Chicago rail strike spreads halting traffic across 25 railways
An unauthorized railroad strike in Chicago has shut down about twenty five railroads and left over fifty thousand workers idle. Unionists and rival groups clash over leadership while major lines struggle to restore service as wage demands rise.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Champaign
Brotherhood of Engineers
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Chicago Terminal
Brotherhood
Weather forecast for Southwest states action
Denver Cole reports New Mexico sees Thursday and Friday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Arizona expects Thursday and possibly Friday fair weather with little temperature variation.
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Denver
Cole
New Mexico
Arizona
University Weather Summary Ends Day with Clear Skies
The local university reported the past twenty four hours ending 6 PM yesterday with clear conditions. Temperatures reached a high around 12 to 24 degrees, humidity rose to 2 percent at 6 AM and again at 6 PM, precipitation was minimal, wind peaked around 20 mph from the southwest.
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Coperes
Nevada to sue to set aside Pickford divorce
Reno April 7 A suit to set aside the divorce decree granted to Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks will be filed next week by Deputy Attorney General Robert Richards. He cites alleged collusion and conspiracy and argues the court lacked jurisdiction due to insufficient residence of the parties. Attorney General Fowler plans a separate suit around mid next week.
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Pickford
Geneal Richards
Fowler
Clashes Reported Between Moslems and Jews in Jerusalem
Dispatch from Cairo dated April 7 describes clashes at Jerusalem during religious processions. Despite calm among some groups, bands of Muslims and Jews fought at the Jaffa Gate and in narrow streets. British soldiers intervened but later disturbances caused casualties likely evenly split between sides.
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Ereeie
Seowee
Cairo
Egypt
Apri
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Former Arizona Governor Hunt Called a Pretty Good Wobbly
Testimony at the Harry E. Wootton kidnapping trial in Bisbee references George W. P. Hunt as a “pretty good wobbly” per Mrs. Margaret Bentley. Other Bisbee residents recount threats and tensions during the July 12 1917 deportations amid labor strike activity.
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WY Morning Journal
Tombstone
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Margaret Bentley
Bisbee
Harry E. Wootton
Connecion
Nellie Hoy
Bishee
Percy J. Walton
Colored French Troops Fire On Crowd at Frankfort
A tense scene in Frankfort ended with colored French soldiers firing on a crowd. Two people lay dead and many injured as a machine gun was turned on the assemblage amid rising civilian resentment.
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Frankfort
Berlin Reports Note to Paris on French Troop Withdrawal
Telegraph bulletin from April 7 reports Berlin seeking Paris response to withdrawal of French forces from Frankfort amid clashes between French troops and civilians. Casualties stated include seven dead and numerous wounded. rumors of U S protest circulate as unrest spreads through Frankfort and Ruhr.
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Berlin
Paris
Perlin
Associated Press
Frankfort
United States
France
Mayence
Degoutte
Ruhe
Ruhr
Htuler
Reichoweler
Kapp
von Luettwits
Noted Bayfield Manslaughter Sentencing In Turbulent Case
Durango Colorado April 7 A 17 year old girl was sentenced by Judge W N Leary to the state industrial school for girls until age 21 after a manslaughter conviction. Bayfield man 25 Bay was killed January 29 on a Bayfield street. The judge expressed sympathy for both families and said the jury acted under provocation but without self defense. He warned that killing under provocation and carrying weapons leads to serious crime.
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Morning Journal
Orenteh Essen
Durango
Colo
Caroline Jones
Carthy
Bayfield
Juder W.N. Leary
Stte Industrial School
Bay
Sid Bay
Beary
Gil
United States
Delegates at Large Favor La Follette Victory
Milwaukee report shows results from over 200 precincts across about half of Wisconsin counties indicating delegates at large to the Republican national convention favor Senator Robert M La Follette. The early returns suggest La Follette leads the delegate race following yesterday's voting.
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LA Follette
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert M. LaVollette
2500 Switchmen Strike in Kansas City Yards At Midnight
Kansas City April 7 2500 switchmen on all railroads entering the city except Chicago Milwaukee and Pacific struck at midnight RF McLaughlin secretary of the Brotherhood of Mallway Trainmen for the Kansas City Southern estimated the number out at midnight. The move not in sympathy with Chicago switchmen but organizers say a set of demands based on Chicago schedule will be drafted at a meeting tomorrow. Brotherhood officials said the strike was wholly without the sanction of the organization.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Engineers
Brotherhood of Firemen
Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad Board
Wilson
National Enginemen’s Association
Brotherhood of Engineers and Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Chicago Yardmen's Association
Aba
Kansas City
Mock Island
Pacific
RF. McLaughlin
Brotherhood of Mallway
Kansas City Southern
Burke
Brotherhood
Barnare Jaw Injury Shreveport incident hits Pirates shortstop
Walters Barnare, shortstop for the Pittsburgh National League baseball club, was severely injured this afternoon in Shreveport Louisiana when struck on the jaw by a pitched ball.
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Barnare
Shreveport
Walter Barnare
Pittsburgh
Navy commander defends 1917 readiness before Senate
Admiral Rodman, commander of the Pacific fleet, testified at the Sims Daniels inquiry that the navy was ready to fight in spring 1917 and denied claims of unpreparedness. He praised the fleet’s service with the Grand Fleet and condemned Sims for breaches of confidence and indiscreet statements.
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Morning Journal
Reciak Leberge
Washington
Senate
Sims-Daniels
Admiral Rodman
Pacific Fleet
Admiral Sims
Hia
Aetter
Rodman
Sims
Daniels
Benson
London
Four Die and Fifteen Hurt in Nitrator Plant Blast
A blast at the Actua Explosives plant in Fayville near Corning killed four workers Wayne Yates Pete Howard Ed Ramsey and George Sullivan and injured fifteen others. Windows shattered across the village from debris while the nitrator building was wrecked and bodies remained unclaimed at night.
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Cairo
Actua Explosives Company
Ait Fayville
Here
Wayne Yates
Pete Howard
Ed Ramsey
George Sullivan
Hoover asked to accept Democratic nomination for president
Boston April 7 Chandler M Wood chairman of the Democratic state executive committee releases a letter to Herbert Hoover asking if he would accept the Democratic nomination for president if offered. Wood notes his role in the Hoover Democratic Club of Massachusetts and quotes Hoover’s alleged statement on a Republican ticket.
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Morning Journal
Boston
Mass
Chandler M. Wood
Democratic State Committee
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Wood
Hoover Democratic Club of
Massachusetts
Demand That Barrows Retract or Resign
Irwin Post of the American Legion in San Francisco publicized resolutions urging Dr. David Barrows president of the University of California to resign as head of the California Legion or retract statements opposing the veterans bonus plan before Congress.
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Owen
Lesefo Wee
Francisco
Calif
David Parrows
University of California
American Legion
California
Congress
Irwin Post
Legion
Pickets use Colby quotes at Irish freedom protest in Washington
Irish pickets in Washington displayed banners bearing quotations attributed to Secretary Colby from a 1916 Carnegie Hall address. They moved protests from the British embassy to the state department during peak work hours and faced brief police presence before resuming patrols advising next trial date for four arrested pickets.
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Washington
Colby
State Department
England
Ireland
Carnegie Hall
New York
United States
Richardson
Great Britain
Fionald C. Lindsay
Exhibition Games Morning Journal Specs
Report summarizes scattered exhibition game notes and battery pairings from teams in multiple cities including Shreveport New Orleans Louisville and St Louis with players and lineups listed across April 7. Details include team matchups scores and pitchers or battery choices as recorded by the Morning Journal.
Adjustment near in Sonora Otay strike seeks railway move
Nogales Arizona April 7 Speedy settlement of the Bonora strike in southern Mexico looms as Governor Adolfo De La Huerta and General Cates confer with railroad officials. They seek to reopen Bonora Division trains to relieve losses to shippers and growers of perishables. trucks bring tomatoes from a line abandoned south of the border. The walkout remains nonviolent with no property damage or drunkenness reported.
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Morning Journal
Epeciag
Nogates
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Mexico
Bonora
Adolfo de la Huerta
P. Vilas Callies
Cates
Hermostile
Nogales
Explosion Wrecks Cafe Killing Dozens in Ponca City
A night blast at a cafe in Ponca City Oklahoma killed thirty two people and wounded many others in a rooming house over the cafe. The cause is unknown and eyewitness reports say the town was shaken with windows shattered.
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Viehia
Kans
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Friday Set to Vote on Resolution 10 Declaring Peace
Leaders in the House move to take hasty action and officially end the war with Germany as Resolution 10 is set for a Friday vote. The measure aims to declare peace and conclude hostilities.
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Tor Taning
House Law
Germany
Minority Report Challenges End of War Resolution
The House faced a heated floor battle as Republicans set a Friday vote on a resolution to end the war with Germany. Representative Flood argued the measure oversteps congressional powers and could destabilize foreign relations, noting the president never declared a legal end to the war.
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Ly Morning Journal
Washington
House
Germany
Rules Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Representative Flood
Virginia
Congress
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Supreme Court
Kentucky
U S Troops Evacuate Siberia Complete Departure
Brig Gen William Graves with 30 officers and 500 men arrived in Manila as the Great Northern carried the last contingent of American troops from Siberia. The South Bend later landed 1600 troops and 119 war brides, closing the evacuation from Vladivostok.
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JQUAN
Manila
William
Graves
Siberia
Great Northern
Valdivostok
South Bend
Vladivostok
Associated Press
William & Graves
Coast League Unnies Townean Srecial eaaeD
Unclear coast league note from Los Angeles with eleven innings. Batter names Regan HK Arlett Kre mer Mige Crandall Lassler appear for a game. Salt Lake City Utah April 7 shown with Sutherland Baker Koehler Leverend Thurston Jenkins batteries.
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Angeles
Calif
Reore
Mkland
Los Angeles
A Eel G
Regan
Arlett
Kremer
Mige
Crandall and
Lassler
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cere
Sutherland Ae Baker
Koehler
Leverend
Thurston and Jenkins
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