Upper Silesia plebiscite TV signals shift of coal area
Reports from Paris and Berlin on March 22 indicate Upper Silesia will likely be partitioned with the coal district to Poland, despite a German victory in the plebiscite. Officials warn Poland may press to divide the territory as unrest spreads in Beuthen.
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Silesia
Poland
United Press
Paris
Germany
Upper Silesia
Allied Council
London
Upper Silesian
Rosenberg
Skrappitz
Berlin
von Simons
Uby
Associated Press
Beuthen
Irish Parliament to Meet June 21
The Daily Herald reports a British cabinet panel will recommend an Irish parliament meet on June 21 for the first time. The plan includes making the home rule bill effective April 19 and issuing election writs May 5 with elections May 18 and representatives convening June 21.
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United Press
London
The
Daily Herald Today
Herald
Bullet finally coughed up by Vicksburg veteran Meadows
West Point Georgia March 22 United Press reports W V Meadows born July 1 1863 who was blinded by a bullet in the Vicksburg battle coughed up the stubborn bullet today after surgeons failed to locate it.
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United Press
West Point
W. V Meadows
Vicksburg
Meadows
Howat Calls Mine Strike in Defiance of Court Injunction
A 150 miner strike led by Alexander Howat and the Kansas Miners Union executive committee began this morning in Crawford county. Three Patton Coal & Mining Co. mines were affected as a wage dispute over a discharged boss continued. Union officials blamed the non operation on the unresolved boss dispute and the court injunction.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Kan
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners Union Executive Committee
Court of Industrial Relations
Judge Curran
Crawford County District Court
Patton Coal & Mining Co
Crisinet
Influenza Epidemic Strikes Coblenz Soldiers
The United States army of occupation reports an influenza outbreak in Coblenz. The Second battalion of the Eighth Infantry is quarantined after forty five cases, with no deaths reported to date. The illness is described as severe but controlled by medical authorities.
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iBy
Associated Press
Coblenz
United States Army of Occupation
Eighth Infantry
Centerville Mailbag Thefts Netted 92060 In Pouch
AP report from Centerville Ja March 22 says mail bag from Centerville to Chicago was stolen Saturday night containing securities and cash valued at 92060. Included were 37560 negotiable bonds 45000 interim receipts of bonds 39000 government bonds and various bond coupons war stamps cash and jewelry.
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Associated Press
Centerville
Chicago
Teacher and Six Students Injured in Gas Blast at Emory Lab
Dr. A. L. Bliss of Emory University and six or more students were injured when a gas ignition caused a blast in the pharmacology laboratory just before the winter term exercises. The lab suffered heavy damage and about 30 students were present. the injured were taken to a hospital.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Gai
AL. A. Bliss
Emory University
Police seek two men over $405 bonus warrant cash
In Seattle on March 23 police search two tan skinned men who used a newspaper clipped state veteran bonus warrant for 405 dollars at a Chinese restaurant. W H Kiett, a war veteran, received the first such warrant last week. The restaurant cashier learned he was defrauded when he tried to cash the clipping.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
2 Tan
W. H. Kiett
North German Lloyd Doubles Its Capital
The North German Lloyd company increases capital from 125 million to 250 million marks. The new stock issue will participate in 1921 dividends, with construction of ships and service development planned due to the capital rise, per a commerce department report from Consul General Coffin, Berlin.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
North German Lloyd Company
Department of Commerce
Coffin
Berlin
Weather report notes highway progress across area towns
March 22 1921 report from Charles City Iowa lists Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly. Drying weather improves dirt road surfaces and paved highways progress ahead of normal. forecast calls for continued dry, warmer conditions tonight and likely Wednesday.
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U. & Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Cabinet Discusses Foreign Affairs At Washington Meeting
President Harding and his cabinet focused on foreign relations in a March 22 meeting. Secretary of State Hughes presented a broad survey with no specific recommendations. The talk touched on Rene Viviani's upcoming visit, allied debt, world relations, trade revival, postwar governments, and war liquidation including a potential special liquidation commission.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Hughes
United States
Rene Viviani
Esch and Davis Get Recess Appointments to Key Posts
President Harding granted recess appointments for John J. Esch of Wisconsin to the Interstate Commerce Commission and Dwight Davis of Missouri to the War Finance Corporation. Esch, author of the transportation act, faced Senate confirmation delays due to Sen. La Follette. Davis, Harvard graduate, led military service in World War I and later held local banking roles.
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Associated Press
Washington
DD. C
John J. Esch
Wisconsin
Harding
Inter- ‘State Commerce Commission
Dwight Davis
St. Louis
War Finance Corporation
Esch
Senate
LaFollette
Davis
Harvard University
Security Building Company
The
State National Bank
Mort‘gage ‘Trust Company
Fifth Missouri Infantry
American Legion
Jury May View Stage Hanging Trial T
Judge Sullivan ruled that witnessing a stage hanging does not dismiss jurors from a murder case. The Ed die Morris trial, linked to a policeman’s death, continued after a theatre audience was shown the hanging scene. Prosecution requests for a new jury were denied.
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United Press
Chicago
John J. Sullivan
Eddie Morris
Des Moines Woman Heads School Board
Des Moines names its first woman school board president. Mrs. Gilger A. MacKinnon was elected to the post last night. She also serves as Polk county pool supervisor and is active in local clubs and social circles.
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United Press
Des Moines
Gilger A. MacKinnon
Russia plans for mighty role in world commerce
London dispatch reports Russia aiming for world power status with plans for commercial growth and free trade in surplus farm products. France accuses Soviet troops of preparing a major drive on Poland and routes through Roumania Hungary Czechoslovakia and Serbia while Gen Wergabd aids Poland’s defenses.
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United Press
London
Russia
Wergabd
Poland
France
Roumania
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Serbia
Nikolai Lenine
Stillman Divorce Action Nears Settlement Talks
James A. Stillman, president of National City Bank, offered resignation to directors but the board rejected it. As a White Plains hearing opens, there are revived talks of a private settlement, with Mrs Stillman seeking legal establishment of her son Guy's legitimacy and possible withdrawal of the suit against herself. The court will focus on financial issues of alimony and legal fees.
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Associated Press
New York
James A. Stillman
National City Bank
United Press New York
Stillman
Florence H. Leeds
Master Plumbers Convicted by Jury
After 17 hours the supreme court jury found two individuals and the Wells Newton Co guilty of violating the state antitrust law in a building trust probe. Frank J. Fee was cleared. Clemency was recommended for John L. Knight.
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Associated Fresco
New York
Supreme Court
Building Trust
Charles A. Murphy
John L. Knight
Wells &. Newton Co
Frank J. Fee
Knight
Greece to Drive on Turks This Month
Greek forces in Asia Minor are reported to energetically prepare for a new offensive toward Eski Shehr, a key interior city about midway to Angora from Smyrna. The offensive is understood to begin late this month.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Eski Shehr
Angora
Smyrna
I R G E S Reorganization of Canadian Railways
T A Crerar leader of the Agrarian party in the house of commons told the Canadian club of Toronto that the government owned railroad system must be reorganized coast to coast to prevent another deficit of more than 60 million dollars last year.
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Associated Press
Toronto
T. A. Crerar
Agrarian Party
House of Commons Today
Canadian Club of Toronto
Italy Seizes Rich Czar Jewels From Red Envoy
Rome dispatch reports Italian authorities seized from the trunk of the Soviet envoy M Vorowski jewelry and treasures believed to have belonged to the czar of Russia. The haul included a gold pearl studded collar two tiaras a regal silver dinner set a numismatic collection Persian tapestries and vast gold and platinum furs. Customs said the riches rival those carried by the queen of Sheba.
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United Press
Rome
Russia
M. Vorowski
Italy
Czarina
Sheba
Student’s Fate Turns University Banquet to Memorial Service
Syracuse report: a freshman banquet became a memorial for James A. Gainey of Hudson New York who drowned in the Oswego canal while attempting to seize three sophomore officers for hostages. The canal was drained to recover the body after the night incident.
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United Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
James A. Gainey
Gainey
Hudson
Oswego
Gafney
Toranying
Flu Expected to Return In Mild Form Next Month
Dr Robertson warns influenza will recur starting April 15 with milder attacks after the 1919 Chicago outbreak. The disease brings high pneumonia mortality and is said to recur every 31 years, with about 66 weeks between waves, as a public health class for nurses is set for April 2.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Flealth
Robertson
Buffalo request sparks stamp order rush at forestry service
The forestry service received a flood of requests after offering buffalo, with a girl sending a two-cent stamp for a return buffalo. A farmer with 60 acres and five children sought a calf, while Stockmere and Wild West shows joined the rush, exhausting supplies.
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Thrifty
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Forestry Service
Stockmere
Wildwest
Molder Beaten by Des Moines Strikers
Des Moines march 22 a local iron molder Fred Shields 55 of Des Moines Foundry Machine Co was badly beaten by three men believed to be striking molders. He suffered three broken ribs and severe cuts and bruises after being assaulted and thrown from a car offering him a ride.
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United Press
Des Moines
Fred Shields
Des Moines Foundry & Machine Co
iShields
Shields
Maj Gen Wood to Retire from Army for University Post
Maj Gen Leonard Wood will retire from active Army duty to lead Pennsylvania University after Philippine returns, as learned at the War Department. Also mentions Courier delivery details and a customer service phone line for missed papers.
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Wood
Harding calls extra session to convene April 11
Washington March 22 President Harding issued a proclamation calling Congress into a special session at noon April 11 to receive executive communications. Tariff and tax revision will lead the agenda with other topics including transportation regulation packing and cog industries and immigration restrictions likely to be discussed.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Harding
Congress of the
United States
San
Fordney
Warren G.harding
United States of America
Washington
Wilson
Linsit
House ‘Ways and Means
Penrose
Smoot
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cence
Chinese Stowaways Transferred at Sea
Thirty four Chinese stowaways aboard the United States bound steamer China were transferred to the China bound liner Nile at seas and sent back to their native country. The transfer occurred calmly two days out from the Philippine islands as the China arrived yesterday, officers announced.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
China
Seas
Philippine Islands
Women Lives With Part of Spine Gone
Mrs. Max McVey, injured in a November automobile crash, has recovered enough to ride in a car. Surgeons removed three spinal vertebrae after a fractured vertebrae, a recovery once considered unlikely.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Max McVey
Fireworks Plant Blaze Destroys Reading Works Near Cincinnati
A series of explosions at the A. L. Due Fireworks company plant in Reading suburb rattled homes within two miles and sent skyrockets and bombs across a wide area, virtually destroying the plant as of today.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
A. L. Due Fireworks Company
Reading
City Engineer Shot at Council Meeting in Columbia
Glaude E. Brown chief city engineer was hospitalized with a bullet in his left eye after a fight at a Columbia city council meeting. Ira L. Davis councilman was bonded after being charged with shooting Brown.
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United Press
Columbia
Glaude. E. Brown
Ira L. Davis
Brown
Davis
Dry Agents Shot To Death In Texas Ranch Raid
Federal Prohibition Agents C. E. Beckett and Arch Woods were killed when a raid on a ranch near Paso, Texas, led to a volley of gunfire after approaching the house. Officers searched an auto, found nothing, and suspected retreating suspects fled toward the river into El Paso.
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Texas
Associated Presa
Paso
Tex
Mure
C. E. Beckett
Arch Woods
Nell T. Shearman
Relding
Beckett Land Woods
el Paso
Queen Marie Denies Plot to Doublecross Greek King
Queen Marie of Roumania denied reports she sought dethronement of King Constantine of Greece. She said the stories are false and urged refutation by The Associated Press upon her return to Athens. She warned abdication could cause discontent and disturbances.
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Marie
Tino
Greece
Associated Press
Athens
Roumania
Constantine
George
Elizabeth
Greve
Leeds Flies to Side of Princess Mother
Willliam Leeds defied telegraphic orders and flew from Nice toward Athens to visit his ailing mother Princess Anastasia. He had earlier completed the first London to Nice jump in an aviator’s costume and planned to proceed along the Mediterranean coast to Rome Brindisi and across the sea to Athens aiming for Wednesday night arrival.
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Paris
Willliam Leeds
Nice
Athens
Anastasia
Leeds
London
Mediterranean
Rome
Brindisi
Winter Lingers as Spring Proves Chill to Some Regions
Government weather experts report persistent winter conditions despite recent springlike warmth. Frost is forecast tonight in the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic states north of Virginia, with freezing temperatures across the North Atlantic states and near the Great Lakes tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast Adrift with Fresh Asphalt Cast Ashore
Fishermen report thousands of tons of fresh asphalt washed ashore along the Quintana Beach coast near Velasco Texas. Blankets of material 25 to 59 feet long and up to several feet thick stretched for miles on Sunday morning.
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Associated Press
Velasco
Tex
Quintana Beach
Gulf
Agreement Near For Packer Labor Mediation Effort
Washington March 22 A tentative pact between the five major meat packers and their employees appears close as a second joint conference with Secretary Davis nears. The plan reportedly keeps wage cuts in place, extends the Alschuler arbitration framework, and seeks an eight hour workday under industry conditions. Cabinet secrecy shields progress as Davis Hoover and Wallace confer with spokesmen.
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Associated Prats
Washington, m
Davis
Labor Department
Hoover
Wallace
Washington, D. C
Harding
Department.of Labor
Devis
White House
Americans on trial for Bergdoll arrest attempt
In Mosbach Baden on March 22, the trial of Americans Carl Neuf and Franz Zimmer for illegal authority and bodily injury accompanies four Germans—Gustave Stenger Fred Keim August Farmbach and Herr Hilfebrand—for alleged aiding and abetting in the attempt to arrest Grover C Bergdoll the American draft evader at Eberbach last January.
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Associated Presse
Mosbach
Baden
Carl Neuf
Franz Zimmer
Grover C. Bergdoll
Eberbach
Wag
Bergdoll
Neuf
Zimmer
Gustave Stenger
Fred Keim
August Farmbach
Herr Hilfebrand
Bryan Explains He Spoke in Past Tense
In Miami on March 22 Associated Press reports William Jennings Bryan clarified his remarks at a Young Women's Christian Association banquet. He asserted his earlier statement about his presidential aspirations was made in the past tense and that he would have been elected if women had voted.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Woman's Christian Association
Brram
Colorado launches largest battle ship on Delaware
Camden New Jersey March 22 The superdreadnought Colorado the largest and most powerful battleship ever built on the Delaware the great fighting machine was launched at the New York building corporation yard at 1245 p m today Mrs Ruth Nicholson Melville Denver daughter of United States Senator Samuel D Nicholson Colorado served as sponsor.
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Associated Press
Camden
N. J
Colorado
New Yorkbuilding Corporation
Ruth Nicholson Melville
Denver
United States
Samuel D. Nicholson
Prohibition Agents Resign in Chicago and Philadelphia
Resignations of Frank D. Richardson, supervising federal prohibition agent in Chicago, and Leo A. Crossen, supervising agent in Philadelphia, were announced by the Internal Revenue Bureau. The action comes as a notable shake up in enforcement leadership.
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Washington
Wv. C
Frank D. Richardson
Central Department of
Chicago
Leo A. Crossen
Philadelphia
Internal Revenue Bureau
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