German Proposals Silent on Reparations as Talks Continue
German delegates at the indemnity conference work on new offers to meet allied reparations demands. A Berlin memorandum arrives, while Admiral Beatty meets with Prime Minister Lloyd George to discuss sea measures to enforce decisions. Papers predict a Monday German offer near Paris terms but subject to five year review. The Daily Mail notes German desire for private talks. The Chronicle calls the expected offer unsatisfactory.
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International News Service
London
Berlin
Karl Beatty
Lord George
Daily News
Paris
Germany
Daily Mail
the Chronicle
Big Night Brings Lawrence Bar Association Mirth
Lawyers and counselors gather for the Lawrence County Bar Association annual banquet at the Lawrence club. Judge J Norman Martin serves as toastmaster as wit and music fill the evening with light humor and lively performances by Martin’s jazz orchestra and the New Castle Choral Society. District Attorney George W Muse leads the final chorus.
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Lawrence County Bar Association
Lawrence Club
Masonic Temple
J. Norman Martin
Woodrow Graham
Martin Graham
United States
Martin
Harry Evans
New Castle Choral Society
George W. Muse
Choral Society
Homage Paid To Champ Clark Former Speaker In State
Thousands pass through the Capitol as Champ Clark lies in state in the House. Simple services will follow with interment at Bowling Green Missouri his former home. The crowd includes cabinet members justices and diplomats as mourners file through.
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Champ Clark
United States
House of Representatives
Cabinet
Wilson
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Washington
Capitol
Harding Cabinet Is Sworn Into Office
President Harding’s cabinet formally took office with Charles Evans Hughes sworn as Secretary of State by Justice Day. John W. Weeks became Secretary of War, and Interior Secretary Fall was sworn in by W B Acker. Former officials and department employees attended the private ceremonies.
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Baker
Interior
Albert Ball
W. B. Acker
Department of Interior
George W. Evans
Department
Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Admiral Bryan to Visit Trouble Zone
Navy reports say Admiral Bryan still commands the American Naval Squad at Panama and has not left the Canal Zone or coastal areas where fighting occurs. Dispatches from unofficial sources suggested he would move toward troubled regions aboard the Dolphin.
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Admiral Bryan
Trouble Zone
Washington
Bryan
Panama
Canal Zone
Costa Rica
Navy Department
1Uiser Dolphin
Unseasonable March Rain Delays Saturday Activities
The report notes heavy showers on Saturday replacing March winds with rain. A noon lull followed brief return for lunch as the rain returned. the day’s temperature registered 43 degrees at noon.
Costa Rica Invades Panama and Occupies Almirante
Panama and Costa Rica clash as about a thousand Costa Rican troops seize the village of Almirante in the Canal Zone. Two Panaman workmen killed near Guabito. U S destroyers dispatched to protect citizens. Almirante surrenders with minimal resistance. President Porras declines comment on possible League of Nations appeal.
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International
Balboa
Canal Zone
Mar
Panama
Almirante
Guabito
United States
Canal
Panama-Costa Rica
Dulce Gulf
Porras
Costa Rica
League of Nations
Impressive Speech Praised by Paris Editors
Paris editors react to President Harding's message calling it frank and impressive. Stephen Lavazanne of Le Matin notes it signals U S hesitation on joining the League while Article X remains in force. Echo de Paris highlights tariff plans to protect American industry as the key future element.
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International News Service
Paris
Harding
Stephen Lavazanne
le Matin
United States
League of Nations
The
Echo de Paris
Chorus Girl Leaps From Fifth Floor To Her Death
New York report states chorus girl Honnie Woodward aged 22 died by her own action after leaping from the Somerset hotel fifth floor into the courtyard. Despondency blamed by friends. police hold John F Berlin proprietor of a Johnstown hotel as witness. Berlin and Woodward reportedly registered under assumed names.
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Berlin
Acquittal for Taxicab Bandit Cited Stutter
Valentine M. Gould was acquitted in Pottsville Pa after being accused of robbing taxicabs. The court found his halting speech suggested innocence as witnesses testified that the real culprits spoke clearly.
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International News Service
Pottsville
Valentine M. Gould
Jewelry stores broken and looted in New Castle
A bold burglar broke plate glass windows at Rich Jewelry on Long Avenue and another shop on South Mill Street near Division. Loot included two watches and three watch cases at Rich, with a window smashed at South Mill Street around 6 2 a. m. Mr Rothston saw a man running south on Mill Street after the crash.
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Long Avenue
South Mill Street
Division
Rothston
Mill Street
Cruelty Charged in Divorce Case
Mrs. Alfretta Barnicoat through attorney C W Fenton seeks divorce from Richard Barnicoat on grounds of cruel and barbarous treatment. They married in March 1915 and lived together until July 1918.
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Alfretta Barnicoat
C. W. Fenton
Richard €. Barnicoat
Nevada Senator Shot in Capitol Office
Senator Charles B. Henderson of Nevada was shot in the wrist in his Capitol office by Charles August Brock a 65 year old former Reno resident. Brock claims Henderson swindled him and was taken to the sixth precinct as police investigate.
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Brock
Capitol Police
Sixth Precinct
Senator Henderson
Senate
Twenty Three Arrested For Serenading School Couple
Twenty three men and boys were arrested at Sand Beach near Harrisburg on 100 bail each after a serenade of village school teacher Joseph Kennedy and his bride to be Miss Moul dred Kline. The crowd demanded cheers on the porch but were repelled by Samuel Yingst with a shotgun according to some accounts. A second serenade night led to further arrests and a preliminary hearing set for next Wednesday.
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Ation News Service
Hilarisre RG. Pa
Sand Beach
Sao
Joseph Kennedy
Mouldred Kline
Hershey
Samuel Yingst
Ken
Nedy
Vingst
Wingst
Snavely
Woodrow Wilson Read Hundreds of Telegrams After Inauguration
Washington reports Woodrow Wilson rose early after a restful night following the inaugural ceremony. Dr Cary T Grayson says he spent the morning arranging furniture for his new home and reading hundreds of telegrams from admirers.
First Conference Of New Senators To Be Held Today
Washington reports harmony expected at a 3 PM meeting of 59 new senators. Lodge to be elected Republican caucus leader with Curtis as whip. Cummins slated to serve again as president pro tem. Fourteen new senators sworn in, boosting Republicans and Democrats amid the Harding era.
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Bart Campbell
International News Service
Washington
Senate
Harding
Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Albert A. Cummins
Iowa
United States
New President and Cabinet Begin Work in Washington
The new president and ten department heads settled in today as Republican control resumes after eight tumultuous years. President Harding urged aides to quickly learn department machinery to speed recovery from the transition’s temporary confusion. All cabinet members were at their desks taking initial control of affairs.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Mar
Harding
White Case Draws Crowd in Murder Indictment
District Attorney George W Muse has 72 cases for the grand jury next week headed by the Commonwealth v Alfred Torrence White alleging wife murder. White will appear for the indictment and trial in the following week with Attorney Robert J Wallace defending and a probable venue fight.
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George W Muse
The
Commonwealth
Alfred Torrence White
White
George W. Muse
William K. Porter
Robert J. Wallace
Mellon Faces Debt Crisis as New Treasury Chief
In Washington on March 3 1921 Secretary Mellon begins his tenure by tackling Europe’s 10 billion dollar debt to the United States. He meets with David F Houston and other officials to review foreign loan status and funding negotiations. President Harding signals rejection of debt cancellation, shaping Mellon’s policy.
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W. H. Atkins
International News Service
Washington, D. C
Europe
United States
Mellon
David F. Houston
Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Dewey Church Plans Revival Meetings This Spring
Revival meetings at the Dewey avenue Free Methodist church begin March 6 and run through April 3. Pastor George G. Burke oversees services until Wednesday, after which Rev. C. L. Wireman and his wife of Campton Kentucky take charge. Wireman is described as progressive and energetic with promising results. Services start at 7 30 p.m.
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Dewey Avenue Free Methodist Church
George G. Burke
C. L. Wireman
Campton, Ky
Kentucky
Wire New
Health notices report chickenpox pneumonia and mumps cases
Communicable diseases listed to the city health department include chickenpox for Walter Crawford and Joseph Kelley, pneumonia for David Gelasso and Helen Masko, and mumps for Wilmeo Kinkade. Addresses accompany each case.
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City Health Department
Walter Crawford
McCleary Avenue
Joseph Kelley
Maryland Avenue
David Gelasso
Scieto
Helen Masko
Pollock Avenue
Wilmeo
Kinkade
Locust Street
Corner cop drenched by passing truck on rainy day
A city officer at a street corner was splashed head to foot by a large truck as a reporter witnessed the incident this morning. Pedestrians urged the officer to consider a storm shield for protection.
Death notices for Abram Boston and Harriet Hammond in local region
Death records list Mrs. Abram Boston aged 75 of 1112 East Washington Raymond Harold Michael and Harriet Maud Hammond aged 8 days of 820 Morton street in Hickory township with burial and service details forthcoming. Local officials announce survivor information and funeral arrangements per township notices.
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Abram Boston
Washington Street
Raymond Harold Michael
Hickory Township
Harriet Maud Hammond
Morton Street
Dangerous counter revolution menaces Lenin in Russia
London reports a rising counter-revolutionary movement against the Soviet government spreading across Russia. Rail traffic west of Moscow halted and the Russo-Romanian frontier closed due to anti-Bolshevik actions at Odessa. Warships join the revolt at Petrograd as 25 000 anti-Bolshevik Cossacks under General Semenoff advance in Siberia. Georgian peasants revolt against the Mensheviks seek French naval bombardment support.
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Smey
London
Moscow
Daily Express
Odessa
Petrograd
Semenoff
Siberia
Russia
Burglar Steals 300 Marks From Ross Bank Window
A burglar broke the window at Ross' bank on S. Mill Street in the early hours and took 300 marks from the display. The total value is about $3. The thief likely mistook the notes for liberty bonds or other government notes.
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Ross’ Bank
S. Mill Street
Begald and Henderson Wed by Alderman in City Office
Andrew A. Begald and Miss Helen Henderson were married today by Alderman Green in his office on B Washington street.
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Andrew A. Begald
Helen Henderson
Alderman Green
B. Washington Street
Multiple Tragedies and Accidents Reported Across States
Snapshots recount a series of incidents including Delos Peterman fatally crushed at Perrless foundry Latrobe Pennsylvania, a home for teachers in Williamson West Virginia, Margaret Stewart a Brownsville teenager who shot herself, a gas leak near Dennison Ohio saving a family, trackman George Mathias killed near Greensburg Pennsylvania, judge’s prison sentence for forgery in Yorksburg West Virginia, burglary at TOS Strawn Brownsville, and William Gill killed on Panhandle railroad tracks in McDonald Pennsylvania.
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William Gill
McDonald
Moonshine Still Found in Davis Justice of the Peace Home
Tenant Jack Hinkson was arrested for operating a moonshine still on the second floor of J. F. Kramer a Davis West Virginia Justice of the Peace home. Authorities recovered thirty two gallons of mash and a quantity of moonshine.
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Justice of the Peace
J. F. Kramer
Davis
W. V
Jack Hinkson
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