Disarmament Hopes and Public Mood Mark 1921 Conference
Washington dispatch analyzes how 96 senators and representatives returning from home visits shape popular views on disarmament. It notes broad support for reducing armaments, fears of unemployment, and the risk of public backlash if the conference fails to deliver. The piece cites urgency to prove U.S. effort and cautions that failure could erode faith in leaders.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D C
Enity
Washington
East
Naes Nomiany
Poli]cians
League of Nations
League
Nations
Harding
Noth
Paris
America
Courier delivery deadline and reprint phone remedy
The notice states home delivery by 5 30 and if missed due to carrier error or other causes call 3380 before 6 30 p m to have a copy sent. It urges readers to use the office phone to request a reprint.
Women jurors may sit on murder case in Seattle trial
In Seattle eleven jurors were temporarily passed today in the trial of I Mahoney accused of killing his elderly wife Kate Mahoney and dumping her body in a trunk in Lake Union. Four of the temporarily passed jurors were women. A second item notes Senator Pat Harrison pushing for maximum publicity for the disarmament conference in Washington.
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Seattle
Wash
I. Mahoney
Kate Mahoney
Minnesota
Lake Union
Harrison
Washington, D. C
Senate
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Twister damages downtown business district in Zanesville
Zanesville Ohio struck by a noontime twister. Main street business houses suffer damages running into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Also notes international and political items from the day including a Scotland visit by Viscount Fyizulen and Lloyd George, a North German Lloyd freight line expansion, a Des Moines robbery, and a senate race concession in Albuquerque.
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Zanesville
Europe Trying to Avert War Anew in the Balkans
Geneva reports the Serbians advancing against Albanians along the Drin front as Europe seeks to head off a new Balkan war. The League of Nations considers action and is expected to order Serbia to halt the attack. If Serbia resists, the league’s enforcement power will be tested.
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America
New York Evening ‘Post. Inc
United Press
Geneva
Dring
Europe
League of Nations Today
League
Serbia
Railroads Form Regional Arbitration Board with Big Unions
Baltimore September 21 The Baltimore & Ohio and New York Central railroads create the Train Service Board of Adjustment to settle disputes involving personal grievances or schedule interpretation. The eight member panel includes four railroad representatives and four chosen by the unions. Board decisions are final and binding on management and employees.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co
New York Central Lines
Technic‘aly
Train Service ‘Board of Adjustment
Baltimore & Ohio
miners union reports peak coal worker strength
William Green announces at the United Mine Workers convention that organized coal miners reached record strength in the past year despite high unemployment. The year ending last July showed an average monthly membership of 515,243 with 442,057 paid up and 73,186 dues exempt.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine: Workers of America
William Green
Green
Col Patrick Made Named Air Service Chief
President Harding designated Col M. Patrick to head the Army Air Service succeeding Major General C T Menoher. Menoher resigned after friction with Brig. Gen. William Mitchell. Patrick, who led American air forces in France, will be promoted to major general. Brig. Gen. Mitchell remains as assistant chief for the moment.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Me M. Patrick
Army Air Service
C. T. Menoher
Menoher
William Mitchell
Air Service
Patrick Wes
France
Secretary of War
Weeks
Probe Into Coal Price Plot Initiated By Grand Jury
Des Moines, Sept 21. A grand jury will probe an alleged unlawful cartel among coal producers and dealers to fix prices. The North Des Moines league urged investigation and will present A G Shippey Polk county attorney to the state attorney general Ben J Gibson. former mayor John MacVicar vows to press the matter with the state attorney general.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Grand J Jury
A. G. Shippey
Polk County
North Des Moines League
League
John MacVicar
Strike prompts mass deputy officers in Kern County
Bakersfield California September 21 officials announce that 927 deputy sheriffs and constables are deputized to keep the peace in Kern County during an oil workers strike. Normally 110 sheriffs and 18 constables serve. 610 deputy constables have been appointed across four townships where the strike is active.
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Associated Press
Bakersfield
Cal
Kern County
Officialis
Famed Necklace Not Paid for by Mrs Spreckels
Tiffany & Co. files a complaint in San Francisco alleging Mrs. Sidi Wirt Spreckels never paid for a famous pearl necklace. The firm claims $30,350 is due as the purchase price of the necklace that drew attention from San Francisco to Paris.
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Symited Press
San Francisco
Sidi Wirt Spreckels
John D. Spreckels, Jr
Tiffany & Co
New York
Tiffanys
Paris
Witness Tarred in Sherman Trial Scene
Fred A Zeigler assistant manager of a Sherman hotel reported to county officials that masked men tarred and feathered him near Sherman last night He had testified for the defense in a trial of a Negro boy charged with assaulting a white woman several months earlier.
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Associated Press
Sherman, Tex
Fred A Zeigler
Sherman Hotel
Zeigler
Former Slave Jane Burnam Dies at 114 in Alton
Jane Burnam a former Virginia slave who lived in Alton for nearly 50 years died aged 114. She survived by two daughters Martha Jackson 42 and Betty Hall 89 both residents of Illinois. The obituary notes Burnam was freed after the Civil War and spent her final years in Alton.
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Tne Associated Press
Alton
Jane Burnam
Virginia
Martha Jackson
Betty Hall
Bloomington
Ill
Man Who Broke His Back in Dream Dies in Mason City
Emil Gehbler aged 20 died in Mason City after his back was broken July 5 when he leaped from a second floor during a dream fight he imagined with Jack Dempsey. He suffered two and a half months and lost over 100 pounds.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Jack Dempsey
Emil Gehbler
Harding Sends German Austrian Hungarian Treaties to Senate
President Harding forwarded the pacts with Germany Austria and Hungary to the Senate for ratification accompanied only by a brief note. Congress reassembled as the extra session began amid greetings and a sparse House. Senator Harrison criticized the president for political letters, while the Federal Reserve in New York cut rediscount rate to 5 percent.
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Capitol
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New Mexico
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Conference
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Today
Plan to consolidate U S scientific bureaus under Smithsonian
Arthur McDonald proposes merging key federal science agencies into the Smithsonian to form the Library of the United States. The consolidation targets include the Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, Bureau of Mines, Patent Office, all agricultural science bureaus, and other major offices. The aim is permanent tenure and non political interference for top scientists.
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Washington, D. C
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Arthur McDonald
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Patent Office
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Chicago Police Chief in clash over judge contempt ruling
Chicago chief Charles Fitzmorris condemned by Judge Joseph David for contempt after criticizing an insanity hearing of Carl Wanderer. He faces five days in jail and a $10 fine, with the city preparing an appeal to the supreme court.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles Fitzmorris
Joseph.David
Corporation Counsel's Office
Supreme Court
Mitemorris
Carl Wanderer
David
Fitzmorris
Judge David
Plan Mortgage on Almost All Germany
The German Reparations commission approved a plan for a collective credit organization across all industries banks and realty owners with limited liability to raise funds for indemnity payments. Each member would mortgage a fixed proportion of holdings to the state in return for tax abatements.
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Associated Press
Berlin
German Teparations Commission
Film burning rumor debunked by Colorado executives
Denver report confirms the Fatty Arbuckle film was not burned by armed cowboys in Thermopolis Wyoming last Friday. Film board of trade Colorado and Rocky Mountain Screen Club consider action against Maverick Theatre owner F J Buzzetti for alleged pernicious publicity stunt. film arrived in Denver undamaged.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Thermopolis
Film Board of Trade of
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Screen Club Today
F. J. Buzzetti
Maverick Theatre
Thermopos
Cattle Congress Opens Waterloo Ride for City Day
The Iowa Cattle Congress enters its second day as Waterloo plans a citywide observance on Tuesday September 27. Local merchants are urged to close part of the day to let workers attend the exposition, following examples set in Davenport Fort Dodge and Mason City. Monday is free school day with children touring the exhibits, and Iowa’s day Wednesday may see Governor Kendall and staff. Thursday honors the American Legion Becker Chapman post with events, and Farm Bureau day Friday features nationally known speakers. Saturday hosts exhibitors and Sunday is moving day for the displays.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Iowa
Livestock Congress
Davenport
Cattle Congress
Fort Dodge
Mason City
N. E. Kendall
American Legion
Becker-Chapman Post
Bloody murder grips Dowagiac family in nail studded club death
Murders linked to a nail studded club and a bloody fingerprint target the Monroe family. William Monroe wife Mary and daughter Neva 17 found slain in bed. 12 year old Ardith badly wounded. neighbor Grace McKee discovers the scene. Police pursue fingerprints and a possible motive amid a chaotic crime scene.
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United Press
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Mich
Sepp
Willian Monroe
Mary
Neva
Ardith
Grace McKee
Monroe
Monroe Cottage
Manma
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Ralph Gillette
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S. E. Bryant
Chicago
Kalamazoo
State Hospital For
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Louis Bergman
Columbia
James Morrow
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Clothing clues spark routine mystery at city highway
Garments of a full man’s outfit were found cut and laid by a highway near the city limits. No body, blood, or sign of struggle. Police seek a missing man and consider Percy Tate’s suit unlikely. coat labeled Chicago with later sale in Waverly.
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Lower
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Illinois Central
Home Brewers Stock Up Ahead of Prohibition Enforcement
Washington agents raided breweries nationwide while home brewers rushed to stock up on ingredients and equipment. Stores reported brisk sales claiming supplies not for intoxicating brew. Federal agents pledged further raids on country clubs and city clubs if liquor stock is found.
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Chicago
Washington
Cedar Falls Team Captures First in Horseshoe Tournament
Cedar Falls pitchers who left the city to enter the horseshoe tournament at Cedar Rapids secured first place, reported via telephone communications this afternoon.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Weather summary for Iowa and surrounding towns
The report lists towns including Albert Lea Algona Cedar Rapids Mason City and Waverly with weather notes. Conditions show clear to cloudy skies with temperatures from the mid forties to near sixty and drying or drying well in most areas. Roads are improving across Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa with fair weather forecast for tonight and Thursday.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Albert Lea
Mina
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Chartes City
Cedar Rauids
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Wig
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Marshall
Towg New Hampton
Postville
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Lown
Minnesota
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Dimois
Joint Conferences in Coal Dispute Urged by Kenyon
Senators Kenyon and Shortridge sponsor joint conferences of unionists and operators as a basis for settlement of West Virginia mine troubles to the Senate investigating committee. If conferences fail drastic measures will be urged. A House probe was also proposed by Representative Foster to investigate conditions in the West Virginia coal fields.
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Senate
Kenyon
Shortridge
House
Associated Press
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D. C
Foster
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