TOLLS AT PANAMA NAL SUBJECT IN OMING CONGRES
A historical column by Mark Sullivan reviews the Panama tolls issue and the 1914 Wilson action. It explains the Hay Pauncefote treaty, equal treatment for ships, and domestic motives behind proposals to exempt American coastwise vessels from tolls. It cites Harding era aims, British interests, and looming Congress debates.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
Mbassador Geddes
Harding
Panama Canal
Great Britain
America
Polby
Panama
Pacific
United States
John Hay
Julian Pauncefote
Wilson
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
White House
Senate Committee
Congress Action Reports on Various Senate and House Bills
Today in Congress United Press reports Senate committees continue hearings on Calder coal pill and minimum wage debates while approving nominations. Appropriations, foreign affairs, military, and judiciary panels advance bills on embassies war-time travel controls agrarian tariffs and Chinese trade firm incorporations. House duties include agricultural appropriation and sundry civil bills with subcommittees examining army navy and diplomatic needs.
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United Press
Senate Manufactures Committee
Appropriations
Wilson
Senate
HOUSE
Ways and Means Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
War Department
Army
Sudiciary
Pill
Harding's Private Car Targeted by Stone Thrower
President elect Harding faced a fresh setback as a stone shattered a window of his private car near the track at night. Secret Service theorize a boy threw the stone as the train passed. The window was replaced in Jacksonville.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Harding
Secret Service
Panama
St. Augustine
Marion
Frelinghuysen
Senate
Charles E. Hughes
Charles G. Dawes
Hughes
Dawes
Crity
John Skelton Williams
Root
A. W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Landis Rules Against Medicinal Beverage Case
In La Crosse Wisconsin Niebuhr and Louis Wodzsynski were found guilty in federal court before Judge Landis on Volstead Act violations. The Wodzsyiski case marks the district's first conviction for selling wine of pepsin, a social medicine with 23 percent alcohol, and Niebuhr was convicted for selling whiskey.
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Prima Crosse
Wis
Jan. la Crosse
Niebuhr
Louis Wodzsynski
United States
Krensky Conclave Appeals for Refugee Aid
A nine member committee appointed by a Kerensky led conference plans a permanent group to oppose the Soviet government in Russia. The body aims to appeal to governments and peoples to aid refugees to preserve Russia's cultural contribution. Members include Kerensky Miliukov and Avksienteff. Ford gains more votes in Washington recount, adding 2,101 to his tally over Newberry in 1,461 precincts of the 1918 senatorial race.
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United Press
Paris
Russia
Janiibolshevik
Alexander Kerensky
Kerensky
M. Miliukoff
M. Avksienteff
Ford
Washington, D. C
Henry Fort
Truman WW. Newberry
Senate
Mrs Peete Faces Strain as Denton Murder Trial Nears
Mrs Sofie Louise Peete, accused in the Denton murder case, rests in her cell in Los Angeles awaiting Monday’s trial. Witnesses reported she appeared tired and worried after viewing the Denton home scene with judge and attorneys, but she blamed fatigue on eye trouble. The basemen scene showed the crypt where Jacob C. Denton’s body was found months earlier.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Jacob C. Denton
Sofie Louise Peete
Denton
Peete
Convicts Escape Fort Madison Prison Farm After Break
Three Fort Madison state prison convicts escaped yesterday afternoon and remained at large into today. The fugitives are Michael O'Donnell 45 serving ten years for breaking and entering from Polk county with three months left, John Holdier a Jasner county forger due to expire in two years, and Will Murray a larceny convict with five months to serve. They left in a state truck about 3 30 pm and failed to report to the prison by 4 pm triggering a search by Warden Hollowell and posses scouring the countryside.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Fort Madison State Prison
Michael O’donnell
Polk County
John Holdier
Jasner County
Will Murray
Murray i Wes
Pelk County
Hollowell
Sees Added Revenue in Bad Cream Butter
Washington January 22 The Attorney General Palmer rules that butter made from decomposed or rancid ice cream treated with chemicals before churning is taxable as adulterated butter at 10 cents a pound. The Internal Revenue Bureau said the Treasury cannot yet estimate the revenue impact.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Palmer
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury
Austria Seeks Support From Council on Credits
Vienna says the Austrian parliament reopening is postponed amid a tense political scene as Dernarrone awaits news from the Paris conference. Great Britain’s Austrian minister Beron Frank enstein warns that without adequate credits from the supreme council consequences are unpredictable.
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United Press
London
Beron Frankenstein
Great Britain
Supreme Council
Austria
Vienna
Anvaits
Evgarrone
Paris
Muskogee Fears No Outbreak After Motorman Shooting
Associated Press reports from Muskogee Oklahoma state that police minimized rumors of a racial outbreak after a shooting of a Negro by street car motorman W M Linn. They say only two shots were fired at the car and deny plans for racial disturbance.
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Associated Press
Muskogee. Okla
Begro
W. M. Linn
Riverside High Students Suspended Over Vaccination Refusal
Nineteen Riverside High School students were suspended until the new term began on Feb 1 after they refused to undergo the wholesale smallpox vaccination mandated by the health department as a precaution against spread in schools.
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Associated Press
Ahiwaukee
Riverside High School
Hbearth
Highways Weather Report Covers Midwest Cities
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau report dated January 22 lists cities including Albert Lea Minnesota Altona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault Minn La Crosse Wisconsin Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Portville Waterbury noting surface conditions 01% and generally fair weather with fair conditions tonight and normal motor traffic.
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U. S
Department of Agrical Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Alsona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribautt
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshballtown
New Hampton
Portville
Japanese Fearful Personal Rights May Be Lost In California Issue
New York Jan 23 Roland Morris American ambassador to Japan said Japanese fear California may classify aliens by citizenship eligibility and threaten personal rights. He stressed Japan protests the plan while not opposing immigration controls or citizenship for its nationals. He noted 1913 California policy and warned it could affect property and personal rights of Japanese residents in the United States.
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Associated Press
New York
California
University Club
Roland
Morris
Japan
Baron Shidehara
United States
America
Otder Alens
Hold Quartermaster on Charge of Arson
Detroit reports Franklin Lamb once quartermaster at Fort Wayne barracks was charged with four fires to cover up alleged account shortages. He was arrested on an arson charge after indictment by the federal grand jury.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Fort Wayne
Franklin Lamb
Josas
Weather Forecast for Washington Week Outlook
Washington D C January 22 predictions for the week beginning Monday expect temperatures normal or above with considerable cloudiness and occasional rains and snows in the forecast Upippi and Alis Suri referenced in the text indicate unclear regional notes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Upippi
Montreal Police Keep Unemployed Quiet Amid Demonstrations
Extra police patrolled restaurants hotels and the Ritz Carlton area as demonstrations by the unemployed prompted raids on two eateries and crowds outside the hotel. Three men jailed. Coronel Gaudet said they are aliens likely to be deported. He claimed many unemployed refuse work and noted a jobs offer drew 11 of 350 men. World War I veterans groups denounced the demonstrations as loafers who will not work.
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United Press
Montreal
Ritz Carlton
Coronel Gaudet
Public Safety
Gaudet
Jie
Philadelphia Urges Permanent Expo Buildings for 1926
The art jury of Philadelphia urges permanent structures for the 1926 world fair marking the city’s 150th anniversary of independence. They oppose gaudy temporary pavilions and cite three proposed sites along the Schuylkill in Fairmount Park, near Hog Island shipyard, and near the navy yard in South Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Fairmont Park
Hog
Mason City Strikers Enjoined From Picketing Plant Property
In Mason City Iowa on January 22 striking workers at the Decker and Sons packing plant were enjoined from picketing company property. Sheriff Marsh served the writ after deputies expanded a patrol, amid wage cuts and a 10 hour day fight. The town code section on unlawful assembly was read to strikers.
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Mason City
Decker & Sons Packing
Marsh
Rathbun Habeas Corpus Case Delayed in Marion
Ernest Rathbun's habeas corpus proceedings before Judge F F Dawley in Marion were postponed until next Friday by agreement between the state and Rathbun's attorneys. He seeks freedom from the animatory where he is serving a sentence for a criminal assault on a young woman at Tia Grove in 1917.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Rathbun
F. F. Dawley
Marion
Rathbun
Tia Grove
Seaplane Taxies to Canal Zone after Hurricane
A damaged US seaplane, NC- , forced to land during last Saturday's hurricane near San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua, is taxiing toward Panama via Nicoya after being beached north of Gigante as it joins the flight from San Diego to the capital zone.
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Associated Press
San Jan del Sur
Nicaragua
United States
San Diego
Panama
Nicoya
Gigante
Here
Preacher's Tip Solves Major Mail Robbery Case
Mount Vernon Alabama January 12 a five dollar tip led to the arrest of Rev Gur vile and a solution to a 212000 mail robbery. The ex preacher turned garage worker moved a small box for an expressman and sparked suspicions. Loren Williamson Kyle's partner linked the tip to other money use and alerted postal inspectors. Most securities were found in an egg crate and other hidden spots around the garage. Rev Kyle confessed involvement but withheld details. Robbery sack theft occurred as the mail wagon stopped near the post office.
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Lintel Press
Mount Vernon
Gurvile
Ron
Loren Williamson
Kyle
Root Urges Cautious Disarmament Talks Before March 4
Washington, Jan. 22. Elihu Root asked the Naval Committee to delay total or partial disarmament discussions until after the new administration, urging prompt steps post March 4 to seek a general disarmament agreement. He warned against preemptive actions until Harding and the secretary of state are informed.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Elihu Root
International Court of Arbitration
League of Nations
Butler
House Naval Committee
Root
Harding
Danish Municipalities Report Bank Loan Offer From New York
Copenhagen January 21 Danish provincial municipalities report a loan offer from the Nations company New York amounting to 25 million dollars at percent terms. The offer depends on acceptance by the municipality of Copenhagen.
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Ne Associated Press
Copenhagen
the Nations Company
New York
Courier Deliv ery Time and Paper Replacements
The notice informs readers the Courier should be delivered before 3 30. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 to have a copy sent. Phone inquiries should reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Liquor Seizure At Jackson Harris Undertaking Parlors
Prohibition agents report extensive liquor seizures at Jackson Harris undertaking parlors. Findings include twenty two cases of bourbon, one trunk of bottled bourbon, twenty gallons of alcohol, three cases of Scotch, fifty gallons of moonshine, a lined casket with whisky, and whisky in a body basket. Sam Harris, proprietor, arrested.
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Dan
Jackson & Harris
Loa Ile
Sam Harris
Grand Jury Urges Courts martial for Guard Officers
Jasper Alabama January report says a special grand jury recommends court martial for Capt Lollar Jane and Lieut McBride of Company M Alabama National Guard for alleged inefficiency and lack of responsibility in the lynching of William Baird January 13. Indictments for murder have been returned against Company M members. Trials set to begin January 31 at Hamilton Marion County Court.
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Associated Press
Jasper
Ala
Kilby
Wiliam Baird
Lollar Jane Lieut. McBride
Company M
Alabama National Guard
Company
R. BE. Sterner
Hamilton
Marion County
Western Sheriff Cracks Bootleggers and Crime Sneaks
Denver January report quotes Sheriff John Weir of the Colorado Sheriffs' Association warning that bootleggers and auto thieves have evolved into new threats. He notes crime now follows the speed and anonymity of motor cars, contrasting with frontier fair play.
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United Press
Denver
Cole
John Weir
Colocado Sheriffs’ Association
Weir
Ian
Farmer Loses Wagon and Team in Ice Near Dubuque
An valuable team of horses owned by John Bechtel of Lansing was lost Friday afternoon crossing the bay near Dubuque when they struck an air pocket in the ice. The wagon and road disappeared into water about 20 feet deep.
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Associated Press
Dubugque
John Bechtel
Lansing
Mother in Court for Death of 2 Children
Mrs Thom as Koebier faces a first degree murder trial in Warren Ohio over the deaths of her two children whose bodies were found in the ruins of their burned home near Hubbard last month. The indictment was returned last night by the Columb County grand jury.
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United Press
Des Moines
M Anna Crosby
Lelanfenur
Associated Press
Warren, O
Thomas Koebier
Fubbard
Crumbeil County
Flying grandmas decide 10 fish journey by train
Chicago report recalls J M Smith and Mrs H T Wheeler choosing a train trip to Washington over air travel due to fog. They carried Nebraska's electoral vote to Des Moines and Washington, claiming they were comfortable despite the weather and heat were wearing overshoes.
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Press
Chicago
J M Smith
H. T. Wheeler
Nebraska
Washington
Des Moines
De Valera Takes Charge Of Irish Republic Govt
Amonn de Valera now has active control of the Irish republican government and holds daily talks with Dail Eireann leaders. Despite frequent British raids, Sinn Fein officials remain uncaptured, fueling belief Britain seeks no arrest. de Valera considers a world statement outlining Sinn Fein views and pledges to endure for liberty and peace.
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Charles 3. M'Cann
United Press
Dublin
Lera
Dail Eireann
de Valera
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Report Shows State Bank Deposits Decreasing
Des Moines January 22 A state ment of the condition of state banks and trust companies under the state bank commission shows deposits on the decrease. By December 31 deposits were 22 442 205 less than November 3 and 56 334 726 less than December 31 1919. Loans and discounts fell 14 213 785 since November though up 52 025 385 from 1919. The average reserve at December 31 last year stood at 13.2 percent.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Bank Commission
Belgium Seeks Lump Sum for German Reparations
Brussels reports indicate Belgium will urge the supreme council to set a lump sum for German reparations and demand treasury bonds negotiable in America. Belgium maintains its priority share of 2.59 billion dollars must remain unchanged and warns delays empower Germany to oppose claims.
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Ctnited Press
Paris
Supreme Council
Brussels
Echo de Paris
Germany
America
Belgium
Imaore
Portinay
United States
Fourth of July Birthday Case Baffles Judge in Chicago
Judge Joseph Sebath questions why Vincent Petary cannot be an American citizen for a White veteran. When asked why celebrate the Fourth, Petary replies that it is his birthday. The exchange spans a quirky courtroom moment as the public reads of the unusual proceedings.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph Sebath Todargpoul
Vincent Petary
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