Railroads Adopt New Coal Preference Rules by U S Fuel Admin
The United States Fuel Administration, under Director General Walker D. Hines, issued a revised coal preference order affecting railroads, army and navy, public utilities, and retailers. Committees with regional chairs were named to enforce diversions only in emergencies, amid severe winter shortages and efforts to ease coal transport to New England.
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Washington
March
Walker D. Hines
Hines
Army
Navy
New England
Ofder
United States Fuel Administration
G. N. Snyder
Eastern Regional ‘Coal Committee
New York
W.T. LaMoure
James T. Storrow
H. A. Worcester
Ohio
Indiana
P. G. Findley
Detroit
E. R. Bissell
Gleveland
Samuel Porcher
Allegheny Coal Committee
Philadelphia
S. ¥. Spéngler
Pocshontas Coal Committee
Roanoke
Wilson
Director Hines
Tames
Iam
Interere
Gizike
Six Die After Oklahoma Dance Hall Collision
Five young Okla. men and a ninth casualty died when their car returning from an American Legion dance was struck by a freight train at a crossing. One person was gravely injured in the wreck near the Okla. town.
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Ardmore
Medical Service for Chinese Servants Discussed
The piece notes a plan to form a service allowing members to pay fixed fees so their Chinese servants could be examined periodically at a hospital, arguing the need for such an institution.
Railway unions to give U S law tryout
President Wilson urged railway executives and workers to choose representatives for a bipartisan wage board under section 301 of the railroad bill. Directors General Hines to oversee first conferences on procedure and representation. Wilson stressed settlement should not be postponed and urged an agency to continue after federal operation ends.
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Washington
Wilson
Brotherhoods
Hines
Mr. Cuyler
Espionage Sentence Upheld in Tageblatt Case
The Supreme Court upheld convictions of three Philadelphia Tageblatt officials for espionage act violations tied to articles in the newspaper. Editors Louis Werner and Dr Martin Darkow were sentenced to five years, business manager Herman Lemke to two years, while treasurer Paul Vogel and president Paul Schaefer had their one year sentences reversed.
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Washington
Philadelphia Tageblatt
Supreme Court
Louis Werner
Martin Darkow
Herman Lemke
Paul Vogel
Paul Schaefer
Gompers Opposes Railroad Bill, Regrets Presidential Action
Samuel Gompers, leader of the American Federation of Labor, declared in Miami that organized labor opposes the railroad bill as drafted. He said no further action would be taken and that he speaks for the federation in regretting the president's decision to sign the measure.
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Miami
Fla
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Federation
Organized Labor
West Indies Sale to U S Proposed in Commons Debate
London March 6 A proposal to sell the British West Indies to the United States to help balance Britain’s war debt is expected to be discussed in the house of commons by Prime Minister Lloyd George, likely next Monday.
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Lloyd George Ile
London
British West Indies
United States
Great Britain
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Massive $5 Million Loss From Cold in South Florida
Extreme cold hit south Florida causing an estimated $5,000,000 in damage to fruits and vegetables. Fields north of Miami were nearly wiped out while early reports indicate about 75 percent damage in the south.
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South
Florida
Miami
Fla
Iowa man chosen president of national Farm Bureau
The American Farm Bureau Federation opened a two day session in Chicago with 28 states represented by 53 delegates. J R Howard of Clemons Iowa was chosen president and S L Strivings of Castile Iowa vice president. The group plans a national headquarters in Chicago or Indianapolis and will push federal legislation to protect dairy and crop interests.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Indianapolis
America
France
England
Ireland
Canada
Germany
Lowan
J. R. Howard
Clemons
L. Strivings
Castile
J. W. Cloverdale
Ames
Washington
French Rail Strike Ends in Paris Settlement
French railway workers win recognition of the right to organize across the network. Arbitration is accepted for unsettled issues and an immediate review of future railroad rules will start. Wages for time lost during the strike are not paid, but disciplinary penalties for not returning to work after summons will be canceled. Company directors to revise other penalties with fairness.
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Paris
France
U S Ship Moccasin Sinks After Brookyln Docking
The former German passenger steamship Moccasin, once Prinz Joachim, sank at its Brooklyn pier after completing a South America voyage as the first vessel for the U S Shipping Board fleet. Cause of the disaster is not yet known.
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New York
South America
United States Shipping Board
Gank
Brooklyn
Prinz Joachim
United States
Million Dollar Bonus Payment Reaches Wisconsin Officials
Madison state officials receive a $1,000,000 check from Milwaukee for soldiers bonus funds. It is the largest single payment to the state so far, about one fifteenth of the total needed. Thousands of drafts are sent to the adjutant general to be distributed to veterans.
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Wisconsin
Secretary of State
Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Adjutant General
Adriatic Question Remains in Limbo as Talks Break Off
London reported talks between Italian Premier Nitti and Jugo Slav representatives halted with no immediate resumption planned this week. The Adriatic dispute stays unresolved while the supreme council sits in London and may reopen when the Rome peace conference resumes later in the month. Italian circles report Nitti open to a compromise placing Fiume under Italian sovereignty while League of Nations would administer the port.
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London
Nitti
Trumbitch
Patriitch
Supreme Council
Rome
le Journal of
Paris
Signor Nitti
Adriatic
Messaggero
Italy
Istria
Fiume
League of Nations
Mexican Workers Flee To U S Amid Alarm in North
Mexico City reports say large numbers of Mexican workers head to the United States creating an alarming exodus. Nonuse dangers threaten regional industries and farmland due to lack of cultivation. The labor department warns Mexicans to beware of fraudulent contracts.
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Mexico City
United States
Department of Labor
Counterfeiting Doubled in Six Months
Washington heard Chief W. H. Moran of the Secret Service tell a house committee that counterfeit activity has doubled in the last six months. He cited government securities and federal reserve notes as driving factors and urged higher appropriations to pursue the swindlers.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
W. H. Moran
Secret Service
House
Severe frosts and snow in southern Russia kill hundreds
A Moscow wireless report says severe frosts and snow hurricanes have swept southern Russia with twenty year intensity. Fuel shortages worsen misery of refugees with hundreds reported frozen to death.
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London
Russia
Moscow
All Yanks Leave Siberia as Evacuation Ends
London reports that American troops have virtually completed their evacuation of Siberia. The last American detachment reached Vladivostok as the Soviet government in Moscow confirms the pullout is complete.
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Moscow
London
Siberia
Vladivostok
Senate Advances Seed Free Distribution Ban
Washington March 4 Acting on the new secretary of agriculture recommendation the senate agriculture committee voted to strike from the annual agricultural bill the 240000 dollars allotted by the house to continue free seed distribution to constituents by members of congress.
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Washington
Secreary of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Congress
Senate approves modification to Lodge peace treaty reservations
The senate voted 69 to 2 to accept a modified reservation on the Shantung provisions, removing references to Japan and China while keeping the same effect. The final modified vote was 48 to 21 with all negatives by Democrats, amid heated debate on bipartisanship and future changes.
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Washington
Senate
Japan
China
Reed
Missouri
Sutherland
West Virginia
U. S
United States
Hitchcock
McCormick Ofllinois
Lodge
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senator McCormick
Senator Borah
Senator Kellogg
Senator Lodge
Senator Williams
Mississippi
Senator Williems
League
Congress
Various World News Briefs From 1920s Dispatches
Summarizes disparate items including stepho poisoning deaths in St Paul, plans to occupy Constantinople, death of chemist Katt von Martins, U.S. prohibition loom, Athens ratification of peace treaties, Geneva women’s conference, union plumbers strike in Marion NL, Turkish navy ban by allies, Germany loan approval, Mary Pickford divorce, Constantinople cabinet resignation, Izzet Pasha ministry formation, Colby nomination delay, George D. Smith death, Budapest assassination attempt, Grand Rapids Newberry cases, Indianapolis primary filing, Joe Peak arrest, Lloyd indictments quashed, Wisconsin beer legality, and Milwaukee seed cut.
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St. Paul
Minn
Constantinople
Ex‘press
Katt von Martins
Berlin
Washington
Chamber of Deputies
Athens
Geneva
London
Marion
Supreme Council
Allies
Turkey
London Evening Standard
Allied Supreme Council
Germany
Paris
Mary Pickford
Owen Moore
Minden
Carson City
Nev
Izzet Pasha
Wilson
Bainbridge Colby
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George D. Smith
New York
Smith
Budapest
Stephen Friedrich
Sessons
Grand Rapids
Mich
Newberry
Indianapolis
Edwards
New Jersey
Joe Peak
Chicago
San Diego
Cal
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Party
United States
Hebel
Wisconsin
Geiger
Milwaukee
Manitowoc Products Company
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
France Ends Rail Strike With Pledge to Resume Work
Paris reports the end of a nationwide rail strike after talks between railway directors and workers. The national federation ordered a return to work, despite a government mobilization plan for military duty that drew only about half the eligible laborers. Arrests of strike leaders were announced by the government.
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Paris
Mren
National Federation
Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean
France
Federation of Labor
Atrike
Car supply rules extended by interstate commission
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission urged all carriers and shippers to continue the uniform rules of car supply set by the railroad administration due to the ongoing coal supply crisis.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Administration
Berlin costs of cremation rise as goods sell higher
In Ulm Württemberg authorities require surviving relatives to provide fuel for cremation, with pine boards priced at 125 marks and coffins ranging up to 5 000 and 6.09 marks for ornate metal caskets, highlighting rising burial costs in the progressive city.
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Atory
Ulm
Wurttemberg
Winnipeg Official Appointed to Saar District Board
R D Waugh managing commissioner of the Winnipeg water district is named a member of the Saar district board by the League of Nations council.
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Winnipeg
Saar Board
London
R. D. Waugh
Winnipeg Water District
Council of the
League of Nations
Market prices on grains meats and poultry listed
Floor quotes show rye and wheat prices for several grades, hay values for timothy and clover, cattle categories with steers cows and calves, hogs with weight ranges, sheep with yearlings and lambs, and live poultry prices including turkeys fowls and ducks.
Tongues and Poisoned Stomachs Mentioned in Satirical Lineup
A fragment speaks of tongues and poison removed from stomachs, followed by a line about men going broke before daybreak. The terse lines evoke a cryptic, possibly satirical mood with unclear context and repeated phrases.
Remarkable Sight In Frosty Morning Window View
Four year old Marjorie spotted a horse and bugsy at work pasting as frosty air fogged from the horse’s mouth. She cried for someone to see the dust coming from its mouth in a curious, vivid morning scene.
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Marjorie
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