Tariff Hearings to Start in March Under New Bill
Washington dispatch notes that a new tariff bill named the Finance Tariff Rise is likely to be introduced and pushed through hearings in March. Republicans push for higher duties, while President elect Harding plans to consult cabinet prospects and allied lawmakers as Congress prepares. Nationwide discussions focus on origin of tariff measures and executive-legislative dynamics.
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Edward &. Clark
Washington
House of
Senate
Congress
House of Pentatives
Taft
United States
House
Cope
Firlef
of Murding
Wary
Means
Joseph W. Fordney
Mietizan
Mir
Harding
Woerren
G. Harding
Tony
Marion
Keaton
Sul Joris
Senter Harding
Wpital Cy
Erent Tung
Hardingly
Hague
League
Ihan
Beginnings of Baseball Credit to Doubleday and Cartwright
Abner Doubleday, who later went to West Point and rose to major general, is credited with origin of baseball in 1819. He and other young men played a game they called baseball or Cartwright, using a diamond field to improve play and evolving early forms of the game.
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Abner Doubleday
West Point
United States Army
Cartwright
Romance Languages and their Latin roots overview
The romance languages derive from Latin and show strong influence in vocabulary and grammar. Typically seven or eight are cited, with Portuguese, Catalan, Franco-Provençal, Sardinian, and Dalmatian sometimes included in broader groupings.
Tax burden cut urged in federal training aid plan
In a Washington session the debate centered on trimming the tax burden to fund vocational training. Officials projected costs near 1.85 billion with estimates for five-year provisions and potential deficits. Treasury officials warned revenue sources must be clarified before approving large expenditures, while lawmakers urged simplification of tax laws to fund needed programs.
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Sheretney Huston
Senate
Hom
Meinbher Ree Publiony
Neritidkotin
Mesuston Lel
Ted Tie
Houston
Privet Treasury
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Tr TS
Adams
Measton
Travis Wisn
Smeat
Republians
Utah
Army seeks funds to curb oil discharges in New York Harbor
An appropriation of 1,111,200 dollars was requested in Congress by the Army Engineer Corps to prevent deaths in New York harbor. Part of the money would hire fifty additional deputies to board incoming oil burning vessels and stop illegal refuse fuel discharges into harbor waters, described as a fire menace damaging property.
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New York Harbor
Washington
Congress
Army Engineer Corps
Mexican workmen protections to be set up at border towns
The Mexican government plans agencies at Laredo Viedras Negras Mexicali and other border towns to ensure contract fulfillment between Mexican workers and American employers and to arrange return of workers to Mexico after contracts end announced by the Mexican embassy in January.
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Washington
United States
Laredo
Viedras Negras
Mexicali
Mexico
Modified bill adopted may bar Jap labor to U S
The House of Commons has adopted a modified measure aimed at barring Japanese labor from the United States. Critics say it will be accepted slowly in Ireland and Britain. The bill now provides that if either Ulster or the South rejects it within three and a half years, the measure dies. otherwise a dual parliament system may be created to decide on senate selection and governance, with the imperial government maintaining influence during the transition. The goal is a bridge between North and South Ireland toward a united legislative body.
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Cabliet
Harding
Sone
Itur Harding
Tules
Washington
Adentellet Harding
United States
Capitol City
House of Lords
House of Commons
Arthur ‘Iffith
Sinn Help
Serennes
Sinn Koln
Xuekonted
Hopeffal
Ulster
South
Ireland
Heutenant
Tainlyters
Pollen
Nance
Trish
Mented
New Pacific Pact Talks Move Toward Conclusion
Report outlines a proposed amendment to the existing commercial treaty with Japan, covering emigration controls and race restrictions. The pending accord would modify land ownership limits for aliens, limitJapanese migration, and include interpretive amendments affecting the treaty’s scope and enforcement. The notice also notes broader U S Japanese relations considerations over the past decades and related legislative context.
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Dayan
United States
Atlemen
Hapanesestyr
Yale States
Seventy Philippine constabulary plead guilty in sedition case
Seventy members of the Philippine constabulary pleaded guilty on sedition charges tied to a riot with Manila police that left eleven dead. Seven other constabulary men who were arraigned pleaded not guilty. No sentence yet as court awaits the outcome of the remaining defendants.
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Philippine Constabulary
Manila
Constabulary
House Aids Farmers With Emergency Tariff Bill
The House passed a farm relief bill by 196 yeas to nays imposing a broader emergency tariff on many agricultural products. It targets ten months of enforcement while the Payne Aldrich system is revived. Support comes mainly from Republicans. opposition includes rats and some Republicans. The measure moves to the Senate where fate is uncertain and amendments were debated.
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Union News
Washington
House
Senate
Will
Payne Abteichtavist
Fordney
Michigan
Ways and Means Ermittee
Paynes
Walsh
Massachusis
Rainey
Titinoix Wa
Iit
Washington ACMETOR permits seek development of power
Federal Power Commission filings show 120 applications across states including Alaska and DC, with California leading permits at 35 and New York second with 13. Russians Want Safe Passage. Exports to Spain Grow 240 percent in 1919 as US trades expands. Clara Smith surrenders to Oklahoma sheriff after killing link. she describes crossing through Mexico and hotel stay before surrender.
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Washington
Federal
Alaska
District of Columbia
California
New York
Spain
Tul
Department of Commerce
Arthur Young
Germany
Freece
Great Martin
United States
Clara Smith
Fi Paso
Jake 1
Harmon
Oklahoma
Garrett
Artmore
Okla
Ales Smith
Mexico
Nancy
Juarez
Desperate Fiume siege as 52,000 endure fortnight’s shortage
Dispatch from Milan reports Fiume evacuation underway with 100 refugees at Cundridu. About 52,000 face a two week supply, while Veglia and Vegtia islands suffer worse. Regain and wage debates prompt Pantaleon’s resignation as D An nungio splits with regency. Deputies Sut and Ceambris flee to Rome to seek recognition of the regency.
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Seernupet Raton
Berrie Lonton
Fiune
Emling
Milan
Cundridu
Fiume
and Veglla
Flume
D'Annungio
Pantaleon
Plume
Sut
Ceambris
Rome
Italy
Barros
Arbe
Vegtia
Flun
Dalmatia
Paint Mixers Accused in New York Trust Inquiry
Five manufacturing concerns controlling most of America's white lead output face collusion and price fixing accusations in New York's building trust inquiry. The firms, with capital stock around 400 million, allegedly held equal prices and exchanged information on quotations and customers.
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New York
America
Secretary Alexander's Son Killed at Bolling Field
Washington report says Lieutenant W B Alexander son of the secretary of commerce was killed at Bolling Field when struck by a spinning propeller while preparing for a flight. He was a second lieutenant and stood too close to the propeller as it started. An officer accompanying him was nearby.
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Alexander
Washington
W. B
Secretay of Commerce
Bolling Field
Tennessee Rockwood Quakes Spark Wide Alert and Rumor
An earthquake of considerable violence and thunder rumbled through Rockwood Tennessee and neighboring towns including Harriman and Glen Alice. Reports say many residents awoke to shaking homes as far south as Spring City. The report mentions the incident amid debate over federal maternity aid proposals. Opponents warn the plan could promote prejudice and misleading propaganda.
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Tennessee
Rockwood
Tenn
Spring City
Harriman
Glen Alice
Twenty two Nations Back League Plan for World Court
Twenty two nations have signed the protocol giving executive approval to the league plan for an international court of justice. Once parliaments ratify, the court will immediately become operative, and officials expect swift approval due to prior government consultations.
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Geneva
International Court of Justice
League
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