Tax measures defeated as legislature nears adjournment
In Charleston West Virginia both houses killed the gross sales tax and wounded the depletion tax, locking the session on tax bills. Governor Morgan plans to wait for developments before calling an extra session as lawmakers face revenue needs for new expenditures.
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First Hand Study Navy Bill Passes Unamended
Governor Harding of the federal reserve board announced a personal survey of farmers credit problems in the south and middle west reserve districts. He will study conditions firsthand, with no contact between governors bankers and trade organizations to gauge conditions.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Harding
South
Middle West
Senate to vote on Knox peace resolution next Saturday
Washington April 28 The senate will vote on the Knox peace resolution next Saturday under tacit agreement. Leaders Lodge and Underwood arrange final disposition to clear way for the emergency tariff bill. Debate featured strong criticism from Senator Nelson and Senator Underwood regarding hastiness and diplomatic implications.
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Massachusetts
Underwood
Alabama
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Minnesota
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
King
Utah
Pomerone
Ohio
Knox
Borah
United States
Yap
Payroll Hold Up Kills Ten in Mexican Oil Region
In Tampico a gang of fifteen Mexican bandits seized 135000 pesos from Agwi Oil Company vaults. Ten people died in the firefight including two bandits. The money, guarded by Salvedor Davalos and his brother, was en route across the Panaco river toward the southern oil fields when an obstruction halted a wagon and gunfire erupted. Six Mexican soldiers accompanied the paymaster.
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Houston
Texas
Mexico
Agwi Oil Company
Tampico
Houston Chronicle
Panaco
Salvador Davalos
Agwi Company
Trindad
Howat Refuses to Order Strikers Back in Kansas
Alexander Howat, head of the Kansas miners union, rejects the international union demand to return striking Dean Coal and Mining Company workers to work. A committee from the United Mine Workers investigated the strike, citing miners’ rights against coal companies. The strike began when the company used a loading machine replacing daily workers.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners’ Union
International Union
Dean Coal and Mining Company
Howat
International Executive Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Dean Coal Company
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission Grants Coal Transport Differentials
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted carriers permission to file schedules including a twenty eight differential rate per net ton for coal moved by rail and lake to Duluth and other Lake Superior points. Senator Kellogg of Minnesota announced the order, though officials said the schedules were not on file yet and no action had been taken.
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Washington
Duluth
Lake Superior
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kellogg
Minnesota
Commission
Death of W Harry Brown Prominent Mining Finance Leader
Pittsburg April 28 W Harry Brown aged sixty five died at his home. Brown was president of the Washington Run Railroad Company and vice president of both the Washington Coal and Coke Company and the Marine National Bank, notable figure in the Monongahela and Ohio Valleys financial and mining circles.
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Pittsburg
W. Harry Brown
Monongahela
Ohio
Mr. Brown
Washington Run Railroad Company
Washington Coal and Coke Company
Marine National Bank
Former Congressman James Capehart Dies in Cocoa Florida
Former Congressman James Capehart died at his winter home in Cocoa Florida. The telegram announcement says the body is in Cocoa and funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. He was a figure in Point Pleasant West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
James Capehart
Cocoa
Fla
Caperence Artay
Erri
Puneral
Harding Elevates Peace Message Aboard U S S Pennsylvania
President Harding told Atlantic fleet officers on the Pennsylvania that America seeks only its rightful possessions and peace. He spoke from beneath the ships huge 14 inch gun turrets after reviewing the fleet returning from southern waters. He urged a peace with honor and emphasized protecting American citizenship while avoiding future war.
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Associated Press
U. S. S. Pennsylvania
Hampton Roads
America
Harding
Pennsylvania
Army
Navy
Wilson
Yorktown
United States
Atlantic
German reparations talks tested by Allied views
Washington and Paris report Allied powers deem Germany's present reparations offer unacceptable while notes on future discussions and possible terms drift among Britain France Belgium Italy and Japan. Washington awaits Rome Tokyo replies as Berlin signals ministerial diplomacy ahead of the supreme council meet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Hughes
Germany
Rome
Tokio
Allied Supreme Council
Iughes
Perlin
National Food Marketing Board Proposed by Hoover
Secretary Hoover proposed a national food marketing board chaired by the secretary of agriculture with the bureau of markets as its executive arm to aid farmers and consumers. He cited 1913 price indices showing farm crop prices at 109 and rail rates at 166, arguing living standards must align with agricultural industry prices.
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Washington
National Food Marketing Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
Hoover
Price Fixing Condemned by Newspaper Publishers
New York April 28. The American Newspaper Publishers Association annual convention condemned labor unions efforts to fix selling prices of articles. Members were urged not to bow to threats of higher prices and to consult the association’s paper committee before commitments in spot or contract markets and to report all quotations.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Bethlehem Steel Declares Regular Dividends
Directors of Bethlehem Steel announce regular quarterly dividends on both preferred and common stocks. President E G Grace notes common stock dividend well earned in the quarter, with orders on the books at March 31 totaling 110 million dollars, down from 145 million dollars the prior quarter.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
I E. G. Grace
Philadelphia plans wage cuts across all trades
Unani mous decision announced in Philadelphia will reduce wages for about 65 000 workers in all building trades. The cut totals 25 9 percent dropping average pay from 1 16 to 88 cents per hour effective May first.
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Philadelphia
Sixteen Mexicans Acquitted in Columbus Raid Case
In Deming New Mexico on April 28 sixteen Mexican defendants were acquitted of murder linked to Villa rebels and the 1916 Columbus raid. The jury returned verdict on the first ballot after thirty five minutes of deliberation.
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Deming
N. M
Columbus
Villa
Railway wage row heats Chicago hearing in April
Chicago April 28 Railway union employees defend wage scales at a labor board hearing for nearly 100 railroads saying living costs and wages justify current levels. They protest wartime fixes as inflated by financiers and mismanagement claiming deflation would erode workers’ standards amid calls for a postwar rethink.
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Chicago
Rairoad
Railroad Labor Board
W. Jeti Lauek
New York
Lank
Harding reviews fleet from Mayflower off Virginia
President Harding reviewed three score ships of the Atlantic fleet as they returned from southern maneuvers off Old Point Comfort Virginia aboard the Mayflower. Admiral Wilson commanded the force while aircraft and dirigibles escorted the parade in mist and rain.
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Associated Press
Old Point Comfort
United States
President Harding
Harding
Henry B. Wilson
Thimble Shoal
Langley Field
Inner Harbor
Actoon
Wilson
Roosevelt
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Lanner
Navy
Phhief
Asteen
Mayflower
Wileen
Feet
Berty
Warton
Beightwell Found Grilly Boston Charter
In April 20 notes relate to Charles Brightwell president of a foreign exchange company and a fraud case involving defrauding a rival claimant with tweaks to names and places in a garbled OCR passage. The readable part suggests a court or police action connected to charges of fraud and misrepresentation.
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Grilly
Boston
Charles’Brightwell
Oolony Foreign
Charles Pop
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