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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
3
White House dinner includes J. Pierpont Morgan and other leading bankers to review how American finance will support foreign loans. Attendees pledge cooperation for a return to normalcy while debating methods to revive wartime shifts, with Mellon Hoover and Strong present.
Wisconsin Attorney General Morgan issued an opinion to Governor Blaine stating that manufacture of home-made wines remains unlawful under the Matheson bill and the Mulburger law. Enforcement cannot search homes for evidence of violation unless there is proof of sale.
A group led by J Pierpont Morgan was hosted at the White House for talks with President Harding about the role American financial interests will play in floating foreign loans in the United States.
President Harding laid a wreath at the Hoboken funeral for 5,000 war dead aboard the Mayflower. He spoke through tears of a sorrowful heart, honoring Joseph W. Guyton of Michigan as the first American to die on enemy soil, pledging that another war must not occur.
The American Civil Liberties Union predicts open industrial conflict in Alabama coal fields unless federal intervention occurs. Officers appealed to Labor Secretary Davis to probe Alabama conditions after a strike ended by the state militia amid alleged civil rights violations ordered by the governor. Signed by Harry F. Ward and Albert D. Silver.
Lansing, May 25. The Michigan legislature convened a special session to enact laws governing the distribution of the state soldiers bonus, including an estimated 80 million dollars from the April election. Other topics include a possible short ballot plan to abolish popular elections for state officers except the governor.
In Dublin May 26 a major raid by Sinn Fein fighters overran the Custom House burning the building and destroying government papers. About 63 men captured or killed amid fierce combat as Black and Tans and troops converged. Liberty Hall also burned.
Sacramento, May 25. Roy Cardoer, the mail bandit tied to a $5,000 reward, was brought to the county jail from Roas ville where he was captured. Gardener denied the Southern Pacific Limited robbery but admitted being Gardner, the San Diego male robber, while playing cards in a gambling house and armed with an automatic revolver.
Washington May 27 the house approved the second deficiency bill totaling about 100 million dollars by an 800 to 77 vote. The measure funds extending American foreign and domestic commerce and restores a 400000 appropriation to the Navy bureau of supplies and accounts that had been struck from the bill.
A New York report by the National Industrial Conference Board finds the total cost of living fell 17.5 percent since July 1920, but in March 1921 stood 68.7 percent above July 1914. Food and clothing declined while shelter and fuel costs rose, with rent up 8 percent since November.
Reports from the border say 80 armed Americans crossed into Vegas Coahuila and killed Alexander Soria. They dragged the body behind horses and carried it back across the border into Texas in revenge for a crime Soria allegedly committed there.
Denver Colorado May 27 Mia James Case twenty two wife of a Denver patrolman shot and killed a man who tried to seize her as she returned to her home. The dead man identified by policemen as Curley a notorious character. Mrs Cass said she had just parked her car in the garage adjacent to her home when her assailant stepped from a doorway in an apartment house and seized her by the arm.
Washington reports indicate Britain plans to regain naval supremacy once held a decade ago, with a possible build of at least one capital ship by New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. Australia signals readiness to contribute more, while U S figures show an amendment to increase naval funds and fuels, and a Senate vote on enlistment pay.
Postmaster General Will Hays inspected an air mail plane at Mineola Fields in New York on May 23. He expressed being immensely pleased with the trip from Washington and called it the most instructive journey he ever had. The purpose was to familiarize himself with the route aboard a small aviator's craft.
Madrid reports from Ceuta that Emir Abdel Malik led 5,000 infantry and 400 cavalry with well armed tribesmen in an attack on French columns at Fo Lagino and Zornal. Heavy fighting caused about 400 rebels killed or wounded, but they vow to continue resistance.
A stray rag and a neighborly request lead Abe to open his door for a small visitor. Mrs Blank next door, fond of Ata Clare, stops by with a tatty prize she picked up in the yard. The moment turns into an unexpected visit as the guest enters briefly.
Reported figures show that from over eight million eligible youths for the 1921 class only about 165,000 met the ordinary physical standards in a recent examination. The note attributes the shortfall to a general lack of coup fortitude and bodily fitness impacting France’s mobilization prospects.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions an experiment with a senate 58 reference. No clear persons, places, or events emerge.
The Scots and the English settled the land that became Scotland and England after migrating from Ireland and Germany respectively. A man may be born with ability but must gain experience through effort and work.
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