Washington Prepares for Simple Inauguration Crowd Invades Capital
Visitors from all regions swarm Washington to witness President Harding's inauguration, which will omit the usual grand displays. Rail officials and hotel workers brace for big crowds, while veterans and first timers alike plan for the city’s bustle. Marketed as a low-key event, officials expect good arrangements despite the swell of guests, with weather hoped to be decent on inauguration day.
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Birthday honorees mark milestones across three states
Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson president of Princeton Theological Seminary born in Ligonier Pennsylvania 55 years ago today. Dr Walter G Clippinger president of Otterbein University born in Franklin County Pennsylvania 48 years ago. Louis K Anspacher writer of plays born in Cincinnati 43 years ago today. Annie Sutherland actress born in Washington DC 54 years ago today.
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J. Ross Stevenson
Princeton Theological Seminary
Ligonier
Walter G. Clippinger
Otterbein University
Franklin County
Louis K. Anspaecher
Cincinnati
Annie Sutherland
Washington, D. C
Today’s Welsh Fest and Regional Elections Across States
St David’s Day marks a Welsh festal day while Georgia’s new workmen’s compensation law takes effect. San Francisco holds a recall election for two police judges. South Bend hosts the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Retail Lumbermen’s Association meeting. Delegates meet in Denver for a Mountain States WCTU conference. US senators among speakers open the Southern Commercial Congress in Washington.
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Georgia
San Francisco
South Bend
Indiana
Michigan
Mountain States
Denver
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
United States
Southern Commercial Congress
Washington
Daily History Highlights From 1711 to 1889
A compact historical digest noting dates and events such as the Spectator’s first issue in 1711, Ohio’s 1803 legislature in Chillicothe, the 1811 Cairo Massacre by Turkish pacha order, Nowell’s birth in 1837 and death in 1920, 1844 Jesuit expulsion votes, 1871 Seward guard medal, Pigott’s Madrid death, and 1803 Constantinople fire destroying 500 houses.
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Osborn to Move Town on Rails to New Site
Osborn, Ohio, plans to relocate a mile and a half on rail tracks on July 1 if current plans hold. A flood threat in the Miami Valley spurs the move, with Fairfield opposing but Judge Hartley dissolving the injunction. New site near Fairfield, expert supervision to plat, and three firms bidding for removal work as tracks will connect old and new locations.
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Osborn
Osborne
Miami Valley
Fairfield
Sochety on Social Calendar for Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday events include the Tuesday Music and Literary Club Jelks Hall at 4 PM the Junior Auxiliary Rectory at 4 PM and Sunbeam Band Baptist Church at 4 PM A Miriam Chapter No 86 OES meeting at 8 PM in the Masonic Hall On Wednesday the Christ Church Parish Guild meets at Mrs Kehl’s home at 3 30 PM and the UT ex students reunion at Laredo High School Auditorium at 8 30 PM
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Sunbeam Band
the Baptist Church
Miriam Chapter No. 86
Masonic Hall
Guild of Christ Church
C. H. Kehl
University of Texas At Laredo High School
Dust and Growth Return to Texas Gatherings
Continuation of a poetry clipping followed by local notices. Mrs B O Parker and her son returned to Woodworth after visiting her parents the Scots. J J Littie from Pearsall, C R Miller and daughter, J B Tumilson of Bishop, J B Morton to Marfa, and R Hutschenreter with daughter Elsie spent holidays in the city. M B Freed travels for business. UT ex-students reunion set for 8:30 p.m. at Laredo High School Auditorium with Roy Bedichek to speak on college spirit and Alma Mater.
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Woodworth
Texas
W. M. Scott
R. Hutschenreter
Mise Elsie
San Antonio
M. B. Freed
University of Texas
Laredo High School
Roy Bedichek
Fletcher Leads Southern Commercial Congress Drawn From New South Leaders
The Southern Commercial Congress meets in Washington with Duncan U. Fletcher as guiding spirit. Fletcher, a Georgian graduate of Vanderbilt who became mayor of Jacksonville, serves as U S Senator since 1908 and chairs the Commerce Committee guiding the merchant marine rehabilitation program.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Washington
Duncan U. Fletcher
United States
Florida
Fletcher
New South
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Jacksonville
United States Senate
Commerce Committee
Texas Roads Lose Money in Ten Months Through Oct 31 1920
Texas railroads operated at a loss for the ten months ending October 31 1920. Total operating expenses were 187 732 522 327 dollars while operating revenue was 187 024 007 37 dollars, a deficit of 708 515 dollars. The prior year showed a gain of 16 216 989 81 dollars for the ten months ending October 31 1919, with revenue down by 16 925 504 81 dollars.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
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Ascension Day superstition haunts Welsh quarrymen
Welsh quarrymen still cherish an old superstition that working on Ascension Day brings misfortune and the likelihood of an accident.
Senator Reed Proposes Resolution on Foreign Loans
Senator Reed of Missouri introduced a bill to prohibit further foreign loans. The resolution was adopted in executive session and ordered mandatory for the secretary to appear before the committee with a full report of the correspondence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reed
Missouri
Senate judiciary committee orders treasury loan files
Washington March 1 Secretary Houston was directed in a resolution adopted today by the senate judiciary committee to produce complete treasury files of correspondence relating to foreign loans. Members called the resolution a quasi warranto sub poena in form.
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Houston
Senate Judiciary Committee
Treasury
Senate Drops Farm Loan Bond Purchase Amendment
Washington March 1 The senate struck from the legislative appropriation bill its amendment authorizing the purchase of 160 million dollars in farm loan bonds by the treasury deeming it unnecessary.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Treasury
Landis Impeachment Referred to Subcommittee
Washington March 1 The house judiciary committee ordered the impeachment charges against Federal Judge Landis to subcommittee with instructions to report to morrow, indicating proceeding steps in the high profile case.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Landis
Harding Meets Wood in Marion on Path to Philippine Governor
President elect Harding visited Marion to confer with Major General Leonard Wood who is being considered for appointment as governor general of the Philippine Islands. The stop occurred shortly before Harding's imminent White House entry.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ohio
Harding
White House
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Own Your Home Slogan Marks Texas Lumbermen Meet
Houston reports the Lumbermen's Association of Texas will convene April 12 to 14 with the slogan Own Your Own Home. After wartime demands, lumbermen note population growth outpacing construction and prices easing toward prewar levels while wages for builders rise, signaling potential gains in building activity.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Lumbermen’s Association of Texas
Health measures in Chihuahua to conserve meat supply
El Paso dispatch reports Chihuahua council of health acts to conserve meat consumption and aid cattle reproduction on ranges. Plans outline restocking ranches with breeding cattle as Juarez sources relay the information.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
Council of Health
Chihuahua
Mexico
Juarez
Congress of Mothers to Convene in Atlantic City
Columbus O March 1 Many noted educators will address the winter conference of the national congress of mothers and Parent Teachers Association in Atlantic City starting March 3 Julia Wade Abbott of the United States Bureau of Education will discuss What the School Owes the Child Dr Payson Smith Massachusetts commissioners education will speak on The State s Responsibility to Its Children Julia Lathrop head of the Federal Children s Bureau will handle The Nation s Responsibility to Its Children and Dr W C Bagley of Teachers College Columbia University on The Nation s Opportunity in the Training of Its Future Citizens The keynote focuses on awakening greater public interest in the vital matters of children s mental moral and physical education
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National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers’ Association
Atlantic City
Julia Wade Abbott
United States Bureau of Education
Payson Smith
Massachusetts Commissioners Education
Julia Lathrop
Buresa
W. C. Bagley
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Half Reported Infections In Texas Case
Austin Texas March 1 By a recent comparison of deaths with reported infectious disease cases in Texas the state health board led by Dr Manton M Carrick finds about half of such cases are not reported to health authorities. The fault lies with householders where no physician is present not with physicians.
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Texas
State Board of Health
Manton M. Carrick
Carrick
Dr. Carrick
Odd and Interesting Facts From Ancient to Modern Times
A collection of curious statements: screws devised as early as 236 B C, Holland’s cow population per person, the lucky belief around black cats, wireless typing progress, durations for human growth, a flea’s leap power, phantom limb sensations after amputation, elephants averaging nine to ten feet tall, and a fifteen mile long motion picture film in Italy covering Bible history from Creation to Christ.
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Christ
Lloyd George Rejects German Offers at Conference
Germany proposed about thirty billion marks in reparations during the conference. Lloyd George challenged the German position, warning that the offers lacked comprehension of allied needs and delaying tactics. Washington report notes 1920 campaign costs totaling over 10 million dollars, Republican spending leading, with a warning that high expenditures pose a national danger.
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London
Germany
Dr. Simons
David Lloyd George
Paris
Briand
Lloyd George
Germany Claims Compliance With Reparations Pact
Washington March 1 Germany submitted to the allied reparations commission a list showing payments totaling twenty one billion gold marks about five and a quarter billion dollars through January 21 official advices here said The claim rests on Article 235 of the Versailles treaty requiring payment before March 1 1921 to enable the allies to restore their industries and economies.
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Washington
Allied Reparations Commission
Dougherty Arrives in Paris With Knights of Columbus
Archbishop Dougherty of Philadelphia arrived in Paris today from Boulogne accompanied by Knights of Columbus and prominent French Catholics.
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Associated Press
Paris
Dougherty
Philadelphia
Boulogne
Knights of Columbus
Scout Headquarters Opening Hours and Meetings Announced
Scout Executive Mackay of the Boy Scout Council of Laredo announces headquarters on Convent Avenue south of Farragut Street will be open daily 3 to 5 p m except Saturdays when hours are 9 to 11 a m and 2 to 5 p m Regular Friday night meetings will continue until further orders.
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Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities
This notice advertises a subscription offer from THE TIMES, priced at 60 cents per month, encouraging readers to enroll for regular access.
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Wilson Defends Baruch and Ryan in Copper Probe
President Wilson defended Bernard Baruch and John D Ryan against charges of profiteering in copper while serving the government. He denied their involvement in price fixing, stating that initial negotiations were handled by Judge Robert Lovett, the government’s priorities commissioner during the war.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Bernard M. Baruch
John D Ryan
Representative Mason
Republican
Illinois
Baruch
Ryan
Robert Lovett
Allies Invited Further Notes on Mandates
In Paris on March 1 the League of Nations council delivered its reply to the American note on mandates. The tone is described as particularly friendly and invites the United States to continue the conversation. It suggests the mandate question could be opened if Washington sends a plenipotentiary to discuss the matter.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of the League of Nations
United States
Washington
United States Asked to Send Rep to April League Meeting
Paris report states the league council invites the United States to send a representative to an April meeting in response to an American note on mandates. The reply asserts the council must accept the supreme council decision regarding the island of Yap.
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League Council
United States
Supreme Council
Yap
Weather outlook from New Orleans forecast page
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans noted unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday. Fort McIntosh observations show a maximum 83 degrees and a minimum 66 with southeast winds and clear skies.
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New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Burkett Seeks Barton's Dismissal Over Ranger Dispute
Representative Burkett of Eastland county urged Governor Neff to ask Adjutant General Barton to resign and for a new appointee to fill the high office. The remarks, made on a point of personal privilege, were printed in the journal after the Maitland county Ranger controversy. The second item notes a Senate vote 12 to 11 approving a local option boxing bill by the American Legion, replacing McNeain’s proposal to create a state boxing commission.
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Austin
Texas
Burkett
Eastland County
House
Neff
Burton
Journal
Barton
Maitland County
The
American Legion
Senate
McNeains
Sudden Deaths Reported in Edna Texas Incident
Two boys died in Edna Texas on Saturday and Sunday. Alec Walker eight was killed instantly when a disk plow ran away and struck him. Willard Atkinson twelve, his brother and a Mexican boy, six, were hunting birds when Willard placed a gun and it was picked up by the Mexican boy, who shot him.
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Associated Press
Edna
Texas
Mareh
Alec Walker
Willard Atkinson
Willard
Enrico Camon undergoes third operation in New York
New York reports Enrico Camon, once critically ill after pleurisy and a heart attack, underwent a third operation to remove pus from the pleural cavity. Physicians stated he is resting comfortably and improving.
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Associated Press
New York
Enrico Cam+0
Four Armed Men Hold Up Mail Messenger Near Post Office
Four gunmen intercepted a government mail messenger outside Jefferson City Missouri and seized the mail truck. They drove 13 miles away, bound the messenger to a tree, and escaped with a sack of registered mail and three pouches of first class mail.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Pareh 1
Champ Clark Condition Unchanged After Sinking Spell
Washington march 1 the condition of representative Champ Clark is unchanged today after a critical sinking spell yesterday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Champ Clark
Hope Abandoned For Champ Clark Recovery
Washington March 1 physicians virtually abandon the hope of Champ Clark's recovery as his condition worsens and the nation watches for updates on his health.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Kansas Mines Idle as Union Leaders Face Hearing
In Wittsburgh Kansas March 1 complete idleness grips the coal fields amid a preliminary hearing for Alexander Howatt president and August Dorcy vice president of the Kansas miners union charged in connection with a recent strike.
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Associated Press
Wittsburgh
Kansas
Alexander Howatt
August Dorcy
Kansas Miners’ Union
Regent Horthy Elected by Hungarian Assembly
On March 1 the Hungarian National Assembly elected Admiral Miklós Horthy as Regent of Hungary. In Britain, Field Marshal Douglas Haig resigned as commander-in-chief of the British Army.
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Admiral Horthy
National Assembly
Field Marshal Haig
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