Midwest Tornado Rebuilds Under Toll and Loss
Across five states the tornado left about 80 dead and nearly 400 injured with $10 million in damage. Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin reported the highest fatalities while Red Cross teams rush shelter and relief supplies to homeless communities and shelters. Ohio cities receive aid as food clothing and medicines flow to the devastated area and death toll totals rise above 25 with over 200 injured.
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Chicago
Middle West
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Melrose Park
Melrrose Park
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry Davis
Senator Parrett to Speak at Chamber Lunch
Senator Frank Parrett of Washington D. H. will address the midweek Chamber of Commerce lunch tomorrow. He is chairman of the taxation committee of the Ohio general assembly and will discuss state taxation problems based on wide experience and study. He will have a worth while message.
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Frank Parrett
Washington D. H
Chamber of Commerce
Parrett
Ohio General Assembly
Six Negroes Ordered Executed for Elaine Riot Murder
Arkansas Supreme Court upheld death sentences for six men in the Elaine race riot murder case. The condemned are Frank Hicks Frank Moore Ed Hicks J E Knox Ed Coleman and Bull Hall.
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Little Rock
Ark
Clinton Lee
Elaine
State Supreme Court
Frank Hicks
Frank Moore
Ed Hicks
J. E. Knox
Ed Coleman
Bull Hall
Ballard Moore Dies From Self Inflicted Gunshot
Mar 30 LIFE. TODAY BUCHTEL. Ballard Moore aged about 0 shot himself with a twelve gauge gun in the yard behind Byron's cafe just before 1 PM. He died about five minutes later after being found unconscious with a wound beneath the heart. The motive remained a mystery though rumors cited jealousy. Moore is survived by his mother Sophie Moore and four sisters and one brother.
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Moore
Reese Murphy
Byron
Sophie Moore
Buchtel
Mueller outlines policy to crush Ruhr communists
Berlin March 30. Premier Mueller in his maiden Reichstag speech promises to crush the communist revolt in the Ruhr with an iron broom. He vows to sweep reactionaries from the army and government and to enforce socialization of mines. Ultimatum to Ruhr rebels expires at noon. troops may move in if demands are not met.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Berlin
Germany
Mueller
Reichstag
Ruhr
Mine Workers Chief Barred From General Strike
Alexander Howat, UMWA president for the Kansas district, and 47 district and local union officials in southeastern Kansas were restrained from calling a general coal strike by District Judge Curran of Pittsburgh.
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Topeka, Kas
Alexander Howat
Kansas District United Mine Workers of America
Kansas
Curran
Pittsburgh
Tornado Devastates Greenville District Leaving Dozens Homeless
In Darke county’s Greenville Nashville and Lightsville areas a Sunday tornado kills eight and injures many more including Miss Mary Bennison a Dayton teacher. One million dollars in damage, widespread ruin to homes and farm property, and Red Cross relief follow as two schools are obliterated and New Weston Leamsville report demolished houses with no loss of life.
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Dayton
Greenville
Nashville
Lightsville
Darke County
Mary Bennison
Red Cross
New Weston
Leamsville
Olly Helstand
Lightaville
Russell Fields
Alfred Cox
William Mote
Farmer
Mra. Jno
Olwin
Elmer Cole
Omar Heck
Harding Aims for Solid Ohio Delegation
Columbus March 80 Harry M Daugherty campaign manager and delegate candidate said opposition to Harding in Ohio is weak and predicted a solid Ohio delegation that would secure the nomination He claimed the campaign is advancing with stability and apparent success nationwide and has faced no setback.
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Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Ohio
Daugherty
Seaplane NC-2 Crashes Off Atlantic City Sand Bar
The U S N Seaplane NC-2 piloted by Commander A C Read crashed into a sand bar off the inlet at Atlantic City New Jersey late today. Read who led the NC 4 in the trans Atlantic flight last May was aboard.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U. S.N
A. C. Read
Bergdoll Found Guilty of Draft Evasion at Court Martial
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, millionaire, found guilty of desertion and evading the draft. He faces five years at Governor's Island, forfeits pay, receives a dishonorable discharge, and loses citizenship. Verdict approved by General Bullard. Bergdoll fled to evade justice after Philadelphia arrest.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Governor's Island
Bergdoll
Robert L. Bullard
Philadelphia
Draft Board
Harry Weinberger
Irwin Bergdoll
Ohio Governor backs home rule rent control stance
Governor Cox, advised by legal counsel, says Ohio cities with home rule charters like Cleveland have power to create rent boards and cap profits without a special session. He plans a forthcoming statement and will act if city councils refuse to enact redress ordinances. If that happens he may urge the legislature to intervene.
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Columbus
Cox
Ohio
Cleveland
Ten Tons of Gold Hauls Through New York Streets
An armed caravan moved through the Financial District with 10 tons of gold in rough metal-bound boxes aboard five two-horse vans. Valued at 9.3 million dollars, the treasure arrived from England on the Lapland and was escorted to the sub treasury in Wall Street by 200 armed men in plain clothes and others on the trucks. Pedestrians largely unaware of the cargo.
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New York
Financial District
England
Lapland
Wall Street
Auto Aimers Warned On Lights And Tags By Mayor
Mayor Roush announced an April first deadline for all cars to display front and rear lights and auto tags. A two week grace period will precede enforcement with the mayor taking responsibility for offenders. Speeding will face a similar enforcement approach.
Miners Accept 27 Percent Wage Boost in New York
Bituminous coal miners of America inform union locals that national officers agreed to the 27 percent wage increase endorsed by President Wilson. Effective April 1, the raise brings total gains after prior increases to 13 percent under the new schedule. A joint committee of miners and operators will negotiate details.
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New York
Bituminous Coal Miners of America
Wilson
Anthracite Joint Committee
Maysville Hangs Suspect After Kidnapping Case
Grant Smith, 40, seized from Sheriff G W Powell in Bourbon County, hanged by armed men six miles from Maysville after alleged attacks on 14 year old Ruby Anderson. Sixteen high powered cars carried the kidnapping party at speed toward Maysville.
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Maysville
Grant Smith
G. W. Powell
Plening County
Fred Link
Paris
Bourbon County
Smith
Ruby Anderson
Pontiac
Mich
Anderson
Anderson Farm
Millersburg
Michigan
President Wilson to spend part of summer at Woods Hole Mass
Ten tentative plans outline President Wilson’s summer stay in Woods Hole Massachusetts. He is expected to occupy the residence of Charles R Crane, recently ap...
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Washington
Wilson
Woods Hole
Mass
Charles R. Crane
Grandmother Dies After Grandson Vincent Marshall Dies
Cleveland reports the death of 65 year old Mrs Hanna Marshall from heart failure after learning her five year old grandson Vincent Marshall succumbed to injuries from a traffic accident. Edwin Jackson aged 12 also died earlier today from injuries after being struck by a motor truck.
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Cleveland
Vincent Marshall
Hanna Marshall
Edwin Jackson
Surgeon’s Clamp Sewed in Body After Operation
Autopsy on Mia Jennie Cholakian’s body in Cambridge shows a five inch surgeon’s clamp embedded in her abdomen. District Attorney Nathan A Tufts stated the clamp appeared forgotten after a prior operation and there is no evidence locating where or by whom the procedure was performed.
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Cambridge
Mass
Mia
Jennie Cholakian
Atorney
Nathan A. Tufts
Twelve coal men named in federal indictment released
Indianapolis March 30. Government officials published the names of twelve additional coal men among 125 charged in a conspiracy to limit coal production. The list includes W A Luce P T L Fagan M W Kavanaugh J P Wilson Edward Haverkamp Robert Perry John Chesterfield H H Whistlett Robert E Lee A Lincoln Richard Fitzgerald and John P Reese, a former Hillsboro Illinois operator who died in May 1919.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Jury
W. A. Luce
Sewickley
P.tl. Fagan
Miner
Pennsylvania
M. W. Kavanaugh
St. Louis
P. J. Wilson
La Grange Buries Tornado Victims After Disaster
La Grange, Ga, March 30. City council declined outside aid after a deadly Sunday tornado. Reports say 21 dead and about 1,000 homeless as debris clearance begins. West Point nearby described as critical with seven dead and five injured. business district destroyed. damages about 300000.
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LA Grange
War Department
West Point
Socialists lose seats in New York Assembly vote
The judiciary committee majority declares five suspended socialist members disloyal and unworthy of assembly seats. Opposing opinions argue loyalty cannot be a criteria and urge reprieve. The report also calls for barring socialist parties from the official ballot and labels the oath as a sham.
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Albany
New York
New York Assembly
Judiciary Committee
S. Evans
Assembly
Socialist Party
Evans
Pellet
Stitt
Assemblyman
Rowe
August Claessens
Louis Waldeman
Charles Solomon
Samuel A. DeWitt
Samuel Orr
United States
Deniken Escapes as Soviet Forces Capture Novorossisk
British dispatch reports General Deniken, anti Bolshevik leader in south Russia, escaped Novorossisk after Soviet capture last week. His defeat ended the final anti Bolshevik stand in the region. Britain had supplied arms, foodstuffs, and ammunition.
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London
Deniken
Russia
Novorossisk
War Office
Great Britain
Miners and operators form committee on new coal wage pact
In New York on March 30 union miners and mine operators agreed to name a two person committee to draft a tentative working agreement covering wages and conditions for about two years. William Green and Phil Penna were appointed to draft the contract and present proposals at a joint wage scale conference. Operators expect to raise coal prices by about one dollar a ton to offset higher wages.
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New York
William Green
Phil Penna
Terre Haute
Ind
Green
Penna
France and Germany Clash Over Neutral Zone Troop Moves
Paris dispatch reports Dr. Wilhelm Mayer pledging no new troops in the neutral zone without Allied approval. Millerand warned of French action if German Reichswehr advances beyond the zone, while observers see a clash with Wilson’s terms and growing domestic demand to strictly enforce the Versailles treaty.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Paris
Mar
Wilhelm Mayer
Millerand
Mayer
Matin
Mayence
Frankfort
Jarmstadt
France
Foreign Office
Hugh Wallace
Ruhr
Wilson
Germany
Labor federation suspends railway union in dispute
Detroit March 30. The American Federation of Labor reports the suspension of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and Railway Shopmen. The action follows alleged refusals to relinquish jurisdiction over laborers shared with other international unions. FK F Grable elected president following Alan E Barker’s resignation.
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Detroit
Mich
American Federation of Labor
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of
FK. F. Grable
Alan E. Barker
Barker
Grable
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