15 Million Deal Halted By Harding
Washington reports revealed a conspiracy by former temporary army officers that led to nullification of surplus army harness contracts. Attorney General Daugherty cited criminal code violations and Harding ordered the War Department to void the agreements with United States Harness Company.
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Washington
Daugherty
Harding
War Department
United States Harnexs Company
Uolet States Harness Company
Baker
United States Harness Company
John Doe Found In Chicago Trial Court
A man identified as John Doe appears in St David's Criminal Court along with two others on a barge operated confidence game. The judge remarks on a 700 year search for John Doe, congratulating him and noting ancestry.
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John Doe
Chicago
St David's Criminal Court
John Wittee
al Stevens
David
Uls
Hunt for Murphy's Gang in nationwide dragnet
Eleven alleged accomplices of Big Tim Murphy in the Dearborn street station mail robbery face arrest as secret service agents pursue them nationwide. Postal Inspector A E Germer says the men are located in other states and will be captured soon, with many acting as fences and likely to testify.
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Chicago
Tim” Murphy
Dearborn Street
Secret Service
A. E. Germer
Five-Cent Fare in Detroit Transit Agreement
Detroit officials and the Detroit United railway settled a fare dispute with a one cent transfer option accepted. The new rate, effective June 1, reduces transfers to one cent while nine tickets cost six cents in cash. A reduction demand followed a renewed request by the company after the prior offer.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railway
Shell anti rei os on Amur amid Far Eastern turmoil
Reports from Vladivostok say after a three day conference the Far Eastern republic government plans to jot soviet Reesia. Antibolcheviks reportedly destroyed bridges over the Amur between Magovestchensk and Khabarovsk and communist gunboats bombarded villages seized by insurgents.
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Vladivostok
Far Eastern Republic
Antibolcheviks
Amur
Magovestchensk
Khabarovsk
Prohibition Leaders Push Early Action on Antibeer Bill
Washington reports June 16 that House prohibition leaders began pressing for early action on the Volstead antibeer bill before Commissioner Haynes can implement regulations governing sale of beer to the sick.
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Washington
House
Haynes
Harding appointments spark patronage row over nominations
President Harding nominates Julius Klein of Boston as director of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and Charles H Nauts of Toledo as internal revenue commissioner for the district. Senator Lodge and Senator Willis W. Rep object to confirmations, while Hoover backs Klein and Lodge visits the White House without meeting the President.
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Washington
Harding
Hoover
Senator Lodge
Julius Klein
Boston
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Kiein
Lodygevat
Senate Commerce Committee
Lodge
White House
Charles H. Nauts
Toledo
Internal Revenue
Senate
Willis Crep
Ohio
Admiral Sims Leaves Southampton Amid Farewell Tour
Rear Admiral William S Sims departed Waterloo for Southampton to board the Olympic bound for New York. At the station he waved to crowds, posed for cameras, and told reporters he had nothing further to say and nothing to retract, amid a flood of testimonials from supporters.
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Southampton
England
Wiliam
Sins
Sims
Wner
Olympic
New York
Liverpool
Admiral Sims
London
William
Waterloo Station
Olymopie
Terge
Lils
Controversy over Admiral Sims grows with pleas for pension
New York reporters Julian Street and Wallace Irwin defend Admiral Sims in a letter urging a pension if Secretary Denby removes him for his controversial speech. The piece lists notable backers and calls for loyal support to honor Sims and his work in fostering Anglo American understanding.
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Admiral Wat
Arthur Hamilton Lee
Adratin Freemantle
Witton Lowther Grant
Hatey L. Pence
Oscar N. Solbert
Sims
New York
Admiral Sims
George Barr McCute
Julian Street
Wallace Irwin
Denby
New Flood Occurs Again in the West
Denver reports continued heavy rains swelling buffalocen rivers to high stages washing away houses inundating acres of farmland. Rail lines swept by swollen streams while Durango Animas Telluride Dolores Siverton and Dureka districts report damage. Aztec to Farmington lowlands under several feet of water with heavy crop losses. A wall of water from a cloudburst near Delts wipes out highways. melting snow feeds the flood. no lives lost.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Durango
Animas
Telluride
Dolores
Siverton
Dureka
Aztec
New Mexico
Farmington
N. M
Delts
Fife
America Should Not Fritter Influence on World Affairs
Providence Kentucky June 16 1920s comment by Blair Charles Bugitee of Brown University alumni meeting urges that American influence should not be frittered away by entangling political questions abroad while acknowledging the need to address global economic settlements. He recalls wartime unity and warns against imperialism while stressing idealism and duty.
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America
Providence
Kt. L
Teecreaty
Blair
Charles K. Bugitee
Lrown University
Europe
Message of America and international cooperation speech
The address asserts cordial friendship with all nations and rejects territorial ambitions while stressing independent action and prudent discussion of global issues. It calls for stable conditions, safe life and property, and a peaceful basis for international justice through principled diplomacy. The speaker features Senator and Judge Reuben K. Walker of Concord, N. H.
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America
Reseon
Eo Atates
Reuben KK Walker
Concord
N. TI
Belfast Disorders Kept Up
Belfast disturbances continue with reports of concerted efforts to sustain unrest. Police barracks alerted military HQ at 1 30 am as whistles blew revolvers fired and cries of murder echoed, causing panic among women and children who linked the violence to raids.
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Belfast
Sister of banker takes stand in Stillman divorce case
Mrs. Percy A. Rockefeller testified at the Poughkeepsie hearing that James A. Stillman lived at his Park Avenue home with his father during January through part of April 1918 and that Mrs. Anne U. Stillman was away in Canada and Buffalo. The testimony aimed to support the contention that Guy Stillman is not James A. Stillman’s son.
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Poughkeepate
N. Y
Percy A. Rockefeller
James A. Stillman
New York
Anne U
Ain) Stillman
Stilumn
Stilluan
Rockefeller
Canada
Buffalo
Measantvitte
Tawies Stillhvan
Park Avenue
James A. Suilian
Congressman Mason Dies of Heart Trouble in Chicago
Special to The Evening Journal. William E. Mason a Congressman-at-Large from Missoula Illinois dies after heart trouble. Reported from Hot Springs South Dakota on June 16. The narrative also mentions a bridge collapse near Whitney Nebraska caused by a cloudburst, with several injured and four bodies recovered from the wreck.
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The
Evening Journal
Hot Springs
Lridge
Big Cottoshead Creek
Whitney
Nebraska
Raisin Industry Debates Farm Coops And Prices
Washington June 16 Home brewers used over 16 090 tons of raisins in 1918 and W M Griffin president of the California Associated Raisin Co told a senate subcommittee his estimates for 1918 167 000 tons and 1919 182 000 tons citing rising demand. He favored limited cooperatives to market members products while warning against monopolistic expansion and price fixing by the government. Senator Walsh argued the firm’s power risks monopoly and urged limits on coop growth.
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Washington, D. C
W. M. Griffin
California Associated Raisin Company
Senate
Griffin
Walsh
Montana
Secretary of Agriculture
Four new bleacher sections planned for Iowa field stands
Prof B J Lambert leads Iowa board of athletics in summer construction of four new bleacher sections on the east side of the gridiron near the inter urban tracks. Work starts after commencement with a new concrete entrance planned and possible continued track-edge access along the east side. The report also notes several local visits and a church service noting an ordination for Glen.
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B. J. Lambert
Iawa
Iowa Field
The
Censer
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