Ways and Means to draft tax revision bill October
The House Ways and Means Committee will meet October 19 to draft a tax revision bill with public hearings for two weeks and a bill ready for congressional consideration in December. Chairman Green will supervise treasury experts over the summer and fall. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged repeal of the federal estate tax and co ordination with state taxation to end double taxation on estates.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Green
Treasury
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Chamber
Call to Remove Obey Word from Marriage Service
New York June 21 The fourth report of the Episcopal church joint commission on prayer book urges striking the word obey and the promise of dowry from the marriage service and allows a shortened modern Ten Commandments form. It also recommends removing the burial rite for the unbaptized and revising prayers for modern terminology and logical order.
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Associated Press
New York
Joint Commission On Prayer Book of the
Episcopal Church
New Orleans
Marshal Joffre in Serious Condition at 73
Paris reports Marshal Joffre, 73, seriously ill after a chill. Stricken at Louveciennes, he has a heavy cold and quinsy with slight fever, doctors saying the condition is not alarming though the veteran commander is feared to be losing the battle. No official statement issued yet.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marshal Joffre
Louveciennes
Versailles
Coast Guard Seizes $250000 Bootleg Liquor Off Watch Hill
Coast guard crew aboard patrol boat 2306 seized choice liquors valued at 250000 on the two masted schooner Morris and Cliff off Watch Hill. Six men were aboard. vessel and crew taken to New London base. Officials call this the largest single seizure since the blockade began.
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Associated Press
Watch Hill
R. L
Morris
Cliff
Coast Guard
New London
Wisconsin honors Robert La Follette in state honors
Wisconsin pays tribute as Robert M La Follette lies in state in the capitol rotunda. Long lines form under a sunlit dome as citizens from all walks of life view the senator’s casket, with flags, palms, and floral tributes surrounding the bier before interment at Forest Hill cemetery.
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Wisconsin
Robert M. LA Follette
Madison
Associated Press
Wis
Bob la Follette
Capitol
State House
Chicago
Teachers’ Federation
Calles
Mexico
Forest Hill Cemetery
Debt problem raised at third international chamber congress
Brussels June 21 delegates opened the third congress of the International Chamber of Commerce with focus on inter allied debts and the Dawes plan. Willis H Booth urged coordinated government transfers and increased German exports while M Despret questioned in kind deliveries and the risk of dumping as debates continue. The king of Belgium received a grateful salute as discussions promise practical steps for economic restoration.
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Associated Press
Brussels
International Chamber of Commerce
King Albert
Willis H. Booth
Germany
Chamber
Committee On Economic Restoration
Booth
M. Despret
Bank of Brussels
International Chamber
la Brabaneconne
Belgian Nationalair
Sir J. ©. Blamp
Six Charged With Lynching of Negro in Utah
Warrants issued for six men alleged to be ringleaders in the lynching of Robert Marshall a negro at Price Utah. Marshall a deputy sheriff was shot killed after a grudge dispute and later hanged while in custody. Suspects include EB E Jones Warren Peacock Joseph Parmley John Daskaialis L T Davie and Joseph Caldwell all associated with Utah Fuel at Castle Gate.
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Price
Utah
Robert Marshall
Marshall
J. Milton Burns
EB. E. Jones
Utah Fuel Company
Castle Gate
Warren Peacock
Joseph Parmley
John Daskaialis
L. T. Davie
Joseph Caldwell
The
Fuel Company
Amundsen Story Delayed by Congestion at Wireless Station
The second instalment of Amundsen’s North Pole flight experiences is delayed as Spitsbergen’s sole wireless station cannot handle emergency traffic. Messages from governments and societies flood in, delaying transmission to The Standard. The piece will appear Tuesday morning after the New York Alliance office confirms arrival.
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Acmanni
North Ane
Spitz
Spitsbergen
Amundsen
James B. Wharton
Standard
New York
The
Alliance
Amiundsen
Dilley Suicide Linked to 1917 Anaconda Murder Case
J C Dilley the man who killed Mrs Eudora Wheeler in Anaconda in 1917 and later wounded Mrs William Frease fatally wounded himself at Long View Washington after a violent spree. He had previously served part of a 20 to 40 year term for Wheeler murder and was paroled in 1920. The Wheeler case involved a quarrel over auto damage and ended with multiple gunshots.
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Long View
E. Wheeler
J. C. Dilley
Eudora Wheeler
Anaconda
Wash
Dilley
Wheeler
Associated Press
William Frease
Worthington to be left on death bed in Baja California
John L. Worthington known as the Wolf of La Galle Street lies near death at Punta Banda Baja California and will not be extradited. Justice officials report he is nearly paralyzed from the waist down and suffers diabetes, with doctors deeming removal unsafe. The escapee from a Glendale sanitarium was confined after an embezzlement conviction.
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Ban Diego
John L. Worthington
la Galle Street
Glendale
Punta Banda
Eneenada
California
Ralph Colvin
Department of Justice
Worthington
F. ©. Morales
F. Ll. Blivey
Mnsenada
la Balle Street
Allied war debts attract collection agency bid
An American government effort to seize funded war debts drew an offer from a commercial agency. In a letter to the American debt commission the firm proposed handling claims against other countries using psychology. They offered a 10 percent collection fee, but the proposal was not accepted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dadict Commission
Republic
Arctic voyage begins as Bowdoin sails from Monhegan
Lieut Commander Donald MacMillan leads the Bowdoin with a 115 ton sloop crew toward the Arctic from Monhegan Island. The mission uses two planes to survey a 20 000 square mile area for possible land while fog clears and conditions forecast more fog near Bay of Fundy.
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Associated Press
Monhegan Island
Little Monhegan Island
Donald MacMillan
Bowdoin
United States
Arctic
MacMillan
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Axel Heiberg Island
Polar Sea
Pear
Wiscasset
Civian Club of
Minneapolis
Monhegan
Sydney
N. S
Peary
Boothbay Harbor
Bay of Fundy
Two Lives Claimed by Storm in Idaho
A severe electrical storm near Asotin and Jerry in Asotin county Washington and in Lewiston area caused heavy damage to crops and buildings. Dwain and Leota Morrow children of Lloyd Morrow of Clarkaton drowned while picnicking on Asotin creek. Fifteen cars wrecked as floodwaters swept the canyon. large losses reported from Cloverland flat and Lewiston orchards including a packing shed struck by lightning and destroyed with cherries potatoes and four trucks.
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Associated Press
Lmawieton
Idaho
Asotin and Jerry
Asotin County
Washington
Tammany and
Lewiston
Here
Dwain
Leota
Lloyd Morrow
Clarkaton
Asotin Creek
Pacific Power and Light Company
Asotin
Clarkston
Cloverland
Wallwell
Chinese students seize consular office in Paris protest
About one hundred Chinese youths entered the Chinese legation in Paris on June 21 and forced Minister Teheng Loh to sign four documents. The papers declared sympathy with anti foreign movement in Shanghai, warned a British paper against imperial policy in China, pledged Chinese in France to cooperate in a war against foreigners, and pleaded that the demonstrators be left unmolested.
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Associated Press
Paris
Legation
Teheng-Loh
Shanghai
China
France
Treasury plans to overhaul prohibition enforcement
Assistant Secretary Andrews outlined a broad reorganization of the federal prohibition enforcement system. President Coolidge has approved the plan and a formal announcement is expected soon. Some officials linked to enforcement may be removed if they do not meet Andrews standards.
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Lincoln N
Associated Press
Washington
Federal
Andrews
The
Treasury
Mr. Andrews
Mellon
Coolidge
Prohibition
Haynes
De Kay Returns to Face 1913 Bank Wrecking Charges
John Wesley de Kay arrived in Providence under U S secret service custody from London after fighting extradition for twelve years. He faces arraignment tomorrow for the Atlantic National bank wrecking case that led to indictments over $200,000 misapplied funds in 1913.
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Associated Press
Providence
John Wesley de Kay
Atlantic National Bank
United States Secret Service
London
Henry M. de Kay
Rhode Island
Edward S. Metcalf
Atlanta
John W. Denny
Northampton
Iowa
Veteran Navy Rear Admiral Joseph K. Craig Dies at 86
Rear Admiral Joseph K. Craig retired, died at his Washington home at age 86. He served on historic ships including the Constitution and Constellation, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1865, fought in the Boxer uprising, and was advanced to rear admiral in 1904 before retiring three years later.
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Associated Press
Washington
Joseph KE. Craig
Navy
Constitution
Constellation
Vortamouth
Concord
Monongahela
Naval Academy
China
Fund to defend high school teacher in evolution case
New York June 21. Establishment of fund to aid defense of John Staschen a Tenn high school indicted for teaching the theory of evolution was announced by Dr. John Haynes Holmes acting chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union. Holmes estimates $10 000 must be raised to avoid a Supreme Court appeal. The case could shape the future of education nationwide.
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New York
John Staschen
Isolated Outbreaks Reported in China
Shanghai reports numerous isolated outbreaks none serious. Attacks on foreign volunteers occur during patrols on Lang Road in Wa A Chinese, a British member Joseph Moalem, sustained a superficial shoulder wound after a chopper blow. Radicals redirect anger at Chinese chamber of commerce and wealthy Chinese seeking strike settlements.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Carte Defense
Untta
Joseph Moalem
Patroill
Iiang
Moalem
Tack
Ers
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Miss Liberty of Butte Crowned by Public Vote
Butte plans a democratic selection for Miss Liberty to promote the Fourth of July celebration. Candidates are invited tonight from 7 to 9 with formal invitations and staged introductions on July 1, then twelve names will be drawn for final crowd selection.
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Miss Liberty OF
Butte
Miss Liberty
Bte
Galena
Dakota Streets
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