Debt Talks With Britain Stall Over Interest Rate Dispute
The American and British Debt Commissions failed to agree on terms for Britain’s war debt with talks paused until Thursday. The main sticking point is the interest rate with Britain reportedly proposing 3 percent, a figure questioned by the American panel given current U.S. borrowing costs. Senator McKellar argued Britain could pay, citing its loan capacity and oil investments.
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Washington
Great Britain
War Dept
United States
American Commission
Congress
Stanley Baldwin
Bexchequer
London
Senate
House
McKellar
Tennessee
Newport pastor posts Ku Klux sign urging woman to leave town
A Newport pastor ignites a uproar by posting a bulletin board sign reading Ku Klux God bless you If you can rid Newport of Madame La Rosen of 429 West Fifth Street Police cannot or will not The crowd gathers in minutes with mixed reactions The minister sought to promote law and order and suggested the Ku Klux Klan might act instead of Madame La Rosen facing a court case last October he claimed to have witnessed the home visit by officials and the grand jury member
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Newport
Madame la Rosen
West
Fifth Street
Harvey
Ku Klux Klan
Police Department
Hou
Tlain
Madame la Rosenu
Associated Press
Bastrop
Watt Daniel
Thomas Richard
Smith Stephenson
E.N. Gray
Gray
Morehouse
W. H. Todd
Fred. L. Odom
Daniel
Richard
Todd
Odon
Bagstrop
Yn Tap Jones
Fata
Higginbotham
Morehouse Parish
Robert Lee Harkness
Collinston
Howard Warren
Harkness
Prohibition Fails and Causes Disorder Says Cochran in House
Representative Bourke Cochran denounces prohibition as a failure and a source of disorder, arguing the Eighteenth Amendment cannot be enforced in many areas. He cites riots and bootlegging deaths, notes support for New York Governor Smith, and questions who should enforce moral law.
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New York
Upshaw
Washington
Bourke Cochran
House
Socrat
Georgia
Smith
Cockrafft
Cochran
Harding
Mer’ Rouge
Blanton
Texas
Congress
One Man Hanged In Arkansas Labor Turmoil
Report covers Harrison Arkansas where a violent clash between railway strikers and authorities led to the hanged body of E C Gregor and a bulletin of wounded, arrests, and looting. National Guard units were deployed after a two day secret session by a large committee. Police and federal officers seek to restore order as martial law is debated.
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Harrison
Ark
McRae
Little Rock
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Missouri
North Arkansas
Missouri State Line
Arkansas House of Representatives
Senate
E. C. Gregor
Edattr Gregor
Gregor
George W. O'Neal
Rash
A. J. Russell
United States
Ft. Smith
Daugherty
Russell
J. L. Clute
Peck Resigns as Federal Judge to Return to Law Practice
Judge John Weld Peck resigns from the U S District Court for the Southern District of Ohio effective April 3 1923 to resume private practice. He cites desire to devote time to personal affairs and the burdens of office. Appointed by Wilson in 1919, Peck is praised for a up to date docket and high judicial standards.
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John Weld Peck
United States Court For
Southern District of
Ohio
Harding
Peck
United States
Southern
Judge Peck
Wilson
Howard Hollister
Orn
Wyoming
Cincinnati
Hiram David Peck
Italy Offers Mediation In Ruhr Reparations Standoff
Italy proposes a mediation plan between France and Germany over Ruhr reparations including control of the Ruhr economy and a German alliance not anti British, as Paris and Berlin press for enforcement while industry resists resuming deliveries with troops in the Ruhr. France signals readiness to compel industrialists. Berlin warned of possible escalation.
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Ely
Ruhr
Germany
Italy
Times Duesseldorf
Times
Berlin
France
Noted Lawyer W W Prather Dies After Brief Illness
The death of W W Prather at Christ Hospital follows a short illness from a cold that worsened into pneumonia. A Clermont County probate expert and former Probate Judge, he moved to Cincinnati twenty five years ago and built a large practice. Survived by widow Margaret, daughter Mrs Dudley Palmer, and two grandchildren, funeral arrangements will be announced.
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W. W. Prather
Christ Hospital
Hamilton County
Clermont County
Judge Prather
Prather
Batavia
Cincinnati
Wiggins Block
Valparaiso
Ind
Cincinnati Law School
Alexandria
Walnut Hills
Margaret Prather
Dudley W. Pal
Dudley Palmer
Andye
Duke of York engagement sparks London gossip
London buzzes over the engagement of the Duke of York with Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon. Reports place potential dates May or June at Westminster Abbey with royal approval from the Queen. The couple’s first public appearance is a charity dinner in London next week.
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Duke of York
London
Prince
Albert
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Earl of Strathmore
Duke
York
Princess Mary
Hertfordshire
Elizabeth
Mary
Funduay
Strathmore
Ruri
Sandrim
Strathmore Town House
Westminster Abbey
Prince Albert
Lady Elizabeth
Lady Leicester
Rose Leveson-Gower
Prince of Wales
Lady Rose
Industrial Welfare Society
Scotland
Glasgow
Bowes-Lyon
Frodden
Five masked robbers steal $10,000 in Brooklyn hold up
Five armed men robbed the paymaster of C. Kenyon & Company in Brooklyn, escaping with $10,000. In Bastrop Louisiana a public inquiry into masked band depredations in Morehouse opened, witnesses testified, and a Klansman discussed his past.
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Nna
New ‘York
C. Kenyon & Company
Brooklyn
Merger of Corcoran Victor and Corcoran Lamp Plans Friday
Corcoran Victor Company stockholders are urged to consent to a merger with Thos J Corcoran Lamp Company to occur next Monday. The deal creates a new holding structure with 750000 dollars in 7 percent preferred stock and exchange of common shares for Class A and B Lamp stock plus a stake in American Flat Life Company for Flat-Lite Reflectors. The Corcoran Victor directors B W Larson George A Sawyer William B Grisby and Charles E Pfau run the merger.
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Corcoran-Victor Company
Thos. J. Corcoran Lamp Company
Corcoran- Victor Company
Corcoran Lamp Company
Corcoran-Victor
Lamp Company
The
American Flat-Life Company
Expa
United States
Canada
Corcoran Victor
B. W. Lamson
George A. Sawyer
William B. Grisby
Charles E. Pfau
Impartial Juries Plan Favored by Cincinnatus Association
The Cincinnatus Association urged abolishing patronage lists and adopting a World War draft style jury selection. The group, at its Literary Club meeting, supported Starbuck Smiths committee report and elected Douglas M. Allen president for the next year.
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Plan OF Cincinnatus Association
Hamilton
Cincinnatus Association
Literary Club
Starbuck Smith
Douglas M. Allen
Standish Meacham
Stanley M. Rowe
F. H. McClellan
Alfred Cressier
Ralph Holterhoff
John D. Ellis
C. Lawson Reed
Shipping Subsidy Bills Push US Trade Toward Chaos
Special Correspondent reports that the ship subsidy measure has jammed the Senate and threatens to throw the American shipping industry into chaos. Southern merchants warn most South Atlantic and Gulf lines may be abandoned after March 4 without passage, prompting possible resignation and reorganization of the Shipping Board. President and lawmakers face a choice between subsidy support and broader shipping policy, with Southern Democrats urged to back the bill against party lines.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Copwright
Washington
Senate
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
A. D. Lasker
South Atlantic and Gulf
South
Eis
Deliver Coal or Suffer Penalty Germany Told Essen
Ruhr residents confront a final ultimatum from General Degoutte demanding resumption of reparations coal deliveries to France and Belgium by tomorrow morning or new penalties. German mine owners report no hearing and will follow the Fed eral Commissar. Speculation centers on Münster as next target to choke Ruhr traffic.
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Associated Press
Essen
Jah
Ruhr
Duesseldorf
Géneral Degoutte
France
Belgium
Germany
Federal Commissar
Dortmund
Mienster
Muenster
Wesel
Hamm
Bochum
Duisburg
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DR. McKoin
Ultimatum
Associated Prévs
Rome
Ministry of
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Thomas J. Corcoran Lamp Co
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