World News Briefs From 1922 Prohibition to ZR-2 Tragedy
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes orders immediate disposal of seized liquor. ZR-2 disaster fatalities include 16 US and 27 British crewmen. rescue and boundary issues surface. Lloyd George sends sympathy. Austria peace treaty signed. US troops to return from Germany after ratification. Looming Senate action, Capper-Tindher grain bill signed, and various criminal and political developments reported.
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National Prohibition
Prohibition
Haynes
Washington
United States
Navy Department
Lloyd George
Labor leaders urge labor representation at Washington disarmament talks
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, calls on labor movements of nations to press their governments to include labor representatives on delegations to the Washington disarmament conference. He notes labor’s historic protests against armament and urges timely action alongside Harding’s support and White House correspondence.
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Union News Service
Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Gompers
United States
White House
Harding
American Commission
Italy
Great Britain
France
Japan
Versailles
Panama Opposes Taft Boundary Commission Nominees
Panamanian officials challenge the appointments of Prof. John F. Hayford of Northwestern and Prof. Ora Miner Le land of Cornell by Chief Justice Taft to the Costa Rica Panama boundary commission. Panama refuses to recognize the nominations and has advised the U S State Department of the dispute.
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State Hughes
Washington
Panama
Costa Rica
John F. Hayford
Northwestern University
Ora Miner Leland
Cornell University
W. H. Taft
United States Supreme Court
State Department
Prohibition Official Alleges Bribe in Cincinnati Case
Don W. Parker Ohio Prohibition Commissioner claimed bribes totaling tens of thousands were offered to his men. He said W. Thompson Cincinnati state prohibition inspector was offered 15000 by a Cincinnati boot legger to drop proposed prosecutions, but no conviction followed due to lack of complete evidence.
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Columbus
Don W. Parker
Ohio
Prohibition
W. ©. Thompson
Cincinnati
Tent City Forms for Coal Miners Near Roseclare Mines
A tent city of about 800 idle coal miners has sprung up along the Ohio River near Elizabeth town Illinois, some miles below, as workers from the Harrisburg area seek to unionize fluorspar mines at Roseclare Michigan. The camp aims to unite fluorspar and coal miners amid the labor drive.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Elizabethtown
Ill
Roseclare
Harrisburg
Bank Bandits Rob Huntington Park Branch of LA Trust
Bank officials report bandits robbed the Huntington Park branch of the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank taking between 20 000 and 45 000. They knocked unconscious branch manager A Adams and another employee with revolver butts and fled in an automobile.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Huntington Park
Erzberger Slain in Germany While on Black Forest Walk
Former Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Mathias Erzberger was assassinated near Offenburg Baden during a family visit. His body bore 12 bullet wounds after he and Reichstag Deputy Diez were confronted by two youths who opened fire. Diez survived.
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Mathias Erzberger
Germany
Offenburg
Baden
Erzberger
Berlin
Herr Erzberger
Hisa
Bad- Griesbach
Reichstag
Diez
Black Forest
Herr Epaberger
Ancient English bread doles show enduring charity across regions
The Christian Science Monitor recalls long standing English alms practices from Little Peover Cheshire where ten Sundays of bread are left for the poor since 1722 funded by Reverend Richard Comberbach. It notes the Tichborne Dole near Alresford, once yielding 1900 loaves, later replaced by money or flour. Winchester’s Almshouse of Noble Poverty and the Wayfarer’s Dole near the city also illustrate historic care for the hungry.
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England
Little
Peover
Cheshire
Richard Comberbach
Alresford
Hampshire
Henry II
Roger de Tichborne
Godiva
Coventry
Mabella
Roger
Lady Bay
Winchester
Stephen
Trollope
Christian Science Monitor
Change in Tea Room China
A regular patron notes the tea room changed its china with the seasons. In winter the dishes were red and brown, in summer most were white with green borders or leaf designs. The waitress claims it is a psychological service to cool the salad visually.
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New York Sun
Books and Friends
Abridged reflection on books and friends, comparing growth in taste to meeting new people. Highlights that quality matters over quantity, as rich minds need not large libraries. Includes a quote praising a good book opened with expectation and closed with profit.
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Bronson Alcott
Nets Turned Into Roads By Montauk Fishermen
Fishermen from Montauk point North to Block Island sound lay discarded nets over marshes behind beaches to form roadways. Sand compacts in the mesh creating firm routes sufficient for wagons and small cars, using a principle akin to corduroy roads used by lumbermen.
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Block Island Sound
Montauk Point
New York Evening Post
Cincinnati Markets Prices and Livestock Rates
A historical market roundup lists commodity prices for grain hay and clover mixed, wheat red and yellow varieties, butter and eggs, poultry, cattle, calves, hogs, and hog products. It details per ton hay prices, milk creamery extras, live poultry weights and prices, and beef, veal, and hog price ranges across quality grades.
Madden Chairs House Appropriations in Congress
Representative Martin B Madden of Illinois, born 1855 in England, leads the House Appropriations Committee succeeding James W Good. A Chicago businessman and bank director with 167 220 constituents in four wards, he also serves on the Budget Committee and is allied with Dawes on fiscal policy.
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Martin B. Madden
Illinois
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
James W. Good
Iowa
Chicago
Madden
Congressional Directory
Republican
Select Committee
Charles G. Dawes
Darlington
England
Western Stone Company
Engagement of Mrs Lydig and Rev Dr Grant Shocks New York Society
Mrs Rita Lydig of New York and Katonah announces her engagement to Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant rector of the Church of the Ascension New York The 61 year old bachelor and the prominent social figure Mrs Lydig has been twice married and separated from her second husband Major Lydig in 1918 she has long sponsored philanthropy and faced health issues while Dr Grant a leading social reform advocate is an Episcopal clergyman whose church opposes marriages of divorced persons
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Rita Lydig
New York
Katonah
N. Y
Percy Stickney Grant
Church of the Ascension
Grant
Lydig
W. B. D. Stokes
Philip Lydig
Rita Hernandez Y de Alba de Acota
Ricardo de Acota
Episcopal Church
Curzon’s Two American Wives Drive Diplomatic Strife
The article recounts friction between Marquis Curzon and Viscount Northcliffe amid Anglo American social intrigue. It notes Curzon’s two American wives, Mary Victoria Leiter and Grace Elvina Hinds Duggan, and their American origins. Details cite Curzon’s 1895 marriage and 1916 remarriage, with offspring including Lady Mary Irene Curzon.
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Curzon
Mary Victoria Leiter
L. Z. Leiter
Chicago
India
Mary Irene Curzon
Alfred Duggan
Buenos Aires
Grace Elvina
Brazil
J. Monroe Hinds
Senator Frances Seeks Trade With Soviet Russia
Maryland senator Joseph Irwin Frances, after a trip to Russia, urges immediate resumption of trade with Soviet Russia. He reports interviews with Moscow officials and says Russia shows improving order and industry while criticizing American Red Cross commissioner Dr. B W Ryan over Kronstadt. Frances also freed American newspaper correspondent Marguerite H Harrison from Moscow.
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Joseph Irwin Frances
Maryland
Russia
Lenin
Trotsky
Soviet Russia
Marguérite H. Harrison
Baltimore
Moscow
Riga
B. W. Ryan
Red Cross
Baltic States
Kronstadt
Central
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Northcliffe
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