Mexican Federals Retreat Before Rebel Army Near Mazatlan
Dispatches say Mexican forces withdrew forty five miles north of Mazatlan before General Flores rebels. Bridges burned, forts built, and rail lines cut as federals pull back toward Mazatlan amid unrest linked to Obregon support. About 45 American women and children reportedly in Mazatlan with warships nearby. Governor De La Huerta accepts leadership of the constitutionalist army per Agua Prieta plan.
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Flores
Sinaloa
Mexico
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Mexico City
Republic
Profirio Gonzales
Linaires
Nuevo Leon
Michaacan
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Laredo
Texas
Nuevo Laredo
Nogales
Ariz
Apri
de la Huerta
Sonora
Agua Prieta
DeNegral
Nw York
Carranza
Southern Pacific Lines in Sonora and Sinaloa Restored to Company
The Sonora state government formally returned the Southern Pacific lines in Sonora and Sinaloa to the company. Trainmen relinquished demands and will rely on the company. Traffic is expected to resume immediately, preventing a shutdown of ten mines near Canoa as business had halted since April 9.
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Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Sonora
Mexico
Sinaloa
Canoa
Fire destroys Prestonburg business block in April blaze
A major fire in Prestonburg Kentucky today gutted 12 buildings starting in a grocery. Poor firefighting equipment hindered containment with estimates around 100000 dollars in losses and the blaze still active as townspeople joined the effort.
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Prestonburg
Protest to Allied Powers Over Japanse Railway Actions
April 26 report from the interallied railway board outlines a formal protest to the allied powers regarding Japanese forces in eastern Siberia. The Japanese statement asserts full execution of the interallied railway agreement and protection of the railway and its workers. The provisional government acknowledges allied agreements and seeks speedy traffic restoration, blaming only the Japanese command for recent difficulties, and looks to the board to guarantee railway safety.
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Allied
Supreme Court orders re argument on farm loan act case
Washington April 26 supreme court ordered a re argument of the case challenging the constitutionality of the farm loan act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thief abandons stolen Ford after chase near Mulberry
Frank Richey of 387 Richland Avenue chased a thief who seized his Ford roadster Saturday evening. The car plunged down a steep embankment near Mulberry Street and South Bridge before the thief disappeared. The vehicle was towed Sunday, badly damaged, with no clue to the culprit. a college prank theory is suggested.
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Frank Richey
Richland Avenue
Mulberry Street
South Bridge
University Terrace
Court Street
Mulberry
Court
Wave Kills Six at Champerico Wharf
A huge wave swept over a Champerico wharf killing six people and destroying more than 6000 bags of coffee bound for San Francisco along with many bales of merchandise.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Champerico
Guatemala
San Francisco
French find huge stock of munitions near Hanau
Paris April 26 The Temps reports large quantities of arms and munitions discovered by French cavalry entering Hanau east of Frankfort. The material was labeled army of the west.
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Paris
Hanau
Frankfort
Temps
Army of the West
Paris council rejects army change until Versailles terms met
The council of premiers refused to discuss modifying Germany's army requirements until the principal Versailles treaty terms are fulfilled. A foreign office note said the allies would confer with German representatives on Germany's internal situation. It listed alleged evasions and declared the Entente determined to enforce the peace as in wartime.
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Paris
Council of Premiers
Germany
Foreign Office
Girls to decide gingham wear at Ohio State
Ohio State University women push for equal right to wear gingham on campus. Men plan to stick with old clothes but the issue is to be settled at a mass meeting Tuesday evening in the home economics building.
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Columbus
Ohio
State University
Home Economics
Manhunt Begins in Turtle Lake Slaying Case
Officials launched a manhunt in Turtle Lake North Dakota after seven people were murdered during a robbery attempt. Jacob Wolf his wife their four daughters a hired man died. an eight month old baby survived in a neighbor’s crib.
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Turtle Lake
N. D
Jacob Wolf
Pfeifer to Lead Ohio Fair Price Campaign Plan
Department of justice officials expect John Pfeifer the new Ohio fair price commissioner to arrive for a conference on reducing living costs. Captain Thomas H. Morrow will accompany him. Plans call for fair price committees in Columbus Cincinnati Dayton Springfield Steubenville Portsmouth Marietta Cleveland Akron Toledo Youngstown and additional cities to form district nuclei.
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Washington
Department of Justice
John Pfeifer
Ohio
Department
Thomas H. Morrow
Cincinnati
Pfeifer
Columbus
Dayton
Springfield
Steubenville
Portsmouth
Marietta
Cleveland
Akron
Toledo
Youngstown
Ohio voters set to choose delegates in Republican primary
Cleveland reports indicate Ohio will likely award 38 of 48 Republican delegates to Warren G Harding with General Leonard Wood taking the rest. Voters will cast two ballots tomorrow, one for presidential preference and one for delegates, though first ballots are nonbinding.
Supreme Court orders dissolution of Reading coal trust
The court ruled the Reading Holding Company and allied lines violated anti trust laws by combining railroad and coal interests to control the anthracite supply. In a four to three decision the Reading, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal Company merger was dissolved, with Justices White Holmes and Vandeverter dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Reading Railroad
Reading
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Pennsyvania
Reading Holding Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Lehigh On Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Reading and Associated Lines
Legislaion
Pennsylvania
Department of Justice
Second Enoch Arden Romance in Early Days of Athens Co
A historical Athens county case from 1829 tells how Timothy Wilkins vanished after crossing the river. A rumored sighting in 1834 led to a confrontation where his wife chose the first husband, but Wilkins had staged the disappearance to conceal debts. He later paid all debts and moved south with his wife after restoring the bond.
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Enoch Arden
Athens
Columbus
Athens County
Timothy Wilkins
Wilkins
Secon
Goodrich
New Orleans
Five Hundred French Casualties in Urfa Evacuation
April 26 dispatch from Constantinople reports five hundred French troops wiped out during the Urfa evacuation in northwest Mesopotamia. American relief workers including Mrs. Richard Mansfield are reported safe.
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Constantinople
Urfa
Mesopotamia
Richard Mansfield
Forest Fire Devastates Kamo District In Japan
Scores of people killed and about 25009 acres of timber land burned in the Kamo district, Hiroshime prefecture, according to a Tokio cable received by Nippu Jiji. The report cites widespread destruction and high casualty figures.
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Honolulu
T. H
Kamo District
Hiroshime Perfecture
Tokio
Nippu Jiji
Curtis Publishing Cuts Circulation Across Markets
Paper shortages force Curtis Publishing Co to trim United States circulation by 10 percent and suspend Canada sales. The Ladies' Home Journal The Saturday Evening Post and The Country Gentleman will resume later issues when paper becomes available as mail subscriptions only.
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Treasury
Curtis Publishing Co
United States
Canada
Ladies’ Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
The
Country Gentleman
Curtis
Ohio convict escapes from brick plant at Columbus
John Joseph Smith of Cuyahoga county was not among the penitentiary faithful today as he walked away from the brick plant Sunday. Smith was serving a sentence for pocket picking in Ohio.
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Columbus
John Joseph Smith
Cuyahoga County
Ohio Penitentiary
Smith
Labor leader Gompers denounces Lever Act and campaigns
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor denounces the Lever Act the eat cheap meat cuts campaign the railroad strike and independent labor parties in Cleveland urging organized labor to defeat candidates antagonistic to workers interests Hoover is the only presidential candidate named He opposes the Lever Act while supporting lawful strikes and criticizes the Cummins Esch railroad bill for anti strike and dividend guarantees.
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Cleveland
Samuel Gompers
American Federation Labor
Gompers
Organized Labor
Nerbert Hoover
Loover
Cummins-Esch
Buffalo harbor tied up by strike members in grain trade
Buffalo harbor shipping halted as tug firemen linemen and grain shovelers strike. Grain cannot be unloaded and large vessels cannot enter. Shovelers refuse Lake Carriers Association new bargaining terms.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Harbor
Lake Carriers Association
Essad Pasha supporters overthrow Albanian government
A Florina dispatch via Athens reports Essad Pasha supporters have toppled the Albanian government at Tyrinia near Croia and seized several nearby towns, signaling a dramatic shift in control in the region.
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London
Essad Pasha
Tyrinia
Croia
Florina
Athens
Ohio primary turnout eyed as voters weigh Hoover and Johnson
Columbus April 26. With the presidential primary near officials predict a heavy Republican vote Tuesday in Ohio while Democrats expect a light showing due to no contests. Wood and Harding camps claim momentum. Wood seeks to break Harding's big four slate and win eight district delegates. Hoover and Johnson expected to draw support on Republican ballots. State records clarify write in rules to avoid cross party counting.
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Columbus
Smith
Hoover
Ohio
Cleveland Miners Seek 41 Demands at Scale Conference
In Cleveland on April 26 strong opposition was expected from local coal operators to 41 demands by Ohio miners at the scale conference. The list includes a May 1 holiday weekly pay, mine improvements and free coal for miners families. Operators say many clauses are already covered by the November settlement.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Supreme Court again delays ruling on legislative ban
The Supreme Court failed to hand down a decision on the validity of the legislative prohibition. The court announced a recess from Monday, May and May 17.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congressman Foster Plans Home Visit Before Primary
Congressman I. M. Foster returns from Washington to cast his vote in the presidential primaries and confer with friends. He expects a short June vacation, while the length of the current session remains in doubt. He declined two spring trips deemed junkets to Panama and to China Japan and the Far East. The House will decide the World War bonus on May 3 with discussions over amount and funding. Foster aided coal car supplies for his district and pressed Interstate Commerce Commission meetings to improve coal transportation amid a switchmen strike.
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I. M. Foster
Washington
Foster
League of Nations
Wilson
Congress
Panama
China
Japan
Far East
House
Congressman Foster
Interstate Commerce Commission
San Remo ends with Armenian mandate question likely resolved
At San Remo Premiers expect to finish questions and resume in Paris next month. The council decided to offer the Armenian mandate to the United States and have Wilson set its boundaries. Washington reports say the US is unlikely to accept the mandate and Congress is wary of Armenian funding needs.
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Council OF Premiers
United Press
San Remo
Germany
Paris
Council
Armenia
United States
Wilson T
Ezerum
Turkey
Mandate of Palestine
Great Britain
France
Syria
Palestine
Jordan River
Washington
Allied Supreme Council
Wilson
White House
Congress
Harbord
Government of Nations
Senate
Notable arrests in Sandusky alcohol theft case bail set
William Dodger Anaton and Carl Smalher Peter Kron Vanderst Theodore and John Herzog George Kaferly and William Stigler pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday afternoon and were released on $1,500 bail following their arrest in the Sandusky alcohol theft case.
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Toledo
William Dodger
Anaton
Carl Smalher
Peter Kron Vanderst
Theodore
John Herzog
George Kaferly
William Stigler
Sandusky
Dance Tonight at Hayles Hall
Tonight at Hayles Hall a dance takes place at eight o'clock with admission set at 25 cents. Numbers and venue preserved from the readable text.
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Hayles Hall
Students object to overall craze at George Washington
Washington April 26. Faculty and students at George Washington University formed an organization to oppose the overalls fad. They argue the trend raises costs for workers and pledge to wear their clothes long. The group includes deans who take an oath to wear their clothes until they wear out.
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Washington
George Washington University
French Note Demands Versailles Terms At Foreign Office
An afternoon dispatch from the French foreign office states Paris demands immediate execution of the Versailles treaty. It centers on disarmament indemnities and coal deliveries and threatens to extend the occupation of German territory if refused.
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Paris
Council of Premiers
Albany Opera House Notice for Tuesday Event
Albany invites the public to a Tuesday evening gathering at the Albany Opera House on April 27 with friends encouraged and a committee order confirming the event.
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Albany Opera House
Reading Railroad dissolution sparks stock surge and coal assets
New York April 26. The stock market rose across standard railroad stocks after the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the Reading Railroad and its coal auxiliaries. Reading gains reached 53 4, with other railroads, especially those with coal assets, advancing in sympathy. Traders note potential gains from converting coal holdings into cash or stock and compare to past Standard Oil and American Tobacco breakups.
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Standard Railroad
Supreme Court
Reading Railroad
Reading
Standard Oil
American Tobacco Companies
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