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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1921
Page
1
Washington officials view Japan's note on joining a global disarmament conference as signaling the Root Takahira agreement will frame Far East discussions. They expect Tokyo to press that pact as an accomplished fact and seek a conference scope limited to issues between the United States and Japan.
The President is cut off from outside contact, living at Secretary of War Weeks’ summit home on Prospect Mountain. Weeks owns the mountain and the house sits unreachable to outsiders with no telephone communication available.
Havana declares a special delegation will appear before the U S senate finance committee to challenge sugar and tobacco provisions of the Fordney tariff law. Sebastian Gelabert, treasury secretary, will lead the mission and seek an 8 million dollar U S loan to aid Cuban industries amid a low mood period.
President Harding arrived in the White Mountains for a week’s vacation after a rapid motor trip from Portland Maine. More than a dozen motorcars formed his entourage as they skirted Maine lakes through Crawford Notch into the scenic highlands.
Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland, visiting Riga, denied reports of a Trotzky Lenin split and Trotzky being ill. He described Trotzky as robust and bronzed, with the shoulders of an athletic man, stating Lenin and Trotzky are working in harmony.
Lansing reports Governor Groesbeck refused to extradite Thomas Ray a Black man wanted in Georgia for murder. Georgia authorities lacking evidence of a prosecutable case while Groesbeck cited potential unfair trial conditions.
Memphis August 3 The American Cotton Growers Exchange announces a campaign to have the Senate committee consider a new tariff measure and include cotton on the protected industries list. The exchange plans immediate action.
World famed tenor Enrico Caruso died in Naples after a long illness. A Rome dispatch quoted by Rome said doctors performed a liver diaphragm operation for acute peritonitis. His wife and brother were at his bedside as he grew extremely weak and received camphor injections.
Filibuster blocks Willis Campbell anti beer bill as two more votes are sought to recommit the measure. Senators Moses of New Hampshire and Broussard of Louisiana push opposition while Senator Sterling abandons overseas travel to fight the bill.
Reported sources say Meser-DBrous faction scouts for two extra votes to recommit the measure. If fails, opponents vow to kill the bill by talking it to death. A sudden shift endangers a planned recess as leaders warn no vacation unless supporters concede gracefully.
London and Washington officials announce that Britain will not hold a separate preliminary conference. Britain agrees to join the Washington conference on Pacific questions, and accepts the November 11 Armistice Day date with no reservations on the program.
John Skelton Williams former comptroller of the currency told a joint commission agricultural problems that the Federal Reserve Board erred in 1919 by raising rates and extending large loans to New York banks. He cited a $120 million loan to a New York bank and alleged bias against the West and South.
Mr Williams argues against speculative borrowings noting institutions can borrow 10 million dollars in Liberty bonds, discount with the reserve system, then lend to a president for speculative ventures. He cites Governor Harding's testimony on reserve lending to agriculture in 1920–21 and says farmers face credit discrimination.
Gov Small and several aides in the Illinois governor's limousine skidded into a ditch on the road from Kankakee. The governor leaped out and held the car up while others escaped. In the vehicle were his son Leslie Small Col C R Miller and W W Schroeder. Another car pulled the equipage free and he continued toward Hoopeston.
National League results include Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 6 New York 4, Boston at Chicago with rain, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh with rain. American League outcomes show Boston defeated unknown, St. Louis 5 6, Washington 6, Chicago at Philadelphia rain, Cleveland at New York rain.
An official ministry of marine statement says Greek forces conducted bombing raids along the railway from Aflum Kareh'ssar to Konieh. Bombs hit three hangars and enemy cavalry detachments during the attack.
The Labor Department says registration of aliens aims to protect and guide foreigners, not police. Fees fund instruction for newcomers. adults pay 10, minors 3. The bureau of naturalization would become a bureau of citizenship with broader duties including distribution, fraud protection, and public education.
The Mary De Costa returned to port with only the captain, cook, and engineer aboard. Twelve crewmen, who were hauling dories, disappeared during the voyage in dense fog near the Cape Cod fishing grounds.
An earthquake in southeastern Italy caused the Bari post office building to collapse with eight bodies recovered. Reports speak of many deaths and injuries across a 200 mile area, with heat wave deaths in several cities and a cyclone in Milan damaging stores. A large building collapsed in Bari, and damage extended to Leghorn and Lake Lugano district.
In Welch West Virginia two men were held for the deaths of Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers of Matewan. The killings occurred as Hatfield prepared to face a Mohawk instigation charge in circuit court. State troopers and militia were deployed to prevent unrest.
Allied experts remain deadlocked over the partition of Upper Silesia and Poland’s awards. French plans favor Poland taking most of the region, including major towns and coal mines, while British proposals restrict Poland to only Rynek and Pieß.
Senator Arthur Capper loaned 200000 dollars without security to youths for pur chase of pure-blood pigs and keep them on farms. He plans similar loans to girls for chicken clubs and has already lent 50000 to Kansas girls for purebred flocks. Total US coinage up to 1915 stands at 4600000000 dollars.
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