Battle over soldier bonus shifts to delay tactics
The House passed the bonus bill and sent it to the Senate as leaders weigh delaying tactics to fund the adjusted compensation. Republicans seek to have foreign debt payments cover the cost, while the Harding administration favors a structure funded by foreign debt and later payments. A British interest arrangement raises hopes the debt can support the bonus without overburdening taxpayers.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Mar
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Harding
House of Commons
Great Britain
Commission
Treasury
Boston Heiress to Wed Former Bus Boy in Lunch Room
The romance of Miss Bessie Walton and Alexander G. Romanesque ends in a planned marriage March 26. They met when he collected dishes in her brother’s restaurant where he worked as a bus boy. He claims noble Roumanian ancestry and now runs his own restaurant. Miss Walton is sister to David H. Walton, president of Walton Lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Walton
Boston
Alexander G. Romanesque
David H. Walton
Walton Lunch Company
Athens Stores to Move into Lostro Building in Big Deal
An Athens business deal announced by John R. Lostro plans moving Security Savings bank and Millikan jewelry store into the Lostro Building from the former First National bank site after a fire. The changes will create three rooms including a new jewelry and display area, with Logan's Book Store and a school book stock relocating to new quarters. The move aims to expand Athens commerce and repurpose the historic site.
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Athens
John R. Lostro
Lostro Auto Sales
Union and
Court Streets
Security Savings Bank
Millikan Jewelry
Lostro
First National Bank
Lostro Company
William R. Logan
Logan's
Logan
Durant Automobile
Lostro Building
C. L. Heaton
Heaton
Court Street
C. Millikan
Lastro
Kiwanis Club
Hamilton Carr
Millikan
D. Zenner
Elmer Golden
Zenner
Mr. Golden
John Friday
J. Zenner
George Putnam
Fletcher
Charles C. Mulliken
George Hickle
Ulster Special Constabulary grows amid frontier tensions
London report says about thirty thousand men enrolled in the Ulster special constabulary for action against Irish Free State troops on the southern Ulster frontier. Sniping continues along the front with no new pitched battles, and a Belfast speech by Lady Craig prompts government investigations. New York leads in developed waterpower with 1,200,000 horsepower, California has 1,111,000 horsepower.
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London
Ulster Special Constabulary
Irish Free State
Ulster Frontier
Wesminister Gazette
Belfast
Lady Craig
James Craig
Ulster
Representative Bland Seeks House Inquiry Into Coal Industry
Washington March 23 The first demand for a congressional investigation of coal conditions is expected to trigger a 600000 member miners strike on April 1 Rep Bland Republican Indiana announced he will introduce a resolution in the House calling for a comprehensive inquiry and asking operators and miners be summoned before the House Labor Committee to present their cases.
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Washington
Mar
Representative Bland
Indiana
Bland
House
House Labor Committee
Schooner Sinks After Collision Off Jersey
A schooner was sunk off the New Jersey coast near Barnegat in the early hours after a collision with the United Fruit liner Matapan. Reserve Navy veterans in Bellaire receive discharge papers enabling them to apply for the state bonus.
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Jersey
New York
New Jersey
United Fruit
Barnegat
Bellaire
Mar
Miner union meeting demands Howat reinstatement
Alex Howat, deposed Kansas miners' chief, spoke to a mass meeting in Dillonville. The gathering passed resolutions calling for his 20 percent reinstatement in the union.
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Dillonville
Mar
Alex Howat
Kansas
Howat
Union
Young Miner Dies After Slate Fall at Canaanville Mine
Charles Henry Darnell, 19, died from a slate fall in the Canaanville mine around 8 this morning. District mine inspector Andrew Ginnan and Coroner Kempton were summoned from Jacksonville. He was the son of William Darnell and helped support seven siblings. A note of a Chauncey K P Hall dance on March 5 with good music and park plan follows.
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Canaanville
Charles Henry Darnell
Andrew Ginnan
Kempton
Jacksonville
William Darnell
K. of P. Hall
Chauncey
State drives heavy truck weight limits in county
John A. Harold owner of a mine near Nelsonville pleaded guilty to overloading on the Nelsonville Haydenville road March 4. Mayor E S McCune fined him 25 dollars and costs. State road supervisor E W Davis vowed further prosecutions under the weight limit law and noted possible damages recovery by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonvile
John A. Harold
FE. S. McCune
Bartels
E. W. Davis
Harold
McCune
Nelsonville
Haydenville
Davis
Four believed dead in Cloudburst at Burlington Kansas
Burlington Kansas reports a cloudburst flooding the village with five to twelve foot waters. Damage nears a million dollars. By this morning one body, that of Miss Oletha Sailing, was recovered and three others remained missing.
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Burlington
Kas
Miss Oletha
Clean Trike Orders Lose to the Miners
Washington reports the 600000 coal miners plan an orderly strike starting April 1 though leaders say they will strike to the limit yet maintain cleanliness. Government officials express confidence no violence will follow and note 10000 workers kept in mines to maintain order as a sign of good faith.
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Washington
James Lord
Mining Department
American Federation of Labor
Nop
Congress Condemned for Passing Soldier Bonus Bill
Rep Mann of Illinois warned that lawmakers will be condemned for an orgy of wasteful extravagance by passing the soldier bonus bill He said its passage would retard the return of prosperity in a Thursday afternoon House debate with wide-spread criticism of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Congress
House
Mann
Ilinois
Nation‑wide coal miners strike plans near finalize
United Mine Workers policy committee in Cleveland advances a nationwide strike by 600,000 miners with leaders from Illinois Ohio Iowa and Western Pennsylvania weighing separate state deals and a central field wage scale. Farrington criticizes the call as premature while pledging action by April 1.
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Cleveland
Mar
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Frank Farrington
Ilinois
Planns
Darrington
Illnois
Farrington
Lee Hall
Ohio
Hall
International News Service
Lewis
Iowa
West Virginia
Mllinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Four Articles of Treaty Adopted by Senate Today
The United States Senate at 1:50 p.m. approved all four articles of the four power treaty and considered reservations. Article IV scrapping the Anglo Japanese alliance was passed 73 to 8. Reed amendments granting earlier withdrawal or two year termination were defeated 29 to 64 and 28 to 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Mar
United States Senate
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Emerald Seized Liquor Bound for Canada Ordered Released
The British schooner Emerald seized off Norfolk last week with a large liquor cargo was ordered released today by Attorney General Daugherty to proceed to Canada.
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Washington
Emerald
Norfolk
Daugherty
Canada
Railroad merger gives control to New York Chicago and St. Louis
Absorbs Toledo, St. Louis and Western railroad for 3.5 million dollars. The deal shifts control to the New York Chicago and St. Louis line as of March 14.
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New York
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
Harding asks Congress to approve Sesqui-Centennial exposition
President Harding sent a message to Congress urging sanction and approval for the Sesqui-Centennial exposition to be held in Philadelphia in 1926 marking the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and highlighting American and international achievements in an international exposition.
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Washington
Mar
International News Service
Harding
Congress
Philadelphia
Third Shop in Chicago Looted Within a Week
Diamonds and jewelry valued at 16000 dollars were seized by bandits who held up the loan bank of Max Rosenthan and escaped after slugging Benjamin Goldberg who entered the shop as the holdup began. It was the third pawn shop hold up in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mar
International News Service
Max Rosenthan
Benjamin Goldberg
Typing Machine Usage Surges in United States
More typewriting machines are used in the United States than in all other parts of the world combined. Industry observers note growing demand for office devices as businesses expand and adopt automated clerical work across major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
World
Hair Tonic Suit Seeks 25000 Damages in City Court
Isador W. Kahn a practicing physician sues in New York seeking 25000 for scalp injuries after using a popular hair restorer. He claims his scalp was bruised and permanently damaged, his hair loss worsened, his eyesight impaired, and he suffers chronic skin trouble from the tonic.
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New York
Isador W. Kahn
Kahn
Five Ohio counties receive early auto license fund vouchers
Vouchers remitting the counties share of the automobile license fund were mailed to five southern Ohio counties from the automobile department. Athens leads with 16,293 dollars, while Hocking, Gallia, Jackson, and Perry counties receive 2,284, 4,222, 6,424, and 5,367 dollars respectively. Municipalities in Athens County may claim their share by contacting the county auditor.
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Ohio
The
Automobile Department
Harvey ©. Smith
Athens County
Automobile Department of Ohio
Hocking
Gallia
Jackson
Perry
Britain sets three conditions for recognizing Soviet Russia
London reports that Britain will recognize Soviet Russia only if Moscow guarantees repayment of all Russian debts, pledges protection of private property rights, and agrees not to distribute propaganda outside Russia including in India and continental Europe.
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London
Mar
Great Britain
Russia
Downing Street
Moscow
India
Europe
Coal district walkout looms as miners plan April strike
West Virginia Maryland coal fields face a railroad strike threat as nonunion miners plan a nationwide walkout April 1. Western Maryland railroad unions vote in support except for clerks and some crafts, potentially crippling coal transport during peak demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
West Virginia
Maryland
Western Maryland
Rockefeller
Virginia
American Federation of Labor Railroad
Flood hamstrings relief work as roads wash out
A heavy rain hampered flood relief in Burlington Kansas with roads washed out and no outside aid reaching the town. The Neosho river rose while Lyons and Coffey county areas flooded. Fagle Creek reached a mile and a half wide. Coal Creek and the Cottonwood River were at flood stage. Only one body, Oletha Failing, 18, recovered.
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International News Service
Burlington
Kas
Kansas City Post
Neosho
Lyons
Coffey County
Fagle Creek
Coal Creek
Cottonwood River
Miss Oletha
Germany Is Due for Bloodless Revolution
Paris reports a Berlin dispatch claims Germany stands on the eve of the bloodiest revolution since the armistice. The Bonsoir article cites authentic documents as the source of the claim.
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Germany
Paris
Berlin
Bonsoir Today
Rickard Defense Cites Double Alibi in Abduction Trial
In New York on March 24 the defense for fight promoter Tex Rickard announced a double alibi as it opened in the trial charging abduction and criminal assault of 16 year old Sarah Schoenfeld.
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New York
Tex” Rickard
Sarah Schoenfeld
Every Parent Should Know About Child Health Symptoms
A guide from the American School Hygiene Association outlines signs of common childhood ailments, prevention tips, and steps to secure treatment. The Washington Information Bureau offers a free booklet, with a coupon and two cents in stamps for return postage.
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Childre
Giene Association
Washington
Reau
Mply
Chas Health
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York
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Phillip Murray
Pittsburg
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William Green
Indianapolis
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Illinois
Dorothy Bashall
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Stutgaart
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