French Plan Ruhr Transport Reform With German Cope
French General Weygand and Minister Le Trocquer head to the Ruhr with railroad experts to devise methods for handling rail and water traffic in the occupied zone without German help. They aim to provision the army and move reparations coal as Allied control expands.
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Associated Press
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Paris
Ruhr
Baden
Prague
Cuno
Berlin
France
Hugo Stinnes
Germany
League of Nations
Congress of the
French Socialist Party
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Rome
Communist International
Workers of the World
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Konzerthaussael
New York
American Legion
Alvin Owsley
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London
Times
Essen
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Hesse
Day in Washington Action and Congressional Hints
The senate sent to the house a bill to admit up to 25 000 Armenian orphans until June 40 1924. Senator Pomerene urged a Cuba Pines cession study. Senator Watson predicted Harding renomination. Central American conference plans plenary session to sign a treaty. Wadleigh said coal stock rise signals post strike relief. Mondell warned Congress may miss rural credit act before March 4. Immigration quotas would shift to 2 percent of 1890 nationals.
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United States
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Ohio
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Cuba
Isle of Pines
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Indiana
Wadleigh
Congress
Representative Mondell
Yoming
Housemmigration Committee
Immigration bill would cut quotas for Europe and Near East
The house immigration committee approved a proposed permanent restriction act that would set Europe and Near East quotas at four hundred plus two percent of foreign born residents of each nationality. Estimated yearly admissibles drop to 186 437 from 358 837 under present law, though actual totals may rise due to family reentry provisions. The measure aims for quick completion and reporting to the full House.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Immigration Committee
House
Europe
Near East
United States
Hich
Getto apartment fire claims three lives in Wichita
A four story Getto apartment building in Wichita Kansas burned leaving three identified dead and twenty three still unaccounted for. Twenty seven people were unaccounted for and search continued through the night as debris piled twelve feet high. Eight were seriously injured and many others received minor injuries. Three torso bodies recovered could not be identified due to severe cremation.
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Wichita
Kans
Getto
Anderson Too Ill To See District Attorney
William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, told Acting District Attorney Pecora he cannot appear due to illness. Pecora had planned to interview him regarding the league’s financial connections, while Rev. David James Burrell was to be questioned if he could travel from Madison New Jersey.
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New York
William H. Anderson
Anti-Saloon League
District Attorney's Office
Pecora
David James Burrell
League
Madison
N. J
Allies Reach Capitulations Accord With Ismet Pasha
Ismet Pasha accepted allied terms on capitulations after a long talk with M. Bompard. The Turks’ reservations on Mosul were already accepted. Poincare relayed the news to London as Curzon reported from Lausanne, and Ismet indicated a possible quick trip to Angora would not halt the Mudania armistice.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
M. Bompard
Poincare
Ismet
Mosul
London
Lord Curzon
Angora
Marquis Curzon
Buckingham Palace
Ambassador Child
Pale-Faced Girl Killed Indian Chief in Department Store
Chief Gabriel White Horse a Cherokee died from a self-inflicted gunshot after firing two shots into the air in a New York department store lunch room where he believed a pale-face cashier, Norma Smith, had teased him. Notes suggest his identity and a line about Buffalo Bill.
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New York
Gabriel White Horse
White Horse
Norma Smith
Pearl Moore
Oklahoma
United States
Buffalo Bill
Bluefield Sewege Study Outlines Five Year Plan
Excerpts from Morris Knowles report show storm and sanitary sewers design for Bluefield. It emphasizes completing immediate improvements, correcting construction flaws, and expanding lines to support paving and future growth under the city five year program.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Morris Knowles
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Ridley
Rail Board Extends Wages and Rules for Year Nationwide
The United States railroad labor board postponed action on wage cuts and rule changes for seventeen railways and nine subsidiaries through October 1, 1923. It also shelved a firemen on larger engines rule and pay disputes while home-away conditions remain unsettled. The board notes ninety five percent of railways already operate under existing agreements, urging uniformity across mileage.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Thes Board
Speedy Congressional Action Expected on British Debt Plan
Washington reports indicate administration leaders foresee swift and favorable congressional action once the British debt funding settlement is submitted. President Harding weighs presenting the plan personally or sending a brief statement, with decisions likely to hinge on form by tomorrow.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
Capitol
Mellon
Ita
Nine men and woman draw prison terms in Parkersburg
In Parkersburg West Virginia Judge W E Mc Dougle sentenced nine men and one woman from the current term to the state pen or county jail. Robert Scott received seven years six months for breaking and entering. John Deem and Thomas Myers were jailed for six and five years on burglary. Jesse Oliver Courtney drew three years for embezzlement. Clyde Brannon got six months jail and a $100 fine. Dewey Deom faced three months plus $110 fine. George Price’s trial for killing his brother in law was adjourned to next Monday due to missing material witnesses.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
W. E. McDougle
Robert Scott
John Deem
Thomas Myers
Jesse Oliver Courtney
Clyde
Blackie) Brannon
Dewey Deom
George Price
Charley McDousald
State Supreme Court
Frear Calls For Recall Power On Supreme Court
Representative Frear Wisconsin Republican argues in the Congressional Record for a constitutional amendment to let Congress determine the Supreme Court's size recall judges without impeachment and override rulings by a two thirds vote. He cites recent 5-4 decisions curbing income tax and 16th amendment stock dividends as justification amid 300 laws set aside by courts.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Frear
Wisconsin
Mr. Frear
Department of Labor
Yyre
Lodge Leader I Next Congress If He Wants Job
President Harding will seek re election in 1924 and be nominated unanimously by the Republican party. Senator Watson of Indiana backed Senator Lodge for the senate leadership in the next Congress, saying if the Massachusetts senate leader wants to be in charge he should be. He argued the party would present a united front in 1924 and support the administration in both Congress and the executive. The exchange followed Senate Democrat Harrison of Mississippi accusing dissension and possible dethronement of Watson and Curtis. Lodge clarified he did not name Wadsworth or Lenroot as assistant leaders and again praised Curtis and Watson for aid.
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Watson
Indiana
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Congress
White House
Harrison
Mississippi
Wadsworth
New York
Legroot
Wheconsin
Watson Am Curtis
Kansas
Capper
O. Ce
Curtis
Lenroot
Morse and associates to stand trial for wartime contract fraud
Charles W. Morse a New York shipbuilder and his three sons plus eight others face trial before Justice Stafford in the District of Columbia Supreme Court on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Names include Ervin Benjamin Morse Colin Livingstone and George Burditt with several others among Morse shipbuilding officials and attorneys. Morse sought government aid to compel witnesses including William G. McAdoo Charles M Schwab and Major General Goethals.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York
Justice Stafford
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Tommorow
United Sates
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Morse
Ervin
Benjamin
Harry Morse
Colin H. Livingstone
Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation
George M. Bu
Charles M. Schwab
Eral W. Goethals
Emeepence Tleet Corporation Clals
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