Sizable News Roundup Hits Washington Week
The week’s highlights include the Supreme Court adjourning until January, Henry Ford offering to fund $30,000,000 for Muscle Shoals, crackdowns on bootleggers in Georgia, and President Harding’s holiday plans.国际事务、 naval limits talks, and economic moves accompany crime reports, weather, and disasters across the U.S. with multiple official briefings and court actions.
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Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Florence
Aka
Washington
Army
Foreign Lloyd George Promises Ireland Equality and Seat in League
A letter read in Dublin by Arthur Griffith reports Lloyd George pledging Ireland equality with Canada and Australia within the British empire and a seat in the League of Nations. Taraknath Das says 5,000 nationalist leaders in India have been imprisoned in a week. 18,000 Spanish miners strike in Asturias as Madrid proclaims coal crisis solution and more employment. Volcanoes Puyenue and Cupulle erupt near Valdivia Chile, with earthquakes felt east of the city. Paris reports the reparations commission refusing extensions. Fires devastate Sesto valley in Bolzano region displacing hundreds. National City bank affiliates loan 830 million to Denmark.”
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Lloyd George
Arthur Griffith
Dai] Eireann
Dublin
Ireland
Canada
Australia
League of Nations
Taraknath Das
Washington
Madrid
Illinois News Briefs Highlight Legal Fights and Local Data
A Chicago doctor sues the Illinois Department of Registration to force a chiropractor examining board. Minor Guards names are announced for West Point. corn acreage policy urges reductions and legume crop gains. Census shows farm employment up despite farming declines. Road safety, bank fraud sentencing, nursing licenses, and state tax rates are reported along with university charity drives and county court rulings. Obituary notes include former state senator Orville Berry.
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Mary E. Davenport
Chicago
Circuit Court
Sangamon County
W. H. H. Miller
State Department of Registration and Education
Davenport
Illinois
Department of Registration and Education
Small
Springfield
West Point
Edward H. Runkle
Galesburg
William Ti. Ruter
Fourth Infantry
Quines
Clyde H. Layton
Seymour Patzer
Peoria
Carl L. Eby
Monmouth
Clifford E. McKelvey
Decatur
Cook County
Peter M. Hoffman
John S. Quirk
Arcola State Bank
Sentel
Quirk
Michael T. Quirk
W. H.H. H. Miller
Smal
Miller
Russel
University of Tlinois
Urbana
Champaign
Warren County
Minois
United States Agricultural Statisticias
Ilinois
Adams, Brown, Fulton, Wancock
Henderson
Knox
McDonough Schuyler
Warren
United States
Frank T. Sheets
Division of Highways
American Association of Highway Officials
Omaha
Duinois
Union
Pennsylvania
American Association
Mlinois
Tlinois
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Nauvoo
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Samuel Iddings
Edwards
Circuit Court of Appeals
A. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
Raleighs Sibyl
University of Illnois
Jersey
Massachusetts
Peoria, Farmington and
Peoria and
Quincy Traction Company
Commissioner of Public Safety
Orville FP. Berry
Carthage
Norbury Sanitarium
Jacksonville
Berry
President Withdaws Taunt and Irish Ratification Clash
Queenstown dispatch reports Irish leaders clash over ratification of the peace treaty. Eamon de Valera taunts and threatens a public referendum while Arthur Griffith defend provisions granting Ireland self rule. British troops remain in Ireland until the treaty is ratified.
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Ireland
Queenstown
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Jerouse
Arthur Griffith
Dail
Griffith
de Valera
10 Downing Street
Railroad Directors Must Quit Under ICC Ruling
Washington reports that William Rockefeller Harold S Vanderbilt and George F Baker must resign from certain railroad boards by December 31 under an Interstate Commerce Commission decision. Rockefeller may stay on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul board but must quit either New York Central or Delaware Lackawanna Western. Vanderbilt may serve as officer on two western lines but must retire from either New York Central or Delaware Lackawanna Western. Baker must pick which of three competing systems to remain with.
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Western
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Chicago & Northwestern
New York Central
Delaware, Lackawanna& Western
Baker
Senate Votes Russia Relief Bill with Amendments
The senate passed a house bill providing 20 million dollars for relief of starving Russians with two amendments. One appropriates 500 thousand for hospitalization of former service men in Arizona and another sets aside 100 thousand to aid unemployment relief. The senator also comments on Lenin and Russia’s government.
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Washington
Senate
House
Russia
Arizona
United States
Lenin
Ezac
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Camp Benning
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Rockwood
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Harl Throst
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Waukon
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Sesto
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