President warns against costly deficiency spending in letters
President Harding launches drive against the dangerous tendency of departments to request deficiency appropriations beyond congress set limits. He cites 226 million dollars in pending deficiency requests and warns that deficits will exceed that amount. He urges bureau chiefs to curb lavish spending and keep departmental budgets within congressional provisions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Harding
Congress
Man Warren
Senate
Hughes Reply Closes Reparations Incident for the United States
Washington reports that the American note to Germany may have closed the reparations dispute for the United States. Officials say the reply spoke for itself and was dispatched to Berlin after a late-night White House meeting with President Harding. A corrected copy was released fixing a deleted sentence and reaffirming the US position against entertaining the German proposals.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
Allied Supreme Council
London
State Department
Berlin
Mletcher
White House
Hughes
Harding
Letcher
White - House
Nonpartisan Call for Reorganization Move
A nonpartisan call from the Associated Press notes the Nonpartisan League executive committee plans to reorganize by gathering farmers across the state on May 8 in all voting precincts. The meeting adjourned with the recall of certain state officials proposed for action on or before November.
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Associated Press
Warne
NSD
Nonpartisan League Y
Mayley
Sehegulen
Germany Faces Allied Demands on Reparations
Washington and London reports indicate Germany will be forced to yield to allied reparations demands, with Hughes's note rejecting German proposals as unacceptable. Predictions say Berlin may pay 132 billion gold marks plus a 20 percent export tax if it resists further. Reports from Amsterdam and London note allied councils debating naval actions and occupation risks while urging open negotiations.
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A. TL. Beadford
United Press
Washington
Germany
Hughes
United States
Ruhr
Allied Supreme Council
Berlin
Hushes
Forleigh
Simons
Fin
Associated Préas
London
Allied “ Council
Gordon Howard
Great Britain
M. Fromageot
French Foreign Office
Amsterdam
International Federation of Labor Today
Grand Jury Called to Probe Kenosha County Facts
Judge Belden orders a formal grand jury to investigate conditions in Kenosha County. Peter Fisher Jr and the county jury commission will assemble next Saturday to select jurors for organization on May 18. The probe is described as among the state’s most sensational, with hundreds of complaints already presented. Seventy liquor-law cases now pending in municipal court may be dismissed.
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Associated Press
Kenosha
Wis
B. Belden
Circuit Court
Kenosha County
Peter Fisher, Jr
Wisconsin
James A Stillman Resigns From National City Bank
James A Stillman resigns as president of the National City Bank in New York. Mitchell, president of the National City Company, is elected to succeed him.
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James A. Stillman
Associated Press
New York
James A. Stllman
National City Bank
Charler
Mitchell
National City Company
iPimy
Strikes cost workers millions daily in wage losses
Washington reports indicate strikes and lockouts cost workers nearly one million dollars daily in wage losses with about 100,000 blocked from work awaiting May wage negotiations. Labor Secretary Davis and twenty mediators in major cities strive to preserve industry value at about five million dollars daily.
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Ralph
Couch
United’ Press
Washington
Labor Department
Davis
Boston Would Hold Onto Babe Ruth
The Associated Press reports Babe Ruth may have had Boston as his bat ting base, but New York claims his headquarters. A tax warrant for 27.41 dollars on his automobile over two years prompted Ruth to protest. He dressed quickly and left before the constable, while the tax collector sought correction of the assessment. Ruth quipped about remaining a citizen of Reston though pressed to pay.
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Associated Press
Hoston
Babe Ruth
Boxton
New York
City Hall
Ouly
Hlal
Hia Automobile
Cochy Hall
Hit
Reston
Congress Today Senate Taries and Bills in Brief
CongressToday reports that Senator Penrose will call up an emergency tariff bill while minor measures await debate. The House moves ahead with a budget bill and a hearing on an American valuation bill. Rules panel reviews the joint home and Senate inquiry into agricultural attention. Packet control legislation continues before the agricultural committee.
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Senate
Penrose
House
Ways and Means
Death by Own Action Believed Cause of Death
Chicago report: the body of Mrs. Ad. Chautier was found by police along a lakeside drive, concealed under bushes. A revolver lay near her right hand, and a temple bullet wound led police to determine death by her own action. she was the wife of a sergeant in the 137th Infantry at Fort Sheridan.
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Coby
Associated Press
Chicago
Lake
Ad. Chautier
137Th Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Potlée
Printing unions push for forty eight hour week in Chicago
Reports from eighty eight cities show printers strike action widespread with about 4 000 union printers in Chicago and 10 000 workers in open shops working full force. Vollmer denies a general accord and says employers stand firm on the forty eight hour standard amid scattered shop-level signings.
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Davis J
Davis
Tolger Sreporte
Tontty
Chicago
Building Trades
CYLY
Racine
J. I. Case Plow Works
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
Typographical Union
Wisconsin
Racine Printers
Associated Press
Stow
J. M. Vollmer
the National
Vollmer
Shopa
Wiint
Mich
Pierre
Serire
Cantera
Ganta Company
Northwestern
Newmab
George Banta
Bante
Auto industry picks up third in March
Employment in the automobile industry rose nearly a third in March from February, per labor department figures. Across fourteen industries eight reported gains while six showed declines. Wages increased 44.7 percent in auto plants and 25.7 percent in woolens, with steel and coal mining down 10.3 percent.
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Associated Press
Workington D. C
Che
Eigit
Aix
Conspiracy Case Dismissed in Four Wheel Drive Suit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed a stockholders complaint against Four Wheel Drive Automobile directors in Clintonville for alleged conspiracy and fraud. The ruling implies any recovery would require individual suits. No merits opinion filed. case involved substantial sums tied to wartime contracts and investor exits.
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Associated .Iresa
Madison
Supreme Court
R. P. Rohloff
Four Wheel Drive Automobile Company
Clintonville
Inventorx
State demands 1 to 10 years for young William Dalton
The Associated Press reports that today prosecutors demand a sentence from one to ten years for William Dalton charged with stealing $772,000 in Liberty bonds from the Northern Trust Company. The case was expected to go before a jury this afternoon.
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William Dalton
Associated Presa
jeaKeo
the Allte
Wlliam Dalton
Northern Trust
Dalton
Whe
Attarngon
Tax program tensions in early 1920s US policy debate
Washington faces uncertainty over 1921 federal taxes as Mellon plan gains momentum versus the tariff program. Longworth signals a hard fight to repeal transportation taxes while Mellon plan favors higher income taxes on small business and reduced surtaxes. Congress remains divided on tax revisions and business stabilization aims.
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Clarence
Bose
United Press
Stam
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Melon
Nicholas
Longworth
Ohio
Mellor
Mielian
Mellon
Senate Deadlock Over Motion Picture Censorship
Madison Wis the senate faced a four way deadlock over a motion picture censorship measure. Senators blocked layover of the Bennett bill to create a state board of review under the industrial commission. Debate focused on morality and women in films. Adjournment followed a call of the house. The session also moved two tax bills toward passage, one repealing the other signed by the governor. Olson and Cook bills would alter tax and repeal current law. If approved, the governor’s tax bill becomes law.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Senate
State Board of Review
Industrial Commission
Bennett
Pennett
Olson
Noted Rail Man Dies At Home
Prank H. Davis, officer and director of several railways, died at his home after a long illness. He was 67 years old.
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Axe
Law mill will keep grinding when it starts
Washington dispatch notes Republican leaders in both houses pushing to shape the reconstruction program promptly yet carefully. Diverse opinions persist on tariffs taxes and the sales levy as Ways and Means and Senate Finance seek a method to fund relief while protecting consumers and balancing industry needs.
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LAW Mill
Washington
BD. C
Republicin Waders
Senate
Ud House
Congress
Moses
Ways and Means
Hays Latch String Out At His Office Door
The report notes Postmaster General Hays has left the latch string out and invites visits without restraint. It claims his office is open to all, with visitors seeing his engagements for the day and overheard conferences in view, lacking ushers or staff to handle access.
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Associated Proas
Ixton
Hays
Ste. Haya Cathiv
Ohaia
Reconstruction debates slow as Congress weighs finance plans
Fragmented notes suggest lawmakers struggle over wage and means committees and finance panels to determine bio-reconstruction measures. The delay advances as floor presentation nears in both houses, with lawmakers like Snider cited amid funding and protection concerns.
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Congress
Ménaures
Lemitimate
Allied delegates weigh views of America on reparations
Reports from a postwar council indicate Britain France and the United States seek careful consideration of American views in reparations talks. Ministers discussed inviting the United States to join the supreme council ambassadors group and reparations commission after May 12 while occupation plans for the Ruhr region were outlined as feasible with six to seven divisions.
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Tatttin
M. Jasper
Nota
Germany
Supreme Council
Council ‘of
Am ‘Bassadors
Para
Reparations Commission
Washington
Formany
Marshal @och
Naters
Rufr
Crose Ronda
Harding recalls days as newsboy and newspaper man
Boston letter from President Harding to Harry Burroughs recalls his youth as a newsboy and his time as a newspaper man. He says an incident from the 1920 campaign touched him deeply and cites loyalty from former Boston newsboys. He cannot attend the Boston Ex-Newsboys association reunion and praises similar groups in other cities.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Harding
Harry Burroughs
Lx-Newsboys’ Association
Propaganda Blamed by Jap Minister
A Japanese minister denounces propaganda as a deliberate tool in wartime diplomacy. He argues that propaganda can threaten public order and fuel hatred, but asserts Japan seeks sane diplomacy and equal treatment, denying intent to emigrate or provoke conflict.
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Japan
Tuto
Beatrice Buttock Defeats Husband in Local Race
Red Springs North Carolina Mrs Beatrice Buttock a candidate for alderman yesterday defeated her husband a candidate for the opposition by four votes in a local election result signaling a notable bid for public office by a woman in the town observed by the Associated Press
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Associated’ Press
Red Springs
N. C
Beatrice Buttock
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