Granger to Build Modern Water Plant
Work will start soon on a new water treatment facility at Granger costing 15000 dollars and including a forty thousand gallon water tower. The court is asked to sanction sale of 00 acres of Iowa land owned by White's Manual Labor Institute at Salem to cover drainage and tiling costs. Emma C C Peterson of Des Moines died at 75, leaving two sons. Grant of authority for Oskaloosa to build a municipal power dam on the Des Moines River at Harvey is nearly complete.
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Granger
Iowa
White’s Manual Labor Institute
Salem
Emma CC. Peterson
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Harvey
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Guy Rai
David Hatfield
Rai
Soldiers' Bonus Bill in House Defies Harding Warning
Washington March 16 The Ways and Means Committee votes 19 to 5 to send the insurance certificate plan to the House with a five fold compensation and minimal cash. The committee rejects the sales tax funding option, and the bill awaits final passage next week. President Harding warns he will veto if the bill lacks the sales tax. Palm Beach Fla March 16 Harding says he will veto the measure as constituted, pressing for a sales tax to finance the bonus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
House
Ways and Means
Kitchin
North Carolina
Garner
Texas
Collier
Mississippi
Treadway
Massachuchuse
Treasury Mellon
Crissinger
Treasury
Ryan
New York
Tornado toll tops 18 across four states
A known death toll of 18 was collected by tornadoes in the Southwest. Nine died at Gowen Oklahoma near MacAlester, six at Gethsemane Arkansas, one at Sulphur Oklahoma, and two at Sunrise Louisiana. Scores injured and property destroyed elsewhere.
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Kansas City
Gowen
Okla
MacAlester
Gethsemane
Ark
Sulphur
Sunrise
Chicago federal cases may never be tried says Crim
Assistant United States Attorney General H. W. Crim arrived from Washington and said more than 1,000 prohibition cases in Chicago federal courts will never be tried. He cited deaths and disappearances of witnesses and crowded dockets as reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
H. W. Crim
Washington
I W W to Run Russ Plant in Ural Iron Works Concession
Moscow reports that William D. Haywood heads an American I W W group granted by Premier Lenin a concession to operate the Nadejdinsky iron works in the Ural region and related coal mines in the Kosnetz basin and auxiliary factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
William D
Big Bill) Haywood
Chicago
Lenin
Nadejdinsky Iron Works
Ural Mountain
Kosnetz
Helier Wins East Dubuque Mayor Post by One Vote
In East Dubuque Iowa 532 votes were cast March 16 with Richard Helier narrowly defeating incumbent James Foley by a single vote to win the mayoral office.
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Dubuque
Rainfall Causes Washout Delays in Missouri Trains
A 2.33 inch rain near Hannibal disrupts rail service with Burlington trains from St. Louis detoured through Mexico after a washout east of Kinderhook TL, halting regular routes and impacting traffic.
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Hannibal
Burlington
St. Louis
Mexico
Kinderhook
Hughes writes four power Pacific treaty to Congress
Secretary of State Hughes disclosed in a letter to Senator Underwood that he authored the four power Pacific treaty. He rebuked insinuations that American delegates were misled by outsiders and said negotiations were not conducted by intrigue. He noted the treaty concerned the Anglo Japanese alliance as a matter technically outside the conference and not on its agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hughes
Underwood
Senate
Chicago Hotel Fined for Forged Permit Sales
A legal action against Hotel Sherman Co. resulted in an initial $25,500 maximum penalty for selling 30,279 gallons of wines and whisky on forged permits. Judge George A. Carpenter later reduced the fine to $14,000 after the company argued it was a first offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maron
Hotel Sherman Company
George A. Carpenter
Carpenter
Georgia verdict awards $100000 for loss of both arms
The largest Georgia suit verdict to date grants Clif Walraven $100000 for the loss of both arms after being struck by a street car of the Georgia Railway and Power Company on March 15 in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Clif Walraven
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Greb Wins 15 Round Decision at Madison Square Garden
Harry Greb of Pittsburgh defeats Tom Gibbons of St. Paul in a 15 round decision at Madison Square Garden with rapid punches and constant movement. Gibbons mounted late rally moments during the bout.
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Greb
New York
Harry Greb
Pittsburgh
Tom Gibbons
St. Paul
Madison Square Garden
Fatty Arbuckle Faces Third Manslaughter Trial
Roscoe C Arbuckle known as Fatty is cited in San Francisco for a third trial on charges of manslaughter in the death of actress Virginia Rappe Miss Kappe in the report from March 15.
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Fatty” Arbuckle
San Francisco
Roscoe C
Patty”) Arbuckle
Virginia Kappe
Red Revolt in Africa Struck by South Africa Forces
London reports that aid from abroad funded the Red revolution in South Africa as government troops push through mine fields and rail targets near Johannesburg. Smuts announces heavy revolutionary losses with 2,200 prisoners captured while Westcliffe and Krugersdorp areas come under government control.
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London
Johannesburg
Smuts
Reuter
Pretoria-Germiston
Weruegersdorp
Bierfontein
Brit
Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Westcliffe
van Deventer
Benoni
Krugersdorp
Reitfontein
British Bechuanaland
Fire Rips West Side Block in Chicago Stormy blaze
A massive fire in Chicago on Wednesday destroyed a 14 story Burlington Building and the Mercantile Trust Bank on the first floor. Fire Attorney Shirley V. High estimated damage at 15 million dollars. One fireman died and many were injured. Frank Carsey, a former Novelty company employee, was arrested after threats and alleged attempts to buy stock. Vault cash totaling 1.5 million was lost, with vaults not yet opened.
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Chicago
Near West Side
Shirley VT. High
Frank Carsey
Maplewood Avenue
Confectionery Novelty Company
West Jackson Boulevard
H. T. Schiff
Independence Boulevard
Carsey
Schiff
Burlington Railway
Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank
Burlington Building
Stollwerck Chocolate Maker Ludwig Stollwerck Dies
Ludwig Stollwerck longtime head of the Cologne based chocolate firm Stollwerck dies in Berlin at sixty five years old announced in Cologne.
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Stollwerck
Berlin
Cologne
Ludwig Stollwerck
Baron Manton Killed During Fox Hunt Near Stratford
Baron Manton of Compton Verney, formerly Joseph Watson head of a large soap company, was thrown from his horse and killed while fox hunting near Stratford on Avon, London, on March 16.
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London
Army to train 227000 under new unified force plan
War department outlines a 227000 member training program for the merged army components. About 160000 National Guard members, 80000 reserve officers and specialists, 10000 ROTC students, and 27000 civilians will participate across nine corps areas. Training centers include nine forts and cantonments with demonstrations of drills and tactics. Applications for citizens' training camps open April 1 at nine corps headquarters in Boston, Governor's Island, Fort Howard, Fort McPherson, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Fort Sheridan, Fort Crook, Fort Sam Houston, and the Presidio.
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Byron G. Boyd
Sixteenth Infantry
Dallas Center
Boyd
Peter T. van Driel
Merrill
Fort Madison
van Driel
William Hutchinson
Lorenzen Hernandes
Glenwood
War Department
Iowa
U.S
Swift
Centerville
Lowa
Iowa State College
Josephine Arnequist
Ida V. Ahrens
Farm Bureau
Buena Vista
Wright
Wood-bury
Linn
Jones
Clinton
Scott
Poweshiek
Shelby
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Madison
Mahaska
Adams
Eva
National Guard
Department
Citizens
Corps
Boston
Governor's Island
N. Y
Fort Howard
Fort McPherson
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Fort Crook, Neb
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Presidio At
San Francisco
National building trades agree to enforce jurisdiction decisions
A national board of jurisdictional awards, following a quarterly meeting in Washington, approves a resolution requiring local building trades councils to suspend unions that refuse board decisions. It mandates contractors to include clauses backing board rulings and architects to require compliance in contracts, aiming to curb strikes and disputes.
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Associated General Contractors of America
American Institute of Architects
Engineering Council
National Building Trades and Employers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
National Board of Jurisdictional Awards
Washington
Building Trades Councils of Union Labor
National Board
General Contractors
Immigration act extension urged by House committee
The House immigration committee recommends extending the 3 per cent immigration act past June 30 1922 for another year. It says the present temporary law best serves national welfare while acknowledging possible Senate changes. The report notes reduced immigration and cites calls for stricter limits and even suspension, with a minority group urging the quota law be rejected as inhumane.
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House Immigration Committee
Senate Immigration Committee
Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Five High Income Taxpayers Report 1919 Returns Over 5 Million
The 1919 calendar year income tax data shows five personal returns of $5,000,000 plus with confidential names. Illinois had two taxpayers in the $3–4 million range and two in the $1.4–2.0 million band, totaling taxes and net incomes as reported. The nationwide filings reached 5,332,760 returns with $19.859 billion in net income and $1.269 billion in tax, up from 1918 streams.
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Illinois
United States
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Gregory Aid
Russ Plant
Haywood
Princess Olga OF
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Olga
Christian Frederick
Denmark
Cannes
France
Secretary
Africa
Gen. Smuts
Paul To
U. S
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Carpenters
Sabath
Siegel
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