Lenin and Trotzky Ready to Flee from Revolt
Reports from multiple sources detail a severe crisis in Soviet Russia as bolshevik forces retreat from Oranienbaum toward Petrograd. Trotsky and Lenin allegedly prepare flight while Kronstadt mutineers threaten red forces and fires blaze in Petrograd amid a widening revolutionary movement.
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Russia
Oranienbaum
Finland
Petrograd
Ueronstadlt
Vi- Ots
Neva
Revolutionary Army
Gatchina
Leon Trotzky
Nikolai Lenine
M. Trotzky
Matin
Helsingfors
Kalinin
Gregory Zinovief
Zinovieff
Kronstadt
Viborg
Gabhine
Eras i Geon Trotaky
Gables
Paris
Hardas Aan
Hughes
Alexander Kerensky
Paul Mildoukoff
America
Harding on Job Half Hour Before Clerks Calls In Dog
President Harding began work early at the White House beating his entire staff to their desks. He arrived well before others and, once seated, called for his new Airedale dog Lad die Bor assigned a place on the couch in the president's office.
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Harding
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
White Houses
White House
Laddie Bor
Alabama Authorities After Night Riders
Alabama state authorities prepared to clean up a night rider district near Scottsboro after a street battle in Stevenson. An attempt by 15 Farm Tenants’ Union members to free four jailed unionists led to arrests as deputies intervened and discussed organizing a posse for the fight against the night riding bands.
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Praes
Scottsboro
Ala
Alabama
Stevenson
Farm Tenants’ Union
Stevens
Stevensh
German Proposal Rejected as Allies Mull Reparations
Berlin talks on reparations intensify as Dr. Simons argues Germany bears heavy tax burdens and history must judge war guilt. Lloyd George says a seasoned reply is required while Berlin pressures a London decision, and a British battalion readies for possible action toward Dusseldorf.
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Clining
Liord George
France
Simons
Germany
Dr. Simons
Mr. Lloyd George
Berlin
United Press
London
League
League of “Nations
League Council
Vou Simons
Dotica
Panama and Costa Rica in mediation over boundary dispute
The United States mediates a Panamanian Costa Rican boundary clash as President Porras rejects the 1914 White award as unacceptable. Panama seeks to retain Coto and force Costa Ricans north of the Sixades river while awaiting arbitration. Costa Rican forces around 1700 men and U S involvement intensifies efforts to halt hostilities.
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Panama
United States
Sacramento
Bocas del Toro
Dispatches
Pana Ma
League of Nations
Porras
United Press
Balboa
Republic of Panama
Uns
Costa Rica
Hughes
Almirante
Belisario Porras
Coto
White
Loubet
France
Altho
Sixade
National Assembly
Senate Takes Up Foreign Treaties Urged by Harding
The Senate moved to take up several minor treaties urged by President Harding, including Latin American commercial pacts and the Colombian treaty. The three power treaty and the Versailles treaty faced possible shelving as leaders signaled conservative handling in foreign relations.
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Senate
Harding
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
France
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Senate delays two Harding appointees in new panel review
The Senate blocked two Harding nominations after initial approval and sent Theodore Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the Navy and Elmer D Ball as assistant secretary of Agriculture to committee. Democratic senators led by King Utah indicated opposition to Roosevelt's confirmation.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Elmer D. Ball
King
Utah
Roosevelt
14 Wives of 20 Year Old Sailor Attract Attention
New York reporters seek exact count of Harold Hammond who says he married at least 14 women by age 20. He admits he often wed upon meeting a girl for fun and left quickly. Hammond serves 15 months in the naval prison at Hampton Roads for desertion while two ex-wives seek divorce annulment.
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United Press
New York
Harold Hammond
Hammond
Faval
Hampton Roads
Berger Beaten in Mandamus Action by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sustains lower court ruling denying a mandamus to force Postmaster General Burleson to restore Milwaukee Leader second class mailing. The Court notes Leader articles during WWI were anti-American, cites infringement of the Espionage Act, and upholds previous policy allowing withdrawal of mailing privileges. Justice Brandeis dissents.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
General Burleson
Milwaukee Leader
Victor Berger
Supreme Ecourt
Leader
Burleson
United States
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Clark
Brandies
Dred Scott
New York Call
Lass Meiling
Formes
Holmes
Coney to Start Long Flight Tuesday Night
Lieut William Devoe Coney of the 9th Aero Squadron announced he would begin a transcontinental flight from Pablo Beach at midnight, aiming to beat his 22 hour 27 minute record set on a prior flight from San Diego. He plans a Dallas stop and continues toward the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
William Devoe Coney
U. S.A
Atlantic
Pacific
Pablo Beach
San Diego
Cal
Dallas
Tex
Cares for Sick Babe Stabs Wife to Death
Petersburg March 7. James Cooper Pekin after tending a sick baby quarreled with his wife at 6 o'clock and stabbed her to death. Police say he was so violent his brothers-in-law stopped him from mutilating the body. He was arrested.
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Associated Press
Petersburg
Ill
James Cooper
Pekin
Cooper
Davenport Light Co Asks $1.75 Gas Rate
The Davenport Light Company seeks a gas rate increase citing higher costs. A garbled section mentions a pontiff and Irish crimes, but the core item remains the utility rate request and proposed rise from 1.40 to 1.75.
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Davenport Light Co
Associated Press
Rome
Pope Benedict
Dreinnd
Lee Et Gles
Avenport
Peoples Light Company
Bohemia gains easier living says Friedl report
Andrew J. Friedl, Liberty Baking manager, after three months visiting his mother near Prague, notes improved conditions in Bohemia. He travels from New York to Halifax, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Cuxhaven, Hamburg, Berlin, then Prague, arriving Christmas Eve. Prices rise for bread, clothes, eggs, and butter, with rural areas faring better than cities.
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Andrew J. Friedl
Liberty Baking Company
Prague
Bohemia
New York City
Saxonia
Halifax
Canada
Plymouth
Eng
Chersbourg
France
Cuxhaven
Germany
Hamburg
Berlin
Houston
Tex
Friedl
John Park
Mr. Friedl
Red Cross
Liverpool
Leipzig
Dresden
Magdeburg
Brusseals
Belgium
Antwerp
Ostend
English Channel
Dover
England
Cedric
New York
Smiles and Kinks on Today s Wires
New York wire items report a magistrate ruling on female dress in the home and a police case if she wears nothing. A male NYU freshman caused a crowd on Fifth Avenue with a cosmic urge lecture. In Brooklyn a four of a kind won $1,500 in a revolver-tied jackpot. Chicago notes Dorothy Ark’s engagement to professor Cecil Boyle and a city ordinance proposal setting pie prices.
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United Press
New York
Eude
Rosenblatt
Trafic
Fifth Avenue
New York University
Brooklyn
Chicago
Missise Dorothy Ark
New Trier High School
Cecil W. Boyle
Iowa thieves sought after carpet swiping at Tabernacle
Clinton Iowa reports thieves described as meanest, cutting carpet from the Tabernacle floor and absconding with swag. In San Francisco, Penryn Stanlaws notes local girls’ ankles thicker than eastern counterparts after hiking and mountain climbing.
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Clinton
Iowa
Tabernacle
San Francisco
Penryn Stanlaws
Chicago Builders to Cut Wages on May 1
The Associated Builders of Chicago announced a 20 percent cut in wages for bricklayers carpenters and common laborers in the building industry effective May 1 Bricklayers and carpenters would earn $2 an hour down from 125 while unskilled workers would receive 65 cents an hour instead of 1 Representatives of the carpenters union said they would oppose the plan.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Associated Builders of Chicago
Carpenters’ Union
Harding Sends Gen Wood to Philippines to Probe Conditions
President Harding directed Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood to travel to the Philippines and conduct an investigation of conditions there. The move follows the administration’s plan to assess governance, security, and social issues in the territory.
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Harding
Gen. Wood
Philippines
United Press
Washington, D. C
Leonard Wood
Disloyalty Charges Held and a Funeral Farewell
Bruno Steindel, longtime first cellist with the Chicago Opera company, arrived to attend his wife B Steindel’s funeral after she killed herself by leaping into Lake Michigan. Friends say wartime disloyalty accusations against him worsened her mental state. Previously with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Steindel resigned after being accused of pro Germanism.
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United
Chicago
Bruno Steindel
Chicago Opera Company
Lake Michigan
B Steindel
Steindel
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fire destroys laundry at St Francis Hotel in Frisco
A spectacular fire swept the roof laundry of the St Francis Hotel in San Francisco early today frightening guests who rushed to the lobby. The blaze destroyed a large supply of linen and guests garments along with laundry machinery but caused no major material damage to the hotel building.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
St. Francis Hotel
West
Champ Clark Lying In State In Bowling Green
A hush fell on Bowling Green Missouri as Champ Clark lay in state and was given last rites. A large crowd met the train from St Louis, the body brought to the county courthouse for public viewing, then moved to the cemetery where two of his children rest. Clark would have been 71 today.
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United Press Bowling Green
Champ Clark
St. Louis
W. S. Smith
Champ
Bowling Green
Teady
Clark
Government Wins Retrial Fraud Case
The Supreme Court ordered a retrial of the federal government's suit against Diamond Coal & Coke Co to cancel patents on 18 Wyoming coal land tracts. The government contends land was obtained by fraud with 18 individuals induced to supply for and obtain patents, challenging corporate patent limits.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Today
Diamond Coal & Coke Co
Wyoming
Hamon Murder Trial Likely To Last A Week
Oklahoma City reports that the Clara Smith Hamon murder trial in Ardmore district court is predicted to run about a week. Attorney General S P Freeling leads the prosecution, as the case centers on the murder of Jake J Hamon, a noted politician and oilman.
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United Press
Oklahoma
City
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake J. Hamon
Ardmore
S. P. Freeling
Flowers Pleads for Curb on Immigration at Rotary Talk
Montagille Flowers, noted lyceum lecturer, addressed the Rotary club at Black's tearoom urging tight immigration limits to preserve high quality of people. He argued for expanding American commerce by chasing markets abroad and establishing trade posts as England and France have done to keep the United States in world markets. He also noted the U S must remain a major importer and exporter and persuade other nations to buy American to retain its trade leadership.
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Amerite
Montagille Flowers
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Rotary Club Today
Black's Tearoom
England
France
United States
Ita
Iowa Lawmakers Open Session With 48 New Bills
Des Moines March 7 introduces 48 bills marking opening of Iowa House session. Key measures include repeal of anti cigarette laws with state licensing and taxation, a state cement plant plan, broadcasting long distance rate rules, and minor fishing season change. Armistice Day holiday bill passes House, moves to Senate.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Towa
Santee
Mills
State Board of Control and Highway Commission
Grand Jury Told to Devote Entire Time to Daly Murder Case
A Dubuque grand jury was ordered by Judge J W Kintzinger to focus only on the George D Lerau case, the confessed singer of politician Matthew W Daly who was killed February 7 by a shaker bar from a furnace at his home. Daly's wife and a niece were wounded by the same weapon. The state plans seeking capital punishment. Lerau will defend himself.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
J. W. Kintzinger
George D. Lerau
Matthew W. Daly
Matthew Daly
Walla Walla High Girls Adopt Dress Reform Rules
In Walla Walla Washington students voted 244 to 77 to enact dress reform rules at Walla Walla High School. Prohibited items include silk velvet and crepe fabrics, revealing camisoles, French heels, silk hose worn high, rolled stockings, short or tight skirts, extreme hairstyles, and excessive cosmetics under threat of suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Waila
Wash
Walla High School
Four Violators Pay Small Fines in Police Court
Andrew Constantine received a $25 installment plan fine for intoxication from Judge J W Gwynne with weekly $5 payments. Benjamin Frost forfeited $25 after posting $26 as appearance bond. B J Brady and Joe Lockwood forfeited $5 bonds. A Hawthorn Avenue dispute led to a woman’s arraignment for disturbing the public quiet with a suspended fine upon costs.
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Andrew Constantine
J. W. Gwynne
Constantine
Benjamin Frost
B. J. Brady
Joe Lockwood
Hawthorne Avenue
Hughes object to published Costa Rica note disclosure
Washington March 7 The publication of a note about Costa Rica and Panama dispatches sparked unrest in administration circles. Secretary Hughes announced a policy to withhold nonofficial information and warned newspapers not to publish diplomatic exchanges as facts unless officially announced. He did not deny sending the notes but said the dispatch was not announced by any authorized person.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Panama
Costa Rica
Hughts
Hughes
Plans Fake Holdup and Shoots Father for Insurance
Frederick Kantoff confessed to staging a fake holdup at his family home in Chicago on March 7 to obtain burglary and holdup insurance. He admitted shooting his father, who was seriously wounded, claiming two attackers fled with 240 dollars from the delicatessen receipts. Police found the revolver and no fleeing suspects, leading to Kantoff’s disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Frederick Kantoff
Kantoff
Dar's
Frederick
Cummins Re-elected President Pro Tem by Senate
Washington March 7 The senate completed its permanent organization ratifying Republican caucus decisions to reelect Senator Cummins Republican Iowa president pro tem and all other officers who served during the last session.
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Associated Press
Senate
Republican Caucus
Cummins
Reepublican
Iowa
Sinn Feiners Killed and Captured in Dublin
Two Sinn Feiners were killed and three captured in a running fight with crown forces today in Dublin. The ambush preparation was interrupted and arms and ammunition were seized.
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Sinn Feiners
United Press
Dublin
Sinn
Town Farmer Is Killed by Bull Near Home
Ramsay Mevern, 54, was killed by a bull in a field near his Low City home last evening while going to the pasture for water. A search party found his wife hours later. The tragedy occurred near Low City, Ia.
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Associated Press
Low City
Ramsay Mevern
Japan Seeks 250 Million Arms Budget in Diet
Additional appropriation of 250 million dollars for the Japanese army and navy is introduced in the diet. The bill proposes totaling 250,060,000 dollars to fund military forces.
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Japan
United Preea
Fokio
Home 18 Quarantined for Two Contagious Diseases
The home of Rev. and Mrs. John H. Hartsell at 215 Seventh Street East is quarantined for five contagious diseases with three daughters affected. Martha age 7 has scarlet fever in serious condition. Hello 16 and Mary 10 have smallpox. Mrs Sophia Pettit at 400 Dane Street also ill with scarlet fever and J T Johnson at 843 Mulberry has smallpox per health department report.
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John H. Hartsell
Seventh Street East
Martha
Hello
Mary
Health Department
Sophia Pettit
Dane Street
J. T. Johnson
Mulberry
Trusty Sentenced Five Years For Liquor Theft
Former trusted employee Schnering pleaded guilty in criminal court to larceny and was sentenced by Judge Boies to five years at Angmosa. He stole liquor seized by government agents while being transported across country and stored in the sheriff’s basement for use as evidence. Southern Pacific cuts wages across system, effective April 16, minimum 30 cents an hour in the southern division, higher in other zones.
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Schnering
Trusty
Boies
Angmosa
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Division
Earthquake sighting and Kerry military ambush reported
Washington briefing notes a recorded quake about 2100 miles away early Sunday. In Cork Brig Gen Cumming, commander of the Kerry military area, survives an ambush that killed another officer and a private during a convoy attack by about 600 men.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cork
Cumming
Kerry
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Chicago Council Committee On Living Coats
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