Democratic Leader Roger Sullivan Dies in Chicago
Roger C. Sullivan, 59, longtime Cook County Democratic leader and national party figure, died at his Chicago home of bronchial pneumonia after a month of illness. He had just returned from Hot Springs and planned to head Illinois’ 58 delegate bloc at the San Francisco convention, a role tied to Wilson’s presidency push.
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Roger C. Sullivan
Cook County
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Hot Springs
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San Francisco
Illinois
Strike Ends Here as Union Men Return to Jobs in Chicago
Insurgent railroad workers on the Pennsylvania, Soo Line and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific voted to return to work. Enginemen across several roads resumed duties with officials noting higher freight movement in Chicago. The General Managers Association reported increased traffic despite ongoing strike claims.
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Chicago Terminal
Pennsylvania
Soo Line
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Edward Corrigan
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Rock Island
R. L. Ransdell
el Paso
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Tex
Chikasha
Okla
W. P. Schaff
New York Central
General Managers’ Association
General Manager Jeffers Defuses Strike At Union Pacific
Jeffers blunt talk to strikers in the K of C hall yesterday afternoon prompted the outlaw walkout to end and workers return to duty by evening. Leaders of the Big Four and union chairmen helped persuade the men, with one striker noting radical influence defeated. The crowd left the hall urging unity as they moved back to work.
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William Jeffers
Union Pacific
K. of C. Hall
Big Four
Hitchock Says Bryan Out Of Tune With Party
Hastings Neb April 44 United States Senator G M Hitchcock said he approved naming him as a presidential candidate because Nebraska should back a candidate in harmony with the current Democratic party stance. He cited William Jennings Bryan who attended a Jackson Day dinner in Washington with a speech challenging President Wilson and endorsing an extraordinary convention program.
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Hastings
Neb
United States
G. M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Wilson
State Leader Launches Cheyenne Promotion Campaign
The State Leader will run the most extensive publicity drive yet to showcase Cheyenne country resources and attract industrial growth. A seasoned publicity expert from Texas will write weekly articles for fifteen weeks, highlighting one aspect of industrial life each issue in the Leader and distributing hundreds of copies locally and beyond.
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Mississippi River
United States
West
Texas
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Leader
Howat and Aides Moved From Crawford County Jail
Alexander M. Howat president of District No. 44 United Mine Workers and three officials were taken from Crawford county jail to other cities after a court order found the jail unfit for their safekeeping. They will stay in Allen and Franklin jails until further order.
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Kan
Alexander M. Howat
United Mine Workers of America
Crawford County
Girard
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
District Court
Allen and Franklin
Hunger strike ends as 64 prisoners released in Dublin
Dublin reports 64 hunger striking prisoners released apparently unconditionally ending the action. In Belfast, soldiers fired ball cartridges over crowds at Londonderry station injuring two civilians by ricocheting bullets.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Belfast
Ireland
Londonderry Station
Cronlands Move Into New Bangalow Home on Twenty First Street
Albert Cronland and his family have moved into a newly completed bungalow on Twenty First street. The attractive brown exterior bungalow is a popular American design. Once settled, the Cronlands will welcome friends to their new home.
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Albert Cronland
Twenty-first Street
Cronlands
Navy Prepared for War Says Strauss
Rear Admiral Strauss testified to the senate committee that the navy began laying ordnance equipment early in World War I and had no shortage when the United States entered the war. He said the British admiralty and Rear Admiral Sims did not approve the North Sea mine barrage plan initially.
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Senate
Strauss
United States
Sims
German reparations panel rejects Annex Three tweak
Berlin reports the reparations commission refused Germany's request to modify Annex Three and ordered the transfer of ships to the allies as per the treaty. Belgians occupy Frankfurt with Belgian troops arriving to a ceremonial French welcome and no disturbances observed.
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Reparations Commission
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Supreme Council
Germany
Laramie Attorney Visits Cheyenne District Court
F. E. Anderson former prosecuting attorney of Albany county was a business visitor in Cheyenne yesterday and spent much time in the district court here.
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F. E. Anderson
Albany County
Cheyenne
Weather Outlook Shows Unsettled Thursday and Friday
Unsettled Thursday and Friday with likely local rains and little temperature change. Residents should expect scattered showers and mild conditions across the area with no significant warmth or cool spells forecast.
Calles mobilizes troops in Sonora amid border clashes
At Agua Prieta April 14 the Sonora republic fights Carranza forces on the Sonora Sinaloa boundary as General Calles fortifies the frontier and mobilizes 4000 Yaqui fighters. Carranza troops move from Casas Grandes toward Agua Prieta while saloons close and recruits surge.
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Sonora
Associated Press
Republic of
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Sonora-Sinaloa
Nogales
P. Ilias Calles
Sinaloa- Sonora
Chihuahua
Casas Grandes
Apus Priata
Calles
Blanco Pass
J. M. Pina
New Republic
Obregon Leaves Mexico City Amid Escape Report
Lieutenant Colonel Alvaro Obregon and campaign manager General Benjamin Hill fled Mexico City by car yesterday noon heading toward Iguala Guerrero. Authorities took no action to stop Obregon despite knowledge he was preparing to flee.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Presidency of the Republic
Benjamin Hill
Iguala
Guerrero
Obregon
Malodorous Steel Strike Leader Plots Rail Walkout
Justice investigators urge, tying William V. Foster to orchestrating the outlaw railroad strike. Palmer officials reveal Foster attended union meetings, with plots expanding in Chicago and other cities as Wilson’s cabinet weighs a public explanation of the motives behind the walkout.
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Associated Press
Department of Justice
William V. Foster
Sear
Palmer
Foster
Dea Teethanda Af
Tdaleaan Alan
No Parley With Disloyalists By Four Brotherhoods
Chiefs of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen order general chairmen not to participate in conferences with government or railroad officials where Yardmen's Association reps may appear. President Lee says they will not recognize the Yardmen's group and will present their cases first before any labor board proceedings.
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Nogales
Ariz
Young Men’s Business Association
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Yucatan
Mexico
Carranza
General Alvarado
Sonora
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
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