Rhine protest rally draws police guard and 12 ejectees
A large crowd gathered at Madison Square Garden for a protest against “the horror on the Rhine,” with about 1,000 police guarding the venue. Dozens of demonstrators were ejected, including German sympathizers, as speakers from veteran groups urged action and Congress aimed to demand withdrawal of foreign troops from occupied Germany.
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United American War Veterans
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James M. Blackwell
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William F. Deehan
New York
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Wee McMullen
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United States
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Panamas
Costa Rica
Star and Herald
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Associated Press
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Bremen
Resgian
Ruhr
Cireles
London
Harding
Germany
Jusserand Denounces German Propaganda as Lies
French Ambassador Jusserand rails against German propaganda he calls deceitful and unfounded. He cites false claims of Allied veterans using black troops on the Rhine and asserts the need to ignore such fabrications as dangerous lies in wartime. He warns of a period when applause fades and enemy tactics persist.
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Jusserand
France
Rhine
City Tax Rate Jump In New York Boroughs 1921 Plan
The Finance Committee proposes the 1921 city tax rate for New York, revealing increases from 25 to 31 points across boroughs. Manhattan up 29, the Bronx 3, Brooklyn 26, Queens 1, and Richmond 30. Despite higher assessed valuations, the rate remains the city’s highest, based on the 1921 budget of 2945.530,039, awaiting Board of Aldermen approval. The report also lists total assessed real estate and personal property, totaling over 10.18 billion dollars for 1921 tax collection.
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Yale Senior Gets Five Months for Auto Theft
Elias W. Harrington, a Yale senior and former driver for Wilson, was sentenced to five months in jail after pleading guilty to stealing an automobile. Ellwood Grissenger, Grissenger’s son, was fined $1,200. The case involved a Hartford to Buffalo journey ending in a college dance, with prosecutors calling it a Dyer Act violation and defense framing it as a prank.
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Wilson
Tribune
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Elias W. Harrington
Ellwood Grissenger
Harrington
Grissenger
Hartford
Binghamton
N. Y
Buffalo
Autoists Without 1921 License Face Summons
New York police will summons drivers whose cars appeared after midnight without 1921 license plates. The 1920 license expiry and chauffeurs badges rule were reiterated by John J. Lyons. Automobile bureau receipts for licenses total $3,250,000, a $500,000 year‑over year rise. 1921 license counts will be released soon.
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New York
John J. Lyons
Gas Rate Raised to $1.50 After Court Ruling
Judge Hand refused to set a new gas rate limit and allowed the Consolidated Gas Company to charge $1.50 per thousand cubic feet pending Public Service Commission action. The injunction extends impounding funds above 80 cents until a final rate is fixed or the Supreme Court rules. The decision preserves the court’s restraint, noting the plaintiff’s claimed cost exceeds $1.45 per thousand, with final rate decisions awaiting commission and Supreme Court outcomes.
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United States District Court
Consolidated Gas Company
William L. Ransom
Consolidated
Public Service Commission
Ransom
United States Supreme Court
Hand
Wart and Mayer
Handsa
Supreme Court
Juice Hand
Pape Nye
Senate passes joint resolution repealing war laws
The Senate approved a joint resolution to repeal the wartime statutes, delaying the naval bill briefly to consider the measure. Senator Reed added the food and fuel control act repeal, citing a Supreme Court ruling on penalties. The plan awaits House agreement by March 4, clarifying which laws end the war.
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Tribune
Washington
Senate
Sterling
Easure
Reed
Missouri
Supreme Court
Underwood
House
Wnsepted
Weeks Sure Of War Post
President-elect Harding confirms John Weeks for Secretary of War and discusses Mellon’s Treasury prospects aboard the special train returning toward Marion Ohio. He plans to meet Gen Leonard Wood, weighs the Philippines post against a Penn provost role, and foresees early address to Congress.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Marion
Senator Hasding
John Weeks
Massachusetts
Elver
Leonard Wood
Army Ofiver
Philippines
Mar
University of Pennsylvania
Mellon
Andrew Mellon
Pittsburen Hiker
Treasury
Mavling
Iieh
Senator Harding
Mr. Weeks
Weeks
Annapolis
Navy
Naval Academy
Harding Printing Company
Congress
Wilson
White House
Highest Court Holds Lever Act Invalid in Supreme Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled Section 4 of the Lever Act invalid, voiding government actions to halt the 1919 coal strike and curb cost of living via prosecutions of alleged hoarders and profiteers. Chief Justice White condemned the act as indefinite, limiting standards of guilt, with Justices Brandeis and Pitney dissenting in part. The decision affects prosecutions and injunctions tied to the act, including a St. Louis sugar case involving a 50-pound sugar sale for $10.07.
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Jackson, Miss
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A. T. Lewis & Co
Chants
Denver
Col
Dog Finds Handbag With $64 and Blocks Traffic
A red haired chow pursued by a crowd blocked West Seventy sixth Street near Cresdway for about fifteen minutes while dragging a black leather handbag. Owner W Roeloffgen tried to reclaim the dog as pedestrians cornered it. The bag held $64.21, two matinee theater stubs, and a fruit dealer’s card. The bag was taken to the West Sixty eighth Street station for safekeeping.
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Henry Lustig
Ninth Avenue
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Foch Rushes Troops to Rhine and Britain to Block Ports
Rumors from Petrograd report upheaval in Moscow with stormy meetings since February 23 demanding higher bread and a Constituent Assembly. A Soviet commissary was beaten at a factory, and the Putilov Works mob violence killed the communistic shop committee. The Red Army revolted in parts, Vassily Island faced fierce fighting, and the government moved to pacify strikes while arresting central committee members. Leon Trotsky is said to be in hiding amid Soviet distrust and possible upheaval across Russia.
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Moscow
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Zoren
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Diaches Say
Socialist Party
Socialist Central Committee
Leon Troteky
Siberia
Ekaterinburg
Fordney Tariff Costa Ricans' Bill Is Passed
Washington report describes the Senate voting 49 to 32 to adopt the conference report on the Fordney emergency tariff bill, with debate blasting and praise mixed. It notes anticipated veto talk, Republican hints of presidential signing to embarrass the party, and a local-political clash echoing through the Capitol scene.
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Wilson
Tribune
Washington Reveow
Washington
Congress
Senate
Simmons
Underwood
Vrious
McCumbber
Thomas
Colorado
American Congress
Harding
Champ Clark in Critical Condition After Worsening Health
Washington February 28 The condition of Champ Clark Democratic leader of the House deteriorated markedly tonight with physicians reporting a turn for the worse. Family members including Mrs Clark Bennett Clark and a New Orleans born daughter remained at the bedside as colleagues feared he might not survive the night and a crisis was expected before morning.
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Champ Clark
Clark
Bennett Clark
Aon
James M. Thomson
New Orleans
Rhine Front Activity and London Reparations Talks
French forces bolster near Mayence bridgehead while ammunition trucks and air camps show activity in the Rhine zone. Marshall Foch and General Weyand to return to Paris for decisions on reparations as German delegates arrive in London to discuss postwar terms.
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Villacoublay
Marseilles
Marshal Foch
Wyand
London
Loyd George Sud
Brian Sundsy
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