Palmer orders federal inquiry in as railroad strike surge
United States District Attorneys ordered to probe unauthorized railroad strikes to see if any joint action aims to disrupt distribution of necessities. Palmer says government ready to act. hearings planned with Chicago Yardmen’s Association leader as first witness. Reserve food supplies dwindle with strikes hitting New York Chicago Kansas City and other centers.
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Palmer
Chicago
Sonora
Carranza
U. C
Windy City
Kansas City
New York
Meredith
Washington
United States
Savannah
Ames
Mr. Ames
Middle West
Raiload
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
John Gruneau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Cummins
Department
Coal Commission Dismisses Car Shortage Fears as Unfounded
The United States Bituminous Coal Commission says current coal prices are unjustified and not tied to production costs or wage increases for miners. It cites excess first‑quarter production, no immediate car shortage, and improved car allocation as reasons to doubt a domestic coal shortage or price spikes, with continued efforts to stabilize supply.
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Washington
United States
Bituminous Coal Commission
Ehe
Geological Survey
Car Service Commission
American Railway Association
Explosion Injures Expressmen at Union Station
An express package exploded at Union Station in Providence injuring three baggage handlers but none seriously. The blast wrecked the platform and an express car and shattered windows at the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Office Building. A passing train struck the end of the truck causing the blast. police found no clear contents of the package.
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Providence
R. L
Union Station
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Private attache escapes rebels near Mexico City
Private dispatches report Major Edgar W. Burr military attache at the American Embassy was kidnapped by rebels who dynamited a train near Tres Marias on March 28. He used a ruse to escape and reached the railroad station in Mexico City with his wife and other Americans. State Department inquiry confirms the incident and release.
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Washington
Dvices
Mexico City
Ajor
Edgar W. Burr
Tres Marias
Burr
Florence Haile
Hurd
State Department
Major Burr
Department
Agua Prieta Rebels Seize Customs House In Mexico
Agua Prieta across the border from Douglas sees its customs house seized by Sonora State authorities with immigration and post offices also taken. State militia numbers he said reach 2 000 with trenches dug and guards posted as the town braces for possible conflict.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Mexico
Pril
Hermoillo
Carranza
Fernando Mendosa
de ‘la Huerta
Salvador Alvarado
General Obregon
Caranza
Nuevo Minos
Central
Nova
Roberto Carrillo
Secret Service
Canon Diablo
Senor Carrillo
Nuevo Vnus
Imander
Nuevo Inos
Douglas, Ariz
Douglas
Immigration Office
Customs Office
Jose M. A. Tostodo
Mexico City
el Paso
J. M. Pino
P. Elias Calles
United States
German Plot for Air Raid on New York Revealed
Washington April 10 details of plans by the German general staff for bombing New York City from the air are disclosed in Colonel William H. Hensley Jr article. He states the raid was planned for Thanksgiving 1918 using the L-72 airship described as the largest in the world. The trip was run 367 times on paper with bleak odds of success.
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Washington
New York City
William H. Hensley, Jr
Air Service
War Department
Hensley
High School Students Parade in Overalls Protest
Fifty Marquette area students marched in overalls to protest clothing costs. Teachers sent them home to change. In Birmingham, Alabama the Overall Club saw new members as trouser prices rose from two to six dollars.
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Marinette
Wis
Chattanooga 2000 Men Form Overall Club for Cheaper Clothes
In Chattanooga Tennessee on April 10 officials from county and city joined a charter membership of 2000 men who organized an Overall Club to secure cheaper clothing. The effort aims to lower prices and increase bargain access through the cooperative group.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Two Airmen Injured When Plane Catches Fire Over Berlin
Leiden ant Mark C. Hogue of Portland Oregon and Lieutenant Richard Wright of Coveland Ohio were injured when their aerial mail plane from Bustleton Pennsylvania to Washington caught fire at about 1,700 feet over Berlin. Hogue escaped with bruises after a nose dive. Wright fell 200 feet from the wing after crawling out, suffering multiple injuries and possible death risk. The plane struck a tree, its gasoline tank exploded, and Hogue helped Wright to a hospital here. Both aviators had served in France during the war.
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Camden
Hogue
France
Sinn Fein Prisoners Hunger Strike in Mountay Prison
Four days into a six day hunger strike 104 Sinn Fein prisoners at Mountay Prison grow weaker as relatives are summoned. Government and prisoners show no sign of concession and there are fears of possible deaths. Separately a Dublin tax offices fire claim nears $160,000 with broader refunds likely across fifty districts.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Sinn Fein
Mountay Prison
Dublin Corporation
Ireland
Levee Break Floods 20 000 Acres on Mississippi
Rock Island Illinois April 10 Twenty thousand acres of farm land were flooded when the Illinois side levee opposite Muscatine broke others nearby had moved to higher ground. The new break raises total flooded area to about 70 000 acres across both sides of the river.
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Mississippi
Rock Island
Ill
Illinois
Iowa
Giant world bas relief map to be shown at exposition
A 35 by 15 foot world bas relief map described as the largest ever made will be exhibited by the United States Shipping Board at the National Marine Exposition in New York next week. The map was created using 150 rounds of bees wax in its construction.
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New York
United States Shipping Board
Judge Allows Tenants To Fix Their Own Rent In Chicago
In Chicago on April 10 Judge K. M. Landis permitted tenants in a bankrupt building to set their rents. Tenants paying 50 dollars monthly protested increases to 90 and 100 dollars from landord John T. Lewis. The judge ordered the receiver to execute leases at rents the tenants determine, with 50 dollars named as the amount they will pay.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
John T. Lewis
Lewis
French Parley Sought as Occupation Expands in Germany
French forces extend occupation along the River Main with Stockstadt and Badenhausen already seized and Aschaffenburg eyed from Darmstadt. In Ruhr Germany the workmen cease control and hand power to municipal officials under peace terms, while Reichswehr withdrawals spark mixed reactions.
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London
River Main
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Stockstadt
Bavaria
Badenhausen
Aschaffenburg
Darmstadt
Dusseldorf
Associated Press
Ruhr
Elberfeld
Barmen
Hagen
Bielefeld
Muenster
Reichswehr
Joe
Peter Berter
Financial Relief Bill Aimed at Mineral City Bank Creditors
The House Committee on Claims reported favorably a bill by Roscoe C. McCulloch to compensate patrons of the Mineral City Bank in Mineral City Ohio who lost money on Liberty loan subscriptions before the bank failure last year. If enacted the relief would total about $20,000 to affected residents.
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Canton, O
House Committee On Claims Today
Congress
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Canton
Mineral City Bank
Mineral City
Here
Liberty
Repository
Washington
Committee On Claims
Con— McCulloch
India Missionary Must Go to Jail in Unwritten Law Case
The Bombay court upheld a two year sentence for Rev. L. W. D. Jackman the American missionary who killed Major H. D. Cloete in Sadiya Assam. It ruled human life sacred and stated no one may kill regardless of provocation though mental torture and wife’s infidelity influenced the case.
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India
Bombay
L. W. D. Jackman
H. D. Cloete
Sadiya
Assam
Jackman
Food Trucks Stand Ready If Rail Strike Paralyzes Trade
Washington reports emergency motor truck plans to move food if railroad employees strike disrupts transport. The Council of National Defense says 45 000 government trucks can be mobilized quickly and up to 7 000 000 privately owned trucks could supplement support to maintain food supply.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
Herbert F. Shenton
Council
Shenton
Harding Backers Bet Even Money On Nomination
Betting on the 1920 Republican nomination heated up as even money was offered that Warren G Harding would win. Odds posted included a portion of $1,000 against the field and hints that General Wood might carry Hamilton County. Taft reported Hoover sentiment and strong backing at a New York meeting, with Procter noting a robust Leonard Wood campaign in Cincinnati.
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Warren G. Harding
Harding
Wodeca
Hamilton
Robert A. Taft
Ohio Hoover Committee
New York
Hoover
Taft
Herbert Hoover
North Dakota
Senator Johnson
California
William Cooper Procter
Leonard Wood
Cincinnati
Wood
Rumors of Relapse Cloud Wilson Health in Washington
Washington April 10. President Wilson’s absence from daily walks fuels new rumors of a relapse as White House briefings remain vague. Some say cabinet meetings have ceased and the president shows signs of nervous tension, while others argue his schedule just reflects heavy public duties. A flood of sensational photographs has exaggerated illness rumors. Continued on Fourth Page.
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Washington
Wilson
National Capital
White House
Ohio Winter Wheat Kill Rates Darting Crop Prospects
Columbus April 10 A crop bureau report shows Ohio wheat prospects dim with 68 percent condition on April 1, down 22 points since December 1. Preliminary estimates suggest 13.8 percent winter kill, with 24 percent in Southwest and South Central counties and about 11 percent in the north. Hessian fly present in every county and farm labor 16 percent below last year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal State Bureau of Crop Statistics
Southwest
South Central
Local Yardmen Predicted Loyal Leaders During Strike Turmoil
Cincinnati railroad unions and officials voiced confidence that local switchmen and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen would not join a nationwide walkout. Delegates from Chicago conferred with Cincinnati leaders as wage demands from freight handlers and express workers continued. Kroger officials noted two weeks of meat supply, while abattoir and coal officials described a stable outlook for food and coal during possible disruptions.
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Cincinnati
F. M. Renshaw
Chamber of Commerce
Brotherhood of Railroad
Kinnati
Chicago
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
American Railway Express Company
William Albers
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Cincinnati Abattoir Company
West Virginia
Ohio River
Captain of Irish Pickets And Two Aids Nabbed Refuse Bond
Mrs James Walsh of New York City who calls herself Captain of the Irish pickets and two other women bearing banners in front of the British Embassy were arrested for violating federal statutes. They were moved to the House of Detention after failing to provide bond. Earlier in the day two other pickets had been held on $1 000 bond.
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Washington
James Walsh
New York City
House of Detention
Flier Aims to Break Miami New York Air Record
Lincoln G. Valentine of New York and Modesto Martinez former Costa Rican legation official departed Miami at noon to attempt the 1,450 mile flight to New York in a bombing plane with a 400 horsepower Liberty engine. George Cobb pilots the craft as the current sixteen hour forty minute record stands.
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Miami
Fla
Lincoln G. Valentine
New York
Modesto Martinez
Washington
George Cobb
Cincinnati Forecast Promises Rainy Easter Sunday
Weather Bureau forecaster Devereaux predicts rain and warmer temperatures for Cincinnati. Despite the omen of Easter rain it is expected hundreds will venture in spring joggery amid the showers.
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Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Devereaux
Striking Railroad Switchmen Stir Turmoil Across Regions
Chicago April 10 Reports show insurgent railroad switchmen strikes expanding to New York City and several centers while many workers stay at work in New England and the upper Mississippi Valley. Union leaders claim the action aims to topple existing unions and spark a new organization with thousands already out in Toledo Detroit Columbus Indianapolis Fort Worth and others. Federal action looms as District Attorney Clyne considers National Guard aid amid talks with strikers leader Grunau and the Justice Department.
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Chicago
New York City
New England
Southeastern
Upper Mississippi
Missouri Valle@ys
Denver
Toledo
Detroit
Columbus
Indianapolis
Ft. Worth
Brotherhoods
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Sinois National Guard
Charles F. Clyne
Department of Justice
John Grunau
Clyne
CAC
Torney
Palmer
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Ongress
Obregon
Commerce Committee
Department of Agriculture
New Jersey
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jersey City
Omaha
Commission
S. Mator
Birmingham
Ala
Peng Advange
Germany
England
Rhine
Berter
Red
Committees of Order
Ratingen
Mettmann
David Lawrence
David Lawrence, Inc
State Board
Rail
Union
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