12 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1921
Page
1
Unclear text reports a curfew imposed in Ireland with police moving through Stanhope Street and military lorries on streets amid rising tension. Officials warn of action as situation develops, mentioning London and July 11. Event details are fragmented.
A fragmented report indicates a private election gathering convened at the Mansion House with attendees present. no further names or details are readable.
A fragmentary report notes a schooner named Mundsens found afloat after an exploration venture. Details are unclear but the vessel is associated with a maritime inquiry and potential trade route activity.
Washington reports indicate the President may speak in person to Congress on the soldier bonus legislation. Harding faced criticism from Senator Harrison for delaying the issue during a weekend return to Washington from a Potomac cruise as talks continued on a Senate House session.
A group of five robbers held up the cashier and an assistant warder at Horton Creagh today in New York. The incident disrupted operations and police were alerted immediately. Additional details remain unclear.
In Cleveland on July 11 the State presented its case against Eva Keber for the murder of her husband. One witness is unavailable. The defense plans to begin testimony tomorrow morning. Court overruled a motion to exclude poisoning testimony.
Washington July 11 joint congressional commission heard Barrett chairman of the national board of farm organizations and president of the National Farmers Union urge scrutiny of the Federal Reserve Board Chamber of Commerce and major trusts over steel coal credit and money operations he said affect agriculture. Charles A Lyman secretary warned agriculture faces bankruptcy and ruin.
The 1920 convention in New York adopted a slogan for world peace originated by Rev. Francis B. Clark of Boston. It will be submitted to 16 000 delegates tonight. next convention set for Des Moines in 1923 after closing sessions with many foreign delegates.
LaFayette Ga July 2 James Douglass was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Sheriff Catron of Walker County. The jury had been out since Thursday afternoon after the sheriff tried to stop Douglass from transporting liquor into Chattanooga. Sentencing will be announced at the regular court term in August.
In Calhoun neighborhood Ouachita authorities investigate a series of ambush killings of five prosperous Negro farmers over several months. The latest victim is Bill Mansfield, found dead late yesterday.
Washington reports America’s foreign trade fell by more than three billion dollars in the fiscal year ended June 30. The decline was roughly split between exports and imports, as shown by a Commerce Department summary.
Los Angeles welcomes more than twenty Elks and relatives with about twenty thousand expected to attend sessions through tomorrow. A site for the proposed national headquarters is to be selected Wednesday with a cost of two and a half million dollars.
In a House of Commons exchange Lloyd George said the world looks to the United States for leadership in disarmament and urged an act of far reaching importance. Jap publicists favor Anglo American Japanese pacific talks as a precursor to any renewal of alliance.
Washington July 11 officials said President Harding has begun informal inquiries with Great Britain France Italy and Japan about a Washington conference to curb armament and address Far East and Pacific issues. The move aims for a common understanding of principles and policies in the region.
Sheldon Whitehouse counsellor for the American embassy called at the French foreign office and spoke with director of political affairs De Laroca just before noon about the possibility of holding a disarmament conference.
President Harding's note on a conference to limit armaments was received by the American embassy yesterday and forwarded to the British ambassador in London. The note signals U S interest in an international agreement on arms control during the July talks.
Lawrence Kent, historian of the Grave Registration Service and former Sergeant in Company B 42nd Engineers, was found dead in bed in Paris with a bullet in his heart. A revolver lay beside him and officers report he recently left an American hospital after gas exposure. He left a letter requesting burial with Second Division comrades in Belleau Wood.
Washington July 11 six days of discussion begin as the House enters its second week of Fordney tariff bill consideration. More than forty members will expound their political views and a single vote is expected to decide the special rule. The rule enables amendments to five bill paragraphs and will set a final vote for July 21 at 3 PM. Republicans push the rule while Democrats use time to attack the measure.
Miss Phoebe Fairgrave, 18, established a new world record for a parachute drop by women. She descended from 15,200 feet at the Curtiss flying field near St Paul, Minnesota, taking 20 minutes to reach the ground yesterday.
The ambassador visited the Changers Court and saw Lloyd George there. This morning the subject was understood to have been discussed by the British cabinet here.
William Howard Taft was sworn in today as Chief Justice of the United States in the Attorney General's office with Justice Hoehting officiating due to the absence of the Supreme Court Justices. He then went to the White House to pay respects to the President.
In Dublin Georgia July 11 a county wide drive led by the Chamber of Commerce and the county agent launches a major weevil campaign. The plan uses arsenate lead syrup as a simple formula to kill pests, covering two and a half acres per application at about 50 cents per acre. J L Kelley endorses the method after a visit to Tennille last Saturday.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a cruiser, a ship Sacramento, and King Officers suggesting ships were not of an ent character. Contains garbled phrases and unclear context about a department and failure to fore—no coherent event or outcome can be established.
United States warships which Friday were reported withdrawn from Tampico returned to the port yesterday afternoon. Dispatches reaching Mexico City last night explained the return as to avoid the technicalities of international law, with the Sacramento and Cleveland among those involved.
Atlanta July 11 bills to reorganize the State Railroad Commission and rename it the Georgia Public Service Commission were introduced today. The plan would cut the commission from five to three members.
In Atlantic City on July 11 the American Shipping Board, operators, and foreign-flag vessel representatives met to discuss stabilizing rates in the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Gulf ports. No plan to lower rates was contemplated, and the conference is expected to last three days.
Laurens county farmers face potential crop loss unless weather cooperates. The syrup solution is praised for weevil destruction, with effectiveness depending on rainfall. Dry hot weather next week could allow farmers to salvage much of the crop if the poison has time to act.
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