Heads of Kans coal miners on trial for contempt
Alexander Howat president of the Kansas coal miners union August Borey vice president and John Flemming H Earl Maxwell Willard Titus and James McIlwrath members of the executive board were placed on trial before Judge A J Curran of Crawford county district court charged with contempt of court.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Alexander Howat
Kansas Coal Miners Union
August Borey
John Flemming
H. Earl Maxwell
Willard Titus
James McIlwrath
A. J. Curran
Crawfod County District Court
Brewers to Limit Prescriptions For Beer Under Tax Rules
Milwaukee doctors may prescribe at most four and seven eighths gallons of beer per month per patient under new internal revenue limits. The rule translates to about 1 2/3 cases of beer per month per individual, with breweries expected to use a small case to fit the maximum.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Internal Revenue Department
Washington
New Jersey Eyes Color Signals for Highway Traffic
New Jersey highway officials back a national plan to standardize color signals on roads. A bill approved by state leaders would use red for first degree danger, yellow for second degree danger, and green for traffic moving at intersections. Many cities already adopt color signaling, with about two hundred towns using the system and more expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Committee On Standards of the
American Association of State Highway Officials
Whisky Sells for One Dollar a Case in Brooklyn
The old red eye whisky, seized liquor, sold in Brooklyn for $1 a case. Federal authorities disposed of the supply to private and city hospitals for a nominal sum, while government hospitals obtained it free.
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New York
Brooklyn
St Louis Bread Sells for Five Cents
St Louis, April 7. Bread at 5 cents retail began today in St Louis for the first time since December 1916 when the minimum price moved from 6 to 5 cents. The move marks a return to lower pricing after long-standing controls.
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St. Louis
Weather Outlook for Chicago Ends With Cooler East
Chicago forecast for the next twenty four hours calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday. Cooler temperatures are expected in the extreme east portion tonight.
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Chicago
Weather Summary From Local Observations
Observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley over 24 hours ending 7 a.m. show April weather with temperatures ranging from a high of 81 to a low of 21 and no precipitation on most days. Notable readings include 74 and 81 during the period with 52 at 1 p.m. today.
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H. M. Stanley
Sane
Britain to protest Turkish terror in Asia Minor
An official British protest is expected over alleged Turkish atrocities against Greek and Armenian Christians in Asia Minor. A three day terror reportedly in Caesarea left many Greek and Armenian Christians killed, with Greek charges said to be substantiated amid hostilities between Greeks and Turks.
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London
Associated Press
Asia Minor
Caesarea
Both sides hopeful of victory on grain pooling plan
Chicago April 7. Both sides in the ratification conference remained hopeful as they adjourned today's session on whether farmers must pool a percentage of grain under the national co operative marketing system. A proposal for an early vote failed, and a split in the committee of seventeen revealed a plan with an option for compulsory pooling at thirty three and one third percent.
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Chicago
Committee of Seventeen
Wm. S. Eckhardt
Dutch Indies oil concession bypasses local legislature
The Dutch parliament moved to grant a concession in the Djambi oil fields to a Batavia shell company without consulting the Indies volksraad. A motion to seek that advice was rejected, provoking indignation in many newspapers and signaling opposition in the east.
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the Hague
Dutch East Indies
Batavia Company
Shell Group
Indies
Volksraad
House of Representatives
Dutch Indies
Landis Bans Benny Kauff For Automobile Theft Indictment
Chicago April 7 Commissioner Landis ruled Benny Kauff star outfielder of the New York Nationals ineligible to play in organized baseball due to an indictment in New York charging him with automobile theft.
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Chicago
Benny Kauff
New York Nationals
Landis
New York
Germans Grant Potash Rebates to American Importers
The department of commerce announced a formal agreement with a German syndicate ensuring American potash importers receive a rebate equal to 45 percent of their purchases. The arrangement aims to deliver over $2,000,000 worth of potash to importers who bought potash from Germany in the just‑concluded season.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Gerbur
Mrs Bridget Harney 118 Believed Oldest In Country
Funeral services were held today for Bridget Harney 118 believed the oldest person in the country by inmates of the home of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Mrs Harney died Monday at the home and was fond of pipe smoking and cigars.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bridget Harney
Home of the
Little Sisters of the Poor
One Hour in Jail for Stealing Doll from Mail
Chicago April 7 Judge Landison Edward Nelson Olson 25 pleaded guilty to stealing a doll from the mails. He was sentenced to one hour in the custody of a United States marshal, after a psychopathic hospital report described Olson as not normal and the prosecutor urged leniency.
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Chicago
United States
Landison
Edward N. Olson
Psychopathic Hospital
Olson
Robert A. Milroy
Mantz bill backs cities to sign short utility rate deals
The Iowa Senate approved by 26 to 22 a Mantz bill allowing cities to enter limited term rate contracts with public service firms, initially gas, electric and water, later adding street railways. calls for contracts under ten years and, if over five years, citizen ratification. The House had earlier defeated a similar measure, while a separate bill failed. A House resolution proposed a commission to study tax laws for future revisions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Thurston
Springer Utility Court
General Assembly
Republicans in St. Louis Elect Mayor
St. Louis Missouri voters reelected Mayor Henry Kiel a Republican by a margin of 9 572 over Democratic challenger James W Byrnes a manufacturer in yesterday’s city election complete unofficial returns show the entire Republican ticket victorious
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St. Louis
Henry Kiel
James W. Byrnes
Missouri Town Elects Woman as Mayor
St James Missouri April 7 Mrs Mayme Ousley chosen mayor of St James yesterday on unofficial returns becomes Missouri's first woman mayor. She defeated Roger Hall by a slight majority. Both were nonpartisan candidates.
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St. James
Mayme Ousley
Missouri
Roger Halll
Boy Identified After Lake Michigan Drowning
William C Sanders of the Highlands hotel identified the body recovered from Lake Michigan off Howard avenue as Francis Vought 17, the brother in law who had lived at the hotel. The youth drowned when a canoe capsized.
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Chicago, Ill
William C. Sanders
Highlands Hotel
Howard Avenue
Francis Vought
Alleged Chicago Mail Truck Robbery Nets Large Loss
In Chicago on April 7 a gun raid on a United States mail truck resulted in the loss of currency and negotiable securities estimated between 500 000 and 750 000 dollars. Witnesses told of four robbers stopping the truck pistol fire and quickly fleeing with three pouches before speeding away. Postal Inspector Germer declined to comment on the loss.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
Germer
Reduction of Wages Denied
Chicago April 7 permission to make provisional wage cuts for unskilled labor on the New York Central railroad was denied by the railway labor board. The carrier had sought a seventeen to thirty one percent reduction to begin April 1 after failed talks with employees.
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Chicago
New York Central Railroad
Railway Labor Board
Labor Board
Dawes Proposes Veterans Service Administration
Charles Dawes of Chicago, chairman of a special commission, recommends creating a Veterans Service Administration in Washington to consolidate existing bureaus dealing with disabled service men. The report was sent to President Harding on April 7.
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Washington, D. C
Veterans Service Administration
Harding
Charles Dawes
Chvicago
Special Commission
Dougherty Warns Business on Law Enforcement
Attorney General Dougherty issued a broad warning to business leaders that the department of justice will not tolerate legal violations. He stated a new day and a new way, urged those involved in illegal practices to reform, and promised enforcement of the law without harassing legitimate commerce. He announced immediate action against illegal practices in the building material trade nationwide to improve the situation.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Dougher
Dougherty
Doughery
Milwaukee Averts Sale of Its City Hall
Milwaukee officials faced a possible writ of execution to seize city hall for a 15 711 25 judgment over interest on fines. Attorney General Morgan and State Treasurer Johnson gave an ultimatum to pay or appeal. City Attorney Williams filed an appeal to the Supreme Court, delaying collection.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Morgan
Johnson
Williams
Supreme Court
Veil Found in River Linked to Widow Missing
Police drag the East River for the body of Mrs. Annette Kingsley Rankine a wealthy widow who vanished Friday night. Today a heavy mourning veil was recovered from the water and she was last seen in mourning dress. relatives have been summoned to examine the veil.
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New York
East River
Annette Kingsley Norton Rankine
Four Nebraska towns vote against Sunday baseball and shows
Nebraska towns including Ashland Lexington York and Broken Bow opposed Sunday baseball while Nelih favored it Blair backed Sunday motion pictures but York Lexington and Hastings defeated that measure. Early returns show most women seeking city offices were defeated.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Ashland
Lexington
York
Broken Bow
Nelih
Blair
Hastings
Harris confession stirs New York murder inquiry
Roy Harris alias Leonard, tied to the Elwell murder, reportedly confessed in Buffalo that he and William Duncan were hired by a woman named Mrs Fairchild to kill Joseph Elwell for $5000. Discrepancies between his tale and known facts prompt renewed police scrutiny in New York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Roy Harris
Leonard
Joseph Elwell
New York
Whitman
Harris
William Duncan
Fairchild
Elwell
Mexico appoints minister to Soviet Russia
Mexico City reports that Mexico has named Salvador Batudero as minister to the Soviet Union. The appointment is noted by El University and referenced in today’s papers.
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Mexico
Russia
Mexico City
el University Today
Salvador Batudero
Today's Markets Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Mixed
Livestock receipts: cattle 11 000 hogs 36 000 sheep 16 000. Cattle market slow with steers and heifers mostly down. prime yearlings 9 50. top heavy steers 9 25. bulk beef steers 8 00 to 8 75. cows 5 25 to 7 25. bulls slow. Hogs lower across the board with lights 25 40 cents down. bulk 9 50 to 9 86. pigs down 25 to 35 cents. bulk desirable pigs 9 75 to 9 85. Sheep mostly steady. butter prices down. creamery eggs higher. poultry alive unchanged.
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Pete Pe
Erie
Chicago Closing Grain and Provisions Notes
Wheat and corn futures move with May and July contracts shown for Wheat Corn and Oats. Livestock totals indicate receipts of 2,500 cattle 5,000 hogs and 6,000 sheep with mixed price shifts across steer cows hogs and lambs in a dull market.
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Chicago
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbel
Des Moines
Tel
Local Cash Markets Reported For Corn And Hay Prices
Local market prices list corn at 4 cents, oats 30 cents, timothy and wild hays with various per ton and per cwt rates, wheat at 1.80, barley 85 cents, clover and timothy seeds, and poultry prices for pegs and hens. Hides are also noted at beef and horse rates.
Conference in London Breaks Up Over Coal Dispute
London April 7 Premier Lloyd George announced a complete breakup of the conference between miners owners and government aimed at settling the coal strike. The National Union of Railwaymen voted unanimously to support the coal miners in their strike.
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London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Associated Press
National Union of Railway Men
Dodge Men Bound Over in Port Dodge Murder Case
Elmer Sweeney and Bill Orlander were bound over to the grand jury for the March 12 murder of Herbold Halfpat, a pioneer Port Dodge freeman. Bonds set at $10,000 each.
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Fort Dodge
Elmer Sweeney
Bill Orlander
Herbold Halfpat
Port Dodge
Aerial Straphanging Appears in London
London records the first case of aerial strap hanging on a resumed air service to Paris. A departing plane had no seats for three passengers, who traveled standing by gripping luggage racks during the 40 minute flight.
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London
Paris
Ex-Emperor Charles Safe in Switzerland
Former Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary is back in Switzerland after an unsuccessful bid to regain the Hungarian throne. He crossed the Austrian Swiss frontier and departed by train toward Lapercne within a half hour of arrival.
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Buchs
Switzerland
Associated Press
Charles of
Austria
Hungary
Cerne
French Discuss Raise of Agricultural Tariffs
Paris April 7. Edmond Lefevre du Prey, minister of agriculture, told the senate it is necessary to raise duties on agricultural imports especially sugar to protect French farmers until pre war production recovers. He warned falling prices threaten to ruin the products.
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Paris
Ekdmond Leafebyvre du Prey
Senate
Mothers Meet at Irving Schools Here Yesterday
A group of 40 to 50 mothers gathered at the Irving school to discuss issues facing students. The tobacco use by young children drew concern, with incidents cited from first grade on. Miss Sash and Carlson urged greater parental cooperation, and Mrs. Crane of the Lincoln PTA spoke. The next meetings are April 22 and May 4 and the third Friday monthly thereafter.
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Irving School
Sash and
Carlson
A. W. Crane
Lincoln Parent-Teachers Association
Firemen Rush To Save Stork's Gift
Chicago April 7 The fire department responded to aid a newborn child born to Mrs William Brown and Dr J L Albright. An artificial respiration device used by firefighters was applied but the infant died after half an hour of efforts.
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Chicago
Ayent
William Brown
J. L. Albright
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Dutch Indies Congress
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Dawes
United States Bureau of Markets
Mark Cases Inc
St. Joseph
Charles
Irving Schools
Stork
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