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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1922
Page
1
A child died and two adults were severely injured in an Illinois incident described as causing heavy damage. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths and injuries. Further details were not immediately available.
A tornado swept Irvington and nearby Walnut Hill and Shookville at midnight. One infant died in Levington and two adults were fatally hurt. Seventy five people were injured and many homes and stores were wrecked. damage total not yet estimated.
Washington April 17 The House adopted Rep Ware's 56 000 enlisted men navy amendment by 177 to 130 replacing the 67 000 proposed by the little navy committee. Amid wild cheers administration forces celebrated as several naval supporters performed an Indian war dance. The vote reflected a hard fought battle over sea power with leaders pledging further efforts to push a larger force.
Madden attacks the i e navy program and Ware amendment claiming proposed expenditures would drain the year’s revenue and create a 500 million deficit. He scolds Navy officials for vague needs and cites an instance of a 12.5 million request later reduced to 6.283 million then corrected to 7.5 million. He warns voters to reconsider before the November election.
Fleeing high water from Winchester Illinois river bottoms Prank Baker and his wife mourn their sixteen month old son who was dropped into a tub of water in Jacksonville. The child wandered into the house and fell in. a four year old neighbor found the body.
The report quotes Walter Lyman Brown saying America has broken the back of the famine in Russia and has started a program to feed four times as many people as the peak army in France, with 8,000 hungry Russians being fed. The item notes departure of three women students for Champagne to continue school work.
Miss Edna Smith thirty seven and Mrs. Leo Nash thirty five were killed in Lakehurst New Jersey when their automobile was struck by a Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive. Also killed was Edna L. Smith a Columbia University student. The sisters were among Aurora's wealthiest residents and daughters of the late Capt. C H Smith founder of Western Wheeled Scraper Works.
The senate adopted a resolution extending the 3 percent immigration restriction law to June 1921 after minor House differences are resolved. An amendment requires five years residence in Mexico Cuba or Canada before admission. A separate fine of 200 on steamship lines bringing excess quota passengers was approved and refunds passage money for refused admissions. Senator Harrison criticized treatment of Mrs Lillian Russell Moore, noting her role as an authority on the subject.
Senator Reed and Senator Harrison clash over remarks about Mrs. Moore amid a discussion of immigration policy. Senator Cott notes eight months of law operation show roughly 6,000 more southern and eastern European aliens admitted than departed, and about 36,000 more from northern and western Europe.
The article notes improved business sentiment as buyers replenish depleted inventories and future demand grows. It cites stronger bank clearings and railroad earnings, increased building permits, higher steel output, resumed dividends, and rising security market buoyancy despite strikes and other headwinds.
At Genoa the Allies and Russia reached a compromise on debt terms. M. Joffe announced Russia would accept a moratorium until 1927 and discuss payments of 62,000,000,000 to 75,000,000,000 gold francs with interest, while Russia demanded de jure and de facto recognition and cited damages from Wrangel and Denikin as well as the blockade.
Washington April 17 Benjamin C Marsh managing director of the Farmers' National council denounces the tariff reported by the senate finance committee as the worst gold brick fraying farmers under the administration. He says the bill allows high priced manufacturers to continue profiteering seen during the war.
Genoa April 17. Twenty five countries and 25 million organized workers attended the inter national trades union conference seeking disarmament a revision of the Versailles treaty and recognition of Russia. Ien Till et British delegate criticized the American Federation of Labor for failing to send a representative.
Washington April 17 Commissioner Haynes reports nearly 12 000 prohibition amendment indictments in six months with about 5 000 convictions and total fines and penalties around 43000000 across the Midwest states including Iowa Kentucky Michigan Nebraska and others with completed counts for indictments pleas of guilty convictions fines revenue penalties and bonds forfeited and autos seized in a sweeping federal enforcement tally
Special to The Evening Journal reports Big Four passenger train No. 43 derailed after a washout near Foster Indiana. The engineer and fireman were seriously injured in the collision and derailment.
The Germany Russia treaty was signed at Rapallo by Rathenau and Tchitcherin on April 17. It nulls Brest Litovsk and re-establishes full diplomatic relations on an equal basis between the two nations.
April 17 reports that Attorney General Daugherty signaled no action on a complaint by Miss Mary Kilbreth accusing Senator Joseph N. Fraunce Md of violating the statute barring criminal correspondence with foreign governments. Kilbreth cited cablegrams the senator sent to leaders at the Genoa conference.
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