Budget chief claims tax cuts to follow debt relief
President Coolidge told a budget meeting the government aims to further tax reduction in the next budget message. He cited a projected year end surplus near 200 million dollars and said expenditures may fall to about 3.08 billion dollars next year, excluding debt service and postal costs.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Postal Service
Conreas
Mr. Coolidge
Treasury
France and Spain Sign Pact to Blockade Ruffian Coast
A pact between France and Spain to block the Ruffian coast was signed today. The agreement aims to curb piracy and secure maritime routes along the Rif coast.
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France
Spain
Suit Alleges Millionaire Sebastian Kresge Promised Stock
Doris Mercer Krege, second wife of Sebastian Kresge, sues in supreme court over promised stock totaling 7 million dollars. She claims pre marriage agreement granting 17 000 000 shares was altered to 17 500 and later stock never delivered, replaced by a candy and a plush dog gift. She cites prior divorce settlements involving his first wife and notes five children from that marriage.
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S. Sebastian Kresge
New York
Doris Mercer Krege
Supreme Court
Sebastian
Kresge
Detroit
Park Avenue
Aghter
George A. Mercer
Pittsburg
Val D. Harden
Prosecution Planned for Dorothy Perkins’ Lover in Jersey City
New York reports Dorothy Perkins aged seventeen was sentenced to five to fifteen years in Auburn prison for killing her suitor Thomas Templeton of Jersey City. Prosecutors will charge Michael Connors with criminal assault if Dorothy’s account is verified, seeking an indictment within two weeks. The judge noted Dorothy had a "very bad life" for her age and linked her relationship with Connors to the events leading to the shooting.
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New York
Dorothy Perkins
Auburn
Thomas Templeton
Jersey City
Michael Connors
Templeton
Connors
Dorothy
McDonald
MelIntyre
Marshal Joffre’s health improves after mild quinsy attack
Paris reports Marshal Joffre returning toward normal health after a mild quinsy with slight fever. Doctors say he is perfectly okay with no cause for worry and expect him to be out within two to three days. The Marseille victor’s robust constitution remains intact.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Louverines
Ree
Marne
Backline Rail Plan Faces Interstate Commerce Hearing
Washington reports a protracted ICC hearing over the New York Pittsburg and Chicago Railroad proposal to build a Pennsylvania trunk line. L. F. Loree of the Delaware and Hudson promotes the line as a backbone of a shorter New York to Chicago route, while Daniel Willard of Baltimore and Ohio argues existing railways can expand to meet demand.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Pittsburg and Chicago Railroad
E. H. Harriman
Pennsylvania
L. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson Company
United States
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
Easton
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Ppens
Ng. F
Pittsburg Company
H. C. Evans
Thettsburg Company
Three Men Die As Train Hits Car At Ashland Crossing
Three Olive Hill men die and a fourth is injured when Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train No. 22 crashes into a car at Clark's Ford crossing near Ashland. Victims are Andy McDowell 29 Avery Click 23 Dee Hensley 30. Sam Tomlin 38 suffers a broken leg and possible internal injuries. Coroner J L Richardson to hold inquest tomorrow.
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Ashland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Clark’s Ford Crossing
Here
Andy McDowell
Avery Click
Dee Hensley
Sam Tomlin
Olive Hill
Sane Factories Company
J. L. Richardson
Coolidges Ready To Leave for Swampscott
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge prepare to depart for Swampscott. Everett Kane and Edward T. Clark will accompany the president with White House staff to maintain essential operations. The cabinet meets tomorrow in their final regular session until fall.
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Everett Cane
Edward T. Clark
Coolidge
White House
Senator Edwin Ladd Dies. North Dakota Senior Senator
Senator Edwin Fremont Ladd, senior senator from North Dakota, died in Baltimore at 10:20 a.m. from kidney trouble linked to neuritis. He was 66 and had been ill after a rainstorm worsened neuritis. plans call for body to go to Washington for funeral Thursday and temporary interment in a vault. His wife and two of eight children were at his bedside, with his secretary Douglas H. MacArthur present.
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Baltimore
Edwin Fremont Ladd
North Dakota
Washington
Douglas H. MacArthur
Senator Ladd
Johns Hopkins
Cleveland
Vernon
Baltimore Church
Ladd
United States
North Dadota
Maine
Lafollette
Senate
Page
La Follette Laid to Rest in Unmarked Verdant Plot
In an unmarked grave on a verdant hillside, Robert Marion La Follette rests after state funeral services in Madison. An oak guards his grave as family, congress, and friends attend. Dr. Hayden delivered the sermon urging continued fight for La Follette’s democratic vision.
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Wis
Robert Marion la Follette
State House
A. BE. Hayden
Chicago
First Unitarian Church of
Senator la Follette
America
Senators
Congressional Committee of Honor
Rotunda
Supreme — County
Bearers
Dane la Follette
Lallette
Robert, Jr
Philip
Grace Episcopal Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
Lake Mendota
Indictments Sought for West Virginians on Battlefield Defacing
Gettysburg June 22 A U S Commissioner will issue informations charging thirty or more men and women with defacing battlefield tablets. Named in the expected informations are F B Ruff Connellsville Pa Forest Cuttys Renicks Valley W Va and O W Rittenhouse Uniontown Pa.
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Gettysburg
United States
R. E. Wible
F. B. Ruff
Connellsville
Forest Cuttys
Renicks Valley
W. Va
O. W. Rittenhouse
Uniontown
Huntington Man Guilty of Assault Faces Maximum Penalty
In Huntington West Virginia on June 22 Isaac Church was found guilty of assault and battery by a common pleas court jury. Judge H. Clay Worth imposed the maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $500 fine, noting the minimum penalty is only $1.
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Huntington
W. Va
Common Pleas
Isaac Church
H. Clay Worth
Jalil
All Chinese Banks In Hong Kong Closed
All Chinese banks in the city close today to prevent runs on the institutions. Strongly armed guards guard entrances as Hong Kong suspends normal banking operations.
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Hongkong
Thei
Faculty selections for West Virginia colleges announced
Charleston June 22 1925 the state board of education chose the faculty for West Virginia Collegiate Institute for 1925 26. The board will consider faculties for West Virginia University Marshall College and state normal schools later in the week. Several members were absent including Bernard McClaughtry and W Oglebay. President John W Davis presented Institute facts.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Collegiate Institute
State Board of Education
Capitol
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Marshall College
Huntington
J. F. Worth
F. B. Trotter
The
State University
M. P. Shawkey
Bh. G. Rohrbaugh
Glenville Normal School
Parley Deberry
School For the Deaf and Blind
George M. Ford
W. ©. Cook
Welch
L. W. Burns
Martinsburg
Ellis A. Yost
Marsh
Rotary Club
Cleveland
Sims
Bluefield Colored Institute
Wisconsin
Fatal shooting stirs West Virginia prohibition forces
Huntington reports from June 22 describe unofficial statements by W E Workman on the fatal shooting of William F Porter and George Ball, prohibition agents, in a clash with federal agents near the city. Homer Joy faces bond on a shooting preference charge while J F Poe remains jailed without bond for murder.
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Huntington
W. Va
W. E. Workman
Prohibition
William F. Porter
George Ball
Workman
Homer Joy
J. F. Poe
Geer
Ball
Investigation Into Prohibition Agents Shooting Near Huntington
Charleston W Va June 22 an inquiry into the fatal shooting of two prohibition agents near Huntington is led by the state prohibition department. W G Brown prohibition commissioner O M Pullen Anti Saloon League official and D E H Young auditor traveled to Huntington to begin the probe and attend the funeral of George Ball deputy state commissioner killed in the crossfire between two groups mistaken for moonshiners.
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Charleston
W- Va
Huntington
State Prohibition Department
W. G. Brown
Prohibition
O. M. Pullen
State Anti-Saloon League
D. EH. Young
Prohibion Department
George Ball
Cnts
Shepherd to testify amid cross examination in typhoid murder trial
William Darling Shepherd will take the stand Tuesday in his murder trial over the death of his foster son William Nelson McClintock. Prosecutors promise sweeping cross examination on every life phase while defense argues witnesses undermine the state's typhoid claim.
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Crowe
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Charlies C. Farman
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
Shepherd
Mra
Julia Shepherd
Robert E. Crowe
Farman
Stewart
Berilli
Charlee E. M. Fischer
Fischer Laboratories
Billy McClintock
Fischer
Dr. Fischer
City Health Department
Feneed Oy
Herman Bundesen
James L. White
Faiman
Bundesen
Winfield Scott Foerger
Hoerger
Frederick O. Tenney
Brundesen
Health Department
Hoeger
Mahel A Me.Clanahan
Manhattan
Billy
Isabelle Pope
Miss Pope
Ladies Night Banquet Delights Bluefield Kiwanis Club
The Bluefield Kiwanis Club hosted a lively Ladies Night at the West Virginian Hotel. James Elmer Brown led musical numbers while Rev. J. A. Bays delivered the keynote, with 160 guests enjoying a full menu and a late dance, marking one of the season’s gayest events.
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Kiwanis Club
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
West Virginian
Civic Club
Henry Kendrick
C. E. Ridley
Kendrick
James Elmer Brown
N Nmber
Repass
United States
Canada
Inter
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Delaware & Hudson
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Board of Education
J. H. Gadd
J. Walter Bee
West Virginia
WM. C. Shepherd
Will
Ward
Poe
Roy Early
Bluefield
Patrick Henry
Mr. Brown
Elizabeth Shelton
Eleanor Russell
Tazewell
John Mastin
Rosella Smith
Saeey Uy
Clifton Stafford
J. A. Bays
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Bass Perkins
Vincent Paoliello
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