Cox vetoes bill to aid Harding bid in Senate race
Columbus Feb. 17 United States Senator Warren G Harding may have to run for both Senate and President if not nominated at Chicago. Governor Cox vetoed a bill that would have let him delay Senate candidacy until after the convention. Several candidates including Frank B Willis and Harry M Dougherty are expected to file nominations, with withdrawals likely if Harding secures the presidential nomination.
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Columbus
United States
Warren G. Harding
Chicago
Cox
Hopley
Harding
Frank 3B. Willis
Harry M. Daugherty
General Assembly
Wilson temper flares in public and cabinet friction noted
In 1920 coverage argues Woodrow Wilson’s anger grows as burdened by office influences his temper. It cites clashes with Lansing and cabinet, a tense voyage to Europe, and incidents in St Louis and Salt Lake City showing his irritability and demand for obedience.
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St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Lansing
Capitol
Europe
Wilson
French Reparations Board Chief Resigns Amid Health Concerns
Paris Feb 17 Charles Jonnart head of the French delegation on the Reparations Commission under the German peace treaty has resigned citing ill health. Premier Millerand offered Andre Tardieu the post, but he refused. Jonnart’s retirement leaves the commission without an official head after his selection at the first meeting last month.
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Paris
Charles Jonnart
Millerand
Andre Tardieu
Commission
Cleveland GOP to honor leaders at Monday rally dinner
Cleveland delegates to the Ohio Republican rally will host a dinner honoring Senator Warren G. Harding Chairman Will Hays of the Republican National Committee Mayor Harry L. Davis and Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Cole candidates for governor Plans were approved at a League of Republican Clubs meeting About 500 Clevelanders will travel to the event.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Harry L. Davis
Ralph Cole
League of Republican Clubs
Four GOP gubernatorial hopefuls speak at Ohio clubs meet
Ohio Republicans will hear four gubernatorial candidates on February 23 at Columbus as the State meeting of Republican Clubs opens. Congressmen Roscoe Mc Culloch from Canton, Mayor Harry L. Davis of Cleveland, Ralph D. Cole of Findlay, and State Senator Thomas W. Latham will each deliver ten minute addresses.
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Columbus
Ohio
Republican Clubs
Roscoe McCulloch
Canton
Harry L. Davis
Cleveland
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Thomas W. Latham
Cole Cancels Speaking Engagements to Fight Illness
Former Congressman Ralph D. Cole of Findlay, seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, cancelled all speaking engagements for this week and Sunday to recuperate from illness, while planning to attend the Republican rally in Columbus on Monday.
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Findlay
Ralph D. Cole
Columbus
Harding County Women Form Republican Club
The Harding County Women’s Republican Club was organized in Kenton Ohio with Mrs C D Mc Coy chosen as President Ten delegates will represent the new club at the State Republican rally in Columbus on Monday.
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Harding Club
Kenton, O
Harding County
Women’s Republican Club
C. D. McCoy
Columbus
Ottawa County Republicans Indorse Harding Cole For Governor
Ottawa County Ohio February 17 delegates chosen at a county convention. Warren G Harding was endorsed for President and Lieutenant Colonel Ralph D Cole for Governor. A County Republican Club was organized and state convention delegates named.
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Ottawa County
Harding
Clinton, O
Warren G. Harding
Ralph D. Cole
Lord Reading Declines Washington Ambassadorship
London reports Premier Lloyd George offered the Washington ambassador post to the Earl of Reading, the former envoy, but he declined the appointment according to The Pall Mall Gazette.
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London
Lloyd George
Washington
Earl of Reading
Pall Mall Gazette
Loyal miner in hills may be reimbursed
Washington February 17. The small miner who answered the war production appeal without waiting for a price guarantee deserves fair adjustment of claims. Herbert W. Smith of the American Mining Congress urged the House Mines Committee to favor a bill for reimbursement of extraordinary expenditures. He said chrome and pyrites producers have no means to pursue claims and millions spent by small miners could be lost without a liberal government settlement.
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Washington
Herbert W. Smith
American Mining Congress
House Mines Committee
Receiver Bid Nears Decision in 15 Million Doepke Suit
Judge Hoffman weighed appointing a receiver for Alms & Doepke amid a $15,000,000 suit by the Doepkes. Arguments centered on protecting 700 employees and the firm’s management during litigation, with witnesses to address alleged fraud and director elections.
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Alms
Frederick Hoffman
Doepkes
Alms & Doepke Company
Edward Haefner
George B. Alms
Gilbert Bettman
George Alms
William H. Alms
Haefner
Bettman
William
Robert Doepke
Joseph Graydon
Hoffman
Ohio
Clothiers Urged to Enter Politics at Ohio Convention
At the Ohio Retail Clothiers Association meeting in Cincinnati Colonel Fred Levy urged clothiers and mens furnishers to enter politics to defend their trade. He called for boycotts against itinerant army and navy stores and proposed advertising to clear retail dealers of stigma. Speakers favored cautious buying and highlighted rising prices and manufacturer influence.
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Ohio Retail Clothiers’ Association
Hotel
Gibson
Fred Levy
Louisville
National Association
Levy
National Association of Manufacturers
Akron
Bevy
Charles Ryan
Andreas E. Burkhardt
Cincinnati
Burkhardt
John W. Martin
State Association
Men’s Apparel Club of
Ohio
George Henry
Harry Samuel
Nat Newburgh
Nathaniel Newburgh
Neal Ahern
M. Leopold Pritz
H G. Wachs
Hill Joseph
Charles H. Tobias
Chicago
Horace Williamson
H. E. Kinneard
Harrisburg
Walter M. Stein
Philadelphia
John Cavanagh
Crofut & Knapp Co
South Norwalk
Mexico to Enter New Era of Peace and Work in 1921
General Salvador Alvarado predicts Mexico will end disorder in 1921 as a new era of peace and work begins if the July presidential vote confirms General Obregon. He urges frank cooperation with the United States to advance production, education, and relations with neighbors.
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Mexico
New York
Salvador Alvarado
el Heraldo de Mexico
el Heraldo Semanario
Mexico City
United States
General Obregon
Prospero Reaches Port After Eight Weeks Adrift in Ice
The coast wise steamer Prospero arrived at Twillingate Newfoundland after eight weeks trapped in an ice floe with sixty passengers and 105 crew. Food rations ran low, sledges carried edibles to the vessel, and a rescue attempt failed before the ice broke enough to free the ship.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Twillingate
St. John
N. B
Hoover Warns of Final Trial for Private Rail Ownership
Herbert Hoover, in an inaugural address as President of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, says railroads returning to private ownership on March 1 will face their final trial. He attacks government operation of railways and shipping as wartime socialist experiments and argues competition best selects ability.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Rails
Mr. Hoover
Ohio Courts Bar Wives and Husbands from Slander Suits
Ohio courts refuse to hear slander cases between spouses except for divorce or alimony. Rose Mae Freeman of Delaware sought to sue her husband Charles B. Freeman for slander, but the Delaware County Courts and thus the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the rule that spouses cannot sue each other.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Rose Mae Freeman
Delaware
Delaware County
Charles B. Freeman
Western Trunk Lines Contemplate Big Merger After Return to Owners
In St Paul Minnesota February 17 high railroad circles forecast a merger of the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington Railroads into a single transcontinental system shortly after government control ends this month The plan is said to follow lines conceived by the late James J Hill The three lines together run about 27000 miles and the aim includes handling 400000000 in Burlington bonds due in 1921
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ST. Paul, Minn
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
James J. Hill
Congress
Woman drinks poison kneeling before Trinity Church altar
In Trinity Church New York Maud Randolph 35 of Los Angeles drank poison kneeling at the church altar. Police and ambulance took her to a hospital where she regained consciousness and was expected to recover. Officials say financial troubles prompted the act.
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New York
Trinity Church
Maud Randolph
Los Angeles
Cal
Wilson Refuses Assent in Adriatic Row Memo Dictated to Lansing
The Allied Supreme Council learned from President Wilson that if the Adriatic settlement proceeds without U S involvement the Versailles treaty might be withdrawn from Senate consideration. The note prepared for Secretary Lansing explains U S opposition to agreements lacking American approval. Officials delay public release to avoid complicating Italy talks and a broader accord.
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Senate
Washington
Allied Supreme Council
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
White House
Pertinax
Echo de Paris
Lansing
State Department
Supreme Council
Italy
Five-Cent Bread Impossible Says Baker
Harry T. Tipton of Brooklyn testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee that even with free flour a five cent loaf cannot be sold due to rising production and distribution costs. He argues bakers oppose altering flour pricing tied to a ninety day period and warn of losses from stock on hand. Lewis H. Haney of the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association predicts the bill to abolish the Grain Corporation would disrupt the industrial structure and hurt grocers holding flour.
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Washington
Harry T. Tipton
Brooklyn
New York State Bakers’ Association
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
United States Grain Corporation
Tipton
Lewis H.haney
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Brink Named or Not for Southern Ohio DA Rumor Denied
The Department of Justice disputes rumors of Edward H. Brink of Cincinnati being selected as District Attorney for the Southern Ohio District. A department official said they had never heard of Brink and denied any move to choose him.
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Brink
Department Oficial
Poindexter Praises Adriatic Plan In Wilson Era Debate
Washington Senator Poindexter told the National Press Club that President Wilsons Adriatic proposal to withdraw from European affairs is one of his best statements. He argued allied-backed enforcement could end threat to peace, and commented on Secretary Lansing and possible U.S. risks in Europe.
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Bryan
Germany
Lansing
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
France
George Washington
State Department
Secretary of State
Brest
Washington
Poindexter
National Press Club Tonight
United States
Adriatic
Europe
America
Turkey
Father Shoots Son And Ends Own Life After Wife Dies
In Passaic New Jersey on February 17 John Fromberger an electrical contractor shot his baby son and killed himself shortly after his wife died of influenza at their home He sat in silence by her bedside during her final hour and after her death left to put the child to sleep His mother in law found him dead in bed with the infant dying beside him
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Passak
N. J
John Fromberger
Divorced Wife Nurses Man Back to Health Reunites as Bride
In Marion Ohio Dewey Griffith age 21 fell gravely ill and asked for his former wife Anna 18. She returned from Oklahoma to nurse him back to strength and the pair reconciled then remarried. Probate Judge Spencer issued the license at the home.
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Marion
Dewey Griffith
Anna
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