Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N. Y
Elevators and men fall in the world when they rise
A brief wry quip notes that some men descend morally when they attempt to rise in status, using the metaphor of elevators to suggest repeated declines with advancement.
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