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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1921
Page
4
Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein, and vice president of the so called Irish Republic, was arrested by British authorities amid rising tensions. The prominent Irish political figure faced detention as colonial forces tighten control.
President Wilson vetoed a bill delaying the Clayton Act prohibition on railroads buying equipment from firms in which they or their officers are interested. The final two year suspension expired, and the president said railroads received extensions but no adequate reason justified further postponement.
Diplomatic ties between Ro mania and Bulgaria renewed while East Chicago halves its area under quarantine for a smallpox outbreak. The era of New Year receptions at the White House ends due to Wilson illness as teachers are urged to aid in schools' administration. Federal payroll cuts loom in DC with 7000 government workers to be dropped if a new appropriation bill passes.
The sixteenth Idaho legislature was sworn in and began duties as elective state officials took oaths. Peter G. Johnston was elected speaker and E. W. Whitcomb president pro tem. About six thousand attended the house warming at the newly completed Capitol, a $1,000,000 building. Oregon bonds totalling $15,532,000 were voted for irrigation with $5,577,500 authorized since 1919.
Federal reserve board reports work has begun on a large lumber terminal at Hackensack New Jersey to store handle and sell lumber from Washington Oregon and California. A separate House bill by Representative Britten of Illinois proposes adoption of the metric system as the national standard.
The American Legion, led by national commander FW Galbraith Jr, charges gov ernment hospitals mishandle thousands of disabled veterans. It cites rising hospitalizations due to tuberculosis, calls for $3 000 000 000 in reform, and outlines legion efforts to humanize care and mobilize posts and auxiliaries nationwide.
Colonel Whittlesey leader of the Lost Battalion, famed World War I hero, told Patty Arbuckle he would be scared to death if placed before a motion picture camera. He recalled his troops landing safely after their perilous position and noted the irony of his wartime grit contrasting with film studio publicity.
Tacoma reports wage cuts from 18 to 76 percent effective January 1. The Loyal Legion of Log and Lumbermen says about 800 workers will be affected with common labor dropping from 4.40 to 3.00 per day and skilled labor taking a proportional cut. The new scale was set by trustees in Portland with employers and employees represented.
A March 4 inauguration will break tradition as Warren G. Harding, the new president, rides an automobile from the capitol to the White House instead of the customary carriage. The Cleveland Grays will serve as Harding's personal guard.
In Nagar India the Indian National Congress passes resolutions opposing the proposed visit of the Duke of Connaught to the east and honoring the memory of Cork's late Lord Mayor MacSwiney. The body also adopts a message of sympathy with the Irish struggle for independence.
John J. Etheridge former president of Morris Bros Inc who failed recently returning to Portland from Minneapolis in custody of deputy sheriffs. The failure left a long list of creditors and the matter prompted his return.
London newspapers renew insistence on restricting naval armaments and urge a conference among the United States Great Britain and Japan to discuss arms limits.
A U S district court judge Martin J Wade ruled Iowa two cent railroad passenger fare law unconstitutional.
A traveling salesman asks who the bow is as he stops at a farm with a set of the World's Best Literature. The farmer, pointing to a hired man in a field, says he is only the employer in this scene from American Legion Weekly.
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