France Accepts Possible Radical Action Against Germany
Paris reports indicate France may take drastic steps with allies if Germany fails to provide reparations by May 1. Contenders range from Ruhr valley occupation to Berlin action, with Switzerland and Czecho Slovakia cited as potential mediators and allies ready to join economic or military pressure. A May cabinet change in France is anticipated if Braind cannot secure results.
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Associated Press
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Westphalia
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Washington
Switzerland
Slovakia
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Premier Lloyd George calls for miners and owners to present cases
In a strike parley the premier urged full presentations from mine owners on their new scale and from miners on owners demands. He proposed an informal committee to study the proposals before a full decision, while miners spoke of continued hope that a triple alliance strike would not begin Tuesday night.
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Tives
Lloyd George
VANK IS KILLED BY MEX SLAYER IN NOGALES OFFICE
John Writer, an American mining man formerly in Tucson, was beaten and stabbed by three Mexicans in the office of Cook Lewis and Writer in Hermosillo. Robbery is suspected as motive. Writer survived after injuries to face chest and ear. Consul Charles Doherty investigates.
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Ariz
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Cook, Lewis and Writer
Hermosillo
Sonora
Writer
Tucson
Alix
John Burton
Burton
Charles Doherty
Bonora
Accusation in church discussed by local speaker
An acquaintance explains a preacher's concern over a church dispute. A resident from Numpus Ridge Ark expresses belief that people are hard to convince and may be left to their fate, while a Kansan figure comments on the situation.
Boundary Dispute Between Oklahoma and Texas Settled
The U S Supreme Court ruled the Red River boundary runs along the south bank of the river citing the 1819 treaty with Spain. Oil lands worth millions are involved as a receiver oversees title and leases in the disputed valley.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Red River
Supreme Court
United States
Spain
Adams
Mexico
Red River Valley
Red River Region
Oklahoma City
Okla
United States Supreme Court
P. Freeling
Supreme CourtAffirms California Flood Control Assessments
The Supreme Court affirmed decrees of California courts upholding San Joaquin River reclamation board assessments for flood control construction. Property owners challenged legal authority and argued acreage based levies without proved benefits, but the court rejected these claims.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
San Joaquis Reclamation Board
Blackmailer 1 Arrested in Wyoming Case
Miller is jailed on blackmail charges with evidence linking him to letters sent to Cunningham. Officials claim Miller acted with a confederate, with a hearing set for April 14 before Judge Brown. Handwriting matches and letters recovered from the jail confirm involvement. Sheriff Lee Martin led the arrest, and the case carries a potential five year term in the state penitentiary.
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Tribune
Miller
Purcell
Casper
Lee Martin
C. 0. Brown
First Session of 67th Congress Opens in Washington
The 67th Congress began at noon with Republicans in control for the first time in a decade. Fordney tariff bill leads the early list while Kahn’s Bergdoll draft-escape probe awaits action. New senators Norbeck and Bursum sworn in as Congress plans hearings and committee assignments.
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Massachusetts
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North Via
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South Dakota
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New Mexico
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Lodge
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senator Lodge
President Harding to deliver message to Congress in person
Washington April 11 President Harding will deliver his first message to Congress in person at 1 p m tomorrow after a joint session vote. The message is being drafted in longhand with pencil and will be completed tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Associated Press
Harding
Congress
4Nericar? Farm Bureau Federation
Siven Farm Organizations
Senate
House
Mississippi
Florida
Weather Bureau
Lawmakers Debate Pension, Soldier Bonus Bills in House
In Washington on April 11 several measures were introduced. Representative Foster favors monthly Civil War pensions over quarterly. Other options include a soldier bonus, Johnner immigration bill, a veterans bureau consolidation, moving compensation claims to the pension office, and the McArthur road bill proposing 75 million dollars yearly for four years.
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Ohio
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Senate
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Treasury Department
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Sweet
Iowa
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Pension Office
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German Empress Augusta Viktoria Known for Charitable Work
The German empress Augusta Viktoria, queen of Prussia, was noted for her chart work and for efforts to relieve the distress of the poor. Some said she was not a gifted or graceful woman, yet she cared for simple duties.
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William
Augusta Vietora
Pruestia
Greeks Pressed as Turks Retake Key Rail Junction
Paris reports from Asia Minor say Turkish forces push Greeks in the southern and Brusa region while Afun Karahiser, a Bagdad railway hub, is retaken. Greek casualties exceed 6,200 in the northern army.
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Asia Minor
Brusa
Aflun-Karahiser
Bagdad
Turka
Danish Industry Leader Ballin Dies From Self Inflicted Wound
M. J. Ballin a top Danish business figure died from a self inflicted bullet wound in Copenhagen. He led Ballin's Soender industrial group and reportedly spent his fortune attempting to halt a decline in the company's stock from 50 to 20. His German sympathies earned him Allied blacklists during the war.
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M. J. Ballin
Ballin
Germany
Soenner
Elevator mishap sparks quip about two papers
A crowded western office building elevator briefly dropped, then continued. The elevator boy reassured riders while a portly man joked that a fall would matter only to two papers, the Tribune and the World, reflecting the era’s press humor.
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Rte
Tribunne
American Legion Weekly
Child dies in Denver house fire at age four
Denver April 11. Four year old Charlotte Epping daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Epping 4438 Xavier Street died in a fire at a frame chicken house behind the home. Her brother and a neighbor child were rescued as flames spread. The children said they were playing with matches before the blaze.
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Denver
Charlotte Epping
Anthony Epping
Xavier Street
Chariotts
Matenes
Tobin Takes Over Casper Cigar and News Stand
Mrs. R. B. Tobin becomes owner of the cigar and news stand in the Smith Turner Drug Store building. The stand was previously run by Mrs. Helen Hunter Stahl who has paid the business and is leaving Casper.
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Smith-Turner Drug Store
Helen Hunter Stahl
Casper
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