Ed Turpin Breaks Jail Near Bedford Trail Hounds
Desmond, a Bedford jail inmate awaiting preliminary trial on fraudulent checks, reports Ed Turpin’s escape. Sheriff Lee, Officer Duncan and bloodhounds pursued along the Monon railroad toward Yockey, but muddy flooded fields hid the fugitive. Turpin used torn brace and bedstead pieces to force the corridor door and exit.
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ED Turpin
Desmond
Bedford
Lee
Sheriff Lee
Fed Turpi
Turpin
Harry Martin
Walter Crawford
Flare Potter
Duncan
Owens
Monon
Victory Liberty Loan urged as war bills loom
The article urges Americans to complete the Victory Liberty Loan to pay war bills and seal victory. It argues patriotism and total effort are needed, notes monthly federal spending exceeding 2 billion dollars, and promises favorable rates to encourage ongoing public support.
Why Your Money Is Needed How It Helps
Government seeks Victory Liberty Loan funding in April. A brief Q and A explains why more billions are required to maintain overseas forces, bring victory home, and support reconstruction. It notes banks provide short term borrowing and that credit will be extended to business interests as part of funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Sia
America
Gfinss
Joan
Sam
Treasury Glass
Delta centenarian Taylor chops wood at 101
Lucius P. Taylor, age 101, celebrated his birthday by chopping wood to prove he could still do a man’s work. Born in Franklin County, Massachusetts in 1817, he settled in Delta in 1843 and has lived on a small farm there for 75 years. He has a son, four daughters, eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Delta
Lucius P. Taylor
Taylor
Franklin County
Mass
Bravery of Yanks Praised After Leinster Torpedoing
Survivors hail A J Cone American for saving passengers on the Leinster after a torpedo strike. He handed life preservers and aided women and children in lifeboats before being severely injured by a second explosion. He dislocated and later broke both legs, then swam to safety.
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Dublin
A. J. Cone
Leinster
Indians to Rebury Dead at Superior Cemetery
Chippewa Indians prepare elaborate burial rites at a Superior cemetery as nearly 200 skeletal remains are moved from an harbor area. The bones are being reinterred in a new graveyard after the old Indian burial ground was cleared for an industrial project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Seize Liquor Vessels in Hoquiam Port
Hoquiam Washington police announce seizure of vessels that bring liquor into the port and confiscation of autos and other conveyances transporting intoxicants. Fines and imprisonment having failed to curb traffic, authorities act under the prohibition act to punish those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Patton Tells of Argonne Battle and Mihiel Victory
Col George Patton holder of the D S C and Los Angeles native describes the Argonne forest victory as one of America's glory moments. His 304th tank brigade wiped out strongpoints and helped capture six towns in St Mihiel and seven in Argonne amid heavy losses.
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Mihiel
Argonne
New York
Argonne Forest
George
Atton
Los Angeles
France
304Th
Patton
Hilh
D. S.C
Gerillimi
Watton
St. Mihiel
More for Disabled Yanks at Reconstruction Convention
Lieut. Col. J L Miller reports at the Waldorf hotel that treated disabled soldiers can earn more money postwar plans for rehabilitation include training and gains in earnings. Col. Frank Billings says none will be discharged until fully recovered or nearly so as injury allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. L. Miller
Division of Physical Reconstruction
United States
Waldorf Hotel
Frank Billings
United States Physical Reconstruction Department
Removal of Special Fortifications Around Paris
The Chamber of Deputies authorized dismantling the three rings of permanent fortifications around Paris begun after the war. In 1914 fortifications were erected along with demolition of buildings and removal of trees to clear terrain. It is believed this fortification system will be dismantled.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
First U S Naval Seaplane Team Plans Atlantic Crossing
Norfolk March 20 Lieut Comdr Patrick N N Bellinger will pilot the U S naval seaplane attempting a trans Atlantic crossing from Hampton Roads to the Irish coast via Bermeo, a 1600 mile leg, with high confidence he expects success. British aviators meanwhile prepare a Sopwith two seater to fly from Newfoundland for the Daily Mail prize, with pilot Hawker predicting a 19 to 16 hour flight.
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Norfolk
Patrick N. N. Bellinger
Navy
Lampton Roads
Fifth Naval District
United States Naval
Bellinger
Hamppton Roads
Bernd
Irish
London
Atlantic
Tarry Hawker
MacKenzie Grieve
Royal Navy
England
St. Fatins
Newfoundland
Daily Mail
Hawker
Five Spartacans Arrested by U S Troops in Germany
In Coblenz American authorities report the arrest of five alleged Spartacist propagandists, presumed recent arrivals from the unoccupied zone, held for further investigation. Munich police uncover a plot to steal army goods valued at 250000, with twenty four suspects arrested. Elections in Hamburg favor socialists winning 81 seats while other parties gain assorted totals.
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Hamburg
Munich
Coblenz
Germany
London
Constituent Assembly
Democrats
The
People's Party
Economic League
National People’s Party
Berlin
Indignation Reported Over Korean Independence Movement
An American missionary recounts brutalities faced by Korean citizens during a decade of conflict. He cites children beaten, elders displaced, and women struck, with two American women missionaries assaulted by Japanese soldiers and affidavits prepared for the American consul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Korea
Seal
Seul
John J. Abbott
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Public Health Ordinance Adopted By City Council
City Council in regular session adopts an ordinance to protect the public from venereal diseases after State Board of Health presentation. Several items pass including a $320 water works purchase, a new four foot sidewalk, and a 250 watt street light installation. Petitions for park use, water main extension, and street openings are referred or approved as noted.
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J. Akers
Wilson Park
Mike O’brien
J Street
9Th ‘Street
13Th Street
Water Works Fund
Westinghouse Company
Woody Still
Washington Avenue
Norton Lane
22Nd
Sixth
W. H. Cilemr
Third Street
No Jobs for Cleveland Conductorettes
Coveland Ohio March 20 report says Cleveland conductorettes will arrive to press action on the war labor board ruling ordering the Cleveland Railway Company to restore them to street car service. A formal demand to President John J. Stanley to honor the leader's ruling is planned. Stanley says he will follow his agreement that no conductorettes be employed by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coveland
Ohio
Cleveland
War Labor Board
Cleveland Railway Company
John J. Stanley
Stanley
Crisis Reported in Odessa Port
Official reports in London say a critical state of affairs exists in Odessa the chief Russian port on the Black sea. No confirmation by London authorities on rumors of evacuation by allies, but the report is not denied.
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London
Odessa
Black Sea
Rainbow Division Sails From Brest to New York
Washington reports the Rainbow division will sail Brest between March 28 and April 19 and land in New York. The 442d unit is slated for overseas deployment with entry into U S ports to follow after arrival.
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Rainbows
Washington
442D
Rainbow) Division
Brest
New York
Marconi Announces Ireland Canada Wireless Telephony
The Marconi company announced the establishment of wireless telephony between Ireland and Canada. The news came from London dated March 20 and highlights a new long distance communication link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Canada
Marconi Company
London
Bomb Kills Banker’s Wife in Oakland Garden
Mrs. George Greenwood, wife of Savings Union Bank and Trust executive in San Francisco, died in a bomb blast at her Oakland home by Lake Merritt. Police report a January 1918 letter demanding 5,000 and threatening dynamite, signed with C.C. initials similar to threats to Gov. De Stephens tied to a Sacramento explosion last year.
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Oakland
Cal
George
Greenwood
Savings ‘Union Bank
Teast. Company of San Francisco
Hcs
Lake Merritt
C.C. of
William . de Stephens
Sacramento
Gas Staff Chief Commits Suicide In New York
Captain Reginald E. Taylor, chief of personnel of the gas staff chemical division Us Ss A with headquarters in New York, died by inhaling gas. His wife cited overwork during the war and late-night tests of gas devices as causes. she had no warning of his intent. He was about forty and a regular army officer since the Spanish‑American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reginald E. Taylor
Chemical Division
Ss. A
Taylor
Votes to abolish nobility in Bavaria
Premier Hoffmann outlined the Bavarian government's program at the Munich diet. Representatives of all parties reportedly approved the plan and granted broad powers to steer state affairs. A bill abolishing nobility and a ban on hereditary rights were adopted.
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Basle
Hoffmann
Diet
Munich
Bavaria
Bank Heist in Freeport Nets $5000 Loot
Four armed bandits robbed the First National Bank in Freeport taking currency from the cashier’s counter and fleeing in an automobile. The loot is estimated at 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
Freeport
T. Tr. Marel
First National Bank
Revolt Rumors Denied Over Fiume Spalato
Italian information bureau refutes Swiss press reports of revolutions in Spalato and Fiume. It states order is perfect in Fiume where Americans left February 16. only an American cruiser remains at Spalate. Croation and Bosnian outbreaks since March 5 may have sparked the rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spalato
Fiume
Italian Bureau of Information
Spalate
Croatia
Bosnia
Cleveland Garment Workers Strike for Union and Hours
Four thousand Cleveland garment workers walked the city streets on March 20 demanding recognition of a new union and shorter work hours. The march featured banners and public show of support for the labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Marceh
Men’s Garment Workers of
Yale approves plan to raise instructor salaries
Yale University officials announce that at a Monday meeting the fellows unanimously adopted the corporation committee plan of reorganization and approved increased salaries for instructors and assistant professors in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Anson Phelps Stokes
Yale University
Corporation Committee
Market prices—flour, hay, butter, eggs and livestock
The report lists current rates for flour types including barley four and first clear in jute, various hay grades, creamery butter by score, fresh eggs with grade ranges, live poultry prices, potatoes per 100 pounds, and detailed cattle hogs and sheep figures. Notable items include choice steers at 19.00 to 20.25, hogs up to 19.90, and Colorado lambs at 19.00 to 20.75.
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Hay—Choice
Timothy
Colorado
Local Notes On Health Trips and Visits
Lawrence Sheetz is laid up with influenza. Pearl Reuter returns from Illinois. Harry Williams of Martin county visited here. Fannie Craig visited her Bedford daughter over Sunday. Ninevah Craig family spent Sunday at Huron. Q O Bowden and wife visited their parents at Huron. Rev Omer Porter and wife at John Carothers funeral in Trinity. Some attendees went to Bedford for the tournament. Randall Inman discharged from military service. Keller family north of town sick with influenza but improving. Everett Reuter glad son Emile reached New York safely.
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Charles H. Schweppe
S.y
Liberty Loan Campaain
Federal Reserve District
Prust
Victory Liberty Loan
J. Cone
D.S.C
Col. G. S. Patton
Europe
Pershing
City Secon
Miss Kathleen Burke
Kathleen Burke
Verdun
Valenciennes
Red Cross
P. N. L. Bellinger
U. S. Naval
U.S
Argentina
Buenos Aires
la Razon
Amsterdam
Frisia
Seidel
Vossische Zeitung
National Assembly
Cabinet
Weimiars
Mikado
U. S
Base Ball
Alien
Regular Army
Freeport L
Chicago
O. F. Bowden
Lawrence Sheetz
Miss Pearl Reuter
Illinois
Harry Williams
Martin County
Fannie Craig
Ninevah Craig
Huron
QO. T. Bowden
Omer Porter
John Carothers
Trinity
Randall Inman
Eugene Keller
Everett Reuter
Emile
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