Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-26
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Washington

emergency Carln Dill by vote or OF
to rs.
A gram Of radium purchased by the
contributions Of thousands Of Ameri-
can women was formally presented by
President Harding at the White House
in Washington to Nine. Curie Of Paris,
the eminent Polish scientist.
President Harding at Washington
has appointed George w. Perkins. Jr..
OF New York as executive secretary to
the postmaster general. he is the son
of the late Progressive leader.
Congressional investigation Of
charges that financial combine in
1915 and 1916 sought through propa-
ganda to plunge the United States
into war, was demanded at Washing
ton in house resolution by Repre-
sentative Nicholson, Republican, Of
Illinois.
President Harding motored to Fort
Myer, across the Potomac river from
Washington, and reviewed the Third
cavalry as part Of celebration COM
memorating the seventy-ffth ami
yersary Of the regiments organization.
President Harding at Washington
signed the immigration restriction bill
which restricts immigration for the
next Ia months to 8 per cent of the
number Of aliens In the United States.
House leaders at Washington de-
cided to pass the Knox peace resolu-
ton in an amended form early next
week. This decision followed con-
ference between President Harding
and Chairman Porter of the house COM
mittee.
Appointment Of William l. Biddle of
Leavenworth, KAN, to be warden of
the federal penitentiary at that place,
was announced by Attorney General
Daugherty at Washington.
The house at Washington, without
q record vote. passed the kellogg bill
giving the President authority to re-
fuse to permit the landing of foreign
owned cables. The bill already has
passed the senate.
The senate and house conferees at
Washington reached final agreement
on the emergency tariff bill. The house
conferees accepted the bill as amended
by the senate, with only one change.
Poland's request for American sup
port in the settlement of the DISPOSE
ton of Upper Silesia has evoked for
NAL negative answer from Secretary
Hughes of the State department at
Washington.
The government at Washington will
oppose in every possible way the
soviet government Of Russia so long as
Americans are held prisoner or de-
tanned against their will.
Domestic
A Charleston dispatch says that mar
tial law has been declared in West
Virginia.
Mrs. Anna Irene Hopkins was found
guilty Of assault by jury in the Su-
perior court at Prescott, Ariz. Mrs.
Hopkins was convicted Of having
thrown acid into the face of Miss Luz
ellie Gallagher.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, de-
nounced at New York the decision Of
the United States railroad labor board
to cut wages of railroad employees
as "unwarranted" and provocation
to employees affected.
The senate at Springfield, ILL.,.
passed the Lantz bill, the first Of the
Chicago board of trade "destroyers,"
% to %. The bill aims to put the
worlds greatest grain market under
complete control of the state.
Ellis island, at New York, through
which the bulk Of the country's immi-
grafton passes. was placed under
strict quarantine because of the death
from typhus OF Andreas Steinback, q
tive-year-old Jugo-Slav boy.
Lieut.. William Coates and Mrs. John
Brady of Paterson, N. j., were killed
instantly when wing of the airplane
in which they We're flying collapsed.
A $4,000 theft from registered mail
en- route from Chicago to Grand Ha-
ven, Mich. was made known by postal
authorities at Chicago. For two weeks
the loss was kept secret.
Fire destroyed two warehouses of
the Griswoll & Walker Warehouse
company. at Chicago, with an estimat-
cd loSs of S5(k0 OCO