Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-07-15
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Postmaster General WORK at Wash.
ingtOn directed all poStmasters to re
port to their local superintendent of
the railway mail service any inter
ference in the movement of the mails
President Harding in a proclama-
ton issued at the White House in
Washington directed "all persons to
refrain from all interference with the
lawful efforts to maintain interstate
transportation and the carrying of the
United States nails
Again stressing the need for the
utmost economy in governmental ex-
penditure, President Harding at Wash
ingtOn warned the budget makers of
1924 that they must use their pruning
knives.
Books of the War Finance corpora
ton at Washington show a total of
1927 100000 in loans outstanding at
the close of the year ended June 80
President Harding delivered the
governments final ultimatum to the
warning coal miners and operators at
Washington. At brief, tense session
at the White House. the President
fatty informed them that coal mining
activities must be resumed at once and
that they must submit the disputes
which they apparently are unable to
iron out to the arbitration of a COM
mission appointed by the government.
Production of corn, the country'S
most valuable farm crop, was forecast
for this year at 2,S60,0OO,O00 bushels
by the Department of Agriculture at
Washington in its July report. That
is 100000 bushels more than pro-
duced last year. The country's wheat
crop was forecast at S17,OOOOOO BUSH
els, having been decreased by 3S,OOO,-
900 bushels as result of conditions In
June.
Following the announcement made
at Chicago by President Tausig of the
Wabash railroad that mail trains will
be discontinued on that road unless
governmental steps are taken to pro-
tect such trains, came word from At
torney Daugherty in Washington that
claw and order must be preserved,
property and life protected and inter-
state commerce and transportation Of
mails must not be interfered with"
Tariff duties on eggs were voted by
the senate at Washington as follows
In the shell, s cents a dozen, as COM
pared with the house rate of 6 cents
whole eggs, frozen or otherwise pre-
pared, cents a pound, house rate
cents; dried eggs, IS cents a pound; ;
house rate, 10 cents.
The Court of Appeals denied at
Washington the application Of
Charles w. Morse, his three sons and
eight others, Jointly indicted for con-
spiracy to defraud the government in
connection with war contracts, for a
special appeal from the decision of the
District Supreme court Overruling de-
murrers filed against the indictment.
A report on state tax assessments
issued by the census bureau at Wash
ington showed that in 1920 the high
est tax per capita on real and personal
property combined, $1S.47, was levied
in Nevada. The highest per capita
levy of the special taxes in 1920, 5000,
was reported by Rhode island.
The Navy department at Washing
ton, after a lapse of nearly a year,
has resumed recruiting, it was an
nounced. During the coming year, it
was stated, $4,000 enlistments will
be required to maintain the force of
$4,000 authorized by congress.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Roose-
Welt issued an order at Washington di-
recting the closing of the Charleston
Is. Co. navy yard ''as soon as posi-
b1e," insofar as the repair and supply
of naval vessels is concerned.