Japan Defends Yap Mandate At Diet Hearing
Viscount Uchida, Japan’s foreign minister, told budget committee members the nation will stand firmly on its Yap mandate in the south Pacific. He said Japan may map a policy with other countries, noting differing interests with Britain, France, Italy and Russia. Ten representatives will visit America this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Takto. Histo
Japan
Yap
South Pacific
Viscount Uchida
Diet
Etsujiro Uehara
Great Britain
Council of
League of Nations
United States
Uehara
California
Siberia
Uchida
Afr
Stevens
Soviet
Russia
France
Italy
M. Uchida
Moscow
China
House of Representatives
America
Bride Says She Was Kidnaped and Deserted
Thelma May Hook told police that Marie Simeral mother of Clarence Belew a private at Camp Grant was detained as officers planned to issue a warrant. Belew had allegedly proposed marriage by letter since November inviting a forced wedding which was refused, with the wife beaten on her wedding night and deserted by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gnisteé Press
St Louis
Ehé
Camp Grant
Thelma May- Hook
Marie Simeral
Clarence Belew
Thelma
Belew
Enforcement Agent Named Corespondent in Chicago Divorce
Chicago March 13 United Press reports Frank D Richardson a prohibition enforcement officer for the Lake states was named as corespondent in a divorce suit filed by Ralph Werger. The decree says a child was born last September and the husband says he is not the father. Two other Chicago men were named co-respondents. Mrs Neager filed for divorce recently and the petition alleges they had attended spooning parties together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Frank D Richardson
Prohibition
Lake States
Ralph Werger
Neager
ADD
Richardson
Munitions Plant Blows Up Near Erfurt
An explosion at a Schmerborn munitions depot near Erfurt injured many. The blast occurred last night at the facility about four miles northeast of the city, causing extensive damage and prompting emergency response.
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Associated Press
Erfurt
Schmerborn
Addie Ades Adventures Egg Counting Serial Tale
A quirky minute a day excerpt shows Addie and family bantering about chickens and eggs. Ma jokes about Easter messes while Dad counts ersatz eggs and contemplates an ad for a business venture in the local Courier and People column. The scene ends with a reference to a 1827 Waterloo Basil L. Small signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie
Weill
Ihs Courier
Ida B Wise Smith Receives Anonymous Threat Thru Mails
Des Moines reports Mrs Ida B Wise Smith Cedar Rapids and a leading reformer received an anonymous letter urging her to quit meddling with proposed legislation. Signed by an ex service man the missive warned against opposing a bill legalizing cigarette sales. Smith active at the state house pushing age of consent movie censorship and anti cigaret measures said she would ignore the threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Des Moines
Ida B. Wise Smith
Cedar ‘Rapids
English Banker to Organize Scheme of International Credit
Sir Drummond Frazer, Manchester banker and financier, named by the League of Nations finance committee to organize the international credits scheme proposed by Dr Ter Menten. His first task is to report on the financial condition of impoverished counties. Frazer leads the Manchester Bankers' Institute and backed continuous borrowing for war financing and inflation control.
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Associated Preas
London
Drummond Frazer
Manchester
League of Nations
Ter Menten
Brussels
Drummond
Manchester Bankers’ Institute
National Finance
Denby to Inspect Fleet at Guantanamo and Haiti
Secretary Denby will depart Washington for Guantanamo Cuba and Haiti and San Domingo. He will travel aboard a destroyer with naval and marine officers to witness maneuvers and target practice of the Atlantic battleship fleet. He then inspects marine forces on pacification duty, returning to Washington by April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Denby
Washington
Guantanamo
Cuba
Haiti
San Domingo
Key West
Dealer
Guantanamo Bay
Drunkard's Friend Lays In State At Clifton Mission
The body of John O. Wyburn known as the Drunkard’s Friend lay in state in Clifton where he presided for 15 years. He died last Thursday at age 61. Hundreds of ex-ranks he aided back to sobriety, now prosperous businessmen, were expected to pay final tribute at the Water Street mission. Springs told Jerry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
John O. ‘Rburn
Clifton
cAuler Mission
Wrburn
Wyburn
Water Street
Springs
Jerry
Arrest Two Women for Toledo Robbery
Two women were secretly arrested in Chicago in connection with the Toledo mail robbery. Mrs Myrtle LeMack and Miss Margrette Monroe are named, with LeMack said to be married to Harry Le Mack, alleged gang leader. Writs of habeas corpus revealed the arrests.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Toledo
Myrtle, LeMack
Margrette Munroe
Oxford and Cambridge Tie in Track and Field Meet
Oxford and Cambridge universities tied in their annual dual track and field games at Queen's Club London. Each team won five first places in the 10 event program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Oxford
Cambridge
Queen's Club
Cuyler Testifies as Railroads Back Wage Pact Stance
The hearing room filled as Mrs. Walsh argued that railroads hire publicity to sway opinion while Judge Barton warned the matter lies outside the board’s remit. The National Association of Railroad Executives split, with most roads voting to continue national wage agreements despite some dissent, and the final tally touted by United Press shows a 60 to 42 vote opposing the no‑agreement stance.
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Mr. Walsh
Barton
Cee
Walsh
Guyler
United Press
Chicago
National Association of Railroad
Federal Railroad Labor Board
Alabama & Vicksburg
Arizona & Eastern
Atlanta
Birmingham & Atlantic
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago Terminal
Boston & Maine
Central of Georgia
Gentral Vermont
Chicago & Astor
Monon House
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Grand Trunk
Ilinois Central
Los Angeles
Salt Leake
Louisville & Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Norfolk & Southern
Northwestern Pacific
Vickshoro
Shreveport & Pacific
Hach
New York Central
Post Office Adopts War-Era Envelopes for Official Use
Washington March 19 The Post Office Department claims economy gains from using old three cent purple stamps with penalty warnings on official correspondence. The department sent stock back to printer and applied a cancellation style to envelopes bearing bank and business return addresses as part of cost saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Post Ofice Department
Two Sioux City Men Caught With Liquor
Two Sioux City men John Aga and John Dugan were arrested in North Dakota on a charge of transporting liquor. An accompanying daughter of Dunn, in the same auto, was sent to Sioux City. Only a small quantity of liquor was found in the vehicle.
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United Press
Pes
John/ aga
John Dugan
Sioux City
Day
Ilegally
Dunn
Sioux
Father Denies Murder in Akron Case Confession Denial
In Los Angeles on March 19, Charles P. Smith confessed to killing the elderly Peter Schure with his father C. W. Smith and burying the body in an Akron rooming house. The elder Smith denied the murder claim today, disputing the confession details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles P. Smith
C. W. Smith
Peter Schure
Akron, O
Dor Smith
Lenine Abandons Communism for Peasant Scheme in Moscow
Paris reports Premier Lenine, addressing the communist congress, virtually abandons communism and backs peasant proprietorship while urging liberal confessions to foreign capitalists. The congress endorses his stance as unrest spreads across Russia with peasant uprisings and mutinies against Bolshevik rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
Leniine
Communist Congress
Moscow
Herald
Reval Today
Lenine
Russian Union
Helsingfors
Russia
Volga
Ukraine
Red
Chamberlain Picked as Likely Appointee to Succeed Bonar Law
London March 19 Austen Chamberlain chancellor of the exchequer was named in political circles as a probable successor to Andrew Bonar Law who resigned as spokesman for the coalition government. If Chamberlain accepts, either Sir Robert Horne or Sir Worthington Evans would be named chancellor. Stanley Baldwin would succeed whichever of the two is chosen. Efforts to urge Earl Derby to lead the Unionist party were unsuccessful.
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United Press
London
Austen Chamberlain
Exchequer
Andrew Bonar Law
Coalition
Chamberlain
Robert Horne
Board of Trade
Worthington Evans
Stanley Baldhain
The
Treasury
Earl Derby
New Women's Party Seeks Legal Equality Campaign
The Woman's National party announces a feminist campaign to press President Harding for federal action to end sex discrimination in law. It calls for citizenship for women independent of husbands and removal of civil service and District of Columbia discrimination, aiming to set a model bill for state legislatures.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
New
Woman's National Party
Harding
Sup
al Blanket
Congress
District of Columbia
Occupation of Railway Stations in Ruhr by French Troops
French troops occupied Mulheim and Speiders railway stations in the Ruhr to advance the plan agreed at the London reparations conference. Official circles said the stations command the approaches to the Rhine and their possession was necessary to make the allied occupation effective.
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Associates Press
Paris
Mulheim
Speiders
Ruhr
Germany
Rhine
Sioux City Police Hunt Gunmen Band
Sioux City police chase a band of gunmen who fired on the home of Mrs. Sadie Dillon at the bottoms. Her brother Elmer Dingman was seriously wounded as the house was riddled with bullets. Authorities suspect a feud as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasbeisted Frogs
Sioux City
Sadie Dillon
Elmer Dingman
Hoover Explores Aid Steps for Farmers in White House Talks
President Harding plans to seek congressional power to bar imports of key foodstuffs, with a joint resolution to authorize action under wartime powers. Hoover and Chamber of Commerce directors discussed embargo options on wool meat wheat and other goods and antidumping measures. European credits expansion via the war finance corporation was also urged as part of foreign trade support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Washington, D. C
Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Harding
War Finance Corporation
Congress
White House
Packer Employes to Strike If Demands Not Met by Monday
Chicago March 19 Pack er employes will press demands at a Washington mediation conference Monday. If not met, they will strike after a strike vote showed a two to one majority against about 44,000 workers. The union seeks restoration of the eight hour day and wage arbitration. Packers say the eight hour day and wage cut are economic necessities not subject to arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packer
United Press
Chicago
Washington
Union J
Woman Rum Runner Killed by Detroit Police
Detroit march 19 Mrs inia Weaver 22 believed first woman rum runner killed along the Canadian boundary dies of wounds received Wednesday when she and husband patrolman James Weaver hauled with Detroit police. Weaver slightly wounded admits they were attempting to smuggle whiskey from Windsor to Detroit when police on shore fired on their rowboat.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Inia Weaver
Patroman James Weaver
Weaver
Windsor
Hert Declines Hardings Ambassadorship Offers
A. T. Hert, national committeeman from Kentucky, declined an ambassadorship offer from President Harding. He also refused a later offer to serve as the president’s personal representative on the legislative committee for reorganization of the executive department, as announced by the White House today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington, D. C
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Harding
Legislative Committee
Executive Department
White House
Seven Killed in Irish Ambush at Dungarvan
Dublin reports six civilians and one policeman killed with another officer missing after a six hour battle between crown forces and Sinn Feiners at Dungarvan. Two military trucks were ambushed and destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Dublin
Crown Forces
Sinn
Claim Ex-Detective Passed Bad Checks
Des Moines police arrested P. L. Murphy a former head of a private detective agency for passing worthless checks. Murphy had been sought for a long time in many places and was for a period reported killed in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
P. L. Murphy
Murphy
Chicago
Woman Surrenders on Grand Jury Indictment
Des Moines report says Mrs Carrie Rowley surrendered to county authorities to face a grand jury indictment for attempting to perform an illegal operation. Rowley denies the charge and her attorney arranged bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Carrie Rowley
Rowley
Blazing Rats Set Stored Cotton Afire in Texas Barn Blaze
A fiery blast from a gasoline tank ignited a barn and spread to a cotton storage warehouse in Rockdale Texas. Ratlike animals fled, and the blaze consumed about 1% bales of cotton in the warehouse, attributed to the explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Tex
Rata
H. G. Anders
Milan County
Parent Teachers Annual Session Opens Thursday in Charles City
The Parent-Teacher's Council prepares to hold its annual session Thursday at Black's tearoom with luncheon at 12:15. Guests and delegations from both school districts are expected, followed by a roundtable program in the high school building. Mrs. Dc. W. Bruner leads, with Mrs. L. C. Heme worth as secretary, and music from Washington-frying school pupils. Speakers include Mrs. A. C. Ruste of Charles City on organization, M Adams of Dubuque on day camps, and Prof. Paul 0. Teachers College on social development and training of the child. A business meeting and officer elections follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black’s Tearoo
Rr. Teast
Dc. W. Bruner
L. C. Heme ‘Worth
Pups
Washington-frying School
A. C.ruste
Charles City
M Adams
Dubuque
Paul
Teachers College
Mac Campbell
High Quartet
Home
E. Ridenour
State Associ
Daniels Returns to Navy Office for a Raleigh Story
Former Secretary of the Navy Daniel returns to the Navy Department in Washington to gather material for naval subjects. He joins reporters at a press conference with Secretary Denby and quips about missing his old $12,600 salary as he plans to write articles from Raleigh and elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Navy
Daniels
Navy Department
Anrswer
Washington
Regula
Denby
Raleigh
N. C
The
Mr. Denby
Harding Offers Presidential Summer Home Site in Rockies
Denver, March 19. Following an invitation by the Colorado general assembly, President Harding was offered a site for a permanent presidential summer home in the heart of the Denver mountain parks. L. B. Humphrey wired the invitation. The tract covers 50 acres on Lookout Mountain highway, 25 miles from Denver. Humphreys and his wife offered free title to the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Denver
Colo
Colorado General Assembly
Colorado
Harding
L. B. Humphrey
Lookout Mountain Highway
Humphreys
Plan New Effort to Get Mooney Retrial
San Francisco March 19 a renewed bid to secure a retrial for Thomas J Mooney was disclosed by B C Parker who said he acted for Mooney and filed a power of attorney with local courts to pursue a novel legal plan. Mooney, imprisoned in San Quentin, is serving two life sentences for the Preparedness Day bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin
B. C. Parker
Mooney
Iocal
Fox Mooney
Rogers Harding Envoy with Obregon in Mexico City
James Linn Rogers, long associated with President Obregon, is believed to be President Harding's confidential agent in Mexico. He has discussed oil issues and foreign claims against Mexico, with settlement seen as key to American recognition of the Mexican government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Mexico City
James Linn Rogers
Obregon
Harding
Mexico
Rogers
MacDonough In Stable Condition After Appendix Surgery
Dr reports E F MacDonough general secretary of the Greater Waterloo association in satisfactory condition after an appendectomy at St Francis hospital yesterday morning. The patient had a fairly good night and is described as stable this morning by the physician.
Loyal Girls Elect Local Church Officers
At a master party held at teacher Miss Anna M Kistner home the Loyal Girls of Central Christian church elected officers Helen Bird president Edith Thompson vice president Helen McCarty secretary Margaret Zervis treasurer and Loia Miler librarian all appeared at their first meeting last evening as the group chose leadership within the church youth program
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Anna M. Kistner
Loyal Girls of
Central Christian Church
Helen Bird
Edith Thompson
Helen McCarty
Margaret Zervis
Loia Miler
Lovett linked to killing plan in Lovett case stated
Shell Rock reports F L Witt a Butler County pioneer and former Shell Rock News manager died today after a year long illness from paralysis, leaving a widow and two sons Charles, former secretary to Gov. Harding and Fred in Chicago. The Lovett case involves a confession by Virgil Decker that he acted under duress with an iron bar attack and a planned staged train accident to fake death.
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Shell Rock
F. L., Witt
Butler County
Shell Rock News
Charles
W. L. Hardingland
Fred
Chicago
Mexican Rail Strike Ended by Employes
The strike by employees backing Mexican rail policies ended today as workers returned to work. Government concessions were not offered and traffic was largely tied up during the stoppage. In a separate item from Elkhart Indiana, Virgil Decker’s mother Lydia Decker described her son’s confession to killing his chum Leroy Lovett, saying he claimed the devil commanded him and that someone may have helped him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Elkhart
Ind
Lydia Decker
Virgil Decker
Leroy Lovett
Decker
Virgil
Leroy
Candy Manufacturer Seeks Bankruptcy Assignment
Deska M. Kegley of Britl Nut Co seeks court permission to assign her unsustainable assets to creditors. She reports $4,344.41 in liabilities against $1,179.75 in assets including $940 in machinery and $239.75 in accounts receivable, naming Clayton E. Bronson as proposed assignee. 65 creditors are listed, most with small claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deska M. Kegley
Brit’l Nut Company
Sycamore Street
Clayton E. Bronson
Extradite Slayer of Two Clarified by Governor
Sacramento reports Governor Stephenson granted extradition papers for Samuel Peru ra, 17, held in Los Angeles, in connection with the Cleveland murders. The case involves complicity allegations in the killings of two men in Cleveland, with the extradition process proceeding. Separately, Springfield notes wholesale egg prices fell to six dollars a case, about twenty cents per dozen, on the local market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Del
Samuel Purpera
Los Angeles
Cleveland
William "D. Stephens
Springfield
Springfeld
Milk Producers to Hold Organization Meeting at Forum
Milk producers plan an organization meeting at the Forum on Tuesday March 22 at 1 p.m. to hear a report on the committee’s work enrolling members. The group aims to elect officers and form a building committee to secure a permanent home, with 58 signers pledging support and purchases of at least one share priced at $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk Producers
Peace signed by Poland Latvia Russia in exchange
Telegraph briefs report peace signed among Poland Latvia and Russia with Russia agreeing to pay Poland 30,000,000 gold rubles. Other items note Pershing on foreign birth propaganda, Daugherty ruling on beer prescriptions, reparations bill progress, draft evader notices, trade figures, light wines and beer memorial in California, deductibility of federal taxes, a French death toll, and Omaha’s record cold thermometer.
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Riga
Poland
Ukrainia
Russia
New York
Pershing
Washington, D. C
Daugherty
Palmer
London
House of Commanions
Washington, D C
Army
WuaRtere
Ashington
D. C
Congress
United States Court of Claims
Paris
France
Europe
Omaha
Neb
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HE. Robson
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Prince Casimir Lubomirski
Gen. Pershing
Shrewsbury
H. C. Robson
Prince Lubomirski
Ignance Paderewski
Cuyler
P.O
United Dress
Bonar Law
New Women’s Party
Rum Runner
Hert
Edwin Denby
Edwin Debby
Edwin
Navy Office
Hardings
Rockies
Say Rogers
M'Donough
Hitchum
F. L. Witt
Lovett
Bulldogs
Waterloo Bulldogs
Black Hawk Hawk County Farmers
Eam
Parkin
Smith
Larabee
Carpenter
Farmers
Tom Holland
Matilda Spencer
Alford Town
Lena Cass
Roy Ferguson
Lamont
Ge ‘Mina Smith
N. W.frisbie
Madison
Wis
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