Tax and Tariff Debate Aims for Prompt Congress Action
President Harding urges Congress to begin debate on the emergency tariff and pending tax revision bills. The plan is to revise tariffs first but tax cuts may come first if needed to spur business activity. Finance and Ways and Means committees discuss timing and potential amendments to restore conditions in industry and commerce.
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Congress
Union
Harding
Fordney
Ways and Means
House
Senate
Committee On Finance
Watson
Indiana
Finance Committee
Ways and Means and Finance Committees
Cost of the Bonus Bill Cost Estimates and Plans
Senate finance committee reports cost estimates for the soldiers bonus with cash and insurance options. It outlines number of eligible veterans, daily pay rates, and total costs under various borrowing and split scenarios. Commentary notes taxpayers bear the final bill and calls for full cost disclosure.
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Senate Finance Committee
Wise Decision to Limit Public Speaking by Harding and Harvey
The piece praises presidents and ambassadors for curbing appearances and focusing on essential duties. It argues careful, well prepared statements prevent risky remarks, explaining speeches consume time and travel, while national tasks demand priority to advance prosperity and peace. Citizens would support prioritizing imperative duty over frequent public addresses.
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Harding
Harvey
Schwab urges Stevens grads to seek science and civilization
Charles M Schwab tells Stevens Institute of Technology graduates that the era dawns for youth to reveal scientific wonders. He envisions young investigators reshaping civilization, promising rewards beyond jewels for discovery and innovation, and urges Americans to rise to fame, fortune, and progress.
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Charles M. Schwab
Stevens Institute of Technology
Schwab
Disraeli
Golconda
America
Mr. Schwab
Save Water and Stop Waste in Capital Emergency
A city faces a water supply crisis with no chance to augment it immediately. Citizens must conserve, close leaks, and stop waste such as sidewalk flushing by servants. Officials caution the District will soon gain more water, but present demand is at capacity.
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New York Times
Washington
State Department
Japan
England
United States
China
Italy
Brazil
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cape Charles
York Tribune
Gen Smuts
South Africa
America
Jong
Great Britain
James E Fulton
New York
Willard
Sume
France Does Honor to Poe in Westminster Ceremony
The Baltimore Evening Sun notes France honors Edgar Allan Poe three years after his death. Two French litterateurs plan to lay a bronze wreath on Poe's grave in Westminster churchyard, highlighting Poe as a genius Baltimore often undervalues.
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France
Poe
Baltimore Evening Sun
Edgar Allan Poe
Baltimore
Charles Pierre Baudelaire
Edgar Poe
Hack
America
Rates to Help Building Brick and Clay Material Traffic
Examiner Brown submitted a freight plan urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt uniform brick and clay building material classifications. The proposal aims to reduce some rates and ease movement by establishing standard lists and proportional rate treatment for common brick and clay products. Complainants urged a uniform classification and minimum carload rate tied to general level.
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Examiner Brown
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. W.W. Brown
Commission
Rocky Mountains
Mr. Brown
Head of Scottish Freemasons Ties to American Setons
The Seton lineage and Scottish peerage are explored as Lord Eglington, head of the Montgomerie Setons and grand master Mason of Scotland, faces disputed titles and heirs in Winton and Eglington lineages. The piece traces historical connections to Mary Stuart, James VI, and notable American Setons including Ernest Thompson Seton and Elizabeth Seton.
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British Empire
Scotland
New World
America
Seton
Charlies I
Earl of Egington
Greysteel
Cromwell
Marston Moor
Kings
Earl of Eglington
Beatrice Dalrymple
Earl of Stair
Lord Montgomerie
Lord Eglington
House of Montgomerie
Lord Winton
Setons
Sir Walter Scott
George Lord Seton
Mary Queen of Scots
Loch Leven
Lord Bothwell
Langside
England
Elizabeth
Netherlands
Spain
Duke of Alba
Queen
Winton
George Seton Anderson
Liverpool
Earl of Winton
Tower of London
Rome
Committee of Privileges of
House of Lords
Italy
Lord Helington
Ernest Thompson Seton
Greenwich
Conn
Ecclesiastical Academy of Nobles
United States
Marquisa Deh Fontenoy
Provisions and votes in Congress and committees brief
Proceedings show lawmakers adjourned at 4 06 p m after approving measures. Key actions include Johnson regulation for coal district investigation, debate on debt repayment, nominations for ambassador posts, and referrals to conference on packet control and mount Vernon estate plans. House and Senate passage of funds deposit for farm loan banks and antibeer measure set as orders.
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Johnson
Wingo
W. Va
King
John Sharp Williams
Congress
Ashurst
Smoot
Utah
United States
Europe
McKellar
Tennessee
Norris
Kenyon
Kendrick
Ball
District Committee
Capper
Mount Vernon
la Foillette
Wisconsin
Naval Affairs Committee
Capt Stearns
Navy
Herbert Quick
Federal Farm Loan Board
Agriculture Committee
McNary
Edwin Ludlow
Amerian Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
Frank Linney
North Carollina
Judiciary Committee
Nicholson
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Marine Corps
Edmund G Chamberlain
House Tis
Pan- American Postal Congress
Buenos Aires
Congressional
House
Mondell
Zihlman Washington Street Car
Public Utilities Commission
From Barbarism to Bishop in Liberia Suffragan See
The Rev. Dr. Theophilus Momoiu Gardiner was consecrated bishop suffragan of Liberia at the Church of the Incarnation on Madison Avenue. Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle, assisted by Bishops Gailor Manning Matthews and Overs, led the ceremony as Gardiner rose from African tribesman to church leadership.
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Liberia
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Theophilus Momoiu Gardiner
Church of the Incarnation
Madison Avenue
Daniel 8. Tuttle
Missouri
Gailor
Tennessee
Manning
Matthews
New Jersy
Overs
Voices on war disabled, coal forecasts, and China views
A Topeka speaker cites 1.4 million German disabled veterans under government strain as a lesson in postwar duty. Others predict a coal surplus this winter, rail capacity will cover activity, and Americans shift travel to the Far East with China praised for industry and cheerfulness.
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Germany
A. W. Barthe
Topeka
Kans
Ralegsh
Wile Helm
Filipinos Challenge Cruelty in Samar Province Visit
The Wood Forbes commission arrived in Calbayog Samar Province on June 21 to hear complaints about justice administration and jail conditions. The party endured rough travel across Luzon and Samar, with Gen Leonard Wood welcomed at Gubat and Hemp arches lining the way, as they prepared to continue assessments of insurgent history and governance.
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U Calboyag
Samar
Wood-Forbes
Luzon
W Cameron Forbes
Albay
Sorsogon
Forbes
Leonard Wood
Sorsongen Bay
Wood
Gubat
Sorsogen Province
Gardendoers
East Boyag
Isis Land
Governors Cancel Alaska Visit Plan
Governors will not visit Alaska this month as the excursion was canceled due to insufficient volunteer governors. The announcement came via a telegram released by Gov. Olcott and the governors conference secretary.
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Alaska
Satem
Oreg
Olcott Treat Miles
Riley
Madison
Wis
Governors' Conference
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Westminster
United Kingdom
Peers of Scotland
Holyrood Palace
Edinburgh
William Montgomery
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