England joins in Washington rites at Mount Vernon
Washington observers mark Washington’s birthday as all departments close and Congress remains in session. British envoy R L Cragie lays wreath on Washington’s tomb and lauds the union’s work promoting good will among democracies. George Washington University awards honorary degrees to officials and notable figures including Julia Marlow.
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England
Washington
Mount Vernon
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Houses
Congress
Senate
House
R. L. Cragie
Union
Cragie
University
George Washington University
Julia Marlowe
Southern
Batchelor of Letters
Toledo Muni Faces Bus Competition Weighing Fares
Toledo street car system warns that fares may rise to seven cents unless bus rivals are removed. Traction commissioner says Community Traction loses $93,000 monthly after fixed charges, with about 12,060 bus riders daily and $780 daily loss.
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Toledo
Muni
Associated Press
Street Railway Board of Control
Wilfred E. Cann
Community Traction Company
Board of Control
Cann
Efter
Teleic Railways & Light Co
Second Snowstorm Hits New York City
New York, Feb 22. A second heavy snowstorm began to fall at 7 o clock after 26,000 snow fighters and improved moving equipment worked through the night to clear streets. Temperatures dropped, turning mushy and icy conditions persisted as the city faced renewed snowfall.
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Associated Press
New York
Late Returns Do Not Change German Vote
Reports from Berlin indicate slow districts in counting votes did not alter the election outcome. Final tabulation shows Majority Socialists, Centrists 10, Democrats 21, Nationalists 68, People’s Party 51, Independent Socialists 22, Communists 27, and an economic party in the results.
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Associated, Press
Berlin
People’s Party
Seek for Bodies in Building Wreckage
Associated Press report from Cleveland notes no additional bodies found after three floors of the old Masonic Temple collapsed. An all night search continued as workers feared others might be buried in the debris, but progress suggested few if any more victims remained.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Saliy
Masonic Temple
Weather notes on unpaved roads and cold outlook
An update from the Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau lists towns in the region including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Portville Waterhead with rain making surfaces of unpaved roads wet and soft. Colder weather is forecast for tonight and Wednesday.
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Weather Bureau
Charies City
Albert Lea
Algona
Charias City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
Minn
la Croats
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltows
New Hampton
Portville
Waterhea
Ape
Publishers and Directors Push Clean Music and Films
New York, Feb 22 United Press reports the Music Publishers Protective Association urged publishers to reject songs with suggestive content and bar them from vaudeville venues. Jesse Lasky issued a 14 point film purity list banning sex, nakedness, and crime glamorization in future Pictures. He said the moves are voluntary and not censorship driven.
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United Press
New York
Music Publishers’ Protective Association
E. C. Mills
Jesse L. Lasky
Pacific Coast
Las
Scion of Washington Threatens to Close Family Burial Plot
Nazareth Pennsylvania February 23 George Steptoe Washington son of the Washington family crypt project threatens to remove the Conrads from the Mount Vernon monument. He travels from Philadelphia to Riverton New Jersey to finalize plans to bar public view and to inter George Washington and his wife. He notes the family burial area was not included in the Mount Vernon sale and could be closed to the public if needed. Washington praises his ancestor while recalling his reputations as a fighter and lover.
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United Press
Nazareth
George Steptoe Washington
Riverton
N. J
Conrads
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Marsha Custis Washington
Washington
Philadelphia
George
Debs Statement Backed by Socialist Party
The Socialist party headquarters issued a statement denouncing the Justice Department and President Wilson over Eugene V. Debs in Atlanta federal prison being denied Writing and visiting privileges. The party proclaims solidarity with Debs and lauds him as the Lincoln of the twentieth century in a time of hatred and travail.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Department of Justice
Wilson
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Socialist Party
Debs
Lincoln
Rede Lpt
Nazareth
Senate considers grain aid for China in appropriations debate
The Senate Appropriations Committee weighs a Kenyan resolution to provide 240,000 for sending American grain to starving China. The Military Committee expects to finish its work while the Army appropriation is discussed. The House Post Office Committee reviews needs of the material mail service.
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United Preas
Senate
House Test Office
REDS HALT LEAGUE ARMY ORDERED TO VILNA PLEBISCITE
Paris reports the league of nations army, sent to Vilna to supervise a plebiscite on whether the city should be Polish or Lithuanian, is halted by Bolshevik wireless orders from Foreign Minister Tchitcherin. Radicals pressured Switzerland, Italy, and other nations to block passage.
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John DE Gandt
Paris
League of Nations
Tchitcherin
Vilna
Lithuania
Poland
League
Switzerland
Tebucherin
Italy
Moscow
Roumania
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Bombs Energize Chicago Aldermanic Campaign
Chicago voters faced a violent close to the aldermanic campaign as bombings and threats erupted at gatherings. Four election workers were kidnapped and ballots stolen at one polling place while police deployed in force. no injuries from the blasts were confirmed, and voters also faced a bond election totaling 8.9 million dollars.
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United Press
Chicago
Volers
Associated Press
Anthony D’andrea
John Powers
D'Andrea
D’andrea
Powers
Central Railroad of New Jersey closes three repair shops
The Central Railroad of New Jersey ordered three repair shops closed Saturday due to maintenance funds shortage. Superintendent Charles E. Chambers announced the closures, affecting 5,090 workers at plants in Central Jersey Elizabeth and at Ashley and Dauphin Chunk, Pa. They will remain closed indefinitely.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth
N. J
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Charles FE. Chambers
Ashley
Dauch Chunk
Conferees Agree on Immigration Barrier
Washington reports conferees from the Senate and House reached an agreement to limit admission of aliens for the next fifteen months starting April 1. The cap would be eight million, equivalent to 8 percent of the 1910 census population in the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington, D
Senate
House
United States
Officials Monitor Contagion as Diseases Rise in City
Health department tracks contagious diseases amid rising cases. Reports include smallpox in Ruth Marvin 16 at 1009 Jefferson, scarlet fever in Rose Way 15 at 604 Rhey, and diphtheria in Keith Page at 1016 Kingsley, with Rodney Finlayson 6 at 1109 Randolph also noted.
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Public Health Department
Ruth Marvin
Jefferson Street
Rodney Finlayson
Randolph
Rose Way
Rhey Street
Keith Page
Kingsley Street
Iowa Senate defeats Whitmore bill on women on state board
Des Moines February 22 The Whitmore measure to place at least one woman on Iowa's state board of control was killed in the senate with only seven votes in favor. Senators Cessna Ath ell Holdoegel Parker Scott Marshall Stoddard Whitmore supported. Opponents called the move peevish after a failed confirmation for Mrs W H Snider and argued the board should be all men. The issue remains undecided though advocates say it may be revived with the Holgoegel bill.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Whitmore
State Board of Control
Senate
Pitt
Pralley
Cessna
Athell
Holdoegel
Parker
Scott
Marshall
Stoddard
W. H. Snider
Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Mead
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State Highway Department
County Board of Supervisors
House
Camp Dodge
Ray Venter
United States War ‘Department
Aining Place
Weaver-Campbell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Farm Bureau
LaFerette Young, Sr
Des Moines Capital
George Washington
King Bigamist and Burglar Implicate Parole Bid
Des Moines reports state parole board reviewing Alfred P. King of Fort Madison amid evidence he is a bigamist and burglar. Appeals for his parole flood in while investigators say he is not an American Legionnaire and has a long criminal record. Mrs King No 2, daughter of Fred Heide, is headed toward Clinton to meet Mrs King No 1 and, if identified, an annulment suit may be filed in Queens County, New York.
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United Press
Des Moines
State Board of Parole
Alfred P. King
Fort Madison
King
King No
Fred. Heide
Flushing
EL. i
Clinton
King No. 1
Queens County
New York
Recaptured Fort Madison escapee returned to prison
Des Moines reports John Holdier one of three escapees from Fort Madison prison on January 21 has been captured and returned. He was arrested at Di Challes and was serving a sentence for breaking and entering in Jasper County.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
John Holdier
Fort Madison
Dt. Challes
Holdier
Jasper County
Farmer and Two Sons Held in Teachers' Murder
Three men, a farmer and his two sons from Parma village, were taken by Cleveland police for questioning in the murder of teachers Louise Wolf and Mable Reote. The suspects were brought to Cleveland after the arrest this morning. Dike beats New Hartford 15 to 12 in a basketball game with New Hartford leading until the final minutes.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Farmer
Parma Village
Cleveland
Louise Wolf
Mable Reote
DIKE
NEW Hartford Dike
Defense Cross-Examines State Witness in Matewar Killings
Williamson West Virginia February 22. Dr W F Hills key evidence against 19 men on trial for ten deaths in the Matewar battle is torn apart on cross examination. Hills says Albert Felts could have fired first shot with either hand. Detective Cunningham partly blocked Hills view of the doorway. Kiser and Bowman propped in chairs due to illness, Williams identifies Jess Boyd among defendants.
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United Press
Williamson
W. Va
W. F. Hills
Matewar
J. J. Conitt
Albert Felts
Justice of Peace Frees Bride on Her Own Recognizance
Mrs. Jean Solman 19, honeymooning three weeks, is released by Justice of the Peace Walter Hanby who says jail is no place for a newlywed. Solman, formerly Jean Harter, was accused of forcing her mother to pay a trousseau bill. The bridegroom, G. C. Solman of Ocean Park, says the mother opposed the marriage and caused the dispute. Hearing scheduled for March 4.
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United Pracs
Los Angeles
Cal
Jean Solman
Justice of the Peace
Walter Hanby
Solman
Jean Harter
George J. Harter
Akron
Ohio
Trousseau
GC. B. Solman
Ocean Park
Hanley
Air Mail Pilot Killed in Coast-to-Coast Effort
San Francisco reports Capt. W F Lewis died at Elko Nevada when his Reno to Salt Lake leg crashed during a bid for a record flight. The second plane, flown by Pilot Eaton, reached Salt Lake City after a daylong test of night and day flying. Pilot Murray will continue to Cheyenne in Faton's place.
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Associated Press
San_Francisco
Cal
EF. Levwis
Air Mail Service
Reno-to
Reno
United Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Air Mail
Eaton
San Francisco
Lewis
Hiko
Murray
Cheyenne
Faton
Agree to Arbitrate Alabama Coal Strike
The 12,009 Alabama coal miners have agreed to arbitration by a commission named by Gov. Thomas E Kilby. Troops were withdrawn from coal fields and the strike was called off.
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Alabama
United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas E. Kilby
Roops
Bicycle Demolished in Collision Injures Rider
Fr. W. Sherman of 231 Adams Street had his bicycle demolished when a delivery mail truck struck his wheel at Fourth and Commercial. Sherman escaped injury and was returning home from work last evening.
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FR. W. Sherman
Adams Street
Fourth
Commercial Streets
Turkish Envoys Clash as Allied Council Weighs Claims
Turkish delegates mix with allied representatives as preliminary talks reveal positions on the wear eastern dispute. Bekir Samy Bey insists Turkey alone represents the nation while France envisions an armistice and a British French Italian accord to mediate between Turks and Greeks.
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Tewik Pasha
Bekir Samy Bey
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Italy
Havner and Goodman To Testify In McClenahan Inquiry
Des Moines February 22 H M Havner former Iowa attorney general and Leon Goodman of Des Moines were to appear this afternoon before the joint legislative committee on departmental affairs. Havner is tied to the P E K McClenahan public instruction office inquiry while Goodman is connected with the M V Henderson state banking office probe.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
H. M. Havner
Iowa
Leon’ Goodman
Joint Legislative Committee On Departmental Affairs
Goodman
M.V. Henderson, Jr
Havner
P_ EK. McClenahan
Wilson Urges Taking German Bonds for Belgian War Debt
President Wilson asked Congress to accept German bonds as payment for Belgium's war debts to the United States. White House announced the proposal on February 23, stating the bonds would cover obligations contracted before the armistice. Dr Sydney D. Smith III, county coroner, is recovering from ptomaine poisoning and was able to be about today.
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Wilson
United Press
Washington, D. C
Smith III
Sydney D. Smith
Smith
Railroads Lose Bid Over Wage Cut Powers
United Press reports the Railroad Labor Board ruled against employers seeking immediate wage reductions. The decision, involving the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, requires proof that wages are not just and reasonable and mandates employee conferences before any cuts. News notes widespread expectation of similar notices if the ruling favored the roads.
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United Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
A. B. & A. Railway
Wilson Promises No Efforts For World Peace
President Wilson told six Harvard Woodrow Wilson club undergraduates and Mrs. Wilson at the White House that he would devote his remaining days to advancing world peace. He declined to write a Paris history and asked the delegation to relay his message to supporters. The visitors praised his warmth, humor, and dedication to peace.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Woodrow Wilson Club
Harvard ‘University
White House
Harvard
Alorg
Paris
Robert C. Stuart, Jr
Harvard Woodrow Wilson Club
Washington
Two Laws Proposed to Regulate Divorced Persons in Iowa
Des Moines report details two bills proposed by Sen Perry Holdoegel to legislate divorced individuals in Iowa. One bill bars remarriage within a year. the other would empower courts to compel alimony and enforce payment through police authority if needed. The article also covers a separate theft case where three bicycles were recovered and two suspects were sentenced or fined.
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United Press
Des Moinés
Perry Holdoegel
Senate
Seif-L
Cisde Woodwin
BH. H.young
L. W
Johnson
Young Woodwin
Young
J. W. Gwynne
Nicipal
Walter R. French
Opera hopes rise as star rests after two years of toil
New York officials say Metropolitan Opera tenor Declan Varuso will likely sing even better after a long rest, his first in two years, as recovery continues. Washington notes dispute over Syrian mandate transfer. tariff talk delays. Ireland home rule set for April 5. Canada pays farmers $2.50 a bushel for wheat from July 31 1919 to Dec 31 1920, while U S farmers receive $2.125.
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Associated
Presa
New York
Metropolitan Opera Company
Declan Varuso
B Weller
Washington
DD. C
State Department
England
Washington, D.C
Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
London
Irelan
Privy Council
Canadian Wheat Board
Sentry in Langdon Shooting Declared Not Guilty in Training Lapse
Tokyo reports the Japanese office says the sentry who killed Lieut. W. H. Langdon U S N was found not guilty due to good faith amid training failures. General Nisitara commander of Vladivostok brigade suspended. other officers to be punished.
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United Press
Tokio
Landis Rules Todt Free Agent Status for St Louis
Judge Kenesaw M Landis ruled today that Phil Todt a pitcher and first baseman was a free agent when he signed with the St Louis Americans The decision sided the Americans against the St Louis Nationals who claimed his services and named the Sherman and Houston clubs as parties to the case The ruling was delivered in Chicago on February 22 by the baseball commissioner.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis Las
Advisory ‘Council of Baseball
St. Louis Americans
Phil Todt
St. Louis Nationals
Sherman Club
Western Association
Houston Club
Phosphorus Bomb Attempts Against Japanese Buildings Reported
Two alleged phosphorus bomb attacks on Japanese-occupied buildings in Los Angeles were reported today by Captain E. H. Enos of the fire department Bureau of Prevention. The incidents occurred within the last two weeks.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
E. H. Enos
Bureau of Fhe Prevention
Montenegrins Declare Holy War on Serbia
Berlin wireless report via Swiss sources states Montenegrins have declared a holy war against the Serbians. The notice comes from a February 22 dispatch, indicating escalating Balkan tensions and a mobilization mood.
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Serbia
Associated Press
London
Berlin
Iowans Gather for Hawkeye Picnic in Lincoln Park
About 70,000 residents of Iowa joined the annual Iowa Day picnic in Lincoln Park Los Angeles. Former Illinois Governor Frank Lowden, an Iowa University alumnus, was to give the principal address with Dr. T. McBride, former president of the University of Iowa, as guest of honor.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Hawkeye State
Lincoln Park
Lowden
Ilinois
State University of Iowa
T. McBride
The
Univerisity of Iowa
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