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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1923
Page
1
A compact roundup covers President Coolidge discussions with Eugene Meyer and relief efforts, Wilsons visiting the White House, land transfers to homesteaders, a dismissal recommendation for a police officer, shipping policy interest, and national bank assets. It notes condolence messages for Harding, labor trends, judiciary deaths, notable accidents, and numerous international incidents.
The Paris note to Britain and allies asserts France will not yield on reparations and keeps the reparations commission. It outlines Germany's cash and in kind payments, occupation of the Ruhr, and war debts approach while rejecting any shift of authority. Britain’s Baldwin faces delayed action as Paris presses a tough line. Mellon sees cautious resolve in Europe. In the U.S., an anthracite strike looms as government and industry plan joint coal distribution and fuel substitution. Aviation advances include long distance night flying tests and the Barling bomber test at Dayton. Morrocan rebellion in Ceuta provokes Spanish concerns, while French ri vers forest fires burn 15,000 acres and several deaths occur.
Washington Aug 24 Acting Secretary Roosevelt will be told by Budget Director Lord that the navy’s 375 million dollar budget was approved by the late President Harding. Coolidge is understood to back Harding’s wishes to the limit. Harding emphasized naval preparedness and prompt funding to bring the navy up to the five power treaty ratio. The proposed cut alarmed naval officials who argue many items are inadequate for national defense. Colonel Roosevelt and his council are gathering opinions from Americans returning from Europe to argue for retaining coast defenses.
Treasury officials report higher revenues and lower expenditures for the year, forecasting a healthy surplus by year’s end. Ordinary expenditures totalled 250 million dollars, down 18 million from the previous period, with government revenues up by 22 million. Washington, Aug.
A Tangier dispatch says 200 Moroccan tribesmen hidden arms entered Tetuán in Spanish Moroc c o and fired on the town at 9 pm on Wednesday. Two women in a clubhouse and two officers in a hotel were among the dead. total casualties reported ten killed and thirty four wounded.
Berlin August 24 Dr Rudolf Hilferding the first Socialist to hold the federal post of minister of finance informed the reichstag budget committee that he planned a brutal and ruthless taxation program. He warned banks and industry and sought public awareness of his intent.
Ben F. Sikes Grover C. Siken and Hart Sack all self confessed Klan members from Broken Arrow pleaded guilty to rioting before District Judge W B Williams and received two year sentences in the penitentiary as the fourth day of Adjutant General Baird Markham's Tulsa County investigation concluded.
In Minneapolis Minnesota on August 24 a special committee reported to the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws that confusion from many ballots under the primary system is a scandal and worse than a joke. The report calls primaries unwise.
A northbound passenger train on the Ponting Oxford and Northern branch of the Grand broke apart near Flint injuring twelve travelers. Rescue crews worked through the night as authorities investigated the derailment and possible causes remained unclear. Local hospitals treated the injured and the railway company coordinated with state officials to manage the disruption.
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