Rail Crisis Reaches Cabinet For Policy Action
President to summon Chairman Clarke of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Chairman Barton of the Labor Board to the White House for a decisive conference on a railroad policy. Cabinet members warn of bankruptcy under current rates and discuss wage standards and nullifying wartime agreements to reduce costs.
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Clarke
Interstate Commerce Commission
Barton
Labor Board
White House
Washington
Erding
Hie
Criste
K .K. Clarke
GE. Marton
Taber
Davis
Verny
Red Uprisings in Germany Suppressed Amid Naval
Berlin reports say the Red uprising in Germany waned after the recapture of Biterfeld by the reichwehr and the seizure of the Lewna Nitrate works near Norsburg by Green police with reichswehr artillery. A general strike call failed as authorities banned open air meetings and warned firearms may be used. The crackdown helped workers return to jobs after Easter.
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Berlin
Germany
Biterfeld
Reichwehr
Lewna
Norsburg
Reichswehr
Commouniste Thu
Debs Pardon Depends on Assurance to Daugherty
In Washington March 50 Eugene V Debs serving a ten year term in Atlanta for wartime espionage faces release only if he pledges to the Attorney General that he will not devote his life to Bolshevist agitation in the United States. Debs asked for time to consider the proposal.
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Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Daugherty
United States
Dawes Heads War Risk Quiz Panel
A committee of eleven led by Charles G. Jones of Chicago, a former brigadier general, was appointed by President Harding to probe the administration War Risk Bureau for vocational training and care of wounded and disabled servicemen. Dawes was briefed on the President’s ideas, with other veterans attending a White House dinner. The panel meets April 5 to outline its approach.
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Washington
Charles G. Jones
Chicago
Harding
Administration Warrisk Bureau Board
Dawes
White House
Aerial Flight Planned to Carry Possessions to Caribbean
Washington dispatch describes a round trip flight by Marine Corps flyers from Miami to St Thomas and Santo Domingo. The plan calls for departure on March 5 from Miami and a return by stages ending in Washington on the eleventh day.
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Marine Corps
St. Thomas
Washington
Carribean Sea
Virgin
Miemi
Fia
Havana
Plaul
Santo Domingo
Porto Rico
Women jurors convict man after long trial in Media
A murder trial in Media ends with verdict of voluntary manslaughter against Kallianik Niznik. Jurors Emma Preis of Chester and Anna Bruce of Eddystone helped break a deadlock after a night locked in a room with ten men. Two holdouts argued for second degree a dispute resolved by a temporary partition and extra blankets.
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Philadelphia
Mercbnr
Media
Emma Preis
Chester
Anna Bruce
Eddystone
Lal
Hey
Kallianik Niznik
Michael Kowlecz
Leiperville
Blast kills eight as unlicensed factory explodes in Chicago
An explosion at 1497 South Halsted Street in Chicago destroys a rear warehouse used for mixing gunpowder and saltpeter in an unlicensed fireworks operation. Eight killed and about fifty injured as debris and glass rained over blocks. owners Singer and Schaeffer have disappeared. Fire officials search for the missing partners.
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Chicago
Peter
Aetion
Singer & Schaeffer
South Halsted Street
West Side
Max Singer
William Singer
Nathan Schaffer
Shirley
Explosion at warehouse sighted by witnesses amid police clash
Witnesses Rosenthal and Hellman report seeing objects fly from a Barber street area of a warehouse shortly before a blast. Fire Attorney High arrests Edward Schaeffer of Singer Schaffer Co claiming explosive firecrackers stored in a basement may have caused the explosion. Partner Singer is being sought as police question Harry Weil, son of the warehouse owner, in custody for unspecified suspicions.
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Jack Rosenthal
Barber Street
Semel Hellman
Rosenthal
Helman
Edward Schaeffer
Singer, Schaffer & Co
Schaeffer
Singer
Harry Weil
Patrick Kelliher
Greeks Capture City as Turkish Forces Redeploy
Turkish forces recalled from Armenia amid mobilization in Angora. Greeks seize Kiskisheh and Bagdad railway, advancing toward Angora while Kutala is evacuated. Kazim Karabekir marches 2000 troops to aid Mesitapha Kemet losthea in the Ankara campaign.
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London
Kskisheh
Athens
Constantinople
Armenia
Turikeh Ma
Burroughs the Naturalist Dies Aboard New York Train
Naturalist John Burroughs, famed author and friend of Roosevelt, died on a New York Central train at Kingsville Ohio while 84 and in frail health. He spent winters in Pasadena and rose as dean of American nature writing with works on birds bees and the outdoors. Born Roxbury New York in 1837 he moved from a youth of struggling school tasks to celebrated essays and books.
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New York
John Burroughs
New York Central
Kingsville
Pasadena
Cal
Azure
United States
Lfe
New England
Rapresien
Wirely Mwistakey
Moversen
Burroughs
Roxbury
New York State
Jay Gould
Treasury
Mr. Burroughs
Washington
Man Joins Treasury Staff Described Amid Vaults
A man enters the treasury department seeking work and is accepted to monitor vaults storing about $50,000,000. At a desk facing the vault he writes about birds, producing his first book Wake Robin amid feelings of love sickness.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Tie
Faco
Protest Olive Drab Misuse Sparks French Detailed Action
Paris report from March 30 states American Legion Post No 1 plans protests to French authorities over misused US uniforms shipped for A K K. The garments have appeared in street worker gear and garb for cleaners, with many worn by paradeers and mucky crews.
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Paris
American Legion
Paris Post
American Legon
A. KK. F
Frente
Uniter
Purhlan Taskibx
Eotor
Venizelos to Visit Japan as Arbiter Between Nations
Athens reports Prime Minister Venizelos will visit Japan at the Mikado request to mediate tensions between Japan and the United States. London disputes prompt talks as a broader effort to ease international strains.
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Athens
Pertmer
Venizelos
Japan
Mikado
United States
London
Four injured when Walker Street bus overturns at Third and Water
Seven persons five men and two women sustained injuries when a Walker Street passenger bus toppled at the intersection of Third and Water streets after being struck by an automobile.
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Dex Moines
Ta. Mareh
Fve
Walker Street
Third
Wate
Easter Rising Anniversary Passes Quietly Amid Irish Strife
Reports from Dublin mark the fifth anniversary of the Easter Rising with no major incidents though violence persists. Capt. Rees of Puttin castle was killed outside Lishettel in Drury Street. In Kingston a military garrison faced multi-point attacks and two bombings occurred in Dublin with one civilian injured. The lord mayor cables thanks to President Harding for U S fundraising support for Ireland.
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Dublin
Ireland
Rees
Puttin Castle
Lis Hettel
Drury Street
Kingston
Harding
America
White House
Birth of an unusual conjoined twin from Georgia study notes
An unusual birth report from Norfolk Virginia describes a deceased infant born with two heads four eyes and four chests two paired torsos and extra limbs. Doctors in Georgia North and South Carolina plan to preserve the remains for medical study with multiple states expressing interest. The child was born in Cowar county SN CG and the mother is married with other children.
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Norfolk
Mare
Georgia
North
South
Kowa County
Mowan County
Population in U S Cities Surpasses One Third in 1820 Census
Census figures show more than a third of the nation's population lived in cities of 25 000 or more in 1820 and nearly 70 percent of urban dwellers resided in such cities. About 37 770 114 people lived in large urban areas.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Tiis Gas
Girl Dead Swain Is Sought In Murder Case
Dr J F Nichol es a veterinary surgeon is charged with murder in the death of Mixx Crue a twenty three year old woman who died at her home on Sunday after taking a prescription sali sent by the doctor Authorities searched Crues room finding letters including one to Nichols that Crue had not mailed She had told the doctor she would take the medicine if no better then Family says she was to marry Nichols April 3 but Nichols family denies the claim
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Faria
J. Ft. Nichets
Mixx Erhet Crue
Au Pl
Nichole
Pellee
Nichols
Mise Croie
Jetters
Mise Crume
Miss Crume
Rent profiteers ousted from churches urged by Pittsburgh ministers
A resolution adopted by the Pittsburgh Baptist Ministers Association declares unwarranted rent advances as ante Christian pharisaism. It urges Pittsburgh ministers to protest rent grabs and use ministerial associations to block new burdens of greedy extortion on the public.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Baptist Ministers’ Association
Ittsburgh
Three Die in Indiana Auto Crash
A farmer Jobo Heighway his wife and daughter Mrs Worth Leng perished when their car was struck by a Winenn Interurban at a crossing near Akven while en route to Mentone for a funeral.
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Ind
Jobo Heighway
Worth Leng
Perth
Akven
Mentone
Dnd
On Unete
Rioting in Essen Kills Fourteen as Clashes Erupt
In Essen on a quiet March day, fourteen rioters were killed and forty wounded in clashes with security police. A city-wide strike was called but reportedly failed to materialize, with authorities declaring an exceptional status in several areas including Gelsenkirchen and other parts of Prussia.
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Kreep City
Essen
Aften
Fertmand
Bee Gelsenkirchen
Khenish
Prussia
Bank Robbery in St Paul Nets Cash and Chaos
Five men robbed the City Bank of St Paul in the evening, striking the cashier and a woman teller. The robbers subdued staff, bagged cash and fled the scene before police arrival. The incident occurred in Saint Paul Minnesota and involved a swift getaway.
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SS. Paw, Minn
City Bank of
St.Paul
Dows
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