Presidential race pits Lewis against Gompers in AFL
Denver dispatch reports John L. Lewis advocates government ownership of railroads and nationalization of mines along with health insurance and unemployment relief. Samuel Gompers seeks reelection on a forty one year leadership record opposing such measures. Supporters press campaigns nationwide as district mine leaders back Lewis.
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Denver
Colo
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Labor Movement
Gompers
Lewis
United Mine Workers
America
International Federation of Trade Unions
Fake messenger boy makes getaway with securities
A messenger boy disappeared with 50000 dollars in securities owned by Raymond & Co of 31 Pine Street. It was his first trip with securities. hired at 1 pm he delivered none of six packages addressed to six firms. The company later learned the assignment blank was unsigned by the messenger firm’s employment manager.
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New York
Raymond & Co
Pine Street
Broad Exchange Messenger’ Company
Navy Sets Enlisted Force At 106000 For Next Year
Washington reports conferees hastened an agreement on 106000 enlisted navy personnel for the coming fiscal year a cut of about 14000 men. The bill’s total outlay would be around 414 million dollars with roughly 80 million cut in the senate bill and 48 million added over the house bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bank Robbery Foiled in Schaumberg Near Elgin
Three bandits tried to loot the Farmers bank of Schaumberg near Elgin Illinois yesterday but fled after H W Friese bank president shot one robber and triggered the burglar alarm. The robbers had paid Friese a dollar to yield then demanded surrender. One dollar of their own money was left behind.
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Elgin
Ill
Bank of Schaumberg
H. W. Friese
Freise
Six Vessels Lost in Gulf Hurricane at Port Arkansas
Six ships including a big shipping board tanker were sunk in Port Arkansas during a Gulf Coast hurricane. The William H. Doheney was reported disabled off the port with heavy property damage feared along the coast as the storm battered Texas. The weather bureau warned of high tides and strong winds and urged merchants to move goods.
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Galveston
Tex
Big Shipping Board
Port Arkansas
William H. Doheney
Gulf
Weather Bureau
New Whisky Ring Bared Expands Across Indiana
Vanderburgh County Sheriff Herbert Males reports a new whiskey ring reaching from Evansville to West Terre Haute and Clinton, Indiana. A fourth suspect, John Nerve of Clinton, was arrested in Madisonville, Kentucky. Deputies seized two 30 gallon stills shipped from West Terre Haute and found 300 gallons of mash plus moonshine liquor in Center township north of Evansville.
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Evansville
Ind
Herbert Males
Vanderburg County
West Terre Haute
Clinton
Madisonville
John Nerve
Males
Center Township
Labor Federation backs ownership of railroads at national level
The American Federation of Labor convention reaffirmed support for government ownership and democratic operation of railroads and debated extending such policy to all industries. The body trimmed a broader pro government ownership clause and urged Volstead act changes to permit beer, while endorsing Will Hays's postal reforms and fair treatment of postal workers.
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Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor
Resolution Committee
Gompers
Executive Council
Congress
Federation
Will H. Hays
Vacation Time In Offing For Worn Out Members
Washington June 23 House and senate near a summer vacation schedule with three day recesses under an agreement that no major business will be transacted until fiscal legislation is ready. Tariff and taxation work continues in committees. Penrose says the tariff bill may clear Ways and Means next week and pass in about two weeks. the senate panel would need one to two months to consider it.
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Washington
House
Senate
Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Young Married Man Drowns in White River Eddy
Owen Gray a 21 year old newlywed son of Erasmus Gray drowned in White river four miles north of Orwell at Arms Ferry at 1 pm. He went beyond his depth while swimming with his brothers Goble and Okley and Omus Russell who tried to save him but failed. The body sank in fifteen feet of water and was not recovered by dusk.
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Petersburg
Ind
Owen Gray
Erasmus Gray
Clara Wisecaver
George Wisecaver
Orwell
White River
Arms Ferry
Gray
Goble and
Okley
Omus Russell
Owen
Russell
Hillsdale
Emma Richardson Burkett
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chemical National Bank
New York City
Burkett
Danville
Ill
Chicago
Shunson
Sheavers
France
Cincinnati
Alice Longworth
Weather Report About Showers Tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for showers this evening and again Friday with cooler temperatures on Friday. Impacts include possible brief periods of rain and a dip in daytime highs. Winds remain light, and skies may stay cloudy through the period.
Clergy Seek Global Armament Cuts At Harding Meeting
A petition by over 20 000 clergymen from diverse faiths urged President Harding to pursue an international conference to reduce armaments at the earliest date. Backed by major church bodies, Harding hoped for eventual compliance while stressing a need for a US agreeable framework before any substantial cuts.
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Washington
Harding
Church Peace Union
National Catholic Welfare Council
United Synagogue of America
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Episcopalians
United States of America
United States
Woman Named as Collector of Customs at Salt Lake City
President Harding sent to the senate a nomination of Jennie P. Musser to be collector for district No 48 with headquarters at Salt Lake City Utah. The same day Cyrus Woods of Pennsylvania was named ambassador to Spain. his selection had been announced earlier.
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Salt Lake City
Washington
Harding
Senate
Jennie P. Musser
Utah
Cyrus Woods
Pennsylvania
Spain
Woods
Wallace avoids taking sides on farming finance hearings
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace told the senate agriculture committee he would not take a position on the Norris bill creating a 100 million dollar government export aid corporation. He cited banking and finance as outside his jurisdiction and urged calling Eugene Meyer of the War Finance Corporation. The bill was largely drafted by Carl Vrooman of Illinois, a former assistant secretary of agriculture.
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Washington
Wallace
Senate Committee On Agriculture Today
Eugene Meyer
War Finance Corporation
Carl Vrooman
Illinois
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