05 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1921
Page
1
Special to The Tribune reports Wyoming Congressman Mondell refused executive portfolios in the Harding cabinet. Mondell will remain in Congress citing his legislative leadership and long service as best for Wyoming and the nation.
Costa Rican forces seized Bocas Del Toro capital Bocas Del Toro province and crossed the frontier advancing to Almirante about twenty miles south. Panamanian troops evacuated Almirante as a defense council is formed and conscription broadens to men aged 18 to 40 amid foreign volunteers including a legion organized by John Sheridan.
Inaugural ceremonies are described with broad claims and direct wire service details from the Tribune and Associated Press. The report notes travel by Mr. and Mrs. Burton Lester to Cheyenne and Denver, while snow hinders communication and travel.
Paris editors criticize President Harding for not outlining positions on European matters in his Washington address. The Petit Parisien deplores lack of explicit support for Allies, while L Avenir notes silence does not imply indifference and cites Harding’s known sympathy for France as reason for cautious optimism.
Douglas report on land office change outlines pending appointments as new administration settles in. Wade H. Fowler plans to move and resign as register by June while A D Cook B J Erwin I G McCann are named successors with ongoing nominating actions. Miss Rose Ryan returns to Des Moines after staying in Douglas.
Reports say fighting along the Panama frontier and the death of Colonel Obregon at Coto spur crowds in Costa Rica as volunteers hurry to events and authorities prepare for possible consequences.
Washington March 5 Charles Evans Hughes of New York became secretary of state at 9:53 a.m. sworn in by Associate Justices Daw and others. Bainbridge Colby retires as undersecretary and countersigns the warrant. Former Senator Weeks sworn in as secretary of war ten minutes later with Baker, Pershing, March and staff present. John W Weeks and Henry P Fletcher among attendees. William H. Fall sworn in as secretary of the interior at 10:25 a.m. Isidore Shaffer named private secretary and other appointments announced. James J. Davis sworn in as secretary of labor at 1 a.m. with Gompers Jr. present.
Manchester Guardian reports President Harding in his inaugural address signaled openness to an organization to prevent future wars. The Guardian notes the commentary continues on page 4 in Manchester.
Casper residents are invited to a large street dance celebrating the Casper National Bank opening. A ten piece jazz orchestra directed by Schembeck will perform from a raised platform as Center to Wolcott streets are roped off. Spectators from motor cars may park close by and watch the event under street and bank lights.
The Continental Products Corporation, holding company for several major sugar concerns, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Boston on March 6. Liabilities were about 5.39 million dollars with assets around 704 thousand dollars. In other notes, the article mentions beggars in Chinese cities offering disfigurement to provoke sympathy.
The Kronstadt fortress near Petrograd reportedly fell to revolutionary troops. Lenine commissars were said to be held hostage as part of the seizure. Russian centers including Moscow allegedly opposed the Menshevik government as French warships allegedly bombarded insurgent areas.
President Harding to renominate Major General Lejeune as commandant of the Marine Corps and urge permanent major general rank for Brigadier General Barnett after a conference with Edwin Denby who would become secretary of the navy.
Henry C Kane examiner told the interstate commerce commission that passenger rates between points in Arisons New Mexico and Nevada should be found not unreasonable unjustly discriminatory or unduly prejudicial
Dispatches from Helsingfors say revolutionary forces gained control of Ve and more than 60 killed with 800 wounded in street fighting in Mon cow. London reports peasants and workers in Abkhazia revolt in the Black Sea region of Georgia.
In London on March 6 reports state Baltic freighter Flexed seized from Soviet Reds amid ongoing internal elevations to Rusala. details remain unclear as conflicting reports reach Tomdon.
Rome March 5 gruesome clashes erupt as Socialists clash with Fascisti in a virtual civil war. Leaders are flogged or arrested while government troops move in and peasants face suppression. In Colorado Springs, Southern Colorado basketball scores record Rockyford 91 Colorado Springs 9 and Monte Vista 29 Manassa 20. Pueblo Century 31 Trinidad 19.
Reports say uprisings were reinterpreted and expanded this day. A Melal dispatch claims antisoviet groups remain active and widespread with Moscow and Petrograd controlled by revolts despite prior denials. Scandinavian sources Friday described serious conditions and potential renewed clashes amid revolution unrest.
In Washington a former Nevada senator Henderson was shot in his senate office by Charles A. Grock a 65 year old Takoma Park resident. Grock claimed the shooting was to settle an old score from a land case while Henderson joked it would amount to nothing before treatment and police custody.
Governor Campbell signed a bill creating a Colorado River Commission with state and federal representation to study water use and distribution. An appropriation was included. The House later approved returning the measure, but the bill had already become law.
John K.R. Hunter died from heart trouble after an illness. He came to Casper in 1919 and had worked as a clerk for Northwestern. Relatives in Montana and Bilinela were notified. arrangements pending.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts was reelected floor leader along with other Republican officers of the senate organization without opposition in Washington on March 5.
Fire crews rushed to the Consolidated Royalty Oil building around 10 pm after a call reporting a blaze. Investigators found a pile of papers in the rear on fire but chemicals sufficed to extinguish it with no damage.
Washington March 5 President Harding rises early to work dictating to a stenographer at the executive offices with his father and brother nearby. Early visitors include Henry C Wallace and Herbert Hoover for a possible special session of Congress. Washington March 6 Harding takes up duties as president as cabinet sworn in and nominations pending.
Tulsa March 6 The Sinclair Oil Company discontinued its prorating order and began pumping 100 percent of oil from leases it buys. Increased storage facilities were cited as the reason. Sinclair becomes the fourth major company to resume full production. Prairie Pipeline is the only one not yet.
Washington March 5 Congress and official Washington paid tribute to Champ Clark at a simple, somber service in the House chamber. Senators Reed and Mann delivered eulogies as dignitaries filled the gallery and Clark's casket lay under flowers before a nation listening to prayers and hymns.
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