French Action Threatens Allies Over German Affairs
Paris reports a 125000 plan linked to French action as the Paris editor Pertinax warns Britain to skip an ambassadors conference if France acts independently in German matters. London officials and Italian minister Scialoia dispute such a conference. Britain had said it would stay aloof unless the Versailles treaty is violated by troops in the Ruhr.
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Paris
France
Pertinax
Echo de Paris
London
Vittoro Scialoia
Millerand
Marshal Foch
Britain
Desertions Plague Navy, Urges Pay Rise to Restore Strength
Washington reports to the Senate committee that 4,666 desertions occurred in the last six months of 1919 with about 700 more per month this year. He warns the entire naval service faces disaster unless Congress enacts higher pay to compete with civilian jobs and attract recruits.
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Washington
Thomas Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Senate
Naval Service
Congress
Kitchin Stricken With Paralysis After House Speech
Rep Claude Kitchin of North Carolina, former Democratic leader, suffered a slight left side paralysis after delivering a House speech opposing the peace resolution. Physicians say he rests easily but its seriousness will not be known for ten days.
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Washington
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
Germany Holds France Responsible for Frankfurt Incidents
Paris April 9 Dr Von Mayer the German change d affairs handed to Premier Miller a note from the German government stating Germany will hold France responsible for the consequences of violent incidents in Frankfort.
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Germany
Paris
von Mayer
Miller
France
Frankfort
Obregon Denies Jail Report Amid Campaign Tensions
In Nogales Mexico a telegram says General Obregon was not arrested or jailed in Mexico City and denies health decline rumors. Officials at Obregon HQ denounce Carranza forces for summoning him as a witness in the Roberto Cajado rebellion case, calling it a political ruse to disrupt Obregon’s campaign. They also report alleged life threats against the general.
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Nogales
Mex
Alvaro Obregon
General Obregon
Mexico City
Obregon
Carranza
Roberto Cajado
Denver Merchants Fight Profiteering Injunctions
Denver retail clothing and shoe dealers and three coal companies secured a temporary injunction preventing U S Attorney Tedrow from presenting certain profiteering evidence to the federal grand jury. Judge Lewis held replacement price, not historic cost, governs profiteering charges, as Lever act validity and wartime status were affirmed.
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Pueblo
Denver
United States
Arry B. Tedrow
Grand Jury
Robert F. Lewis
District Court
Germany
Lewis
Resolution ends state of war with Germany in House vote
The House adopted a resolution declaring an end to the state of war with Germany by 243 to 150 with 22 Democrats backing the GOP majority and two Republicans voting against. A motion to send the measure back to committee failed 71 to 417. Speaker Mondell closed the debate after twelve hours as Kitchin suffered a stroke during his speech and Mondell expressed sympathy.
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Washington
Germany
House
Representative Flood
Virginia
Foreign Affairs Committee
Porter
Champ Clark
Kitchin
North Carolina
Mondell
Representative Kitchin
Representative Mondell
Hubbys Pay Check Fatal to His Wife
Denver news reports a quarrel over Silas Wilkins pay envelope ends in a shooting. Mrs Ruby Wilkins, 35, is dead and Silas Wilkins is dying in hospital. Police believe he shot her and then attempted suicide after disarming his wife.
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Denver
Ruby Wilkins
Silas Wilkins
Wilkins
Red Party Membership Ties Deportation Policy Announced
Acting Secretary Post cancels warrant for Thomas Truss of Baltimore. Bona fide membership in the communist party and guilty knowledge of its precepts will be used as the basis for deportation, a policy stated in Washington on April 9.
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Washington
Bona Fida
Communist Party
Post
Thomas Truss
Baltimore
Remains of Little Child Taken to Alabama for Burial
Merit Eugene Methvin age 44 from 349 West Twentieth Street died yesterday at home. Remains will be shipped from W. W. Dumm Mortuary to Oxford Alabama for services and burial.
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Merit Eugene Methvin
Eugene W. Methvin
West Twentieth Street
W. W. Dumm
Oxford
Ala
Wyoming Trout Stock Expansion Prompts Federal Action
State Game Warden W T Judkins seeks five car loads of trout from national hatcheries to stock 1.7 to 3.4 million fish across Wyoming via four railroad routes. Distribution aims for even statewide placement including Chicago Northwestern and Union Pacific lines.
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Wyoming
W. T. Judkins
Washington
Judkins
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Burlington
Colorado & Southern
Union Pacific
Oregon
Final Cheyenne drive for Statue of the Marne funding
The day marks the last chance to raise Wyoming’s $500 quota for the Statue of the Marne to honor France. Cheyenne’s rain and bad weather hindered the drive but more than fifty high school girls will solicit donations to fund the American memorial, led by the American Legion committee aiming to show representative national gratitude.
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The
Marne
France
Wyoming
Cheyenne
American Legion Committee
Republic
Hoover Says He Would Not Accept Democratic Nomination
Herbert Hoover again answered no to a question about accepting the Democratic nomination for president. He sent a telegram to Chandler M. Wood, chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic state committee's executive panel, stating his refusal.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Chandler M. Wood
Democratic State Committee
Massachusetts
Great Improvements at Local Plant This Year
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power plans 125000 in improvements this year. Light plant will get a 10 foot by 225 foot concrete smokestack, boiler capacity up 600 HP, and a 41000 kW turbine generator to power thousands of lamps. Gas plant capacity will rise 85 percent, boosting gas pressure citywide. Co A Semrad previously supervised.
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Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company
State Capitol
State House
Capitol
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Co. A. Semrad
Supervis
Senate Votes for Voluntary Training Plan Over Compulsory
Washington April 9 Compulsory military training was shelved in the senate as the army reform bill moved toward a voluntary plan for youths. The senate 46 to 9 vote substituted voluntary training, with final action postponed to Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Wadsworth
Military Committee
Organized Reserve
Yankee Owned Road 3 Taken Over in Mexico
The Southern Pacific de Mexico railroad, an American owned line, was seized by Sonora state government today after days of employee strikes. A federal judge had warned that if the strike remained unresolved in three days the Mexican federal government would seize and run the railway with troops.
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Chicago
A. B. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Whitney
Brotherhood
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
New York
New Jersey
Nogales
Southern Pacific de Mexico Railroad
Sonora
Mexico
Colonel Judkins outlines elk capture plan for Pole Mountain reserves
Colonel W. T. Judkins states that only one carload of elk will be moved to Pole Mountain this year. The plan uses a branding chute setup from stockyards to round corrals and on to Byron, Montana, then to desired locations. Young elk are captured and fed like domestic stock, with hunting restricted to three counties under open season rules.
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Pole Mountain
W. T. Judkins
Feealing Grounds
Byron
Mont
Judkins
Iremont
Lincoln
Park
Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Park
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