Anthracite Tie Up 10 Begin Tonight
Miners and operators adjourn after failing to avert a general coal strike set for midnight. About 4,500 mines affected across districts No. 1 No. 7 and No. 9 with 50 000 25 000 and 77 000 workers impacted. Gov Sproul will not act unless disorder occurs. state troops potentially deployed. Union leaders plan to assemble Monday in New York to resume wage talks.
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New York
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Sproul
Scranton
Hazleton
Shamokin
Dewey
Pennsylvania Department of Reconciliation and Mediation
Unon
Rover
Minera
Murray
United Bine Workers
Reggenibis
Leset
Washington
Miners Seek $1 Shift Rise and $1300 Living Cost Plan
The dispute centers on a proposed $5,800 two year minimum living cost to calculate saving wages. Miners plan to introduce this at testimony next Wednesday as operators begin their rebuttal. About half of union miners are day workers who would be affected by the $1 per shift increase. The union also pushes a $1,300 minimum living cost and a 20 percent raise for contract miners and helpers.
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Algo
Failures and contrast in coal industry wage talks
The report contrasts the bituminous and anthracite coal sectors as they face a strike. It notes operators and miners failed to meet for a peace-backed wage agreement, while anthracite negotiates directly. It cites overproduction, wartime pricing, and a two month coal stock outlook shaping public welfare and policy response.
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Jac
Hay
Washington
Miners Aide Says They May Wait On Government Aid
Moore discussed union stance on a thirty day suspension of the strike order and implied the government should not interfere until efforts to settle the dispute are exhausted. He predicted nonunion miners would quit if gunmen are used, and John L. Lewis may join Monday if not jailed. Officers of the National Coal Association attended but declined comment on President Harding’s possible mediation. He warned the hearing tied to Bland’s investigation could bring key figures together.
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Moore
Lewin
National Coal Association
Harding
Representative Bland
Indiana
John L. Lewis
Kaniaga Wage Scale Extended by Court Order
Topeka Kansas March 30 The Kansas Court of Industrial Relations issued an order extending the current wage agreement between miners and operators in Kansas coal fields for 30 days beyond April 1 delaying the pending coal miners strike set to begin.
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Topeka
Kans
Court of Industrial Relations
Kansas Cor Fields
Bryan eyes Florida Senate run after Harding visit
William Jennings Bryan said his entry in Florida’s Democratic primary would depend on voter demand and petitions promoting his candidacy are circulating. He indicated he was not seeking the nomination but would join the race if necessary. Earlier in Bridgeton he announced a long speaking engagement despite not feeling well.
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William Jennings Bryan
Harding
Washington
Harold P.,sloan
Bryan
Potash and Perlmutter Begin New Washington Post Adventure
The inimitable Potash and Perlmutter launch a fresh escapade in the upcoming Washington Post. They cap the Post feast of features with their signature wit and mischief, promising a lively continuation next Sunday.
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Washington Post
Hull assails Congress over Germany treaty stance
Delaware Democrats heard Chairman Hull condemn the Harding administration for nonparticipation in the coming election and criticized the Republican Congress over foreign policy and the German treaty. He accused the party of inefficiency, inconsistency, and misrepresentation of Wilson and Newberry, calling the regime’s approach “half baked and wholly inefficient.”
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Withington
Del
Mareh
Delaware
Hull
Democratic National Committee
Harding
Congress
Hujl
Wilson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Germany
Fordney Stands Pat on American Valuation in Tariff Bill
House Ways and Means chairman Fordney declares retention of the American valuation plan in the new tariff bill. He cites consular data noting Spain and other nations have adopted home valuation. Senate framers debate the dye tariff but pause to adjust rates per tariff commission recommendations.
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Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Spain
Great Britain
Tariff Commission
Taft Urges Expanded Supreme Court Powers
Chief Justice Taft told the House judiciary committee that enacting Welsh’s bill would broaden Supreme Court discretion to review cases, shift many cases to the discretionary class, and expand circuit court final jurisdiction while reducing direct appeals from district courts to the Supreme Court.
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United States Supreme Court
Taft
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Welsh
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Ineed
Suspected liquor arrests at Union Station scandal
Police detained two men and a woman after a raid on a theater area in northwest street. Leo Sphurt and Ida Stantey, both held on charges of illegal possession and selling alcohol, with bonds set at 1500 dollars. A bottle of hootch was found in the Union station check room, owner not located. Washington Enoch, 38, was arrested at home on a warrant for illegal horses on and attempting to purchase liquor, with informant reports of a recent purchase.
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Holmes
Mauer
Leo Sphurt
Orl
Ida Stantey
Union Station
Owens
Baga
Washington
Enoch
Sixth Street
Southerat
Layats
Hig-Home
Yorsesaon
Poljet
Quer
Enoth
Liquid prescriptions under new Treasury limits
New regulations slated to align with the Willis Campbell bill tighten liquor prescriptions by physicians. Beer may not be prescribed as medicine and the alcohol content rules cap prescriptions to one pint in ten days, with a three month limit for total prescriptions. The Treasury may redefine liquor prescriptions to include medical compounds containing alcohol. Previously compound prescriptions were not counted toward limits.
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Treasury
House Panel Lines Up Deportation Bill for Bootleggers and Aliens
The House immigration committee favorably reports Chairman Johnsons bill to deport non citizens for bootlegging drug offenses and other federal or state statute violations. Deportation can start after a defendant’s sentence ends with aim to reach higher level offenders as witnesses say 80 percent of violators are aliens.
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House Immigration, Committee
Johnson
United States
Muscle Shoals offer to Ford eyed for modification in Congress
Chattanooga Tenn March 80 chairman Hull of the house military affairs committee says disposal of Muscle Shoals to private interests must be studied fully before action. Heflin expects immediate steps toward William Pims completion and funds. Ladd favors finishing the project for national defense and farmers. Hull had a narrow escape from an out of control car on Missionary Ridge as a delegation toured Fort Oglethorpe and Chickamauga battlefields.
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Tenn, Maren
Hull
House
Muscle Shoals
Washington
Congress
Heflin
Henry Ford
Detroit
Muccle ‘Sheals
Ladd
Fort Ogiethorpe
Chickamauge
Missionary Ridge
Bill to Aid Veterans Again Delayed in House Vote
A proposed 17 million dollar bill to aid veterans by funding additional hospital facilities faced delay as debate over amendment timing postponed a passage vote. Members differed on whether construction should be directed by the director of the Veterans Bureau or remain under the Treasury Department architect.
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Langley
Vétérann’ Bureau
Tresaury Department
Supreme Court actions against Baltimore and Ohio for confinement penalties
The United States Attorney Peyton Gordon and Assistant Vernon West filed 31,000 fines in the Supreme Court yesterday against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. The Louisiana charge alleges violation of the 36 hour cruelty limit. Penalties range from 100 to 500 dollars for such offenses.
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Trigt -Supréme
Yeaterday
United Statesz
Peyton Gordon
Vernon We
Mondell Denies Friction Between President and Congress
Representative Mondell, Republican, said relations between President Harding and Congress are cordial and harmonious, countering reports of a split. He urged readers to compare recommendations to enacted laws and noted cooperation with the House amid debates over military policy and bonus measures.
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Harding
Mondéeh
Wyoming
Maftant
Mondell
Congy
House of Representatives
House
Mondall
Mandel
Aeekl
Representa ‘Tive
Garrett
Garner
Texas
Con- Bren
Delay in District Funds Bill Slows Senate House Conferees
Senate and House conferees on the District appropriation bill made slow progress after another all-day session. They hoped to report early next week but delays persist. The Interior Department appropriation, agreed by conferees, sets 95 000 for Galludet College instead of 100 000, and 77 686 for Freedmen's Hospital, $7 500 above the House proposal.
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Interior’ Department
Crampton
Michigan
Interior Department
Galidudet College
Freedmen’s Hospital
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