Senate tariff bill faces pressure as Republicans push to end delay
Washington July 14. Republican leaders and most senators vow to push the tariff bill to a vote, resisting postponement proposed by a minority. Pressure from middle‑of‑the‑road Republicans may seek lower rates, while Democrats keep debate open. Public interest rises but wool timing remains uncertain. Slay Cabinet Quits. Landon. July 14. The Pasitch cabinet of Togo-Sinvia has resigned, Belgrade reports.
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Washington, D. C
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Congress
Senate Finance Committee
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New York Evening
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Pasitch
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Belgrade
Courier Deliveries Window and Phone Request Notice
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5:80 o clock. If due to carrier error you do not receive the paper by that time, call 330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
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Ronin
Sheriff Killed as Prisoners Escape in Auto Crash
Tucson July 14 Sheriff George White of Santa Cruz county was killed when an automobile carrying convicted murderers Manuel Martinez and Placido Silvas overturned on the Nogales Tucson highway 18 miles south of Are. The prisoners escaped after the wreck as the chase began toward the state prison at Florence.
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Tucson
Ariz
George White
Santa Cruz County
Manuel Martinez
Placido Silvas
Florence
Nogales-Tucson
Are
Washington Senate wrangles on rails and strikes
Washington D C President Harding via Senator Lodge urged Republican leaders to settle their legislative tangle as he attended to rail and coal strike questions. Also reported Japan to withdraw troops from Siberia by Sept 30 with Sakhalin evacuation tied to Mikolaiak massa satisfaction. Cedar Rapids boy Clyde Kelly, 7, killed crossing street. Herrin riot dead total reaches 22. Germany to pay July reparations installment of 32 008 000 gold marks. Minneapolis double murder near Minnetonka Mills. Chile Peru conference adjourns awaiting wording of Tacna Arica protocol.
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Dbc
Harding
Congress
Lodge
White House
Germany
Berlin
Death by self. Davenport woman in Topeka note
A Davenport, Iowa woman, Mrs. Isabelle Miller, 43, died after drinking carbolic acid in a Topeka hotel room. A note found in her hand said life had been a failure and she forgave her mother. She had been arrested on a shoplifting charge and released on bond.
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Davenport
Topeka
Kan
Isabelle, Miller
Miller
Weather and Town List From 1892 Agriculture Report
The subjoined report covers towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Anlarshaft New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly. Forecast calls for clear to good, warmer tonight and Saturday with higher temps in east and south regions. a 18 cent cigar advertisement notes local commerce.
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Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles City
Tas
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Noines
Dubuque
Farivault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Amlarshaft Town
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Old Stone Quarry Reopens At Waterloo For Prosperity
The Bartlett and McFarlane quarry between Burton avenue and the Illinois Central railroad reopens under Adelbert Bartlett. Two new rock crushers up, 20 men hired this week with plans to expand to 30. Limestone will fuel waterworks projects, contracts assure steady work, dust byproduct sold as fertilizer and ballast.
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Bartlett & McFarlane
Burton Avenue
Illinois Central Railroad
Waterloo
Whch
Waterloo Stone Company
Adelbert Bartlett
Bartlett
J. W. Krapfel
W.W. McFarlane
Mr. Krapfel
Jeading
Barnett
Prevention of Profiteering by Small Coal Mines Conference
Washington representatives and operators met with Secretary Hoover to discuss measures to keep smaller coal mine operators within the voluntary price agreement. Hoover said there are no government enforcement powers due to the absence of applicable laws, and he would seek ways to hold smaller operators to the pact.
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Washington
Hoover
Five year old survivor in double murder suicide case
In Cleveland on July 14 Erick Mayer, 5, lay beneath his dead father after a shootout that killed his wife and 8 month old daughter. The father Matthew Mayer shot the family then killed himself. Erick, wounded in the left breast, lay for over 13 hours before passersby found him.
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Cleveland, ‘O
Erick Mayer
Erick
Matthew Mayer
Engineer Dies After Kansas City Wreck Collision
James G. Moses of Kansas City was the Missouri Pacific fast passenger train engineer who died from injuries after a head on collision with a freight train on Tuesday night. The death brings the wreck’s death toll to five. Moses had been hospitalized since the crash on the outskirts of Kansas City.
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Kansas City
James G. Moses
Missouri Pacific
Brundage Begins Pitiless Probe of Mine Massacres
Illinois Attorney General Brundage pledges a tireless inquiry into the Herrin strip mine massacre, where nonunion workers were slain by striking miners. He plans to meet with State Attorney Duty in Marion to coordinate the investigation despite time and effort.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Southern 1Linais Goal Company
Herrin
Marion
Ill
Williamson County
Delos
Williant
Striker Shot Twice By Guard At Burnside Shops
In Chicago, July 14, a striking carpenter named Paul Celbinski was shot twice in the hip and arm by railroad special agent Frank J. Probert during an attack by about 20 nonunion workers at the Burnside shops of the Maos Central railroad. Several others were endangered by bullets as tensions rose in the labor dispute.
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International News Wire
Chicago
Burnside
Maos Central Railroad
Paul Celbinski
Frank J. Probert
United Press
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Tex
Fort. Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Harding
Texas
John L. Hines
Eighth Corps
Washington
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Tax
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Jefferson City
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Sedalia
McCormick to Sail for Paris with Three Children
Harold F. McCormick, chairman of International Harvester, heads to New York en route to Europe with his son Fowler and daughters Muriel and Mathilde. McCormick plans to sail July 20 for Paris while Miss Muriel McCormick pursues a business role after returning home in August.
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Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester Corporation
New York
Europe
Fowler
M0iriel
Mathilde
Max Oser
Muriel McCormick
Veterans of Foreign Wars Declares Neutral in Rail Strike
In Dubuque Iowa on July 13 the Veterans of Foreign Wars adopted a resolution declaring their organization neutral in the railroad shopmen strike. The measure states it is against VFW principles to bear arms against fellow comrades and citizens and followed outreach to officers about the stance.
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Dubuque, Ta
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Neutrail
Round the World Flier Reaches Baghdad After Delays
Maj. W. T. Blake completed the London to Baghdad leg of a world flight begun in May despite mechanical troubles. The news comes from Constantinople on July 14 as Blake's journey encountered delays. Also reported in Cairo, July 14, a collision between the steamships Milane and Polyponessus in Port Said harbor left ten people drowned aboard the Polyponessus.
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W. T. Blake
London
Bagdad
Cairo
Egypt
Port Said
Floods Devastate Rich Farm Section In Missouri
Floods in nine counties along the Grand River threaten Baylies Grundy and Livingston in Missouri. Crops valued at about 2.5 million dollars are ruined as the river rises toward a crest near 30 feet, surpassing the 1914 flood. Wheat fields are washed out and more land is inundated as the river advances, forcing residents to flee.
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Prasad
Chillicothe
Bane
Missouri
Grand River
Baylies
Grundy
Livingston
Battle of Equator with Arctic Circle Scrambles Weather
Washington July 14 A clash between the equator and the Arctic circle causes erratic national weather the last two weeks. US Weather Bureau chief Charles F B Marvin cites warm equatorial air moving north and cold polar air sweeping south as the trigger for cloudbursts heavy rains thunderstorms tornadoes heat waves and sudden temperature drops across the country.
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Washington, D. C
Equator
Arctic Circle
Charles FB. Marvin
United States Weather Bureau
North Pole
Hague Parleys Ended Except for Subcommittee Reports
The 1914 International Conference on the reconstruction of Russia closed today with only subcommittee reports and possible resolutions left for delegates. Russian delegates deny a changed attitude and threaten to depart unless invited to stay. Committee members may remain until next Wednesday.
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International Conference On Reconstruction of
Russia
Chicago Brokerage Firm Goes Bankrupt
The New York stock exchange announced the failure of Nast & Co. of Chicago. Liabilities amount to a few hundred thousand dollars more than assets estimated between 30 and 60 million dollars. Chicago Title & Trust Co. named receiver. The collapse attributed to market fluctuations. A second item notes a ministerial crisis in Rome tied to the Italian budget deficit.
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Nast & Co
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Samuel Nast
Chicago Title & Trust Co
Rainbow Division Veterans Gather in Minneapolis
Minneapolis July 14 Two wings of silent tribute opened the two day Rainbow Division Veterans association reunion. Several hundred delegates from 27 states welcomed by Mayor George E Leach, now a former colonel, as president of the association. Key talks include Americanization measures alien registration bill passage and erecting monuments at Rainbow graves in France.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association
George E. Leach
Leach
One Hundred Fifty- Orst Field Artillery
Paris Bastille Day assassination attempt on Millerand
Paris on Bastille day was shaken by an assassination attempt as Gaston Bouvet, 23, fired three shots at President Millerand's open carriage on the Champs Elysees. Bouvet, an anarchist, was beaten by the crowd and later claimed he only wanted to stage a demonstration. Police believed an accomplice fled on a bicycle.
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Millead
France
Champs Elysee
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Millerand
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Chiat
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Joyne
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MariShal Foch
Cavell’s Betrayer Will Not Be Hanged
The death sentence on Janquines Jeannes, identified as Cavell’s betrayer, has been commuted to life imprisonment as announced today in Brussels.
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Brussels
Janquines Jeannes
Edith Cavell
Assassin’s Bullets Fired at Wrong Car in Paris
Warnings in Paris papers yesterday suggested an attempt on President Alexandre Mi Her aud, with radicals planning action today. The Secretary of the Society of Anarchists fired three bullets at noon at a bar he believed the president was riding past, a mistaken target tale.
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Alexandre Mi Heraud
France
Kelly
Society of Anarchists
Strike Briefs Spread Across the Nation in Rail Disputes
Reports from New York and Ohio detail postwar labor tension as the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America offers aid to maintain mail service. Daugherty may deploy 1400 deputy marshals in northern Ohio amid rail strike threats. In Denver, big four unions threaten to quit if questioned by armed guards. Police in Indianapolis investigate a guard shot in the calf at the Shelby Street roundhouse.
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United States
Telegraph
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Toledo
Daugherty
Ohio
George Brauffer
Cleveland
Veorin
Peoria
Pekin
Chicago
B. F.grable
Maintenance of Way Brotherhood
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Harding
Detroit
Mich
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Colo
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Shelby Street
Big Four Railroad
James Star
Stationary firemen and oilers join rail strike
Chicago July 14 A nationwide walkout by about 8000 stationary firemen engineers and oilers on U S railroads was authorized by International president Timothy Healy. The strike starts July 17 at 8 a m after a referendum favored by 88 6 percent, with sympathy walkouts by some maintenance workers. Conflicts, arrests and federal troop deployments followed as authorities prepared for possible spread of the strike in Oklahoma Missouri Texas Illinois Indiana and other states.
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Chicago
United * States
Timothy Healy
Healy
St J
Brotherhood
United States
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