Happenings of the World in Brief
Obituaries note the deaths of Dr. Lee Ben Clark of Atlanta and former Senator Albert J. Hopkins of Aurora. A Senate bill to take over coal mines faces President's action. The House passes a tariff bill to conference, and wages rise at United States Steel. A large set of incidents includes accidents, strikes, arrests, and international events across Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ireland, and India.
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Lee Ben Clark
Atlanta
Albert J. Hopkins
Illinois
Aurora
Lorimer
Senate
Washington
Walsh
Massachusetts
Gooding Sheep Tariff Debate Inspires Senate Verse
A poem read in the senate by Senator Hitchcock mocks Senator Gooding of Idaho over his 8000 sheep and tariff disputes. It notes Gooding sold sheep, then repurchased them amid free wool and a Democratic administration, and questions whether a farmer can defend agricultural interests in the senate.
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Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senator Gooding
Idaho
Gooding
Carmin Thompson Wins Ohio Gubernatorial Nomination in Primary
Thompson, a Cleveland figure with a coal miner background who rose to secretary of state and U S treasurer, won the nine cornered Republican nom for governor with strong support from President Harding and the Anti Saloon League. Donahey, Pomerene, and Fess also secured major nominations in a state primary seen as a Harding signal.
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Carmin. Thompson
Cleveland
Ohio
Thompson
Harding
Anti-Saloon League
United States
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Simeon D. Fess
Yellow Springs
Republican National Congressional Committee
Charles Dick
Akron
Electrical Wizard Steinmetz on radio power transmission
Charles Proteus Steinmetz of Schenectady is hailed as an electrical wizard with international renown. He discusses radio power transmission noting current radio messages travel via electromagnetic waves, but power delivery requires most power to reach the receiving station and be economically viable, a goal still distant.
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Schenectady
N. Y
Edison
Marconi
Spencer Portrait Highlights New Federal Coal Administrator
The article profiles Harry B. Spencer as the new federal coal administrator under President Harding. It notes his prior roles with the Southern Railway and wartime railroad administration, and his leadership in national coal distribution. It cites state actions to curb profiteering and coal misallocation and outlines committee talks on railroad coal shipments and contract diversions.
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Harry B. Spencer
Harding
The
Southern Railway
Railroad Administration
National Coal Distribution
Old Fuel Administration
Spencer
National Coal Distribution Committee
Kansas
Central Coal Committee
Emergency Coal Control Organisation
Ohio Firearms Raids And Court Actions Across The State
Thirty federal officers raided sites in Sandusky and Cedar Point seizing large liquor stocks while Ohio authorities announced five arrests in Youngstown for practicing medicine without a license. Other items include killings, accidents, and legal changes across cities from Lima to Columbus, with church membership gains, water shortages in Wilmington, and debates over liquor laws amid regional tensions.
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Toledo
Sandusky
Cedar Point
Youngstown
K. B. Little
Lima
Grand
George Graham
Miami United Brethren Conference
Dayton
Wilmington
Bankers’ Club of
Cleveland
Harding
D. R. Crissinger
Federal Reserve Board
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Montana
Utah
Bisbee
Douglas
Nogales
Ariz
American Federation of Labor
St. Joseph
Mich
Ford Tractor
Detroit, Mich
Detroff
Austin
Minn
John Wagner
Grand Meadow
Here
Adelia Lampe
Melstone
Mont
Harry Gaylord
Thomas Cushing
Selon
Grundy County
Morris, Ill
Havana
Key West
Fla
Brundage
Chicago
Special Grand Jury
Williamson County
Herrin Mine
Marion
McCray
Indianapolis
Jack Dempsey
Bill Brennan
Michigan City
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Marquette Road
Cottage Grove Avenue
St. Augustine
Frank Albert
Klamath
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Monowl
Neb
George Oles
Rock Island Railroad
Herrington
Kan
Union Pacific
Grand Island
United Mine Workers, District No. 5
Common Pleas Court
Pittsburgh
Rockwood
Detroit
United States Shipping Board
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Shipping Board
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Sheffield Bank
Sheffield
L. B. Carhart
Bridgeman
Berrien County
Michigan
Department of Justice
Edward Day
Frank Lubbs
Michigan Central
Gary
Wisconsin
Madison
Batum
American Relief Organization
America
Moscow
Petrograd
Dublin
National Army
Bandon
Dunmanway
South Ireland
India
Calcutta
Michael Collins
Irish Free State
Army
Cork
Free State
Great Britain
Ireland
London
Budapest
Vienna
Alex. J. Groesbeck
Federal Fuel Administration
Tokyo
Korea
Munich
Poincare
Bar-Le Duc
France
Germany
Columbus
MacDonald
Herbert Byard
England
Athens
W. W. Snyder
Magnetic Springs
Union County
Joseph Klucznik
Daniel Cooper
Wilbur Genzman
Oak Harbor
Cecil Greer
Port Clinton
Turner K. Martin
Dan Woode
Middleport
Ira Fuller
Dover Township
Athens County
Chauncey
Robert J. Pennell
Prohibition
Marion County Republican Committee
John Graham
William Ball
Miamisburg
B. J. Higgs
Cuyahoga Falls
J. A. Snyder
Marysville
Granville Trimmer
Lancaster
Deputy County Recorder
Clifford Overholser
C. H.ashcrofts
Ernest Fairall
Ashcrofts
Newark
Lawrence Gander
Cincinnati
Big Miami River
Cleves
William Ankrum
Charles F. Garrett
C. W. Bush
Ohio Loan Association
J. A. Dyer
J. Fred Anderson
Springfield
Barbara F. Johnson
Newton H. Johnson
Ironton
Delaware
Lucas County Republican Organization
Walter F. Brown
Veterans’ Bureau
Camp Sherman
Engel & Fetzer Company
Walter D. McKinney
Ohio Coal Exchange
Southern Ohio
Valentine
Valentine Anti-Trust Law. “the Law Has Teeth In It,” McKinney
Darke County
Lonnie Fenwick
Muncie
H. A. Fourman
James Donald
John Jones
Elven Greenwald
Hartwell
Hamilton
Mike Bova
St. Louis
Ben Wood
Dayton Grocer
Frank Frink
Painsvile
C. H. Cutts
Painesville
R. W. Gammell Company
Margaret Mitchell
Paul Mitchell
Robert Braden
Bellefontaine
Braden
Sidney
George H. Massey
Elyria
R. C. Eldred
H. D. Hannum
L. C. Kelsey
Geneva-on the-Lake
Ashtabula County
Smith
Maude Anderson
Louise Carl
Hilliards
Franklin County
Margaret Stanley
George T. Poor
State Fuel Commission
Central Fuel Distion Committee
Dominic Venturalo
St. Clairsville
John S. Major
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