Forsyth County Farmer On Trial For Murder Here
John 8 Williams of Jasper county faces murder charges in Covington Georgia after Clyde Manning’s confession tied him to killing eleven black farm workers to shield a peonage case. Sixteen deputies guard the courtroom as a large crowd gathers and over twenty witnesses are called by the state to support Manning’s account of the killings.
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Covington
John
Williams
Jasper County
Clyde Manning
Manning
Michigan Votes Soldiers Bonus Approved by Early Figures
Detroit Mich April 5 Early figures indicate Michigan voters approved 39 million dollars in bonds to fund a soldiers bonus. In Houghton county the vote was 6 to 1, while results for Supreme Court Justices education superintendent and university regents were not yet clear. Detroit also showed strong interest in two street railway proposals.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Houghton County
Supreme Court
Education
The
State University
Street Railway Commission
Harding Receives Labor Views on Wage Question
President Harding heard labor representatives A B Garretson and B M Jewell discuss the wage issue in Washington as part of his railroad inquiry. They said he offered no indication of policy and wished to hear all sides. Additional talks with other railroad leaders are planned in Cleveland.
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Washington
Harding
A. B. Garretson
Order of Railway Conductors
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
Privte
Garretson
Cleveland
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Warren
Stone
Grand Ihief
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Theater Burglars Break Safes in Detroit Heist
Three armed bandits entered two Detroit theaters, cracked office safes and escaped with four thousand dollars. The incident occurred in Detroit Michigan on April 5. Theaters were unnamed. Police investigation ongoing.
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Detroit
Mich
Weather Outlook for Chicago Apr 5 Showers and Thunder
The forecast indicates showers and possible thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Cooler conditions are expected in the western portion tonight and in the west and north on Wednesday.
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Chicago
Weather observations for late March to early April
The report lists daily readings from March 30 to April 4 with snow measurements and temperatures. Snow totals range from .45 to .81 inches, with high temperatures between 42 and 54 and lows between 15 and 33 degrees. Rain was recorded on March 30 and 31, while April 2 and 4 show no precipitation.
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Tosis
Cardinal Gibbons Will Filed in Orphans Court
Baltimore April 5 The will of Cardinal Gibbons was filed in the Orphans court disposing of about 100000 dollars of personal estate The bulk of the estate goes to Bishop O B Corrigan administrator of the Baltimore diocese The cathedral rector Rev Louis R Stickney and the diocese chancellor Rev Eugene J Connelly receive major portions All property in Virginia and West Virginia is left to Bishop Denis J O Connell of Richmond Va
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Orphans’ Court
O. B. Corrigan
Louis R. Stickney
Eugene J. Connelly
Virginia
West Virginia
Denis J. O'Connell
Richmod- Va
Autoist Killed Cranking Car in Minneapolis
Clayton Roberts died after the crank of his automobile struck his chest while cranking it in Minneapolis on April 5. The impact fractured several ribs and penetrated his heart, causing death within minutes at the scene.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Clayton Roberts
New Utilities Bill Advances in Iowa Legislature
In Des Moines April 5 a new utilities bill mirrors the vetoed Springer proposal but drops governor objected features. It preserves council power to fix gas and electric rates and streetcar tariffs while creating a court of review and allowing investigations initiated by the state executive council. The House also passes a measure to empower subpoenas and witness attendance in related matters. The Senate at noon debates rail valuation assessments tied to Interstate Commerce Commission rate making.
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Des Moines
Springer
Kendall
Iowa
Markets Update From Cattle to Grains and Oats Ad
Cattle receipts at 9,000 with steer prices steady to 25 cents lower and fat cows 5.25 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 17,000 with lights 10 to 15 cents higher and pork futures around 17.75. Sheep receipts 16,000 with lambs steady to 25 cents higher. Chicago grain shows wheat May 156, corn May 59, oats May 37. Quaker Oats advertising shift noted along the highway of marketing.
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Chicago
Springs
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbel
Des Moines
Tel
St. Joseph
U S Response to Germany on Reparations Satisfies French Officials
The American reply to Germany on reparations gives French officials great satisfaction and is viewed as closing any escape from treaty liabilities under Versailles. Premier Briand is expected to reference this and related matters in an afternoon senate speech.
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Paris
United States
Germany
Briand
Senate
Mexico Kicks Out Yankee Slacker
In Mexico City on April 5 Linn A. E. Gale an American radical was deported via Vera Cruz after arrest Friday night. Newspapers say he was taken toward Laredo to face U S authorities. President Obregon calls Gale a pernicious foreigner for anti government activity. two other radicals noted as Soviet propagandists may be deported soon.
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Mexico City
Linn
A. E. Gale
Vera Cruz
Laredo
United States
Obregon
Gale
Ottumwa Street Car Case Dismissed
Des Moines Iowa supreme court dismissed the Ottumwa street car case on motion of the Ottumwa Street Car Company. Arguments for rehearing had been set for today.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Ottumwa Street Car
Ottumwa Street Car Company
Railroads Seek Wage Reductions Before Labor Board
Twenty six railroads have submitted wage dispute cases to the United States railway labor board in the last month. The filings follow conferences with employees on proposed wage cuts under the transportation act. Representatives from nearly every region ask for reductions in unskilled rates and some seek lower skilled labor wages as well.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Free Woman Cleared in Death of Husband in Gun Fight
Chicago case where Julia Pellegrini testified she wrestled a revolver from Carl Pellegrini during a Sunday morning struggle over a gun. A coroner’s jury ruled the death accidental after he was fatally shot during the incident at their home on South Marshfield Avenue.
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Chicago
Ill
Manest
Carl Pellegrini
South Marshfield Avenue
Julia Pellegrini
Snow in California Drops Four to Six Inches Deep
Snow from four to six inches covered part of the Imperial valley near El Centro today, the first such fall in memory of the oldest settlers, blanketing the desert area and disrupting travel.
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California
el Centro
Cal
Imperial Valley
Sail Boat Capsizes Drowns Charles Kinser in River
In Dubuque on April 5, a sailboat capsized in the Mississippi River leading to the drowning of 62 year old Charles Kinser. His companion Val Piein and a dog survived the incident but a search failed to locate Kinser’s body.
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Charles Kinser
Dubuque, Fa
Missisippi
Val Piein
Companie
Dope Peddler Arrest in Buffalo Capture
Buffalo police arrested Albert Armstrong of Niagara Falls on the charge of being a dope peddler. He denied the accusation. A search yielded no dope but a later search uncovered dope and hypodermic needles.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Albert Armstrong
Niagara Falls
Local Cash Markets for Agricultural Commodities
Corn 40c, oats 22c, timothy hay 15.00, straw 9.00, wild hay 12.00, threshed hay 12.00, wheat 1.80, clover seed 9.00 to 11.00, timothy seed 1.50 to 1.75, barley 0.85. Poultry prices: eggs 17c, hens 21c, springs 1c, old roosters 1c, stags 17c, ducks 18c. Horse hides 1.00, beef hides 2c.
California Y Tells Of Sunny Days Amid Cloudy Skies
A brief note from California describes sunny days in contrast to frequent clouds. The text highlights bright weather themes without detailing other atmospheric factors.
Japan Hit By Storm On Southern Coast Sunday
Tokio reports great property damage and thirty lives lost as a terrible storm sweeps the southern coast. Telephone lines were prostrated and darkness grips the capital with several houses destroyed.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Japan
Police Foil Bolshevik Plot in Genoa Italy
Police in the Ligurian region near Genoa dispersed an organization of Russian Polish and Hungarian bolsheviks allied with Italian anarchists plotting a revolution in Italy. Over 100 Russians and Poles were arrested and large sums of money along with compromising documents seized.
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Rome
Ligurian
Genoa
Italy
Bergdoll Remains in Jail After Habeas Corpus Denial
Topeka Kansas April 5 Efforts of Erwin R Bergdoll Philadelphia draft evader to obtain release from Army discipline barracks at Fort Leavenworth were defeated when Federal Judge Pollock of Kansas City Kansas denied Bergdoll's application for habeas corpus.
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Topeka
Kas
Erwin R. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Fort Leavenworth
Pollock
Kansas City
Kansas
Bergdoll
Widows and Widowers Social Club Dance in Lakewood
In Cleveland Ohio on April 5 a large crowd attended the first dancing party of the Widows and Widowers Social Club in Lakewood Masonic Temple. About 200 to 2300 men and women mixed with women in groups while men entered individually. Chairman W. J. Bright said the event is not a matrimonial venture but a social meeting to get acquainted and enjoy a sociable evening.
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Cleveland, O
Cuyahoga County
Ing
Lakewood Masonic Temple
W. J. Bright
Fifty Percent Brick Price Cut Announced in St Louis
Missouri Pressed Brick and Improvement Company announces a 50 percent cut in brick prices to stimulate building. Facing bricks drop to 12 dollars per thousand and backing bricks to 10 dollars per thousand. President C Koenig notes wage reductions of 50 percent for 125 employees.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pressed Brick and Improvement
C. Koenig
Legal Adviser Starr Murphy Dies in Daytona
Starr J. Murphy, counsel for the Rockefeller foundation and legal adviser to John D. Rockefeller Sr., died in a Daytona hospital after a brief illness. The body will be sent to Montclair, New Jersey for interment.
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Daytona
Fla
Industrial court bill killed in Des Moines House
In Des Moines on April 5 the industrial court bill was killed in the house after Representative Kimé moved for reconsideration. The vote on reconsideration was 75 to 16. The Santee hotels rent notice bill passed the house, and a state printing board bill with five members passed the senate 37 to 2. The soldiers preference act extension for Iowa veterans moved forward to the senate.
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Des Moines
House
Kimé
State Printing Board
Senate
Iowa
Kansas Laws Toughen Bank Robbery Penalties
Topeka April 5 Kansas lawmakers doubled the bank robbery penalty to fifty years in prison and kept a 5000 dollar reward for captors. Since the reward was posted, robbers captured include two in Pratt county and two near Topeka. one defendant identified as an escaped convict received thirty years hard labor.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Bankers Association
Kansas
Bankers’ Association
Pratt County
State Penitentiary
Air Bank
St. Marys Ran
Investigation closes on A C Savage case in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa April 5 the joint legislative committee on departmental affairs completed its inquiry into A C Savage state insurance commissioner. Savage appeared before the committee at noon and chairman Walter Anderson stated a vote on the decision could come late today or tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Department of
A. C. Savage
Joint Legislative Committee
Savage
Walter Anderson
Train Wreck in Mexico Kills Thirty-three People
Eagle Pass Tex April 5 Thirty three persons were killed in a collision between a freight and passenger train on the Mexican National line at Villa Garta between
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Mexico
Eagle Pass
Tex
Villa Gartra
Harding weighs war end policy with Germany
Washington April 5. President Harding shows no fixed plan for a separate peace with Germany. He may address Congress on the peace program at its opening and awaits action on the Versailles covenant. Administration talks indicate support for ending the war by congressional resolution and pursuing a separate peace with Germany. Reene Viviana, the French envoy, was told by the foreign relations committee that the administration plans such a resolution.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Germany
Senate
Congress
Conn Cress
Reene Viviana
Ex-Emperor Charles Leaves Hungary for Exile
Budapest April 5 Former Emperor Charles departed from Stelna near the Austrian border at 10 45 this morning en route out of Hungary according to President Teleky who announced the move in the national assembly this afternoon.
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Budapest
Associated Press
Charles
Stelna
Hungary
Teleky
National Assembly
Britain Says US Oil Policy in Mexico Is Inconsistent
London reports Britain's view that Americas push for equal treatment of citizens in mandated territories clashes with US stance on American oil industry in Mexico. The remark frames tensions over American economic policy and colonial governance.
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London
America
United States
Mexico
Tragic Death Of 20-Month-Old Dorothy Green
Friends report Dorothy Green daughter of Dr and Mrs R E B Green former Creston residents died Saturday in Monrovia California. Funeral will be held in Fontenelle Iowa after the body is escorted through Creston by Dr Green’s father on Friday.
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Dorothy Green
R. EB. Green
Monrovia
California
Dr. Green
Creston
Fontenelle
Iowa
John Beedle Dies at Home in Creston Area
John Beedle died last night at 9 10 at his home 110 East Union Street He was 74 years old A longtime resident of Creston and vicinity he was well known in the county He leaves a wife and four children Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced
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John Beedle
East Union Street
Creston
Great Britain Sees Liquor Bill Jump in 1920
A Commerce Department report shows Great Britain spent an estimated 2 295 795 055 dollars on intoxicating liquors in 1920, up from 1 878 469 000 dollars in 1919, a rise of over 400 million dollars but about 24 percent below prewar levels. The report notes the total remains constrained by wartime effects and recovery.
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Washington, D.C
Department of Commerce
England
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