Early Break In Strike And Illinois Primary Result
Illinois voters in the Republican presidential preference primary show Governor Frank O Lowden leading General Leonard Wood with Sen Johnson written in on ballots. Chicago and Cook County favor Wood while state totals favor Lowden. violence and fraud complaints mark polling. Federal action seeks to avert famine risk with War Department stocked meats offered nationwide.
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Labor Board
Lowden
Illinois
Western
South
Chicago
Frank
Frank O. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Hiram Johnson
Cook County
Wood
Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Sowden
Ilinois
Wiliam Hale Thompson
Republican National
Republican County
Nathan W. MacChesney
General Wood
Lowdon
Edgar J. Cook
French Deputy Faints and Apologizes in Chamber
Paris April 13 Deputy Paul Chassaigne-Goyon fainted during a tax debate in the Chamber of Deputies. Doctors helped him onto the Speaker's desk where he regained consciousness and apologized to the Assembly. The chamber resumed the debate with Count Stanislas de Castellane speaking.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Chassaigne- Goyon
M. Chassaigne-Goyon
Count Stanislas de Castellane
Cox accuses profiteering in campaign funding in Marion
In Marion Ohio Governor James M Cox Democratic presidential candidate told the Jefferson Club that the race to buy a governmental underhold is underway linking profiteering with campaign contributions. He warned the public of profiteering and political influence during remarks at the club.
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Marion
Ind
James M. Cox
Ohio
Jefferson Club
Cox
Chauffeurs Furnished to Union Plumbers in Birmingham
Master Birmingham plumbers must provide chauffeurs to transport union plumbers to work and the chauffeurs cannot do plumbing. The inquiry found 67 journeyman plumbers dominate city work, apprentices barred in union shops to limit workers, and unskilled labor barred from plumbing jobs.
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Birmingham
Ala
Allied Civic Clubs
Father Slays Chauffeur In Louisville After Boy's Rundown
In Louisville on April 13 Joseph Lowe was shot dead and Charles Grundy wounded when William J. James fired at Lowe in the rear of Wolf's Confectionery after his son was struck by a truck driven by Lowe. James, 61, a Belknap Hardware clerk, was arrested. his 15 year old son William was injured in a prior incident.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Joseph Lowe
Charles Grundy
Wiliam J. James
Lowe
Joseph Wolf
South Third Street
James
Belknap Hardware Company
Richard S. James
Board of Public Safety
Ginstead
Wiliam T. James
Wolf
Clem Paine
Wolf's Confectionery
Paine
Cityspital
Cyclone in North Carolina Kills Three in Union County
A cyclone swept Union County on Monday night killing three people and injuring several others. Schools and churches were demolished and multiple farmhouses destroyed. Two young sons of farmer L Her Williams of Unionville died as their home collapsed. orchards and livestock were also lost.
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Charlotte
N. C
Union County
Convention Disturbed By Gambling Squad Accused Tell Judge
Police raided the poolroom at 558 West Sixth Street and arrested seventy five Black men on a charge of participating in a game of chance termed African golf. In Municipal Court attorney A Lee Beatty said the men were in a Republican convention discussing Presidential possibilities, aiming to elect Warren G Harding. Poolroom proprietor William Gunn, who presided at the convention, was fined 25 dollars with costs. delegates were given costs suspended.
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West Sixth Street
Republican Party
A. Lee Beatty
Alexander
Warren G. Harding
William Gunn
Fire at Furnytire Factory Burns Ladders Loss Over Four Thousand
Dense smoke hampered firefighters at Mary and Son furniture factory on Richmond Street. Fire started on the fourth floor and spread to adjacent floors. water damage affected lower finished goods. Fireman Joseph Small fell from a window and remains unconscious in serious condition at General Hospital. Factory operated by August Maly and son Robert J. Maly. expected loss over $4,000.
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Mary & Son
Richmond Street
Joseph Small
Delhi Avenue
Ladder Company No. 8
General Hospital
August Maly
Robert J. Maly
Ladders
Dublin Striking City Grinds to Standstill Around Mountjoy
Dublin endures a general strike over hunger striking prisoners at Mountjoy. Police and military manning the prison compound as 20 000 marchers fill streets. Shuttered shops hotels and pubs. tram and train services halted. post office operations suspended amid tense prayers and fears of tragedy.
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Dublin
Ireland
Mountjoy
Great Northern Ireland Railway
Punchestown
Belfast
North of Ireland
London
Postoffice Service
Telegraph Department
College Street
Cabinet to grant hunger strike demands in Ireland
Dublin report from the Evening Telegraph cites a cabinet move likely to grant the demands of the Irish hunger strikers, according to a wired Dublin correspondent under reserve.
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Belfast
Evening Telegraph
Dublin
Westerville plans big celebration for Pussyfoot Johnson
Westerville Ohio residents suspend business and close schools as William E. Pussyfoot Johnson returns from England around April 22. The noted anti alcohol advocate, an agent of the American Anti-Saloon League based in Westerville, gained the nickname after an English student incident. Johnson sailed from England and will arrive in New York April 21 en route home.
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Westerville, CO
William E
Pussyfoot) Johnson
England
Westerville
Pussyfoot
Johnson
New York
American Anti-Saloon League
Eight U S Sailors Drown in Launch Fire at Manzanillo
Eight American sailors died when an explosion on a launch caused a fire at Manzanillo Harbor. A Cuban War Department message from Lieutenant Mosillo gave the casualty figure but did not identify the ship or provide further details.
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U.S
Havana
Manzanillo Harbor
Cuban War Department
Leutenant M Osillo
Manzanillo
Paper Shortage Cuts Ads in Birmingham News
The Birmingham News announced April 13 that news print shortages force halving all regular client ad space and accepting no ads larger than a half page. The move aims to conserve paper while maintaining publication.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham News Today
No Baseball Scores by Phone Warns Commercial Tribune
The Commercial Tribune requests patrons not to ask for baseball scores or racing results by telephone. Scores will be posted in windows, and full reports appear in all editions. The sports department will be bigger and better, but calls clog lines and raise costs for the paper and the city.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Sub-Treasury to Close June 30 1921
The Cincinnati Sub-Treasury will shut its doors at end of June 30 1921 and be abolished along with all Sub-Treasuries. The Senate and House clashed over the abolition, with the final bill restoring the House provision to end Sub-Treasuries by the next fiscal year. Continued on third page.
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Washington
Cincinnati Sub-Treasury
United States Senate
House
Senate
W. R. Wood
Indiana
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Joint Conference
House Pro
Ryan Resigns From NYSE Over Stutz Stock Pressure
Allan A. Ryan chairman of Stutz Motor Car Co resigns from the New York Stock Exchange accusing board members of being short in Stutz stock as trading was suspended after a rapid price rise. Charles A. Morse announces a Stutz Protective Committee letter seeking authorization to act for contract holders.
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New York
Allan A. Ryan
Stutz Motor Car Company
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Charles A. Morse
Stutz Protective Committee
Stutz
Charles E. Hughes
John W. Prentiss
Andrew J. Miller
Morse
Exchange
Ryan
Wee
Elay
Shorts
Stromberg
Wilson Silence Creates Loophole on Third Term Candidacy
Washington dispatch reports an unusual Democratic party situation as President Wilson's silence on a third term fuels speculation. Secretary Tumulty advised Palmer and McAdoo that they were agreeable to him, while Wilson gave no clear indication of his own intentions. McAdoo has visited the White House without talking with the President, leaving doubts about neutral stance amid the nomination fight. Continued on Seventh Page.
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Washington, D. C
Democratic Party
Wilson
Tumulty
Palmer
William G. McAdoo
Mr. McAdoo
Washington
Tvid Lawrence, Inc
McAdoo
White House
Ultimatum Issued in Sonora Border Crisis Fortifies Gate
Gen Dieguez northern Carranza commander warns Sonora leaders De la Huerta and Calles of military action unless the state returns to the national government. Gen Plank plans to fortify Pulpito Pass while Sonora asserts loyalty from Chihuahua. Iturbé loyal to Carranza tears rail lines hindering Sonora. Sinaloa expected to back Sonora. Carranza officers cross into the United States seeking safety.
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Nogales
Sonora
Dieguez
Carranza
de la Huerta
Calles
Carlos Plank
Carles
Pulpito Pass
Chihuahua
New Republic
Plank
Agua Prieta
Tucson
Iturbe
Sinaloa
United States
Interior
Freight Tie-Up Hits Toledo Division Rail Yards
Eight cabooses idle on a side track and a lone switch engine idle amid near total freight stoppage on the Toledo Division of the B and O Railway. Only one outbound freight ran at 3 p.m. workers from two unions idle since Monday. Discharges of two yardmasters and salary protests at the Railway Labor Board prompt harsh reactions. A Cincinnati switchmen’s meeting voted to hold an open gathering.
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Elmwood
Toledo
B. &O. Railway
Elmwood Place
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Unon
North America
E. Montell
Park
Procter & Gamble
Railway Labor Board
Chicago Switchmen’s Association
Industrial Workers of the World
Cincinnati
Wuebuler’s
Freeman Avenue
Court Street
Offigeag Denied Share In Bonus By House Bill
Washington April 13 Commissioned officers in the military will not benefit under soldier relief legislation now in draft. Yeomanettes shipyard workers in the army or navy and former service men paid by employers while serving are also excluded. Other service members may receive adjusted compensation or a maximum of $1 a day with provisions for home building aid vocational training and land settlement. Revenue plans include a flat tax up to 2 percent on all sales or taxes on war profits.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
American Legion
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
I W W AIM TO EXTEND STRIKE TO WORLD REVOLT
Federal agents report signs of I W W influence aiming to broaden the railroad strike into a world revolt. Palmer prepares reports for Cabinet as Wilson calls a meeting. Labor Board nominations for Public, Railroad, and Employee representatives move to the Senate committee. Warrants issued in New Orleans for Yardmen's leaders on obstruction and Lever Act charges.
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New Orleans
Department of Justice
Department
Palmer
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Senate
George W. Hangar
Washington, D. C
Henry Hunt
Cincinnati
Web
Barton
Tennessee
Horace Baker
J. H. Elliot
William L. Park
Albert Phillips
A. O. Wharton
James J. Forrester
Eastward Rail Strike Spurs Labor Board Action
News from Washington as interstate railroad walkouts expand into the East. President Wilsons Labor Board, if quickly confirmed, may intervene to curb the strikes amid rising idle workers in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In New York Greater City strikers reject peace overtures while authorities warn of World Revolution momentum.
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New York
Chicago
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Department of Justice
Industrial Workers of the World
Ohio
Scranton
Middle West
Greater
Jersey City
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Randall
Prohibitionist
California
Chamber
Carolina
Gambling Squad
Tell Judge
Hart
Blaze
Furnytire
Riutous
Sub-Treasury
Landmark
Tribune Bureau
Munsey Building
Stock Exchange
Lawrence
David Lawrence
Wil
Republic
Hunt, Baker and Forrester
Offigeag
I W. W
Railway Workers’ Union
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
U. S. Warants
Yardmen's Association
T. M. Littleton
Ed. Behrman
D. G. Phillips
Charles Giblin
J.S. Burke
A. J. Cash
S. Farrell
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