Revision of Tariff Problem Divides Republican Leaders
Washington March 10 Republican leaders split over whether to take up tariff reform or tax revision first. Fordney and older leaders push protection as prosperity, while younger leaders favor tax revision and cautious use of tariffs. The debate centers on timing, with tax reform likely to finish sooner. income tax scales would stay largely the same next year, with possible small cuts for very high earners.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Jaiding
Fordney
Michigan
McKinley
Dingley
Republlican
F McKinley
Payne
Waderwood
House
Senate
Senate Confirms Sawyer as Brigadier General
The Senate confirmed Dr. Sawyer Marion Harding’s personal physician for appointment as a brigadier general in the Medical Reserve Corps of One Army. Also noted: deferral of the Colombia treaty action until the April session and to vote eight days after Congress convenes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Sawyer, Marion
Harding
Senate
Colombia
Congress
Explosion at Standard Oil Plant in Green Point Brooklyn
Fire erupts at Lone Fleming works in Green Point Brooklyn as four tanks explode and a plume of smoke blankets the area. Two alarms sounded ambulances summoned police reserves called from five stations as crews attempt to drain remaining tanks and prevent further spread.
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Associated
New York
Standard Oil Company
Green Point
Brooklyn
Lone & Fleming Works
Dock Workers Strike Over Wage Cut At Port
About 760 dock workers at the port walked out in protest of a wage cut to 26 a month for loading and unloading coal and grain barges. The strike was led by the Tidewater Boatmen's union and targeted roughly a dozen stevedores said to have reduced wages from 11a month.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Tidewater Boatmen's Union
Philadelphia Welcomes Cardinal Dougherty With Homecoming Plans
Associated Press report from Philadelphia states plans for a two day welcome home reception for Cardinal Dougherty arriving from Rome around May 1. Events include parade mass meeting and a solemn pontifical mass to be led by the cardinal.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Flans
Cardinal Dougherty
Rome
Addie Ades Adventures Chapter 4 Watchdog Talk
Addie and Dag discuss guarding the house and finding a Great Dane by canvassing farms. Dad suggests placing a Wanted Dogs ad in the Courier. The dialogue hints at family plans and a long trip to the city in a 1921 serial.
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Dag Ade
Wateriog Aea
Charlie
Addie
Che Ain- Ceeens
Ades
Pont
Dad
Courier
Basil L. Smith
Waterloo
Poultry Exhibit Dazzles Des Moines at State Dealers' Meeting
In Des Moines the Hotel Savery lobby hosts a large cage of blue-blooded poultry from Iowa State College Ames during the 27th annual Iowa Wholesale Eye Butter Poultry Dealers' convention opening with about 700 attendees. Professor W H Lapp of Ames uses the birds to illustrate culling work statewide as officers are to be elected today.
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State College
Ames
Iowa Wholesale Eye, Butter & Poultry Dealers’ Association
Fraf. W
Girl Claims Held Prisoner in Hotel Third Degree
Miss Noma Swaney a 33 year old hotel cashier alleges she was held in a seventh floor Mar tin hotel room for 86 hours and subjected to a third degree examination by hotel detectives and a surety company rep. She says she was rescued after contacting a local attorney and was later arrested for a $3000 shortfall but released on bond.
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United Press
Guye Fay
Martin Hotel
Eves
Noma Swaney
Miss Swaney
Snappy Music Aid to Geography in Rural Schools of Chicago
Cook county rural schools will add Snappy phonograph music to the geography program announced by County Superintendent Eddie J. Tobin. He said one song aids teaching, supplementing lessons, noting 125 rural schools exist and many already have pianos and phonographs.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Cook Country
Eddie J. Tobin
Supt. Tobin
Cook County
Costa Rica Withdraws Army as War with Panama Ends
Costa Rica ordered demobilization after forces crossed the Panaman frontier, retreating under U S pressure. Troops who captured Almirante returned to Puerto Limón on a steamer, praised for ending the clash with Panama swiftly. Panama appeals to the League of Nations as disputes with Costa Rica surface in Geneva reports.
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Associated Press
San Jose
Costa Rica
Panaman
Almirante
United States
Puerto Limon
Panama
Irazuc
Pilea
Geneva
League of Nations
U S Pivotal Role in German Reparations Talks
London reports Count Sforza says President Harding will be decisive in final settlement of German reparations. Allied note outlines US cooperation on Rhine customs and occupation, while German workers in Ruhr show cheerful restraint amid allied seizures.
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United Press
London
United States
Count Sforza
Harding
Coblenz
Germany
Sforza
America
Rhine
Foreign Office
Briand
France
Marshal Foch Jon
Ruhr
Associated Press
Duisburg
Duesseldorf
Ruhrort
Iuiliday
Babr
Russia
England
Nuiss
Ult
Cummins to Open Senate Railways Probe
Senator Cummins Republican of Iowa, chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, will introduce a resolution when Congress reconvenes to authorize a Senate investigation of railway conditions. The inquiry will study rates wares and management to determine if mismanagement and unjust current rates exist. Rail shares fell across the board in New York trading with Pennsylvanias stock hitting a multi decade low while Union Pacific discussed wage reductions in a Omaha conference.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Cummins
Republican
Iowa
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Senate
Raics
New York
Rasilroad
Pennsylvania
U. P
Omaha
Neb
W.M. Jeffers
Union Pacific
May Warn Brewers to Make Beer Only for Medicinal Use
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer in Washington March 10 said he may issue a warning that brewing or selling beer with more than one half of one percent alcohol for beverage use will face prosecution. He noted Palmer rulings allowed nonbeverage or medicinal beer, not general beer.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Kramer
Palmer
Almer
Slayers of Premier Threaten Foreign Minister in Madrid
Syndicalists marked Foreign Minister Lema for death after they killed Premier Cato. His name was chalked on the hippodrome walls with a note of an imminent slaying. Authorities report fifty arrests in the hunt for Dato's assassins. The Neuvo club has offered 0,000 pesetas for their capture.
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United Press
Madrid
Lema
Cato
Hippodrome
Dato
Neuvo Club
Officers on Trail of Shannon City Bank Robbery
Creston Iowa authorities pursued three suspects after robbers dug through a bank wall and escaped with 760 dollars in cash. The trio was seen near the Shannon City depot before the crime.
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Shannon City
United Press
Creston
Shannnon City
France Seeks US Backing for Modified League of Nations
Negotiations reported between the French embassy and the State Department aim to win President Harding over to a modified league. Secretary Hughes declines to discuss the report as White House officials weigh foreign policy after domestic reconstruction plans.
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Foreign Office
Washington
State Department
Harding Ton
League of Nations
Washington, D. C
Administration
United States
Hughes
Jusserand
Natiy
Harding
France
Viviani
Davis
London
Costa Rica
Sinn Feiners Kill Former Soldier Accused 6 Spies
Four men attacked near here killed two former Thurles soldiers James Maher and Patrick O'Mara. Bodies found with spy labels. two other men' s bodies discovered with cards declaring they were tried and executed by the Irish Republican army. A youth was found tied to a gate with a placard warning to stay silent.
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Associates Press
Belfast
Ireland
Sinn Fein
James Maher
Patrick O'Mara
Thurles
R Maher
Augnacloy
Irish Republican Army
Francis McPhillips
Keady
Seattle Wants Piles Named for Brazilian Post as Ambassador
Washington delegation in congress backed former Senator Samuel H. Piles of Seattle for the next ambassador to Brazil. They also recommended Thomas Sammons for minister to China, while Edwin V. Morgan, longtime Brazil minister, was not considered a political appointment.
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Seattle
United Press
Washington
D. C
Marsh
Samuel H. Piles
Wash
Braz
Harding
Thomas Sammons
China
Sammons
Far East
Edwin V. Morgan
Brazil
Weather summary for Iowa and surrounding towns
The report covers eastern Iowa and parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin with unsettled conditions. Expect rain in eastern counties turning to snow in western areas with cooler lows and lingering rough, muddy travel conditions. Forecast issued by the Weather Bureau and Agricultural Department offices in Charles City.
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U. S. Department of Agreniture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert
Les
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des
Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Maratal Town
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Wavery
Col Harvey Named Ambassador to London
Col George Harvey New York editor has been named ambassador to London by President Harding. The official announcement will wait until other posts are filled. Frank Munsey withdrew. James Beck and Cornelius Vanderbilt were urged but rejected. Harvey is in Washington staying with friends.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
George Harvey
New York
London
Harding
Harvey
Frank Munsey
James Beck
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Col. Harvey
Washington
House defeats bill to rescind road vote in Iowa
Des Moines March 10. The Anderson road bid to let a county rescind its paving vote after a second election two years later failed in the Iowa house 34 to 64. The proposal would have allowed reversal of a paved highway decision by county action following a second ballot.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Des Moines Lawyer Woodson Named Minister to Haiti
George Woodson, a prominent Des Moines attorney and leader in his race, is to be appointed minister to Haiti according to reports from Washington.
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Attorney Woodson
Des Moines
Haiti
United Press
George Woodson
Metro
Washington
Woodson
Beies
Waits 20 Years Then Peeved Divorces Husband
In Dubuque, Mrs. Kate Mussinger received a divorce from Jacob Mulfinger after a 20 year separation. She told Judge Maguire that he had been gone nearly two decades, and she had waited long enough. The couple wed in 1991.
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Associated Press
Dubuquetc
Kate Mussinger
Jacob Mulfinger
Maguire
Mulfingers
Seek Report Tonight in McClenahan Case
Des Moines March 19 The joint legislative committee on departmental affairs will meet tonight and members said they hope to reach a decision on a report on the investigation into the department of public instruction headed by P E McClenahan state superintendent.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Joint Legislative Committee
Department of P. EB
icClenahan
Stiate
Steel Plants Lower Unfilled Order List
United States Steel Corp reports February unfilled orders at 6,933,867 tons, down from January 21 total of 7,472,164 tons. Data released by AP from New York.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Colder Weather Predicted for Northern States
Abnormally high pressure over Alaska and the far northwest signals much colder weather in the next several days from the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains. Weather Bureau special forecast issued today notes a sharp drop in temperatures for the region.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Alaska
Far Northwest
Weather Bureau
Cinen
Ardmore Shifts Focus to Hamon Murder Trial Jury
Ardmore Oklahoma March 10 1920 jurors were questioned for the Clara Smith Hamon murder trial as 182 veniremen awaited selection. Judge Thomas W Champion and both sides pressed for a timely panel while the defendant prepared to testify for the state.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Thomas W. Chamion
District Court
Carter County
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Coma
Clara Smith Hammon
Bose
Jake L. Bamon
James H. Avery
Newport
Orla
Sharif
Texas
Joe Frontehouse
Joe Ben Champion
Se Nate
Veniremen
C. P. Freeling
Oklahoma
Reniremer
Thomas W. Champion
Hamon
Clara Smith
Frank Hamon
Reid
Jake
Fred Ellis
Katherine
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