Way Sought To Put Roads Back On Feet
Washington leaders under President Harding seek ways to revive railroads financially. Hoover and Wallace gather data on costs, freight rates, and farm impacts. Officials expect tentative recommendations for a congressional session amid a grave railroad outlook.
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United Press
Washington
Harding
Secretary of
Hoover
Wallace
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ra Lread Labor Board
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Treasury
Mini Transportation Act
Cold wave leaves orchards damaged across multiple states
The cold wave crossed the Mississippi and swept into the east and Midwest, causing widespread orchard damage especially to early fruit varieties. Delaware and New Jersey suffered badly while Wisconsin saw light losses. Exact damage awaits warmer weather to reveal frost bite extent.
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Associated Press
Washington
East
Middle West
Mississippi River
Atlantic
New Mexico
Nebraska
Kansas
Indiana
Ilinois
Tennessee
Atlantic Seaboard
Delaware
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Eat Onions, Department of Agriculture Urges More Consumption
The Department of Agriculture urged higher onion consumption to prevent waste of the current crop. An estimated 2,500 carloads remain in carryover, and failing to use this surplus could push a large spring crop into oversupply, with harvests expected two to four weeks earlier than usual.
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Associated
Washington, DC
Eaton
Department of Agriculture
Department
Death for Girl Slayers Uproar Sparks Reform Call
Arthur Bur rage Farwell, Chicago Purity League leader, advocates death for women who murder their partners who prey on them. He argues murder remains murder and juries will not excuse women who kill. He calls for homes to be purified to prevent young women from becoming affinity stayers and for stricter social norms.
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United Press
Chicago
Arthur Burrage
Farwell
Chicago Purity League
United States
Compensation sought for illegal imprisonment by Eli Long
Eli J. Long of Racine asks Governor byline and the board of control for compensation under the 1913 statute for 23 months of imprisonment. He was convicted of murder in the first degree in 1915, later released on appeal in 1920, with the action noting limits of 1500 dollars yearly for wrongful confinement.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Dlaine
Board of Control
Eli J. Long
Racine
Long
Edgar B. Warner
Supreme Court
General Amnesty Considered for Political Prisoners
Attorney General Daugherty said he may issue recommendations on general amnesty for political prisoners. He noted Eugene V. Debs could be included and would consult with the Senate Judiciary Committee before acting, possibly awaiting Congress to weigh in on the measure.
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United Press
Shington
Daugherty
Eugene V. Debs
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Toda
Sterting and
King
W. Debs
Atlanta
Debs
Harding
Three referees open two days hearing on garment wage dispute
The Cleveland Supreme Court referees began a two day hearing on wages paid in forty shops of the Cleveland Garment Manufacturers' Association. The case affects about five thousand workers and a national business of thirty million dollars. It tests the two year old agreement with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, last heard in December with the possibility of returning to the November 1918 scale.
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Associated Press
Cleveland. C
Supreme Court
Cleveland Garment Industry
Cleveland Garment Manufacturers’ Association
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Conspiracy to Arouse Race Hatred Uncovered in Covington
A white youth exposed a Ku Klux Klan plot to incite racial violence in Covington Georgia causing heightened jail security for the unnamed informant. Investigators tied the case to John Williams and his three sons Julius Hulan and Marvin amid circulated letters warning whites of a negro uprising and planned demonstrations to sway opinion.
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United Press
Covington
John & Wiliams
Mourder
Nliams
Julius
Hulan
Marvin
Williams
Newton County Grand Jr
Jasperc
Newton
Grand Jury
Wiliams
Wiilliams
Rip Van Winkle of Ozarks Sleeps On
A long bedridden man in Sebastian hospital near Fort Smith Arkansas shows only minimal signs of life. Jim linger has slept for years and now rarely awakens except to be fed via tube and to smack his lips. Hospital staff keep vigil while denying rumors of waking episodes.
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Rip van Winkle
Ozarks
United Press
Fort Smith
Ark
Sebastian Hospital
Jim
Erses
Vedside
Morpheus
Funds Short to Transport Fish Fry in Madixen District
The Northwestern reports Commissioner Wikurberg warns insufficient funds to move 160,060,000 fish fry this spring. He notes limited funds through June 20 and past transport costs of 15,099. A Langslade County club offers to cover express charges. officials hope more clubs will fund rapid tilting of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madixen
Conservation Commission
Wik Urberg
Langslade
Men face bail on $50,000 in Benton Harbor bank robbery case
Frank Quigley and Fred Hague, Chicago men extradited from Tilmois to Berrien County, were charged with robbing the Clark Blakestee bank in Gahen, Mich. on March 18. They pleaded not guilty in circuit court after arriving yesterday. police say they were arrested in Chicago following an attempt to sell $3,000 in bonds stolen from the bank.
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Lby
Associated Press
Benton Harbor
Mich
Irank Quigley
Fred Hague
Chicago
Berrien County
Tilmois
Robbins
Clark-Blakestee Bank
Gahen
Sterday Inex
Petelen
Gahen Bank
Mother and three sons taken in raid in Wisconsin
Rhinelander Wisconsin Mrs Fred Mewitman and her three sons John Leon Omar Allen were arrested in a raid by Sheriff Hane Rodd and Under sheriff Charles Crefoct at the Allen farm six miles west of Rhinelander. They face charges of moonshining. Officers later searched nearby woods and found alleged evidence of large scale moonshine production. The family formerly lived in Kentucky.
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Rhinelander
Fred Mewitman
John
Leon l
Omar Allen
Sherif Hane Rodd
Buffalo George Declares Innocence in Rustling Case
Buffalo George a former convict and paroled prisoner says in a monthly report to the governor that he is not guilty of cattle rustling. Authorities of the lower Brule and Crow Creek areas seek him after 38 head disappeared following his discharge from two ranches. Posses trailed him amid warnings to draw quick if encountered as they search for the man believed aided by Indians to evade law.
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Aseperated Press
Mitchel
S. D
George
Lower Brule
Crow Creek
Indiana
Senate Rejects Webster for Wisconsin Conservation Post
Madison Wis The Senate refused to confirm Bryton O Webster to the state conservation commission by a 13 to vote The dispute centered on party balance with two Republicans already on the commission and Webster narrowly deemed a Republican The vote followed hours of debate over whether the governor violated statutory rules in naming Webster and whether the law should bind a future appointment.
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Associated Press
Madison, Wise
Bryton O. Webster
The
Conservation Commission
John J. Blaine
Webster
James Nevin
State Senate
Nevin
Commission
Huber
Bird
Blaine
Wisgeonship
McCoy
Mulberger
Draft evaders to be listed nationwide about April
Indicating the war department will furnish lists of men classed as draft evaders to all legion posts across the United States beginning about April 1. Adjutant General P C Harris said copies of each local draft board list and offenders lists will be sent to national headquarters. Publications of 4,251 board lists will extend over several months. Local posts will check lists to protect the innocent and jail the guilty.
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Associated Press
Indiannapolis
War Department
Legion
United States
Harris
Army
Wisconsin Senate Overrules Governor Veto On Lange Municipal Court
The Wisconsin Senate votes 11 to 12 to send the Lange bill creating eight Eau Claire County municipal courts to the Secretary of State, ruling the governor erred by vetoing a law already enacted. The move relies on attorney general guidance. administration members opposed the action and several paired members are listed.
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Lange
Eau Claire County
Secretary of State
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Blaine
Bird
Morgan
Executive Council
Senate
United States Supreme Counci
Buck
Burke
Clark
Conant
Czerwinski
Kuchuk
Morris
Nye
Roulhe
Skogmo
Arnold
Beyer
Bilgrien
Huber
Kielst
Oluon
Ridgway
Severgon
Staudenmayer
Benfey
Moran
Bennett
Deinhardt
Jtennines
Mulberger
Peterson
Smith
Titus
Werden
Ex-Ruler Charles of Austria-Hungary Under Guard in Hungary
Reports say former Emperor Charles is guarded by General Lehar with about fifteen thousand royalist troops at Steinamanger castle near the Austrian border. Budapest fears a violent clash between Charles supporters and opponents as the government blocks restoration. Authorities note attempts to enter Budapest but Lehar reportedly refused Charles a landing at airports.
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Lehar
Associated Press
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Budapest
Kartes
Steinatmanger Castle
Jahsr Fe
Lebar
Weather Forecast Fringes Pataioes With Mixed Temps
Daily weather notes call for variable conditions with warmer periods. Forecasters expect colder air to move in tonight and tomorrow night across western and northern sections with cooler readings toward the south and east.
Brother of Fred Beauvais Voiced in Divorce Case Drama
James A Kelly reports from Latuque Quebec that tension grows in the Stillman divorce as Arthur Beauvais, brother of Fred Beauvais, describes ranch plans, witness secrecy, and past bonds with the Stillman family. Claims of model farm plans and adoptive ties surface amid confidential hearings and questioning.
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James A. Kelly
United Press
Latuque
Quebec
James A. Stillman
National City Bank
Fifi" Potter Stillman
Arthur Beauvais
Fred Beauvais
Stiilmus
Guy Stilman
Arthur
Grand Aunse
Stillmana
Plana
Montreal
Gleason
J. A. Lafontaine
Grind
New York
Eliswifr
Medorine Lublantrine
Jon Jage
Resinancet
Red
Stirlman
Mrx. Stillman
Stillmens
Beaugals
Stillmans
Frankie Renavids
Wait
Arthur S
Fred
Ex-Emperor Curi Sparked Hungarian Stirring Crowd
Vienna dispatch says ex Emperor Curi arrived in Budapest in a grand motor car with a large bodyguard era and attendants prompting officials to reinforce guards. Extra guards stood at the front and a monarchist uprising was feared as capital celebrated the arrival.
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United Press
Vienna
Hungary
Curi
Steinamananger
Extra Guarda
Budapest
Farmer Charles Halkanen Dies by Dynamite Self-Inflicted Blast
Charles Halkanen, 51, an Ironwood township farmer, killed himself late Sunday by triggering dynamite attached to his clothing. The device, found by Arthur Niem yesterday, indicates he either placed the dynamite in his vest or strapped it to his clothing and touched the fuse to end his life.
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Ted Prewe
Charles Halkanen
Ironwood
Arthur
Huatkenen
Bulk of Pringle Estate Goes to Brother in Final Probate
Final accounting of Robert Pringle's $700000 estate, died bachelor in February 1819, showed bulk to his brother James Milwaukes Pringle. James, a leading grain dealer on the Chicago board, reportedly earned millions on the board at 24, and later founded a brokerage firm dissolved at his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Prongie
Hicconty
James Milwaukes Pringle
Chicago
Girl Holdup Fumbles Job in Chicago Street Attempt
A young woman and two accomplices attempted a street holdup on North Paulina near Washington, pointing a pistol at Harry Baumstein who surrendered. Baumstein offered no resistance and the assailants fled before police arrival.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harry Baumstein
Haumstein
Paulina Street
Washington Boulevard
Baumstein
Noted French analyst warns on American decline over cuisine
Andre Tridon, a French psycho analyst, argues to United Press that American civilization could erode as a race due to diet. He says whites may lose dominance to a race characterized by strong stomachs and reproduction, blaming mince pie, corned beef and cabbage, and criticizes American eating habits.
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Harold C. Jacobs
United Press
New York
United Press Today
Andre Tridon
America
Tridon
Kim
New England
Two Marine Planes Headed to Virgin Islands
Two Marine Corps airplanes that took off from Washington yesterday bound for the Virgin Islands were reported missing and reappeared later, with Major Thomas Turner confirming the expedition and saying the crews were safe and proceeding toward Wayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Virgin Islands
Iby
Associated ‘Press
Nichmond
Marine Corpus
Washington
Wayetteville
KL ‘Ea
Price of Bread Falls in Cleveland and Columbus Markets
A pound loaf in Cleveland drops to 7 cents, with a 1.5 pound oat at 10 cents as a second market restriction in two months. Retail bakers cite a price war among large wholesale bakers. In Columbus, a six cent pound loaf follows a reduction by a large wholesale bakery, with prewar pricing noted at 3 cents for 14 ounces.
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United Press
Cleveland
Viviani Arrives to Discuss League and France U S Ties
Rene Viviani former French premier arrives in Washington as envoy extraordinary authorized to discuss all aspects of Franco American relations with President Harding and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He plans talks with Secretary Hughes and the president and may attend Cardinal Gibbons funeral in Baltimore.
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Ralph H. Turner
United Press
Washington
BD. C
Rene Vi
United States
France
Viviani
Harding
Hughes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Viviant
New York
George Harvey
London
League of Nations
Vivieni
Sfrance
Cardinal Gibbons
Daltimore
League of” Nations
Jusserand
Lodge, McCormick, Mosea
Vivian
Industrial Peace Hinges On National Labor Agreements
Economist Lauck testifies for unions before the United States railroad labor board. He argues industrial peace depends on employers and unions forming strong national trade agreements and uniform working conditions. He cites evidence of a shift toward national agreements in railroads and other industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Ww. Lauck
United States Railroad Labor Board
Lauck
Haviland Porcelain Maker Dies in Limoges France
C. F. Haviland longtime head of the Limoges firm dies in Limoges France. He was a descendant of Theodore Haviland who founded the American presence of the porcelain business in France.
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Haviland
Limoges
Associated Press
France
C. F. Haviland
Mr. Haviland
Theodore Haviland
Havikind
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