President Harding boards Pioneer for Lake Worth cruise
West Palm Beach crowds greet President Harding and Mrs. Harding as they board the Houseboat Pioneer for a cruise toward St Augustine. Daugherty’s 1924 renomination hint draws public reaction, with officials noting the President’s two year outlook. Fishing gear aboard hints at a Lake Worth stop for likely fishing.
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Harding
Daugherty
Mr. Daugherty
Oceanview
McLean Cottagé
Palm Beach
Miami
Lake Worth Inlet
Harding Boom Starts In National Capital
In Washington on March 18 the drive to renominate President Harding gains form with talks among friends about a preconvention body and a nationwide speaking tour. Attorneys general Daugherty’s Miami statement confirming another candidacy reinforces momentum for a defined program and backing.
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Harding
National Capital
Washington
White House
Worried Over Suits Banker Hangs Himself At Newburg Indiana
James L. Allen 54 formerly directed Farmers State Bank that closed in Newburg Indiana faced many civil suits tied to the bank's failure. He killed himself at his home, following the same action by Isham Taylor, vice president, two days after the bank's closing.
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Newburg
Indiana
Ind
James L. Allen
Farmers’ State Bank
Isham Taylor
Quicksilver Mines Show Big Output
The Geological Survey reported United States quicksilver production in 1922 reached 6,497 seventy five pound flasks, up about 160 from 1921, a year with a low output. No new resources were found, but a 25 cent per pound tariff may spur further mining.
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Washington
United States
Geological Survey
March storm and cold blast grip Great Lakes region
March storm and cold wave sweep eastward from the Northwest into the Great Lakes area. Near zero temperatures forecast, with heavy snowfall reported in the East. Rescue parties searched for people marooned as roads became impassable near Pueblo and snow piled up to housetops in Beulah, Colorado.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Northwest
Buelah
Col
Pueblo
Relief Agencies Aid Tornado Victims in Mississippi Towns
In Memphis on March 18 the death toll stood at 28 as the Red Cross and relief agencies aid families made homeless by the Savage tornado and other North Mississippi towns. Red Cross director G. C. Crane says 102 houses were destroyed and about 125 injured, with several in serious condition.
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Memphis
Red Cross
Savage
Mississippi
G. C. Crane
Blizzard Grounds Trains and Delays Across Boone Iowa
A severe blizzard swept into Boone Iowa and surrounding areas on March 18. Trains were stalled by heavy snowdrifts and city traffic facilities were paralyzed. Churches could not hold services as the storm disrupted normal life in the region.
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Iowa
Boone
Worst Blizzard Since 1888 Sweeps Nebraska and Iowa
A severe blizzard hit Nebraska and western Iowa with 9 below zero in Omaha and roads blocked by snow drifts. Trains were crippled and some lines annulled while a fire on Fourteenth and Douglas caused over 250000 dollars in damage. Livestock losses are uncertain.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Fourteenth
Douglas
Great Western
Northwestern
Rocky Mountain Limited
Jansen
Union Pacific
O'Neill
Mercury
Five Hurt in Auto Crash at Hamilton
Three men are in Mercy Hospital, two unconscious, plus two more recovering from serious bruises after an auto crash at B street and Rhea avenue this afternoon. Victor Miles, 2, suffered from concussion. Coke Otto, driver, is hurt. Robert Baker, 40, fractured jaw and other injuries. Thomas Burke, 31, is bleeding from cuts. James Frost and wife Ethel are bruised. Baker critical but others expected to recover. police lack a coherent accident account.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, . G
Mercy Hospital
B Street
Rhea Avenue
Victor Miles
Coke Otto
Robert Baker
North Fifth Street
Thomas Burke
Freichting Farm
James Frost
Ethel
Baker
Reformers Are Nations Peril Speaker Warns In Sermon
The Rev. John Malick of the First Unitarian Congregational Church denounces the Protestant majority ruling America through legislation. He blasts the Ohio Bible reading bill and warns that reformers threaten fundamental liberties, calling the majority a Russian regime in disguise.
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John Malick
First Unitarian Congregational Church
America
Malick
Ohio Assembly
Anderson Defies Wet Bunch Over Publication Of League Contributors
William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, defied the entire wet bloc in Yorks New York, stating the league will not publish contributors' names unless court order requires. He contrasted John D Rockefeller Jr with Fosdick, insisting Rockefeller never suggested disclosure and accusing a misleading figure of 100000 dollars vs 25000.
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Wet Bunch
Anti-Saloon League
Yonkers
N. Y
William H. Anderson
Bryn Mawr Presbyter
Anti- Saloon League
Court of Last Resort
League
John Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
R. Pttorts
New York
Raymond Fosdick
Messrs. Rockefeller
Anti-Saloon League of
Witness to Testify in Foster Criminal Syndicalism Case
E D 97 government agent once active in the Communist party will testify in Berrien County Circuit Court against William Z Foster of Chicago. The agent known in records as Francis Morrow entered shipyards in Camden and joined the party under alias Ashworth then Day. He will corroborate a Bridgeman convention speech by Comrade Borden and identify Comrade Brooks as Arnold Losevesky of Moscow.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph, Mich
Communist Party of America
Berrien County Circuit Court
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Francis Morrow
Department of Justice
Camden
N. J
Morrow
Communist Party
Ashworth
Bridgeman
Day
Borden
Foster
Brooks
Arnold Losevesky
Moscow
Losevesky
Nicola Lenine
Russia
St. Joseph
Maurice Wolff
Wolff
Alfred Wagenknecht
Cleveland
Connecticut
Robert Branigan
Lowell
Mass
Branigan
New York
Three Die In Auto Drownings After Ferry Backing Off
Three people drown when a closed car backs from the Fayette County ferry into the Monongahela River at Fredericktown near Brownsville. The victims are Rock Reilly and Mr and Mrs John Fatrastar of Mather Greene County. Reilly, driving, shifted to reverse as the ferry left the opposite bank, sending the car into 15 feet of water. The sunken vehicle, found within 50 feet of the ferry building, yielded the bodies an hour and a half later.
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Brownsville
Fredericktown
Monongahela River
Rock Reilly
John Fatrastar
Mather
Greene County
Reilly
Fayette County
Hecklers of Irish Chased Under Stage Escape From Cellar
A New York mass meeting of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic raised 6400 in cash and 7000 in pledges to buy arms for the Republican cause. Hecklers heckled speakers, were chased beneath the Lexington Avenue Theatre stage, and exited via the cellar as De Valéra and leaders were praised.
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New York
American Association For the Recognition
Lexington Avenue Theater
England
Free State
de Valéra
Baby Choked by Gem Worth Forture in Swiss Incident
In Geneva, a Swiss gemstone dealer named Dingler found his five year old daughter choking after swallowing gems valued at 800 pounds. A doctor arrived but she died, the stones blocking her thorax. An operation removed the jewels from her throat and stomach.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Dingler
Springfield post office clerk dies by suicide after mail-opening confession
Pressley Combs, 58, a Springfield Ohio post office clerk, shot himself after confessing to opening mail at the local office. Postmaster Collins said no letters were missing, and no criminal charges would be filed.
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Springfield
Pressley Combs
Combs
Collins
Postal Department
German separatist leader in critical condition after shooting
Joseph Smeets, leader of the German separatists, was shot and gravely wounded. his brother-in-law Kruger died on arrival at the hospital. A reward of one million marks is offered for the assassins. Smeets is under urgent medical care with skull puncture and right-side paralysis.
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Cologne
Joseph Smeets
Smeets
Kruger
London
Dusseldorf
The
Times
Germany
Textile Workers Vote Tonight on Fall River Strike
International President Thomas F. McMahon announced plans for a strike of cot ton mill operatives in the Fall River district after manufacturers refused a 29 percent wage rise. A mass meeting in Fall River will decide the strike vote. 36,000 workers in 111 mills are affected as the Fall River Textiles Council had already sought a 15 percent increase.
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Boston
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Fall River
New England Conference Board
McMahon
United Textile Workers
Fall River Textiles Council
Wealthy Oil Man of Kentucky Vanishes in Pittsburgh
Joseph Radcliffe, 75, retired oil operator from Salt Lick Kentucky, disappeared in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Police believe foul play or amnesia possible. he was known to carry a large sum of money. Radcliffe once headed Standard Oil interests in the Pittsburgh district.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Radcliffe
Salt Lick
Radcliffe
Standard Oil
France Denies Ruhr Peace Proposal Amid German Riots
A French soldier was shot at the Essen railway station as German arrests followed. In Buer, Burgomaster Zimmerman and the bank manager were released by French authorities, while reports say no formal mediation or negotiations are underway. Chancellor Cuno and Foreign Minister Von Rosenberg stay in touch as Ebert’s Hamm trip is seen as stabilizing, and Chinese students contribute 12,000,000 marks to Ruhr relief.
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Buer
Zimmerman
Herr Poeppinghaus
State Department
Washington
Germany
Ruhr
Cuno
von Rosenberg
Reichstag
Ebert
Hamm
China
France denies German envoy sought Ruhr settlement
Paris denies a London report that Herr Von Holsche, the German Charg d Affaires, offered to negotiate Ruhr and reparations. Le Trocquer and M Guilaume will tour the Ruhr to review miles policy of occupying mines and seizing coke, replacing Coste as head of the industrial mission.
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Paris
London
Herr von Holsche
Foreign Office
Ruhr
le Trocquer
M. Guilaume
M. Frantzen
M.coste
M. Coste
France
Uhr
Ruhr coal properties seized by French Belgian forces
Reports from Dusseldorf note two more state mines occupied by the Commission of Control. Blumenthal near Recklinghausen, and Prosper and Lehin near Bottrop, plus the Bismarck mine near Gelsenkirchen, are under French Belgian control with coke shipments planned. Seven mines total reportedly controlled by Allies, with workers and equipment moved to accelerate loading.
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Ruhr
Blumenthal
Recklinghausen
France
Prosper
Lehin
Bottrop
Bismarck
Gelsenkirchen
Belgium
Aix-Lar Chapelle
Commission of
Con
Blizzard Conquers Boll Weevil Family
Washington report says the February blizzard killed many boll weevils that hibernated, giving cotton planters a good chance at a bottom crop in early production. Weather later could trigger weevil multiplication and heavy damage if conditions stay unusually favorable.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Two Avaton Burned to Death in Plane Crash
Jay C. Richenbach and Kenneth P. Brown reserve officers of the United States Army Air Service were burned to death at Ft. Bliss when their De Havilland plane crashed during a practice flight in a windy afternoon. The wreckage trapped them and a fierce fire prevented rescue. Brown was a El Paso confectioner born in Gotham New Hampshire and formerly of Portland Maine. Reichenbach was an assistant ore buyer for the El Paso smelting works with a Centralia Illinois home. Both served as World War I air service officers.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jay C. Richenbach
Kenneth P. Brown
United States Army Air Service
Ft. Bliss
Army
Brown
Gotham
N._H
Portland
Reichenbach
Centralia
Ill
Air Service
Police Aroused by Speeding Auto Incidents in City
Chief William Copelan ordered intensified patrols after three hit and run accidents Saturday. A 60 year old woman, a four year old, and a 53 year old man were struck near Walnut Hills and Central avenues. in two cases the drivers fled. Police hope to locate the culprits from license numbers and pedestrians' observations.
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William Copelan
Copelan
Gilbert and
Lincoln Avenues
Walnut Hills
Mary Thomas
Monfort Avenue
General Hospital
Charles Rodecker
Main Street
Albert Schulz
Plum Street
Central Avenue
Ann Street
Wife of Harry Greb Dies in Pittsburgh
Mrs. Harry Greb wife of the former American light heavy boxing champion died at her home in Pittsburgh. The report notes her death occurred in the city on March 18 and follows her husband’s boxing career prominence. The obituary reflects the boxing era and local headline style.
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Harry Greb
Pittsburgh
Jail Break Plot Foiled by Guard Heroic Reaction
A Chicago era jail break attempt at Hamilton County Jail failed when guard Henry Boehmer blocked Cincinnati gunman Jack O'Brien. O'Brien aided by Jack Ross and forty inmates tried to seize the twenty cell row unlocking doors and freeing prisoners. Police traced the plot through letters and confessions ending in the thwarted escape.
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Hamilton County
Jack O'Brien
Cincinnati
Henry Boehmer
O’brien
Jack Ross
Max Kappner
Main Street
Chicago
Denver Red
Ross
General Hospital
Hogan
Frank Haab
Queen City Avenue
Haab
Hank
Thomas Hannum
Jiminy Clay Meer
Nolan
Jim Wateon
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