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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1921
Page
6
President Harding opens the first cabinet budget conference pledging economy and efficiency. He warns against extravagant expenditures while Dawes outlines the new budget bureau role and the aim to place the president in charge of a businesslike government.
Allied authorities in Constantinople say they uncovered a Turco-Bolshevik plot of vast proportions. Numerous arrests have been made, including the alleged ring leader.
Leonard Banks, a parolee known to police as a gunman, was shot and killed in Chicago on July 1. The victim was John McMahon of the city, authorities said.
Fifty delegates from the Disabled American Veterans of the World War invaded the Socialist national convention in Detroit and warned they would fight for the flag against sedition. Ralph Harr of Seattle bragged of using machine guns to stamp out treason and invited radicals to step outside. Socialist delegate Cameron King urged respect for free speech and assembly as veterans withdrew without incident.
Washington June 30 The Fordney tariff bill prepared by the Ways and Means Committee since January 6 was introduced in the House by Chairman Fordney. The measure echoes the 1921 Payne Aldrich model and aims to replace the Underwood Simmons act with a protective tariff, shifting from revenue only.
A law authorizes 13 500 000 francs to create a university town on Paris old fortifications site and is published in the Journal Officiel.
In Oakland on June 30 Mrs Alta Ely was robbed of 2000 dollars by an unseen assailant who sprang onto the running board of her car and, brandishing a revolver, compelled her to surrender a bag containing the money.
A syndicalist leader named Brandella was shot and killed in Barcelona on June 30 while attempting to escape. Local authorities investigate the assault and motive behind the slaying as tensions rise in the city.
The United States railroad labor board extended its 12 percent wage reduction to 210 class 1 roads effective July 1. The move widens the earlier 104-road plan and aims to save about 400 million dollars annually in railroad labor costs. Unions vote on acceptance were underway with July 1 conferences expected to keep traffic moving.
Washington June 28 The anti beer bill prohibiting beer for medicine and tightening distilled liquor rules passed the house 250 to 93 and moves to the senate. Four hours of sharp debate followed with prohibitionists criticizing leaders for blocking them as wets accused Congress of minority rule.
Chicago union carpenters return to work after agreeing to accept Judge Landis as arbitrator in their dispute with contractors. A conference with the arbitration board temporarily clears the way for ending Chicago's 100 million dollar building tie up.
Fire of unknown origin razed the United States Gypsum company block plant at Port Dodge Iowa. Loss estimated at 300000 pounds sterling by manager Frank Griffith.
Former congressman J M C Smith of Kalamazoo Michigan writes to Congress on July 1 outlining his views and intentions regarding upcoming legislative matters. The fragmented clipping notes his return to public service and references his prior term in Congress.
Representative Ansorge of New York leads a move by about ten new Republican lawmakers to form a conference of some 100 freshmen to cut red tape and press for action in the special session. They fault Congress for not achieving tax reform tariff passage or a peace resolution and urge greater consideration of newer members' voices alongside seniority. Other signers include Funk Clarke Knight Hogan Arentz Beck Beedy Fenn Lineberger.
Samuel Gompers won the AFL presidency against John L. Lewis by two to one, 25,022 to 13,324, in Denver. Gompers expressed relief Hearst cannot control the AFL and vowed to advocate labor demands, signaling a united, militant future for the federation.
Bremen June 29 J McGowan second officer of the American steamer Deranof was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for shooting and killing Captain J C Moller of the Deranof last March in Bremen harbor. An effort to secure extradition failed as German authorities claimed jurisdiction. McGowan said he was heckled by Moller during the trial. He was born in Denmark and naturalized as a US citizen.
Sioux Falls July 1 estimates place losses from a severe hailstorm over Lincoln county at 150000 dollars. Many farmers suffered without hail insurance.
Sligo Ireland July 1 inmates report burglars broke into the jail at night and removed three prisoners from their cells. Local authorities investigate the break in and search for the escapees.
Cheyenne deputy swam the North Platte with a six shooter to reach fugitives Abraham Saussito and Felipe Blanco, trapped on a wooded island. A firefight ensued as posses closed in from both banks, ending with the pair surrendering and being transported to Cheyenne to await murder charges.
Harry A. Swart, a crippled man paralyzed for nine years and resident of Chicago's Home for Incurables, rode in a wheelchair toward Lake Michigan. After missing, searchers found him nine blocks away near the water with bystanders recalling his final ride and a splash, the chair and man vanishing.
Stella Weiner five and Harry Barber seven were found after 90 hours in a vacant apartment clothes closet in Paterson New Jersey. They were hungry exhausted and revived by doctors. Ethel Berlinofsky four allegedly closed the door or left before realizing the sealing. The door allowed slight air flow which saved them.
An Indian maid ward of the United States journeyed 40 miles from a reservation to a Durango ranch. She crossed the La Plata river by swimming after staking a goat nearby. The Navajo groom and his sweetheart were married on the Willard Wratt ranch after a license was secured.
During gas line work at the S. W. Kiser restaurant in Spencerville Ohio workers uncovered a large greenish paper ball in a dark closet. Investigation found it to be a nest of a mother mouse and her brood. The ball consisted of greenbacks from one to ten dollars, partly chewed, with three one-dollar and one five-dollar bill redeemable.
A negro passenger believed to be Reverend F E Clark of Hope Arkansas leaped head first from a moving passenger train near Pana Illinois. The coach window was the exit, the train ran about sixty miles an hour eastward. He was found unconscious but unharmed with no broken bones.
In Orlando Florida the severed head of George Bryant was offered as evidence at the murder trial. Prosecutors described the head as key to the case against John R Bryant, chief suspect and brother of the deceased man. The dramatic move underscores the high stakes and tense proceedings.
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