Riots near Rath packing plant as workers attacked
Mrs. Allen Davis, a Rath plant worker, was beaten by three women on her way home. Police arrested 20 people as disturbances followed, with bricks hurled at the homes of Charles Voight and Chester Bell. Deputies sent to the scene and extra officers expected. possible assault and injunction violations pending.
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Rath
Allen Davis
Adrian
Davis
P. m
Charles Voight
Hogel Street
Amalgamated Meat ,Cutters & Butchers Union
Chester C. Bell
Fowler Street
Voight
Rath Packing Company
Diant
Oficers
Westcott
Springfield
Charles Collis
Richard Dickson
Washington Street
Dean
Boone and Luverne Reach Final in Iowa Tourney
Ames March 12 Boone high defeats Cedar Falls Teachers 28 to 2 in the interscholastic basketball tournament semifinal. Luverne high tops Nevada 23 to 22 to advance to the final.
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Associated Press
Ames
Boone
Luverne
Teachers High
Cedar Falls
Laverne High
Nevada High
Candidate Promises $1000 Salary Gifts
A rich mayoral candidate pledges gifts if elected. He promises to donate each year 500 to a Salvation organization and 325 to a local packing house union, while noting the mayor’s salary is 2308 annually.
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Associated Press
A. Fe
Salvation Stor
Addie Ades Adventures Chapter 6 You Know I Been Thinkin
Addie and Dad Ade discuss turning profit from potatoes and a cream separator. Addie pitches a newspaper ad idea to connect with stores needing potatoes while Ma Ade weighs risks and potential bargains.
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Addie
Dad
Courier
Rell
Coriias Saleh
Earned Wages and Employment Policy
George F. Johnson, head of Endicott-Johnson shoes, declares a policy that wages depend on workers and selling success. He urges teamwork to maintain wages, argues higher pay fuels living standards and purchasing power, and suggests imitators may seek a normalcy based on earned purchasing power.
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George F. Johnson
Endicott-Johnson
Johnson
Wilson health at peace conference shaped postwar fate
In 1918 President Woodrow Wilson faced illness during October and November while negotiations at the peace conference and the League of Nations debate influenced the course of history. The piece argues health affected decisions, suggesting a stronger Wilson might have steered a better postwar future.
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Germany
Wilson
New York - Evening Post Inn
Testimony recounts Hamon shooting and family pressure
Witness Nichols testifies about the Hamon shooting scene at the hospital and the pressure on Clara to claim the death was an accident. He describes remarks about Palm Beach and the intent to seize the gun, noting Clara’s bruises and the accused’s reactions.
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Nichols
Hamon
Roach
Ofice
Clara
Shcho
Frank Reich
Fon
Chicago
Harmon
Ketch
Jake
Palm Beach
Bill
McLean
MacLean
Pack ers and unions clash over mediation wage dispute
Chicago and Washington reports say the big five meat packers and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union debated Secretary Davis mediation. Officials in Chicago prepared a tentative reply, while the union demanded wage and hour protections if arbitration proceeds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Davis
Federal Labor Department
Washington
D. C
Department of Labor
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of
North America
Tthe Labor Department
Lane
Harding
United Press
Ierg
Ckers
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen Union
Fire kills several in Grace Hotel Clinton Oklahoma
March 12 Clinton Oklahoma reports say several people were burned to death when the Grace hotel a four story brick building housing about 60 guests was destroyed by fire. Officials cannot confirm exact totals as the guest register was destroyed and origin of the blaze is undetermined with losses pegged near 50090 dollars.
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United Press
Clinton
Okla
Grace Hotel
Briand Praises Allied Solidarity After London Talks
Paris dispatch reports Premier Briand to address the chamber of deputies on Tuesday with a report on the London allied conference. He lauded allied unity in negotiations and warned that any expansion of German territorial gains would trigger further penalties.
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Associated Press
Paris
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
London
M. Briand
Lonsdon
Harding Calls On Cabinet For 10 Offer Shiet Suggestion
President Harding directs all cabinet members to draft suggestions for reorganizing executive departments for efficiency. The plan includes creating a department of public welfare headed possibly by a woman, and moving agencies like the patent office, weather bureau, coast guard, and waterways service to new departments. All secret investigating bodies would be regrouped under the Department of Justice.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Congressional Committee On Reorganization
Department of Public Welfare
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Coast Guard Service
Treasury
War Department
Department of Justice Innstead
Springfield riots prompt troops as police struggle
unrest erupts after shootings and dynamite found, with 20 to 30 arrests including a white suspect. Mayor Westcott orders 8 pm business closures and urges residents to stay home to curb violence amid prior 1904 and 1906 riots in Springfield.
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Edgar Parsons
B. J.westcott
Robert Flack
Ryan
Hoever
Asa Smith
White
Impeachment Motion Sought Against Iowa Official
Des Moines March 12 A resolution calling for impeachment proceedings against P E McClenahan state superintendent of public instruction was introduced in the Iowa House by Rep J W Kime. The measure follows the majority report of the House committee on departmental affairs and was laid over under the rules.
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Associated Press Des Moines
P. E. McClenahan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa
J. W. Kime
Fort Dodge
House Committee
Iowa Assembly
State House
Henderson
McClenahan
Enz
Garher
Pring
Smiles and Kinks Jump Through Today’s Wires
A jumble of brief items from New York Detroit and Lancaster notes on odd incidents. A 300 pound woman demanded her husband move over in bed at a police station. North Berne grows 74 percent as George W Frazier relocates a 14 member family. Detroit resident Frank Gozdowski testifies in a motor accident case after nine years in a horseless town. Charley Gar steals rubber heels and serves 60 days at a house of correction for robbing a rubber plant.
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United Press
New York
Lancaster
North Berne
George W. Frazier
Detroit
Mich
Frank Gozdowski
Charley Gar
House of Correction
United States Rubber Company
France seeks U S help on debt and new league link
Washington reports say Rene Viviani, former French premier, aims to press the Harding administration on cancelling French indebtedness and engaging the United States in European affairs. Paris seeks U S backing to collect from Germany and to influence tariff policy to ease payments.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
America
Rene Viviani
Washington
France
Harding
United States
Germany
Europe
Viviani
Labor Conditions in Detroit Improving Shown by Survey
Detroit survey by the Employers' Association shows 59,000 workers recalled by 79 member firms since January. Forty shops operate on a 39 hour week, employing 41,668 men, with total factory workers at 67,137 as factories resume activity after a low idle count.
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Detroit
Mich
Employers’ Association
Erie Goes Back to Old Scale Pending Labor Board
New York reports confirm Erie railroad restores former wage scale after Labor Board condemnation over unilateral reductions. Chicago and Boston updates show midwestern railroads planning wage cuts and resuming coordination with labor and rates discussions.
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ERIE
Oldscale
Crae
Red Cross Delegates Leaving for Geneva
Four American Red Cross officials sail on the steamship Emperor bound for Cherbourg to attend the March 30 Geneva international conference. The delegates travel from New York aboard the steamship as news of the event spreads.
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The
Associated Press
New York
Tmperator
Cherbourg
American Red Cross
Geneva
Murray to Become Bank Commissioner July First
Washington March 12 United Press reports the Harding administration will push for American rights in postwar questions including Mesopotamian oil and Yap status. The policy aims to apply to all issues affecting U S interests as the new era begins. Meanwhile W J Murray is confirmed as state superintendent of banks to succeed M V Henderson Jr on July 1.
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Associated Press
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad Today
New England
Nouce
United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
United States
Japan
Yap
Wakington
Wilson
W. J. Murray
Bank-1
Tha
Murray
M. V. Henderson, Jr
Mondoon
Battles Spreading in Lenine Trotzky Revolt Across Europe
Dispatches report Minsk in rebellion with rebel and Soviet forces fighting for control. Kiev region clashes. Petrograd under heavy bombardment as Bolsheviks gain or lose ground. Vilna reports brief Bolshevik advance into Minsk with executions of suspected sympathizers.
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Ankker
Helsingfore
Jtibolshevik
Minsk
Gout
Moscow
Sovie
Kieff
Ukrainia
Petrograd
Tbolshe
Multiple Global Briefs Tie Up Flagship News
Washington officials discuss retirement contact with M Baruch and N H Davis. Chicago packers plan strike vote and wage talks with labor reps. Santa Fe appoints Kolm Bursum to succeed Pall. New York appeals court upholds ban on landing Barbadoes cables. Senator Rose plans GOP tax talks for special session. Chicago ward murder reward offered. Kerensky predicts Bolshevik downfall amid unrest. New York seeks clues on stolen liberty bonds. London reports allied bombardment near Essen. Washington shipping board chair Benson pressed for continued sanction. Dublin youths condemned for Drumcondra ambush with one commuted. U S Canada export surplus posts large figure. Atlanta mediators withdraw over wage cuts. Chicago says 100k to 250k unemployed in region.
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Associated Press
New York
Erie Railroad
Company
Railroad Labor Board
United Press
Chicago
Mid- Western
Santa Fe
Burlington
Wabash
Labor Board
Sam Dunn
Railway Age
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cosigarg
Interstate
Commerce Commission
F. D. Underwood
Underwood
Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
M. Baruch
Norman H. Davis
Packet
Department of Labor
N. M
Meche
Kolm
Bursum
Albert B. Pall
United States Court of Appeals
Sovernmen
Western Union
Tellgraph Company
Barbadoes
Penrose
Manda
London
Alexander F. Kerensky
Russia
Attorne i Lewis
Oberhalsen
Essen
Benson
Shipping Board
Harding
Dublin
Drumcondra
United States
Canada
Bureau of Markets
Atlanta
Bugg
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Jake L. Haron
Jake Hamon
Randol Hotel
Sint
Hoover
Shirley Shafter
Gage
Mpclenahan
Haruting
Comesi
Red Cross
Lenine-Trotzky
Warsaw
Petrografy
Vilna
Hermann Zeidler
Russian Red Cross
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