World News in Brief Highlights 1921 Facts and Events
Income tax data from Washington shows over half of corporations filing returns reported no net income. Kellogg named ambassador to Great Britain. US open to advisory reparations talks. Calls for crediting German wheat purchases and bids for six warships emerge. Pershing plans cemetery inspections. several fatal industrial accidents noted. Weathered into a compact digest of politics, industry, transport, and global affairs.
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Washington
Tremors Felt Across Memphis and Nearby States
Domestic tremors were reported in Memphis Tennessee and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi Sunday. A deputy sheriff in White Plains North Carolina said 1500 bottles of Canadian whisky were seized from a car labeled apples bound for a resident there.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Mississippi Sunday
White Plains
N. C
William Buchanan Dies After Illness at Texarkana
Personal William Buchanan, president of the Louisiana and Arkansas railway, died at Texarkana after months of illness. Meanwhile in Schenectady New York Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz known as the electrical wizard, died following a physical breakdown from a recent Pacific coast trip.
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William Buchanan
The
Lousiana & Arkansas Railway
Texarkana
Tex
Pacific Coast
Schenectady, N. Y
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Electrical Wizard
Ottawa conference date set for prohibition talks
International officials from Canada and the United States agreed the week of November 26 as the Ottawa conference date. Reports from Mexico City say federal forces fired on citizens in Telolapan state, killing five and wounding 25 or more with two later fatalities. Bolivian lawmakers require medical certificates for marriage and ban tuberculosis patients. France will resist reparations debt reduction per Poincare. Russia seeks a trade pact and US recognition per Copenhagen sources. No prisoners released from hunger strike in Dublin. Pershing arrives in Cherbourg aboard the Leviathan. Bulgaria’s air force destroyed in accident near Sofia. two officers killed. A Red uprising in Hamburg leaves fourteen policemen and thirty Communists dead with 385 wounded. Rhineland separatists seize Feldrfeld after a long battle.
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Mexico City
Telolapan
Illinois state notes highlight deaths and local events
Charles E. Selby of the Thirty-ninth Illinois assembly dies at his Springfield home after a long illness. Havana to begin gym construction with a W. QO. Anne contract. Mrs. Lawrence Henning dies and son Owen injured in a kerosene explosion. Danville bank clearings reach 3,997,865 for the week ending Oct 20, up 31 percent from last year. John Overpeck identified as the Chicago & Eastern Illinois train killer by St. Louis detective William Murphy in Pana. Tuberculosis deaths total 5,590 in Illinois, Chicago accounting for 2,220. Ottawa mother punished for her children’s truancy. Decatur per capita government cost for 1922 at 30.39, up from 22.78 in 1918.
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Charles E. Selby
Thirty-ninth
Illinois General Assembly
Springfield
Lawrence Henning
Owen Henning
Tee Lae Animal Cac
Danville
William Murphy
St. Louis
Desperado
Pana
John ©. Overpeck
Department of Commerce
Washington
Decatur
Illinois captain named for women’s senior hockey team
Miss Helen McAdow of Chicago becomes captain of the University of Illinois women’s senior hockey team. Over 100 co eds have turned out for class teams this season, showing strong participation and interest in women’s hockey at the university.
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Helen McAdow
Chicago
University of Illinois
Child Swallows Needles. No Injury Found in X Ray
Edna Harrison, three, daughter of J Harrison near Waukegan, reportedly swallowed two phonograph needles. Parents rushed her to a hospital where an x ray showed no needle penetration, and she appeared to suffer no ill effects.
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Edna Harrison
J. Harrison
Waukegan
Infant colds traced to family infections say doctors
Doctors Winholt and Jordan of the University of Chicago studied 1000 infant cases, 500 with colds and 500 without, and conclude most colds are contracted from other family members.
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Winholt and
Jordan
University of Chicago
Farmer Convicted For Possessing Fur Pelt After Deadline
Jienny Rothschile of Rock Island found guilty of violating state law by possessing a fur pelt after March 25. He was fined 15 dollars after evidence showed a skunk hide shipped to Chicago on April 18.
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Jienny Rothschile
Rock Island
Ile
Rothschile
Chicago
Suit to set aside will of Peoria mayor William F Bryan
Jennie and George Bryan of Peoria sue to invalidate the will alleging coercion and threats by the widow Annie Conkling Ryan and claim an estate of 150000 is at stake The ruling could affect a proposed large zoological park to be funded by Cook County voters in the forest preserve plan voters will decide November 6 on taxing for park upkeep and the zoo would cover over 200 acres with animals living near their native state
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William F. Bryan
Peoria
Jennie
George
Annie Conkling Ryan
Wllnois
Cook County
Cook County Forest Preserve
Illinois university grants forge new chemistry degrees
Over the past year the University of Illinois awarded 23 doctorates in chemistry as part of its continuing science programs. In Springfield, 100 road contractors bid on 122 miles of bond funded hard roads.
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University of
Ilinois
Springfield
Pioneer Sid wardsville well found after fall into it
An abandoned well, likely dug by early Sid wardsville residents, was discovered when Patrick Begann fell into it. Timbers and earth had concealed the shaft for years. Officials are now filling the well to prevent further discoveries.
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Sidwardsville
Patrick Begann
Illinois school fund plan ruled inoperative by AG opinion
The Fifty third general assembly attempts to create a new method to distribute Illinois eight million dollar common school fund were deemed inoperative and void in an opinion by Attorney General Brundage that Francis G Blair, superintendent of public instruction at Springfield, released publicly.
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Fifty-third General Assembly
Illinois
Francis G. Blair
Springfield
Brundage
Aesculapian Society Elects Officers at Paris Session
The Aesculapian Medical Society of the Wabash Valley concluded its session in Paris with officer elections led by President Dr. R. M. Combs and other officers from Terre Haute Robinson and Paris. The June meeting will be in Danville.
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Aesculapian Medical Society
Wabash Valley
Paris
R. M. Combs
Terre Haute
H. B. Rafferty
Robinson
B. G. BR. Williams
Danville
U S Agrees to French Stand on Reparations Commission
Washington says Premier Poincare’s demand against reducing French reparations will not block the proposed advisory commission. State department notes treaties and Versailles terms require France’s consent and that the plan to study Germany’s ability to pay could still be feasible.
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Washington
Poincare
France
Germany
State Department
Department
Qne Dead Four Hurt in Mexico House Political Row
One person was killed and four wounded in the gallery of the chamber of deputies during a heated debate over President Obregon and Secretary of the Treasury Pani amid charges concerning Senor de la Huerta’s treasury administration. The galleries were crowded with rival factions.
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Mexico House
Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Obregon
the Treasury
Pani
Senor de la Huerta
National Treasury
Bonar Law Dies Former British Premier
Andrew Bonar Law former premier of Great Britain died early Monday after septic pneumonia and a throat ailment. Born September 16 1858 in New Brunswick Canada he was the first prime minister born outside Britain.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
Great Britain
New Brunswick
Stresemann's Troops Oust the Saxon Government
Berlin reports Stresemann forces compel the Saxon cabinet to quit its quarters after noon Sunday. Premier Zeigner leads the Communist Socialist government out as Reich commissioner Dr. Heinze steps in following Saxon cabinet refusal to resign, with Dr. Weinze appointed by Chancellor Stresemann.
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Berlin
Saxony
Zeigner
Carl Heinze
Weinze
Stresemann
Bodies of Seventeen American Soldiers Return Home
Seventeen American soldiers who died overseas are brought home by the transport Sapello. Fourteen are identified as casualties from Flanders fields in World War I, while one died serving in Constantinople and two officers were killed by lightning during the James Gordon Bennett international balloon race.
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New York
Sapello
Flanders Field
Constantinople
Priority in War Debts Denied by State Department
The United States government has established its co equal right in German reparations for any sums due this country, despite not being a party to the Versailles treaty, the State Department announced.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Turkey Proclaims Republic as Kemal Ataturk Elected President
The Angora assembly proclaims Turkey a republic and Mustapha Kemal is elected president. The new Turkish constitution enshrines the republic in law.
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Turkey
Mustapha Kemal
London
Angora Assembly
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