German Coup Bid Fails as Bavarian Leaders Arrest Plotters
Revolt led by Adolf Hit ler and General von Ludendorff collapsed after Bavarian and Berlin authorities retook key buildings. Hittler wounded or captured, Von Ludendorff jailed, and Bavaria placed under martial law. In Berlin the Stresemann government appeared stronger as factions vied for control.
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Edward W. Pickard
Germany
Adolph Hittler
Eric von Ludendorff
Stresemann
von Ludendorff
Hittler
Munich
Bavaria
von Knilling
Schweyer
Berlin
Augsburg
Erhardt
Thuringian
von Seeckt
Ebert
Rupprecht
France
Council of Ambassadors
Frederick William
Wieringen
Britain adopts imperial tariff plan against foreign goods
The imperial economic conference proposals, now adopted by Parliament, call for tariffs including five shillings per hundredweight on raw apples, ten shillings on canned salmon, six pence per gallon on fruit juices, and 25 percent on foreign tobacco. The plan aims to boost dominion trade and could affect American imports, especially apples, as Britain evaluates rapid expansion of its supply to meet needs.
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London
United States
Great Britain
America
Republicans Claim Advantage In Tuesday Elections
Republicans recaptured the Twenty fourth New York district with Benjamin Fairchild and won Vermont with Porter Dale as U S senator. Democrats elected three governors including Ritchie in Maryland.
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Kentucky
Whitefield
Mississippi
Tammany
New York City
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
House
Dale
Maryland
Dvantage
Twentyfourth
New York
Benjamin Fairchild
Vermont
Porter Dale
United States
Ritchie
Mixed Claims Commission rules on American claims against Germany
The mixed claims commission upholds most Lusitania related claims totaling about 22.6 million dollars while denying exemplary damages as penal. It dismisses 30 190 claims amounting to roughly 345 million dollars for insurance premiums paid by Americans for war hazard protection.
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Germany
Mixed Claims Commission
Lusitania
Supreme Court Rejects Rumely Review and Expands Banking Powers
The Supreme Court denied a review in the Rumely case involving debentures to German interests tied to the New York Evening Mail. It also granted the federal government leave to participate in the First National Bank of St. Louis Missouri case and allowed state petitions to join. The court ruled express companies are not liable for full shipment contents when a lower liability is stated on the receipt in interstate commerce.
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Sen OT
France
Great Britain
United States
Germany
M. Poincare
America
Jusserand
Hughes
Poincare
Ruhr
Committee of Experts
London Dispatches
Belgium
Italy
England
Herrick
Navarin Farm
Gouraud
Europe
Washington
Overnor Walton
Oklahoma
Cotteral
Lawton
Walton
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve System
Pothier
Federal District Court
First Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Rosenbluth
Camp Lewis
First National Bank of
American Railway Express Company
Lucius P. Levee
Madisonville
Tex
Thibodaux
Court of Claims Faces Busy Winter Session
The Court of Claims convenes with a winter term calendar totaling about 62.5 billion dollars in claims, most from World War I, across the War Department, revenue bureau, Shipping Board, railroads, housing, and other agencies. Inventor suits include a $1 million claim for stamp booklets and a $10 million claim tied to a 1905 gliding machine. Torpedo, radio, and anti aircraft contracts also appear among diverse suits.
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War Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
The
Shipping Board
Department of Justice
Railway Administration
Housing Corporation
Warfisk Bureau
Food and Fuel
White House Visit Puts Guest Walk to the Test
Chicago visitors William Wrigley Jr and Fred Upham joined President Coolidge for a 6 30 morning walk to the Treasury and back, claiming they nearly walked their backs out and then enjoyed a hearty breakfast. Luncheon at the White House included party leaders discussing the 1924 convention city with Chicago favored and New York bidding.
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Treasury Department
William Wrigley, Jr
White House
Fred Upham
Coolidge
Washington
Arly
Republican National Committee
C. H. Huston
Committee
Ways and Means
William Wrigley
William C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Stotesbury
Philadelphia
James H. Stanley
Denver
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Upham
Chicago
New York
Kaw Indian oil heir Thompson gains federal guardianship
Thompson, a Kaw tribesman and college graduate who became wealthy from an oil discovery near Ponca City, now has the United States as his third guardian. The federal stake replaces local and tribal guardians as restrictions are extended to protect land and oil interests. Thompson recently bought additional land for 35000 dollars adjoining Curtis’s holdings, while marrying Miss Claviene Bell-Verett Thompson after the discovery.
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United States
Thompson
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Ponca City
Sapulpa Refining Company
Miss. Claviene
Bell- Verett
Curtis
Kay County
United States Indian Department
Kaws
Humorous Exchange Polls Ad in Red Cross Ad
A Wall Street exchange joke features a man asking his best girl for a kiss and a witty reply Pigely Wiggly. The laundress sings QO Happy Day while hanging laundry, noting a happy day thanks to Red Cross Ball Blue.
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Wall Street
It’s Too Bad Hindrance to Success Burns Industry
A New York American quotation notes how effort exceeds ambition as a major barrier to industry success, highlighting a persistent tension between cost and drive in business.
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New York American
Allcock's Porous Plaster Advertised as Effective Remedy
An advertisement touts Allcock's as a standard external remedy of known value. It promotes the original genuine porous plaster and urges readers not to mourn disappear ing wildflowers but to plant them by the acre.
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Allcock
Marriage Notions On Marrying Ideals And Realities
Opinion notes that marriage resilience comes from accepting real partners rather than clinging to an ideal. The piece argues that idealized expectations often harm unions and suggests practical, grounded commitment yields lasting harmony.
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Guardians
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J. Steed
Cary St
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N. Y
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Corfu
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Tampa
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