Treaty Signed in London Brings Irish Accord Unity Hope
In London the house of commons announced a landmark pact between Dublin Belfast and the imperial government to reorganize Ulster policing on sectarian lines and establish a special court for serious offenses. The Westminster settlement followed the Craig Collins talks with Michael Collins and Sir James Craig, and King George gave assent to the Irish free state bill.
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London
Winston ‘Spencer- Churchil
House of Commons
Ireland
strif@torn
Michael Collins
James Craig
Ulster
Belfast
Dublin
Imperial
Churchill
Donald McLean
National Liberal
House of ‘Commons
Joseph Devlin
Falls
Eamon J. Duggan
Arthur Griffith
Marquis of
George
House of Lords
Death Takes Siamese Twins in Chicago
Josefa and Rosa Blazek, the Siamese twins, died at a Chicago hospital Thursday shortly after each other. Their brother Frank Blazek had refused permission for separation surgery. The sisters had been in the hospital ten days. Josefa suffered yellow jaundice and pneumonia, Rosa bronchitis. They left an estate valued at $100,000.
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Chicago
Josefa
Rosa‘ Blazek
Frank Blazek
Rosa
Italian Factions Renew Hostilities Reported Across Italy
Renewed clashes between fascists and socialists are reported in several Italian regions. An archist named Musetti was shot near Carrara while walking with his wife during a fascist parade. A Parma fascist was killed in a clash with socialists during a trial. A bomb from a third story window in Legorn injured seven, with two said to be dying. Two communists were arrested.
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Italy
Musetti
Carrara
Tuscany
Parma
Fascista
Legorn
Irish Army Rift Deepens as Minister Removed from Control
Dublin reports the Irish Republican Army convention council orders suspending Minister of Defense Mulcahy and his chief of staff from army control. The paid army and civic guard are to return to IRA units and cease recruiting, signaling a final split and uncertain future balance of forces.
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Dublin
Richard Mulcahy
Daileireann
Irish Republican “Army
Mulcahy
Senate Ratifies Naval Limitations Treaty
Washington reports the arms conference naval treaty limiting great powers navy was ratified by the senate on Wednesday with a 74 to 1 vote. Senator France of Maryland cast the lone negative ballot as Republicans and Democrats, regulars and irreconcilables, united in approving the pact without reservations or amendments.
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Washington
Senate
France
Maryland
Bomb Explodes at Congregational Church in Green Bay
Police opened an inquiry into the blast that occurred during an address by William H. Pussyfoot Johnson, a prohibition advocate, at the Green Bay Congregational church. The blast injured E. C. Walker as it was being carried from the building. About 500 attendees remained seated. 10 fled and a woman fainted. Johnson continued speaking without mentioning the incident.
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Green Bay
Wis
Lewis R. Horton
Spokane
Prohibition
IE. C. Walker
Johnson
Coal Reserves Estimate At Least 63 Million Tons By April
Survey shows coal storage around 52.5 million tons of bituminous coal in storage on March 1 with 5.16 million tons on upper lake docks and 674 thousand tons at mines or intermediates. Based on recent mine output, reserves are projected to total at least 63 million tons by April 1.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Geological Survey
Upper Lake
Tex Rickard Acquitted by New York Jury
International sports promoter Tex Rickard was found not guilty of charges brought by 15 year old Sarah Schoenfield. The jury deliberated about an hour and a half before delivering the verdict as Rickard embraced his counsel Max D Steuer in court.
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Tex Rickard
New York
George L
Tex’) Rickard
Sarah Schoenfield
Supreme Court
Rickard
Max D. Steuer
Senate ratifies last arms conference treaties quickly
Washington says the senate approved the final two arms conference treaties with near unanimous votes. The Far Eastern treaty passed 66 to 0 and the Chinese tariff treaty 58 to 1 amid swift action and few objections. Senator Borah voiced concern over future implications of the Far Eastern settlements.
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Washington
Senate
China
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Orient
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
King
Utah
Underwood
Alabama
Seaplane Flight Begins Transatlantic Attempt From Lisbon
Lisbon reports the hydro airplane flight of Sacadura and Coutinho aiming to cross the Atlantic in about 60 hours of air time. The route includes Canary Islands Cape Verde Fernando Noronha and Pernambuco with three Portuguese cruisers stationed for safety.
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Lisbon
Pernambuco
Brazil
Sacadura
Coutinho
Canary Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Fernando Norhana
Fernando Nordana
Bandits Take $1000 From New York Tribune In Park Row
Three bandits entered the accounting room of the New York Tribune near City Hall at 10:30 Friday night. They held up two clerks and a watchman and escaped with $1000. The room was on the third floor above the editorial rooms where payroll was being prepared.
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New York
New York Tribune
Park Row
City Hall
Levee Break Threatens Old Town Ark Flood Area
The high Mississippi flood worsened near Old Town Ark, 17 miles south of Helena. Officials reported two more feet of levee collapsed early Friday and the current was eroding beneath the Arkansas side, raising the crisis level.
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Helena
Ark
Old Town
Here
Mississippi River
Tiwo
Mississippi
Arkansas
Rioting at Western Maryland yards sparks strike clash
In Hagerstown Maryland rioting erupted at Western Maryland railroad yards after nonunion workers attempted engine work. Union members from federated shop crafts and maintenance of way unions retaliated as guards fired revolvers to quell the disturbance. One man wounded. State troops may be called as the strike, sparked by wage cuts and a longer 10 hour day, continues after Dickson Repair and Construction took over shop operations.
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Hagerstown
Western Maryland Railroad
Federated Shops Crafts
Way
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway
Dickson Repair and Construction Company
Youngstown
Ohio
United States Railroad Labor Board
Suit claims $1,000,000 oil lands interest in Wyoming
Norman R. Otis and Plains Oil company sue Robert G. Taylor and others in district court over an alleged 8 percent royalty and $1,000 per man promised in a 1819 agreement. Plaintiffs seek specific performance for land plots in Salt Creek field with several producing wells.
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Denver
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Norman R. Otis
Plains Oil Company
Robert G. Taylor
Casper
John F. Champion
Jas. D.darden
New York
Jas. G. Stanley
Midwest Refining Company
Glenrock Oil Company
The
Royalty and Producers Corporation
Taylor
Otis
A. B. Lawrance
Plains Ol! Company
Ota and
Lawrance
Fire damages famous shrine at Ste. Anne De Beaupre
A Wednesday fire destroyed the basilica of Ste. Anne De Beaupre, famed shrine drawing pilgrims from Canada and the United States for miraculous cures. The statue of Ste. Anne and relics survived while the shrine’s crutches and cured memorabilia were left onlookers’ view.
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Quebec
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Ste. Anne
New World
Canada
United States
Articles filed for 30 million Union Oil association
Form 30 000 000 Oi Sacramento California articles of incorporation of the 30 000 000 Union Oil association filed with Secretary of State Frank O Jordan to take over the shares of the Union Oil company of California.
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Sacramento
Cal
Union Oi
California
Frank O. Jordan
Red Envoys Off to Meet in Genoa Conference
Moscow reports the first detachment of Russian delegates to the Genoa economic conference has left for the meeting. Foreign Minister Georgy Chicherin is in the party, signaling high-level Russian participation.
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Red
Moscow
Genoa
George Chitcherin
Former Emperor Charles of Austria ill with pneumonia
Former Emperor Charles of Austria, aged about 11, is seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia in Funchal Madeira Island. The city paper notes the ex ruler's condition is grave and being treated locally.
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Funchal
Madeira Island
Charles of Austria
Textile Workers Strike Hits Arlington Mills in Lawrence
In Lawrence Massachusetts seven thousand five hundred textile operatives from seven cotton mills walked out without disorder to protest a wage reduction near twenty percent. Organizers of the United Textile Workers of America said about eighty percent of workers ceased work and the strike exceeded expectations in scope and impact.
Paul Bazaar Rochester Legion Man Given Special Consideration
Paul Bazaar of Rochester New York lost both hands in the war and received special presidential intervention to gain employment. Harding suspended civil service rules and Bazaar now works for the Veterans Bureau typing with artificial hooks and writing legibly. He credits a grin and a stubborn drive to overcome injuries from a grenade explosion in France.
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Senator Harding
Paul ‘Bazaar
Rochester
N. Y
Harding
Bazaar
Veterans’ Bureau
American Legion
Fort St. Mange
France
Legion Post at West Point Builds Strong Empire State Unit
West Point hosts the Stewart Whiting Hoover post of the American Legion. Sergeant Andrew Rhea de leads 75 officers and 800 enlisted men as the post grows, named for the first West Point officer to die in the war. Retiring commander Sergeant Joseph Grady notes the unit expanded from 15 members to 375 under his tenure.
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American Legion
West Point
Stewart Whiting Hoover
Earth
Andrew Rheade
Empire State
Joseph Grady
Census of Ex Service Men Planned by American Legion
A nationwide census of ex service men will be taken by the American Legion. Five million questionnaires are prepared for the Legion drive to gather vital statistics and gauge the cost of compensation for all veterans. State groups will run drives on their own dates and collect veterans opinions on the five compensation options.
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American Legion
Legion
Jury Impaneling Colloquy in New England Town
A magistrate questions a salesman during jury impaneling in a New England town. The exchange reveals the man is a married property holder who has expressed no opinion in five years, as reported by the American Legion Weekly.
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New England
American Legion Weekly
Easter Dishes And Techniques From Home Cookery
Easter Egg Rolls and Bavarian Easter Cake feature in a home cookery guide. Recipes cover yeast dough, jelly fillings, sponge cake batter, and a lemon scented white and gold Bavaroise with saffron tint. The text ends with a playful quip about teaching sugar to slip down your throat.
Old Fashioned Cottage Pudding and Desserts Menu
A scanned recipe list offers butter sugar egg and nutmeg cake with vinegar sauce, pear and jam dessert, cake crumb and cocoa pudding, cranberry punch, orange pie with meringue, and rhubarb pudding with buttered bread and hard sauce.
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Goo Eter
Craig- Collins
Commons
Joseph W. Fordney
Michigan
House Committee On Ways and Means
Irish Army
Amr
Atlantic Ocean
Bandits
East
Oi! Corporation
American Legion News Service
Honore Willsie
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