Harding Bars Worry Weighing Patronage Claims in Party Push
President Harding weighs leaders patronage claims across states as South and Georgia tensions rise. Virginia Cropsper Stemp clash with Slemp over Virginia control. Pennsylvania leads in appointments. Oklahoma and Georgia politics draw office seekers.
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South
Pennsylvania
Waatington Mont Co
Harding
Republican Party
White House
Crupper
Virginia
Old Dominion
Chicago
Slemp
Oble
Pennsyvania
Georgia
Georgi
Hays Tours Postal Centers to Gauge System
Postmaster General Hays left for Chicago after a cabinet meeting to meet the Chicago postmaster and observe operations. He plans a tour of major mail centers, with New York and Philadelphia next, as the President faces factional balancing and board issues. Oklahoma’s shift to Republican control adds to staffing concerns as Harding eyes key appointments in Washington.
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Will
Hays
Chicago
Windreat
Lntenda
New York
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
Shipping Board
Ite House
Harding
Washington
Public unease over deserter lists under selective service
Adj Gen Harris announces a plan to publish names of draft evaders as deserters by month’s end with public access via newspapers and police agencies. Congress may be asked to fund a 50 dollar reward for delivering a deserter. Original lists started near 490000 names, now reduced to about 150000 with many already serving or apprehended.
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Congress
Associated Pres
Adj
Harris
Army
Adjutant General
Wart Department
American Legion
Weeks
War Department
Department
Adjutant General's
Navy
Marine Corps
Beer Is Medicine As Palmer Held Daugherty Decides
Attorney General Daugherty stated that Palmer's opinion allowing physicians to prescribe beer for medical purposes would stand unless Mellon requests a review. He said the Department of Justice cannot issue reviews except at a department head's request and declined extra authority, while noting possible transfer of enforcement duties from Treasury. He advocated a single national intelligence department to streamline investigation work across agencies.
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Associated Press
Palmers
Mellon
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Treasury
Congress
Variona
Harding Cabinet Weighs Tariff Reform and Domestic Struggles
President and advisers debate the impact of the failed emergency tariff bill on productive activity and prices. Foreign wool and meat imports flood warehouses for speculative use while transportation costs and domestic agricultural strains rise.
Mellon outlines treasury soundness and urge economy
Secretary Mellon’s administration of the Treasury stresses a sound fiscal position and the need to curb expenditures. He advocates prudent debt management, warns against expanding the debt, and criticizes a proposed bonus measure as fiscally harmful while urging clear, simple public summaries of government finance.
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Mellon
U. S
The
Public Ledger Co
War Powers and Tariff Talk Shape New Congress Agenda
The article notes President Harding and his cabinet still hold war powers that could embargo foreign goods, though they prefer other remedies. It discusses an emergency tariff measure to aid agricultural interests and the legislative timing as Congress prepares to convene on April 13.
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Wormer
Vivian
France
Washington
Mr. Harding
Europe
Harding
Viviani
Princess cautions son on risky flight to visit
Princess Anastasia telegrams her son William Leeds Jr warning against a dangerous Cherbourg to Athens air trip to reach her bedside. She recovers from intestinal surgery and hopes to travel to London for a second operation as Queen Marie of Roumania and Queen Sophie of Greece and former Queen Ina attend the patient.
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Athens
Anastasia
William B. Leeds, Jr
Cherbourg
London
Marie
Roumania
Sophie
Greece
Lotwa Amity Wiett
Shortage found in Baltimore subtreasury funds
A $22,000 shortage appeared in the Baltimore subtreasury after a January transfer of $20,000,000. Treasury officials reported the loss to Assistant Treasurer Robert G. Hilton and to the Secretary of the Treasury. The matter is under Secret Service investigation with possible legal action and bond considerations for Hilton.
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Baltimore
Maren
Associated Press
United States Treasury
Robert G. Hilton
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Gilbert
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Huton
Department
Hilton
W. H. Moran
Moran
Bolivian Indian Revolt Emerges In Highlands
A La Paz dispatch reports Indians on the Bolivian high tablelands have risen against the government with a native chief proclaiming himself president of the tribes. Several clashes with provincial forces occur and casualties are reported as Bolivian troops move to quell the revolt.
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Buenos Aitres
Bolivia
la Paz
la Nacion
Insurgenta
Valuation Reform Talks Shape New Tariff Plan
Republicans in Congress pursue American valuation to tax imports, a plan aiming to raise duties by about one third under normal exchange. Tariff experts study methods for applying the Underwood act, with a likely June commission reshuffle and broader tariff scope to support a summer enactment.
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George Rothwell Drown
Washington Post Co
Congress
Ways and Means
Senate
House
Harding
Tariff Commission
W. Tauesiz
William Kurgens
Pennsylvania
Newark
N. J
Thomas C. Marvin
Boston
Armed British Ships Stir Berlin to Speed Disarmament Bill
Berlin reports that the recent entry of armed British ships to German harbors drew Reichstag debate. Chancellor Fehrenbach urged swift passage of the disarmament bill, warning delay could be dangerous as a Reichstag committee discusses the measure.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Reichstag
Theerman
Fehrenbach
American valuation debate shapes tariff policy abroad
The piece argues that American valuation will affect Germany and Japan most as the United States considers protective tariffs. It notes overseas reps lack authority to probe foreign castes, and that British reparation plans may divert German exports, possibly toward the United States. It discusses pricing, port of entry duties, and freight cost factors shaping a rising tariff regime.
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United States
Germany
Japan
Unite States
Europe
Ways and Means Committee
House of Commons
Treasury
Bandit Zamora Dies After Battle With Federal Troops
Mexican authorities report bandit Pedro Zamora was killed in a battle near Zemzontia Jalisco after a decade of activity along the western coast. His followers identified his body, and among those captured were seven Americans and several British subjects. He had revolved between Villa Zapata factions and sought immunity before returning to rebellion.
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Mexico City
Pedro Zamora
Mexico
Zemzontia
Jalisco
Villa
Zapata
Zamora
Wanderer Found Guilty and Sentenced to Death
Chicago reports the Wanderer was found guilty of murdering his wife and an impersonator he used to hide a larger crime. The jury sentenced him to death after 26 minutes of deliberation as his defense argued insanity and planned an appeal.
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Chicago
Wanderer
Wes
Pietols
Polies
Nevi sTaus
German Reparations Levy Bill Moves Through Parliament
Britain may levy 50 percent on German goods with proceeds used for British claims. Austen Chamberlain says the measure could act as a penalty or a method of collection depending on German action. German relocation of manufacturers to interior cities cited as occupation extends to Duisburg Essen rail area.
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House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Essen
Wedau
Ruhr
London
Associated Press
House of Commana
House of Lords
J. Austin Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Chaimberlain
Germany
Chancelor
Big Bill Furey Acquitted In Gun Charge Trial
Big Bill Furey, linked with Nicky Arnstein in a February 1920 bond plot case, was acquitted today in New York general sessions of carrying a concealed weapon. His bail, raised from 10000 to 2500 by Judge McIntyre, faces no further indictments unless pursued promptly.
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New York
Edward H
Big Bil) Furey
Nicky Arnstein
Chary
McIntyre
Ism.sg
Miners Stand Against Wage Reductions, United Mine Workers Say
Indianapolis March 18 The United Mine Workers led by John L Lewis vow to resist wage cuts for coal workers nationwide The union approved the policy during a meeting in Indianapolis and cited existing contracts running until March Washington Kentucky and Tennessee were highlighted as potential flashpoints for broader reductions
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Indianapolis
United States
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Cig
Anon Minere
Washington
Kentucky
Tennessee
Dre
Emiar
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington State
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