Farmers Face Threat From Importation Says Cabinet
President Harding and his cabinet, in a lengthy conference led by Secretary Wallace, warn that foreign agricultural imports threaten American farmers and livestock. They call for emergency tariff measures and heavy duties to protect domestic production.
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Republicans Clash Over Tariff Plan For Farmers Aid
Mr. Harding refused to approve the legislative program agreed by Republican members of the senate finance committee and house ways and means committee. They opposed an emergency tariff bill, backing only an anti dumping measure with an amendment to collect ad valorem duties on American valuation. A White House conference on the plan is slated for early next week.
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Jewels Stolen From Trunks of Kansas City Dealer
In Topeka on March 19 jewels valued at 100000 dollars were stolen from the trunks of Horace McKinney a Kansas City diamond salesman at the Rock Island depot. The rifled trunks were later found on a road four miles from the city.
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Yanks Fight Mexican Gang On Sie Grande River
An American immigration officer, two U S soldiers and two liquor smugglers were wounded in a several hour battle on the Sie Grande river near El Paso. The clash involved sporadic firefights as both sides exchanged shots. Fifty seven quarts of whisky were seized.
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Debs Halts Picketing Plan in White House Protest
Eugene Debs has halted Socialists plans to picket the White House to press for his release from Atlanta federal penitentiary. Debs attorney Samuel M Castleton said a nationwide campaign to obtain his release will be undertaken.
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Stillman Case Is Now Up for Trial
White Plains N Y March 19 The Stillman divorce case moves toward trial with orders for immediate arguments on alimony and financial status. Reporters trace Florence Leeds linked to Stillman and the mystery of Mr Leeds of the Secret Service as she is identified as a former Broadway chorus girl and daughter of a small plumbing shop owner.
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Railhead grilled by Rail Board at hearing in Chicago
Thomas Cuyler of the Association of Railway Executives testified under questioning by Frank Walsh about publicity figures and connections to trusts and banks. He acknowledged officers signed figures provided by a publicity man and resisted deeper examination as the session closed with laughter and a continuation planned.
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Prohibition Law Clash Shifts to Judiciary Committee
Washington reports show anti Volstead factions vie for spots on the judiciary committee as lawmakers plan to draft an amended prohibition bill for the extra session next month. The panel will grow from 21 to 15 Republicans and 6 or more Democrats, with seven seats open, mostly on the Democratic side. Allies of Volstead say the move to oust him has stalled.
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Meat workers vote for strike nationwide and in cities
Dennis Lane charges packers with provoking a premature strike as union stockyards workers vote overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if wage cuts persist. City totals show large yes margins across Omaha Sioux City Sioux Falls St Paul Milwaukee and other locales as Washington wage talks loom.
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Thion Leaders Demand Wartime Arbitration Restored
Thion leaders said they would depart for Washington today to press a single demand the wartime arbitration agreements be restored. The packers canceled them on February 26, a move that reps say violates the government backed pact and should have remained in force until a year after the war ended.
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Urges Trade with Russia Urges Restoration of Relations
Senator Borah, a member of the foreign relations committee, called for immediate restoration of commercial relations with Russia. He argued it is past time to claim a full share of Russian trade and criticized Britain for resuming trade first, saying the United States should have acted sooner to aid the Russian people.
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Reds Take Kronstadt Fort at Midnight Siege Ends
Washington reports Kronstadt fortress captured by Soviet forces around midnight March 17 after a large assault. Provisional revolutionary committee reportedly escaped and is now beyond Russia’s borders.
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Congo natives burn 50 trading posts in fierce uprising
A wireless dispatch from Boma Congo Free State reports that natives in the equatorial district rose up and burned fifty trading posts in the Congo Free State. The signal notes widespread disruption and potential for further clashes as authorities assess the situation.
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Wanderer Is Sentenced to Death in Second Murder Charge
Chicago narrative recounts Carl Wanderer, already serving 25 years for his wife’s murder, being sentenced to death for killing a man he used as a dupe. Verdict came after 20 minutes of deliberation as Wanderer smiled toward reporters before reactions turned defiant. He later taunted about the outcome.
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Mr Secretary Stirs Cabinet Laughter in Washington
After two weeks as secretary of state Charles Evans Hughes endures the playful sobriquet Mr Secretary from Harding administration colleagues. He arrives at a cabinet session with President Harding to face the day and the routine duties of his new post.
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Emigrants to Sail from Europe to United States
About one thousand Europeans will sail March 23 bound for the United States after a preliminary medical check. Emigration gates stay open until March 25 as officials defer quarantine before departure.
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Federal ruling requires liquor search warrants in private homes
Springfield reports that U.S. District Court judge Lewis Kiskaley issued a sweeping decision limiting prohibition agents. They must obtain a search warrant and show evidence that liquor is present before entering private homes to search for illegal liquor.
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Balloon leaps kill two sailors off Guantanamo
Walter Johns a chief gunner's mate was killed leaping from an observation balloon tethered to the battleship Florida near Guantanamo. A. R. McNeil of the seaplane division also died when struck by a propeller after a rescue event for crew of another balloon from the Nevada.
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Prohibition Bureau Seen as Government Reorganization Issue
Washington reports the prohibition enforcement bureau faces likely transfer amid a government reorganization. Treasury favors moving it, Attorney General Daugherty confirms talk of a shift to the Department of Justice, with a possible swap for the shipping board.
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Miners Union Opposes Wage Cuts in UMWA Policy
Indianapolis March 10 Any attempts to reduce wages of coal miners will be resisted by the miners union John L Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America declared in announcing such a policy had been approved by the unions executive board in session here The union miners it was said have contracts at present wage scales that continue until March 1 1922.
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