Lizzards Weather Adopts Suffering From Gale Damage
Weather reports from Washington to New York describe a powerful March storm sweeping from the North East to sea, with high winds along the Atlantic coast and widespread wintry conditions inland. Officials warn the storm may last days, bringing disrupted shipping, damaged lines, and blocked transportation as New York endures a pelting rain and snow, while power and communications suffer across several states.
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WASHINGTON
Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Weather bureau
seaboard
hugh
raiio
Say- We
alement
Manhattan
AscLaper
Wirth avenue
telephone and telegraph comumies
olorado
DENVER
Page Sia
Man Walter A. Bagnall Found Dead In Woods
Seattle, March 6. Surveyors located the body of Walter A. Bagnall, a 28 year old Seattle clerk, hidden in deep woods between Kent and Des Moines. A bullet wound to the head and coroner Tiffin's verdict of murder. Bagnall had left his desk Monday noon to visit a bank to deposit his pay, leaving a half finished letter in his typewriter. He served in the navy during the war.
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SEATTLE
Wash
Wal
Basnal
navy
Idaho Democrats to Name Delegates
The Idaho Democratic state convention set Lewiston for June 15 to choose delegates for the national convention in San Francisco. The state nominating convention will be at Idaho Falls on August 24 and 4, with 318 delegates attending Lewiston and 106 for the nominating meeting.
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MOSCOW
Idaho
Lewiston
San Francisco
Idaho Falls
LIES ON DYNAMITE AND DIES IN EXPLOSION AT PACKARD MINE
Rh W Gracy an Nevada Packard mine employee near Packard tied dynamite to his body and touched off a fuse blowing himself apart just after his graveyard shift. He resided at Lovelock for years and was about fifty. The blast scattered fragments over a wide area and was reported to Mark Walser, president of the Nevada Packard Company.
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Rh. W. Gracy
Nevada- Packard
Packard
Gracy
Lovelock
geo Packard
Mark Walser
Nevada-Packard Company
Republican Trend Seen in East by Humphrey
J G Humphrey Republican committeeman from Nevada reports a strong East Coast trend toward the Republican party. He notes Democrats demoralized, Cabinet resignations, and questions about future nominees while predicting a Republican president next November. He cites Southern support for the Democrats and calls for Lodge-style treaty reservations.
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HUMPHREY
Missing Chemist Angelus Casten Reported Kidnapped
IS MISSING AND KIDNAPING IS FEARED CHICAGO March 6 Angelus J Casten director of experimental chemistry for the International Harvester Company and inventor of a chemical propulsion agent for depth bomb charges used by the government in the war against submarines is reported to have been kidnapped in Detroit and held for ransom. Mysterious telegram casten left Chicago Wednesday morning for Washington to collect royal ties for the use of his invention. First reports that all was not well were received Thursday afternoon by Miss Mabel Nielson Casten s fiancee in the form of a telegram from Detroit as his body had been found there explaining he had been run over by a train. The telegram was signed The Identification Company of America. Investigation proved there was no such concern in Detroit. Kidnaping Theory Late last night Miss Nielson received a postal card from Casten dated in Detroit Wednesday night after the telegram announcing his death had been sent. This led to the kidnaping theory Casten wrote he was leaving Detroit. Until Casten s formula was delivered in Washington last July two secret service men guarded him constant re.
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CHICAGO
Angelus J. Casten
International Harvester Company
Detroit
Casten
Washington
Mabel Nielson
secret service
Floods Sweep Eastern Pennsylvania Rivers and Towns
Freezing weather followed a severe storm that lashed Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Schuylkill and Susquehanna rivers overflowed, washing away bridges and tracks while towns like Reading Lancaster Harrisburg Williamsport and Wilkes Barre faced heavy damage and widespread flooding. Residents were rescued by boats as boiler rooms flooded and utilities failed.
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PHILADELPHIA
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Schuylkill
Susquehanna
Reading
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Wilkesbarre
Allentown
Lehigh river
Bethlehem
Wilmington
Mary Pickford to Remain Forever Single Says Actress
Los Angeles March 6 Mary Pickford says she will never marry again and will devote her life to motion pictures. She explains her divorce from Mr Moore was sought to gain freedom not to remarry and notes they have been separated for three years and that her decision was long in coming.
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LOS ANGELES
Cal
Mary Pickford
Los Angeles Times
Miss Pickford
Moore
Minden
Hearing on Drought Damage Under Way
Delta owners on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers presented their reports on drought effects at the first public session of California’s emergency Water conservation conference. I O Eagerton, president of the railroad commission, chaired the meeting as state and federal bodies discussed water issues.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Sacramento
San Joaquin
emergency Water conservation conference
California
I. O. Eagerton
railroad commission
London Treaty Obstacle to Wilson Says Echo de Paris
Paris dispatch notes President Wilson did not discuss his reply with the Allied council due to obscurities in the text. Wilson reportedly rejects the London treaty and shows no wish to withdraw from European concerns while endorsing efforts for direct understanding between Italy and Yugoslavia on the Adriatic dispute. He hints that the December 9 tentative settlement may be the most equitable solution.
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PARIS
Wilson
Adriatic
supreme Allied council
London
Pertinax
Echo de Paris
SIMMONS
Lisbon Quiet as Portugal Strikes Tap Down Rumors
Madrid reports say Spanish and Portuguese officials received few dispatches from Lisbon on March 6. Interior minister notes frontier accounts show exaggeration in press reports of a potential revolution. Private Lisbon letters dated Tuesday indicate no abnormal political situation, though strikes disrupt some trades and postal and telegraph services.
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MADRID
Lisbon
Portugal
Doings of Mary Sought by Many in Minden
Special to the Gazette Minden March 6 Jepson and Miss Frances Teneo worked to answer long distance calls from ewan papers seeking information on the Mary Pickford divorce case. Miss Langan, daughter of Judge Langan who grants the divorce, acted as court reporter and is busy tracing testimony.
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Speaisil
Gesatte
MINDEN
Co Jepson
Frances Teneo
ewan
papers of
Coast
Mary Pickford
Miss Langan
Judge Langan
Reno Gazette
Miss Buford
San Francisco
Mills
Minden Inn
Miss Pickford
Mils
Trepson
Campbell ranch
Jepson
President Stands Pat On What He Told Carter Glass
Washington March 6 White House officials said the President had told Senator Glass of Virginia two weeks ago his position on a compromise on the Article X reservation. The fate of further conferences with Democratic senators remains uncertain as Simmons and Watson shape new proposals amid party tensions and potential defections.
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WASHINGTON
White House
administration
Wilson
Glass
Virginia
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Simmons
senate
Simmon
Watson
Indiana
Drunkenness Not Excuse For Crime Ruling Restores Beard Murder Conviction
London reports the house of words ruled that drunkenness is not an excuse for crime. Arthur Beard, condemned to death for strangling a thirteen year old girl in Chester, has his murder conviction restored, overturning a prior manslaughter ruling. The death sentence is not expected to be carried out.
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LONDON
house of words
Arthur Beard
Chester
district court of appeals
Beard
Fall to Agree on Church Union
Four American Presbyterian and Reformed denominations failed to agree on basic principles for a proposed union. Delegates debated fundamental truths and orthodoxy in the United Church creed. A faction warned that adherence to minor details could delay or block merger, while others favored a regional church structure.
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ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
Presbyterian Church North
Presbyterian Church South
Reformed Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
North America
creed of the United Church
Mr. Marquis
ieee eet
Stage Route Hearing In Carson City
J M Fulton assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Company traveled to Carson City to testify at a public service commission hearing on a Verdi to Reno stage line petition by R Grignon. Parents will meet the Parent- Teachers' association on March 8 at the high school.
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J. M. Fulton
Southern Pacific Company
Carson City
R. Grignon
Verdi
Verdic
Reno
public service commission
regnar
Parent- Teachers’ association
Daniels Plan for Navy Expansion If League Fails
Secretary Daniels told the House naval committee he would push a larger naval building program for the next fiscal year if the peace treaty is not ratified this session. He warned that rejecting the League of Nations could renew a three-year construction plan, adding light cruisers and flotilla leaders to the board’s capital ships. He argued for a moderate program if the treaty is ratified, but said the US must be prepared for emergencies in today’s unsettled world.
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WASHINGTON
Daniels
house naval committee
general board
congress
League of Nations
ssecretary
United States
Great Britain
Ex-service men register as farms open near Torrington
Three thousand three hundred ex service men registered yesterday as eighty five farms were opened for entry by the United States government in the Torrington area. The drawing began late in the day and finished at midnight. Many unsuccessful applicants will proceed to Powell where lands under the Shoshone project open March 7 to 13.
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TORRINGTON
Wyo
United States
Powell
Wye
213 Planes Could Not Be Used In War Effort
Washington reports say 213 American built De Hageland planes sent to France were dangerous and eight day bombing capable. House investigation faults wartime aviation program for inefficiency and waste. Rep Frear cites inexperienced lumbering officials and costly cost plus contracts. Debate notes unlawful wages and contractor commissions. Also a Saginaw boxing draw between Brennan and Roper after the main item.
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WASHINGTON
Maren
America
Frear
Wisconsin
house
Mr. Frear
Baker
Col. Disque
Michigan penitentiary
fis
Oregon
Disque
John D. Ryan
Col. Deeds
W. ©. Potter
United States
France
Pacific Northwest
Magee
Northwest
war department
Margee
Slems-Carey-Kerbaugh Corporation
Lake Crescent
congress
Democrat
Air Board
Lea
Caliifornia
house investigating committee
house today
New York
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