Mexican revolt widens as Sonora secedes gains backing
Reports from Washington on April 22 indicate the revolt in Mexico expanding beyond Sonora with several states siding with secessionists. Rebel leaders Villa and Palaez reportedly promise to join Carranza against U S arms embargo and a Mexico City mission travels to Sonora for talks. Carranza has not asked for U S aid.
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Washington
War Departments
Mexico
Sonora
Villa
Manuel Palaez
Hiinor
Carranza
United Suates
Mexico City
Quision
Carrara
Seals Season Totals Set Record Low Catch
The season closed with 34 000 seals valued at 175 000 dollars, the smallest catch in industry history. The ship Viking returned with a 5 080 seal haul.
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St Jorma
Apel
England's Broad Irish Policy Hinted by Daily Sketch
The Daily Sketch says England's new Irish policy may extend beyond Home Rule toward Dominion Home Rule. Sir Hamar Greenwood and General Sir Cecil Macready favor moderation and seek Sinn Fein goals. A favorable atmosphere is reported as steps begin after Greenwood is re-elected for Sunderland. Viscount Field Marshal French may resign and Dublin Castle officials face a clean sweep to foster cooperation.
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London
England
Dominion
The
Daily Sketch
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
Cecil F. N. Macready
Sinn Fein
Hamar
Sunderland
Field Marshal French
Dublin Castle
Prominent Firms Appeal Valuations in City Tax Dispute
The Superior Court is being asked to abate valuations set by the Tax Commissioner as appeals flood the City Clerk’s office. Firms listed include Howland Dry Goods, Vincent Brothers, Smith Murray, DeVer Warner trustees, D. M. Read Co, Post Publishing Co, Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze & Metal Co, T. P. Taylor Co, Harvey & Lewis Co, and American Hardware Stores, with wide gaps between owner valuations and assessed amounts.
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Superior Court
Howland Dry Goods Company
Vincent Brothers Company
Evaluaton
Smith Murray Company
DeVer H. ‘Warner
J. DeVer Warner
Main Street
Connecticut National Bank
DeVer H. Warner
G. Warner
D. M. Read Co
Post Publishing Co
Cannon Street
Bridgeport
T. P. Taylor Co
Harvey & Lewis Co
Tax Commissioner
American Hardware Stores, Inc
Troops Deployed to Butte to Quell Disturbance
Reporting from San Francisco and other cities, the army announces troop deployment to Butte Montana at Governor Stewart’s request to quell mine strike disturbances. General Liggett delegates detachment size to Major General Morrison as the conflict unfolds amid protests and workers clashes.
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San Francisco
Stewart
Montana
Butte
Ten Thousand Paraders Planned for Broadway Parade
Ten thousand marchers, at least, are expected Saturday in an all overalls procession up Broadway, led by a police unit, with no retailer banners allowed. Mayor Hytin would have headlined but will be out of town. The event follows price cutting by department stores and a probe into profiteering by Justice Department squads.
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New York
Cheese Club
Seling Overalls
Lower Fifth Avenue
Vmreidy
Hytin
Broadway
Marth
Brookllyn
Manhattan
A. W. Kelley
Department of
New York Stock Market Sees Fresh Declines Amid Mixed Trading
Trading opened with widespread weakness as speculative shares were pressured. General Motors rebounded 10 points from yesterday's loss as industrial and special divisions rose 1 to 5 points, while U S Steel and high crude oils showed renewed selling, erasing many gains and pushing numerous new lows.
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New York
General Motors
Yeaterday
Ooior
U.S. Steel
Treason charge eliminated at Michigan college meeting
Fast Lansing report states the student senate voted 213 to 28 to drop charges of treason against former Premier Jo gan agricultural college students. The ruling ends the threat of the death penalty and applies to the remainder of the college year.
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Lansing
Mich
Paris
Michi
Jogan Agricultural College
Copeph Caillaux
Eds
Bingham
High Court of the Senate
Adresses
Republicans Agree Tentative Tax on Stock Transactions
Washington reports a tentative plan by the House Ways and Means Committee to tax stock exchange transactions equal to the broker's commission. Four levies aim to raise funds for soldier bonus legislation, including a 1 percent tax on final sales, an income levy, tobacco and cigarette tax increases, and a 15 percent rise on existing tobacco taxes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Postmen May Wear Overalls If Carriers Petition
Postmaster Charles F. Greene reports Washington approval for letter carriers to wear grey denim overalls if a majority petition for the privilege. The two piece overalls must be laundered and pressed weekly. No local petition had been received yet, but belief holds they will decide to wear them.
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Charles F. Greene
Washington
Carriera
Local contractor awarded damages in suit over house work
Louis Covezma, a local contractor, received 2 209.85 dollars in damages from Lawrence J. Dull in a Superior Court ruling handed down today. The judge found Covezma largely complied with the contract but allowed 213 dollars for minor defects.
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Louis Covezma
Hig
Lawrence J.du
Jadeze Curtis
Superior Court
Coconzu
Dull
Boeton Terrace
Jude Jurtis
Coceve
Unskilled Men Go On Strike in Waterbury Plants
In Waterbury Connecticut unskilled laborers from Lithuanian and Russian branches of the New England Workers' Association walked out following a union vote. A plant canvass suggested several thousand strikers with the union estimating about 4000 leaving to demand a 75 cent hourly wage. The walkout supports a wave of labor action prompted by the prior week’s strikes organized by the Connecticut Federation of Labor.
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Waterbury
Connn
Tralis
Mussion
New England Workers’ Association
Connecticut Federation of Labor
Strikers Vote to Stay Out As Railroads Decide
About 5,000 railroad workers in Jersey City voted unofficially to remain out and appeal to others on all lines to do the same, unless the railroad labor board issues a ruling. Edward McHugh, chairman of the strikers' executive committee, said the action rests with railroad managers, not the union, and warned men who return risks forfeiting seniority.
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New York
Jersey City
Edward McHugh
Railroad Labor Board
McHugh
Insurgent railroad strike division amid Chicago talks
Federal officials and railroad representatives awaited the next move by insurgent strikers split with their own leaders. Traffic conditions were returning to normal as 1148 carloads of coal moved in the Chicago district and fruit shipments began on the Pacific Coast. Rebel leaders at a meeting counseled ending the walkout after saying they could not fight the government.
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Chicago
Pacific
Supposed Dead Man Revives At Fairfield Corner
A man reported dead on a Fairfield Avenue lawn prompted a hospital call to Rue Emersenny at 8:20 AM. Dr. Burns sent an ambulance to Fairfield and Norman, but responders found only a man mowing the lawn. A prior neighbor call claimed a man was dead, yet the supposed victim rose and resumed mowing minutes later.
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Rue Emersenny Hospital
Fairfield Avenue
Norman Street
B. J. Burns
the Haven
Retailers Raise Prices Across City and Falls
April 22 reports show demand for working clothes doubling in Poughkeepsie and Worpingers Falls while Sweet, Orr and Company notes prices have not yet risen everywhere. Two hundred Poughkeepsie High seniors skipped outerwear, wearing only overalls as they planned to graduate in those garments.
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Pourhickensie. N
Worpingers Falls
Sweet, Orr and Company
Poughkeeplack High School
Susquehanna Floated After Beaching at Dalmatian Coast
The American steamer Susquehanna, ashore Monday near Pola on the Dalmatian coast, was floated this evening. About 450 passengers were saved and brought to safety. Four hundred tons of coal and much of the cargo were removed to lighten the ship for refloating.
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Trieste
Susquehanna
Pola
Daylight Saving Time Advocated By City Leader
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson urged residents to set clocks ahead one hour at 2 a m next Sunday to observe daylight saving. He noted New Haven and most New England cities have adopted similar timing as railroads shift schedules.
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Clifford B. Wilson
Common Council
New Haven Road
New England
Sid
Germany Declined Participation in Postwar Talks
Paris dispatch reports Premiers Nitti and Lloyd George favored inviting Germany to conferences to discuss future relations, but sources say the plan was rejected and German issues will be handled solely by the supreme council members.
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Paris
San Remo
Matin
Nitti
Lloyd George
Germany
Ent
Matreda Entree Gas
Beers Will Filed. Sanford Estate Valued at $5,000
Judge Beers widow of T A Beers files the will in probate court. She is named executrix and receives the whole estate valued around $5,000, consisting mainly of United Illuminating Company stock and real estate on Sanford Avenue. Appraisers named are F. T. Whiting John M. Otis and F. Wilder.
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Wil
H. Beers
Alfred B. Beers
United Iluminating Company
Sanford Avenue
F. T. Whiting
John M. Otis
FL. Wilder
Indictment for First Degree Murder Returns in Church Shooting
New York April 22 a grand jury returned an indictment charging Thomas W Simpkin with first degree murder for the shooting of Dr James W Markee a noted surgeon during a Sunday service at St George Episcopal church Witnesses included prominent church members Assistant District Attorney Dineen led the testimony The suspect fled through the church and into Stuyvesant Park after the incident
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New York
Thomas W. Simpkin
James W. Markee
St George's Episcopal Church
Dineen
Herbert L. Satterles
I. Pierpont Morenn
George Ti. Brewer
Authorities to Give Up Hoelz in Plauen Terror Case
Berne April 23 The Czecho-Slovak authorities ready to deliver Max Hoelz the Saxon Communist bandit terrorer of the Plauen district to Germany following his arrest in Czecho-Slovakia last week. He carried 130000 marks in bank notes and had 250000 marks in receipts sewn into his clothing plus diamonds and jewels valued at over 500000 marks stolen from Plauen and Finkenstein manufacturers. They treat Hoelz as a common highwayman without the security normally accorded to political rapes.
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Berne
Germany
Max Hoelz
Plauen
Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
Hoelz
Finkenstein
Bridgeport Vice Raid Developments Echo Across City
Three events surface from Bridgeport's vice raid fallout. Town Chairman J A H Robinson says the Republican party has no involvement and the mayor acted alone. A Burns operative calls Bridgeport the worst city and hints at charges against higher-ups. May Wilson, a Burns witness, has not yet testified against the police, while the mayor remains silent on raid progress and a rumored life threat.
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Burns
Bridgeport
Alexander L. DeLaney
Vice Trust
Wison
Credit Men Open Connecticut Conference Readings Held
The third annual Netonal Association of Credit Men meeting in Connecticut opened at the Seaside club with about 100 delegates. Welcomed by Alderman E H Hamilton the event included papers by D I Chamberlain and J Geist, with an open forum led by J H Trompe.
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Connecticut
Netonal Association of Credit Maen
Bridgeport Association of Credit Men
E. H. Hamilton
Wilson
C. L. Weatton
A. Ll. Taylor
New Britain
D. I. Chamberlain
New Haven
Waterbury
J. H. Trompe
New York
Credit Men's Association
Brooklawn Club
C. Dels Alton
Glastonbury
Mass
Edmund S Wolfe
Fliat Bridgeport National Bank
HS. Boteler
J. H. Trezoe
Dispute Over Renewal of Golde Clothes Shop Lease
The Golde Clothes Shop seeks renewal of its lease at 1225 Main Street and $10,000 damages in a Superior Court suit against Samuel Silver and others. The case traces back to a 1915 sublease from David N. Armstrong holdings, renewed by a provision, and a 1917 turnover to Silver and Levin, with eviction proceedings starting August 8, 1918. The Golde Shop has remained in possession during the pending action.
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Main Street
Golde
Superior Court
Golde Clothes Shop
Samuel Silver
Golita Corporation
Michael Hayes
David N. Armstrong
Hayes
Louis Levin
Charles Levin
Golde Shop
Wage Demands Before Labor Board Amid Rail Unrest
Unofficial Georgia primary returns show Paulmer leading with about 40 votes in the state convention over Watson by ten, with Hoke Smith third. In Washington, 22 April, S E Heberling seeks 68 percent higher pay for switchmen, plus overtime and holiday premiums, citing higher hazards and shorter average careers. Yardmen and enginemen groups await board hearings.
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Adants
Georgia
Paulmer
Thomas FE. Watson
Hoke Smith
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
S. E. Heberling
Switchmen's Union of North America
Heberling
Cleveland
Kansas City
Columbus
Chicago Enginemen’s Association
Ireland Seeks Only Liberty in Statement by Sinn Fein Rep
George Gavan Duffy, Sinn Fein member and representative of the Irish Republic in America, comments on Sir Auckland Geddes statement. He says the name rule will is stillborn and Ireland will not submit to England's designs, seeking only to work out its own destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gavan Duffy
Sinn Fein
Seizure Forces Cancellation of Plaza Theatre Act
Frank McTish, a leading male in the act In the Dark at the Plaza theatre, suffered a severe ptomaine poisoning attack during last night's first show, causing the cancellation of the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McTish
Plaza Theatre
Girl Seized With Convulsions Taken to Hospital
Mary Costello of 298 Bunnett Street, employed at American Public Co., suffered convulsions this morning about 4 3 0. Dr. S J Burns treated her at Emergency Hospital before she was moved to Bridgeport Hospital.
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Mary Costello
Bunnett Street
American Public Co
5. J. Burns
Bridgeport
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National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Sherman Rogers
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Oeh
Mont
Beers
Will IS
Wolfe
Labor Board
Palmer
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