Borah Demands Explanation of Wood Bank Roll
Washington report notes Senator Borah urges Major General Leonard Wood and his campaign managers to disclose subscribers and amounts behind Wood's campaign fund. He calls for clear answers to show the money used is not corrupt and warns the issue threatens the party and nation ahead of the convention. He doubts Wood personally engaged but holds him responsible as a potential beneficiary of the fundraising.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Borah
Idaho
Wood
South Dakota
Virginia
Illinois
General Wood
General strike shuts Alsace towns as talks fail
Strasbourg, Alsace Lorraine March 22 A general strike is called after wage talks fail between employers and workers. No newspapers are published gas supplies are cut off and many stores are closed.
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Strasbourg
Alsace-Lorraine
sMarch
Icn
Deportations Lagging, Says King's Report
Senator King of Utah introduced a resolution questioning the labor department's deportation pace and citing reports that warrants are not being executed with proper expedition. The move signals concern over efficiency in removing undesirable aliens and calls for faster action.
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Washington
Labor Department
King
Democrat
Utah
Aurora Lights Up Sky Knocks Out Wires
In New York on March 22 the aurora borealis dazzled skies and disrupted telegraph and cable services by damaging lines and wireless gear. Western Union reported inadequate instruments to measure high voltages while AT&T noted telephone service remained largely unaffected though cables and wireless apparatus suffered.
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New York
Western Union
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Benson Warned By Sailor On British War Policy
Rear Admiral Sims told the senate investigating committee that Rear Admiral Benson, head of naval operations during the war and later shipping board chairman, urged him not to let the British “pull the wool over your eyes” and suggested fighting them as readily as the Germans. Sims noted the remark came before overseas deployment and was repeated later, with Hale pressuring him to name the officer.
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Washington
Sims
Senate Investigating Committee
Benson
Shipping Board
Daniels
Paris
Hale
Pitman
Nevada
Admiral Sims
Navy Department
Henry P. Davidson
New York
Pittman
Admiral Benson
Guild Hall
Morganthau Slated for Tough Work in Mexico Posting
Washington announces Henry Morganthau is a leading candidate to become ambassador to Mexico after serving as ambassador to Turkey. No official word yet, but his name tops the list of possible appointees.
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Washington
Henry Morganthau
Turkey
Mexico
White House
Morganthau
Sheridan Woman Found Dead in Hills After Storm
In Sheridan Wyoming Mrs Margaret Biddict, a recluse, was found dead three miles from town after vanishing during a three week storm period. Searchers tracked her movements, noting she wandered away in a demented state before perishing, with torn clothing from a wire incident cited in a grim detail.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Margaret Biddict
Wanhderamgi
Senators hold off on peace vote amid treaty uncertainty
In diplomatic circles the likely first step after the unratified treaty would be a notice to other powers that the US Senate refused ratification. President Wilson may pair such a notice with a stated future aim, while Congress ponders a peace declaration, delayed two weeks or more. Republicans clash over whether to state policy on the treaty and the league of nations.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
United States
Mr. Wilson
House
League of Nations
Twenty Union Men Arrested Charged Price Conspiracy
Terra Haute Indiana March 22 Ed Stewart and William Mitch district leaders of United Mine Workers of America and 18 others were arrested by a U S marshal on charges of conspiring to raise coal prices in connection with indictments issued by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis.
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Terra Haute
Ind
Stewart
William Mitch
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Indianapolis
War Chief Baker Calls Officers to Build Civilian Ties
Secretary of War Baker ordered officers to establish cordial relations with civilian officials business leaders and civic heads to create an active working force for the up building of the new army in a letter to General March dated March 22.
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Washington
Baker
General March
Pigs Reveal Blind Pig Stumble on Wheatland County Farm
Lusk Wyoming March 22 Deputy Sheriff Otis Hughes and Special Agent Louis Gusteson of the North Western railroad uncovered a hidden tavern operation at the Walter Bump farm while pursuing a theft investigation. The scene included a home made still and a store of corn linked to the missing livestock and grain from the Cornell brothers’ property.
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Lusk
Wyo
Cornell Brothers
Otis Hughes
Louis Gusteson
North Western Railroad
Walter Bump
Nine Dollars a Day Demand Triggers City Strike
Chicago March 22. The first walkout in a possible general city employee strike occurs as 500 teamsters and chauffeurs quit work, halting garbage collection and street cleaning. They seek a $2 daily raise. chauffeurs earn $6 and teamsters $9. Clerks union warns of a Thursday strike unless a $26 monthly raise is granted, with other groups seeking wage hikes.
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Chicago
Clerks and Stenographers’ Union
Republicans Contend in South Dakota Presidential Primary
South Dakota voters head to the polls for a Republican presidential endorsement amid a split race between General Wood Senator Johnson Governor Lowden and Senator Poindexter with party faction battles shaping the contest. Democrats back Wilson with Gerard and Monroe as independents in the mix.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Leonard Wood
Hiram Johnson
Frank C. Lowden
Miles Poindexter
General Wood
Pierre
Lowden
Johnson
Poindexter
Wilson
James W. Gerard
New York
James O. Monroe
Maywood
Ilineis
United States
Willis GC. Cook
Philo Hall
Brookings
James Mee
Centerville
John A. Bowler
Peter Norbeck
Ed. S. Johnson
Dick Haney
Huron
Norbeck
U. S. G. Cherry
Sioux Walls
Tom Taubman
Plankington
Rapids City
Rooters Join Local Five for Laramie Trip
A pep meeting was held at the high school to learn new yells and songs. A sizable group of rooters will accompany the team to Laramie to support the Gem City hopes for a championship.
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Local Five
Laramie
Gem City
Four Men Fined In Police Court Traffic Violations
Four men were fined in police court yesterday afternoon five dollars each for violations of the traffic ordinance, and two forfeited their bonds.
Mildred Chaplin Seeks Legal Separation From Chaplin
The Cheyenne born film star Mildred Harris Chaplin threatens divorce from Charlie Chaplin to gain money for support. Sources note poverty fears as Chaplin allegedly withholds funds. Friends say marital happiness ended after the Chaplins lost their baby last July.
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Mildred Harris-Chaplin
Cheyenne
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Soldiers Sing Through Dublin Riot Death Toll Two Killed
In Dublin on March 22 a riot caused by about 300 soldiers left two men dead and four seriously wounded. The disorder included singing and jostling crowds, hammering doors, and smashing windows as troops paraded the streets.
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Dublin
Associated Press
German revolt spawns resignations as Ruhr crisis grows
Berlin reports Gustav Noske resigns to President Ebert with more cabinet changes expected. Paris notes eight thousand killed since March thirteen amid Spartacist advance in Ruhr valley with 20 to 40 thousand troops. German and French authorities clash over Ruhr occupation violating Versailles articles.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Gustav Oske
Ebert
Paris
Ruhr
Foreign Office
Germany
Red Army
Railroad Wage Board Ready for Work
A joint railroad wage board formed by the conference committee to hear demands from 2,000,000 workers, with H. P. Whiter named chairman. The bipartisanship will study the wage records prepared by the railroad administration wage adjustment board and resume discussions on key differences.
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Washington
H. P. Whiter
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wage Adjustment Board of the
Railroad Administration
Wont Works Sell Stamps to Raise Defensive Fund
Bisbee Arizona March 22 John Graham an I W W organizer arrested here said he came to Bisbee to sell stamps marked Centralia Raids the proceeds to be used for the defense of the I W W recently convicted of murder of veterans of the war during the parade at Centralia on Armistice day Graham received by mail a number of packages of stamps and pamphlets under an assumed name and has distributed them here A large part of the literature consisted of pamphlets entitled The Crime of Centralia making statements that the Centralia I W W were victims of that town
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Bisbee
Ariz
John Graham
Centralia
Graham
Centralia I. W. W
Denver to banish draft animals under new ordinance
Denver officials introduced a measure by Alderman Theodore H. Proske to make driving or keeping horses cattle sheep or swine in city streets a misdemeanor with fines. The ordinance would take effect January 1 1925 allowing owners a period to sell their animals.
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Denver
Dobbin
Theodore H. Proske
Rescue of Sheep From Ice in Wyoming Flood
Four hundred head of Dickie outfit sheep were saved from downstream peril after an enormous ice jam formed a dam on the Big Horn river island. Owners paid 1482 dollars for the rescue and relocation to safety. Worland faced street and basement floods as Nowater creek overflowed and railroads worked to save a bridge. Local lumber company sustained about 8000 dollars in damages.
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Worland
Wyo
Big Horn River
Dickie
Nowater Creek
Thorland Lumber & Hardware Company
Potatoes Boycott Initiated by City Unions
The Brotherhood of Iquality and railway brotherhoods announce a morning potato boycott over rising prices. King Spud is watched to see if he imitates Humpty Dumpty as the action aims to curtail demand and impact city supplies.
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Spud
Brotherhood of Iquality
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