Cash Feature Of Bonus Bill Downed Again
Mellon Crissinger and Gov Harding to testify before the Ways and Means Committee on the bank loan feature of the soldiers bonus bill. The panel plans to report the bill after their statements with no further amendments. A motion to reinstate the cash feature and raise excess profits tax was rejected.
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Washington
Mellon
Currency
Crissinger
Harding
Fedeal Reserve Board
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Garner
Texas
Big Bill Haywood Heads Russian Iron Works Concession
Moscow reports William D. Haywood heads a group of American I W W granted a concession by Lenin to operate the Nadejdinsky iron works in the Ural coal belt. Four thousand eight hundred American workers will be brought in, each buying tools and signing labor rules while the state funds the project.
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Moscow
William D
Big Bill) Haywood
Lenin
Nadejdinsky Iron Works
Ural Mountain
Kosnetz
Haywood
United States
Russia
Italian professor to keynote women’s meeting in Kansas City
Sig norina L. P. de Castelvecchio, fourth woman with a full professorship at a British university, will visit Kansas City April 5 to 8 for the American Association of University Women 37th general meeting. She will discuss Italy’s economy, politics, and literature as guest and International Federation of University Women representative.
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Kansas City
Signorina L. P. de Castelvecchio
American Association of University Women
International Federation of University Women
American Association
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
England
Italy
Pinchot Announces Candidacy For Governor Nomination
Philadelphia March 14 Gifford Pinchot state forestry commissioner announced his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination at the coming May general election.
Deaths Reported In Three States From Cyclonic Winds
A tornado across farming counties of Arkansas and Oklahoma left four whites and six black residents dead in Jefferson and Lonoke counties, damaging farms. In McAlester area Oklahoma nine people were killed in the mining village of Gowan near Macalester, with many injured, most of them Mexicans, according to relief workers.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Jefferson and
Lonoke Counties
Macalester
Okla
Gowan
Here
W. W. Sames
Hartshorn
Sames
Tornado Rips Sunrise Louisiana Obliterates Town
A morning tornado leveled Sunrise Louisiana nearly destroying the settlement. Two people were killed sixteen were injured and many homes were demolished according to reports reaching Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Sunrise
Oil Promoter 18 Held for Swindle
Houston promoter Seymour J. Cox, arrested in New York, faces a federal grand jury over alleged oil stock fraud. Bond set at 25,000. Investigators say he mailed fraudulent photos and data tied to General Oil, Cox Realization, and S. E. J. Cox companies. Cox waived examination in New York, saying Texas affairs were fine and he wants to return home.
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Houston
Texas
Seymour J. Cox
New York
Federal Grand Jury
F. H. Blank
Cox
General Oil Company
Cox Realization Company
S. E. J. Cox Company
S*ymour EK. J. Cox
Tex
Cotton consumption records February totals in lint and linters
Washington March 14. The census bureau announced that February cotton use reached 473073 bales of lint and 38509 bales of linters, compared with 395115 bales of lint and 37865 of linters in February last year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Improvement Noted in Gen Carr Today
Durham March 14 Much improvement was shown today in the condition of General Julian S Carr who is ill here with pleurisy It was stated at his home this morning The general was much brighter this morning and his physicians felt much encouraged.
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Durham
Julian S. Carr
Imperial Potentate Dies in Tacoma
Ellis Lewis Garretson, who served as imperial potentate of the Order of Mystic Shrine of North America in 1920, died suddenly this morning at his suburban Tacoma home.
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Imperial
Tacoma
Wash
Ellis Lewis Garretson
Order of Mystic Shrine of North America
Takes Money To Outfit a New York Flapper
New York March 14. League of Girls' club reports New York working girls need $250 annually to dress properly, higher than Topeka and Chicago estimates. Essential items include a suit $30 coat $59 shoes $16 hose $20 lingerie $34 hats $20 gloves $10 and waists dresses $80 totaling the stated allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
League of Girls' Club
Topeka
Kan
Chicago
Wheat exports reach record height in 1921
Washington March 14 1921 Wheat was the leading American agricultural export in the year ending 1921 surpassing all previous years. The department of agriculture says wheat and flour exports totaled 551 million dollars with cotton at 534 million and pork products 246 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Brown Dismisses Francis Everhart
W Francis Everhart of Thom asville was discharged after a preliminary hearing before Judge W G Brown justice of the peace. He faced a manslaughter charge over a WinstonSalem road accident that killed Miss Lena Farrington. Prosecution witnesses failed to prove criminal negligence. Everhart presented good character testimony from Thomasville and Davidson county residents. The warrant was dismissed.
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W. Francis Everhart
Thomasville
W. G. Brown
Young Everhart
Lena Farrington
Winston-Salem Road
Everhart
Ethel Brown
Davidson County
A. C. York
T. J. Gold
Walter Royal
L. B. Williams
New York Cotton Opens Unsettled as Prices Slide
New York March 14 The cotton market opened unsettled with Liverpool better than due and initial declines of 14 points for June and 2 for May. Early calls showed losses of 2 to 10 points, May at 17.75, while futures prices opened steady or lower for March 18.14 May 17.85 July 17.03 October 16.44 December 16.24.
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New York
Liverpool
Eleven Wives Claimed For Man Arrested In Bigamy Case
Indiana capital report says Isaiah Moore also known as George S Shields planned his twelfth marriage today before his arrest on bigamy and embezzlement charges. His eleventh wife Harriet Evans says he embezzled $500, with at least one known marriage to Bessie Whitson of Wilson North Carolina.
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Indianapolis
Lrd
Isaiah Moore
Moore
George 5
Melrose
Harriet Evans
Evans
Bessie
Wilson, N. C
George Shields
Washington, N. C
Last Day to File Return Warns of Penalties
Gil liam Grissom NC fourth district tax collector reminds that March 15 is the deadline for filing income tax returns. A deputy is at High Post post office to assist filers. Penalties include 25 percent of tax for late filing, up to 1000 for late returns, and up to 10000 plus costs for willful evasion or attempts to defeat the tax.
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Gilliam Grissom
Fourth
North Carolina
High Post Post Office
Mr. Grissom
Georgian Charged With Brutal Murder
Perry Ga March 14 A verdict from a coroner jury found Sidney Ayler 40 charged with murdering his wife yesterday afternoon Witnesses testified Ayler held his wife with his left hand and fired a revolver with his right Powder burns marked the chest three wounds in the chest The clothing caught fire and witnesses said Ayler dumped water on her to extinguish the flames
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Perry
Sidney Ayler
Ayler
No Prayer Service Cancelled at Wesley Memorial
No prayer meeting will be held this week at Wesley Memorial church due to revival services in the city under Baptist churches. Announcement was made this morning.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Baptist Churches of
Horney family recovering from influenza illness
Friends of Mrs. W. M. Horney and her daughter Virginia Lee are glad to know they are recovering from influenza at the Horney residence, 213 Dewey Street.
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W. M. Horney
Virginia Lee
Horney
Dewey Street
Talk of Constitutional Convention Is Heard in Raleigh
Plans for a 1922 constitutional convention gain momentum as advocates cite the Ben Long versus A D Watts tax ruling and a state press shift toward tax fairness. The drive hinges on legislative action next January and broad support from journalists to overcome past defeats. Tax collections loom large as federal and state incomes flow in before deadlines, with millions expected and implications for judges, officials, and creditors.
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Raleigh
Harry Stubbs
Martin County
Ben Long
Commissioner of Revenue
A. PD
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Judiciary
Council of State
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
William
Harding to Start Back Toward Home
President Harding arrived in Palm Beach at 10 am aboard the McLean houseboat and went aboard a fishing smack for a brief excursion. The party stayed on Lake Worth as plans called for a golf game this afternoon before a special train to St Augustine.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Mare
Harding
McLean
Lake Worth
Non
St. Augustine
Sheriff Killed in Raid on Moonshiners
Chattanooga Tenn March 14 Sheriff L L Smith of Bradley county was shot and killed this morning during a raid on a still near Lauderback Springs at the foot of White Oak mountain.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
L. L. Smith
Bradley County
Lauder- Back Springs
White Oak Mountain
Senate roll call vote may reveal party stance
Debate on the four power Pacific treaty resumes in Washington with a roll call vote slated for late afternoon. Republican leaders McCumber and Lenroot defend ratification while Senator Walsh urges against entangling obligations and Senator Lenroot warns a failure could prompt a national referendum in November.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Walsh
Montana
Harding
Association of Nations
Butler Speaks for Engstrum on Muscle Shoals Lease
Washington March 14. Former Senator Butler of North Carolina, legal adviser to Frederick Engstrum, argues it would be provident to avoid leasing Muscle Shoals to a private monopoly for a century. The brief to the House Military Affairs Committee favors Engstrum and Ford offers, urging rapid nitrate plant operation to meet farm needs, with emphasis on starting plant No 1 and not delaying No 2.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
House Military Affairs Committee
Butler
North Carolina
Frederick Engstrum
Wilmington
N. C
Engstrum
Henry Ford
Alabama Power Company
Ford and Engstrum
Tobaco Growers Meet in Greensboro Saturday
J M Galloway director of the cooperative marketing association calls a meeting of Guilford county tobacco growers at Greensboro court house Saturday at 1 pm. All growers invited regardless of membership or pledges as the district aims to boost attendance and gain more pledges across Guth ford Randolph Rockingham and Caswell counties.
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J. M. Galloway
Cooperative Marketing Association
Guilford County
Court House
Greensboro
KE. B. Garrett
High Pollut
Garrett
Guthford
Randolph
Rockingham
Caswell
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University Women IN Annual Meeting
Oklahoma
McAlester
Gen. Carr
WA. S
Brown
Francis Everhart
Wilson
Bigamist
Wilson, N
Wesley Memorial
YALE
Robert Savage
Duluth, Minn
Yal
Milford School
Geneva Mitchell
Max Abernethy
State Banking Department
R. G. Allen
J. H. Hightower
H. H. Massey
Central Bank and Trust Company
Allen
Clarence Latham
MR. Butler
Engstrumbe
Tobago
Galloway
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