History making conference at Chequers to praise war’s end
Premier Lloyd George hosts a historic clemency meeting at Chequers with British and French envoys to pledge unity ahead of the Indemnity conference. Marshal Foch and General Weygand will join as leaders map a unified front to ensure Paris decisions are accepted. The gathering is billed as a major step toward peace since the armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle ¢. Reeves
N.S
Lonpron
Lloyd George
Chequers
Europe
France
Germany
Paris
Marshal Foch
General Weygand
House Passes $246 Bonus Plan for Federal Employees
The House approved a 246 bonus for government workers for the next year, excluding navy yard and arsenal workers, postal staff, and others with fixed salaries under board control. The defeat of inclusion sparked strong debate, with the final vote 192 to 99 in Washington.
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Washington
House
Navy Yard
Arsenal
Navy
Wages Must Drop Only With Living Cost Falls
James Duncan, Granite Cutters Union head and AFL vice president, says wage reductions must reflect corresponding living cost declines. He warns organized labor may face wage cut demands when current contracts end, but unions will strongly oppose such reductions. He notes living costs have risen far faster than workers’ pay in recent years.
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Washington
America
James Duncan
Granite Cutters
American Federation of Labor
Harding
Duncan
Organized Labor
Love G Man Embezzler Seethes Over Love and Justice
In Los Angeles on February 24, B. B. Grossett alias Charles E. Foster, jailed on embezzlement charges, discusses love, marriage, and his four wives as he awaits legal action. He notes a San Francisco annulment suit from his latest wife, Mrs Bert Willox, and laments fate while claiming others influenced by kin.
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Los Angeles
Crl
B. B. Grossett
Grossett
Charles E. Foster
Adam and Eve and Serpent Hooch Case in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn police court Adam Krasseff was sentenced to ten days in the workhouse for disorderly conduct after wife Eve testified she made vodka at his direction. Eve claimed Adam taught her to make the hootch, while adam blamed Eve for temptation in their garden of idleness. The case framed as a modern Paradise Lost with a serpent in the form of hooch.
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New York
New Jersey Avenue
Brooklyn
Adam Krasseff
Eve
Adam
Daltons Pool heist ends as chase closes in
Willie Dalton, 17, after stealing over 772000 in securities from Chicago's Northern Trust, plays pool at Bud May's Heyworth hall. He is captured after forty six hours of worry for his mother Nora Dalton. Rewards totaling 26000 offered. 95000 value of securities recovered as Deputy Draper closes in.
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Chicago
Willie Dalton
Bud" May
Heyworth
Dalton
Northern Trust Company
Nora Dalton
Jack” Draper
Army
Solomon Smith
Draper
Public meetings in Lorain ruled unlawful will be stopped
Mayor W F Grail said in a statement to The Chronicle Telegram that any meeting violating the law will be stopped. He affirmed that lawful gatherings of any political or religious group will not be interfered with, insisting the stance defends American liberty and the Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Chronicle-Telegram
W. F. Grail
Tom Lewis
G. A. Ti. Hall
Grill
America
Lorain policewomen begin duty to enforce dance hall rules
Lorain's first female officers Mrs. Chas Blackman and Mrs. George Kopbenfeffer started duties Saturday night stationed at separate dancing pavilions to ensure clean dancing and ban freak dances like the Toddie. They stated they will not run halls but will enforce decorum. Chicago approves bill allowing street openings by condemnation in Fort Dearborn area with at least 25.50 per foot compensation and 20 year U S barge office tenancy.
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Lorain
Chas. Blackman
George Kopbenfeffer
Blackman
William Grall
Washington
House
Chicago
Fort Dear
United States Barge Office
U S Acknowledges Cash Advances to Russian Ambassador
Washington reports confirm that Treasury loans to the Kerensky government before its overthrow were diverted to support Boris Bakhmeteff the so called Russian ambassador in Washington. Secretary Houston explains the funds were used to meet obligations of the Russian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bart Campbell
Senate
Houston
Treasury
Kerensky
Bakhmetef
Washington
United States
Soldier bonus bill advances in senate finance committee
Washington February 26 The senate finance committee reported favorably the soldiers bonus bill The committee eliminated the house features and set July 1 1922 for applications and January 1 1923 for payments The bill offers 1 dollar per day cash bonus for service days after the first sixty and 1 25 dollars per day for those choosing other plans Optional provisions include government insurance farm land home aid land settlements and vocational training An appropriation is provided though funding methods are left to the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Crusade Drives Women From City In Glean Up Order
Last night Lorain police led by Detective George Carson and Patrolman E. E. Price ordered eight women to leave the city after they could not justify their presence. Public health nurse Mrs. Wm. Ashbott is to undergo surgery at St Joseph's hospital Monday morning. In Washington, the Senate rejected a bid to strike out the provision directing 1.25 tractors be transferred to states for road building.
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Loraiz
George Carson
E. E. Price
Washington
Senate
War Department
Navy Secretary Pick Denby and Roosevelt Named Assist
President Harding announced Edwin Denby of Detroit as secretary of the navy and Theodore Roosevelt Jr of New York as assistant secretary after a one hour conference. Harding said he would nominate Denby and Denby accepted to serve.
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George R. Hodes
N. S
St, Augustine
Fla
Erest Harding
Edwin Denby
Detroit
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Harding
Denby
Mavy
Wilson Signs Winslow Bill Amid Labor Protests
President Wilson signed the Winslow bill providing partial payment to railroads under the Transportation Act. The move comes despite demands from organized labor and protests from railroad unions and farmers groups. White House indicated no reply or explanation to the protests, as debate over Cummins Esch law persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
International
American Federation of Labor
White House
Congress
Lafollette
One Bottle of Wine Found With Two Drunks in Elyria
Visitors at Elyria potter headquarters tasted the famous red wine known as Dago red as police reported a bottle found on the chief's desk. An Oberlin man was brought in after a confiscated quart delayed his return, while another plain drunk faced police custody but escaped with only a stomach pump needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
South Lorain
Sugar Price Rise Threatens Consumers Under Cuban Control
New York reports a sensational claim that Cuban sugar control groups will push U S sugar prices to 42 cents a pound, costing the public at least 450 million dollars. The Evening World cites a Cuban sugar financial commission with seven members and a New York subcommittee with three, empowered to set prices for Cuban sugar sold in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evening World Today
Evening World
Sexca
Thera
Cuba
Sugar Financial Commission
Liner Matoika Survives After Titanic Like Escape
Boston dispatch reports the United States mail liner Princess Matoika with 2,000 passengers escaping a near disaster off Cape Race. A submerged object, believed to be an iceberg, damaged its rudder and steering for seven hours before repairs allowed it to resume voyage bound for Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
United States Mail
Princess Matoika
Cape Race
N. F
Popp Fined in Lorain Police Court in Liquor Campaign
Joseph Popp, a soft drink proprietor on East 23th Street, was fined 31,000 pad costs in Lorain police court Saturday. He was the fifth man arrested in Police Prosecutor Calhoon's campaign against liquor sellers and paid the fine, pledging to be good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Popp
East 23Th Street
Lorain
Popp
Calhoon
Illini
Unsettled Weather For This Week
The weather bureau forecast for the week calls for unsettled conditions in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with near normal temperatures and occasional snow and rain. The Great Lakes region is expected to see unsettled weather with probable snowfall and temperatures near normal.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Great Lakes
Attorney Conway Ends Vigil at Finance Office Show in Possession
T. A. Conway ended a long vigil at the Western Reserve Finance Company offices Saturday night but said he would return Monday morning to continue the battle. The show remains in undisputed possession of the offices.
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T. A. Conway
Western Reserve Finance Company
Elyria
Land
Conway
Shaw
Ian
Panama Troops Move in Dispute With Costa Rica
Two hundred sixty Panamanian troops are in the field and poised to advance on Golfo Tusca tomorrow if the United States does not intervene in the Panama Costa Rica territorial dispute. An additional two hundred Panamanian reinforcements reach the Pacific frontier Monday. Armaments include fowling pieces revolvers and a few old muskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Collins
Star
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Golfo Tusca
United States
Costa Rica
Pacific
Senate Passes the Army Bill in Senate Action
Washington Feb 26 The Senate approved the army appropriation bill for 175000 men for the year starting July 1 with total appropriations of 364,673,106. The measure went to conference. New York Feb 26 Princess Monteika hit submerged substance at sea carrying 2000 passengers but sustained no serious damage and continued to port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
New York
League reveals Russian bolshevik offensive plan in spring
Paris report cites secret Swiss and French information that the Russian Soviet intends a great international offensive in the spring with uprisings. Swiss Minister Dunant told the League council that Switzerland blocked allied troops toward Vilna to prevent triggering wider war. France confirmed France and Switzerland fear a bolshevik push, while Lithuania and Poland dispute Vilna status. Continued on page 5.
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Lewton Co
Parke
Paris
Council of the
League of Nations
A. Dunant
League of Na Irony Council
Switzerland
Moscow
M. Dunant
Switz
Erland
Vilma
Leggag
League
Lithuania
Poland
Vilna
Leon Bourgeois
France
Pair of Law Makers Withdraw $1000 Wager
Washington February 26 The Texas congressmen Blanton and Sumner had challenged each other on honesty on the house floor and planned a $1 to $1,000 wager but will not take the case to a commission for 1400 a side. Schuimerway had agreed to post 1906 and let a commission decide who speaks truth, but voided the deal stating Blanton refused a fair trial and a hand picked jury.
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Washington
Texas
Blanton
Sumner
Schuimerway
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