Genaro Upsets Villa In Hairline Flyweight Title Fight
Frankie Genaro defeated Pancho Villa by hairline decision at Madison Square Garden to win the American flyweight title. The crowd roared as Villa pushed a relentless offense late, while Genaro showed cautious defense and timely rights to claim the championship in a tightly contested bout.
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Madison Square Garden
Frankie Genaro
Pancho Villa
Johnny Buff
Brooklyn
Genaro
Villa
Partial Lunar Eclipse Visible Tonight in Cincinnati
The article notes a two hour partial lunar eclipse from 8:28 to 10:36 PM CST, with three eighths of the moon darkened. Observers Dr. Jermain G. Porter and Prof. Everett Yowell will conduct special observations at the University of Cincinnati Observatory.
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North America
Porter
Everett Yowell
California
Mexico
Mrs Saludes Collapses On Stand In Murder Trial
In New York on March 1 Mrs Paulette Saludes fainted at her counsel's table after a gruelling cross examination in her murder trial of broker Oscar Martelliere. Assistant District Attorney Brothers sought to portray her as a deserter’s wife who tried to ruin Martelliere and his wife with motor and boat trips while seeking to prove she received funds from Martelliere.
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New York
Paulette Saludes
Oscar Martelliere
Brothers
Martelliere
Hudson
Mr. Brothers
Penitentiary Post Fights Weeteego in Arctic Tale
In a fiction feature from the Commercial Tribune’s Sunday March 4 issue the hero of Penitentiary Post confronts an elusive foe named the Weeteego. The story frames a perilous clash between a lone protagonist and an Arctic spirit with mysterious powers.
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Arctic North
Penitentiary Post
The
Commercial Tribune
Postoffice game for spinsters in Berlin stems from dowry plan
Berlin news reports that Germany will grant a dowry to each female postal worker who marries, calculated as her monthly salary times years of service. The change follows a government announcement by Herr Stingl, minister of posts and telegraphs. Newspapers joke about a Stingl Cupid stamp.
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Postoffice
Germany
Herr Stingl
Herr Sting
Cupid
German envoy warns Ruhr may explode if unrest rises
Washington March 1 The German Embassy issued a formal statement warning that if the population in the Ruhr, already severely tried, is led to desperation, France will paralyze the German official apparatus and Germany cannot guarantee peace and order in the occupied territory. The note cites expulsions, draconian court martial sentences and disbanded police as signs of rising tension. It lists officials, districts and mining directors among those expulsed, totaling 6552 people and about 2000 family members.
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Washington
Ruhr
Recklinghausen
Gelsenkirchen
Bochum
Essen
Rhine Province
Courts of Appeal
Reichsbank
Train Link Severed as Troops Occupy Station
A Coblenz dispatch reports Ehrenbreitstein Railroad Station occupied by negro troops cutting the last train link between Cologne and Ehrenbreitstein.
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Ehrenbreitstein
Berlin
A _ Coblenz
Vossische Zeitungx
Jast
Cologne
Prince of Wales Delivers Big Appeal at American College Union Dinner
In London the Prince of Wales joined 300 American alumni at the American College Union dinner. He praised higher education and overseas experiences, joking about his travels to Honolulu and the Philippine Islands. Notables at the dais included Dr. Garfield and Lawrence Tweedy.
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Associated Press
London
Prince of Wales
Honolulu
Philippine Islands
Harvey
Lady Astor
England
America
Royal
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
Prince
Harry A. Garfield
Williams College
Nancy
Wales
United States
Nebraska University
Oxford
Garfield
George E. McLean
Lawrence L. Tweedy
Pola Negri breaks engagement to Charlie Chaplin
Pola Negri says she is too poor to marry Charlie Chaplin and releases him from the engagement. Chaplin responds with guarded silence as details emerge about their plans and past remarks, with Negri stating she will focus on her work.
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Pola Negri
S Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Los Angeles Times
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Charles Chaplin
United States
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Two Ohio inmates die in electric chair at state prison
In Columbus Ohio two murderers were executed in the electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary early today. Henry White was pronounced dead at 12 12 a m after five one minute current applications and Charles Arnold died at 12 24 a m from a single high voltage shock. Arnold had been convicted of killing Mrs Ruth Lawrence in June 1922 and robbing her rooming house. White confessed to killing his wife in February 1922 but later retracted.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Henry White
Charles Arnold
Arnold
Ruth Lawrence
T. ©. Reed
White
Cleveland
Senate Defeats Cohen Nomination for New Orleans Customs Post
Washington March 1 The Senate defeated the nomination of Walter L. Cohen negro Republican leader of Louisiana to be Customs Controller at New Orleans by a 27 to 35 vote. Louisiana Senators Ransdell and Broussard led the opposition, Cohen long a Republican state chairman and prominent at conventions. The nomination was deemed personally objectionable to Ransdell.
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New Orleans
Washington
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Broussard
Cohen
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Harding
James G. McNary
D. R. Crissinger
Marion (Co
Federal Reserve Board
Glass
Dem
Heflin
Ala
McKellard
Tenn
Crissinger
McNary
Eight men named in Arkansas lynching case
Mrs. E C Gregor testified before a legislative investigating committee in Lynghine Little Rock saying eight men were present when her husband, railroad striker E C Gregor, was taken from their Harrison home on January 27 and later found dead hanging from a railroad bridge. She did not accuse them of the hanging, but said they witnessed the removal.
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Ark
E. C. Gregor
Harrison
Legislative Investigating
Decker
Dayle Woodruff
Paul Ellis
C. M. Ruth
Vinet Ruble
Johnson
Billy Watkins
A. G. Coker
Ambulance Collision Injures Three In Newport Area
R E Morris of Hyde Park sustained a broken leg when a General Hospital ambulance driven by Richard Marshall sideswiped an auto and struck taxi Louis Bennerke drove. Intern Carl Poetker and medical student Fred Moench were injured but not seriously.
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Hyde Park
General Hospital
Richard Marshall
Madison Road
Wold Avenue
Carl Poetker
Fred Moench
Andrew ‘Ray
Madeira
Louis Bennerke
Central Avenue
Newport
Morris
Poetker
Moench
Ohio bill extends soldiers bonus to underage enlistees
The Ohio Senate passed Rep Hunt’s bill to extend the soldiers’ bonus to individuals under the legal age who enlisted from Ohio during World War I if their parents resided in another state. The measure, previously approved by the House, moves to Governor Donahey for signature.
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Senate
Hunt
Toledo
Ohio
Donahey
House
Robbers Take $66,000 in Gems From New York Jewelers
Three armed bandits robbed two Delancey Street jewelers on the Lower East Side. They bound Max Some, rifled a safe containing $50,000 in jewelry, and took $16,000 in unset gems from Nassau Street jeweler Charles Landau. The trio escaped in a car.
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New York
Delancey Street
Lower East Side
Max Some
Charles Landau
Nassau Street
Massillon Mayor Vogt Removed by Governor Donahey
Governor Donahey ousted Massillon Mayor Herbert H. Vogt for misconduct and willful neglect of duty. P. L. H. Kirchhofer becomes acting mayor. Vogt expects Supreme Court challenge on constitutionality and due process grounds.
Vogt vows fight against Massillon mayor removal
Herbert H. Vogt says he has not decided on relinquishing the mayor’s office after his removal by Governor Donahey. He intends to exhaust all courts and then appeal to the people of Massillon for vindication, stating the public verdict is the true measure of the case.
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Herbert H. Vogt
Massillon
Donahey
Vogt
Joseph McGhee
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Two Girls Burned Resolve Not To Play With Fire
At General Hospital two young sisters Ruth Smith and Edna Davis were severely burned in separate home incidents involving gas flames. Ruth, 3, from 1582 Gladstone Ave, and Edna, 10, from 260 Central Ave, survived initial burns. Doctors reported both girls in serious condition but with good recovery chances as of last night.
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Ruth Smith
Gladstone Avenue
Edna Davis
Central Avenue
Ruth
Edna
Earl Davis
New Air Mail Pilot Fatally Injured in Salt Lake City
Paul M. Connors of St Lake City died after the airplane he piloted fell while operating at the local air mail field The crash also seriously injured passenger Donald A Templeton of Jackson Michigan Connors had served in the army during the war and held a lieutenancy in the Air Service Reserve Corps
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Salt Lake City
Paul M. Connors
St. Lake City
United States Air Mail Service
Donald A. Templeton
Jackson
Mich
Connors
Air Service Reserve Corps
Federal Agent Orders Arrest in Clarke Mann Act Indictment
An indictment charging violation of the Mann act is returned by a Houston grand jury against Edward Young Clarke of Atlanta former acting Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Orders are issued for his arrest as he reportedly travels between Atlanta and Houston. The Houston woman named in the bill is said to be the victim. Clarke previously acted as Imperial Wizard during Simmons’ absence.
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Houston
Tex
Edward
Young Clarke
Atlanta
Clark
Clarke
New Orleans
T. B. White
Department of Justice
Tlanta
Louis F. Schweikart
Simmons
Europe
Clarke Denies Indictment In Texas Kin Klan Case
Edward Young Clarke rejects the Houston indictment report calling it an effort to discredit him and the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He says he has not received detailed charges, pleads not guilty, and predicts victory at trial.
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Atlanta
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Edward Young Clarke
Houston
Tex
Clarke
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Columbus Senate Abolishes Judicial Nomination by Petition
The Ohio Senate voted 26 to 6 to require nonpartisan primary selection for judicial candidates and limit general election tickets to top two vote-getters. Petition access for ballot placement was removed by amendment. Republicans backed the measure. Democrats split on the amendment and final passage, with Judge Florence Allen opposing.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Senate
Thomas Gifford
Lucas County
Bender
Cuyahoga
Burke
Lorain
Miller
Butler
Bragg
Erie
Ferguson
van Wert
Garver
Holmes
Adair
Wayne
Florence Allen
State Supreme Court
League of Woman Voters
Jury in Second Herrin Trial Complete in Marion
The second Herrin mine riots trial jurors are finished after thirteen days of voir dire. Six defendants face murder charges in the death of Antonio Malkovitch of Erie Pennsylvania during last June's riots. The panel includes two union miners and the attorneys expect opening statements tomorrow.
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Marion
Herrin
Antonio Malkovitch
Erie
Veniremen
Ohio House defeats anti klan bill in second vote
In Columbus on March 1 the Ohio House rejected a second measure aimed at curbing Ku Klux Klan activity. The bill would have made it a felony to wear uniforms or regalia in public by three or more members of a secret organization. The prior proposal requiring secret groups to file officer and member lists was defeated earlier in February.
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Columbus
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Justin Harding
Warren County
North Carolina Senate weighs masked band bills
In Raleigh on March 1 the North Carolina Senate rejected Milliken’s bill to force secret groups to register members and passed the Armfield measure 36 to 11. The latter bans masked appearances off home premises without proof of felony intent, with fines up to 200 dollars and imprisonment up to two years, while allowing masked funeral attendances and charitable tasks with mayoral consent.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Senate
Judge to rule on two motions in Cortner Klan case
Springfield Colorado March 1 A police court judge will rule Tuesday on two defense motions in the preliminary hearing of W M Cortner Kleagle and organizer of the Ku Klux Klan charged with riotous conspiracy The motions seek exclusion of all state evidence and return of seized property and dismissal of the defendant Judge Golden C Davis noted public appeals to delay decisions due to local conditions.
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Springfield
W. M. Cortner
Kleagle
Ku Klux Klan
Golden C. Davis
Davis
Fiery Crosses Released by Aerial Bombs Over Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio last night aerial bombs released huge fiery crosses and star flares in four city sectors. Men claiming Klan affiliation said the event marked the start of a drive to recruit more members with top officials reportedly present for rallies. A wet photograph of hooded figures preparing to launch the bombs was delivered to a reporter at a Y M C A dormitory, and published locally.
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Youngstown
Ku Klux Klan
Lloyd George Speech Marked by Disruptions at Edinburgh
Former Prime Minister David Lloyd George spoke at Edinburgh University on the difficulties of politicians. Students hurled flour sacks and Brussels sprouts, a chair carried him from the hall as interruptions persisted. the address was severely curtailed.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University
David Lloyd George
Livya George
Kitchen held in contempt in Kansas ouster case
In Topeka Kansas H H Kitchen organizer of the Ku Klux Klan was jailed on a writ of contempt issued by the State Supreme Court for refusal to answer questions in the states ouster suit. The hearing continued with witness Carl McManus testifying about klansmen oath and membership petitions.
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Topeka
Kan
H._ ‘Kitchen
Ku Klux Klan
Shawnee County
State Supreme Court
Kitchen
S. M. Brewster
John S. Dean
W. L. Wood
Kansas City
United States Supreme Court
Carl McManus
McManus
Rhodes
Bankree
Brewster
New York Radio Music Heard 10000 Miles Away in New Zealand
Troy N Y March 1 radio telephone broadcasts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reached Invercargill New Zealand by cablegram today setting a new distance record with 10000 miles of air line mileage. In February the institute station heard in Hawaiian ports and has aired daily from 5 to 7 am as a trans Pacific test with New Zealand stations confirming reception.
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N. Y
Radioytelephone
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New Zealand
Invercargill
the Institute
Hawaiian
Cleveland Dry Agents Face Indictment For Graft It Is Said
Cleveland March 1 evidence may lead to indictments of several special dry agents and village officials near Cleveland on graft charges. Prosecutor Edward Stanton said indictments will be asked after the investigation. More than $100,000 in bribes to county village officials by bootleggers is suspected over eighteen months. A state’s evidence confession cited bribe-taking for protection in prosecutions of liquor violators.
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Cleveland
Here
Edward Stanton
Cuyahoga County
Miners’ Pay Increased In Alabama Coal Fields
Independent operators in the Alabama coal fields moved to raise wages after Tennessee Coal Iron and Company announced increases averaging 12 to 15 percent for pit workers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Company
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