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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
2
A roundup notes Washington actions on railroad labor awards and funding, troop levels in occupied Germany, ratification of the German treaty, and shifts in Senate committees. It reports rail arbitration, freight-rate changes, and factory activity, plus a spate of local crimes, deaths, and notable statements from public figures.
Foreign Minister Demitroff of Bulgaria is killed near Kosterdil along with his chauffeur and two companions. Reports show a Yukon mail stage leaving Dawson for Whitehorse amid deep winter isolation. Berlin’s cabinet resigns under Chancellor Wirth, and Marshal Foch sails to the U.S. on the Paris. The Buenos Aires embassy faces a Sacco-Vanzetti related threat. A Mexican rail strike looms, a hand grenade injures Paris police, and a Moro killings spree shocks Mindanao. French police flag 100+ young communists who reached the U.S. The Washington conference is urged for a military alliance. Sylvia Pankhurst plans a London demonstration. Shrenberg dies in Stockholm. Lisbon sees royalist and republican violence. Siam’s Prince Lophuri heads to Victoria. Mexican clashes near Vera Cruz drive Aspejo toward Puebla. a rail express haul of about 30000 dollars seized in Canada. Turkish nationalists lose ground in Asia Minor. Belfast battles hurt civilians. Lisbon seizes control of government. a new ex-revolutionist is named. July exports rise in Germany. Soviet Russia approves alcohol manufacture. Ulster status sparks Irish peace talks adjournment.
A looming railway walkout is deemed likely to fail with most unions staying put as managers plan to keep essentials running. The Senate ratified peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary by a 66 to 20 vote, with two Republican oppositions and fourteen Democrats backing the measure.
A commission reports surplus supplies and materials held by the shipping board show an inventory loss of 90 million. Shipyard equipment land buildings and drydocks once valued at 117 million now stand at 22.7 million, and unfinished wooden hulls drop from 55.5 million to 199 thousand. Sir Ernest Raeburn, in Britain’s debt settlement, reveals secret contracts likely reducing the due sum. FE. 8S Gregg notes American merchant marine lagging against foreign shipping interests.
The text reports a mailed bomb injuring Myron T. Herrick’s valet at his Paris residence and a demonstration by Communists in Brussels near the American embassy. Threats were linked to protests over the execution of two Italian radicals in Braintree, Massachusetts, with similar threats to other U S ambassadors.
The Irish talks and unemployment loom as the main delays to Premier Lloyd George's U.S. trip. London conferences progress intermittently while Parliament hears plans for unemployment relief including 100 percent credit insurance for central European trade and a fund to raise the dole plus aid for ex servicemen to emigrate.
A Altoona reader shares joy from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after six infant deaths previously. The letter claims a successful pregnancy and healthy baby four months old, urging other women with female-illness symptoms to try the remedy.
The Greeks report a large victory over the Turks in Asia Minor but lack of British backing leaves the public worried. Premier Gounaris travels to Paris with Turkish leader Gekir Sumy Bey also there. Briand is expected to lead secret talks toward peace in Anatolia, while a British mission departs for Constantinople to meet the Kemalists.
As tensions grow over Upper Silesia partition, Chancellor Wirth signals plans to quit while President Ebert fights to keep him in a reorganized ministry backed by coalition partners. Stinnes opposes Wirth. Rosen may leave. Berlin elections show conservatives gaining ground and bourgeois parties beating Socialists and Communists, with Independent Socialists further weakened.
Military movement in Portugal culminates in a successful coup forcing the resignation of the ministry. Troops seize key positions in Lisbon and surrounding areas with limited resistance. several cabinet members are killed. Manuel Maria Coelho forms a new ministry after the upheaval.
A young girl Dorothy Jane insists on eating before bed. She surveys the pantry and chooses raw Irish potatoes. Her sister objects warning of bad dreams, while Dorothy Jane asks for sweet potatoes to dream sweet dreams.
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