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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1921
Page
1
Former Emperor Charles and Empress Zita were seized near Momora and confined in Castle Tata Voros under guard. Charles attempted suicide after capture, stopped by Empress Zita. Monarchist forces reportedly suffered about 200 killed and 1,000 wounded in the fighting.
Chase S Osborn Jr examines Japan as it seeks to become a great power, arguing Tokyo pursues rapid economic expansion and territorial possibilities. The piece surveys Japan’s influence in China and Russia, questions its aims for raw materials, and notes growing suspicion and mystery surrounding its policy. Continued on Page Two.
London reports a pressing question for the Allies as to where the future residence of the escapee leader will be. Switzerland will not receive him again and the Allies will demand a safe country where he cannot escape again.
ST. PAUL Minn Oct 25 As a result of the Supreme Court decision refusing to review the conviction of A C Townsley President of the National Non Partisan League and Joseph Gilbert manager of the organization department the two men must serve ninety days in the Jackson County Minnesota jail Townsley and Gilbert were convicted on charges of opposing the military enlistments urging that the government be not supported in the war and also against the purchase of Liberty bonds.
Captain John W. O'Connor of the New York Police Department told delegates at the International Traffic Officers Association convention in Oakland that more than 12,000 Americans died last year from motor accidents. He attributed most deaths to careless and incompetent driving and noted women drivers caused a high share of accidents.
ROSEBURG Oregon October 25 Dr R M Brumfield convicted of the murder of Dennis Russell is reported out of danger from a throat wound tied to personal safety concerns.
Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mellon said regulations will be issued immediately allowing beer for medicinal use. Prescriptions are limited to two and a half gallons per issue, with no limit on the number of prescriptions. The move surprised dry supporters who expected rules to wait on Senate action.
Sinn Fein leaders in Dublin say the crisis in the Irish situation is ended for the present. In London, Unionist MPs in the House of Commons introduced a motion blaming the government for participating in Irish negotiations, reportedly backed by about 40 members.
President Harding departed Washington this afternoon for a four day journey through the South. It marks his first visit to that region since taking office, highlighting a key early outreach during his administration.
Indianapolis dispatch notes American Legion posts urged to mark Theodore Roosevelt s birthday on October 27. Legion units to host or join local events, praise for Roosevelt as wartime ally, and efforts with Roosevelt Memorial Association to collect mementos and letters for preservation.
San Francisco Oct 25 The Rainier Brewing Company officials say California brewers may resume beer manufacture if Treasury Department rules are reasonable Secretary Mellon regulations will not apply to Alaska a bone dry territory Northland unaffected
United States Senator Ralph H Cameron of Arizona was indicted today by a Federal Grand Jury for perjury. Cameron said he had not heard of the indictment and would prove the charges false. A Republican, he was elected U S Senator in 1920 by about 7000 votes over Marcus A Smith.
CHATTANOOGA Tenn Oct 5 The fast dwindling band of those who marched under the stars and wars the Confederate veterans are gathered here today for the annual reunion.
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from five Industrial Workers of the World members convicted in the Federal Court of Kansas for conspiring to violate the espionage act. The decision leaves the Kansas conviction intact.
Paris dispatch reports a special train bearing the unknown American soldier’s body to Havre where French infantry salutes were given. The body will be shipped to the United States for burial with full honors at Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D. C., on Armistice Day.
Three armed bandits robbed a New York City mail truck at Broadway and Worth street last night, taking seventeen sacks of mail including eleven with registered items. Police estimate the loot at over $1,000,000. The drivers were forced to stop and surrender keys before the sacks were loaded into an accomplice vehicle.
Post master General Hays has authorized a $5,000 reward for any one of the three bandits who held up the mail truck in New York City.
Six killed and five wounded when twenty highwaymen stopped a registered express train near Atcapuzalco three miles northeast of Mexico City last night. They seized 200000 pesos in packages and fled in automobiles.
The House passed a bill creating a commission headed by the Secretary of the Treasury with full power to refund war debits of foreign nations to the United States. The total amount owed to the U S is ten billion dollars.
In Vanderloof British Columbia on October 25 a baldheaded eagle stretched seven feet was slain by Matthew Semple after it tried to abduct nine year old Mary Gibbs on her veranda. The mother and girl fought the bird until Semple arrived and killed it.
In a letter to House military affairs Chairman Kahn, Herbert Hoover urges Congress to authorize the War Department to donate surplus war supplies to Russia to relieve famine. Hoover warns 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 objects may be destroyed without aid and that 15,000,000 lives are at risk.
The Senate approved the present income tax rates without a record vote. The four percent rate on the first five thousand dollars and eight percent on the excess were kept. The House proposal to raise the head of family's exemption to two thousand five hundred for new incomes under five thousand was not adopted.
In Los Angeles on October 25, the murder trial of Arthur Burch for killing J Belton Kennedy, a wealthy broker, is scheduled to begin November 1. Burch declined to comment but sought a square deal. co defendant Mrs Madelynne Obenchain's case will follow.
In Twin Falls Idaho on October 25 W J Trueblood father of Mrs Lyda Southard testified he ordered a thorough examination of the body of Edward F Meyer her fourth husband whom she is accused of murdering He said his daughter told him she knew nothing of a life insurance on Meyer Mrs Southard testified in her own defense and asked if she administered poison to Edward F Meyers She replied I did not.
The Railroad Labor Board held an executive session to address a misunderstanding about a summons for 1,400 general chairmen to tomorrow's hearing. The board then invited railroad executives to join in session, reiterating all chairmen are expected to attend. The panel said rules and working conditions would be reviewed, with pay-cut petitions to be considered.
W G Lee head of the Brotherhood of Trainmen telegraphed fifty general chairmen at a conference called by the Railway Labor Board that the messages must not be understood as changing or nullifying his orders for a peaceful withdrawal from service on the date and hour set in strike notices issued from his office.
Attorney General Daugherty, after meeting U S district attorneys from New York Chicago Cleveland Buffalo and Indianapolis, said he saw no strike likely but affirmed a government backed policy. He noted uniformity in approach had been determined to protect public interests, with further details to be continued on page eight.
Chicago witnessed the era’s most serious railroad strike in 1894 the Pullman boycott shut Pacific and Canadian traffic. Eugene V. Debs led the strike as head of the American Railway Union and was jailed for conspiracy. Federal troops arrived amid mob violence as President Cleveland ordered order and property damage topped hundreds of thousands. The episode foreshadowed later labor turmoil and government intervention.
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