McCumber Bill Aims Only Fighting Men for Soldier Bonus
Washington June 14. Penrose announced a Senate move to amend the McCumber veterans adjusted compensation bill to limit participation to actual fighting men. Cost estimated up to 4.396 billion, with cash option at 1.56 billion and deferred payments possible up to 5.273 billion over 20 years. Payments would begin July 1, 1922, as Congress and the Treasury readjust fiscal deficits and seek economy to avoid tax increases.
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Washington
House
Senate
Penrose
Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
Henry Ide Dies in Vermont Former Philippines Governor General
Henry C. Ide, 76, longtime U.S. diplomat and Taft administration official, died in St. Johnsbury Vermont after returning from California. The Barna vt native served as United States commissioner to Samoa in 1891 and later held senior posts in the Samoa and Philippines administrations including governor general under the Taft commission.
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St. Johnsbury
Henry C. Ide
Philippines
Spain
Taft
California
Ide
Barnet
United States
Samoa
Great Britain
Germany
Silesia Neutral Zone Scheme Abandoned
London reports the neutral zone plan in Upper Silesia has been abandoned as unworkable. A Daily Mail correspondent quotes officials and notes the scheme is viewed as a major misstep and unlikely to be put into operation.
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London
Silesia
Pération
Admiral Sims Says He Would Do It Again in London
Admiral William S. Sims told the American Luncheon Club in London that his pro Anglo-American-French stance remains firm and that critics should accept his efforts to foster friendship. He quipped about truth telling and recalled a senator’s line on truth but not to excess.
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Admiral Sims
London
William S. Sims
Iral Sims
Lenin prepares three more radical decrees in Moscow
Moscow dispatches report three additional decrees by Nikolai Lenin to transform the communist system. The first allows nearly unlimited deposits and checking in state cooperative banks. The second reassigns the Bolshevik inquisition body to only armed revolt and conspiracy cases, with other crimes going to courts. The third ends free railway travel and postage, replacing them with tariff schedules.
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Riga
Moscow
Nikolai Lenin
Toheka
Trav
Flood Fatalities In La Junta Prompt City Inquiry
Fragmentary notes indicate multiple deaths in La Junta related to a flood event. Authorities have identified several persons as killed, with investigations ongoing to determine exact causes and affected families.
American Legion leaders killed and injured in Indianapolis crash
Colonel Foreman and Milton Foreman aide were injured after a car rollover near Indianapolis while returning from a Legion function. Colonel Foreman suffered facial injuries. Henry Ryan and Theodore Roosevelt were also involved. Galbraith, national commander, died at the scene. Roosevelts attended the same event.
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Foreman
Henry Ryan
Indianapolis
Galbraith
American Legion
Milton J
Americans Legion
Yan
County Club
Colonel Foreman
Adjutant Setliffe
Chicago
Ryan
Setliffe
Legion
Cleveland
Annapolis
Secretary Denby Demands Sims Explain Speech
Washington June 9 Rear Admiral William S Sims must disavow his American jackass remarks made to the English speaking union in London or face reprimand by Secretary of the Navy Denby. Senator Medill McCormick pressured Denby after visiting the White House to push for action and inquiry into quoted criticisms of American citizens.
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Washington
William S. Sims
London
Denby
Sims
White ‘House
Navy Department
Medill’ McCormick
Ilinois
Trish
United’ States
McCormick
Brst
White House
Clinois
Navy
Department
Harding
Indiana News Briefs From Across the State
Carpenters face wage cuts in South Bend and Orland. A renowned Civil War figure, former Grand Army commander Somers, dies in Kokomo. New Albany votes down city plan. Gary creates a planning task force to elevate railroad tracks. Birds are protected. shooting migratory birds is illegal. Wayne County breeders seek a livestock pavilion site with help from Richmond Chamber. Shallcross Springs gift memorialized. new state laws begin May 31. National Legion leaders injured in Indianapolis crash. Rev. McCray appoints juvenile probation officer and city judge. Tobacco season near a loss in Madisonville. Kokomo to host new armory. Postmaster exams slated. Indiana towns listed with salaries. IU Alumni fund drive aims for 1 million dollars for a union building and dorms. Railroad wreck in Medora kills three, injures two. Indiana Federation loans 20000 to U S Grain Growers. School officials advised on chaos in pupil assignments.
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Orland
Y . Somers
The
Gary
Indiana
Wayne County Breeders’ Association
Lye
Wayne County
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette
Springs
Perry
State - Conservation Commission
Shallcross
Carrelton
Vernon
France
Metray
Fo. W. Galbraith, Jr
American Legion
Henry J. Ryan
Indianapolis
Legion
Americanism, ‘Commission
Milton J. Foreman
Chicago
Illinois
Mr. Ryants
McCray
Corina C. Warrington
Fort Wayne
George W.omacht
South Bend
Madisonville
Evansville
One Hundred and Eighty-first Field Artillery
Medical Corps
Indiana National Guard
Kokomo
State Armory Board
Washington
D. C
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Bluffton
Connersville
Crown’ Point
French Lick
Linton
Notre Dame
Rushville
Spencer
Sof
Indiana University
Bloomington
Indiana University Alumni Association
Alumna Council’ Board of Trustees
University
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Federation of Farrers
U.S
Growers, Incorporated
Indiana Federation
Schoo
Delage
Uni
Bandits Escape With Mail From Arion Station
Six registered mail pouches valued from Sioux City and South Dakota were stolen at Arion miles west of Denison. Three bandits overpowered telegraph operator E B Gaule and fled south in an automobile. The pouches were about to be unloaded from the Milwaukee train for Northwestern train No 26 bound for Chicago.
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Denison
Sioux City
Dakota
Chicago
Arion
Here
EB. L. Gaule
Arionis
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Chicago Strikers Return to Work Under Landis Decision
Chicago building trades workers return to work on orders through their organizations pending a federal judge Landis ruling. They resume at the old wage scale while the wage age decision is awaited.
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Chicago
Fed
Eral
Landis
Ework
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Vermont
Baron Sotokichi Uriu
United States Naval Academy
Baron Uriu
Japan
Officer
Lenin
La‘junta
Colorado
China
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A. D. Lasker
United States Shipping Board
Admiral
Jackass
Mishawaka
South -Bend
Newcastle
Muncie
Anderson
Agriculture Department
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