Dawes May Land at War Desk in Harding Cabinet
Chicago financier Charles A. Dawes emerges as a leading candidate for the War department with Treasury still in play. Ex senator Weeks arrives. Fordney of Michigan to help frame post election tax legislation in Marion Ohio. Harding weighs camps and college training to bolster national service plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Carr Marlon
Harding
Harles A. Dawes
Chicago
Treasury Post
War Department
Melton
Pittsburgh
Treasury
John A. Weeks
Massachusetts
Navy
Pletésbure
Fordney
Marion
Associated Press
Michigan
Ways and Means
Special Congress
Steel Workers Open United Campaign to Unionize Industry
William Hannon, secretary of the executive council of steel unions tied to the AFL, began preliminary work on details of a new campaign to unionize the steel industry in Washington. The council will resist wage cuts and sponsor the eight hour day while uniting more than ten steel groups in the effort.
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Steel Workers Open United
Associated Press
Washington, D. Jan
William Hannon
Executive Council of
National and International Unions
American Federation of Labor
J. Tighe
Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers
Schoolboys Track Down Robber and Nab Him Redhanded
Engere Oregon January 15 Milton Lane 15 and Willie Westrope 13 shadowed a man from the schoolyard to woods and recovered a coat and helped the sheriff arrest the alleged robber. The arrest linked to several prior robberies reported by the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lair
Associated Press
Engere
Ore
Milton Lane
Willie Westrope
Milton
Willie
Artiol
New Direct Inheritance Tax Act Proposed in Iowa
Des Moines reports a new direct inheritance tax plan will be introduced when the Iowa legislature resumes. Senators Wrehman Hancock County and Representative Weaver Polk are behind the bill aimed at adding 2 006 000 annually to state revenues with a tiered levy from 1 percent on estates above 25 000 up to 197 percent on portions over 500 000.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowa Assembly
Wrehman
Hancock County
Weaver
Polk
Democrats Face Leadership Gaps and Need Unified Strategy
The piece critiques Democratic leadership in both chambers, noting weak House figures like Hull Rainey and Clark and suggesting a need for a unified national committee chair, steady consultation with Underwood Kitchin Glass and other leaders, plus McAdoo Cox and Bryan to present a coherent alternative program.
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Senate
Glass
Underwood
Thomas J. Walsh
Monntana
Simmons
North Carolina
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
League of Nations
Aderwood
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Champ Clark
Missouri
Claude’Kitchin
Kitchin
jSenius
T- Manit
Kitehin
House
McAdoo
Cox
Brian
Les 2
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Treasury
fi!r;Dance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Gly
Rion
Mississipp
New York
Tet
Workers Accept Wage Cut at Hol Manufacturing Plant
One thousand shopmen voted unanimously to accept a percentage wage reduction and to cooperate to raise production. The agreement takes effect February 14, with the Hol Manufacturing company in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Associated Pv
Louisville, Ky
Hol
Jere Toder
Mexico trembles on verge of fall of peace
Reports from Washington cite renewed banditry threats in Mexico after seven months of quiet. Unemployment drives unrest as mines close and armed escorts reappear on northern trains. Carranza loyalists, former officials, and Zapatista factions reportedly mobilize against Obregon amid rumors of coalitions.
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Mexico
Ralph MW
Turner Ceihed Yrese Sud
Washington, D. C
Touuy
Carranza
Saltillo
Texas
Murguin
Unem
Obregon
Socialist Congress in Leghorn Debates Seizure of Government
Italy's Socialist congress opens in Leghorn as radicals push for revolution. Signor Bombacci, a Communist leader, and allies seek control by force and a soviet army, while deputies Treves Modigliani and Tarati oppose with the conservative wing.
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Associated Press
Leghorn
Italy
Congress of
The
Socialist Party
Signor Bombacci
Communist Section
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Treves
Modigliani
Tarati
Spanish Syndicates Propose Plans to End Exorbitant Profits
Madrid January 35 The Syndicalist National Labor federation issues a manifesto calling for cost of living relief through organized production costs. It urges workers to determine actual production costs and order members not to sell above set prices to cut profits and reduce prices on essentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Madrid
Syndicalist
National Labor Federation
Wage Cut Misses Salaried Employes
The Singer Manufacturing company announced an immediate 20 percent wage reduction that applies to its plants in Elizabeth New Jersey Bridgeport Connecticut and Flint Michigan but will not affect salaried employees. The move affects about tens of thousands of workers at the sewing machine maker's plants.
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Associated
Elizabeth
N. J
Singer Manufacturing Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Flint
Longwell Funeral Services Set for Des Moines Educator
Des Moines Jan 3 funeral services for O H Longwell 63 prominent town educator who died Thursday will be held here Monday Honorary pallbearers will include prominent townspeople Interment will be in Glendale cemetery here
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Des Moines
H. Longwell
Glendale Cemetery
Get Rich Quick Swindlers in German Marks Uncovered
Boston police unearth a Ponzi like scheme by Rothschild Campbell officials Nathaniel Goodman and Abraham Horowitz arrest in Worcester on larceny charges. About 560000 raised from Massachusetts residents with plans to profit from rising German marks, but investors found offices closed and marks never bought.
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United Proms
Boston
Mass
Charles Ponzi
Sgny
Nathaniel KR. Goodman
Abraham Horrowitz
Rothschild & Campbell, Ltd
Goodman
Horrowitz
Worcester
Allen
Massachusetts
Rothschild and Campbell
Attorney General
Springfeld
Providence
New Ledford
Refugee crisis in Armenia amid famine amid archy threats
Advices from Armenia report more than 200000 Armenian refugees between Kars and Alexandropol are dying due to hunger and fuel shortages with archy stalking the camps. The other items note the senate urging halt to army recruitment to 150000 men and a naval air station inquiry into the loss of a balloon and workers union campaign to organize iron and steel labor nationwide.
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Associated Premsy
New York
Near East Relief Committee
Armenia
Kars
Alexandropol
Washington, D. C
Senate
Secretary of War
Daniels
Rockaway
N. C
Lieats
Kloor
Hinton
Farrell
Ruudson Bay
Iron and Steel
Funds Available to Exporters via War Finance Corporation
Washington January 15 The war finance corporation revived by Congress has resumed operations and will consider loan applications to exporters under the same terms as before the suspension. Personal hearings may be held for borrowers and applicants must provide full financial detail and loan purposes to establish eligibility. The body will lend to American exporters needing funds when banks cannot provide favorable terms to support domestic product exports abroad.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
War Finance Corporation
Congress
Wilson
Bible Ready for Harding to Swear On
The Bible for President-elect Warren G. Harding’s oath is secured in the United States Supreme Court safe. Clerk James D. Maher bought the gilt edged King James Bible and inscribed the inaugural date and oath on its pages.
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United Press
Washington
Db. C
Harding
United States Supreme Court
James D. Maher
Maher
Pan Am Labor Leaders Urge Aid for Santo Domingo
Delegates to the Pan American Federation of Labor convened in Mexico City and planned swift action on committee reports select the next meeting city elect officers and push a resolution urging President Wilson to aid Santo Domingo amid concerns of U S imperialism. Samuel Gompers appeared likely to be reelected president and Obregon hosted delegates at the national palace.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Congress
The
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
Samuel Gompers
Guatemala City
Cartagena
Colombia
Pier ‘Jean Federation of Labor
Gompers
Américan Federation
United States
Santo Domingo
Nicaragua
Santo Domingans
Pan- American Federation
Wilson
Santo Damiango
Famed Danville preacher and wife amid fasting controversy
Danville figures, including Mrs Harrington, confront questions about fasting and mortality as church tensions surface. Ernie Harrington guides reporters to his wife while she asserts faith and links to church life, quipping about future preaching plans if paid.
Two Lost Overboard From Pacific Fleet
Two sailors from the Pacific fleet were lost overboard in the last 24 hours aboard the U S S New Mexico at sea. Identified as Oscar Ecstrom from the Arkansas and Burton Maynar from the destroyer Stedgard. Bodies not recovered.
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U. S. S. New Mexico
Associated Press
Pher
Engard Oscar Ecstrom
Arkansas
Burton Maynar
Stedgard
Robbers Kill Grocer for $13 and Escape
Chicago authorities hunted three robbers who shot Herman Rotstein, a grocer, and stole $72. Rotstein’s widow, mother of three, died by inhaling gas after learning of the murder.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Herman Rotstein
Arrest Men Suspected in Ax Murder of Judge Price
Two men, suspected as ax fiends in the murder of Judge Mooty Price, were arrested in York Alaska 30 miles from Meridian Mississippi after being found on a freight train. Authorities now believe revenge, not robbery, was the motive. About $200 was stolen from the judge’s trousers, fueling the theory the theft was a blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Meridian
Miss
Mooty Price
York
Ale
Judge Price
U.S
Barn Burns In Barn Fire At Winnie Fry Farm
Fire destroyed a large barn on the Winnie Fry farm in Remeen Ja causing extensive loss of livestock and farm machinery. Estimated damage exceeds 56 000 dollars. The incident occurs near the St. Louis area with a wide nearby population at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Remeen
Winnie Fry
Congress Panels Hear Debates on Oil Regulation and Tariffs
Senate committees launch discussions on Calder Oil government regulation and emergency tariff legislation. Debates proceed on Indian affairs funding while tax and wool schedule revisions begin. Disarmament, military real estate, grain and cotton speculation, naval policies, and appropriations for army navy diplomacy rivers and harbors receive ongoing committee scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avivon
Foreign Affairs
Military Affairs
War Départment
Agriculture Committee
Naval Affairs Committee
Iowa Life Insurance Wins Tax Suit In Supreme Court
Des Moines January 15 Iowa Life Insurance company Waterloo won its tax assessment suit against Black Hawk county board of supervisors. The Iowa Supreme Court held counties cannot collect taxes beyond the five mill rate in Section 1310. The ruling yields about 14000 to Iowa Life and Iowa Manufacturers Insurance in Waterloo and could restore around sixty thousand dollars in back taxes for insurers in Black Hawk county. The case began under Section 1417 for recovering illegally paid taxes, and the decision also upholds the money and credits statute over attacks by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Life Insurance Company
Waterloo
Iowa Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
Black Hawk County
High
Great Western
Accident Company
Supreme Court
Towa Life
Iowa Manufacturers Insurance Company
Folk County
H. M. Havner
Calder Bill to Regulate Coal Industry Goes to Hearings
Senator Calder’s measure for federal regulation of the coal industry is slated for preliminary review by the Senate manufacturers committee. Hearings will open Tuesday with three days for evidence from coal operators wholesalers and others. A. G. Gauthiem discussed interstate commerce priority orders from the coal shortage and W. T. Chartland outlined the Shipping Board’s coal pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Calder
Senate Manufacturers Commttee
G. Gauthiem
American Railway Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. T.chartland
Shipping Board
No Smoking Signs May Hang in Capitol
A bill proposed by Senator Smoot would ban smoking in government departments and all government establishments, including the White House and Capitol, citing a recent fire near the White House as motivation. The measure aims to prevent fires and reflect statecraft without tobacco use by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Smoot
White House
Capitol
Sovereign Camp of W O W Enjoined in Colorado
In Denver on January 15 Judge Morier permanently enjoined the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World from using that name or the symbol W C W in Colorado. The Woodmen of the World headquartered at Omaha filed suit. the defendant has 30 days to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Naval Seaplanes staged at Bahia Honduras in transit
A radio from the twelfth naval district reports F-5 L type and NC seaplanes near Bahia on the Honduran coast as part of the San Diego to Panama flight. The last plane arrived at 4:45 p.m. yesterday and the group has about 220 miles left to reach Panama, with a possible jump to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Francisco
San Diego
Panama
Bahia
Honduras
Central American
Twelfth Naval District
DALLAS POST OFFICE ROBBED BY DARING GANG OF BANDITS
A bold post office robbery near Union Station in Dallas left one man dead in a wrecked car and another in custody. Six men attacked the Jackson street facility, shot two clerks, seized a federal reserve shipment, and fled. Loot estimated between a few thousand and twenty thousand dollars plus about twenty eight thousand in mutilated currency. Police and posses pursued across the region leading to a Fort Worth arrest and a wrecked auto on Lake Worth road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Dallas
Tex
Jackson Street
Union Station
Federal Reserve Bank
Anderson Moore
Porter
Jane Cullom
Post Office
Albert Smith
G. W. Street
Smith
Treasury Department
Washington
Lake Worth Road
Fort Worth
Rufus Clemmons
W. 8
Scribner
Mortey
Federal Reserve” Bank
Clemmons
Terrell
Texas
Churches urged to unite in saving sinners in Waterloo
Dr. George Wood Anderson, evangelist, called on Waterloo churches to unite in prayer faith and work to save the unsaved during a Grace M E church sermon. He urged switching methods if current efforts fail and cited Peter fishing as a metaphor. Walnut Street Baptists join Grace M E for the morning service. Sunday schools proceed as usual.
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Waterloo
George Wood Anderson
Grace M. E. Church
Anderson
United Prayer
United Faith
Dr. Anderson
Peter
Simon
Jesus
Walnut Street Baptists
Grace M. E
Kansas City Jurist to Sit in Gas Hearing
Des Moines asks for a rehearing in its case against the local gas company over rate increases. United States Circuit Judge Kimbrough Stone of Kansas City will preside, after appointment by Appellate Judge Sanborn. Judge Wade had requested a jurist despite a committee of Iowa lawyers exonerating him from prejudice claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Ves Moines
United States
Kimbrough Stone
Kansas City
Des Moines
Stone
Appelate Juggie Sanborn
Martin J. Wade
Wade
Iowa
Galli Curci Weds Accompanist One Year After Divorce
Amelita Galli Curci married her accompanist Homer Samuels in Minneapolis at noon. The ceremony follows her divorce from Luigi Quiet a year earlier and aligns with her citizenship filing a year prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galli
Curci
United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Amelita Galli-Curci
Homer Samuels
Lugi
Hitezenship Papera
Des Moines Thieves Loot Lodger's Room for 1804
Des Moines police report a thief broke into a rooming house and plundered a lodger’s room, stealing jewelry valued at 1804 dollars. The incident occurred last night as occupants were absent, with the door forcefully broken to access the hidden items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Des Moines
Eloping Chemist Arrested on Larceny Warrant
Pierre Pau Auther of Highland Park was arrested in Chicago on a Madison Wisconsin larceny warrant for $100. He waived extradition to Madison and claimed innocence. Auther said he and Mrs Franzen parted on good terms after a check for $1000 was handed to Mrs Franzen, which she cashed. He denied using a revolver or taking money and did not know Mrs Franzen's whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Pierre Pau Auther
Highland Park
Cemist
Philp Franzei
Madison
Wis
Jarcen
Auther
West Madison Street
St. Louis
Franze
Mr. Franzen
Caminetti Returns From Trip to Study Immigration
Anthony Caminetti United States commissioner general of immigration returned to the United States on the Adriatic after studying immigration problems at European ports. He noted emigration center visits in England France Belgium Holland Poland Czecho Sl Slovakia and suggested advising applicants of legal impediments at the outset to prevent disqualified entrants.
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Praga
New York
Anthony Caminetti
United States
Adriatic
Europe
Sam Hughes
Canada
Ari
Michael J. O'Doherty Mauila
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Juga
Wilson
Legless Man Causes Commotion in Wreck
In Sacramento a street car and a stage collision sent the stage onto its side. A man crawled from the wreck exclaiming his leg was gone as onlookers gasped. A woman fainted and a bystander exclaimed both legs gone before correcting himself. The man was Ed Peterson of Fresno California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Hurley
Albert Karten
Peterson
Fresno
Cal
Missing $50,000 Mail Pouch Found After Misrouting
Postoffice officials said a registered mail pouch carrying $50,000 was located after being misrouted from a Racine bank to the Federal Reserve in Chicago. The pouch had been sent to New York by mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Racine, Wis
Postoffice
Racine
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
New York
Livestock Association Plans 1922 Colorado Springs Convention
American Livestock Association delegates decide to hold the next annual convention in Colorado Springs Colorado. Senator John Kendrick Sheridan Wyoming elected president and all vice presidents are re elected as the meetings conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hi Paso
Tex
American Livestock Association
Colorado Springs
Colo
John Kendrick
Sheridan
Wyo
Akron to curb job influx with resident-only hiring notices
Akron officials announced notices to labor exchanges in Ohio and nearby states directing that only Akron residents be hired. The move aims to slow the arrival of unemployed workers, with nearly 5,000 unemployed men having come to Akron since the start of the year.
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Associated Presa
Akron
Ohio
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