Senate Backs Rivers and Harbors Bill and Pay Increase
Washington report notes Senate passage of the rivers and harbors bill exceeding 41 million dollars after hours of debate. Senate also votes 64 to 18 to raise annual pay for Senators and Representatives to 10,000 dollars, with mixed reactions from Borah Bruce Heflin and others on process and fairness. President Coolidge must decide on the salary increase.
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Washington
Senate
Howell
Rep
Nebraska
House
Oprah
Borah
Bruce
Warren
Appropriations Committee
Glass
Virginia
Heflin
Alabama
Democrats Pick Garrett for Speaker in Democratic Caucus
Finis J. Garrett was chosen by acclamation as the Democratic candidate for Speaker, ensuring he remains minority leader in the incoming Sixty-ninth Congress. With Republicans controlling the House, he cannot secure the Speakership and will lead the minority again. Carter named caucus chairman and Hill as secretary. Mrs. Mary T. Norton of Jersey City, the first woman to participate, was chosen assistant secretary. Also reported is the death of John Moreland, 63, from injuries after a fall in an elevator shaft at Fred Arbogast Hardware Store in Farmer City.
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Washington
Finis J. Garrett
Garrett
Representative Byrnes
Tennessee
Representative Carter
Oklahoma
Representative Hill
Mary T. Norton
Jersey City
New Jersey
Farmer City
John Moreland
Fred Arbogast Hardware Store
Customs Official Killed by Bomb at Niagara Falls
Orville A. Pewster, a federal customs official active in suppressing liquor smuggling, was instantly killed by a bomb explosion at Niagara Falls. Elmer Whitacre was fatally hurt in the blast.
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Niagara, Falls
N. Y
Orville A. Pewster
Elmer Whitacre
President Ebert Dies In Berlin After Illness
Berlin reports the death of Friedrich Ebert President of Germany after appendicitis surgery and fluctuating recovery. Born February 4 1871 in Heidelberg he rose from saddler apprentice to Social Democratic leader and Reichstag deputy. He managed critics by calm under fire and decisive final say. Married 1894 father of four.
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Berlin
Ebert
Germany
Heidelberg
Heidelberg University
The
Republic
Social Democratic Party
Reichstag
Front
All
Longworth Nominated for Speaker of House
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, current majority floor leader, won the Republican caucus nomination for speaker of the House by 140 to 84 over Martin Madden of Illinois. John G. Tilson of Connecticut was named to succeed Longworth as floor leader.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Martin Madden
Illinois
Appropriations Committee
John G.tilson
Connecticut
Longworth
James T. Begg
Fred A. Britten
Ilinois
Madden
Theodore A. Burton
Cyrenus Cole
Iowa
Carl R. Chindblom
Walter H. Newton
Minnesota
Three Ships Sink Off Iceland Causes 84 Die
Hull, England reports 84 men believed lost after fierce gales. The Hull steam trawler Scapa Flow sinks with 14 crew, six Hull fishermen and 24 Icelanders perish aboard other vessels. The Icelandic steamer Leifer herar also lost with 40 Icelandic hands.
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Iceland
Hull
England
Field Marshal Robertson
Leiferherar
Tragedy at Sea as Steamers Run Aground Around France
Reports say several steamers aground from Dunkirk to Biarritz with many sending wireless calls for help. Near La Rochelle the Spanish steamship Cristina Rueda stranded. only four of 18 crew saved. Seven life saving station corps members drowned when their boat capsized during rescue efforts.
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Paris
Dunkirk
Biaritz
la Rochelle
Cristina Rueda
Lifesaving Station Corps
Forty Koreans Reported Slain at Malu Border Clash
Reports from Seoul relay that 40 Koreans were shot by Japanese constabulary troops on the Malu border during a clash described as a purge of malcontents. The incident heightens regional tensions and draws international attention to Korean unrest amid ongoing occupation.
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Seoul
Malu
Water-Borne Commerce Tonnage Washington 1924
Water-borne commerce of the United States in the fiscal year 1924 excluding coastwise traffic totaled 92 million long tons. Imports reached 42.8 million tons and exports 49.2 million tons.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senator Medill McCormick Dies in Washington Hotel
Washington dispatch reports Medill McCormick of Illinois found dead in his Hamilton Hotel room. Circumstances unclear. gastric hemorrhages cited by hotel staff. McCormick rose in politics during Taft era, split with Roosevelt in 1912, led Progressives, later returned to the GOP. son of Joseph Medill and linked to Chicago Tribune lineage.
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Washington
DD. C
Medill McCormick
Olinois
Hamilton Hotel
Senator McCormick
Noble P. Barnes
McCormick
Chicago
Joseph Medill McCormick
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Taft
Roosevelt
Wilson
Progressive National Committee
Ilinois
Republican Party
Kansas City Adopts City Manager Plan Charters Vote
Kansas City Missouri adopts a city manager plan under a new charter by nearly 4 to 1 with less than a third of voters casting ballots. Next November a nine member city council will elect a mayor and hire a city manager to run departments. On April 10, 1926 charter becomes operative. The mayor gains extra power and will appoint several boards including park, plan, and art commissions.
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Kansas City
Park Board
City Plan Commission
Art Commission
Former President of Western Union Dies
Col. Robert C. Clowry former president and general manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company died in his stateroom on a train from Florida as it neared Pennsylvania Station He was 86 years old He had been at Palm Beach for five weeks for health reasons and planned to return to his home in Tarrytown Two physicians were called aboard as the train approached New York and he died as it entered the terminal.
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New York
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
St. Louis
Florida
Pennsylvania Station
Col
Clowry
Palm Beach
Tarrytown
North Col
Philadelphia
Franklin J. Scheerer
Elizabeth
N. J
St Louisan Drowns as Auto Overturns Near Lafayette
Walter Koch of St Louis, chief clerk in the filing and death claim department, drowned when his car struck a cement abutment and overturned in a creek near Lafayette. George F Hedrick, national president of the Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators of America, was seriously injured but saved by R O Liptrap who pulled Hedrick from the water. Koch died before rescue could reach him.
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Lafayette
Ind
Walter Koch
St. Louis
George F. Hedrick
The
Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators of America
Crawfordsville
Koch
Hedrick
R. O. Liptrap
Attica
Liptrap
Koeh
Auto Tourist Robbed on Arkansas Highway into Memphis
Armed robbers in an automobile on an Arkansas highway into Memphis held up architect H. Mason, who was driving from Detroit to Jackson, Miss., and took 1290 dollars, police headquarters reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
H. &. Mason
Detroit
Mich
Jackson
Miss
Fire Destroys Hallstead Business Section Losses Tall
Fire swept Hallstead Pennsylvania destroying six buildings in the business district. About thirty two motor cars were burned and the total loss is placed at two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
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Hallstead
Borglum and Stone Mountain Clash Over Monument Firing
Stone Mountain guardians seize Borglum and supervisor Tucker on charges of destroying designs and models for the memorial. The Stone Mountain Confederate Monument Association seeks $50,000 in a DeKalb County suit as armed deputies guard the site. Borglum calls the dismissal a northern assault. his wife says the designs are his exclusive property and copyright.
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Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain Confederate Monument Association
Gutzon Borglum
Borglum
J. G. Tucker
the Mountain
de Kalb County
Association
Striking Indiana Senators Prepare Return to Indianapolis
Indiana Democratic Senators, angered by a redistricting bill, have agreed with the Republican majority in the State Senate to return to Indianapolis. They expect the budget measure funding state institutions at 46 million dollars over two years remains a threat to prompt passage or stall it. Leaders in Dayton reported progress and said the Democrats will not permit the redistricting bill to pass.
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Dayton
Ohio
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana General Assembly
State General Assembly
Harold van Orman
State Senate
Joseph Cravens
Gilliam
Marion County Grand Jury
House
Senate
Lawmakers Probe U. 1 Living Costs at University
Springfield reporters note a general assembly inquiry into University of Winds living costs sparked by Rep. J E Mc Mackin from Salem. He cites high food and lodging costs, proposes dorms with low rents and armystyle dining to ease expenses, aided by women lawmakers. committee to gather data for later report.
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Springfield
General Assembly
University of Winds
House
J. E. McMackin
Salem
McMackin
Army
United States Army
Chester
Avenger of Pegoud Killed In Exhibition Flight
Rober Ronserl known as The Avenger of Pegoud and a noted WWI ace died during an exhibition flight at Mont-de-Marsan near Bayonne France after postwar stunt work with a circus He had been flying over towns dropping handbills since the armistice.
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Bayonne
France
Rober Ronserl
Avenger
Pegoud
Mont-de-Marsan
Here
Ronserl
Ben
Acting Head of Michigan U Named
Ann Arbor Michigan Mr Alfred Lloyd dean of the graduate school of the University of Michigan was made acting president to the end of the academic year. He takes over immediately the duties of the office.
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Michigan U
Ann Arbor
Mich
Alfred Lloyd
University of Michigan
Wage Increase Reported by Rock Island Railroad
The Rock Island Railroad raised wages for locomotive engineers and firemen, with the company estimating a total annual wage increase of $482,000.
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Rock Island
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
Illinois Labor Surplus and Local News Items
Springfield reports a surplus of common labor due to outside work ending and workers arriving from elsewhere. In Peoria a former deputy sheriff, John Nevin, aged sixty, was found shot dead. coroner says it appears self inflicted. Elgin notes a beekeeping short course by the Illinois Beekeepers Association. Urbana features a century old grain cradle donated to the University of Illinois College of Agriculture by J. F. B. Moffat of Ashmore, a 1923 graduate.
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Springfield
Ilinois
United States Employment Service
United States Department of Labor
Peoria
John Nevin
Elliot
Nevin
Sullivan
Elgin
Beekeepers
Illinois Beekeepers’ Association
Carl Choisser
Urbana
College of Agriculture
University of
Health Week Proclaimed By Governor Len Small
Springfield. Gov Len Small designates the week starting April 26 as health week urging mayors and village boards to proclaim a general observance. The proclamation cites improvements in Illinois health over four years, infant mortality declines, and fewer epidemic diseases, urging celebrations of health achievements and focus on disease prevention.
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Springfield
Len Small
Ilinois
Illinois Tax Protest and Senate Appointment Noted
The Illinois State Automobile Association derides a proposed two cent per gallon gasoline tax as raising 42 percent more money than state property taxes. Governor Small appoints Charles B. Deneen to fill the late Medill McCormick’s Senate vacancy, with regular term starting next week. Separate items report dairy gains in Urbana, coal miners' deaths near Harrisburg, church advertising calls, a Pekin holdup thwarted, Illinois high school debates on the St Lawrence deep waterway, Chicago water pumping costs, and plans for seventy five new junior high schools.
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University of
Ilinois
MecMackin
House
Frank '. Sheets
Senate
Sheets
Chicago
Illinois State Automobile Association
Iltnois
Springfield
Small
Charles B. Deneen
Medill McCormick
United States
Curtis
Kansas
Washington
Deneen
McCormick
Harrisburg
Muddy
Here
Big Four
O’gara
Luther Foster
John Cooley
Henry Cooley
James McGurt
Foster
Galesburg
M. A. Berger
Oneida
Illinois Pastor Advertising Association
Pekin
Emil Schilling
Schilling
Illnois
St. Lawrence Deep Waterway
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