100000 Men Not in Union Strike Hits Rail System
Federal reports indicate about 600000 coal miners quit last night to back wage contracts, including 500000 union and 100000 nonunion workers. Some miners stopped work in New York and other areas as strikes spread. Government says situation not yet critical. Kentucky continues production. Kansas miners ordered out. 13000 to remain to guard property. Canada expected to feel effects in the western regions.
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Iinoia
Kentucky
Kansas
Canada
F Ar
Waints
Irish Army Shifters Move to Mobilize in Secret Plan
A Belfast dispatch reports a republican committee ordered a secret mobilization of the Irish Republican Army for Sunday possibly aiming at violent action and a warning to the men from the provisional government. Additional reports note raids seizing explosives aboard an admiralty ship off the Irish coast. In Providence a local con artist saga explains the rise of the Shifters emblem business and a popular moral panic surrounding a youth fad.
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Associated Press
London
Daily Mail
Belfast
Republican Committee
Irish Republican Army
Provisional Government
London Times
Cork
Boy Killed as Bomb Strikes Donnelly Home in Belfast
A bomb aimed at laborer Donnelly’s house in Belfast killed his three year old son, severely injured his twelve year old son and injured an eleven year old daughter and Donnelly. Special Constable Hall, shot Thursday, died in hospital today.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Donnelly
Donelly
Hall
Troubled Irish History Enters Into New Phase
London reports a new phase in Irish history with the Free State bill reaching statute and the North South agreement plus imperial talks offering a path to unity. Churchill is hailed for the agreement, while Lloyd George is praised as the treaty hero. Doubts persist about Ulster tensions and de Valera followers amid cautious press warnings.
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Associated Press
London
Tlloyd George
Winston Spencer Churchill
Belfast
Churchill
House of Commons
Dublin
Michael Collins
Irish Provisional Government
James Craig
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
Eamon de Valera
Tex Rickard case prompts probe into attempted ransom
New York March 31 agents for the Children's Society were accused of trying to shake down Tex Rickard for fifty thousand dollars before his trial for assaulting a 15 year old girl. The report ties the affair to the promoter's recent acquittal and notes suspensions of the two agents announced by General Manager Coulter, as stated by Assistant District Attorney Pecora who prosecuted the case.
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Associated Press
New York
Children’s Society
Tex Rickard
Wis
Pecora
Rickard
Coulter
Society
Charles Grows Worse Amid Pneumonia Battle
FUNCHAL Madeira March 31 The condition of former Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary who is suffering from pneumonia today took a turn for the worse.
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Charles
Funchal
Madeira
Austria-Hungary
Harding Fires U S Engraving Bureau Leaders
President Harding used an executive order to remove James L. Wilmeth and other Bureau of Engraving and Printing executives for the good of the service. Louis A. Hill was named the new director and sworn in, with all vacancies filled as the bureau shifts to peacetime operation.
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Washington
James L. Wilmeth
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Harding
Louis A. Hill
Division of Engraving
Hill
South America States Show Business Gains
Washington March 31 In creased demand for export commodities in Argentina has been responsible for its continued economic situation in the right direction and noted in Brazil while Chile shows improvement and Peru and Mexico show little change according to reports to the Department of Commerce from agents in those countries. Argentina exports have increased generally and there is a notable rise in imports from the United States, Commercial Attache Feely reported.
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Associated Press
Washington
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Mexico
Department of Commerce
United States
Feely
Grande River Floods Valuable Farm Land
Grande River rises 19 feet above normal at Fort Gibson flooding hundreds of acres of productive land. Fort Gibson bottom, a leading potato growing area, suffers damage estimated in the thousands of dollars.
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Muskoger
Okla
Fort Gibson
Seven Hundred French Soldiers Killed in Morocco
A London Times dispatch from Huelva Spain dated March 31 reports seven hundred French soldiers killed or wounded in the Moulouya Valley Morocco after a surprise by tribesmen. The figures come from private advances received via the El Araish wireless station in Morocco.
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London
Moulouya
Morocco
London Times
Huelva
Spain
el Araish
Cotton Brokers Indicted in Bucket Charge in New York
Indictments issued against the American Cotton Exchange and six directors for bucketing orders. Named defendants include Randolph Rose Sr, G W Pratt, Agleo T Jenings, Martin Goulko, Edwin L Paton, and Raymond Palmer, each held on $1,000 bond. A second indictment charges the exchange as a corporation with crossing sales by contracts based on market quotes without intent to buy cotton.
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Associated Press
New York
John Doe
McAdoo
American Cotter Exchange
Randolph Rose Sr
Exchange
G. W. Pratt
Agleo T. Jenings
Martin Goulko
Edwin L. Pate Ton
Raymond Palmer
Rosalsky
Benjamin F. Schreiber
Exchange A8 A Corporation
House Passes Bill for Vets Hospitals
Washington March 31 An appropriation of 17000000 dollars to provide additional hospital facilities for war veterans would be authorized by a bill passed late today by the House without a record vote. The measure goes to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Mississippi River held by levees near Memphis
Memphis reports a raging flood as the swollen Mississippi, four to five miles wide in places, presses against levees from Cairo to Vicksburg. Government engineers monitor embankments while residents in lowlands evacuate. The crest may reach Memphis by tomorrow with levels around 43 feet, and Helena expected near 48 feet. Major Kerr says breakage is unlikely.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Mississippi River
Cairo
Vicksburg
Miss
Oldtown
Ark
L. R. Kerr
United States Engineer Force
White River District
Helena
Sinclair to Erect 25 80,000 Barrel Tanks
Chicago March 31 The Chicago Bridge and Iron Works announced it contracted to build for Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company twenty five 80,000 barrel storage tanks for erection at Mexia Texas Humbort Kan Healdton Okla and Cushing Okla The contract will require 7500 tons of steel plate This order brings total tanks to 105 80,000 barrel units totaling 8 4 million barrels or 350 million gallons Each tank 117 feet in diameter and 42 feet high
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Chicago
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works Today
Sinclair Crude
Mexia
Texas
Humbort
Kan
Healdton
Okla
Cushing
Sinclair Crudge Oi
Crawford Acquitted of Beating Charge in Dallas
J J Crawford, a former Dallas police officer, was acquitted by a criminal district court jury after 35 minutes of deliberation on a charge of aggravated assault connected with the flogging of Phillip Trethblum. The district attorney said false imprisonment charges would be dismissed if acquittal stands. Crawford will be reinstated to the police force, with Chief Elmo Strait maintaining no department member was involved.
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Associated Press
Dallas
J. J. Crawford
Criminal District Court
Phillip Trethblum
Maury Hughes
Crawford
Hughes
Elmo Strait
Mexico official seeks Texas aid to curb conspiracies
AUSTIN March 31 Associated Press Ferdinand Taigo, representing President Obregon of Mexico, conferred with Governor Neff about alleged conspiracies on the Texas side of the border against Obregon. He charged plotting against Obregon is taking place along the Texas border and sought Neff’s help to suppress it. Neff promised full assistance and to pursue arrests where possible.
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Associated Press
Austin
Perdinand Taigo
Obregon
Mexico
Neff
Texas
Repudiates Testimony in Weatherby Murder Case
George Hornsly, condemned to hang April 14 for Weatherby murder in Bell County, was moved to Austin after state witness Willie Carter repudiated his testimony. Hornsly is jailed in Travis County. Two Bell County women urged Governor Neff to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment.
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Austin
George Hornsly
Bell County
DJ. N. Weatherby
Willie Carter
Travis County
Neff
Hornsy
Warehouse Fire Destroys Haynesville Cotton Bales
Haynesville fire destroyed the Haynesville Mercantile Company warehouse, killing most of 700 bales of cotton. Loss estimated at 50,000 dollars with 40,000 dollars insured. About 40 percent of the cotton may be salvageable.
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Haynesville
Haynesville Mercantile Company
Jailbreak alarm as judge confronts escape attempt
In Corpus Christi on March 31 two Mexican boys tried to escape a jail. Guards used African American officers to block the exit. District Judge Walter Timon, awakened in the court building, ran into the corridor in pajamas with a pistol. A black guard near the door approached the street shouting a Ku Klux Klan warning, nearly causing panic.
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Corpus Christi
Walter Timon
County Court Term Extended to April 29
In Austin the Travis County criminal district court term was extended by Judge J R Hamilton to April 29. The grand jury said it would recess until April 10, delaying proceedings as the term wraps up.
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Austin
Travis County Criminal District Court
J. R. Hamilton
Change of venue in Lewellen murder case ordered
Belton Texas March 31 A pre trial change of venue to Williamson County was ordered on motion by Judge Blair of Bell County district court in the case of John Lewellen charged with killing John Zurevee in Temple in 1826.
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Belton
Texas
Williamson County
John Lewellen
John Zurevee
Temple
Blair
Bell County District Court
Turks Accept Allied Mediation Offer for Peace Talks
The Turkish government in Constantinople has accepted allied ministers’ suggested terms for peace between Greek and Turkish Nationalist forces in Asia Minor. Reservations are noted on terms.
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Hy Associated Press
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Neff Noncommittal On Fogging Investigation Reports
Austin March 81 The information obtained yesterday that state rangers and special agents are investigating the recent foggings in Dallas under Governor Neff was neither confirmed nor denied by the governor. He would not confirm or deny a report of a special legislative session soon to pass measures against similar acts and the operation of secret organizations purporting to enforce the law.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dallas
Neff
Ques
Senate adjourns to let members rest after long arms talks
Washington March 31 The Senate adjourned tonight until Monday at the request of members confined for weeks during the arms conference treaty considerations.
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Washington
Senate
Coal Price Fears Soft Despite Famine Talk
Washington reports limited alarm over coal shortage as March price fears ease. Officials say efforts to avert a national crisis continue while government negotiates with operators and miners to form a commission to resolve disputes amid White House discussions and church welfare council urging a new push.
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Washington
Miner Shot On Way To Work At Beaver Valley Coal Mine
Anthony Vagnine a non union miner in Bloomsburg Pa was shot from ambush on his way to work at the Beaver Valley Coal Company mine at Seatech Valley eight miles away. Doctors said the wound likely fatal. Union men at the mine had struck two days earlier over the discharge of a blacksmith. some non union workers remained.
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Bloomsburg
Anthony Vagnine
Beaver Valley Coal Company
Seatech Valley
Predated editions debunked by Panhandle readers
Panhandle readers reject the fake game of newspapers dating editions ahead of time. The Daily News is praised for publishing at 3 a.m. with the latest dispatches, while downstate papers push misleading afternoon editions. Public demand grows for The Daily News as the paper with timely news and features.
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Superior
Amarillo Daily News
Daily News
Panhandle
Amarillo
Down State
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