Spartacan Army Captures Essen and Proclaims Soviet Republic
A Spartacan army of about 100,000 with 77 guns and armored cars captured Essen and declared a Soviet Republic. Dusseldorf was seized by Spartacans with no fight as government forces evacuated. Berlin reports say Leipzig public buildings bombed and up to 2,000 killed to date in German revolutionary fighting.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Essen
Dusseldorf
London
Ebert
Leipzig
Berlin
Near Agreement on Adriatic Problem
Diplomatic circles predict early agreement between Yugoslavia and Albania on Adriatic settlement. After a week of talks in Paris, representatives of both nations expect a definite rapprochement to begin arranging the new settlement. Yugoslavia proposed an autonomous Albanian state in response to the French British ultimatum.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jugo-Slavia
Albania
Paris
Pink boll worm menaces Texas via Villa seizure in Chihuahua
The pink boll worm now menaces west and northwest Texas as H M Means, agricultural agent of Tarrant county, warns. A trainload of cottonseed linked to the pest arrived in 1914, sent by Villa after capture in Chihuahua, with seed left in west Texas land risking spread. Washington reports 1919 cotton production at 11,329,755 equivalent 500-pound bales, down from 1918’s 12,040,532. Texas ginnings 3,064,997 and Arkansas 82,768 bales.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
H. M. Means
Tarrant County
el Paso
Villa
Chihuahua
West Texas
Washington
Census Bureau
Arkansas
Dempsey and Kearns Plead Not Guilty in Draft Conspiracy
San Francisco March 20. Jack Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to evade the draft when arraigned in U S district court. Dempsey furnished $2,000 bond and Kearns $1,000 bond.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
United States District Court
Dempsey
Kearns
Maryland Lunched Super-Dreadnought Launches in Newport News
The Maryland, described as the most powerful battleship ever built, was launched in Newport News on March 20. The vessel is highlighted as a pinnacle of naval strength and engineering.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Maryland
Demand for Furniture Drives Up Nationwide Need
Greensboro March 20 Demand for furniture across the country is immense and supply cannot keep up. Manufacturers at the National Council of Furniture Associations meetings say demand will grow. Lumber shortages are the most serious obstacle with no relief in sight at present.
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Associated Press
Greensboro
N. C
National Council of Furniture Associations
Wight
Noske Stays in Office After Confidence Vote
Paris reports Gustav Noske, who resigned, will remain in office as social democrats in the national assembly back him with a vote of confidence. Allies reportedly prepared to push into Germany from Strasburg and Metz if unrest continues. Germany ends general strike as government concedes to independent socialists demands.
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Paris
Gustav Noske
Social Democrats
National Assembly
London
Germany
Berlin
Anti-Saloon League Declares War on Hitchcock
Wayne Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, says Nebraska Senator Hitchcock should be defeated for supporting a light wine and beer amendment. He calls the move an attack on law enforcement and warns it could jeopardize prohibition and leadership in the Senate. Washington Date March 20.
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Associated Press
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Wayne Wheeler
League
Senate
Prohibition
Wheeler
Newberry Found Guilty in 1918 Campaign Conspiracy
Grand Rapids, March 20. Senator Truman H. Newberry was found guilty of criminal conspiracy in the 1918 campaign. The eight week trial began with 125 defendants and concluded with five remaining. four others apart from Newberry also convicted.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
Truman H. Newberry
United States District Court Today
Newberry
Abandoned at Sea: Coal Schooner Jeremiah Smith Sinks
The American schooner Jeremiah Smith and its coal cargo were abandoned and sank at sea on March 14 after the crew of seven spent four days in an open boat before reaching New York on March 20.
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Associated Press
New York
Jeremiah Smith
One in Seventy Sunday School Attendance in St Louis
A survey by 21 Protestant denominations in the Interchurch World Movement finds only about 1 child in seventy in St Louis attends Sunday School regularly. Apartment dwellers show less church interest, fewer children, and more servants. some have more servants than children. Many say they attended church regularly in childhood and deem that sufficient.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Interchurch World Movement
All records broken in Savannah cotton movement
Savannah, March 20. All records for moving cotton from Savannah have been broken and shipments continue to foreign countries and the Orient. Since August 1 the opening of the cotton year, through the first week in March, 89 ships loaded here with about 850000 bales, port still lined with vessels taking cotton though January ends a typical season. The pace remains 25000 to 30000 bales weekly for direct export with similar coastwise shipments.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Orient
Treaty Returned To President After Ratification Bid Fails
Washington March 20 The treaty of Versailles was returned today by the senate to President Wilson after it failed of ratification Friday for the fourth time. There is no intimation as to what Mr Wilson will do with the treaty.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Celebrated Centenary of first passenger railway
In Yarm on Tees, Darlington district, the centenary of the world’s first passenger railway was marked. In 1820 eight men formed a company to build 25 miles from Darlington to Stockton with George Stephenson as engineer. The line opened September 27, 1825 after five years of construction. 30 descendants attended a dinner.
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Associated Press
Darlington
Eng
Yarm-on-Trees
Stockton
George Stephenson
A Diamond Rush Near Beyersport Rouses Pretorius District
A large rush of diamond seekers at Beyersport in the Pretoria district is reported with about two thousand men including lawyers civil servants business people landowners artisans and clerks taking part. The ground was pegged in minutes with many using professional runners to secure preselected claims.
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Associated Press
Johannesburg
Beyensport
Pretoria
Laredo National Bank Financial Statement February 1920
Bank report shows total liabilities and capital as of February 28 1920 rendered to the Comptroller of the Currency. Names M W Brennan A L Vidaurri and J R Fasnacht appear as assistant cashiers and cashier respectively.
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Laredo ‘National Bank
Laredo, Texas
M. W. Brennan
A. L. Vidaurri
J. R. Fasnacht
Asa
T. Cashier
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