Ruhr Rebels Halt German Forces as 300 Die
London reports that more than 300 Ruhr Reds were killed as German Reichswehr pressed an offensive near Pelkum. Berlin dispatch notes Reichswehr lines about 15 miles north of Essen with heavy artillery and tanks, while Bolshevik resistance remains stubborn in the Wanne district.
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Ruhr
Ebert
London
Pelkum
Berlin
Paris
Reichswher
Essen
Foreign Office
Bottrop
Herne
Dottlen
Werop
Unna
Neas
Wuertemburg
Wanne
Farmer Can Name Own Selling Price in Flood Case
Joseph A. Shade, a Green county farmer, won a verdict against the Miami conservancy district over land valuation for flood protection. Initial appraisal was $190 per acre, a jury set $280, the court of appeals $303.33, and the supreme court upheld Shade’s position.
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Columbus
Joseph A. Shade
Green County
Miami Conservancy District
Shade
Conservancy District
Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Knights Templar Praise Nelsonville Hospitality
Forty six Sir Knights and their ladies attended services at the First Methodist church in Nelsonville and were entertained at dinner. They praise Commander Scott and his associates for the royal hospitality and say nothing was left undone to please the visitors.
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Knights Templar
Knights of
Vladivostok Occupied by Japanese After Eight Hours Fighting
Japanese troops have seized Vladivostok after eight hours of fighting, dispatched by News Agency. Russian Social-Revolutionaries claimed control following the defeat of Admiral Kolchak’s anti-Soviet government. Japan appears to have accepted a plan to hand administration to a Moscow Russian Soviet representative. The reason for occupation was not stated.
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London
Vladivostok
Admiral Kolchak
Moscow
Workers Demands Being Considered in Akron Session
Representatives of the carmen's union and Northern Ohio Traction officials met in Akron to decide on demands filed Monday. The union seeks 80 cents an hour for an eight hour day and a closed shop, while current pay is 48 cents an hour for a ten hour day under open shop conditions. The company has until May 1 to reach an agreement.
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Akron
Carmen’s Union
Northern Ohio Traction
Carmen
Senate panel authorizes $1 million for San Francisco naval base
The senate naval affairs committee authorized a $1,000,000 appropriation for constructing a modern naval base at San Francisco. The action highlights push for expanded Pacific defense facilities.
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Washington
San Francisco
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Dodge lifts mortgages on the old home in Nile
Joseph S. Tuttle, retired merchant and former Sunday school teacher of the late John Dodge, will not lose his Nile home after Dodge’s death. Attorney H. T. Bloomer informed that all mortgages were lifted and Tuttle may remain in the house for life with a substantial allowance.
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Nile, Mich
Joseph S. Tuttle
John Dodge
Dodge
New York
Tuttle
H. T. Bloomer
Hotel Statler Wins Baggage Loss Case
Ohio Supreme Court rules hotels are not liable for baggage left after checkout. The decision sustains a Cleveland hotel’s appeal and overturns a $150 judgment to Morris Saffir for a trunk lost at Hotel Statler.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Statler
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Morris Saffir
Strikes Continue As 500 Yardmen Fill Switchmen Posts
Chicago April 6 The labor union strike by Chicago yardmen widens as 500 yardmen brought from outside fill striker positions. Officials say 2500 to 14000 switchmen are out. packing plants warn livestock transport must normalize or plants may close. Negotiations over wage increases proceed amid legal disputes with union leaders.
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Chicago
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen
Switchmen's Union of North America
Campaign to halt baby selling expansion in Utah
In Salt Lake City on April 6 Judge Hugh B. Anderson of the juvenile court launched a campaign to prevent extending the practice of selling babies. He cited widespread transfers of infants between mothers and women seeking children, proposing a legal process to formalize such transfers and a state group to push legislation and public opinion against selling babies as real estate.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Hugh B. Anderson
Juvenile Court
Anderson
Pershing Boom Depends on Nebraska Primary Action
The draft notes that Pershing, shown in civilian clothes with his son Warren five years ago, rests his presidential candidacy on Nebraska's April 20 primaries. It marks the first time his name appears at presidential primaries.
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Pershng
Warren
Pershing
Persh .G
Nebraska
Johnson Holds Big Michigan Lead For GOP Nomination
Detroit dispatch reports Senator Hiram Johnson leading in Michigan with 104 802 votes to 60 275 for General Wood from 1120 of 2421 precincts. Lowden Hoover duel for third place. Edwards leads Hoover in Wayne County. Delegates to national convention to be decided later in state conventions.
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Detroit
Mich
Hiram Johnson
Michigan
Johnson
Ceneral Wood
Lowden
Hoover
Wayne County
Edwards
Palmer
New York
Senator Johnson
General Wood
Herbert Hoover
Women in Ohio primaries may bar vote by referendum
Ohio voters may be kept from the polls at the April 27 presidential primaries if a Reynolds act referendum gathers enough signatures. John S. Dantfel of Cincinnati, head of the anti suffrage group, reports petitions near 58 000 signatures from most counties will be filed to challenge the law.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Smith
John S. Dantfel
Cincinnati
Ohio Anti-Woman Suffrage League
Druffels
Price
Anti-cuffrage League
Bland Charges MPs Used Strong Arm Methods in Paris
Representative Bland of Indiana testified before a War Department committee, accusing American military police in the Paris district of employing blood thirsty and strong arm methods against soldiers during the war.
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Washington
Paris
Bland
Indiana
War Department
Action of Britain to Be Awaited
The United States said it will await indications of Britain's and Italy's stance before acting on the French advance into German territory. If Britain and Italy do not actively support France, they may refrain from opposing occupation of Frankfurt and Warmstadt. The supreme council was to meet, with the US sympathetic to France's attitude but not endorsing the French move.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Frankfort
Warmstadt
Altho
State Department
France
Wallace
Paris
Supreme Council
Industrial program for UOFC lunch promotes local industry
The midweek Chamber of Commerce lunch features J. H. Grayson Manufacturing Co. maker of Ray-Glo gas fire. A Ray-Glo stove demo and talks by Rev. Dr. Strecker and Charles Harbison highlight Athens industrial growth with a final plant visit by auto. No stock or sales pitch.
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Chamber of Commerce
Athens
J. H. Grayson Manufacturing Co
Strecker
Marietta
Clemency Board Hears 140 Cases at Ohio Prison
The board of clemency at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus heard 140 cases. Favorable action was taken on Louis Owings and J Bishard of Jersey County for burglary.
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Columbus
Board of Clemency of the
Ohio Penitentiary
Louis Owings
J. Bishard
Juernsey County
Labor reads are attacked in Cleveland strikes
Two automobile loads of men hunted last night for assaulting three officials of the Cleveland Federation of Labor. John Henry was shot in the leg, Thomas Flynn was beaten on the head with beer bottles, and Walter Clem escaped with slight injuries. The assailants scattered when one of their number fired.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Federation of Labor
John Henry
van Drivers’ Union
Thomas Flynn
Truck Drivers’ Union
Walter Clem
Ice Drivers’ Union
Henty
Clashes Reported in Dublin After Sinn Fein Meeting
Dublin tension rose after soldiers raided a Sinn Fein meeting and arrested four men. A crowd blocked a street as troops moved prisoners, and an armored car fired into the air. Over outbreaks across 27 counties, police barracks and tax offices burned. Patrick O Connell was wounded and blinded in one eye after a mock execution.
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Webl
C. Miller
United Press Staff
Dublin
Sinn
Ballyheigue
County Kerry
Patrick O'Connell
Sinn Fein
O‘connell
O'Connell
Lloyd George Gave His Consent Says Paris Report
Paris reports that French Premier Millerand secured consent from Prime Minister Lloyd George before ordering troops to occupy Darmstadt and Frankfort. Marcel Hutin, writing in Echo de Paris, stated the British government sought no German retaliation.
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Paris
Millerand
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Darmstadt
Frankfort
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Hutin
Miners in Cambridge Idle Over Wage Scale
Dissatisfied day men in Cambridge mines have halted work across the district over the wage scale. Lee Hall, vice president of the Ohio miners, says assistance will come to Cambridge to seek a settlement. Day men include engineers, firemen, drivers and motormen, with increases of 20 percent for some workers and 34.28 percent for others.
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Columbus
Cambridge
Lee Hall
Ohio Miners
Hall
Windlay City Adopts Daylight Saving Ordinance
Findlay Ohio April 6 The Windlay city council passed the daylight saving ordinance to take effect Saturday night at midnight with the change to apply across the city.
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Findlay
Windlay Csty
New York delegates split in early primary scene
In New York and Wisconsin the race for national convention delegates began. Republicans face largely unopposed New York slate with Johnson and Hoover contenders contesting some districts. Wood faction seeks pledged delegates. Democratic field shows McAdoo Palmer Edwards options with unclear outcomes.
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New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chicago
Johnson
New York City
Hoover
Wm. Bennett
Col. Wm. Thompson
Nathan L. Miller
United States
Wm.Wilder
James W. Wadsworth
Wood Organization
Woodmen
Ohio
Wm McAdoo
Mitchell Palmer
Edwards
New Jersey
Robert LaFollette
Ohio population near 6,500,000 in 1920 census forecast
Cleveland reports the 1920 census will place Ohio population at about 6,500,000, up from 4,767,121 in 1910. Twelve Ohio cities announced show growth from 810,881 to 1,118,155, led by Warren with 144 percent. Average growth for these cities is 37.75 percent.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Warren
Thousands of Illinois Kansas coal miners idle in wage protests
Chicago April 6 Numerous coal mines in Illinois and Kansas were idle today as miners struck over wage awards. Some 50 000 miners were out, with 3000 at Madison quitting yesterday and 2000 at Kansas mines walking off. Leaders and operators have been summoned before the Kansas state industrial court at Pittsburgh Kansas.
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Chicago
Illinois
Kansas
Madison
Kansas State Industrial Court
Pittsburgh
Wood Backers Confident On Upstate Michigan Vote
In Chicago on April 6 Col William Proctor, chairman of the national Wood campaign committee, said late reports from Michigan upstate favor their candidate in the preferential presidential race and voiced hope to overcome Detroit's heavy vote.
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Chicago
Wood
Michigan
Wolverine
Col. Wm. Proctor
National Wood Campaign Committee
Detroit
Regular meeting Athens Encampment No. 175 I O O F notice
Regular meeting at Athens Encampment No. 175 I O O F on Tuesday evening April 6. Work in the Royal Purple Degree. Two candidates proposed. Refreshments served. WM Griffith, Sec.
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Athens
WM. Griffith
French troops seize Frankfort and Darmstadt amid Paris control
Paris reports French forces entered Frankfort and Darmstadt at 5 a.m. with little resistance as German garrisons retreated or surrendered. A state of siege is declared, public services under French censorship, and weapons to city hall. Proclamation warns of court martial for violations.
Proclamation by DeCoutte Seizes German Cities
General DeCoutte proclaims siege in Frankfort Darmstadt Offenbach Koenigstein Dieburg Grassgerau Langenschaalbach and Wurttemberg towns. French control extends to utilities with censorship on telegraphs telephones and post. Public meetings banned and weapons must be surrendered to city halls. military courts will punish breaches.
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Paris
DeCoutte
Frankfort
Darmsdal
Offenbach
Hoechscht
Koenigsteid
Dieburg
Grassgerau
Langenschaalbach
Witsbaden
Governor Cox to Attend Anne Hilby Wedding in Montgomery
Governor Cox will leave Columbus tonight for Montgomery Alabama to attend Thursday’s wedding of Anne Hilby. The bride to be is related to Mrs. Cox.
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Columbus
Cox
Montgomery
Ala
Anne Hilby
Pickets Held Under Heavy Bond At British Embassy
Two more women picketing the British embassy in Washington were arrested on a federal statute ban on offering violence to a foreign ambassador. Bond set at 1000 dollars. others named Helen O'Brien and Catherine O'Brien were among those detained after refusing police orders to stop. Honorah Welsh and Elaine Barrie identified themselves during processing.
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Washington
Helen O’brien
St. Louis
Catherine O'Brien
Philadelphia
Doyle
Honorah Welsh
Germantown
Elaine Barrie
Judge to probe Mary Pickford divorce inquiry in Nevada
Judge Langan who granted Mary Pickford's divorce announces at Attorney General Fowler's office that a special committee will be appointed to investigate the entire matter. The move signals a thorough probe into the decree and related proceedings in Carson City Nevada.
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Carson City
Nev
Mary Pickford
Langan
Fowler
Milwaukee Election: Anti Socialists Rally as Socialist Mayor Fights
In Milwaukee on April 6 a coalition of parties aimed to defeat the socialists in elections. Early returns showed a record vote with fair weather, though betting favored the socialists led by Mayor Daniel W. Hoan who was seeking re election.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Daniel W. Hoan
Embargo on Freight Strikes Continues in New York
New York reports the freight embargo remains in effect due to harbor worker strikes. Rail officials expect possible resumption by Monday but face shortages of tug and lighter crews at Jersey and Manhattan piers. Ferries run near normally. milk fruit and vegetables delayed via emergency routes. Union leaders note only a fraction of workers joined the strike. B P O E notices a regular meeting at 7 30 with installation of officers.
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New York
Jersey
Manhattan
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