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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1921
Page
1
President Harding convenes dinner with Republican congressional leaders at the White House to discuss policy. He will chair the cabinet’s first meeting at 11 a.m. tomorrow focusing on relations with Costa Rica and Panama and the special session program.
The Department of Agriculture expands plant propagation for vegetable oils to aid leprosy treatment. Seeds from the dhydnocarpus anthelmintics tree, sent from Bangkok by Dr J F Rock, will go to Florida Porto Rico and Hawaii. Experts aim to supply chaumoorra oil from Burma and three other trees to doctors, building on 1904 progress in the anti leprosy crusade.
Norfolk March 7. Orders issued to 4000 Atlantic fleet lads to learn swimming before summer travel north. They will train in Cuban waters under strict petty officers famed for efficiency. If a lad falls overboard and can stay afloat, rescue will follow. medals are awarded for such saves.
An armistice and final boundary settlement between Panama and Costa Rica are being negotiated through the United States government, announced today from San José Costa Rica, March 7.
Chicago weather indicates rain tonight with a wet eastern edge and a cooler western area. Tuesday expected to be slow changing with continued damp conditions.
The record notes 24 hour observations ending 7 a m with snow or related precipitation. No further readable details are available in the fragment.
London reports the Allies decide penalties for Germany over reparations with plans including occupation of Duisburg Dusseldorf and Ruhrort, a duty on German imports, and an allied controlled Rhine customs boundary. Lloyd George told Germany the German reply was unacceptable and no changes justified delaying penalties.
Dublin March 7 a vigorous publicity drive will be launched across the south to persuade acceptance of the Home Rule act. Officials expect most of Ireland to be given full opportunity to study the law. Sir Hamar Greenwood aims to circulate thousands of copies gratis as opposition concentrates in the south. No Irish faction has yet treated the act as a basis for peace talks with British authorities.
Washington reports that light fingered gentry in England steal freight in transit, with London chamber figures showing nearly 3 million dollars in 59 weeks. The losses average over 47 thousand dollars weekly, excluding insurance and shipowner claims, with one company alone facing 250 thousand pounds annually.
The District of Columbia Supreme Court sustains the refusal to issue a mandate forcing Postmaster General Burleson to restore second class mail privileges to Victor L Berger's Milwaukee Leader. The suit is dismissed, with the opinion citing government excerpts from submitted articles.
Washington March 7 the Colombian treaty was reported formally to the senate today by the foreign relations committee but without renouncements as to plans for consideration
London March 7 Allied government heads and German delegates adjourned a reparations talks session amid reports of a rupture. British Prime Minister Lloyd George was to reply to the German foreign minister as French observers warned the negotiation could fail. Allied troops were ordered to occupy Rubbert Duisburg and Dusseldorf in Germany as penalties for non fulfillment of reparations obligations.
Allan P Morris, an automobile accessories salesman of St Louis, was formally charged by a United States commissioner with complicity in the Jefferson City mail robbery. Four sacks of mail were taken, including one containing 34400 dollars in Liberty bonds.
General Bramwell Booth of the Salvation Army proposes a companion monument in New York to the Statue of Liberty. He urges a global peace message and a memorial to fallen soldiers to show that liberty and service to others prevail over war.
The Railway Labor Board ruled that the Erie railroad violated six prior rulings including wage reductions and failure to cancel them after orders. Erie argued hearings were required before or during restoration of previous pay rates.
Paul M. Potter, noted dramatic critic and author of popular plays, was found dead today of natural causes in the Murray Hill Baths, New York City. The death was reported in New York on March 7.
The Creston Daily Advertiser explains it is the first newspaper in the area by reporting news the evening before, using Associated Press services to provide late breaking updates while asserting loyalty to home institutions and plans for improved reader benefits.
Refugee princess Madame Ludmila Lubinoff runs soup kitchens sewing rooms and workshops for Russian aristocrats driven from Petrograd. Her staff includes former admirals generals governors and nobles now rebuilding lives in Warsaw with aid from the Russian Red Cross and support from an American organization.
The Iowa legislature reconvenes after a ten day recess and faces early votes on the industrial court proposal and the MacClenahan investigation. Road measures include a two year revote option in hard surfaced counties and restoring county board powers from the highway commission, while a parallel debate targets the 1950 women workers hours bill.
President Harding sent to the Senate the nomination of Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania for under secretary of state. Roosevelt of New York and Ball of Iowa were reappointed assistant farmers and referred to naval and agricultural committees for later action.
J. P. Johnson of Sioux Falls visited this city yesterday and today with friends, staying for a short informal social call and sightseeing.
The Iowa House opened its session with forty five new measures, a record for this term, as lawmakers returned from a ten day recess. Major items include repeal of the anticigaret law with a state tax on cigaret sales, uniform long distance rates, a state cement plant and rock crusher project, and county superintendent election reforms. May 1 game fish season proposed, and district assessments for highway hard surfacing to define voting territory.
CATTLE receipts 21 000 market slower with fat cattle 25 cents lower top beef steers 10 35 bulk 8 50 to 9 50 calves mostly 50 cents lower hogs receipts 61 060 market 15 to 26 cents lower light hogs top 10 80 bulk 206 pounds and down 10 50 to 10 75 pigs steady to 15 cents lower bulk desirable around 1 50 sheep receipts 26 000 fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower sheep about steady chicago produce butter higher eggs higher firsts 31 2 to 31 9 cents poultry alive higher wholesale grain and provisions prices included.
Market roundup shows timothy hay at 15.00, wild hay 12.00, threshed hay 12.00, corn and wheat at 184 and 7.90 to 9.00 per unit, timothy seed from 1.00 to 1.50, and poultry items including eggs and turkeys priced with related livestock notes. Other entries include horse hides at 1.00 and various roosters and stags noted.
In Danville on March 7 and Mt Vernon Illinois authorities prepare to present one of the era s largest robberies to the grand jury. The case centers on Guy Kyle a former minister from Mt Vernon linked to cash hoards totaling 185000 found in his home and in a garage jointly owned with Loren Williamson. Kyle refuses to discuss details while Williamson denies involvement. The investigation notes possible involvement by a band of robbers or Kyle acting alone. Kyle s former Free Methodist church ties and severance details are outlined by Rev G W Griffith at a church conference.
The United Steel Corporation reduced its accident rate by half through preventive measures. From 1912 to 1920 the firm spent $7,533,241 on accident prevention and 23,662,027 on relief for injured workers and families. Over 35,000 employees served on safety committees, with 29,550 saved from serious injury in 1920 estimates.
Panama's president described the identical note sent to Costa Rica and Panama as a painful impression. He said it advised withdrawal from Cot, which Panama had recovered from the Cost Ricans.
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