Global unrest and disease of postwar policy in Germany
Foreign and domestic pressure tests the League of Nations while Germany faces renewed uprisings in Prussian Saxony and Upper Silesia. Kapp-Luettwitz remnants, Hamburg violence, and widespread arson bolster a fragile postwar order as America weighs league entry and economic stabilization.
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League of Nations
Soviet
Russia
Kapp
von Luettwitz
Plauen
Halle
Mansfield
Bla‘eben
Hamburg
Prussian
Saxony
Germany
News Bits for Busy People
A rapid roundup notes shocks in Yuma Arizona. In Manila over ten thousand cigarmakers strike protesting wage cuts. Valparaiso Indiana reports two still valued at ten thousand found in sand dunes. Lithuanian and Polish irregulars clash per Copenhagen dispatch. Coastwise marine engineers end wage-cut protest by officers on tug fleet. Weeks vows pursuit of Bargdoll. Philadelphia draft evader in Germany under review. War Dept stalls on victory medals. Costa Rica congratulates Harding on stand in Costa Rica Panama dispute. Larry McLean shot in Boston. Jack McCarthy wounded. Four men linked to Wall Street blast reach New Orleans. California amusement industry backs Clara Smith Hannon film return. Anna Stilman alleged mother of child by Indian guide in White Plains. Railroads lose 600000000 annually per Atterbury before railway labor board.
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Yuma
Ariz
Manila
P. L
Valparaiso
Ind
Ritchigan
Zeligowski
Copenhagen
Wolon
New York
Bargdoll
Weeks
Washington
Philadelphia
Germany
War Department
Congress
Costa Rica
Harding Oi Washington
Coosta Rica
Panama
Larry McLean
Jack McCarthy
Boston
Wall Street
New Orleans
Rio de Janeiro
Shipping Board
Rushville
Allied Amusement Industries of
California
San Francisco
Clara Smith Hannon
Anna A. Stilman
James A. Stillman
National City Bank of New York
Supreme Court
White Plains
N.Y
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Lines
Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Gen Wood to Philippines to lead mission
General Wood received final instructions from Secretary Weeks and will sail from San Francisco on April 2 to Manila. He will remain commander of the Sixth Army Corps during the Philippine mission, accompanied by Cal F. McCoy, Lieut. Col. Gordon Johnson, Maj. Peter Bougitch, and Lieut. C. C. Wood as aide-de-camp.
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Leonard Wood
Harding
Philippines
Cuba
General Wood
W. Cameron Forbes
Islands
Wood
Hardingins
Washington
Weekway Gai
Leonard “Wood
Weakington
San Francisco
Manila
War Department
Sixth Army Corps
Cal. F. BR. McCoy
Gordon Johnson
Peter Bougitch
C. C. Wood
Demand for Emergency Tariff Moves Through Congress
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee voted to take up the Fordney emergency tariff bill as vetoed by President Wilson, routing it through a six month limit in a special session. Harding backs the plan, with Senate Republicans Penrose Smoot and McCumber concurring, while House moves begin on a permanent tariff bill ahead of revenue revision. Chicago markets detail commodity quotes amid mixed price movements for wheat flour, hay, cattle, hogs, and lambs.
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Prohibition Department
Sama Au Prit
Supreme Court
Congress
States
Harding
Senate
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
Penrose, Smoot
McCumber
House Committee
Dresden China tokens replace small paper money
In Saxony a new porcelain guinage marks a shift from real currency to tiny red brown discs from Meissen. These discs, simple in design and washable, are circulating widely as a clever substitute for small coins, gaining rapid acceptance in the market.
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Dresden
Saxony
Meissen
Good Manners a Business Asset in New York Schools
Dr. John H. Finley, New York state education commissioner, advocates teaching good manners in public schools. He states manners enhance friendships, social standing, and business progress, and they are a vital spiritual discipline. He argues manners training helps individuals maintain self control in trying situations, giving them an edge.
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New York
John H. Finley
Fidney
Not Partial to Canned Worms in a Banter Flood
A humorous exchange from a field kitchen or fishing tale shows Reda and Greene discussing canned worms. One quotes a fishing trip where worms were kept in a can, claiming he had no bites all day, prompting a quip that fish may not like canned worms.
Inquest Witness Describes Deceased as Partial Stranger
A former railroad section tamp operator testified at an inquest. Pressed to define the deceased, he quipped that the man was a partial stranger, prompting the coroner to insist there is no such term. The exchange highlighted the witness's uncertainty about the deceased’s identity.
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Secretary of the Navy
Edwin ‘Denby
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Era
Planta
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Viviani
France
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Europe
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Great Britain
Ilinois
Upper Silesia
Poland
Berlin
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Palmer
American Legion
Carl Neal
Fred Zimmer
Rhine
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Neal
Zimmer
National Legislative Committee of the Legion
Secretary of War
Bergdoll
America
Red
Lenin
Gen. Wood
Gon
Fordney
Davery
Drors
AucoHat
Frank N. Wallace
Mr. Wallice
Indianapolis News
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
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