Adams elected to chair Republican national committee 1924
John T. Adams of Iowa was elected chairman to replace Will Hays at the Republican national committee meeting in Washington. Ralph E. Williams of Oregon named vice chairman, and Mrs. Leonard G. Woods of Pittsburgh elected as vice chair. A plan to rebalance Southern representation faced strong Southern opposition amid a wider dispute over Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment issues.
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WASHINGTON
R. B Howell
Nebraska
H. L. Remtoel
Arkansas
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Georgis
South
McKinley
Roosevelt
Harding
Adame
congress
Johnson
John T. Adams
Iowa
Will H. Hay
Adams
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
Leonard G. Woods
Pittshore
Mine assessment change urged by Senator Bursum
Senator Bursum of New Mexico urged a senate committee to amend his bill to cancel suspended mining assessments and require new annual assessments on a fiscal year basis instead of a calendar year. The proposal would cancel all past assessments up to July and set new annual obligations at one hundred fifty dollars per claim.
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WASHINGTON
Bursum
New Mexico
senate
Nations League Still His Plea at Trinity College
Durham June 8 Present international and domestic depression of commerce and industry demonstrates the pressing necessity of a League of Nations Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska declared today in an address at Trinity College commencement. He condemned the staggering national budget of conquerors and vanquished in the war and warned that the United States is setting a wretched example through military appropriations. He urged cooperative plans with nations to avoid harming world life and warned selfish motives could force similar actions even without entering the League.
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DURHAM
N. C
League of Nations
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Trinity College
United States
Streets of Dublin swept by bullets in morning fight
Dublin streets were swept by gunfire for twenty minutes as attackers used revolvers and bombs against a police lorry. Five constables were wounded and civilians also injured in the morning assault reported by Associated Press.
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DUBLIN
Associated Press
Seapool Strikes Iceberg Off Newfoundland Coast
The British freighter Seapool, 4502 gross tons, struck a iceberg off the Newfoundland coast and limped toward St Johns with its forefoot broken and forepeak flooded. Reports placed the ship about 30 miles east of Newfoundland, with no imminent danger to the vessel.
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HALIFAX
N.S
Ireleker
Newfoundkind
St. Johns
Newfoundland
NEW YORK
mid-Atlantic
Boston
Seapool
Montreal
Dublin
Floods Burst Denver Conduits From Platte River Rise
Denver floods from Platte River rise flood waters moved through northern Colorado and into Denver. A levee break near Valverde expanded flooded area to about two square miles in the city bottoms. Water depths reached eleven and a half feet as four city conduits failed to supply Denver. Intake sources include Marston Lake reservoir Kashier Lake and Cherry Creek via South Denver stations.
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DENVER
Platte river
Colorado
Valverde
Marston lake
South Platte river
Kashier lake
Mississippi avenue
Cherry Creek
Harding Speaks to Graduates on Civilizational Duty
President Harding warned graduates that little remains secure from iconoclast attacks and urged unselfish service to preserve civilization. He told American University commencements that upcoming classes must provide more than their share of leaders in a changing nation and cautioned against tearing down established institutions before plans for reconstruction are ready.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
American University
Lasker Named Shipping Board Chairman at White House
A. D. Lasker, Chicago advertising executive and part owner of the Chicago National League club, was formally announced as chairman of the Shipping Board at the White House. The roster includes Meyer Lissner, Cals TV O Connor, Edward C Plummer, Admiral Ww Mia S Bengon, Senator George E Chamberlain, and Frederick I Thompson, with terms spanning one to six years. The panel aims for sound business leadership under Lasker’s six year chairmanship.
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WASHINGTON
A. D. Lasker
Chicago
shipping board
White House
Meyer Lissner
Los Angeles
Cals TV
O'Connor
Bortalo
Edward C. Plummer
Girth
Mia S. Bengon
George E. Chamberlain
Oregon
Frederick I. Thompson
Xlobile
Air
Hiram Johnson Moon
Harding
Lasker
Lord & Thomas advertising Agency
National League baseball club
Hiram Johnson
Lissner
Johnson
California
central committee
Plummer
O’Connor
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Mobile Register and News-Item
Chamberlain
senate military committee
Wilson
Secrretary Baker
Mr. Lasker
senate
Thompson
Benson
on & Sound
Lasie
Railroad leaders deny pursuing politics over wage cut
Chicago June reports test the union stance as LL E Shephard of the Order of Railway Conductors rejects accusations that executives would influence conductors to accept or reject a wage cut. He says job security lies with the railroads and the labor board. Northwestern Pacific seeks a wage reduction in its brief filed today.
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CHICAGO
touriig brotherhoods
LL. E. Shephard
Order of Railway Conductors
British Occupy Rosenberg in Upper Silesia Clash Risk
Rosenberg a town about twenty miles northeast of the city near the old Polish frontier has been occupied by a battalion of British troops. Poles had seized Rosenberg earlier during their first Upper Silesia advance and there has been danger of fighting with Germans. Reports are silent on any clash during the British occupation but officials think a clash between British and Poles is quite probable.
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OPPELN
Silesia
Rosen- berg
Rosen
berg
Upper Silesia
None Can Enter Pueblo Commandant's Order
In Pueblo Col. Patrick J. Hamrock ordered no one may enter the city. Railroads were told to refuse passengers and patrols blocked roads and streets to turn back pedestrians and cars. Only those with official business could gain entry as labor groups work in shifts to meet urgent needs with about 3000 men employed daily.
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PUEBLO
Patrick J. Hamrock
Col
Hamrock
Col. Hamrock
Col. Hamreck
Flooded Arkansas River valley report from Pueblo to La Junta
Denver Times dispatch describes vast flood devastation along the Arkansas River below Pueblo Colorado. Reporter details miles of flooded land, dead animals, and bodies retrieved, with crossing Salt Creek by improvised cable and farm hands pulling a seven year old girl’s body from the river bank.
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DENVER
Denver Times today
Arkansas River
Pueblo
Boone Cole
Colo
Vineland
Avondale
Divine
Boone
Fowler
Eddie Belt
Salt Creek
La Junta
St. Charles
Eddie
Phipps Bill Favorably Reported by House Committee
Carson June 8 Special to the Gazette A telegram from Washington reports the Phipps bill has been favorably reported to the House by the post offices and roads committee. The measure includes the larger clause for federal road aid on certain public lands and the Dowell bill provisions. The House is expected to pass the bill within days, with a Senate conference to follow.
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CARSON
highway department
house of representatives
committee on
Washington, D. C
by &. C. Cottrell
Nevada
house
senate
Phipps
Townt s
national highway commission
bureau of public roade
Weeks Talks For Army Secretary in New York Address
Secretary of War Weeks told New York University graduates that disarming the United States would be folly and urged readiness to defend sovereignty until nations mutually dismantle fortifications. He opposed war with Great Britain, warned of global military preparations, and cited Washington’s advice to prepare for war as essential to national defense in 1921. The university awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws.
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NEW YORK
United States
Wee
New York university
Great Britain
Weeks
Taubher
Washington
Mexican oil taxes raised in Mexico City decree
Mexican petroleum exporters face a 25 percent export tax hike starting July 1 under President Obregon. The decree aims to raise over 30 million pesos annually to service foreign debt, which totals more than 661 million pesos. New rates apply to crude oil, fuel oils, gasoline, kerosene, lubricants, and asphalt, with specific pesos per cubic meter or ton charges.
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MEXICO CITY
Associated Press
Mexico
Obregon
Desperado Shot Dead by Posse Near Globe
Globe Arizona June 3 A member of the sheriff s posse fatally shot Red Whiskers Burnett an escaped convict and suspect in the May 22 murder of Mahony Teague near Globe. Burnett had been pursued by the posse and cowboys since the prior morning and was killed in the afternoon.
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GLOBE
Ariz
Burnett
Mahony Teague
Babe Ruth Jailed One Day For Speeding In New York
Babe Ruth, famed New York Americans star, received a one day jail term and a $100 fine in magistrate court for automobile speeding. Judge noted fairness to all, Ruth served the sentence, was released at four o'clock, and proceeded to the ballpark to face Cleveland.
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NEW YORK
Babe" Ruth
Cleveland
Babe
Judce
Ruth
four peloek
Palo grounds
Yankees
Pullman Strike Ballot Recalled After AFL Conference
The strike ballot circulated among Pullman Company shop forces in over eighty cities was to be voted Friday morning but was recalled after a conference with the Railway Employee Department of the American Federation of Labor.
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CHICAGO
dune
Pullman company
railway employee department
American Federation of Labor
Congregationalists Propose Union with Presbyterians in Canada
Montreal June 8 Congregational Union of Canada approves union with Methodist and Presbyterian churches in session here. The resolution is sent to the Presbyterian general assembly in Toronto where the Presbyterians approve the union that night.
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MONTREAL
Presbyterian churches
Congregational Union of Canada
Presbyterian general assembly
Toronto
Von Hoefer to Recall His Troops in Poland
Paris dispatch reports General Von Hoefer head of German forces in Upper Silesia assures allied officials that troops which advanced on the Annaberg sector after Friday and Saturday insurgent attacks will advance no further.
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PARIS
Von Hoefer
Upper Silesia
Annaberg
Bertiv
Passengers on Flood Detour Train Reach Hutchinson
Passengers boarded a westbound Santa Fe train in Kansas last Friday and, due to Colorado floods, remain en route to Denver. They traveled through Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and back to Kansas, aiming to reach McFarland and then Denver via the Rock Island line. A detour sent one Santa Fe train to La Junta, becoming known as the lost train.
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HUTCHINSON
Kan
Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe
Colorado
Denver
Hutchison
Rock Island & Pacific
Kansas
Oklahoma
McFarland
Rock Island
Santa Fe
La Junta
Colo
Missouri Pacific
Senator McCormick Challenges Admiral Sims Over London Speech
Senator McCormick of Illinois formally protests to President Harding and Secretary Denby regarding Admiral Sims London remarks on the Irish question. He seeks disciplinary action and asks for a cable clarification on quoted statements about naturalized and non American residents and wartime Allied naval actions.
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WASHINGTON
McCormick
Hlinois
Harding
Danby
London
Sims
Denby
Christian
Sime
Read Admire
navy department
cable
Admiral Sims
Admiral Lima
United States
Southard Woman Says She Is Not Worried
San Francisco June 2 Mrs Lyda Southard states she is not worrying despite facing murder charges for Edward Meyer her fourth husband and investigations into the deaths of three prior husbands a brother in law and a child all suspected by poison She is en route from Honolulu to Twin Falls Idaho to stand trial in custody of Deputy Sheriff Y H Ormsby and wife She plans to release a statement through her attorney upon arrival.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Lyda Southard
Ina
Edward Meyer
Senate cuts army size to 150000 in new budget bill
Washington June 8 the senate rejected 36 32 the committee amendment for a maximum army of 170000 reversing yesterday s vote in favor of the amendment It then approved a minimum army of 150000 for the next fiscal year The house had provided for an average army of 160000 The bill carrying 336000000 was passed by the senate without a roll call and moves to conference with the house
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WASHINGTON
senate
house
Labor cost blame shifts to material dealers at AFL session
William Spencer, secretary of the Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, said in his annual report to the department’s convention that responsibility for excessive building costs lies with building material dealers nationwide, not organized labor. The Denver report notes the stance was delivered in June during the group’s convention.
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DENVER
William Spencer
Woman accuses slaying husband and attempts suicide in jail
Not York Jane and Mrs Eva Kaber of Lakewood Ohio are held here in connection with the slaying of her husband in the Cleveland suburbs nearly two years ago. Today she attempted death by her own action in her cell by slashing her right wrist with a trail file.
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YORK, Jane
Eva Kaber
Lakewood
Cleveland
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