Taft Nomination as Chief Justice Confirmed by Senate
Former President William Howard Taft is nominated by President Harding and confirmed by the Senate as chief justice. The debate on the floor featured Senators Borah Johnson Knox Kellogg Willis Underwood Smith Overman Broussard. Taft would be the first to hold executive and judicial top offices in U.S. history.
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William Howard Taft
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Pennsylvania
Kellogg
Minnesota
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Ohio
Underwood
Alabama
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South Carolina
Overman
North Carolina
Broussard
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Lynching of Bilbro in Madison County Becomes Mob Case
In Madison County Mississippi a mob lynched Bilbro a Black farmhand after a dispute with tenant M Pace. Pace was brought to Jackson for treatment after Bilbro allegedly struck him with a spade and slashed his throat leaving him unconscious. Bilbro was later caught by a posse.
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Here
M. Pace
Jackson
Pace
Treasury approves five soldiers hospitals for tuberculosis care
Treasury Secretary Mellon announced approval of construction of five soldiers' homes for tuberculosis care at Battle Mountain Hot Springs and Leavenworth Kansas, with a total cost of 3.1 million and overall project cost of 8.1 million. Other sites include Milwaukee Dayton and Marion Indiana.
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Treasury Department
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Battle Mountain
Hot Springs
Leavenworth
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Milwaukee
Dayton
Marion
Ind
State Cement Plant Declared Legal by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court denied Edwin K. Wakin’s writ of prohibition to halt bond sales by the Cement Commission. It ruled that cement and cement products are necessary for the public welfare and that their manufacture distribution and sale promote economic opportunity.
Lloyd George invites Irish leaders to peaceful conference
Premier Lloyd George sends letters to Eamon de Valera and Sir James Craig inviting a conference between southern and northern Ireland. The British government seeks reconciliation and safe conduct for participants, aiming to end the ruinous conflict and restore harmony across the islands. London papers call the move liberal with no conditions attached.
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James
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Southern Ireland
James Craig, Premler
James Craig
London
Lloyd George
Free Summer Camp for Young Men at Fort Logan Colorado
August month long camp offers free summer residency for boys and men aged 16 to 85. Government covers all expenses, including physical training and military drill under Col Paul A Wolf. No service obligations, apply by July 10 with personal details. Fort Logan is noted as the site and program aims to build health and self reliance.
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Fort Logan
Colo
Paul A. Wolf
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Plot Against British Ministers Suppressed by Precautions
The Sketch reports special measures to protect all British cabinet ministers after the discovery of a plot to murder them. Police seek three men sent to London by foreign groups to assassinate the ministers. a French medical student in a Paris secret society, an Irishman from the western United States, and a Spaniard of Irish extraction are named as suspects.
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London
Paris
United States
Spaoiard
Paper Mill Workers Set for Arbitration Across North America
New York workers at all paper mills in the country and Canada except International Paper have agreed to arbitrate after a strike that began May 2. They will resume at the wage scale in effect at walkout and accept the arbitration board’s ruling on the legality of wage cuts.
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New York
Wilon
Canada
International Paper Company
Congress Plans Peace End of War With Germany and Austria
Washington reports a congressional compromise declaring the state of war with Germany and Austria at an end while reserving American rights under armistice terms and Versailles. Republican leaders praise the draft though Democrats Hitchcock and Flood oppose it in final conference.
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Senate
House
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Germany
Austria
Hitchcock
Nebraska
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Virginia
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Congress
Seizure of Six New Orleans Breweries Under Volstead Act
Government agents seized six New Orleans breweries declaring all property owned by them is under federal control. The seizure claims the largest under the Volstead act in the United States for producing and selling beer with illegal alcohol content. The report also notes rebel activity in Tamaulipas led by General Pablo Gonzales crossing from Texas with thirty men.
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New Orleans
United States
Gonzales
Mexico City
Tamaulipas
Pablo Gonzales
Carranza
War Office
Columbia
Texas
Admiral Magruder's France aid pledge draws official note
Washington reports Rear Admiral T. H. Magruder, naval attaché in Paris, may have stated that the United States would always aid France if attacked. The Navy Department plans to take official cognizance, noting similarity to a rebuke Admiral Semmes received from the President.
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Paris
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France
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Tart
Wages Cut 12 Percent Across Railroads in 1920 Labor Board Order
In a widespread move affecting nearly every railroad, the U S Railroad Labor Board extends a 12 percent wage reduction to about 210 more lines plus marine and dining car workers. The cut, part of a 1920 $600 million award, could save about 400 million if applied nationwide. In San Francisco at least 65 percent of Southern Pacific shop workers voted to reject the reduction.
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Southern Pacific System
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Southern Pacific System Federation of Shop Crafts
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New Orleans
Portland
Ore
Fom
Ogden
Irish Settlement Talks Do Not Yet Find Clear Answer
Dublin leader Eamon de Valera has not committed to Lloyd George’s invitation for a conference on an Irish settlement. He says he desires lasting peace but unity of Ireland is essential. Belfast notes Sir James Craig reports Ulster cabinet has accepted the invitation for the conference between northern and southern Ireland and the British cabinet.
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Eamonn de Valera
Lloyd George
Ireland
Belfast
James Craig
Northern
Southern Ireland
Official Held in Liquor Graft Case
Witham Ryan former assistant chief of the Prohibition Bureau legal division was arrested on bribery charges in issuing liquor permits. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Richardson and released on a $2500 bond. Egan allegedly accepted $200 to push through a wholesale permit for sacramental wine sales.
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Witham BP
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Prohibition Bureau
Brribery
United States
Hichardson
Egan
Tariff bill introduced in House aims to raise revenue
Washington reports the administration's permanent tariff bill is in the House with no explanatory statement or official revenue estimate. Unofficial figures place annual revenue near 700 million dollars. The measure largely revises rates versus the Payne Aldrich and Underwood laws, raises duties on many imports, preserves free lists for print paper and leather goods, and modifies wool, clothing, and oil taxes with varied ad valorem and per pound rates.
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House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Payne-Aldrich
New and Old Tariff Compared Itemized Rates
A list contrasts old and new tariff figures for tungsten ore cattle beef hogs butter hay sugar apples and more. It shows per unit prices under the new bill and the Underwood law with several decimal variances and free classifications where noted. The document reflects proposal specifics across commodities and grades.
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Underwood
Underwood Law
Disabled Youth Saves Sister in Topeka Cistern Rescue
In Topeka Kansas 15 year old Frank Herceldsheimer confined by rheumatism for two months leaped from his bed to rescue his 6 year old sister who had fallen into a cistern. He kept her above water until help arrived and she was revived after being unconscious.
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Frank Herceldsheimer, Jr
Frank
Flood Breaches Dike North of Omaha Endangering Farmland
A hastily built dike north of Omaha Nebraska failed under Missouri River floodwater and water surged into the lowlands, threatening repeated flood damage to hundreds of acres of farm land.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri River
Clothing cutter arrested for inciting race violence circulars
Morria Sorner, a clothing cutter, was arrested in New York on charges of distributing circulars urging Negroes to mob violence. The pamphlets, attributed to the Executive Committee of the Communist Party of America, accused Tulen businessmen of provocation in a recent vote. Sorner claimed he was hired by unknown persons to distribute them.
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Morria Sorner
Communist Party of America
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Sorner
Frontier Days events and Wyoming notes crowd Cheyenne
Wyoming brief highlights include Frontier Days July 26 29 plans for more Arts building space in Douglas the Frontier Days Cowboy Band touring to advertise Cheyenne celebrations. Changes to air mail divisions reduce routes, a shooting in Cheyenne injures William Stewart, Laramie votes 125000 bond for school plans, Sundance sees three violent deaths, Jackson votes to extend women led government, Miss Margaret Grier dies after a shooting incident, and Wyoming crude oil prices drop to 1914 lows.
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Kit Carson
Cole
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William du Bois
Sundance
Ralph McHenry
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