Ruhr Occupation Tax Plan Drives German Shopkeepers to Choose
French forces expand control in the Ruhr as Gen DeGoutte imposes taxes on wines tobacco and cigarets in occupied areas. Shops face confiscation risk whether they pay the new levies or resist, with protests and arrests rising in Gelsenkirchen Bochum and Duesseldorf as saboteur acts trigger heavy fines and military trials.
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Ruhr
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Gelsenkirchen
Iinternational
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Alb
Gel-senkirchen
Gelsenfrehen
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Associated Press
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Wenzel
Muetheim
Haverstein
Oberhausen
Schaeffer
Fesen
Mayence
Dlans
Rhineland
Cologne
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Northeastern Iowa High School Basketball Tourney Scores
West high beat Bysuré 29 to 17 in the second game of the afternoon. East high Cedar Falls and Shell Rock won earlier. East high defeated Traer 20 to 13, Cedar Falls beat Clarksville 12 to 9, Shell Rock edged Hudson 17 to 16. Cedar Falls eliminated Clarksville. Clarksville also strong in the morning. Continued on page five.
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Artus
Courier delivery deadline notice for paper by 5 50
The notice explains delivery by 5 50 each day and instructs readers to call 5100 if the paper is late. If the carrier is at fault or delivery fails, a copy will be sent, provided the phone call reaches the office before 6 30 p m.
Archbishop Rejects Mediation Plan Over Ruhr Crisis
March 2 London Archbishop of Canterbury rejected Swedish bishops plan to invite President Harding to mediate the Ruhr dispute. He warned past conferences worsened tensions while Cologne dispatch notes Pope Pius XI is working to secure peace and curb fighting between French and German forces.
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Canterbury
Church
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Ruhr
Cologne
Pius XI
Col Mumma to Stay as Military Trainer at Iowa University
Col Morton M. Mumma will remain at Iowa City for at least another year as military trainer after a war department order to terminate his inspector post and move him to the reserve officers training corps. Representative Hull announced the conference with War Department officials. Mumma has led Iowa State University training efforts with noted successes.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
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War Department
Iowa City University
Iowa City
Hull
Mumma
Eighteen Men Entombed in Arsta Mine Blast
Eighteen men were reported entombed by an explosion at a mine in Arsta Mercer county at noon today. The mine is owned by J Patterson Coal company. Details of the incident were not available in early reports. A second item notes Treasury official Thomas P Kane deputy comptroller of the currency since 1899 was found dead in bed at age 74 in Washington.
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Arsta
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Washington, D. C
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Beath
Delaware
Washington
Grand Jury Clears Chicago Police of Vice Charges
After weeks of investigation in Chicago the February grand jury cleared the police force of charges of police protected vice. No indictments were returned. The charges by reformers and investigators that officers protected vice were found to be without foundation.
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Chicago
Opposition to street improvements by traction company
A protest addressed to the mayor and city council by the W. O. C. F. X. Railroad Co. chief engineer T. E. Rust argues that paving and resurfacing would cost the company 23 098 dollars, with 14 228 for track work and 8 876 for abutting property assessments, risking streetcar service in Waterloo.
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T. E. Rust
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Tion
Greece Suspends Exchange of Turkish Prisoners
The Greek cabinet announced a halt to the planned exchange of Turkish civilian prisoners after reports that 25,000 Greek refugees are crowded in Constantinople and suffering from preventable diseases. The decision followed warnings from H C Jacquith of relief operations there.
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Authens
Pontias
Will Bury Cockran in New York Sunday
The body of Congressman Bourke Cockran of New York who died yesterday will be taken to New York City Sunday afternoon for burial. Funeral arrangements are not yet completed.
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Washington, D. C
Ww. Bourke Cockran
New York
New York City
HROGKHART MOVES FOR GOVT PROBE SUGAR COST BOOST
United Press report from Washington states Senator Brookhart of Iowa seeks an immediate congressional inquiry into a sugar shortage and price surge. The push comes as rumors and manipulated signals allegedly raise prices from about 4 to 6 cents to over 5 cents, with possible Cuban crop estimates fueling market moves.
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Washington, D. C
Brookhart
Iowa
Congress
Wallstreet
Department of Commerce
Five Suspects in Denver Mint Raid Nabbed in Liberty
A flurry of arrests spread from Des Moines to Liberty as investigators link three captured men to the Denver mint robbery. Police say Mr and Mrs Leslie Davis of Sioux City were questioned and later released, while Kansas City detectives lead a posse to surround a Liberty cabin believed home to the bandits. Three men, identified as William Quinn of Cincinnati James Dilton of Cincinnati and Harry Brown of Florida, were seized during the raid amid reports the Denver crew planned further steps.
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Des Moines
and Airs
Leslie Davis
Sioux City
le Denver Mint
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Pettit
Denver Mint
United Press
Denver
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Omaha
Siere
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Underworld
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William Dearn
Kansas City
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Ohio
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International News
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Dickey
Taft Helps Painter on Capitol Terrace Scene
In Washington D C a painter working on a government hotel terrace yesterday dropped his brush. Two pedestrians handed it to him and he thanked them. The exchange involved Chief Justice Taft, who made a brief quip as the incident unfolded.
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Washington
D. C
Capitol
Wttion Taft
Spanish Boys Read Thru Iron or Brass with "X-Ray" Eyes
London reports two songs of a Spanish nobleman are gifted with X ray eyes according to a Madrid line cited by the Daily Mail. The youths reportedly read through silver and brass or iron but cannot penetrate pewter or paper.
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London
Madrid
Daily Mail
Broker Held After Killing Three With Car
Philadelphia March 2 Henry G Brook broker and clubsman was held without bail on a homicide charge after a car at 50 mph struck three people Mrs Wiley O Donnell 65 Miss Mary Murphy 18 and Leo O Donnell 23 son of Mrs O Donnell. He was arrested beside his car away from the scene. Fragments of a fur and a barrette were found in the radiator and bloodstains noted. He admitted drinking ale earlier but denied intoxication. The crash was the worst motor mishap of the year.
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International News Wire
Philadelphia
Henry G. Brook
Wiley O'Donnell
Mary Murphy
Leo O'Donnell
Brock
Altho
Fall Bids Cabinet Members Farewell at White House
Washington March 2 Secretary of the Interior Fajl bade fellow cabinet members farewell after today's session and left the White House to resume private work. He will return to New Mexico to devote himself to large southwest business interests. The cabinet faces a two month recess following Congress adjournment as President Harding departs for a Florida vacation with Mrs Harding.
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Congress
Gas Heater Blamed for Student's Death in Chicago
Chicago reports 11 year old Martin Riley, an at site agent, found asphyxiated after a gas heater burned all night consuming oxygen. Four members of another family nearby were found unconscious but expected to recover. The incident centers on a gas heater left burning through the night.
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Chicago
Martin
Riley
Mary
Canadian Sportsman Dies in California
Roderick J. Mackenzie, Canadian railroad magnate and internationally known sportsman, died suddenly in a Los Angeles hotel last night. Officials cite pneumonia as the cause of death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Roderick J. Mackenzie
Continental bloc talks collapse amid U.S. warning
Longen March 2 The move ment for a bloc of France Belgium and Italy to isolate Britain in Europe collapsed under U S opposition France favored the plan Belgium supported Italy lukewarm Ambassador Herrick advised Poincare that an anti British bloc would force Britain to spend more on arms and hinder debt payments The United States deemed such a bloc anti American and Premier Poincare reportedly broke off negotiations after the warning
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Belgium
Italy
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Myron T. Herrick
Poincare
Herrick
Z Og
Hughes Explains Protocol Clause On International Court
Secretary Hughes told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the non compulsory clause allows nations to choose whether decisions affect them. He denied U S backing for a compulsory arbitration treaty and noted no other state has reserved the court under the Versailles labor bureau plan. President Harding forwarded the letter with a brief note of transmittal, but no action was expected this session.
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Congress
Harvey Praises Wales Calming British Tensions at Dinner
London reports a U S embassy toast at a union dinner in honor of the Prince of Wales. Harvey laudations called the prince a white prince as the host praised Anglo-Saxon unity and mutual goodwill between Britain and the United States.
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Farre
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Prince of Wales
American University Union
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United States
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Eplying
Dakotas Snow To Drag Spring Thermometer Down
Abnormal highs in the Upper Mississippi valley and lakes are expected to fall this weekend as Dakotas snow and high winds move eastward and southward. Temperatures tonight may stay above freezing, with a forecast showing a rise to the year’s high before the cold snap.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
New Yorker After Big Buss Concession
Moscow talks between Soviet officials and Otto S Schulef of New York aim to win the largest Russian trading concession yet sought by Americans. Schulef has refused interviews and any discussion of the mission.
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Riga
Moscow
Otto S. Schulef
New York
Schulef
Sleeper Fires at Wife in Dream of Robbers
In Bowling Green Ohio on March 2 Jon Road, still asleep, took a revolver from a drawer and fired at his wife during a dream of burglars. Mrs Mood reported her husband remained asleep after the incident. she was seriously wounded.
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Mood
London Shocked by Russell Trial in Courtroom Scandal
London court hears Lord Ampthill’s son John Russell challenge the paternity of a child in a sensational divorce case. Christabel Russell accuses him of sleeping in her room and public infidelities while she alleges virgin birth claims and a non consummated marriage. A prior 1922 jury hung on the matter.
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London
Baby Russell
John Russell
Lord Ampthill
Christabel
Wussell
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Gadabout
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Russell
Onon
Heirs of Springer to Fight for Wilmington Fortune
Mrs. Mary Springer McMahon of Cedar Rapids announces a nationwide heirs organization to regain a $500 million Springer estate centered in Wilmington. She says an imperfect lease led to loss of value and promises proof. the heirs, many in Chicago, claim land once held by Charles Christopher Springer who died in 1738 now houses offices and stores.
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Beira
Jtate
Wilmington
Del
Mary Springer McMahon
Cedar Rapids
MeMihon
Charles
Christopher Springer
Withington
Watsons charges of executions in France unproven
The Senate committee found Senator Watsons accusations that American soldiers were hanged in France without trial unfounded. The brief report said hearings were held and the allegations were not sustained by testimony, fading a sensational 1921 claim backed by photographs.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Watson
Georgia
France
Watsor
Senator D. O. Chase Dies at Webster City
Senator D. O. Cady Chase a longtime Iowa Republican leader, died at his Webster City home at 7 30 this morning after a long illness. He had served in the Iowa Senate across four assemblies and was a noted opponent of woman suffrage. Born in Webster City in 1853, he studied law and became a prominent attorney and former city attorney. A special election was ordered to select his successor, with nominations by district party conventions and a proclamation giving short notice, aiming to seat a new senator before the end of March. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery after funeral services at his residence conducted by Rev. George Wood.
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Jury Finds Driver of Death Car Guilty
Red Cash Ja March 2 James R Hodges was found guilty of manslaughter by the Montgomery county jury in a verdict returned at 11 o clock last night. Attorney A Shaver Hodges’ case would be carried to the state supreme court if a motion for new trial is denied. Hodges was accused of causing the death of Mrs Agron who was burned to death when an automobile truck caught fire and exploded.
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