Tariff Bill Seen Raising Living Costs, Walsh Warns
Senator David Walsh of Massachusetts cites Agriculture Department figures showing average annual cost of living could rise by about 13 dollars per person due to proposed tariff rates on farm products. He warns of broader price hikes on shoes, cotton and wool goods, furniture, and building materials, arguing the plan is unjust to consumers.
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Massachusetts
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Senate
United States
David J. Waleh
Pha
Neht
Garet
Walsh
Detroit Rail Strike Vote Tabulated Amid Wage Cut Protests
Nearly half of 550000 strike ballots have arrived at Detroit headquarters as workers protest wage cuts. President Harding was set to meet with John L. Lewis in Washington on the coal strike situation, though no White House announcement had been made. Lewis arrived yesterday and did not reveal his purpose for the trip, said to respond to a Labor Department request.
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Detroit
Washington
White House
Harding
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Davis
Labor Department
Progress at Louisiana Forestry School in Urania Camp
Major J. G. Lee of Louisiana State University reports strong progress at the State’s School of Forestry in the Urania lumber center. The camp run with the conservation department now serves fifty seven students including forest rangers, teachers, college students and graduates.
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School of Forestry
Urania Lumber Center
J. G. Lee
Louisiana State University
Urania
Monroe
Lee
Louisiana Department of Conservation
Husky
Forest Rangers
Japanese Troops Deploy to Chinwang Tao on Manchurian Border
Tokyo reports three hundred fifty Japanese troops left on Saturday for Chinwang Tao to guard the railway hosts along the Manchurian border. Provided from Tokio dated June 24.
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Tokio
Chinwang Tao
Manchurian
U S Official Bruce Bielaski Held for Ransom in Mexico
Bruce Bielaski former chief of the Bureau of Investigation in the justice department, is held for ransom by seven bandits after a car hijacking in Morelos state yesterday.
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Mexico City
Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation of
United States Department of Justice
Morelos
Fordney Announces Retirement After 24 Years in Congress
Saginaw Mich June 26 Congress man Fordney chairman of the house ways and means committee and author of the Fordney tariff bill announced he will not seek reelection He plans to retire and end the present term after twenty four years of continuous service
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Saginaw, Mich
Fordney
House
Ways and Means
Saginaw News Courier
Kaiser May Try to Return to Germany Amid Rising Tensions
London report says Holland fears former Kaiser William may flee Doorn to reenter Germany if royalist unrest follows the assassination of Foreign Minister Rathsay. Daily Mail correspondent in The Hague cites the warning as cautious speculation.
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London
Holland
Kaiser William
Doorn
Germany
Rathsay
Daily Mail
Hague
Bavarian Secret Group Arrests Tie to High-Profile Murders
Berlin authorities report eleven men detained as alleged members of a Bavarian secret organization. Officials suspect the group played a key role in the murder of former Finance Minister Erzbergen and are linked to the Rathenau killing as well.
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Berlin
Price
Erzbergen
Rathenau
Mrs Len Small Dies After Joyful Night in Kankakee
Mrs Len Small wife of Governor Len Small died in Kankakee Illinois after a celebratory night following the governor's acquittal on a conspiracy to embezzle state funds charge. She suffered a fatal apoplexy Sunday night and lingered in coma as the family watched.
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Kankakee
Ill
Len Small
Small
Cotton land flooded by Rio Grande flood near Brownsville
The June 26 report from Brownsville notes Mercedes, fifty miles west, soaked by rising river water. Thousands of acres of cotton and corn are covered by about two feet of water as the Rio Grande flood crest lingers nearby.
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Brownsville
Texas
Mercedes
Lewis Seeks White House Talks on Coal Strike
John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers arrived in Washington for conferences with government officials and met with Secretary of Labor Davis before going to the White House to discuss coal strike matters with the president.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Labor
Davis
White House
Williamson county mine massacre inquest finds killer of union miner
In Williamson county an inquest concluded that C. K. McDowell killed a union miner the day before the Lester mine massacre. Nineteen victims in total died from gunshot wounds by unknown assailants as state and federal investigators pursue the case with no arrests yet. In Detroit, the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees began tallying votes over wage cuts, aiming to complete 250000 of 550000 ballots by tomorrow night.
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Hermall
Williamson County
Lester
Herrin
C. K. McDowell
Railway Board Decisions Do Not Deter Rail Strike Threat
Chicago June 26 The United States railway labor board ruled several lines violated the transportation act by outsourcing work to contractors. With opinions pending in thirty more cases the decisions are unlikely to sway union leaders from the threatened rail strike next month.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Wilson Dam Contention on House Vote for 7.6 Million
June 26 the house votes on prohibiting any expenditure of the 7.6 million authorized for Wilson Dam construction at Muscle Shoals. Chairman Norris of the senate agriculture committee will oppose when the army bill returns for concurrence in house amendments.
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Washington
House
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Norris
Senate Agriculture Committee
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Parade Through Ashley County
Hundreds of Klansmen from Ouachita Morehouse and Ashley parishes Arkansas and neighboring counties paraded through Ashley County to distribute literature while asserting peaceful aims. Hamburg welcomed about four thousand residents as banners and signs proclaimed loyalty to law and order and a pledge to aid legally constituted officers.
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Ouachita
Morehouse Parishes
Ashley County
Arkansas
Louisiana-Arkansas
Hamburg
Monroe
Millions Needed to Complete Big Levee Work Here
J. W. Summerlin president of the Tensas Basin Levee District says $5 million is needed to complete government‑grade levees. He warns the district cannot bear all costs and opposes Congressman McKinley’s plan to loan $50 million with 40 year bonds at 4.5 percent, fearing government obligations would be shifted.
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Tensas Basin
J. W. Summerlin
Summerlin
McKinley
Change in Plan for Operation of Roof Garden
The Roof Garden atop the Ouachita National Bank building announces new hours this week. It will open Wednesday Friday and Saturday nights while off nights are rented for private parties. A Fourth of July dawn dance is set for 1 a m Tuesday July 4.
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Ouachita National Bank
Verdict of Murder in Coroner’s Inquest
London jurors find James Connolly and James O'Brien guilty of wilful murder in the inquest into the killing of Marstel Wilson last Thursday. The coroner's jury delivered the verdict this afternoon.
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London
James Connolly
James O’brien
Marstel Wilson
Mine Heads Blamed in Massacre as Mine War Deepens
Springfield on June 26 reports Frank Farrington head of the Illinois Federation of Miners urging law and order as violence worsens. The coroner’s jury in Herrin finds Southern Illinois Coal company officials responsible for the deaths of 20 non-union workers and union men. The investigation pauses for Joe Pichovich’s funeral while witnesses recount the violence and guards’ actions.
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Springfield
Frank Farrington
Illinois Federation of Miners
Southern Illinois Coal Com
Joe Pichovich
Wm. A. Thornton
Marion
Wm. M. McCowan
Samuel H. Hunter
Infantry
Illinois National Guard
Adjutant General of
C. R. Edrington
Greater
Illinois
Inspector Heap returns after Frisco trip to join crime committee
Monroe inspector Robert E. Heap, attending the Police Chiefs International Association in San Francisco, is appointed to the convention’s important crime causation committee. He will travel home through Salt Lake City Ogden Denver Kansas City and St. Louis, arriving in Monroe about June 29. He notes warm days in travel and praise for the convention’s papers and speakers.
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Robert E. Heap
Monroe
Convention of Police Chiefs International Association of
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
California
Maricopa
Arizona
Beaumont
Cal
Los Angeles
Police Chiefs Convention
St. Francis Hotel
Cattle Man Robbed Near Railway Station in Arkansas
J. T. Matthews of Amity Arkansas reported being held up and robbed by two masked highwaymen near the Missouri Pacific station Saturday night about 8 30 taking $122. Police found no clues. In a separate incident W H Daughtry's home at 1715 Jackson Street was entered Saturday night. rooms were ransacked and a handbag with trinkets and clothing items was taken.
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J. T. Matthews
Amity, Ark
Monroe
Missouri Pacific
Matthews
Texas
Arkansas
W. H. Daughtry
Jackson Street
Senator McCumber Defends Pending Farm Tariff Bill
Washington June 26 Senator McCumber chairman of the finance committee says the pending tariff bill favors agriculture and farmers. He asserts the bill will be much lower than the Payne Aldrich bill outside certain products like wool. He claims farmers will benefit from protective measures and that farm products receive protection while equipment and materials used on farms are largely on the free list. The statement accuses opponents of delaying passage and notes credits to grain growers stock raisers and dairy groups. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
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Washington
McCumber
Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
United States
Fort William
Canada
Duluth
Lake
Manitoba
Minnesota
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This County
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Mine Workers
Mine Federation
United Mine Workers of America
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