Germany may pay reparations in gold or goods under Versailles order
March 16 New York dispatch reports Germany urged by the Allied Reparations Commission to meet Article 255 by May 1921, with a payment of 20 billion gold works or equivalent in gold commodities ships or other assets. Payment expenses of occupation armies first, plus notice of total war damage under Article 285 by May 1. Riot at Dusseldorf as French soldiers face radical carpenters during a union meeting. police quell disturbances with no injuries.
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Paris
Germany
Allied Reparations Commission
Wich
Petit Paris Sen
Athen
Mondas
League of Nations
Supreme Council
League
Dueseldorf
Dusseldorf
Gompers Withdraws From International Federation Unions
Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor states that the federation declines to join a movement aimed at overthrowing the U S democratic government. The letter cites loss of national autonomy under a new constitution and unbearable dues as additional reasons for withdrawal.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
International Federation of Trade Unions
International Organization
Packers Adopt Mutual Relations Plan Announcement
Chicago March 16 Swift & Co. announces a mutual relations plan will be put into effect as soon as feasible. The statement outlines organizational steps and expected implementation timing.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Democracy in operation debates at Armour Co committee
Early balloting among Armour & Co workers shows 23 of 180 departments contributing, with 2211 of 2275 eligible voters casting ballots for representatives to join a temporary committee to set up a so called democracy.
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Incote
Armour & Co
Wilsons Call on Hardings Outside White House
Mr and Mrs Woodrow Wilson drove to the White House grounds and handed usher cards for President and Mrs Harding at the entrance. The President had just left for the golf links.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Harding
Talaat Pasha Assassinated in Berlin Street Shooting
Taleat Pasha former grand vizier and minister of finance of Turkey was assassinated in Charlottenburg a Berlin suburb. An Armenian student accused of the crime was arrested after confronting Talaat Pasha in the street and firing the fatal shot. Villager wife Talaat was wounded.
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Talaat Pasha
Berlin
Charlottenburg
Taleat Pasha
Turkey
Talnat
Job Hunters Wait as Harding Finishes Tax Return
Washington reports show job seekers queuing around White House offices while President Harding concentrates on his income tax return. He reportedly left work late to address personal finances, with urgent matters granting access to the president. Britain Buys Cable to U S S London March 16. Purchase of a direct cable to the United States was announced by H. Pike Pease in the House of Commons during budget discussions.
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Washington
White House
Harding
Britain
U. S&s
London
United States
H. Pike Pease
House of Commons
Post Office
Government to retire debt from 1920 tax receipts
Secretary of the Treasury says the 1920 income and excess profits taxes will yield about 500 million dollars, enough to retire short term certificates. Some treasury experts expect receipts near 600 million, to aborb public debt and war savings securities.
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Washington
United States
Treasry Metlon
Treasury
Trial reveals Clara Hamon sobs as crowd applauds
Clara Hamon testifies in Ardmore Oklahoma court claiming the pistol fired as she says it struck Jake L Hamon. She denies intent and appeals to protect her mother referred to as the old woman. Spectators applaud and a recess is ordered as emotion runs high.
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Coionel Hamen
Clara Hannon
W. P. McLean
Defense Counsel
H. L. Brown
Mr. Brown
Clara Hamon
Court clears courtroom after defense remarks about defendant
In a drunken and brutal condition the defendant was attacked while a chair was brandished. Judge Champion ordered clearing of the courtroom after applause greeted defense counsel W P McLean who attacked H H Brown state counsel by calling the defendant's mother "an old woman."
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Champion
W. P. McLean
H. H. Brown
Expansion of Foreign Trade Legislation Discussed
Washington March 16 The new administration will study legislation to expand America's declining foreign trade. President Harding and his cabinet emphasized a firm government approach toward foreign trade organizations. The first step may involve renewing the act requiring ships to pay full through the Panama Canal tolls.
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Washington, Mare
America
Congress
Harding
Five Die in Pullman Fire Between Pueblo and Walsenburg
Five passengers perished when a rear Pullman on the Denver & Rio Grande burned at about two o'clock in the morning between Pueblo and Walsenburg Colorado. Two victims were identified F P S Steelman and A B Jack. Six others escaped or were injured as the Cerena car was destroyed and the train slowed from about 25 miles per hour.
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Pueblo
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Walsenburg
S. Steélman
Missouri Pacific Railroad
A. B. Jack
Sajara
Senate to probe railroads highlights mismanagement and costs
Senator Cummins to lead a Senate inquiry into railroad private operation since last March. He cites reports of extravagance and inefficiency, seeks to determine why freight rates rose while earnings lagged, and flags possible actions by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Committee
The
Lensian
Emily
Cummps
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bliss Is Hughes Third Aid to Washington
Marc Robert Wools Kilee of New chieft of the State departation of western European afferent noted by Preedent hh. Got third assistant secretary of tee Mr. Bliss, he is a graduate of Har vard university, has been in the diplo matic service for 17 years, the first appoinment being as second secre tary of legation at Petrogre in 104. Since that time he has sen sively as secretary of the vnsta. at Brussels and Buenos Aires and secre tary and a ting counsellor of the embassy at Paris. Mr. Bliss' ocomina tion wes confirmed immediately by the senate.
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Washington
Marc Robert Wools Kilee
New
Bliss
Harvard University
Legation
Petrogre
Vnsta
Brussels
Buenos Aires
Paris
Senate
Bolshevists Turn Guns on Sigpie and Kronstadt Rising
Reports from Helsingfors and Moscow describe Soviet troops rounding up rebels in Odessa and Kronstadt to quell uprisings. A Moscow wireless dispatch notes the tenth all Russian congress appealing to Petrograd workers to stand firm as civil war threats loom and railways face sabotage. Tyurkin, Kronstadt uprising leader and former czarist officer, is cited in the unrest.
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London
Cerurae
Moscow
Soviet Alliies
Helsingfors
Maida
Reval
Kromstadt
Antloney
Korintulan
Ukraine
Bolshevist Party
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Tyurkin
Stillman Case Postponed In White Plains Divorce Suit
In White Plains New York March 16 court proceedings in the stillman absolute divorce suit between James A Stillman president Nat City Bank and his wife former FIA Potter were adjourned indefinitely before Supreme Court Justice Morschauser John F Brennan for Mrs Stillman said both sides agreed to delay the argument on an application to examine Mr Stillman for income to determine alimony and counsel fees
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White Plains
N. Y
James A. Stillman
Nat City Bank of New York
Sgn
Fia” Potter
Morschauser
John F. Brennan
Extra Senate Session Ends After Last-Minute Additions
The extra senate session closed sine die after approving a few measures including a nomination by President Harding for the shipping board. The session had begun with hopes the President would send in additional nominations, but a White House call to Senator Lodge indicated delay.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
Shipping Board
White House
Lodge
Senate tariff plan fuels forthcoming session talks
President Harding backs a tariff reform program with Senator Penrose and Chairman Fordney as he weighs antidumping measures and the shift to ad valorem duties. No decision on whether tariff or tax legislation should precede in the next session. NY Central wage cuts face rejection by 70 000 workers ahead of April 16 proposals.
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Wesiington
Speeil Sesion
Congress
Harding
Boles Penrose
Electmman
Senate Finance Committee
Joseph Fordney
House Ways and Menh
New York
New York Central Railroad
Exceptiom Ot
Big Four” Brotherhoods
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Bride Heid for Murder in Farmington Case
Fifteen year old Mes Luther Parsons is charged with first degree murder in Farmington. The indictment alleges involvement in the death of her six year old step daughter during a March 10 incident. Authorities report the case as a homicide inquiry with ongoing court action.
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Farmington, Ma
Luther Parsons
Wasell
Otk
Paper Workers Strike in Green Bay Mills
Paper workers at Northern Paper mills in Green Bay number about 500 and walk out in protest of a 10 percent wage cut. The action disrupts production at the Wisconsin plant on March 16.
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Green Bay
Wis
The Happy Man and the Joy of Discovery
A Ruskin passage on the contentment of a perpetually curious mind. It suggests happiness arises from ongoing pursuit of knowledge, humility before unknowns, and continuous astonishment as a condition of divine rooted direction and steady triumph over ignorance.
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Wes
Gompers
A. F
L. Head
United
Wilsons
Hardings
Turkex
Harding Toile
Mellon
Hamon
Jake Hamon
Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Lawton
U. S&s. Shipping
Pullman
Colorado
Committee
Cumming
Senatee
Jess
Mister Store
Hughes
THIRD
AID
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Sigpie
Revo
Odessa
Stillman
Bride Heid
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