Chicago Strike Shuts Milwaukee Road Terminal
Seven hundred switchmen and switch tenders at the Chicago terminal of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad walked out requesting wage hikes from 52 to 100 cents per hour and protesting the firing of a yardmaster. A F Whitney called the action illegal and an effort to discredit the national organization while union officials said 500 workers would remain on duty to handle traffic.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Varied Views Of Monroe Doctrine Split Mexican View
Aaron Saenz Mexican minister to Brazil says the Monroe doctrine is a real danger to the American continent because U S policy shifts with each administrator. He cites Ilihu Root and President Wilson and Senator Lodge to show differing U S interpretations while Mexico asserts it needs no external protection.
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Buenos Aires
Aaron Saenz
Brazil
United States
la Prensa
Rio Janeiro
Senor Saenz
Wilson
Lodge
Mexico
Liquor Tax Suits Target $250000 in Cleveland
G W Southwell secretary of the Dry Maintenance League filed a mandamus suit against the County Auditor to compel collection of $250,000 in liquor taxes. The action, by two taxpayers, claims the $1000 tax on each person trafficking in intoxicants remains in force and should be collected from 150 case owners convicted here of selling.
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Cleveland
G. W. Southwell
Dry Maintenance League
Southwes
Judge rules whisky in hip pocket a yegg kit
Justice Garvin in Brooklyn Federal Court holds liquor found on a person arrested for intoxication may be used as evidence in a federal case without a warrant. Frank Murphy was found with five half pint flasks and prosecuted under the Volstead act.
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New York
Justice Garvin
Brooklyn Federal Court
Frank Murphy
Thirsty Mob Gathers To Envy Shopkeeper With Home Made Drink
An intoxicated man staggered along a street near Court and Vine last night drawing a crowd to a shop window. The mob-like onlookers pressed to watch as the man helped himself to more liquor, prompting police to respond and disperse the restless crowd.
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Court
Vine Streets
Senerhae
Ss Owm
Costly Home Picked By Cat for Kittens
A black cat and her eight kittens were rescued when workmen building a garage at Court and Vine Streets found them trapped in a sixteen foot mold for concrete. Humane Society officer Drummond supervised the rescue as carpenters sacrificed time and lumber to save the animals.
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Court
Vine Streets
Botto
Drummond
The
Humane Society
Flip of Coin Wins Brand New Rookie For Uncle Sam
Alva Harrington a Detroit automobile plant worker became a new recruit for the army after a coin flip with Sergeant Edmondson of the Army Recruiting Station Harrington agreed to enlist if heads showed and the coin landed heads He departed for El Paso Texas last night joining the armed forces through a chance encounter.
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Uncle Sam
Sam
Army
Alva Harrington
Detroit
Union Central Depot
Sergeant Edmondson
Harrington
Edmondson
el Paso
Tex
Cold Wave Forecast Drives Fresh Freeze Across Region
A new cold front from Northwest Canada brings temperatures below freezing today as chill winds prompt heavier coats. Forecasters say the area will stay cold and clear with a slight chance of warmer weather by Sunday.
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Canada
Adena Suspect Bound Over in Frances South Murder
Steubenville Ohio April 2 Mike Onunkuk charged with the murder of Frances South at Adena March 25 was held to the grand jury without bond after a preliminary hearing in the County Jail. The grand jury convenes next Monday.
Outlaw Band Fight Near Laredo Leaves Three Mexicans Dead
Four American customs inspectors battled seven alleged Mexican smugglers about forty miles from Laredo. Three smugglers were shot dead, the others escaped toward the Rio Grande. no Americans were hurt. Mexicans suspected to be liquor smugglers were buried at the scene.
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Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande
Mexico
Parley Fails to End Longshoremen Strike
Washington April 2 A coastwise shipping talks at the Labor Department failed to yield an agreement on the Atlantic and gulf port longshoremen strike. Assistant Secretary Post said there is no hope of reconciling the sides and the conference dissolved. Workers refused wage increases while employers said they cannot grant raises without worsening losses.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Atlantic
Gulf
Post
Labor Department
Seizure of Evidence On Aliens Denied by Official
Acting Secretary Post denied that the House Immigration Committee had taken possession of evidence in the case of several aliens ordered deported and released. The committee accompanied by the sergeant at arms appeared at the department and asked to view the evidence, which the official said would be provided for examination of the documents.
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Washington
Associated Press
Post
House Immigration Committee
Johnson
House Committee
West
House
Russian Reds Release All Red Cross Workers Detained in Siberia
The Bolsheviks freed on March 23 all American Red Cross workers in Siberia except Alexander C Tweedie of New York who was ill with typhus in Krasnogara. Remaining released were Otto W Owe New York Joseph R Medill Jaroso Col Harry J Donnalley Philadelphia Dr William H Ford Kingston Okla and H N Bonzo Manila.
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Washington
Red Cross
Siberia
Alexander C. Tweedie
New York
National
Tweedie
Krasnogara
Otto W. Owe
Joseph R. Medill
Jaroso
Col
Harry J. Donnalley
Philadelphia
William H. Ford
Kingston
Okla
H.N
World Strike Planned by Radicals on May Day
In Geneva on April 2 preparations for a twenty four hour world wide strike on May 1 are under way led by Communists and other radicals. Foreign agitators may be expelled but Swiss participation is likely as Lenin launches the test of world proletariat solidarity.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Wood to speak in Ohio capital four addresses
General Leonard Wood Republican presidential hopeful will speak in Columbus with four talks to colored Women ex service men teachers and a major address at Memorial Hall He will host a reception at the Neil house from 5 to 6 pm Harding plans in Ohio include April 6 in Zanesville and Toledo with a possible Sandusky appearance The Memorial Hall address Tuesday night is the biggest in Ohio before the April 27 primary and Harding hopes for a solid delegation backed by state pride
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Columbus
Leonard Wood
Memorial Hall
Neil House
Harding
Zanesville
Toledo
Sandusky
Ohio
Nator Harding
Sie University Republican Club
Miarding
Democrats Hope to Capitalize on Hoover in 1920
Homer Cummings, Wilson loyalist and Democratic National Committee chair, outlines strategy for the San Francisco convention. He says Hoover may run as liberal Republican or independent, but Democrats view his reform aims as doomed and prefer backing Wilson. Cummings cautions against liberalizing the GOP.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Homer Cummings
Wilson
San Francisco
Cummings
Herbert Hoover
California
Hoover
United
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Mr. Hoover
Democratic Party
Republican Yard
Strikers Reach Agreement on Norfolk & Western Trains
Roanoke Virginia April 3 officials of the Norfolk & Western Railroad and union representatives reached a settlement directing all employees to resume work immediately. Trains operated with regular crews though two non union clerks faces possible discharge for an alleged insult to a woman employee. The strike spread from Portsmouth to Cincinnati district with 1800 men out locally and 1000 more elsewhere as 3000 shopmen joined in sympathy.
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Washington
Wilson
B. M. Jewell
Congress
Jewell
United States
Whiter
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Columbus, CO
Norfolk & Western Railway
Conch
Portsmouth
Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks
Cincinnati
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Charles Owens
Brotherhood
Fire destroys historic Fruit Hill mansion in Chillicothe
Fire at Fruit Hill in Chillicothe destroyed the 1802 home of Governors Duncan McArthur and William Allen after a defective kitchen flue. Firefighters saved a 3,000 volume library and historic furniture, though the mansion burned, recalling its prominence in early Ohio.
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Chillicothe
Fruit Hill
Duncan McArthur
William Allen
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Paris to Receive Legion of Honor on President's Day
Paris will host a Legion of Honor ceremony as President bestows the decoration on Chateau Thierry. French and American celebrations are planned for the day of the award.
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Paris
Chateau Thierry i
Platinum Loot Found After Arrest of Two Men
Police recovered platinum valued at 50 000 after arresting two men in the downtown jewelry district. Robert E. Carter of New York and Joseph Frederick of St Louis reportedly carried 10 000 worth on one person and checks led to the remainder at a hotel. Police tied arrests to a January 5 Perth Amboy chemical plant robbery totaling 75 000.
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New York
Robert E. Carter
Joseph Frederick
St. Louis
Perth Amboy
N. J
Era of False Prosperity Blamed on Inflated Credit
Franklin A. Vanderlip former National City Bank of New York president warned in Chicago that America faces an era of false prosperity due to inflated currency and bank credit. He cited high incomes and profits alongside scarce capital for expansion and tax burdens. He travels to Japan to study US Orient trade relations.
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America
Vanderlip
Chicago
América
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Japan
United States
Orient
German Troops To March on Ruhr On Allied Consent
Berlin reports say the German government will deploy troops to the Ruhr as soon as the Entente consents. The move follows three hours of cabinet discussion amid claims of rising lawlessness around Essen Dortmund Duisburg and Mulheim with food train looting by terrorist bands.
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Ruhr
Essen
Berlin
Associated Press
Entente
Dortmund
Duisburg
Mulheim
Red Army
Joachim Albrecht
Prussia
William
Moabit
Adlen
Prus
Capitol Police Refuse to Stop Irish Picketing
Washington authorities declined to curb Irish republic supporters outside the British Embassy citing federal court rulings as limiting action without disorder. Women demonstrated on Connecticut Avenue and earlier on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House while the embassy reported no complaint. In London Sir Hamar Greenwood was named Chief Secretary for Ireland succeeding Ilan MacPherson who resigned.
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Capitol
Washington
State Department
White House
Connecticut Avenue
District of Columbia
London
Hamar Greenwood
Home Affairs
Ireland
Hamar
Ilan MacPherson
Sir Hamar Greenwood
Canada
Lord Derby
Sir Hamar
Sunderland
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Flood Threatens Chattanooga as River Rises
CHATTANOOGA Tenn April 2 With a forty seven foot stage of the Tennessee River predicted by Sunday night and many low sections already under water city officials moved today to furnish relief to flood sufferers Residents in threatened territory were warned to move out and public buildings were set apart to house the homeless Railroad and street car traffic is demoralized a long fill on the Southern Railroad near Tyner having collapsed necessitating the detouring of all traffic between Chattanooga and Knoxville and Atlanta Numerous manufacturing plants have already been closed down.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Southern Railroad
Tyner
Knoxville
Atlanta
14 Year Old Killed as Shotgun Explodes in Brother’s Hands
Nicholasville Ky April 2 Lewis Sutton Clark fourteen and son of Mrs Alex S Clark was killed instantly when a shotgun being handled by his nine year old brother William Clark exploded the charge entering the elder boy’s breast. The boys had planned to duck hunt and were preparing to leave the house when the accident happened.
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Nicholasville
Lewis Sutton Clark
Alex S. Clark
William Clark
Cincinnati Poised as Center of I Group in Fair Price Plan
The Southern District of Ohio will split into five subdistricts with Columbus Dayton Cincinnati Steubenville and Marietta as likely headquarters The Ohio Fair Price Commission announcement awaits views from James R Clark and Ed Wertz before formal approval The Northern District will similarly be divided into five subdistricts totaling ten in the state.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
Department of Justice
Columbus
Dayton
Cincinnati
Steubenville
Marietta
Ohio Fair Price Commission
James R. Clark
Harding Is Dinner Guest at Alibi Club
A social dinner for Senator Harding was hosted by Ohio Republican lawmakers at Washington's Alibi Club. Representative Longworth organized the event, describing it as entirely social. Four Ohio Republicans were absent from the gathering.
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Washington
Harding
Alibi Club
Republcan
Ohio
Longworth
Foster
Moore
Cooper
McCulloch
Republicans Expect Swift Senate Action On War End Resolution
Washington reports Republican leaders foresee prompt Senate approval of the House war end resolution. Senator Lodge says unity from Republicans and broad Democratic opposition will drive swift action, followed by army reorganization legislation. Conference notes no major delay in passage.
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Washington
Senate
House
Germany
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
United Republican
Lo &E
Congress
Atis
Council of the
League of Nations
Rome
League
Siberia
Belgium
Loder
Vesnitch
Jugo- Slavia
Elihu Root
America
s_—g
Brussels
United States declines seat on League Russia commission
London reports a reply from the American Embassy stating the United States cannot be represented on the League of Nations commission to Russia. The Paris League meeting announced informing Washington and naming an American citizen as a member was considered.
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London
Ndon
United States
Council of the
League of Nations
Russia
League
Paris
Belgian Refugee Held for Robbing Benefactor
A Belgian refugee, 18, was arrested after being accused of robbing his benefactor Eugene Van Acker. He was returned to South Bend Indiana to face grand larceny charges. The man had been linked to events surrounding a Notre Dame Academy president and had recently driven a presidential automobile.
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Eugene van Acker
South Bend
Ind
Grand Larer
France
Thae
Notre Dame Academy
Uth Bend
R Ning
Belgium
Van
Harding Seeks Fund To Erect Memorials For World War Dead
A Senate resolution proposes a $1,000,000 appropriation to erect memorial tablets listing local soldiers from various counties who died in World War II. The measure, introduced by Republican Senator ng of Ohio, calls for tablets bearing names by county and was referred to the Military Committee.
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Harding
Washin
Rivas
Republican
Ohio
Military Committee
Springfield Man Killed By Auto in Miami Visit
J. A. James, a Springfield real estate dealer visiting Miami, was killed when struck by an automobile. The accident occurred yesterday and his death followed within an hour. the news reached his family today.
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Springfield
J. A. James
Miami
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