Women Voters Converge In War On Political Bosses
At Cleveland the National League of Women Voters adopted a program to study efficiency in government and tighten election laws. It opposes repealing state primary laws and seeks to improve ballots booths and voting machines. The convention also backs eight hour work for women and calls for federal standardization of schools.
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Cleveland
National League of Women Voters
Carrie Chapman Catt
League of Women Voters
League
Towner House
Matewan Battle Case Continues Into July Term
Williamson West Virginia April 12 the state case against Sid Hatfield and twenty three Matewan residents tied to the May battle that killed ten people was continued until the July term of the Mingo County circuit court. Bonds of 10000 each were posted. Four Hatfield defendants face additional indictments over Anse Hatfield’s death as a state witness in the Felts battle case. The July trial date follows agreement by both sides.
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Baldwin-Felts
A. C. Felts
Mingo County
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
Hallie Chambers
Taft Chambers
Ferguson
Anse Hatfield
Matewan
Bailey
Dominican demands full sovereignty from U S military rule
A petition presented at the White House by Dominican President Henriques Y. Carvajal calls for complete liberation from United States military and political influence. It cites the 1916 occupation and requests reinstatement of full sovereign powers.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
United States
Harding
White House
Henriques Y. Carvajal
Carvajal
Santo Domingo
Wilson
Ex-Service Men in Congress Form Idea Exchange
Washington April 12 Congress men who served in World War I tonight formed an organization to exchange ideas for aiding ex service men. Fifteen attended the initial meeting led by new members. Present were Mills and Fish New York Kirkpatrick Pennsylvania Fitzgerald Speaks Ohio McSwain South Carolina Arentz Nevada Lineberger Swing California Frothingham Massachusetts Hill Maryland Woodruff Michigan Rankin Mississippi Bulwinkle North Carolina Johnson South Dakota.
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Congress
Washington
Representative Mills and Fish
New York
Kirkpatrick
Pennsylvania
Fitzgerald and Speaks
Ohio
McSwain
South Carolina
Arentz
Nevada
Lineberger
Swing
California
Frotingham
Massachusetts
Hill
Maryland
Woodruff
Michigan
Steel Prices Slashed Across United States Steel Firms
Elbert H. Gary announced substantial reductions in base selling prices for United States Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries after consultations with company presidents. The new prices take effect tomorrow f o b Pittsburgh.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
F.o.b
Pittsburg
Mexican Embassy Denies Tabasco Oil Lands Discrimination
Washington April 12 The Mexican embassy issued a statement denying reports that the government would discriminate against companies seeking oil lands in Tabasco. The oil laws will be applied equally to all, the statement said.
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Mexico
Washington
Tabasco
Senate rolls out vast array of bills across topics
In a wide Senate session 500 proposals were listed covering taxes anti strike rules foreign debt talks and public control measures. Senators Smoot King Poindexter Reed La Follette McCormick Kellogg Frelinghuysen Owen Kenyon and others pushed bills on sales tax embargoes strikes lynching probes federal landings rights curb interest rates and a national public affairs bulletin.
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Poindexter
Washington
Reed
Missouri
Great Britain
United States
France
French Antilles
la Follette
Wisconsin
McCormick
Illinois
Kellogg Republican
Minnesota
State Department
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Coal Commission
Owen
Oklahoma
Federal Reserve Bank
Public Welfare Department
Kenyon
Final rejection of Versailles League by United States
President Harding proclaims that the United States will reject the Versailles League of Nations. He calls acceptance a betrayal of the November election mandate in a solemn foreign policy address to the nation.
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Versailles
United States
Harding
President Harding calls for congressional peace declaration
Washington reports President Harding announced a congressional declaration of peace and ratification of Versailles provisions protecting American rights. He rejected the league of nations and urged tariff, tax, and railway reforms while endorsing a broad domestic agenda. Republicans hailed the stance as a victory during a tense session.
Five Percent Tax on Corporations Proposed to Replace Excess Profits Tax
Washington reports a serious economic situation as farmers face tax burdens. T. S. Adams of the Treasury urges a five per cent corporation tax and opposes a sales tax at the American Farm Bureau Federation conference. The group plans to lobby Congress with farm friendly legislation. J. R. Howard cites four states where schools risk closing due to farmer tax payments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Smoot
Utah
King
J. R. Howard
Federation
Tobacco Dividend Declared By American Sumatra Co
The American Sumatra Tobacco Company announced a two percent quarterly dividend on common stock, replacing the prior two and a half percent rate in effect since August 1918. The declaration follows a New York date of April 12.
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New York
American Sumatra Tobacco Company Today
Comnon
WV Senate approves Harmer bill creating prohibition commissioner
Charleston April 12. The West Virginia senate approved the Harmer bill to create a state prohibition commissioner with a four year term and a 5000 dollar annual salary to enforce prohibition. It moves to the house for concurrence and changes state law to treat possession of any liquor as prima facie evidence of moonshine and limits grain alcohol permits to certain professionals.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Harmer
West Virginia
Black
Wheeling
McClaren
Block
Walter 8. Hallanan
Hallanan
Harding Declares U S Not Part of League of Nations
Washington April 12 General opinion hailed President Hardings first message to Congress stating the United States would have no part in the present league of nations and that war should end by congressional action. Senate leaders from both irreconcilable and reservationist camps praised the stance while Democratic leader Hitchcock expressed disappointment.
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Washington
League of Nations
Harding
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
Congress
General Oval
United States
League
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Rescue of Col Bowie survivors off Tampico
A wireless message from the Norwegian steamer Cissna to Gulf Export and Transportation says only three of the 22 aboard the Bowie line steamship Col Bowie have been rescued after foundering last night in the Gulf of Mexico off Tampico. Saved are Beaumont residents Dr. C. J. Harris and Sam La Rocca.
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Beaumont
Tex
Bowie Line
Colonel Bowie
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Cissna
Gulf Export and Transportation Company
C. J. Harris
Sam la Rocca
Railway unions unite to oppose proposed wage laws
Washington April 12 The four brotherhoods of railway employees joined with the American Federation of Labor to defeat legislation inimical to wage workers rights. The federation issued the statement after a conference where bills before Congress were discussed.
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Washington
Brotherhoods of
American Federation of Labor
Federation of Labor
Congress
Landis warns players on regaining public confidence
Federal Judge Kenesaw M Landis warned major league baseball players that regaining public confidence would be difficult this season. He said the American public would not forgive anyone who did not take a chance.
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Kenesaw M. Landis
Grainger County Peonage Conspiracy Arrests
Superintendent H. R. Woods and four Southern Construction Company workers were arrested in Grainger County Tennessee on charges of conspiring to hold seventy five men in peonage in a highway project by federal officers.
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Knoxville, Tenn
H. R. Woods
Southern Construction Company
Grainger County
Greek Fleet Drawn Up Before Dardanelles Entrance
Constantinople dispatch reports the Greek fleet drawn up outside the entrance to the Dardanelles, with forces positioned for possible action as tension mounts during the crisis.
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London
Dardanelles
Exchange
Constantinople
Controversy Expected Over Committee Plans
Washington reports a senate controversy looming over Republican moves to expand the ten major committees from fifteen to sixteen members to add an extra Republican seat and reduce Democratic seats. The plan, needing a rules change, faces Democratic opposition as insufficient representation. Changes include banking and currency from thirteen to fifteen and Norris to chair the agricultural committee with Grenna replaced. Kellogg and McCormick to join the foreign relations panel.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Committees
Banking and Currency Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Grenna
North Dakota
Kelloge
Minnesota
McCormick
Illinois
Foreign Relations
Pendleton asks magistrate to commit daughter for observation
New York April 12 Cincinnati lawyer Eliott Pendleton arrived from the west and asked Magistrate Simpson to commit his daughter Mrs Harriet Pendleton Hunt to Bellevue for observation. She is held on suspicion of passing a worthless $10,000 check to purchase liberty bonds. He noted she had once been in a sanitarium. The case went over until tomorrow due to lateness.
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New York
Eliott Pendleton
Cincinnati
Simpson
Bellevue
Harriet Pendleton Hunt
Er Rather
Railroad executive backs private ownership under regulation
Archibald Fries, vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, told the Shippers Conference of Greater New York that private ownership and operation under government regulation is the future. He predicted rates would not rise and would soon be reduced by economies of operation.
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New York
Archibald Fries
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Shippers Conference
Greater New York
Lodge Leads Senate For Ratification Of Columbian Treaty
In Washington on April 12 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts led pro ratification forces in the Senate as debate reopened on the Columbian treaty. He argued ratification would improve ties with Latin American nations and justify changes since 1917, including omitting the U S regret over Panama's separation. A motion was made to advance the pact with Secretary Fall noting President Harding urged early favorable consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Masachusetts
Harding
Lodge
United States
Colombia
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Panama
Roosevelt
See
West Virginia Dental Society to Meet in Clarksburg
Delegates elected Dr. Rosenheim of Williamson president and chose Clarksburg as next meeting site. The second day highlighted an oral hygiene session at the Colonial theatre with Miss Florence Feeney and Dr. G T Epling discussing dental health, school clinics, and public health funding.
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The
West Virginia Dental Society
Lpsenheim
Williamson
G. C. Howard
West Union
F. EB. Hess
Fairmont
N. P. MacDermott
Charleston
P. C. Clark
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Rosenheim
F. L. Black
Colonial Theatre
W. S. Rosenheim
Ramsey Street
T. S. Hamilton
Bland Street Methodist Church
McDowell County
Florence Feeney
Forsythe de Ys
Boston
Mass
Welch
Jenkin Jones Dental Dispensary
McDowell Dental Clinic
Epling
Miners Strike Talks End Without National Settlement
London April 12 The conference of mine owners miners and government failed to agree on a national wage settlement without a national profits pool deemed impracticable by Lloyd George. Transport workers and railway men suspended their notices, easing a potential total shutdown. The transport workers still warn the situation remains critical.
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Associated Press
London
Tdoyd George
Transport Workers
Wage Cuts Announced for Smelting Company Staff
The salaried forces of the American Smelting and Refining Company will take a twenty per cent pay cut and laboring class wages will fall thirty to forty percent, effective June 1, according to official word received tonight.
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New York
American Smelting and Refining Company
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West Virginia Society
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