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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
2
News of the Week summarizes resumed German US diplomacy with Lang presenting credentials, a Colombia treaty payoff prompting a new trade pact, and Harding commuting a wartime espionage sentence. It notes Japan’s stance on Shantung, naval arms limits, and a broad mix of political, crime, and disaster items across the United States and abroad.
Foreign dispatches report Chilean newspapers and politicians urging definite annexation of Tacna and Arica as Peruvians resist. Lima faced a blackout after sabotage of electrical lines disrupting capital services. A Paris census puts France including Alsace Lorraine at 39 million with 550k foreigners.
Senate chief and tariff expert Buies Penrose of Pennsylvania died in Washington after a short illness at sixty one. Sir John Hare, English actor and manager, also died at seventy seven. Centre College’s unbeaten eleven lost to Texas A and M 22 to 14 in Dallas. Washington and Jefferson upset California at Pasadena by keeping them scoreless in a famed coast game.
At the Washington conference last week a deadlock over submarine and auxiliary tonnage limits stalled an agreed framework. France pushes for 90,000 tons of submersibles and 330,000 tons of auxiliaries, while Britain argues such a fleet threatens commerce. Other accords include 16 inch capital guns and a ban on submarine attacks on commerce with established rules for stop and search and safety.
During its recess the D A Hingan has heard from Sinn Fein clubs and southern groups urging ratification. Investigators estimate about 90 percent nationwide favor adoption, Ulster excluded. The English press predicts ratification as Whitehall plans transfer of island governance to a provisional Irish government. Prime Minister Lloyd George warned that reopening the debate would void the treaty.
Quieting in Britain's colonies continues amid arrests and Mahatma Gandhi's influence. In India the Indian nationalist congress at Ahmedabad debated complete independence but Gandhi backed legitimate peaceful means. The Prince of Wales travels with little disturbance as unrest scales down.
Senator McCormick and associates on the congressional Haiti committee recommend American marine occupation to secure peace and development. They seek an American high commissioner to coordinate administrators from the 1915 treaty and oversee a new loan to settle European debt and satisfy Haitian claims. They call for better roads as a top need for the republic of Santo Domingo and favor continued occupation for now.
Peru and Bolivia move toward formal talks in Washington with plenipotentiaries. Peru asks U S consent to hold negotiations in Washington and for President Harding to act as final arbitrator. Bolivia presses for a Pacific outlet for Chile.
Wisconsin Senator La Follette says a December 9 Washington conference among railroad coal steel and lumber interests sought to secure farm leaders against repealing the guaranty section of the transportation act and restoring state rate control. James R Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation denies any secret or unholy nature to the meeting.
Indianapolis residents praise Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Healing Suppositories for postnatal fatigue and nervous condition. The ad urges mothers not to neglect health, offering tablets or liquid forms and a 10 cent trial packet with free medical advice from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
A vintage ad urges mothers to use genuine California Fig Syrup to cleanse the liver and bowels of children. It claims a teaspoonful relieves symptoms like fever, colic, and constipation within hours and warns to spell California to avoid imitations.
Chicago plans the largest hotel in the world with 4000 rooms including 400 kitchenettes for guests who wish to cook. The project is projected to cost about 15 million dollars.
In an old advertisement, Cuticura talcum is touted as part of the famed trio with Soap and Ointment. The copy stresses its use for toilet needs including face and baby care and claims it eliminates the need for other perfumes. Priced at 25 cents everywhere.
The uplifts encounter friction as uplift workers accuse recipients of ungratefulness while seeking more assistance. Tensions rise among staff and beneficiaries over expectations and outcomes, highlighting strain in aid programs.
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