Border Patrol Monitors Mexican Troop Movements
Twenty five US army planes patrolled the border between El Paso Texas and Douglas Arizona watching Mexican federal and revolutionary forces. A balloon from Camp Langley Virginia will be stationed over Camp Bienno near El Paso.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States Army
el Paso
Texas
Douglas
Arizona
Camp Langley
Virginia
Border Service
Camp Bienno
Fractures Arm While Papering in Albany Area
Sardin Bowman an elderly Civil War veteran was injured while papering at Ney Carpenter's home near Albany. He fell striking his right elbow on a stone step, and an X ray in Athens showed a severe fracture. He was taken to Athens for examination and later returned home south of Albany.
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Albany
Sardin Bowman
Athens
Stanley
Here
Bowman
Ney Carpenter
Carpenter
Villa Seen Behind Chihuahua Desertions fueling Mexican revolt
Reports from Washington state that Pancho Villa orchestrated desertions of Mexican federal troops in Chihuahua City. Observers note Villa has pledged support to Sonora Governor De La Huerta and aims to halt Carranza forces from an eastern push, potentially leading toward Mexico City if plans succeed.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mexico City
Guadalarra
Zamora
Michoacan
Enrique Ramerez
la Prieda
la Cruz
Jiminez
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Carranza
el Paso
Washington
State Department
Pancho Villa
Alvarado
Obregon
Villa
de la Huerta
Sonora
Senate panel to probe print paper brokers profiteering
Washington April 90. The senate manufacturers sub committee will call nearly a score of brokers and dealers, mostly from New York, after a thorough investigation of charges that print paper brokers are profiteering. Senator Reed of Missouri chairs the inquiry.
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Washington
Senate Manufacturers
Reed
Missouri
New York
Woman Fires Bullets at Court Clerk in Milwaukee
Mrs Rose Knetzer, denied legal aid and authorities help, obtained a revolver and shot three bullets into the back of W A Klatee chief clerk of civil courts at the Milwaukee courthouse witnesses say she acted after being ordered from her home.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Rose Knetzer
W. A. Klatee
Modern Blue Beard Admits Many Crimes
Los Angeles reports District Attorney Woolwine and sheriffs seek Nina DeLaney's body amid a confession by Charles N. Harvey known as Blue Beard. He allegedly admits murdering four wives, claims 15 to 30 marriages and describes deaths of Bertha Goodnick Alice Ludvigson and Betty Prior during a spree across Pacific coast cities.
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Los Angeles
Cali
United Press
Woolwine
Nina Fee DeLaney
Blue Beard
Charles N. Harvey
Alice M. Ludvigson
Spokane
Betty Prior
Seattle
Harvey
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Nina DeLoney
Berego Valley
Plum Station
Washington
Bertha Goodnick
Alice Ludvigson
Mrs. Goodnick
Lake Washington
Idaho
Palmer battles Reds as May Day unrest looms in 1920
Secret service agents meet with state officials in major cities as Palmer warns Reds plan May Day demonstrations. He says public officials were marked for assassination and vows to break up the plot. Justice officials monitor the Communist Labor Party amid threats and roundups.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Palmer
Justice Department
Caminetti
Immigration Bureau
Communist Labor Party
Justice
Interchurch World Movement reaches $90 million fund
New York reports three million dollars in subscriptions today raising the total fund to more than $90,000,000 as announced at campaign headquarters.
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New York
Interchurch World Movement Today
Athens Water Declared Excellent by State Health Board
Service Director R D Williams announced that the state board of health approved Athens water as of excellent sanitary quality. A representative tested samples from the receiving basin and a central city tap on April 9, and the report deemed the water to meet full state approval.
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R. D. Williams
State Board of Health
Athens
Speculators Said To Control Sugar Market In Ohio
An Athens county merchant attempted to buy a carload of sugar from a broker in a large Ohio city. The broker quoted 31 cents per pound instead of about 21. He claimed a high price was needed due to transport issues, and he hoped to profit. The Athens merchant refused to pay, and asserted that speculators now control the sugar market.
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Athens County
Ohio
Rail Workers in Buffalo Strike Ties Up Yards Again
A second switchmen strike in Buffalo New York disrupts Gardenville yards and spreads to other rail lines. Crews walked out without notice, leaving most workers absent with mystery over who initiated the action.
Detective Poland Shot in Night Circus Gunfight
Dayton reports Detective Sergeant Frank Poland was wounded by three bullets during a post performance gunfight with two alleged bandits. The suspects escaped. Poland is expected to recover.
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Dayton
Frank Poland
Poland
Runaway Youth Apprehended in Athens
Deputy McKinley picked up 16 year old Charles Mottice of Charleston W Va on a northbound K and M train due in Athens at 9 59 am. The boy, bound for Akron, slept through the trip and caused trouble in jail until McKinley offered firm guidance as authorities plan to intercept a family contact later today.
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McKinley
Athens
Charleston
W. Va
Charles Mottice
Mottice
Akron
Trio Held for Payroll Robbery
Three young men were arrested in Cleveland for complicity in the payroll robbery of the Peerless Paper Box Company ten days earlier. Two suspects remain at large as police suspect the group linked to a series of daylight robberies over the past months.
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Cleveland
Peerless Paper Box Company
Japanese Consulate Attack at Nikoltnsk Reported
War office details say Bolshevik troops aided by 10000 Koreans and 5600 Chinese attacked the Japanese consulate in Nikoltenesk. After two days of fighting the consulate staff set the building on fire and perished in the flames. One hundred Japanese prisoners were reported subjected to cruelties.
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Henry W. Kinney
United Press
Tokio
Nikoletnsk
War Office
School Art Exhibit Set for May 12 to 15
Superintendent Morgan announced the art exhibit will run May 12 to 15 after delays due to a railroad tie up. Over two hundred works supplied by Elson Art Company of Boston will be shown with many changes and new material. Tickets sold will be accepted and profits go to buying pictures as part of a school arts education initiative.
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Morgan
Elson Art Company of
Boston
Mass
Conference Moves to Washington for Anthracite Wage Talks
After two months of stalemate the sub scale committee of operators and miners in the anthracite coal industry will shift to Washington to resume wage and working agreement talks with Secretary of Labor Wilson presiding. Wilson's telegram pressing a Saturday meeting in his office likely averted a work stoppage. Miner reps say the delay has made workers restive.
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New York
Washington
Wilson
Secretary of Labor
Army officers face possible court martial after Siberia voyage party
In San Francisco army officers aboard a transport from Siberia held a party before arrival and drank five cases of whiskey. They wonder if the incident will lead to a court martial amid calls for discipline.
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San Francisco
Cers
Northern
Siberia
Tey
Coalition candidate May name at Mexican capital
United Press reports Ignacio Bonillas may return as ambassador to Washington and Alberto Pani could be coalition presidential candidate. Observers note Bonillas aligned with Carranza, Obregon’s rivals seek order while rebellion remains unsettled. Government plans against rebels are reported as tensions rise in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Ignacio Bonillas
Washington
United States
Alberto Pani
Paris
Bonillas
Pablo Gonzales
Carranza
Obregon
Sonora
Republic
General Obregon
General Calles
Guerriero
Michocahn
Wood Leads Johnson in New Jersey Presidential Primary
Unofficial returns show Major General Leonard Wood ahead of Hiram Johnson by about 2000 votes in New Jersey with 1200 vote margin. Wood 62 597 Johnson 51 377. four districts uncounted. Johnson supporters seek recount in several counties, with attorneys planning immediate applications.
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New York
New Jersey
Leonard Wood
Hiram Johnson
Wood
Johnson
Gov Cox Urges Veterans Enlistment in Ohio Guard
Columbus April 20 Governor Cox issued a proclamation urging former service men to enlist in the Ohio national guard or 87th division He calls on local officials civic organizations and citizens to assist in the ongoing recruiting campaign.
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Columbus
Cox
Ohifo National Guard
87Th Division
Akron Federal Crackdown Targets Red Literature in City
Department of justice agents arrested distributors of subversive literature in Akron on April 20. The material urged overthrow of government and Soviets. George Novak, an alien, will face deportation. Several American citizens were detained but not prosecuted locally. Chief Kage charged county and city prosecutors with inaction against Communist activity. Over 200 registered citizens are involved in the campaigns.
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Akron
Department of Justice
George Novak
Jawa
Kage
Three Injured In Auto Smashup
Canton dispatch reports C F Hill of 666 Scheller Avenue Northhill Akron seriously injured in a Canton Akron road crash just south of North Canton at 9 am. Mrs Hill and Mrs Emma Fouse of 18 East Talmage Street Akron also hurt. Fouse's husband, the driver, uninjured. All victims admitted to Mercy hospital.
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Canton
C. F. Hill
Scheller Avenue
Northhill
Akron
Hill
Emma _ Fouse
East Talmage Street
Canton- Akron
North Canton
Boyd tops Daugherty and Harding in Ohio primary returns
Complete unofficial Ohio primary results show William H. Boyd of Cleveland elected delegate at large over Harry M. Daugherty by 307 votes with Harding ahead of Wood in preferential voting. Harding leads in district and delegates at large totals, while Wood trails.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wm. H. Boyd
Cleveland
Wood
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Daugherty
Herrick
Hardi
Willis
Wilson nominates Ford and Duncan to Interstate Commerce Commission
President Wilson named Henry Jones Ford of Princeton New Jersey and James Duncan of Quincy Massachusetts to two new ICC seats created by the Esch Cummins railroad law. Ford a Democrat and Duncan an independent join the commission as one vacancy remains open and a Republican is required by law.
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Washington
Wilson Today
Henry Jones Ford
Princeton
N. J
James Duncan
Quincy
Mass
Interstate Conmerce Commission
Duncan
Ford
Baltimore
Baltimore City College
Scotland
Aberdeen
Granite Cutters’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Irish Sinn Fein demonstrators clash with police at Wormwood Scrubs
Dozens of demonstrators clash with police in front of Wormwood Scrubs jail as crowds protest government hunger strike policy. Clubs and stones fly until mounted units disperse crowds. several women among those injured in London violence in April.
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Wormwood Scrubbs
Sten Fein
UN Fein
Sinn
Joint Committee Finishes Up In Logan Session
The Joint sub scale committee will not finish its Logan session today but may extend into the afternoon or early tomorrow. Miners officials plan to summon local delegates to ratify the joint action with operators once the report is ready. The convention is expected to ratify the scale and complete all business by then. A French invention features an electric boiled water steam heating radiator.
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Logan
Secale
Tonile
Daylight Bandits Rob Union Building Office
Five bandits entered the Union Building and Savings Company office in Columbus at 10 30 this morning held up staff and escaped with about 2000 dollars. Assistant secretary Robert Pfeifer was struck in the face with a gun and slightly hurt.
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Columbus
Union Building and Savings Company
Robert Pfeifer
Knox peace resolution agreed upon
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee ordered a favorable report on the Knox peace resolution by a 9 to 6 vote. The measure seeks repeal of the war declaration against Germany and Austria Hungary and asks the president to negotiate a restoration of friendly relations and trade before the war. It states the United States waives none of its Versailles rights and dates war termination from the resolution’s effect.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Knox
House
Germany
Austria- Hungary
United States
Senate Passes Fortifications Bill With 19 Million
The Senate approved the fortifications bill totaling over 19 million dollars, about 5.3 million more than the House figures, during the April session in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bread at 23 Cents A Loaf Predicted By Expert
St Paul Minnesota April 30 Wheat at five or six dollars a bushel and bread at 25 cents a loaf is plausible, says Dean Hatcher of the University of Minnesota agricultural department. He blames farm labor for the threatened shortage and urges increasing output per worker to avert a global eight hour day standard impact.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Dean R. Hatcher
University of Minnesota, Agricultural Department
Hatcher
America
Racialists rounded up in Chicago raids on radicals
Chicago April 3 Police Acting under orders of Chief of Police Ghority raided offices and lodgings of radical organizations taking 409 men and women into custody. Authorities believed tips from Washington indicated planned May Day demonstrations of violence.
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Chicago
Ghority
Washington
Switchmen Resume Jobs after Brief Toledo Walkout
All but three of forty switchmen who walked out on the Michigan Central and New York Central railroads in Toledo returned to work early today. They staged the protest against the grouping switching system, claiming it shifts more work onto them. Officials said no meeting occurred and the return was voluntary with no anticipated further trouble.
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Toledo
Michigan Central
New York Central
Railway Brotherhood
Soldier bonus bill advances in Washington politics
The ways and means committee reported the soldier bonus bill on a partisan vote, with taxes totaling 1.564 billion to fund cash bonuses of 1.25 per day for 1921 22. The plan expands to officers and adds options of farm home aid vocational training or paid up insurance, with payments starting in 1921 a long awaited measure likely to pass the House next week.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
American Legion
Army
Navy
Bread price will not advance in Ohio study
The seventeenth annual meeting of the Ohio State Millers Association opened in Columbus. Members say bread prices have peaked and will not rise further. President L. W. Dewey of Blanchester cites high flour prices, wheat demand, labor strain, and poor shipping as factors.
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Columbus
Ohio State Millers’ Association
L. W. Dewey
Blanchester
Four from Han confess to murder reprieve granted
Four men condemned for the murder of a ticket agent in New York were given a two week reprieve by Governor Smith just before execution. The delay followed a confession by John Milano taking full responsibility, influencing a request for a new trial for the others.
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Dssining
N. Y
Smith
Supreme Court
Richard Michael
John Milano
Milano
Rush on Auditor's Office for Tax Returns
For two or three weeks the county auditor's office has been jammed with people filing personal property tax returns for the coming year. Today is the last day to file and the crowd at the counter was large as deputies assisted assessors. Tomorrow a taxpayer without returns will lose the $100 exemption.
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Ming
Hilan
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