Bad Lands of Dakota Rich in Ore
Rapid City, S D March 22 That the badlands of South Dakota are the most famous deposits of their kind in the world is attested to by President Cleophas C. O Harra of the State School of Mines who has studied the region in geological research. He says the terrain features tell a nature story of climate, geography and animals and ages of time showing plans not devised by humans.
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Rapid City
S&s D
South Dakota
Cleophas C. O'Harra
State School of Mines
O'Harra
Town to Greet Farmer With War Fiancée
New York report confirms Aaron Hemping, a Claremon farmer, will marry Mme. Victorine Augagneur of France at Claremont after serving as godfather to war orphans Gabriel 14 Simone 9 and cousin Marcelle 15. Hemping sent funds for three children of a killed father during the war. He says he wants the children to see America, not just New York.
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New York
Aaron Hemping
Claremon
S. D
Hemping
Mme
Victorine Augagneur
Gabriel
Simone
Marcelle
Claremont
Mme. Augagneur
America
Two Appointed to War Finance Corporation
John J. Esch former Wisconsin representative received a recess appointment from President Harding as a director of the War Finance Corporation. Dwight Davis of St. Louis was also named by Harding as a director of the same agency in a recess appointment.
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Washington, D. C
John J. Esch
Wisconsin
Harding
War Finance Corporation
Dwight Davis
St. Louis
Ireek Forces Prepare Offensive on Eski-Shehr
Constantinople March 22 Greek forces in Asia Minor are energetically preparing a new offensive toward Eski-Shehr a key interior city halfway to Angora.
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Constantinople
Asia Minor
Eski-Shehr
Angora
Lightning Kills Girl in Rothschild Home Strike
Five year old Doro thy Pisholk was killed when lightning struck her while she sat near her parents in a Rothschild area home. The bolt passed through her body. the parents in the same room were unharmed.
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Wausau, Wis
Dorothy Pisholk
Rothschild
Weather Outlook for Chicago Next Twenty Four Hours
Chicago weather bulletin indicates fair skies tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions. The eastern and southern portions are expected to see the warmer trend on Wednesday.
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Chicago
Weather Summary Observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley
The following observations cover the past 24 hours ending 7 a m. Snow or sleet afflicted the area with low temperatures and light wind. Additional details were not readable in the fragment.
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H. M. Stanley
Special Session of Congress Called for April 11
Washington D C March 22 A proclamation convening Congress at noon April 11 was issued by President Harding to receive communications from the executive Tariff and tax revision are listed as the main topics but other issues such as transportation regulation packers coal immigration and more are expected to be taken up none of the subjects are named in the call
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Harding
Decker Refuses to Tell More About Murder
Warsaw Indiana March 22 Virgil Decker the confessed murderer of Leroy Lovett refuses to answer further questions after advice from his attorney Robert A Buhler of Fort Wayne Ind The prisoner was visited by Buhler multiple times this day Decker earlier confessed to striking Lovett with an iron bar in a cabin on the Tippecanoe river then moving the body to a railroad to hide the crime A motive beyond the devil tale was acknowledged but not disclosed Preparations for a grand jury probe were underway with the inquiry to begin Thursday
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Warsaw
Ind
Virgil Decker
Leroy Lovett
Decker
Robert A. Buhler
Fort Wayne
Buhler
Lovett
Tippecanoe River
Wood Nominated to Head University of Pennsylvania
Maj Gen Leonard Wood was nominated by the Penn trustees as head of the university. The statute blocks voting until the April 18 regular meeting, with expectations he will be elected then. A planned administration reorganization may yield a single general administrator and an educational administrator, possibly Acting Provost Josah H Penniman.
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Philadelphia
Leonard Wood
University of Pennsylvania
Josah H. Penniman
Rain Falls Just in Time to Save French Crops
Rain measured from half an inch to one linch fell in the northern half of France over the last forty eight hours, with lighter amounts in the south. The timely showers broke a drought that had raised crop worries as fields absorbed the moisture and cool weather reduced evaporation.
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Paris
France
Superdreadnaught Colorado Launched at Camden Yard
The Colorado was launched at the New York Ship Building Corporation yards in Camden New Jersey. It is described as the largest and most powerful battleship in the world and represents a major naval milestone.
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Camden
N. J
Colorado
New York Ship Building Corporation
Bill to Abolish Parole Board Defeated in Iowa Senate
Des Moines Iowa March 22 by a 22 to 27 senate vote the Holdoegel bill to abolish the parole board and transfer duties to the board of control was defeated Mrs E M England of Afton was in the city this afternoon
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Board of Parole
Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Holdoegel
Board of Control
E. M. England of
Afton
Cty
Influenza Epidemic Hits Eighth Infantry Battalion
In Codenz on March 22 the United States army reports an influenza outbreak among occupa tion troops. The second battalion of the Eighth Infantry is quarantined with forty five cases and no deaths to date.
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Codenz
United States Army of Occupation
Eighth Infantry
Yank Who Beat Crown Prince Quits U. S. Army
Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett, commander of the 1st American Army during the Argonne Meuse offensive, retires after forty two years of service. Born Readig Pennsylvania in 1857, he directed a vast mobile force and led the breakthrough against the crown prince’s Germans.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hunter Liggett
9Th Corps
Readig
West Point
Argonne
Sedan
The
Meuse
Verdun
Two Prohibition Agents Killed in El Paso
Federal Prohibition Agents E. Becker and Arch Wood were shot dead early today while pursuing liquor on a ranch owned by Neil T. Shearman near El Paso. The incident underscores violent resistance during Prohibition enforcement in Texas.
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el Paso
Tex
Mar
E. Becker
Arch Wood
Neil T. Shearman
Coal Miners Strike Hits Kansas In Defiance Of Court
Pittsburg March 22 A strike of 150 coal miners called by Alexander Howat and the Kansas miners executive committee in defiance of the court of industrial relations and the injunction began this morning.
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Pittsburg, Kas
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners Executive Committee
Court of Industrial Relations
Amicable wage pact eyed by five meat packers
Washington March 22. An agreement between the five big meat packers and their employees to amicably adjust wage and other disputes was predicted before a second conference with Secretary Davis at the labor department. Both sides had tentatively agreed at a private conference last night and today. final terms were to be settled at a joint meeting later.
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Washington, D. C
Davis
Labor Department
Wife Forgives Dream Husband Court Confirms Bond
The Rev Maurice Bodine of Chicago, dubbed the dream husband by Mrs Ida Glasshagen Bodine of Aurora, is held to the grand jury on 3000 bond for theft and marrying while still divorced. Mrs Bodine did not testify. Bodine aims to remarry her after jail release. Bodine, with two previous wives, had been arrested in Rosston Oklahoma during a revival week.
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Aurora
Maurice Bodine
Chicago
Ida Glasshagen Bodine
Illinois
Bodine
Rosston
Okla
Miss Glasshagen
Mr. Bodine
Robbers Hold Up Loan Bank in Hammond
William Cole, a Black man, restrained two robbers at a local loan bank in Hammond. The pair seized thousands in cash and jewels before escape attempts were thwarted. Police were alerted after Cole notified two officers on duty. Suspects identified as John M. Pon of Roseland and Karl Webb of Roseland.
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Hammond
Ind
William Cole
John M. Pon
West One Hundred and Thirteenth Street
Roseland
Karl Webb
Stevens Avenue
Therapy Restores Mobility After Spinal Vertebra Removal
Des Moines reports Mrs Max McVey injured in a November automobile crash has recovered enough to ride in a car. Doctors describe her case as remarkable as a fracture in her spine required removal of three vertebrae to relieve damage.
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Des Moines
Max McVey
Yeuvie
Tax for schools passes in senate and cement bill moves
Des Moines March 22 Iowa senate approves a head tax of five dollars on every man and woman for school funds with four million dollars expected. Senate also bills to empower state executive councils to subpoena witnesses while house passes cement pricing reform for public works.
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Des Moines
Ila
House Highway Committee
Iowa
Olson
Boone
Senate
Blake
Committee On
Beating of Lady Astor by Wit in English Town
In Mymouth on Saturday near her residence Lady Astor faced a threatening soldier. She used quick wit to delay him and obtain his name and address. The man fled through a stable to a public house before being captured and handed to police. She asked that no charges be brought.
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Mymouth
England
Lady Astor
Letter from Geer Read to Labor Board on union defamation
A copy of a letter said to be written by L. V. Geer general manager of the St Louis Columbus division of the Pennsylvania lines ordering supervisors to even resort to defamation of all labor unions was read today to the Railway Labor Board at its Chicago meeting.
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Chicago
Tfl
L. V. Geer
St Louis-Columbus
Pennsylvania
Railway Labor Board
Missing Centerville Mail Sack Bales $92,000 In Loss
Centerville Louisiana March 22 security and cash in the pouch of registered mail taken from here were valued at 92 000 all consigned by Centerville residents to Chicago Search for the missing sack continued no trace found It left the post office and sacks were stored on the depot floor unguarded for about thirty minutes Securities included 37500 in negotiable bonds 45000 in interim receipts of bonds 9000 in government bonds plus bond coupons stamps and jewelry
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Centerville
Chicago
Girl 16 Plans Marriage To Aid Sick Mother
Dorothy Miller of Trenton writes to New York papers proposing marriage two years after next Oct 23 when she turns 18. She seeks $100 for her mother's operation and mentions the Easter operation date. She describes herself as 5 feet 5 inches, 123 pounds, fair, a good housekeeper, seeking a refined husband from respectable parents and independent salary.
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Trenton
N. J
Dorothy ‘Miller
New York
Seizing Hootch Without Warrant Held Illegal
United States District Judge Faris ruled that a private home seizure of intoxicants without a search warrant was illegal. Police had seized 14 cases of whisky and wine from the home of Jacob Melsheimer on November 27, 1920, though the liquor belonged to Mrs. I. B. Hopkins and was stored at the location. the items were ordered returned.
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St. Louis
United States
Faris
Jacob Melsheimer
I. B. Hopkins
Market Report Highlights Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Today's markets show cattle receipts at 29 000 with a generally steady trend and top beef steers around 10.00. Hogs receipts total 20 000 with mixed performance and lower weights down from yesterday, while sheep receipts reach 19 000 with steady to slow killing classes. Chicago produce notes butter and eggs higher and grains mixed with wheat near 151 142 and corn 65 67.
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Chicago
Mark Cases Inc
Springs
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbel
Des Moines
Tel
St. Joseph
Macevae Deen
Fu Teek
Sasa A
Local Cash Markets Report Prices by Commodity
Corn 50c oats 5c timothy hay 15.00 straw 9.00 wild hay 12.00 threshed hay 212.00 wheat 1.89 clover seed 94 to 11.00 timothy seed 1.56 to 1.75 barley 5c poultry prices include ees 17c hens 24c springs 19c old roosters 13c stags 17c ducks 18c horse hides 1.00.
Influenza Drill Planned for Chicago Health Class
Chicago health commissioner warns of a fourth influenza visit starting April 15 after 1919 outbreak killed thousands. A class of 6,800 women who took Dr Robertson’s nursing course is urged to attend a midnight meeting on April 2 to receive special instructions for influenza patients.
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Chicago
Meyers Involvement Tied to Graves Murder
Buffalo police received a confession from neighbor Alexander Meyer who details a deadly plot linked to a jilted girlfriend involved with two brothers and their sister. Graves, a Yale graduate and prominent society man, was shot while walking a Graves pathway late Thursday. Meyer's account suggests a planned ambush by relatives awaiting him on a different route. Arrests of the brothers and sister are expected within hours, per Captain Newton.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Father P. Graves Society
Yale
Alexander Meyer
Meyer
Graves
North Street
Newton
University of Iowa Professor Named to Fisheries Planning Committee
Dr. Frank A. Stromsten of the University of Iowa zoology department has been appointed to a six member committee on organization and plans named by the U S Commissioner of Fisheries. The panel includes government and university officials from across the United States and aims to organize a conference and a larger meeting in June, recognizing Stromsten’s work at Iowa and the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.
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Iowa City
Frank A. Stromsten
Department of Zoology
University of Iowa
United States Coommissioner of Fisheries
America
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert G. Hoover
Strometen
United States
Hoover
Stromaten
Iowa Lakeside
Lake Okoboji
Stermeten
Leeds Plans Athens Trip With Chinese Valet In Tow
William Leeds accompanied by his Chinese valet Wang and driver G W Perry left Lyons en route to Athens after a night at Nice. He will travel via Rome and the Apennines to Brindisi then cross the Adriatic to Corfu and into the Greek capital. His mother, Princess Anastasia, formerly Mrs William B Leeds, accompanies the party.
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Paris
Wang
G. W. Perry
William Leeds
Lyons
Athens
Anastasia
William B. Leeds
Nice
Leeds
Romie
Appenines
Brindisi
Adriatic
Corfu
Two Americans on Trial in Germany
Mosbach Baden March 22 The trial of Carl Neuf and Franz Zimmer two Americans who tried to arrest Grover C Bergdool a US draft enlistee at Eyersbach last January began here yesterday and was continued today Four Germans accused as their accomplices were also on trial.
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Mosbach
Baden
Carl Neuf
Franz Zimmer
Grover C. Bergdool
Eyersbach
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Ireek
Aete
Gen. Wood
University of Penn
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Crown Prince
U. S. Army
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Kansas
Geer
Labor Board
Irl
United States Bureau of Markets
Associated Press
Chicago Live Stock
Stromsten
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