Guards Withdrawn After Double Shooting In City
After Tasac Haibfinger and Benjamin Beltioni were shot on Ninth and M streets, authorities pull back home guards from active policing. Maj. Pullman says uniformed arrests are preferable. only seasoned special officers remain on patrol. Belmont shows little chance of recovery as doctors report rapid decline.
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Tasac W. Haibfinger
Benjamin Beltioni
Home Defense League
Ninth and
M Streets
Maj
Pullman
Odella Smith
Villa and Diaz Disband Pressed by Mexican Embassy
Mexico City tabulation shows Villa and Angeles ending their forces while Felix Diaz abandons his campaign against Carranza. Luis Gutierrez reportedly surrenders with his troops as 25 rebel bands totaling about 35,000 men operate versus Carranza’s roughly 60,000.
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Villa
Angeles
Felix Diaz
Carranza
Luis Gutierrez
Mexico City
Pacific Coast
Guaymas
San Blas
Tampico
Nave
Pelix Diaz
Manuel Poldez
Gen. Cantu
Slight Decrease For June In Nation's Food Prices
Food prices edged down in June with an overall 1 percent drop from December highs. The Labor Department data show thirteen staple items fell while twenty seven rose. cabbage led declines at 20 percent and bananas at 4 percent, while potatoes climbed about 15 percent and coffee and onions rose around 2 to 3 percent.
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Department of Labor
French Brides in One Camp at Fort Oglethorpe
Information from Fort Oglethorpe indicates American soldiers who married French women and plan to stay in the regular army will be transferred to the Sixth United States Cavalry and sent to Chickamauga Fork. Homes are to be provided for these couples in a cavalry barracks area.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fort Oglethorpe
Sixth United States Cavalry
Chickamauga Fork
Cavalry
M. M. Piarce
France
W. HR. Henry
Scott
Taft Urges Budget System To Conserve Nation S Money
Taft supports a unified budget system to conserve national funds. He calls for merging the fourteen congressional appropriation committees into one body and stresses balancing needs of business public and private sectors through an Illinois plan that works.
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Taft
Illinois
United States
Congress
Democratic House
Budget Reform Urged For Efficient Federal Government
In a wartime era, Taft argues for a unified budget system to align expenditures with revenue. He cites past commissions, state and municipal experiments, and political support across parties while urging Congress to create a single appropriation structure to curb waste and ensure fiscal order. He notes the need for a joint Senate-House committee to spearhead reform.
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Economy and Efficiency Commission
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
New York
Bwagar Sherley
Wilson
House
Ans
Republican Party
Congress
Executive
Congrésa
Nead
Rur
the Public Ledger Co
Tafts Letters To Hays Part On League Policy
The letter discusses immigration and tariff as domestic issues not altered by treaties, argues for Monroe doctrine framing in Article XXI, and proposes extending Article X withdrawal limits from five to ten years to strengthen league security. It references Root and France and notes concerns about postwar settlements and league credibility.
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League
United States
Root
Hhs
France
Tam
Taft letter discusses league reservations and ratification
In a long correspondence Taft argues reservations to the league should be interpreted as permissible and not weaken its effect. He suggests confidential steps to gain Democratic support and notes aims to secure ratification without amendments while avoiding partisan damage.
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Root
Senator Lodge
League
Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
McCumber
League of Nations
Republican Party
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