Termination of Outlaw Meeting Triggers Chicago Strikes
Chicago leaders report John Grunau, head of the outlaw Yardmen's association, released on bond and recaptured after violating an agreement to stay out of strike activity. A mass meeting ended amid calls for Grunau, with thousands of strikers chanting and blocking exits. Rail traffic slowed briefly but 120 workers returned to duties and coal cars numbered eleven hundred arrived. New York railroad managers say unauthorized-strike participants lose seniority and must reapply as new hires.
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Chicago
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Joliet
Grunau
New York
J. J. Mantell
Railroad General Managers' Association
Brotherhoods of Railway
B. A. McHugh
Surikers
Billy Whiskers author Frances Montgomery Tells Goat Tales
The State Leader profiles Frances Trego Montgomery a grandmother author of Billy Whiskers. She began writing from her children and their playmates then created Billy Whiskers which grew to dozens of tales enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of young readers.
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Billy Whiskers
Frances Trego Montgomery
Frances
Buena Vista
Iim
Defective Wheel Cited in Union Pacific Wreck
A defective wheel caused a Union Pacific derailment two miles east of Pine Bluffs, delaying eastbound trains No. 19 No. 20 and No. 4. Five freight cars left the rails, wrecking crew cleared the scene, and officials noted inspections would have detected any defect.
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Union Pacific
Pine Bluffs
Cheyenne
No. 4
Sidney
Clash Between Pickets and Guard Causes Fatal Shootings
Fifteen shot in Butte Montana clash on the Anaconda road near the Never Sweat mine. Fourteen I W W strike pickets and one policeman among those wounded. two I W W suspects believed to die. Police search for three others. miners mass at Finlander hall as authorities investigate.
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N. A. Rotoring
Cook's Mouse Prank Brings $4500 Verdict in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri on April 24 a jury awarded $4500 against Western Union Telegraph Co. after a cook's prank with a live mouse allegedly caused Pearl Smith a fall at a restaurant where she worked. The incident involved a male cook pursuing her with the mouse by the tail. The mouse escaped.
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Kansas City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pearl Smith
Ferguson Declares Bid for U S President on American Party Ticket
James E. Ferguson former Texas governor announces candidacy for president on the American party platform. The party was formed at Fort Worth last August by a Texas Democratic faction in Temple Texas April 24.
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Temple
Tex
James BE. Ferguson
Texas
United States
American Party
Fort Worth
Texas Democratic Party
Bergman Pleads Not Guilty to Assaulting Father
Raymona Bergman, arraigned in district court, pleads not guilty to assaulting her father Sam Bergman a long prominent city businessman. The charge states she attacked him and peppered his eyes when he refused her demand for money to fix up the Bergman home. she is described as a former motion picture actress.
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Raymona Bergman
Mise Bergman
Sam Bergman
Bergman
Miss Bergman
Primary results show Johnson lead as Bryan nears delegate tally
Omaha dispatch reports with about one third of precincts in, Hi ram Johnson leading the Republican presidential race over Leonard Wood and John Pershing. Bryan nears delegate at large, Stephens as running mate. Moorehead favored for governor. Hitchcock leads Democratic presidential endorsement with Rose trailing. McKelvie favored to win final GOP count.
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Omaha
Hiram Johnson
William Jennings Bryan
San Francisco
Johnson
Leonard Wood
John J. Pershing
Lincoln Statesman
Stephens
Moorehead
McKelvie
Hitchcock
Robert Rose
Palmer Still Leads Watson In Georgia Convention
April 24 complete unofficial returns from 453 Georgia counties show Thomas E. Watson leading with 1382 votes, Hoke Smith 110, and Attorney General Palmer 140 in the state democratic convention. No counties abstained. four stray votes will go to the candidate with the largest county unit vote.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Palmer
Thomas E. Watson
Hoke Smith
Michigan Delegates Named for National GOP Convention
Four of Michigan's thirty delegates to the Chicago convention were named in Detroit. They represent the first and thirteenth districts, with Wayne County Republicans convening to instruct delegates to vote for Hiram Johnson until he is nominated or releases them.
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Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Wayne County
Hiram Johnson
Laramie Two Alleged Thieves Arrested in Cheyenne
William Arvin and Arthur Clark, both negroes, were arrested by Cheyenne police for alleged thefts of clothing from two black residents in Laramie. Victims pursued suspects to Cheyenne, where the men were detained to face transfer back for trial.
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William Arvin
Arthur Clark
Laramie
Uaramie
Cheyenne
Wyoming Coal Miners and Operators Confer on New Contract
Mine operators and United Mine Workers officials from District 22 meet in Cheyenne to set the tonnage and price per ton under the president's commission for machine mining. A public-impact contract decision is sought, with a second conference planned in May to ratify terms and finalize business matters.
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United Mine Workers of America
District 22
Cheyenne
James Morgan
Wyoming
Martin Cahill
Mr. Morgan
George Bateman
Tax dodgers fail to pay wartime income taxes
Washington reports more than 800,000 firms and individuals did not file honest returns under revenue laws in the last two years despite a wartime appeal. A six month drive ending Feb 4 yielded 19,054,000 dollars in delinquent income and luxury taxes, Commissioner Williams said.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Williams
Revolutionary Movement Grows Across Mexican States
Reports from Washington state rebels indicate Hidalgo and Taxcala join secession backed by legislatures and troops. Zacatecas Michoacan governors reportedly ally with rebels while General Tull, campaign chief for Obregon, is wounded in battle at Contress as rebel forces win.
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Washington
Mexico
Sonora
Hidalgo
Taxacala
Enrique Estrada
Zacatecas
Michoacan
Benjamin Tull
General Obregon
Contress
General Hill
D A R Elects Mrs Minor President at Continental Congress
Mrs George Maynard Minor of Waterford Connecticut was nominated without opposition as president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the twenty ninth continental congress in session in Washington. Retiring president general Mrs George Thatcher Guernsey Kansas received a universal show of support from delegates. Twelve women were nominated for seven vice presidents general and others for officers. election slated for tomorrow.
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Washington
George Maynard Minor
Waterford
Con
Daughters of the American Revolution
Twenty Ninth Continental Congress
George Thatcher Guernsey
Kansas
Good Roads Association to Meet in Cheyenne and Other Towns
Wyoming Good Roads Association district meetings set for Cheyenne on Tuesday April 27 and in Neck Springs Casper Basin and Sheridan on subsequent dates Delegates from Laramie and Rawlins will travel to Cheyenne with information on road programs Cheyenne session aims to plan a working structure to serve state residents Plains Hotel in Cheyenne expected as the meeting site
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Wyoming Good Roads Association
Cheyenne
Neck Springs
Casper
Basin
Sheridan
Laramie
Platte
Goshen
Albany
Carbon
Rawlins
Plains Hotel
Storms Death Toll Rising After Tornado Sweep
Relief expeditions moved into sections of Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee after a tornado killed 150 people and injured thousands. Property damage was roughly estimated at 2 million dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Milk Gougers Sustained by Court Decree
Detroit authorities report that U S District Judge A J Tuttle found section 4 of the Lever Act unconstitutional. The ruling grants an injunction against the federal fair price committee, restraining it from fixing milk prices after the committee ordered a 2 cent reduction.
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Detroit
United States District
A. J. Tuttle
Federal Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
United States
Kinnane
Ex-Service Men Face Large War Pension Bill Forecast
Senator OThomas of Colorado warned during debate on a Civil War pension increase that future generations may pay about 25 billion dollars to World War I veterans and dependents. He said the war with Germany was an assault on the treasury and that bonus demands harm American public spirit.
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Washington
O'Thomas
Colorado
Thomas
Germany
Treasury
General Angel Plores commands Culiacan unopposed
South of the border report from Nogales and Sonora notes General Angel Plores in full control of Culiacan the capital of Sinaloa with Garza forces absent. In Nogales Arizona delegates from both chambers of commerce began talks to resolve a rail labor dispute involving the Southern Pacific of Mexico now run by strikers under state control. They seek restoration of the line to its American owners.
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Nogales
Sonora
Angel Plores
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Garranza
Ariz
Arizona
Chambers of Commerce
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Red
Demand end to lockouts in public utilities at MVAC
Resolutions adopted at the closing session of the Mississippi Valley Association convention in St. Louis call on Congress to enact laws prohibiting lockouts and strikes in all public utilities and essential industries.
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ST. Louis
Congress
The
Mississippi Valley Association
Veteran Drier of Wyoming Stage Perished in Storm
Glenn Bybee a 70 year old pioneer stage driver of Wyoming was found frozen to death near Lander after stalling in deep snow during Saturday's blizzard. He had attempted to reach shelter tying the horse tugs together and guiding the team toward safety before suffocating in the cold. The horses stayed with him until a search party found the body.
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Lander
Wyo
Glenn Bybee
Wyoming
Sybee
Bybee
South Pass
Thesane
Hien
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W. W
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Ferguson
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Watson
Mich Gan
Tlaxacala
Hidalgo, Michoacan
Carranza
Mexico City
D.A.R
Good Roads Association
Anglo-Mexican Council
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