Officers Battle Bandits Near Roosevelt Road Loot Recovered
Chicago March 2 a bandit gang raided the Arthur W Cutten estate and fled toward LaGrange with jewelry plate and $100000 in loot. Police intercepted on Roosevelt road forcing abandonment of two cars and part of the haul, one vehicle ditched after a shootout. suspects fled into the night.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Geng
Roosevelt Road
Laurange
Cutten
Downers Grove
Nichols
Hinsdale
LaGrange Station
Sinesin
Bootlegger Robbery Run Leads To Blood Stains And Wounded Suspect
Police tie the theft to a gang with Chicago links after four cases of bonded whisky and two five gallon jugs left in a truck. A Winchester rifle, blood stains, and a pursued escape into a cornfield point to a wounded bandit. Loot moved to LaGrange station as officers chase the gang.
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Hicketts
LaGrange
Hinsdale
Butler
John Johnson
Cutten
Ile
Chicago
Smoot Sees Sales Tax to Finance Soldier Bonus
Senator Smoot of Utah predicts the senate will adopt a sales tax as the method to finance the soldier bonus. He intends to offer the tax as an amendment to the house bonus bill when the finance committee starts on the adjusted compensation legislation. Smoot says enough supporters exist on the committee to report the bill with the tax attached, barring a senate opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Simoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
May veto the harbors bill anticipated by White House
President Harding may veto the rivers and harbors bill if it reaches him in its present form. The White House signals strong disapproval of the House action adding 15 million dollars to the bill total.
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Washington
Harding
White House
House
Anthracite Strike Orders To Halt Coal Output Today
Telegraphed orders to a half million United Mine Workers are expected to go out from Indianapolis calling a nationwide mining suspension at midnight Friday. John L. Lewis plans to arrive and issue instructions while New York talks and Chicago meetings seek a last minute peace to avert a prolonged shutdown.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Winers’ Union
Springfield
Akely
New York
United States
Frank Farrington
Ilinois
Chicago
Fires Sweep Belfast as Ulster Tensions Rise
Incendiary fires across Belfast injure three as a store flour mill and other central buildings burn amid sectarian clashes. Sir James Craig defends policy toward the Irish Free State while London hosts a peace conference with Arthur Griffith and E J Duggan as Lloyd George chairs a cabinet meeting.
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Ifust
Belfast
Craig
James Craig
Pralley
Griffith
London
Ulster
Arthur Griffith
E. J. Duggan
Dall Eireann
Duggan
Lioyd George
Sinn Fein
Whiston Churchill
Collins
Michael Collins
Irish plan to settle differences without British aid
Mr. Churchill plans to let the Irish settle their difficulties among themselves and then retire after presenting a statement. He notes the government will not intervene unless a grave disagreement arises, hoping factions may choose retirement and avoid declaring martial law at Belfast or sending troops to the Ulster border.
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Churehill
Belfast
Ulster
All Coal Miners to Strike Predicted by UMW Leader
Springfield March 20 United Mine Workers International President Joan L Lewis predicts large numbers of nonunion coal miners in anthracite and bituminous fields will join a strike on April 1. He cites unity among organized and unorganized miners and asserts they will demand a living wage and uphold principles without compromise.
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Springfield
Joan L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Assassins Attack Baron Tanaka Targeting Japan's War Minister
In Shanghai two Koreans armed with knives bombs and guns failed to kill Baron Tanaka marine minister of Japan. The assailants wounded eight and killed a U S woman named Snyder aboard the Pine Tree State crowd on the wharf. The victim was believed to be Mrs William Snyder of Brazil Indiana on a world tour.
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Baron Tanaka
Shanghai
China
Pine Tree State
Marine of
Japan
Luren Tanaka
Manila
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Persoms
Snyder
Brazil
Ind
Shanghai Dispatch
Travel Bureau
William Snyder
New York
First Offenders at Grant Reformatory Training Plan
President Harding approves converting army cantonments to reformatory training schools for first offense prisoners aged eighteen to thirty in federal prisons. Attorney General Daugherty says Camp Grant would likely be used and estimates 400 to 100 men could qualify. The proposal is being shaped into a bill in Congress.
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Washington
Harding
Daugherty
White House
Camp Grant
American Call to Keep Powder Dry After European Impressions
Oscar T. Crosby, former assistant secretary of the treasury, warns that Europe is exhausting every effort to fuel another war. He urges the United States to advance war-ready inventions while seeking to prevent conflict, noting America may remain the most disliked nation.
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Secretary of Treasury
Uncle Sam
Lertin
America
American
Oscar T. Crosby
the Treasury
Europe
Buffalo Pharmacist Plunges to Death at Niagara Falls
Frank Southard, 45, a Buffalo pharmacist at the United States Marine hospital, died after going over Niagara Falls in the night. An unsigned note and a soldier's coat and hat were found with a message to notify Mrs. F. A. Southard at the Marine hospital. He had recently arrived from California.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Southard
United States Marine Hospital
Niagara Falls
F. A. Southard
U. S. Marine Hospital
California
$20,000 Fine for Wire Tapping Case
Fort Lauderdale notes 12 men pleaded guilty to attempting to defraud E. C. Petertine of Grand Rapids Michigan. Circuit Judge Davis imposed fines totaling $20,000 on the defendants.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Davis
E. C. Petertine
Grand Rapids
Mich
Two Die in Home Shooting at Benton Ridge
Woodstock New Brunswick March 29 Harold Trenholme and his housekeeper Olive Swim were shot dead in the Trenholme home at Benton Ridge. Barry Swim husband of Olive is being sought by police.
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Woodstock
N. B
Harvey Trenholme
Olive Swim
Trenholme
Benton Ridge
Barry Swim
Woman Plunges Sixteen Floors in Elevator Shaft
Miss Helen Klein twenty two a stenographer of Hoboken was killed when she fell sixteen floors of the elevator shaft on Broadway. The elevator she entered suddenly ascended throwing her into the shaft.
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New York
Helen Klein
Hoboken
Broadway
Russia to Guard Genoa Delegates Through Baltic Route
Paris reports the Soviet government will protect its Genoa conference delegates on their Baltic passage with special military and police protection. The itinerary remains secret amid fears of clashes between fascists and communists. a Moscow train was bound for Riga with assurances of safety in Italy.
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Paris
Genoa
Italy
Baltic States
Russia
Riga
Moscow
Washington
Soviet Russia
Leon Trotzky
Soviet War Council
State Department
Frem Moscow
William Jugenheimer Returns Home From Visit
William Jugenheimer, visiting at the home of his daughter Mrs. Elmer Mason, returned this morning to his home in Havre.
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William Jugenheimer
Elmer, Mason
Havre
Eruptions in Sicily Force Mass Escape After Quakes
Palermo reports Mount Etna erupting with lava streams on all crater sides. Several earthquakes shaken Palermo and Messina as residents flee homes in surrounding towns. The Italian volcano, long noted for destruction, again threatens nearby inhabitants.
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Evening Journal
London
Mace Aetna
Palermo
Italy
Messina
Coal Miners Strike Talks End With No Progress
In Chicago on March 20 no progress occurred to avert a coal miners strike after a meeting between operators and union leader Frank Farrington. The conference adjourned with Farrington saying he could not block the walkout.
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The
Evening Journal
Chicago
Mar
Frank Farrington
Farrington
Borrowed Smiles and a Verbal Tug of War at Work
An employer haggles with a job applicant over references and personal ties while the applicant dodges intrusive questions about relatives and future family health. A movie theater scene shows a woman resisting a bossy man and shedding a wig in a comic moment.
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