House backs drastic tax change in District bill
The House approved by 198 to 81 a conference tax amendment overruling protests to overhaul the city tax system. Key items include a $1,500,000 boost for water supply, $100,000 for a home for the feeble minded with $250,000 authorized, and park and school additions under dispute with the Senate.
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Senate
Klingle Valley
Rock Creek Valley
Patterson Tract
Potomac Park
Stafford
Wisconsin
Davis
Blue Plains
D. C
Armstrong Manual Training School
Western High
Debt Tax Amendment Sparks District Tax Debate
Lawmakers clash over a Senate tax amendment for the District of Columbia with Rep Dennison denouncing lack of public hearing and Representative Madden praising conferees. Davis defends plan noting District citizens are legislative orphans and must be allowed to set their own taxes while arguing exemptions and valuations to protect small homeowners.
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Gillett
Moore
Virginia
Friends of
Zihiman
Maryland
Senate
Dennison
Sinois
Zihlman
Davis
Minnesota
Evans
Nebraska
Johnson
Kentucky
Madden
District of Columbia
Park
Ilinois
Appropriations Committee
House
Representative Linthicum
Mr. Davis
Phipps, Jones and Glass
Phipps
Mexico City Oil Session Ends with Tax Deal Expected
In Mexico City on May 3 the five American oil companies and finance minister Adolfo de la Huerta wrapped ten days of talks. Walter C. Teagle said tax matters reached satisfactory terms, with production tax basing on actual selling prices and a higher rate as prices rise. A pooling plan for Mexican properties remained uncertain, though officials signaled further discussions in New York with bankers to advance the matter.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Adolfo de la Huerta
Treasury
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
J. W. van Dyke
Atlantic Refining Company
FE. L. Doheny
The
Mexico Petroleum Company
E. C. Lufkin
Texas Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Conomidated Oil Corporation
de la Huerta
New York
Ex Crown Prince Revolt Tells of Teaching Princes
Ex crown prince recalls his revolt against Prussian methods of royal education. Indiana primary results show Beveridge victorious for Republican US Senate nomination with 179,986 to 161,701 over New, majorities around 18,000 and 90 percent of votes counted. Seven incumbents renominated. party divisions and receipts noted. Democratic races ongoing with Esther O Keefe leading in the thirteenth district. Beveridge pledges support to Harding. New concedes defeat.
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Indianapolis
Stormer
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
Harry New
New
Hie Oppong
Beveride
Marion County
Indiianapolis
Beveridge
Old
Progressive Party
Tole Lows
Alementa
Indiana
Ernor
Jesse Sanders
Daniel W. Simms
B &B
Shively
Charles
Howard
House of Representatives
Congress
James Dunbar
Oscar Bland
Richard N. Elliott
Merrill Moores
Albert H. Vestal
Fred Purnell
Will R. Wood
Louis W. Fairchild
John W. Ewing
Joseph Turk
Woodburn Masson
Esther Kathleen O'Keefe
Mr. New
Washington
Harding
Senator New
Prussian Prince Nurtured Under Old Traditions
The memoir excerpt recalls the disciplined Prussian upbringing of a prince, from early tutelage by Falkenhayn and the lessons of fear and duty, to official visits with Bismarck and royal duties. It notes insistence on military ethos, handover to a master turner, and early sea travel with Queen Victoria’s jubilee as contextual milestones.
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Aevuouea Ou
von Falkenhayn
Gem von Falkenhayn
Potedam
Hfe
Mme
Athen
Prince Bismarck
Alt-Reichskanzler
Bismarck
Halberstadt Cufran- Biers
Friedrichsruh Park
Puph
Queen Victoria
Parente
England
Ana
Withal
Two Men Die by Suicide in New York Subways
New York on May 8 reports two men killed themselves in the city subway system. One was Abraham Cohen a tailor who leapt from a station platform before an interborough rapid transit train in Brooklyn. In the other case a track walker found a headless man near the Pennsylvania station in the Interborough tube believed to be a Japanese.
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New York
Abraham Cohen
Interborough i
Brooklyn
Interborough Tube
Pennsylvania
Belts Replaced by Ties and Suspenders Rise
Delegates at a convention in Chicago forecast belts doomed in men’s attire next fall. Suspenders and ties will return as the preferred accessories with a four-in-band plate and broad stripes. The report, though garbled, points to a shift in fashion norms and a bold reintroduction of classic items.
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Presa
Chicago
United’ Goldhers
Ita
De Valera backs peace move in Irish split talks
Kilkenny battle ends with Free State capture of Ormondecastle as Dublin endorses a cease fire and truce plan. De Valera urges a peaceful settlement while a five-man peace committee from each side is formed to probe terms. The aim is elections and a stable government backed by the majority.
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Kilkenny
Ormondecaatic
Free State
Nore
Prout
Dail Eireann
Agreement Aims to End Turmoil in Ireland Amid Truce Talks
The peace statement faces varied interpretations on agreed erections with Republicans favoring a no election path and a coalition cabinet. Dissidents reinforce Dublin defenses at the Four Courts with sandbags and Beverell machine guns. Foreign Minister Duffy notes Dennis McCullough abroad countering propaganda while Boland and Kelly were dismissed for public party ties. Michael Collins stresses the truce is not political and calls for considering army and economic chaos. Commandant Sean O Hegarty submits a plan to unify Irish Republican Army factions to the Dail as Kilkenny fighting tolls rise with reports of eighteen dead.
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Dial
Four Courts
Dublin
Beverell
Duffy
Dennis McCullough
America
Harry C. Boland
John Kelly
Paria
Casitas
Michael Collins
Amity
Irish Republican Army
Dail
Ofreann
Sean O'Hegarty
Cork
Ireland
Dail Eireann
O'Hegarty
Kilkenny
West Virginia Treason and Murder Trial Opens War Story
Testimony in a West Virginia case paints a picture of lawlessness amid a labor upheaval, linking armed marches to the United Mine Workers. Storekeepers recount robberies by marchers who charged losses to a local union, with women in Red Cross uniforms seen among the raiders and a Syrian merchant naming Philip Murray as promising payment for stolen goods.
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Red Cross
Teli. Af
Phillip Murray
Charles
George
Rothwell Brown
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Sticks
Wilderness
Philip Murrey
Great Labor Organization
Lewis
Gee
Murray
Nathan Haddad
Clothier
Boone
Logan
Genoa Conference Sees Leaders Back Financial Plans
At Genoa on May 3 leaders praised the plenary session for inaugurating a broad effort to improve European finances. Officials stressed a global economic approach, with emphasis on government loans, currency reform, and coordination of gold use, while warning that disarmament and jobs remain urgent. France and Belgium stance and Russia’s continued insistence on control were noted as factors shaping talks.
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France
Belgium
Genoa
Poincare
M. Barthot
Europe
Laming Worrington Evans
Finanial
United States
Europ
Sess
Signor Schenzer
Italy
3 Schulthess
Switzerland
M. Picar
M. Tchitcherin
Russi
Rathenau
Germany
Tchhitcherin
Repor
M. Thitcher
M. Rikovaky
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Richard Mulcahy
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Wane
Army Council
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Liam Mellowes
Mt. de Velera
Peace Committee
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Lkely
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