Fordney Tariff Bill Passes House Moves to Senate
The Fordney tariff bill cleared the house by 289 to 126 after two weeks of debate and moves to the senate. Separate votes on five items altered the bill with the embargo on dyestuffs stricken, oil and asphalt kept free, and hides and long-staple cotton added to the free list. Seven Democrats backed the measure and seven Republicans opposed it.
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House
Senate
Lee
Baker
California
Campbell
Pennsylvania
Dupre
Bavatet
Lazaro
Marin
Louisiana
Voigt
Beck
Lampert
Nelson
Wisconsin
Gahn
Knight
Ohio
Sinclair
North Dakota
Representative Frear
Rep
Tariff Commission
United States
Committee of the Whole
Champion Kissers Coming
New York July 21 reports a joke tourist of IrishBohemian origin with a crushed spam hat and khaki suit plans to woo kissable women from New York to San Francisco. Two Greenwich Village poets tout a champion kisser who claims he can win a thousand kisses on a crosscountry trip. Yonkers women get first chance to kiss him.
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New York
San Francisco
Greenwich Village
New York City
Yonkers
Foreign officials dismiss Lenin Gorky London aid rumor
News wires report officials in Helsingfors deny that Nicolai Lenin and Maxim Gorky plan to travel to London to seek aid for Russia. In Greece M Gounaris says Turks fled from panic at Thutaia and Greeks cut off their retreat toward Eskishehr as evacuation begins. In Detroit President Harding lauds Irish American service as 1,000 delegates open the Ancient Order of Hibernians convention with 200,000 members in the US and Canada.
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London
Helsingfors
Nicolai Lenin
Maxim Gorky
Russia
Athens
M. Gounaris
Thutaia
Eskishehr
Constantine
Smyrna
Detroit
Mich
Harding
America
Ancient Order of Hibernians
United States
Canada
Reapportionment Plan Proposes 400 House Seats
Washington July 23 the house census committee agreed on legislation to create a 400 member house of representatives from the current 435. The bill aims to restructure representation in line with population shifts and will require passage by both houses and approval processes.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House Census Committee
Italian Deputies Fight Unseats Ruling Chamber Session
In Rome on July 23 socialists and fascists clashed on the floor of the chamber of deputies. The sitting was suspended as missiles including chairs ink and wells were hurled by members.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Bribe Charge In Bergdoll Case Claims Higher Ups Demanded 100000
Mrs Emma Bergdoll testified before the house committee that a Captain Campbell at Governors Island sought 100000 from her to influence Grover Cleveland Bergdoll’s case. She recalled paying 5000 on Bergdoll’s urging and that 85000 remained unpaid, with names withheld until she can recognize them.
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Emma _ Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Germany
House
John Sherburne
Campbell
Governor’s Island
Sherburne
Capt
Bruce Campbell
Grover
Plan to loan 500 million to rail carriers
Washington reports President Harding may seek congressional approval to empower the War Finance Corporation to lend up to 500 million dollars to railroad carriers as federal control claims are settled. The move reportedly has cabinet sanction.
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Harding
Washington
Congress
War Finance Corporation of Power
Amundsen Receives Parliament Grant for Arctic Voyage
Capt Roald Amundsen welcomed Norway's parliament vote granting 500000 kroner about 125000 to renew his Arctic voyage next summer after his schooner Mauce suffered a broken propeller and forced a delay.
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Seattle
Wash
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Norway
Senate to share pact with disarmament commission
President Harding is understood to have decided that the senate will be represented on the American commission for the disarmament conference to be held here next fall.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Greeks Capture Turk Generals in Eski-Shehr
London telegram reports Greeks seized Eski Shehr and captured Kiazim Kara Bekir the Turkish nationalist commander along with his generals and other officers in the city during the operations.
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London
Eski-Shehr
Kiazim Kara Bekir
Central News
Athens
Father of Ten Hangs Self in Granary Farm
Freeport July 25 Gordon Kleckler aged forty, father of ten, hanged himself in the granary on his farm. The act is attributed to despondency over ill health.
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Sclif
Freeport, Sr
Gordon Kleckler
Weekly Marketgram London July 28 Washington market notes
Washington July 28 weekly marketgram reports weak central western markets with limited shipping demand and ample receipts. Dairy butter and cheese prices show firmness yet unsettled trends with hot weather defects. fruits vegetables and grains show mixed moves including declines in Early Ohio potatoes and salmon cantaloupes while Texas Elberta peaches rise. Live stockprices rise for hogs and veal while cattle and sheep show modest shifts with July 21 Chicago figures cited.
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Timothy
Chicago
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
Wisconsin
Kansas
Ohio
Caliifornia
Middle West
Texas Elberta Peaches
Northwest
Charles Anxious to Move From Switzerland to Denmark
Paris reports former Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary pressing to depart Switzerland for Denmark. Officials fear the move may mask a bid to regain the throne of Hungary. Switzerland likely will be asked to prevent his exit amid diplomatic exchanges.
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Switzerland
Paris
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Denmark
Hungary
Dawes halts U S sales of surplus property
General Dawes acting on his own authority without waiting for an executive order ordered an immediate stop to all government sales of surplus property. He cited that uncoordinated control across departments was causing a large and accruing loss to the United States.
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Washington
General Dawes
United States
Klan Conducts Texas Oklahoma Tar and Feather Inquiry
Col William Joseph Simmons imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan orders a sweeping investigation into tar and feather parties across Texas and Oklahoma. The inquiry aims to uncover scope and participants in the events. The directive originates from Simmons in Atlanta Georgia.
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Ku Klux Klan
Quiz
Dallas
Tex
Knights of the
Texas
Oklahoma
William Joseph Simmons
Atlanta
Boy Kills Rattlesnake in Mosalem Township
Milton Welfelds, nine years old, of Mosalem township in Dubuque county, killed a rattlesnake with twelve rattles and a button and a body as large as a man's arm. He collected a twenty cent bounty.
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Dubuque
Milton Welbes
Mosalem
Welbes
Fire in Mexican oil fields under control
The great fire in the Mexican oil fields south of Tampico remains burning but is under control, with information from Tampico saying thousands of soldiers are aiding the fire fighting crews.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Senate to Rush Tariff Measure in Two Weeks
Washington July 23 Hearings on the tariff bill passed by the house will begin Monday before the senate finance committee chaired by Senator Penrose. He hopes to conclude hearings within two weeks, barring interruptions, and noted possible joint action with tax revision if needed. The panel will assess the American valuation base and dyestuffs embargo as it proceeds through schedules, with experts invited to testify.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Finance Committee
Senate
Tariff Commission
George Davis
New York Customs Office
Otto Fix
Treasury
Senate Committee
Greeks Seize Eski-Shehr in Asia Minor Front
Athens dispatch reports Greek forces hold the Eski-Shehr railway junction and are pursuing Turkish nationalists along the Asia Minor front after dislodging them from the city and nearby points.
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London
Eski- Shehr
Asia Minor
Athens
Sterling Gives Bond After Embezzlement Indictments
Springfield Alabama July 25 lieutenant governor Sterling posted a 50000 bond before Judge Smith on embezzlement indictments. The bond was furnished by the National Security Company of Chicago.
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Springfield
Sterling
Smith
National Security Company of Chicago
Senate Passes Sheppard Bill on Maternity Protection
The Senate passed the Sheppard bill providing federal state cooperation in protecting maternity and infancy and sent it to the House. The July 25 report notes bipartisan support for safeguarding mothers and children nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
House
Indictment Hits Governor Small and Sterling
Illinois grand jury indicts Governor Small and Lieutenant Governor Sterling on embezzlement and conspiracy charges involving state funds. Verne S. Curtis, bank president, named in related indictments. total four indictments. Bonds set at 150000 for the two officials and 100000 for Curtis.
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Springfield
Len Sinal
Fred E. Sterling
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Verne S. Curtis
Grant Park Trust and Savings Bank
Small
Sterling
E.S. Smith
Curtis
Sangamon County
Illinois
Len Small
Minois
Ilinois
Life's celestial rhythm guides exits and entrances
The speaker reflects on living gently through life’s theater, urging restraint from anger or despair. Amid lights and shadows of comedy, roses and vices, one should maintain gentle tears and soft loves, accepting misadventure as part of the grand carnival.
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Dial
Antioch Church Learns to Share Aid and Faith
A religious awakening at Antioch leads Barnabas to inspect the work, Saul joins, and disciples are first called Christians after a year of teaching. The church then sends relief to Judea when a world wide famine is foreseen, showing unity between Jew and Gentile.
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Jerusalem
Jesus
Barnabas
Saul
Christ
Agabus
Claudius Cesar
Judea
Christ's Blessing and the Living Faith
A religious reflection on divine blessing from Heaven. Christ sends down grace to teach how to live and how He lives in believers. He shows potential for faith hope and love to bear the weight of glory through spiritual union.
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Christ
H. Monsell
Where Love Reigns in the Heart through Jesus
A devotional reflection urges enthroning Jesus in the heart as the cure for cold love and the source of true affection. It frames Christ’s presence as the ruling force that makes love flourish within believers.
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