Taft Nominated Chief Justice Confirmed 60 to 4
Senate confirms former President Taft as Chief Justice in executive session by a 60 to 4 vote. Opposition from Borah Johnson La Follette cited political objections while defense came from Knox Kellogg Willis and Underwood among others. Senate doors closed, roll call not made public amid party politics.
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Washington
Willam Howard Taft
Harding
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
Cal
la Follette
Wis
Mr. Taft
Watson
Taft
Knox
Pennsylvania
Kellogg
Minnesota
Willis
Ohio
Underwood
Alabama
Smith
South Carolina
Overman
North Carolina
Brussard
Louisiana
Senate Chamber
White House
California
Senator Borah
Supreme Bench
Republican Party
Hughes
White
Broussard
Lodge
Massachusetts
Brandegee
Connecticut
Haywood to Surrender on Arrival Says Radio Message
United States District Attorney Clyne announced receipt of a radio from William Big Bill Haywood stating he would surrender to federal authorities after landing in the United States. Haywood and other IWW members were convicted and sentenced to twenty years in federal prison.
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Chicago
United States
Clyne
William
Big Bill) Haywood
Moscow
Haywood
New York Honors Wilson Admitted to State Bar
Former President Wilson was admitted as a practicing attorney in New York by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Justice John Proctor Clarke presided and James A. O'Gorman moved the admission. The ceremony was held with judges turning out in respect, though Wilson was not present.
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Wilson
State of
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
John Proctor Clarke
United States
James A. O'Gornmn
Kendall
Calvin N. Kendall
New Jersey
State Board of Education
John P. Murray
Sage Foundation
Union
Melvin A. Rice
Industrial School For
Colored Youth
Bordentown
Karno-Smith & Co
Trenton
James H. Morris & Co
Edward L. Katzenbach
Edwards
C. P. Wilber
Utility Board
Public Utilities Commission
Walter A. Shaw
Illinois Public Utility Commission
Shaw
National Association of Railway and Public Utility Commissioners
Engineering and
Chicago
Rivers and Lakes Commission
Ilinois
Newark
Public Utility Commission
Profit Sharing Ends British Mine Strike
London Premier Lloyd George announced in Commons a settlement ending eighty eight days of coal industry suspension. The plan includes a government subsidy of 10 million pounds and a national profit sharing scheme giving miners 83 percent of profits after fixed charges, with 17 percent to owners. A national wage board and district boards will administer the terms, aiming to harmonize capital and labor and end a long miners' war.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
World and Local Labor and Crisis Updates
Rail workers reject separate wage agreements as the Railroad Labor Board bars such deals. Irish conference proposal criticized by Eamon de Valera as unacceptable. Stromboli erupts causing panic on Sicily. Senator Joseph I France heads to Soviet Russia for trade talks. Lady Randolph Churchill dies in London. Panama Canal traffic hits May low since 1920. Shop crafts vote against wage cuts on major railroads. Drought devastates crops across multiple Russian regions threatening 25 million with famine.
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Railroad Labor Board
Dublin
Lloyd George
London
Northern Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Messina
Italy
Stromboli
Stromboli Island
Sicily
Riga
Joseph I. France
Maryland
Soviet Russia
Russia
United States
Randolph Churchill
Washington
Panama Canal
Moscow
Ufa
Tsaaritsyn
Saratov
Simara
Simbirsk
Viatka
Perm
Kazan
Northern
Caucasus
Soldiers Bonus Law Upheld And Guard Outlook Stressed
The attorney general says the soldiers' bonus law is constitutional and the bond issue for twelve million dollars must reject provisional bids. National Guard leadership, led by Brigadier General Howard S. Borden, urges nonpolitical focus and plans reforms to enhance readiness and efficiency.
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Trenton
McCran
State House Commission
Court of Errors and Appeals
New York State
New York
New Jersey
State House
National Guard
Howard S. Borden
General Borden
Tariff Bill Before House Sets High Revenue Expectation
Washington reports a permanent tariff bill introduced without formal revenue estimates. Ways and Means members anticipate as much as 700 million dollars yearly, with major wool and lumber adjustments shading toward lower duties than Payne Aldrich while many items remain on the free list.
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Washington
Houses of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Payne-Aldrich
Congress
House
Capitol
Quebec Strike Ends as Police and Firemen Return
The municipal firemen and policemen end a strike that began Saturday. The city council’s noon deadline and threat to replace workers with 117 substitutes secured the return to posts at Quebec.
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Quebec
Paper mill workers accept arbitration proposal to end strike
In Albany and across Canada striking papermakers vote to accept employers wage dispute arbitration. Jeremiah T. Carey, president of the International Brotherhood of Papermakers, announces the decision. Mills are expected to reopen immediately.
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Albany
Canada
Jeremiah T. Carey
International Brotherhood of Papermakers
De Valera Replies to Lloyd George on Irish Unity Peace
De Valera telegram to Lloyd George says he seeks a conference with political minority leaders and insists on Ireland’s unity and self determination as essential to any lasting peace. Belfast cabinet telegram shows Sir James Craig accepting to join a London peace conference with several ministers named.
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DE Valera
Lloyd George
Dublin
Ireland
H.M. Pollock
M. P
Finance
John M. Andrews
the Marquis of Londonderry
EH. M. Archibald
Washington recap outlines new federal economy push
President Harding and 600 officials met with Director Dawes to discuss a new budget system hailed as a foundation for economic efficiency. Senators confirm Charles B. Warren to Japan and William Miller Collier to Chile. The Senate recommits a bill on seasonal coal rates amid broader talks on Allied debts and naval appropriations.
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Harding
Dawes
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
William Miller Collier
New York
Senate
Japan
Chile
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Treasury
Mellon
Senate Finance Committee
Hitchcock
Bank of Nations
House
Walsh
Dem
Massachusetts
Broussard
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New Jersey Ship Canal
J. C. Sanford
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Raritan Bay
Sanford
State College of Agriculture
The
Bull Association
Ways and
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
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