U S Senate Debates Membership in International Court Plan
Senator King of Utah introduces a resolution in the Senate to carry out the administration’s proposal for American membership in the League of Nations International Court of Justice. Senator Robinson of Arkansas offers a cautious critique, calling the plan timid, and notes late action in this session. The resolution includes reservations from Secretary Hughes’s letter accompanying the president’s message.
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Presidents Court OF Justice
King OF Utah
Associated Press
Washington
International Court of Justice
League of Nations
Senate
King
Utah
Robinson
Arkansas
Congress
Hughes
Bryan Urges Broader Role in League of Nations Court
William Jennings Bryan backed President Harding’s plan for a conditional U.S. seat in the League of Nations. He argued for participation on both the investigation and arbitration tribunals, stressing independence of action and warning against being bound by other nations’ opinions.
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Miami
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Harding
United States
International Court
League of Nations
Actor slapping incident disrupts Chicago theater night
In Chicago on February 26 an unidentified man slapped film star Richard Bennett during a first nighter for He Who Gets Slapped. Bystanders intervened after a quarrel arose when Bennett and party entered during the second act, disturbing the assailant and his companion.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Richard Bennett
Bennett
Klan Involved in East St. Louis Municipal Primary
East St. Louis police announce Ben Morrow confessed to being paid by the Klan as a precinct committeeman at ten dollars a day. The Klan allegedly plans to influence the election by pamphlets urging defeat of Catholic candidates, with a precinct committee structure for the city’s sixty one precincts. Morrow is out on bond. charges carry up to 500 dollars and six months in jail.
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Associated Press
East St. Louis
Ills
Malcomery
Ben ©. Morrek
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Morrow
Mauleomery
Government agents baffled over Gotham ammunition cache
Government agents and police bomb squad investigating a basement cache of machine guns grenades and cartridges in a lower West Side house say they are baffled They learned Arthur Loe winger proprietor of a Seaman's supply store in Hoboken New Jersey leased the basement recently but denies ownership or knowledge of the contraband No charges yet.
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Associated Prous
New York
Souad
Lower West Side
Arthur Loewinger
Seaman'’S
Hoboken
N. J
Ministerial Association Drops Gypsy Smith Visit Plan
The Twin Cities Ministerial Association met in Monroe and learned Evangelist Gypsy Smith Jr could not commit to a fall union revival due to two years of prior bookings. A committee had sought a date and reported the impasse before adjournment to March 12 at 10 a.m.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Evangelist Smith
Death of Senator George C. Perkins in Oakland
Former United States Senator George C. Perkins, aged 84, died at his Oakland home on February 26. He had served in the Senate and was a prominent figure in California politics.
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George C. Perkins
Oakland
Calif
United States
Enthusiasm Marks City Skating Carnival Preliminaries
Enthusiasm filled the city as rollers gathered for the Carnival preliminaries with 500 participants and spectators despite rain. The finals are set for Saturday at 3 p m on Grammont street, with top finishers from Class A and B advancing.
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Grammont Street
Jackson
Catalpa
Hudson Lane
E. L. Neville
Frank Kennedy
Frances Stroud
Sarah Larche
Florence Hilburn
John O'Neal
Silvan Masur
Joe Littlepage
Joe
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Percy Promotes House Cleaning in Church Sermon
New York reports Dr. Percy Stickney Grant rector of the Church of the Ascension urged a thorough house cleanup by churches. He attacked fundamentalist beliefs as outdated and defended evolution, saying he would rather side with the ape’s descendants than with Adam. He challenged literal biblical depictions as incompatible with modern thought.
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New York
Percy Stickney Grant
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Christ
Grant
Conspiracy Alleged in Anti-Saloon League Finance Probe
Acting District Attorney Pecora planned to present to a New York grand jury today evidence against William H. Anderson state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New York for grand larceny. Four league officials were subpoenaed as Pecora sought details of the organization finances amid Anderson's claim of a far reaching conspiracy.
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Y Associated
New York
Pecora
Grand Jury
William H. Anderson
The
Anti-Saloon League of New York
Associated Press
State Anti-Saloon League
Armour and Morris Packers Hit With Packers and Stockyards Complaint
Washington reports Armour and Company and Morris and Company faced a Department of Agriculture complaint for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act in a proposed acquisition of Morris and Company assets. A hearing was set for April 2 in Washington, with the firms named as Armour and Company of Illinois and of Delaware, J Ogden Armour, and Morris and Company.
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Washington
Armour and Company
Morris and Company
Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
Packers’ and Stockyards
Armour Interests
Wallace
Armour and Company of
Illinois
Armour and Company of Delaware
J. Ogden Armour and Morris and Company
Department
J. Ogden Armour
Packers and Stockyards Act
United States
Harding
Daugherty
F. Edson White
Roof Garden Cafeteria Discontinues Service
The Roof Garden cafeteria ends regular dinner and supper service due to scant patronage. Lessees Miss Lillian Meyers and S. R. Ross will keep the roof lease and offer catering for parties, dances, lectures and banquets, despite profits being negligible.
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Roof Garden
Lillian Meyers
S. R. Ross
H. L. Underwood
French Seize More Ruhr Territory and Rail Lines
Report from Dusseldorf says French forces hold strips between Cologne Coblenz and Coblenz Mayence, securing railway routes in occupied zones. About 12 000 to 15 000 workers await orders to work on lines across the Ruhr Rhineland. German workers offered former jobs with return or expulsion terms. Bochum faces mass arrests and perceived siege as tanks and machine guns are deployed in the town center.
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Aswalated
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Coblenz
Mayence
Rhineland
France
Belgium
Ruhr
Bochum
Farm Credit Bill Aims at New Banks for Farmers
The House Banking Committee formally reports a farm credits bill to create twelve intermediate credit banks under the federal farm loan board and privately owned agriculture credit and rediscount corporations. It follows Capper Lenroot Anderson and Strong bills, aims for swift passage, and allows rediscounting farm paper up to nine months with increased loan caps for federal land banks.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Banking Committee
Federal Farm Loan Board
Capper
Lenroot- Anderson
Senate
House
Banking Committee
Lenroot-Anderson
Federal Reserve System
Federal
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