The Tomahawk., 1923-04-19
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Washington
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. court criti
cized by National Women's Trade
Union league for holding women's
minimum wage law in District Of Col
umbia unconstitutional.
Washington - President Harding,
perturbed because his proposed speech.
making tour on way to Alaska is her
aided as a political tour on behalf Of
his candidacy for denomination, threat
ems to cancel trip.
Washington - Harding administra-
ton has undergone no change toward
| League of Nations; president let's 1t
be known that there will be neither
a front door nor back door approach
to league by United States.
Washington-Preside Harding ex.
pected to approve sending feet Of so
| naval subn arine chasers after rum
feet of Atlantic coast as part of an
aggressive prohibition enforcement
campaign soon to be inaugurated.
Washington-President Harding re-
turns from vacation with executive
business piled up. Expects to start
on speech.making trip and Alaska in
10 weeks.
Washington-President Harding's
decision in prospect on tariff policy
promises to have important bearing
on republican party platform in 1924,
executive revision Of tariffs without
reference to congress the issue.
Washington-United States Cham.
Der of Commerce recommends sup
plementing immigration restriction
law by adding per cent quota to pres.
ent 8 per cent, the added quota to be
admitted by process of selection.
Washington-Claims of American
citizens against Germany and Ger.
mans totaling $1.1S7,736,Ss7 will be
| presented to the mixed claims COM
mission, Robert c. Morris, the Amer.
lean agent, announced.
Washington - Secretary of the
Treasury A. w. Mellon, reporting in.
come tax collections for March this
year under reduced surtax rates $780,
100000 in excess of last year under
higher rates, claims justification for
his advocacy of still further reductions
in rates; declares high income taxes
defeat their own purpose.
Domestic
New York-The body Of John Black
we'll Cobb. capitalist, was. found in his
stateroom on the train from Hot
Springs, Ark, on it's arrival at the
Pennsylvania station. Cobb, who lived
at Stamford, Conn.,, for many years,
was vice president of the American
Tobacco company and director Of
the United Drug company.
Birmingham, Ala.-Fire starting in
q pile of oil waste Quilted the store
rooms of the Packard Birmingham
Motor Car company, destroyed nearly
100 automobiles, according to ]. l..
Akin, chief of the Birmingham fire de.
partment. The loss will reach $500, 900.
New Yo:k-Smashing the window
Of Silverstein's jewelry store on up
per Broadway, two well dressed young
men seized $4,000 worth of jewelry
and escaped in a taxicab.
New York-Opposition to the orGi-
nation of women as Methodist minis.
tiers was decided upon in a close vote,
with many delegates refraining from
expressing an opinion, at the session
of the New York annual conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church in
the Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church.
Superior, Wis.-The new 2.100-foot
steel ore dock at Allouez. the largest
OF its kind in the world. will be ready
for operation by June 1, according to
Great Northern officials. The total
cost Is expected to be about $3,000..
900.
Hot Springs, Ark.-One man was
dead, two were injured, more than
800 persons are deprived Of their per.
sonal effects, and the site Of the Ar.
lington hotel, was smoking ruin as
a result of fire which destroyed the
hosiery, the Oldest in Hot Springs,
with a loss which approaches $780,.
900. sIl ID
Freeport, Ili.-A flood that may dupli
cate that of 1916 threatens towns and
villages in the valley Of the Pecatonia
river from the Wisconsin line to this
city. At Winslow, village Of 1900,
the postoffice, hotel, stores and many
houses were invaded by the food and
children were taken to school In boats.
At Mcconnell many basement were
flooded, the water having risen to with
in Is inches of the high water mark
New York--Mrs. Theodore Roose
welt. widow of the former president.
braved fire in the Double f" coffee
house in West Forty-fourtf street to
aid restaurant attaches in rescuing
two oil paintings of her husband. Mrs.
Roosevelt was the only one of so pat
rons in the place who did not fee
when the IRE broke out in. a coffee
y o.