Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-04-22
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Washington
Commissioner Haynes announced at
washington that the federal courts in
the last six months have reported
nearly $4,000 prohibition amendment
indictments, out of which 5000 con-
victions were obtained.
The senate at Washington adopted
the resolution extending the per
cent immigration restriction law. The
life of the present law, which expires
June 80, 1922, was extended to June
80, 1924, one year longer than pro-
posed by the house.
President and Mrs. Harding attend
ed Easter services at Calvary Baptlst
church, where they are parishiOners.
Throngs greeted the President upon
his arrival for the morning services,
and hundreds of Easter vacatlOnlSts
In Washington had to be turned away.
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increase from 100000 to $50O,0OO an
appropriation to eradicate the barberry
bush, which is damaging the wheat
crops in 16 Middle Western states.
President Harding and members OF
his cabinet at Washington dispensed
with the Friday cabinet meeting in
Difference to Good Friday. The Presi-
dent, however, met the newspaper
correspondents as usual.
Increase in the value Of Americas
foreign trade was reported by the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington with announcement that ex-
ports last month aggregated $392 OOO,-
600, the highest since October. 1921.
The house at Washington rejected,
by a vote of Sc to 80, an amendment
by Representative Chindblom (Rep.,
I'D to increase the appropriation Tor
the Great Lakes naval training sta
ton.
Domestic
A suicide motive was virtually es-
tablished by Rockford (Ill.) police
officials in the investigation into the
mysterious death by poison of Grace
Hoffman, seventeen-yearold student OF
Rockford college.
The two-masted schooner w. +.
Dodge, said to be bound from Nassau
in the Bahamas, for st. Pierre, Mi
quelon, with load OF liquor. was
seized by a police patrol as it was en-
tering the Narrows at New York.
The wage scale of electrotype finish
ers in the book and job electrotyping
shops of Greater New York will re-
main unchanged at $50 week fol
another year as result of arbitra-
ton.
The bill extending use of the govern
ment's naval radio facilities for COM
mercial and press services until June
80, 1925, was signed by President Har-
ding at Washington.
Nancy Kelley committed suicide
at Lakeville, Miss, shortly before
noon, the time set for his hanging
In connection with the murder of Pro.
hibition Officer Greer and Town Mar.
shall Duncan at Richton.
Floods continue to sweep farms and
towns in Illinois and other Midwest
regions, with the Mississippi river anG
tributaries rising.
Lady Aston sailed from Southamp
ton on the White Star liner Olympia
for New York. She is on the way te
Baltimore to be the guest of the
League of Women Voters at their con
yention.
Henry WatterSon, former editor Of
the Louisville Courier-Jolrnal. left al
estate of s22S.5 800, mostly in govern
nent securities, according to the term:
of his will probated in county court a
Louisville, Ky.
Several thousand building trade.
union workers on strike at Cleveland
O., since March l returned to work.
Miss Edna Smith. thirty year.
old. and Mrs. Leo Nash, thirty-five
who with their sister. Mrs. Charlie.
Sencenbaugh. were rated the wealth
lest women in Aurora, Ill.,, were killed
at Lakehurst. n. j., in their auto at {
railroad crossing.
Thirteen cars of train of valuabl.
freight. nortl,-bound on the nlinoi:
Central railroad. were destroyed whe1
the train was wrecked at washou
on the road near Parkersville, Ind.
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The property damage resulting from