Political Jam Inflames Senate Over Public Lands Chair
Washington March 9 AP A move to restore La Follette insurgents to old committee rank leads to a vote between Ladd and Stanfield for chairman of the public lands committee. Democrats object to excluding Harrison and Pittman. A lengthy parliamentary clash follows as Senators debate party leadership and control.
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North Dakota
Stanfield
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New Mexico
Copeland
New York
Wheeler
Montana
Tcrat
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LaFollette
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Sen Norris
Nebraska
Orth Dakota
Oregon
Public Lands Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Pittman
Nevada
Robinson
Arkansas
Irish election scheduled amid Ulster government dissolution
Belfast March 9 AP reports the Ulster government will dissolve within a week with general elections to follow in about three weeks. The boundary commission, hearings at Rostrevor on Newry Warrenpoint and parts of South Down and South Armagh fuel the election issues with public opposition noted.
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Newry
Warren Point
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South Armagh
Free State
Mexican consuls to review Mexican prisoners in U S jails
Mexico City reports the foreign office has directed Mexican consuls in the United States to investigate the cases of all Mexican citizens serving sentences in U S prisons. The move follows numerous complaints of unjust convictions.
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Mexico City
Mar
Foreign Office
United States
Anul
Mystery Man Dr Protar Dies Hidden Identity
Beavers island tale ends as Dr Protar, a mysterious man long known as a Russian noble in exile, dies leaving his true identity buried with him after fifty years on the island. He gave medical aid free and lived frugally on a small farm. Age unknown.
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St. James
Beaver
Sporting Attire Is Quite Mannish
Paris fashions blur gender lines as spring coats worn by young women at the race track feature severe lines and masculine tailoring. Coats are often light, with a raised back seam and large side pockets, reflecting a trend toward menswear inspired elegance.
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Paris
Mar
Parisian
Supreme Court Affirms Motor Vehicle Theft Act
The Supreme Court declared the national motor vehicle theft act valid and constitutional. It ruled that prosecutors need not prove the defendant knew cars were stolen. The decision upholds Rae Brooks's two felonies for purchasing two cars later found stolen.
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Supreme Court
Rae Brooks
Sioux Falls
S. C
Sioux City
Iowa
Brooks
Oregon Governor's Wife Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Langa My Risto Pierce, wife of Oregon Governor Pierce, died at the family home after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Salem Tuesday afternoon, with state offices closing during the hour. Born near Monument on May 30, 1871, she was a Whitman College graduate and leaves five children: Lilord B. Pierce Lucille Hall Lorraine Pierce Edith Pierce Helen Wilson.
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Wits of Coreen
First Presbyterian Church
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Wheeler County
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Monument
Whitman College
Walla Walla
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Lilord B. Pierce
Lucille Hall
Lorraine Pierce
Edith Pierce
Salem
Helen Wilson
New York City
Pershing Mission Guests Of Cuba
General John J. Pershing and his mission, returning from a South American tour, will be guests at a dinner in Havana hosted by Cuban Secretary of War General Armando Montes. Pershing, Admiral John H. Dayton, and Minister Frederick C. Hicks with aides plan to sail on the battleship Utah tomorrow for New York.
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John J. Pershing
Armando Montes
Pershing
John H. Dayton
Frederick C. Hicks
Utah
New York
Pope Welcomes American Tourists at Audience in Rome
In Rome on March 9 an audience was held for a Boston pilgrimage led by Cardinal O Connell. More than 2,000 Americans including residents, tourists, and ecclesiastical students attended and received the pope’s hand kiss and a holy year medal. Cardinal O Connell spoke. the pope answered in Italian thanking the travelers.
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Boston
Cardinal O’connell
Runaway Democrats Fail to Stop Indiana Bill
Indianapolis March 9 AP The trymander bill prompted 15 Democrats to flee to Ohio to block its passage. The Indiana Senate passed the bill 27 to 0 with all Democrats absent. The measure advances to the House where action is required before the assembly adjourns tonight.
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Ohio
Indiana
Senate
House
General Assembly
Prussian Prince Frederick Wilhelm Dies in Sanitarium
Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia dies at a sanitarium in Weisserhirsch at age 45. He was the youngest son of Prince Albrecht, regent of Brunswick, and married in 1910 to Princess Agatha of Ratibor, mother of four daughters.
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Germany
Frederick Wilhelm
Prussia
Kaiser
Weisserhirsch
Albrecht
Bunswick
Agatha of
Prince of Wales trip aboard Repulse becomes complex
London reports the fitting of the Repulse for the princes voyage to South Africa and South America faces delays. The party includes 1,250 sailors plus 90 staff and servants, 200 trunks and chests, no onboard laundry, and 21 cooks and stewards with tableware for 900 guests aboard ship.
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South Africa
South America
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Two Mormon Colonists Reported Murdered in Colonia Dublan
Officials said they have official confirmation of the murder of Waldo and Thorne Call by bandits near Colonia Dublan Chihuahua Mexico. The district hosts about 1000 Mormon residents and rumors say authorities will press the U.S. State Department for action.
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Salt Lake, Mar
Church
Waldo
Thorne Call
Conoly Colonia Dublan
Russian Prince Dies in Paris After Refugee Aid Work
Prince George Yevgenevitch Lvoff former prime minister of provisional Russian governments died in Paris last week. He had left the United States five weeks earlier after a three week visit spent raising funds for more than 100 Russian refugee schools abroad, an effort led by his Zemstvos association.
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New York
Prince George Yevgenevitch Lvoff
Paris
United States
Association of Russian Zemstvos
Russia
Russian education budget soars beyond prewar levels
The Russian Soviet government plans to spend between 160 million and 190 million dollars on public education this year, more than 120 percent above 1923-24, supported by claims of remarkable economic improvement. The Russian Information Bureau released the statement, noting the allocations are larger than prewar czarist expenditures.
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Washington
Russian Information Bureau
Blanche Sweet Cause Of Fight At Culver City Café
Culver City Calif March 9 police were called to a boulevard cafe to quell a disturbance involving film director Marshall Neilan and an unidentified man dancing with Blanche Sweet. Witnesses say the stranger struck Neilan after objecting to his accompaniment of Miss Sweet and the fight followed before police arrived with no arrests.
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Calif
Culver
Anc Fe
Boulevard Cafe
Marshall Neilan
Blanche Sweet
Neilan
Re Om
Miss Sweet
Millions Lost to Government on Income Tax
Hearings transcripts before the Couzens committee reveal large amortization tax allowances claimed by major firms. U S Steel faced a $27.9 million overage, Aluminum Company of America $6.5 million, copper firms about $50 million in potential tax losses, with debates over inspector interpretation and lack of uniform treatment.
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United States Steel Corporation
Aluminum Copreey of America
Senate
Couzens
Aluminum Company of America
Treasury Department
Mellon
E. L. Manson
Manson
Aluminum Com of America
Hobbs Sentenced to Two Years for Blackmail Plot
William Cooper Hobbs, a solic it clerk, was found guilty of defrauding and of receiving 150000 pounds in a blackmail scheme against Sir Hari Singh, an East Indian prince. He received two years at hard labor. the jury acquitted him on the theft charge.
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London
Mar
William Cooper Hobbs
Hari Singh
Hobbs
Johnson, oldest baseball player, dies at 81
Caleb Johnson, 81, oldest professional baseball player, died yesterday. He played second base for A G Spenting's White Wings in 1866 67 and will be buried tomorrow.
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A. G. Spenting
Local man drowns after bridge plunge on Snake River
W. D. Lemming, a Pocatello taxi driver and owner, died when the Buick sedan he was in crashed through a bridge rail over the Snake River near Blackfoot and sank. The accident occurred late Sunday night. the body was recovered at 11 a.m. today and the car was not fully raised. Lemming's wife of Pocatello and six children survive. funeral plans to be announced.
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Snake River
Bingham County
Blackfoot Water Department
Roy Mead
Towaing
Equitable Saving
the Tribune
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Aberdeen
Grenilan
MecHan
Woman Named Collector of Customs at Honolulu
Washington March 9 AP Mrs Jeanette A Hyde of Salt Lake City Utah is nominated by President Coolidge as collector of customs at Honolulu Hawaii She is Republican national committeewoman for Utah and has never held federal office her appointment is understood to have been restored by Senator Reed Smoot
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Washington
Jeanette A. Hyde
Salt Lake City
Utah
Coolidge
Honolulu
Hawaii
United States
Reed Smoot
Fire guts sixth floor of Atlanta Constitution building
A major blaze gutted the sixth floor of the Atlanta Constitution on Sunday, causing an estimated $100,000 loss. Water damage affected the fifth floor composing room and basement presses during a two hour firefight. The Atlanta Journal offered its facilities, and today’s Constitution is printed at the Journal’s plant.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Journal
Journal
Fright Recounts Near Death As Ky Boy Recovers
Madioenville Kentucky March 9 AP nine year old Kosch lay paralyzed and speechless after a skate on a pond caused a brain concussion. His parents believed him dead and prepared funeral plans before hours of recovery and thoughts of burial. Relatives say he then began to recover.
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Kosch
Ther
Parente
Knife and gun attack leave two men hospitalized
In Los Aceon Louis Garcia arrived with a detached chin piece sewed back by surgeons while Homer Land suffered a critical gunshot wound to the head after a street fight. Land’s bullet entered the throat and exited the head.
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Louis Garcia
Garcia
Homer Land
Land
Hidden Target For Gun Test In California Cruise
San Pedro Calif March 9 AP The Tennessee leaves port for a fleet maneuvers test to hit a moving hidden target on the opposite shore using 1400 pound projectiles from 14 inch guns and planes to provide range. Lieutenant Commander Francis Rockwell leads the gunnery team in the planned spectacle.
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Tennessee
United States
Santa Barbara Island
Here
Francis Rockwell
Veterans say failure to create medical corps breaks pledge
Frank J. Irwin national commander of the Disabled American Veterans denounced Congress for not enacting a medical corps in the veterans bureau and for setting June 30 as the entry deadline for disabled veterans into vocational education. He warned the medical division will deteriorate further due to the bill's failure.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Veterans Bureau
Frank J. Irwin
Disabled American Veterans
House
Sunday Fight in Ohio City
Six men were arrested and three held in Warren jail after two clashes at street corners in Niles Ohio. Police deny Ku Klux Klan involvement and say only three shots were fired. Deputy Finney fired three warnings to disperse a crowd as prisoners were taken to jail.
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Niles
Ohio
Warren City
L. J. Rounds
Finney
Oldest Bank President Jacob Haish Celebrates 89th Birthday
Dekalb Illinois March 9 AP Jacob Haish inventor of barbed wire and reputedly the oldest bank president in the United States marked his eighty ninth birthday today He serves as president of the Haish bank in Dekalb Illinois.
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Jacob Haish
United States
Haish .Iate Bank
Landscape artist Willard Metcalf dies at 67 in New York
New York reports the death of Willard Leroy Metcalf an American landscape artist at age sixty seven due to heart disease. He was a prominent figure in early 20th century American art and his work influenced regional landscape painting.
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New York
Willard Leroy Metcalf
Rigid Penalties for Liquor Sales to Minors Highlight Boise Edict
Tribune Special Boise reports Governor Moore signed multiple bills. H B 119 makes supplying liquor to minors a felony with 2 to 5 years in state prison. Other measures fund state equalization, adjust prison wages, and set zoning commissions for first class cities.
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Boise
Mar
C. C. Moore
Pocatello and
Bolee
State Equalization Board
Blackfoot Asylum
Moore
Lord Curzon Undergoes Successful Operation
London March 9 AP Marquis Curzon of Kedlestone lord president of the council today underwent an operation described as quite successful An official bulletin notes there is no official word on the illness but the Daily Express reports kidney trouble with a severe hemorrhage He had a good night after the procedure
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Daily Express Today
Corn and Wheat on Farms Lead March 1 Stocks
Washington AP reports March 1 1924 farm corn stocks reached about 801 million bushels or 32.9 percent of the 1924 crop while 1923 stocks were 1.154 billion bushels or 37 percent. Wheat on farms stood at about 114 million bushels or 18.1 percent of the 1924 crop with March 1 1924 stocks at 137.7 million bushels or 17.3 percent of 1923 crop. Prices and percentages reflect Department of Agriculture data.
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Washington
Mar
Department of Agriculture
P. Reres
Condition of Sun Yat Sen Awaits Reported Drop
Peking dispatch notes Sun Yat sen in south China growing weaker after liver cancer operation on January 26. Physicians report his condition worsening as doctors monitor his recovery.
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Peking
Sun Yat N
South China
Money Trouble In Paris Involving Wood Heir
Paris reports say Osborne C Wood son of Philippine Governor General Leonard Wood has returned from Spain triggering questions from alleged creditors. Wood's lawyer declined to confirm his client’s presence but said many claims are from various sources and are being reviewed.
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Leonard Wood
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Spain
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