Indicted Sox May Face New Charges In Reindictment Bid
Chicago March 17 AP State's Attorney Crowe announced plans to seek reindictment of the Chicago White Sox players whose cases were dropped after Judge Dever refused further continuances. Names dropped include Williams Jackson Felsch Risberg Cicotte McMullin Burns Attel Gandil Brown Sullivan. Crowe cited corrupted key witnesses and a stolen grand jury copy as reasons for dismissal.
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Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Cook County
Chicago White Sox
Mar
Chick Gandil
William E. Dever
Claude Williams
Joe Jackson
Oscar Felsch
Swede Risberg
Eddie Cicotte
Fred McMullin
Buck Weaver
Gandil
Rachael Brown
Joseph Sullivan
Abe Attel
Bill Burns
Dever
Grand Jury
Crowe
Jackson
Williams and Cicotte
Michael Ahearn
Weaver, Felsch
Cicotte
Williams
Maclay Hoyne
Mr. Moyne
Mr. Crowe
Hoyne
Plymouth Rock to Be Protected Against Elements
Plymouth Rock, the glacially deposited boulder on Plymouth shore, is to be preserved under a new monumental canopy. The plan expands from reuniting its three parts to making the restored rock proof against waters and frosts as far as practicable.
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Plymouth
Mass
Plymouth Rock
Railway Strike Not Settled in Mexico City
Mexico City March 17 AP Various workmen organizations have refused to abide by the government labor settlement and have not resumed road work after three weeks of idle time. Gen Plutarco E Calles announced an adjusted situation after talks with strike leaders but officials and strikers say it remains in status quo. Newspapers warn of possible general sympathetic strikes even as trains ran on approximately normal schedules yesterday.
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Mexico City
Plutarco E. Calles
Interior
Submarine runs high on rocks near Watch Hill reef
The coastal submarine N-2 struck Watch Hill reef off Westerly R I March 17 and ran high and dry. Coast guards reported Lieut. Claud Farmer and a 15 man crew would remain aboard the vessel.
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Westerly
Watch Hill
Claud Farmer
Protections Being Denied by Mexican Government
In Galveston on March 17 oilmen from nine companies formed by the Association of Producers of Petroleum in Mexico declared they would not recognize the Mexican republic until they received absolute assurances of protection for American interests. Guy Stevens stated the issue is Mexican, not oil, and Americans must stand erect, not lie down, for reasonable protections. Edward L. Doheny and other officials attended without discussing conference business.
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Galveston
Tex
Obregon
Association of Producers of Petroleum
Mexico
Guy Stevens
Association
Edward L. Doheny
Mexican Petroleum Corporation
Jury records confirm theft by suspect, says Judge MacDonald
Judge Charles A. MacDonald, who ordered the original investigation, stated today there was no doubt the theft had been committed.
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Charles A. MacDonald
Four new battlers to be laid down in a year
Sir James Craig announced in parliament that four capital warships of the Hood type will be laid down within a year. The statement occurred in the House of Commons as the admiralty outlined its building program.
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London
James Craig
Admiralty
House of Commons
Peace Treaty Signed by Polish Russian and Ukrainian Delegates
Polish, Russian and Ukrainian delegates will sign the treaty between Soviet Russia and Poland at 7 o'clock Friday in Riga. The agreement ends hostilities and establishes peace between Russia and Poland following completed negotiations at Riga.
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Warsaw
Mar
Russia
Poland
Riga
Union Pacific cuts 17000 workers across system
Union Pacific reports a system wide reduction of about 17,000 employees since mid December. The total before cuts was around 50,000. Cheyenne shops will lose 135 more workers this month, after 465 laid off two weeks earlier. New York Central asks railroad labor board to tentative April 1 reductions in wage revisions.
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Omaha
Mar
Union Pacific
Feef
Calvin
Cheyenne
Wyo
New York
New York Central Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
Bolshevik Fire Rages at Kronstadt in Coastal Clash
AP reports from Copenhagen and Riga that Bolshevik batteries opened fire on Kronstadt, sparking fires along the coast toward Petrograd. Four artillery divisions, with numerous guns, mass between Lysterbak and Petrograd as intense duels unfold at Kronstadt Krasnaya Korka and Oranienbaum.
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Copenhagen
Karelian
Kronstadt
Helsingfors
Berlingske Tidende
Petrograd
Systerbak
Tolcheviki Attack Penetrates Kronstadt After Morning Assault
Refugees in Terijoki Finland report that Tolcheviki forces launched a general attack on Kronstadt at five o clock in the morning. Despite heavy revolutionary fire, the offensive reportedly breached Kronstadt's defenses, according to a noon dispatch.
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Stockholm
Tolcheviki
Kronstadt
Revolutioniats
Terioki
Finland
Miller Likely to Be Promoted Ambassador to Japan
Washington reports Miller, consul general at Ul, is among candidates for ambassador to Japan to replace Roland Morris who led talks with the Japanese envoy after California anti alien land law adoption. Miller is a Ithaca native who joined diplomatic service in 1926 as secretary and interpreter at Tokyo Embassy.
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Washington
Miller
Ores
Japan
Roland & Morris
California
Ithaca
N. Y
Toke
Tragic Onboard Shooting Ends in Suicide Near Port Ill
A power and wealth holder from Port Ill, Arthur Batschen, pursued Miss Wilson on an interurban car from Freeport, begged her to remarry Widholm in view of their relationship, fatally wounding her and then shooting himself. Miss Wilson died later that morning.
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Sete
Arthur Batschen
Ower
Wilson
Clarence Widholm
Widholm
Banscher
Freeport
Hagenbarth Named to National Growers Commission
Idaho’s Hagenbarth is named to a national growers commission by President Harding. The appointment follows Western state representatives’ push for a single candidate to represent the region on the interstate body. The selection aims to consolidate Western support for the commission’s leadership.
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Washington
Maggh 17
Hagenbarth
Idaho
National Woo! Growers
Representa
Hardman
Austria Seeks Loans to Avert Food Shortage
A fragmented report notes Austria cannot pay and seeks loans and guarantees to avert famine. The financial committee contemplates proposals to secure credits, with negotiations set to address repayment and securitization.
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St. Geront
Vances
Austria
Thacter
Joans
Fces
Portugal to bury unknown soldier. body sent to Capetown
A damaged note reports that Portugal will bury an unknown soldier killed in the war. The body was sent from an unnamed city to Capetown for burial in the Pantheon.
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Portugal
Capetown
France to Recognize Obregon Government in Mexico
Washington reports from Paris say France is imminent to recognize the Obregon government in Mexico. The move would surprise the State Department due to long standing informal understandings about Mexico policy and could disrupt a world bank agreement not to loan to Mexico without multi bank consent.
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Washington
Obregon
Mexico
France
Paris
State Department
United States
Strike settlement talks fail at John Morrell plant
In Sioux Falls on March 17 the attempt to settle the 700 worker strike at John Morrell Packing by mass meeting failed as all strikers voted against company terms offered.
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Sioux Falls
M. C
John Morrell Packing Company
Packers Favor Big Walkout
Official count of the first hundred ballots in the packing house strike vote showed ninety eight in favor of a walkout and two opposed. Reports from Midwest branches indicated a large majority in favor of a strike. Full power to call a walkout was placed in the hands of Dennis Lane and Redmond Brennan following a meeting of union leaders.
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Kansas City
Mar
Chicago
Middlewest
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Order of Meatcutters
Redmond
Brennan
Whisky Withdrawal Ban Lifted For Retail Druggists
Washington reports Prohibition Commissioner Kramer orders lift of the ban on withdrawing whiskey from bonded warehouses for retail druggists on April 1. Wholesale dealers are not included. they must go out of business around May 15. Regulations based on Palmer's opinion for wholesales will take effect soon.
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Washington
Mar
Prohibition
Kramer
Palmer
Veteran actor William Lawrence dies in Boston
William Lawrence, who succeeded Donman Thompson as Uncle Josh in The Old Homestead and appeared in the role about 3000 times, died in Boston after collapsing while performing here last Saturday. Born in Nova Scotia, Lawrence was a sailor and fur trapper before his stage career.
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Boston
Mass
William Lawrence
Donman Thompson
Josh
Thomestead
Lawrence
Nova Scotia
Customs posts along the Rhine rise on rail and river routes
Paris reports 150 customs houses along the railroad and 54 on river routes under wartime supervision. The note cites officials detailing the growing network of customs facilities manned by workers under strict oversight.
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Paris
Mervers
Cine Peyce Council
St Patrick’s Day Altercation Leaves Man Wounded in Colorado
In Alamosa Colorado a St Patrick’s Day clash at South Forks left J H Robinson a wounded, probably fatally, man and led to a warrant for O B Breagh a prominent local business figure. In the scramble the stove toppled and a store fire broke out but village volunteers extinguished the blaze.
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Alamosa
Colo
J. H. Robinson
Galbreagh
South Forks
Here
Decker In Bad Position In Indiana Murder Case
Warsaw Indiana March 17 authorities charge that LeRoy Lovett was murdered by his friend Virgil Decker who is jailed amid a heavy guard. CurioUs crowds gathered near the jail while police say the buggy was placed on tracks to look like an accident as a plot to collect insurance unfolds.
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Warsaw
Ind
LeRoy Lovett
Virgil Decker
Lovett
Decker
Arthur
Joshua's "Queen" Declared Incompetent in Texas Case
Reis Frede was named by Joshua Kes as "Queen of Heaven and Earth" of the Temple of David cult and found mentally incompetent to manage her affairs by a county court commission. Relatives alleged she dissipated about 150000 dollars, with guardians appointed to handle her affairs.
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Denver
Reis Frede
Joshua Kes
Temple of David
Heaven and Earth
Texas
Bombs In Dublin Wound Civilians As Troops Fire
March 17 Dublin AP reports bombs aimed at a military lorry on Redmonds Road wounded two in the machine. A second lorry was attacked on Camden Street, and a bomb exploded in Aungier Street wounding three civilians. Shots near Ship Street barracks left three more injured. Identification discs issued to troops last night for first time amid disorders.
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Dublin
Redmonds 1
Camden Street
Aungier Street
Ship Street
Ireland
Midland Packing Plant Leased to Wilson & Company
Midland Packing of Sioux City plans a five year lease to Wilson and Company of Chicago with annual rent of 160000 and a three year purchase option. The Midland, valued at eight million, has been under receivership for six months and the arrangement awaits final federal court approval in Sioux Falls.
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Sioux City
Midland Packing
Wilson and Company of
Chicago
Sioux Falls
Milland
M. C
James D. Elliott
United States District Court
Idland Packing Company
Wilson & Company
New York
M Land Company
Harding Approves Officers Action on Evacuation Parade
President Harding approved the action of army and navy officers to permit American troops to take part in an Evacuation parade in Boston led by Irish freedom advocates after a conference with Secretary Hughes of State, War Secretary Weeks.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Eee
Boston
Harding
Rotary Hughes
State Department
Weeks
War Department
Defense presents strong plea for acquittal in Hamon case
Ardmore Oklahoma March 17 with jurors to be chosen after state and defense close their arguments in Clara Smith Hamon murder trial. Prosecutors stress guilt while defense portrays Hamon as guilty of abuse and as a schemer. judge to rule on final review and jury instructions.
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Ardmore
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Joe Ben Champion
Hamon
Jake Hamon
James H. Mather
Clara
P. Freeh
W. P. McLean
Fort Worth
J. 8
Mulle
Cal Mullen
Reachia
Jake
Pn Conn
Clara Hamon
McLean
Okla
A. Mar
Armaments
Clara Ae
Jake Hamnon
Champion
H. Brown
A8 & EU
P. Freeling
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