Champ Clark Dies After Long House Career in Missouri
Champ Clark, longtime Democratic leader and former speaker, died in Washington at 2 10 p m in his seventy first year after 26 years in Congress. He had been active until 10 days before his death, and his memory centered on a storied legislative life. Funeral plans target Bowling Green Missouri.
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Hert Declines Candidacy for Republican Chair
Washington March 2 AP A 7 Hert Republican national committeeman from Kentucky said he would not be a candidate to succeed Will Hays as chairman of the national committee and that he could not accept if elected.
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Loan official tries to hamper Senate body
Six boxes of photostatic treasury loan correspondence were delivered to the Senate Judiciary Committee as investigation resumed with Assistant Secretary Nicholas Kelley present. Kelley said all documents were here, while Senator Reed pressed why papers were not sorted, accusing the move of complicating the task.
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Chinese Move Suspiciously Large Trunks Stun Sacramento
Chinese tong men marked for death by rival gangs in California prompted buyers in Sacramento to seek unusually large wardrobe trunks. Report says buyers inspected trunks for concealment and often tested fit by sitting inside, while refusing to disclose purchase reasons. The pattern follows outbreaks in Los Angeles San Francisco and Stockton.
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Court Rejects the Sales Plan for Stock Yards Interests
Justice Stafford in the district supreme court rejected Swift and Company and Armour and Company's substitute plan to sell stock yards holdings. The court set a 30 day testimony period to value assets, then allow sale at fixed price or appoint trustees to manage the stock. A Washington Trust Company will take over Morris and Company and Wilson and Company interests for sale.
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Harding Abandons Old Porch in Marion For Farewell
President elect Warren G Harding receives a formal Marion farewell with a large crowd. Marion schools and businesses close two hours as bells and whistles signal good will. The city presents a silver plaque bearing Gods blessing to Harding and his wife Florence Kling Harding. The address by Dr Thomas H McAfee notes affection gratitude public welfare and service to American citizenship. Harding thanks locals and asks for their support.
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Naval Bill Inches Toward Passage Amid Senate Talks
Washington March 2 AP prospects for the naval appropriation bill rose as senate leaders said conferences between top supporters and opponents opened a path to compromise. Proposals include scrapping amendments for Alameda and other Pacific coast bases backed by Senators Borah and King. Poindexter said the senate would stay in session until a vote is taken.
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Red Rule Tottering In Russia Amid Street Fighting
A dispatch via Helsingfors from Petrograd reports Russia near a possible collapse of soviet rule as street fighting expands in Moscow and Petrograd. The Central News notes heavy casualties on both sides and extensive property damage amid ongoing clashes, with censorship limiting details.
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Landis Censured Over Baseball Arbitrator Job Implication
Washington reports that the House Judiciary Committee adopted a subcommittee report finding Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ acceptance of a $42,500 year salary as baseball arbiter inconsistent with his duties as a United States district judge and a serious impropriety, with impeachment charges recommended for next Congress session. The panel's action was unanimously approved with a minority report anticipated.
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Trinity College Hazing Leads to Stabbing Injury
Four arrests were made in Durham in a hazing incident at Trinity College that left F. C. Brooks Jr., son of the state superintendent of instruction, badly wounded. Arrested on hazing charges were O. D. Sawyer J. E. Harvey and L. D. McWhorter. a warrant for Brooks was not served due to illness. A warrant for assault with a deadly weapon was drawn against Jack McClure who allegedly stabbed Brooks through the chest with a pocket knife.
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Policeman Fires On Morgantown Man Morgan Wounded by Offic er Monfort
R J Morgan 35, a former tote maker from Short Line shops, was shot by Patrolman E M Monfort on the West Side and remains in critical condition at Lynn Bros hospital. A riot of public criticism followed and Morgan’s arrest on intoxication charges preceded the shooting. Monfort reportedly offered to resign after the incident.
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Prohibition raid reversal ends with jailer locked in cell
Tracy Minnesota police momentarily reversed roles as prisoners locked the jailer in a cell and prohibition agents discovered an auto loaded with moonshine theft evidence. Authorities investigated the strange swap during the March 2 incident.
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Demands Japan Quit Siberia Urgently (AP dispatch)
A Far Eastern republic minister demanded that Japan set a definite evacuation date from Siberia and refrain from interfering there. The note accuses Japanese troops of oppressing locals and aiding crime around Grodekova and Chita, while stating Semenoff’s anti Bolshevik faction gains support with Japanese backing.
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League of Nations replies on mandates for former German colonies
Paris report states the executive council welcomes the plan and supports the administering authority. It says U S participation is not essential to mandate validity though the United States has not ratified the treaty or joined the league council. The note invites U S to discuss in April. class C allocations to Japan noted. American note forwarded to allied governments.
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Rate reduction on Cuban freight announced in Kentucky
Loulaville Kentucky March 2 AP R B L McKellar foreign freight traffic manager for the Southern railway said he had been advised of a substantial rate reduction from the South Atlantic and Gulf ports to Cuba. The cut is estimated at about 20 to 25 percent.
Allies ready to enforce German reparations terms
London reports that a supreme council committee will frame a firm reply to Germany. The notice rejects German proposals as bad faith and declares immediate steps to enforce payments, with possible arm force and occupation of Mannheim and Ruhr ports if needed.
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France rejects German plea says proposals unacceptable
Paris reports unanimously that German proposals presented to the supreme allied council in London were rejected. Premier Briand and newspapers like L Eclair criticize the offer as ludicrous and pledge that France will act with strength if pressed, in full accord with the allies.
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Pioneer Chattanooga Resident George M. Drake Dies
George M. Drake 85 longtime resident of Chattanooga and an organizer of the United States army survey for the Southern Pacific railway route died in Nashville yesterday. Drake helped map the inland survey with General Meade Beale and was noted as a pioneer in the region.
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