Hughes becomes secretary of state in swift oath
Charles Evans Hughes of New York is sworn in as secretary of state at 9 53 this morning in the state department by Associate Justice Day. Minutes later former Senator John Weeks of Massachusetts is sworn in as secretary of war by Associate Justice McReynolds in the secretary of war's office on the same corridor.
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Washington
DD. C
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
State Department
Justice Day
Supreme Court
Hughes
John Weeks
Massachusetts
McReynolds
Secretary of War
Mr. Hughes
Hughes Takes Up Panama Situation With New Cabinet
Secretary Hughes and Charles Evans Hughes discussed the Panama Costa Rica clash as the new administration’s first issue. They summoned War Secretary John W Weeks and reviewed dispatches while Rear Admiral Bryan prepared to protect lives and property if needed.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Costa Rica
Charles Evans Hughes
John W. Weeks
Hughes
Davis
State Department
Sacramento
White House
Harding
Wilson Busy at New Hampshire
Washington report states former president Woor Aron Wilson showed no ill effects from yesterday’s Capitol trip. He rose at his usual hour and occupied himself with his new home rooms directing picture hanging and furniture arrangement.
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Washington, DC
Woor Aron Wilson
Capitol
Weather outlook and forecast across Chicago and Washington
Chicago forecast for the next twenty four hours calls for rain or snow tonight with a colder trend in the west and central areas and unsettled conditions by Sunday. Washington dispatch notes a generally fair week ahead with temperatures near or above normal starting Monday.
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Chicago
Washington, D. C
Weather Summary from local observations
Weather summary notes 24 hour period ending 7 a m observed by Dr H M Stanley. It reports snow or and ongoing precipitation with measurements and conditions across stations.
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H. M. Stanley
Ud Senator Attacked in His Office
Former Senator Henderson of Nevada was shot in the wrist today in his senate office building by Charles A. Grock, a former Nevada resident. Grock, 25 years old, from Takoma Park, Maryland, said the shooting stemmed from a past legal matter where Henderson was his counsel. The senator was treated and Grock was detained by police. no serious injury reported.
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Washington, D. C
Henderson
Nevada
Senate
Charles A. Grock
Grock
Takoma Park
Maryland
Tippah County Tax Assessor Calls For Pay Cut
Ripley Mississippi March 5 Tippah County tax assessor W M Meeks asks county supervisors to reduce his salary from 2000 to 1800 a year citing high taxes and cost of living. He proposes the $200 difference be returned to taxpayers as a gift from him.
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Ripley
Miss
Tippaheay
W. M. Meeks
Meeks
Peoulry Board of Supervisors
Tippah
Costa Ricans Take Town in Panama
Costa Rican forces have seized Bocas del Toro the capital of the province at the southern end of Columbus Island in Panama. The event occurred as Costa Rican troops captured the town of San Juan del Sur area reported.
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Panama
San Juan del Sur
Nicaraugua
Bocas de Toro
Panaman
Columbus Island
Continental Products files voluntary bankruptcy petition
Boston March 5 The Continental Products Corporation filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities total 4,392,288 and assets are 704,837.
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Boston
Mass
Continental Products Corporation
Lodge and Others Reelected Senate Leaders
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts floor leader and other Republican officers of the Senate organization were reelected today without opposition in Washington. The vote reaffirmed leadership for the new session.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Morrell Packers Back to Work After Short Strike
Ottumwa Iowa workers return to their jobs at John Morrell & Company after a brief stoppage that began Thursday morning. In Washington Major General Lajune is renominated as Marine Corps commandant following a meeting with President Harding and incoming Secretary of the Navy William Denby.
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Ottumwa
John Morrell & Company
Washington, D. C
Lajune
Marine Corps
Harding
William Denby
Navy
124 Members of Congress Retired in Latest Wave
One hundred twenty nine members of the House and Senate retired yesterday to private life as the Republican landslide reshaped Congress. House departures totaled 118, with McKinley, Harrold, and Caraway moving to the Senate. The new Senate convened with 59 Republicans and 37 Democrats. A notable first time is Miss Alice M. Robertson as the House's lone woman member.
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Washington
House
Senate
Republican Party
McKinley
Illinois
Harrold
Oklahoma
Caraway
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Tarding
Alice M. Robertson
William W. Hastings
Sisters of the House
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Rourke Cochran
New York
Champ Clark Laid To Rest In Washington Hall
Washington officials paused March 5 to honor Champ Clark. Funeral services filled the House chamber where Clark spent years and a ceremonial viewing followed before his remains were sent by special train to Missouri for burial with senators and representatives guarding the procession.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Champ Clark
Missouri
Grave s engineer to surrender in Des Moines
Fort Dodge Iowa March 5 Alex R Graves M St L engineer indicted by Polk county grand jury for slaying Clarence Devault in May last will surrender to authorities in Des Moines next Friday per his father living in Fort Dodge.
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Fort Dodge
Alex R Graves
M. St. L
Polk County Grand Jury
Clarence Devault
Des Moines
Graves
Port Dodge
Rearranging Senate Seating After Republican Gain
Washington D C March 5 The senate of the 67th congress convened in extraordinary session yesterday and adjourned today with a transformed chamber. An entire rearrangement of seating was made necessary by the swelling of the Republican membership to fifty nine.
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Washington D.C
Senate
Eass
Robbers Take $26,000 in Liberty Bonds
Burglars forced a bank safety deposit vault in Wellington, Iroquis county, and escaped with $1,000 worth of unregistered Liberty bonds. The burglary was discovered when bank officers opened for business.
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Danville
Tfl
Wellington
Iroquis County
Harting on Job Early
President Harding went to work early in Washington arriving at the executive offices just after 9 o clock. He dictated to a stenographer for some time and was accompanied to his office by his father Dr G T Harding and his brother Dr T G Harding.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
G. T. Harding
T. G. Harding
Retiring Senators Drop Away as New Faces Enter Senate
Among the retirees are Chamberlain of Oregon and Gore of Oklahoma with others including Hoke Smith of Georgia and Sherman. New Senators seated include seven Republicans led by Cameron and Nicholson and three Democrats led by Caraway and Watson. Vice President Marshall heads to Chautauqua before Europe trip.
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Cratic
Sherman
Chamberlain
Oregon
Military Committee
Grenna
North Dakota
Agriculture Committee
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Thomas Watson Thomas
Colorado
Gore
Oklahoma
Beckham
Kentucky
Gay
Louisiana
Johnson
South Dakota
Kirby
Arkansas
Henderson
Nevada
Smith
Arizona
Smith Maryland
Whelan
California
Marshall
Pipeline Network Saved Millions in Oil Movement
Chicago reports that a vast underground pipeline system, roughly 60 000 miles long, moves daily oil that would require 200 000 tank cars and 60 9 locomotives. The system speeds deliveries to refineries and markets, outpacing rail transport. It traces back to Civil War era Pennsylvania with early line experiments and the growth of the oil field pipeline network.
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Chicago
United States
Pioneer Oil Fields
Pennsylvania
Nfeman Janes
Erie
Larr
Oil City
Teamsters
New Jersey
Farr Farm
Humbolt
Teamster
Henry Hurley
Benninghoff Run
Shaffer
Aoss
Open Season for Oldest Newspaper Spoiled by Forgeries
The Ulster County Gazette of January 4 1500 is discussed as potentially forged with Washingtons funeral recounted in the issue. Edward A Henry notes doubt about any genuine copy existing and compares it to a 1862 Vicksburg Citizen warpaper imitation.
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Chicago
Ulster County Gazette
Washington
Otter
Vicksburg Citizen
Existance
Edward A. Henry
University of
Out of Frying Pan Into the Fire Opinion
Paris newspapers comment on President Harding's Washington address. They view the new American administration as moving from one danger to another with disappointment over the lack of clear European policy statements.
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Paris
Washington
Harding
Europe
Insurance Firms Targeted by Auto Wreck Hoax
Buffalo reports a scheme where seventeen automobiles were discarded from a cliff on Lake Erie's south shore. Police believe staged thefts under fictitious names allowed insurance claims and later destruction to avoid detection. In three months 434 cars were stolen, 41 found burned, 108 still missing.
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Buffalo, Maren & the
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Soviet Fortress Falls Rumor Leaves Kronstadt in doubt
Washington reports official word that a Kronstadt fortress may have fallen to revolutionary troops, a claim received today by the Finnish Legation. The rumor uncertain, no independent confirmation yet.
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Washington, DC
Ese
Kronstadt
Lega Jon
Today's Markets Coyotes Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
CATTLE receipts 14H with beef and stocker prices mostly 25 to 50 cents higher. hogs down 10 to 25 cents with bids around 1.40 to 1.60 per hundredweight in bulk. Sheep receipts 74 with packer demand strong. poultry and Chicago futures show modest moves. St Joseph and Des Moines data indicate steady to lower trends across cattle and hogs.
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Seeerday
St. Joseph
Local Cash Markets for Agricultural Staples and Poultry
Market list shows prices for cor and rye oats timothy and wild hay straw threshed hay wheat clover timothy seed barley and poultry items like eyes hens springs roosters ducks and turkeys with varied unit prices. Includes horse hides priced at 1.10 dollars and dated clerk shorthand pricing.
ASRL Jumps From Fifth Story Hotel
New York March 5 Bonnie Woodward 26 a chorus girl jumped to her death from the fifth story window of a 47th street hotel. Friends said she had seemed low in spirits for some time.
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New York, N.Y
Bonnie Woodward
47Th Street
Champ Clark Funeral Services Held Today
Washington I C March 5 The house of representatives arranged a funeral in the house chamber for Champ Clark late minority leader and former speaker who died after a brief illness. The services at 10 o'clock were a rare tribute in congress and marked by attendance from members and committees.
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Washington
I C
House of Representatives
House
Champ Clark
American Congress
Sereno
E. Wayne
New York
Burleson Faces $500000 Damage Suit Upon Retirement
Washington march 5 a 500000 damage suit was filed in the district supreme court by owners of the New York Dail against Westmaster General Burleson who retires tomorrow. The complaint says his action closing the mails to the publication on December 1919 caused advertising and orientation losses before mail privileges were restored by court order in August.
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Washington, D. C
District Supreme Court
New York Dail
Westmaster
Burleson
Don’t Worry About Flu Says U S Public Health Bulletin
The Public Health Service reports this winter’s flu unlikely to return and urges focus on diphtheria. The bulletin notes 6000 diphtheria cases in October with more in November and recommends immunity testing and immunization for families.
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U.S. Bulletin
Washington
Public Health Service
Follow Up Campaign on School Children
Washington March 5 A follow up campaign by the Public Health Service aims to determine the results of remediable effects in school children. Doctors doubt the expected benefits have been produced and will monitor children for several years, seeking information from any source to aid federal officials.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Bail of Town Reappointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
The White House announced the reappointment of EB D. Bail of Town as assistant secretary of agriculture. His nomination will be sent to the Senate on Monday by President Harding.
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Washington
Ldc
EB D. Bail
White House
Senate
Harding
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