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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1921
Page
1
The Washington Post reports Japan pursues its delaying diplomacy at the Washington conference as British mediators press for an Anglo Japanese accord while France and Italy stall. Tokyo seeks a higher 3 to 5 naval ratio and uses partial concessions as bargaining power.
Unofficial Japanese voices suggest expanding the Chinese four power consortium into a broad political agreement among four or five great powers. The idea echoes President Harding's call for continued conferences and aims to align political deals with economic essentials amid global reconstruction.
Berlin dispatch reports Germany organizing a joint government banking and industry committee to negotiate foreign loans and assets to cover the January and February 200 million reparations payments. President Wirth leads a powerful panel including Reichsbank chief Havenstein with Krupp and Stinnes absent. The group aims to secure funds amid warnings of consequences if payments lag and hints at possible moratorium prospects after early installments.
Wylie Clark, a farmer, was shot and killed by a marine guard as a Kansas City Southern passenger train halted at Blanchard in Caddo parish. A warrant was issued for the marine, T A Willis, after Clark died in hospital. Witnesses say Clark stood about 12 feet from the train when ordered away and replied I am not afraid of your gun.
In Waukegan Illinois Gov Len Small and Vernon Curtis prepare to fight indictments on conspiracy embezzlement and confidence game charges. Defense argues indictments void due to faults in construction and a public special return. Judge Edwards will rule. if overruled trial may start first week in January. The article notes potential new grand jury if quashed.
R. C. Adkins, a Texas oil company geologist, is held by bandits in Chihuahua Mexico. A ransom of 5000 pesos is demanded under threat of death. James C. Spriggs Jr. reports the capture occurred while Adkins traveled between San Juanito and Chihuahua City.
After 41 hours of deliberation the seven men and five women failed to reach a verdict on Roscoe Arbuckle for manslaughter in the Virginia Rappe death. Prosecutors will present charges of intimidating juror Helen Hubbard to the grand jury tomorrow night.
Miss Ellen Neilson of Borough Park Brooklyn was saved from a fatal sea plunge on the United States liner en route from Copenhagen to New York. American minister to Sweden Ira Nelson Morris sprang to help, grabbing her waist and guiding her to safety as a heavy wave swept her toward a unprotected deck edge. He then assisted her to the writing room, while she clutched a bag with her passport and $200. Morris continued his return to Chicago after the ship reached New York.
The Sixty-seventh Congress begins its second session with plans to send the budget bureau fixed estimates and Madden aims to have the combined supply bill to the Senate by April 5. Debates will loom on arms talks, naval and army funding, Panama tolls, and allied debt as President Harding prepares to address Congress amid international conference attendance. The session marks the first budgetary approach to government expenditures, with Madden forecasting early passage of a large appropriation package and Mondell targeting reclassification reforms for federal employees next Friday.
The first snowfall blanketed Washington yesterday, starting about 9 am and continuing through the day. The heaviest since 1919 officials reported 4 1 4 inches and crowed with children sledding and adults coasting in Rock Creek and Soldiers Home grounds. The storm stretched from northern Virginia to New York and Ohio valley, bringing rain southward. The city’s famed vistas took on added quiet beauty as cars and pedestrians faced winter’s early arrival. Forum notes of churchgoers and revelers alike mark a seasonal mood shift as the capital embraces winter with snow.
A special committee led by Senator Brandegee will begin an investigation of charges by Senator Watson over alleged illegal executions in the American expeditionary forces. The West Virginia mining inquiry is finished but weather issues remain. Senator King’s proposed dye and chemical interests lobby probe awaits action. Madden outlines budget work by five subcommittees starting December 12, with the first supply bill due January 5 and all submissions by March 27.
A sedan carrying two families, the Joseph A. Roskuski group and the Bernard Kek family, slipped off River Road into the Miati Hire Canal near Waterville, twelve miles from Toledo. The Roskuski couple and their five year old daughter, plus the Kek couple and their four year old daughter, drowned. The accident was found at 6 pm after the car was hauled from the water.
Page index item notes delays in Japanese talks and suggestion for a lantern pact as Congress is urged to speed up. It highlights a perception of the biggest snow since 1919, a mistrial in the Arbuckle case, and American efforts on reparations and naval bases.
Havre dispatch reports shipbuilder Charles W Morse intends to sail home tomorrow after seeking permission to stay in France until January. Morse wants privacy to avoid glare from photographers and press as U S authorities decide his status. He plans to consult Italian specialist Machiavava after returning to Europe.
London sources report no agreement reached on the Irish settlement after talks between Lloyd George and Sinn Fein delegates. Valera warns sacrifices may be asked for freedom as Ulster opposition blocks a kingly federation plan. A new meeting of British ministers and Sinn Fein reps is possible tomorrow.
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