Harding era congress faces treaties and bills amid 1922 politics
Washington reports the second year of the Harding administration sees Congress debating four power Pacific treaties soldiers bonus tariff ship subsidy and various appropriations while November elections loom. Leaders push to finish treaties before tariff and bonus bills, with budget driven appropriations likely delayed.
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Harding
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Senate
House
Railroad wage fight opens with 175 railroads seeking cuts
Chicago March. Railroad labor and the nation's largest transportation lines will open the wage dispute before the United States railroad labor board tomorrow morning. Over 175 roads filed petitions seeking about a ten percent cut, while employee groups countered with wage increase proposals. Delays and postponement attempts are expected in railroad circles.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lnes
United States Railroad
Indor Board
Death Toll at Ohio Crash Rises to Sixteen
Mereland Ohio March 5 The death toll from the collision of a New York Central express train and an automobile bus at Painesville crossing remained at sixteen with three injured expected to recover One victim Mrs Frank Fribaugh was buried at Fairport today Nearly all of Fairport the home of twelve victims attended the funeral
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Associated Press
Mereland
Ohio
New York Central
Painesville Crossing
Frank Fridebaugh
Fairport
Pre-election promises of Republicans not kept says Hull
Washington March 5 The Democratic National Committee chairman Correll Hull accuses the Republican majority and the Harding administration of failing to live up to pre election promises and to grasp true economic conditions. He says Republicans promoted the 1919 1920 Reconstruction program but now offer the same remedies to restore the nation from postwar panic.
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Democratic National Committee
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America
Weather Forecast for Denver and Regional Areas
Denver area expects fair skies Monday and Tuesday with colder conditions Monday. New Mexico and Arizona show little temperature change with mostly fair weather. Local report notes yesterday’s maximum temperature and humidity readings, with no precipitation and light to moderate winds.
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Arizona
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Paruly Cloua
Illinois Governor Len Small Goes on Trial For Embezzlement
Waukegan Illinois March 6 governor Len Small faces trial amid charges of conspiracy to defraud the state through embezzlement from the treasury. He is joined by Lieut. Gov. Fred Sterling and Vernon Curtis, with Curtis having a separate trial and Sterling’s case pending in Springfield. The case centers on loans to four Chicago packing firms via the Grant Park bank and alleged profits exceeding sums disclosed, with multiple indictments narrowed to the embezzlement charge.
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Illinois
William Sulzer
New York
Len Small
Fred E. Sterling
Vernon Curtis
Grant Park
Small
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Sterling
Curtis
Mr. Curtis
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Claire G. Howards
Springfield
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Kankakee County
Governor Small
State
State Claims, Mr. Small
Chicago
Armours, Swifts, Morris
Cudahy Packing Company
Swift and Company
Edward Curtis
Smith
Lieut-Gev Sterling
Social leader swindle nets arrest in New York
Alfred F E Lindsay faces arrest after a long-running stock pool swindle alleged to have bilked dozens of socialites. District Attorney officials reveal victims list totaling about $700000. Mrs Lillian N Duke sues Lindsay and wife Esther Behr Lindsay to stop sale of their South Nyack estate.
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Alfred FE. Lindsay
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Lillian N. Duke
James FR. Duke
Esther Behr Lindsay
South Nyack
Richard F. Murphy
Lindsey
Tutz-Carlton
Key
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Supreme Court schedule lists major cases this week
The Supreme Court will hear several significant cases this week including challenges to the North Carolina child labor act and the validity of an excise tax on products from factories using child labor. Other items involve Ponzi, gas pricing regulation, railroad car distribution, narcotics law enforcement, and half-rate railroad rules.
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Supreme Court
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Atherton Mills
Drexel Furniture Company
Charles Ponin
Boston
Massachusetts
Ponzi
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
Oklahais and
Lambert Run Coal Company
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frank Fpalini
Morris Ehrman
New York City
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Prohibition Navy to Patrol Atlantic Waters This Month
The prohibition bureau plans a sea patrol from Maine to Florida using nine submarine chasers now unused by the coast guard. Enforcement agents will be aboard each boat as the fleet operates to prevent illicit alcohol landings in Atlantic coastal waters. The coast guard will keep title to the vessels, with bureau funding ongoing operations.
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Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Betrothal of Crown Prince Christian Announced
Copenhagen March 5 Associated Press King Christian and Queen Alexandrina announce the betrothal of Crown Prince Christian Frederick to Princess Olga eldest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece The couple became engaged at Cannes Christian Frederick born March 11 1899 and Princess Olga in May 1903
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Associated Press
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Alexandrina
Christian Frederick
Olga
Nicholas
Greece
Cannes
Princess Olga
A Way to Break Perpetuation of City Commissioners
The article urges a nonpartisan, multi‑walks ticket to challenge incumbents seeking a single term. It critiques self-perpetuation under a charter system and calls for a Municipal Voters League to unite diverse citizens, pursue a competitive slate, and avoid class or political blocs while awaiting developments.
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Municipal Voters League
Confession Claims Affair Led to Taylor Murder by Husband
A letter received by police from an unnamed Connecticut city purports that film director William Desmond Taylor was killed by an avenging husband whose wife had confessed to an affair with the director. The confession describes the night of February 1 and names Mabel Normand and Henry Peavey as figures in the events. Police note handwriting resembles that of a missing former butler-secretary, though the link is disputed.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Connecticut
Adama
Mabel
Taylor Bungalow
Mabel Normand
Henry Peavey
Taylor
William Davis
Miss Normand
Misa Normand
Euick
Adams
Edrwin F. Sands
Tayior
Sands
Wichita man found guilty of first degree murder
William Fentleman of Wichita Kansas was found guilty by a district court jury in Osceola Iowa of first degree murder for the October 19 1921 slaying of Charles W Jones of Murray Iowa. The jury recommended life imprisonment.
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Iowa
William Fentleman
Wichita
Kans
Charles W. Jones
Murray
Fentleman
Jones
Eddie Adams
Kansas
Frank Foster
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Dempsey Wills bout cannot be staged at Fenway Park
Boston boxing officials said the proposed Dempsey Wills heavyweight title fight would not be held at Fenway Park if a 350000 dollar offer from Harry Frazee is accepted. Possible sites include the American League home ground or Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City as promoters seek the event for money while commissioners oppose it for the sport's sake.
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Associated Press
Boston
March
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Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Fenway Park
State Boxing Commission
Boston Red Sox
Boyle
Jersey City
Eugene Buckley
Light heavyweight pugilist O'Hare dies from injuries
Edward O'Hare a light heavyweight boxer from New York died in a Lewiston hospital from injuries suffered in a Sabattus lake camp somersault accident. He had agreed to fight Gene Tunney and was defeated by Tunney on Christmas day at Madison Square Garden. He was 21 years old.
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Lewiston
Edward O'Hare
New York
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O'Hare
Gene Tunney
Madison Square Garden
Fifteen NYC Police Officers Receive Medal of Honor
An official decree issued today confers the medal of honor of the municipal police on 15 members of the New York City police force in Paris.
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Paris
New York City
Vesuvian eruption spews lava ash and stones at Naples
Mount Vesuvius erupts with two minor shocks and a 200 foot cone collapse. Ashes and incandescent stones are ejected as liquid lava pours from the crater, covering about 100000 square feet in a 24 hour period. Prof Mall Adair, director of the observatory, descended into the crater and felt extreme heat.
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League Reports Surge in Personal Crisis Notices After War
Reaction following the war is blamed for a spike in personal crisis reports across the United States last year. Officials note 10,000 incidents referenced in internal League reports as part of the rise in distress calls and welfare concerns.
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Personal Crisis Reports Rise as War Echoes in 1921
A Save-a-Life league summary shows 12 144 crisis reports in 1921 with 8 410 male and 3 734 female cases in the United States. It notes rising child cases and widespread self harm across all social strata, including editors, teachers, clergy, bankers, and politicians, with examples and comments on economic distress and postwar unrest.
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Save-a-Life League
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Lloyd George Faces Pressure as Resignation Crisis Grows
London reports center on David Lloyd George’s offer to resign while unions and liberals clash over coalition terms. Lord Birkenhead and Winston Churchill confer with the prime minister at Downing Street as Balfour prepares a pivotal speech amid calls to delay the Genoa economic conference until after England’s general elections.
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Associated Press
London
Aseoelated Press
David Lloyd George
Chequers Court
Downing Street
Lord Birkenhead
Winston Spencer Churchill
Arthur J. Balfour
Lloyd George
Unionist Party
Coalition Liberals
Asquith Liberals
Lieva George
Geron Economic Conference
England
Raton ToVote On Commission Form Of Government
Raton New Mexico voters will go to the polls on Tuesday March 5 to decide a proposal to inaugurate the commission form of government replacing the aldermanic system now in place. A spirited race is anticipated.
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N. M
McAdoo to Move to California Amid Nomination Prospects
William Gibbs McAdoo and family arrive in Albuquerque on the Limited en route to Los Angeles where they will settle. The move signals potential political advantage as McAdoo is viewed as a likely 1924 Democratic nominee, with speculation about a clash with Hearst for the party’s favor.
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William Gibbs McAdoo
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