Representative W Bourke Cockran Dies Suddenly in Washington
Washington March 1 Representative W Bourke Cockran Democrat of New York aged 69 died of apoplexy this afternoon. He spoke on the floor last night opposing amending the farm credits bill. Cockran a native of Ireland born at Sligo February 28 1854 came to the United States in 1871. He was a leading Tammany figure and a fierce foe of prohibition. He championed Irish freedom in recent years.
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Washington
W. Bourke Cockran
New York
Cockran
House
Ireland
Sligo
United States
France
W. Bourke Cochran
Tammany
Will of Andrew McSwiggan Leaves Estate to Wife and Children
Pittsburgh March 1. Andrew McSwiggan former member of the Board of Public Education left an estate worth about 000,000 in a farewell will written on copy paper to his wife. The document names 27 charitable bequests, praises his wife, and expresses belief they will reunite in the spirit world. The bulk of the estate goes to Mrs McSwiggan and their children.
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Pittsburgh
Penn
Andrew McSwiggan
Board of Public Education
German Police Deported From Ruhr Thickens Occupation
March 1 reports say all German police at Bochum and Herne were arrested by occupation forces and removed from their home towns. Degoutte decree threatens Hugo Stinnes and other mine owners with court martial, possible imprisonment and fines for tax resistance on coal and opposing French reparations efforts.
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Bochum
Herne
Dusseldorf
Degoutte
Hugo Stinnes
Honorio Pueyerrendon Named U S Ambassador
Buenos Aires reports Honorio Pueyerrendon Argentina’s chief League of Nations representative has accepted the post of Ambassador to the United States.
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Buenos Aires
Honorio Pueyerrendon
Argentina
League of Nations
United States
Violators of Narcotic Law Indicted in Seattle
Seattle grand jury returns twenty open indictments for narcotic law violations and two secret indictments. Authorities pursue charges under state narcotics statutes as the March report details.
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Seattle
Fixed Price on Wheat Demanded by Farmers
Resolutions calling for a fixed price on wheat were adopted at the Northwest Agricultural Price Stabilization Conference closing session in St Paul March 1. If Congress gives no relief, President Harding will be urged to call an extra session for the purpose.
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Northwest Agricultural Price Stabilization Conference
Congress
Harding
Iowa Man Named Governor of Porto Rico in Harding Nominations
President Harding nominated Horace M Towner of Iowa as Governor of Porto Rico to succeed Mont Reily who resigned. Towner has long been Republican leader in the House. Harding also named Dwight Davis of Missouri to be assistant secretary of war replacing J Mayhew Wainwright, who moves to the next Congress. Frank W Mandell of Wyoming will succeed Davis as floor leader.
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Harding
Horace M.towner
Iowa
Ern Rico
Mont Reily
Tower
House
Dwight Davis
Missouri
War Finance Corporation
J. Mayhew Wainwright
House of Congress
Frank W. Mandell
Wyoming
Wll
Davis
Canada and U S Will Sign Fisheries Pact
TORONTO March 1 Ernest Lapointe Dominion Minister of Marine has left here for Washington to sign an agreement between Canada and the United States regarding fisheries rights.
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Toronto
Ernest Lapeinte
Dominion
Washington
Canada
United States
Honest Plan Aims to Speed War Contract Settlements
Secretary of War John W Weeks announced a plan to rapidly settle war contracts. Colonel J A Hull will review and audit contracts already passed by the War Claims Board to clear some 150000 cases. Weeks aims to correct delays, favor honest contractors, and uncover fraud while shortening the five year backlog.
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John W. Weeks
J. A. Hull
Army
War Claims Board
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Baker
Weeks
War Department
War Secretary
Valentino to remarry wife amid dancing tour plans
Chicago dispatch says Rudolph Valentino will begin a dancing tour within two weeks and will remarry his current wife Winnifred Hudnut, whom he wed in Mexicali after divorcing Jean Asker. California authorities ruled the Mexicali marriage invalid as within a year of his divorce.
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Rudolph Valentino
Winnifred Hudnut
Mexicali
Jean Asker
California
Self Styled Witness of Murder Seriously Ill
Brunswick New Jersey March 1 Mrs Jane Gibson a pig farmer who said she witnessed the murder of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills is seriously ill at her home William Easton her son said she suffered a stroke of apoplexy Dr J Cooper who attended her said Mrs Gibson told him a strange woman visited her and that fumes from the woman's handkerchief caused her fainting spell Mrs Gibson recently offered her farm for sale declaring she was tired of being bothered by suspicious persons who prowled around her place
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Jane Gibson
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Mills
William Easton
J. Cooper
Street Car Fare Reduced Today in Seattle
Seattle March 1 reduced fares apply to municipal streetcars. The single fare drops to 5 cents and transfer routes cost 6 1 4 cents. Local transit officials announce the new pricing as part of a city wide fare adjustment.
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Seattle
Conditions Improving Across United States Says Fed Report
Washington March 1 The Federal Reserve Board reports production of commodities rising steadily Banks are lending more heavily Building operations are increasing The Department of Labor notes a drop in unemployment and a rising demand for labor with impending shortages across many industrial centers
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Department of Labor
Whitney Fiancee Ill With Influenza
Miss Marie Norton, fiancee of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Jr, is bedridden with influenza. The March 5 marriage may be postponed due to illness as physicians order rest and limited activity during the illness.
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Pares
Marie Norton
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Jr
Wealthy Man Quits Legislature Over Corruption Stand
Olympia March 1 Charles H Roth Republican from Whatcom County insurgent leader announced from the floor that he would resign from the Legislature. He opposed a 44000 dollar bill for surveying State oil lands, saying he would not remain in a body that stands for such corruption. Roth is a wealthy quarry owner and prominent real estate figure who has served multiple terms.
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Olympia
Waerh
Charles TI. Roth
Whatcom County
House of Representatives
Roth
Chuckanut
Has Charlie Been Jilted Or What Is in the Air
Charlie Chaplin told the Examiner he was too poor to marry Pola Negril for now. He said this is a working world and everyone must stay busy to keep away from the climate's sentiments.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
The
Examiner
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Chaplin
Americans Need New Bill of Rights Says Dawes
Chicago March 11 Former National Budget director Charles G Dawes warned of growing congressional demagoguery radical news and labor leader influence. He praised President Harding while urging a new bill of rights and blamed mob psychology for lawlessness and political manipulation.
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Associaten Press
Mentas
Freason
Charles G. Dawes
National Budget
Union Club
Harding
Dawes
Soviet
Russia
Congress
Senate
Herrin
Harrison, Ark
Litte
Killed by Rock as Blast Propels Stone Four Blocks
In Columbus Onto on March 1 Dewey Hendren 26 of Newark was killed when a rock struck his chest while he talked with a friend. Police believe the rock was hurled by an explosion connected to river front blasting operations three or four blocks away. Hendren formerly was a professional baseball player.
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Dewey Hendren
Newark
River Front
Hendren
Farm Credits Bills Move Through House
Washington reports the farm credits bills pass the House proposing two banking systems one private and one government to aid agriculture. Opposition centers in New York and New England as final vote is deferred for absence of members and conference with the Senate will follow.
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Bulletin
Washington
House
New York
New England
Senate
Murder trial ends abruptly as judge dismisses cases
ARDMORE Oklahoma March 1 The murder trial of several leading citizens over the December 15 1921 killing of Joe Carroll was halted when District Judge Freeman dismissed charges against 10 defendants after the jury had been impaneled. The 11th man had been acquitted minutes earlier.
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Ardmore
Okla
Joe Carroll
Freeman
Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon forgoes wedding gift appeal
In London on March 1, Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to marry the Duke of York on April 26 asks locals near her Scottish home to refrain from wedding presents. She notes poverty in the area and says the king’s gift to the couple will be a dining table silver service with a candelabrum. She will wear a Nottingham lace bridal gown.
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Elizabeth Bowes Lyon
Duke of York
George
Elizabeth
Nottingham
Labor Leader Quits Under Fire In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1 P. H. McCarthy former mayor and labor leader resigns as adviser of the State Building Trades Council and from all official labor positions amid investigation into accepting $10,000 from Pacific Gas & Electric Company for opposing water power acts. Announced by Frank C. MacDonald president of the state council.
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P. H. McCarthy
Teader
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
San Francisco Building Trades Council
State Building Trades Council
Frank C. MacDonald
State Council
Six Men Die in Hulbert Destroyer Boiler Room Blast
Six enlisted men aboard the American destroyer Hulbert of the Asiatic fleet were burned to death in a boiler room explosion caused by a flare back. No others were injured. Navy awaiting details on casualties and damage.
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Manila
Hulbert
Washington
Navy Department
Farmers Sell Household Goods To Buy Food In Yakima Valley
Spokane reports hundreds of Yakima Valley farmers selling household goods to secure funds for food. Y. C. Mansfield of the Farmers' League notes many homes wintered without cash, and the state of relief includes discussions of famine and the cost of meat.
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Spokane
Yakima Valley
Y. C. Mansfield
Farmers’ League
Mansfield
Allied Debt Matter Explained by British Ambassador
London. Ambassador Harvey told Pilgrim dinner that Britain was never asked to guarantee and did not guarantee any dollar loaned by the United States for other nations. The remark appears to respond to the Balfour note stating Allies could spend money only on Britain’s security under the agreement.
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London
Harvey
Great Britain
United States
Republican and Democrat Are Nominees for Mayor
CHICAGO March 1 Arthur C. Lueder postmaster and coalition candidate for Mayor will have as his opponent Judge William E. Dever unopposed Democratic candidate.
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Chicago
Arthur C. Lueder
William E. Dever
Search Underway for Mint Robber Walker in Twin Cities
Police and Federal officers sweep the Twin Cities for Robert L Walker, suspected Denver mint robber, with sightings reported in St Paul. The case involves a wanted man, ongoing manhunt, and cross jurisdiction cooperation.
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ST. Paul
Maron
Twin Cities
Robert L. Walker
Denver
Former Senator Burton Is Dead in Los Angeles
Los Angeles March 1 Funeral services for former United States Senator Furton of Kansas, who died at his home here Tuesday, were held this afternoon.
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Senator Burton
Los Angeles
United States
Furton
Kansas
Harvard Grants Master of Arts to Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Cambridge March 1 Harvard University awards a Master of Arts degree to Vilhjalmur Stefansson the Arctic explorer who studied at Harvard in 1903 confirming the honor in thecurrent academic year.
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Harvard
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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