Important Happenings in Washington and Abroad This Week
After a lengthy debate the house urged turning over special committee evidence to the attorney general to seek indictments and sue for recovery of wartime graft. Secretary Wilson suspends immigration rules to admit workers for sugar beet crops in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Iowa and Nebraska.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Iowa
Nebraska
Hk. CL Leffingwell
the Treasury
Wilson
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Department
Frelinghuysen
Republican
New Jersey
Banking Committee
Capper
Kansas
Wis
Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Senate
Nevada divorce suit links Moore Pickford case
Nevada attorney general Leonard B. Fowler sues in the states interest alleging fraud connivance and collusion in the divorce between actress Gladys E Moore known as Mary Pickford and Owen Moore. He argues lack of Nevada jurisdiction due to residence proof.
Tornado Devastates Mississippi and Surrounding States
A massive tornado swept eastern Mississippi, parts of Alabama and Tennessee, killing scores and causing millions in damage. Meridian and Aberdeen among hardest hit. dozens of farms, homes, and a hog ranch were destroyed. Red Cross reports 150 deaths across Winston Marion and Franklin counties.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mississippi
Alabma
Tennessee
Lauderdale County
Tennessee Line
Marion County
Aberdeen
Miss. Harbold
Axis
New Orleans
Add
A. J. Brooknan
American Red Cross
Birmigham
Gulf Division
Red Cross
Winston
Marion
Franklin
Alabama
Tragic Tornadoes Claim Multiple Lives Across Deep South
A tornado swept through Sheffield and Colbert county Alabama killing a farmer his wife and two children. Reports say one man died in Franklin county and four people perished in Bay Springs Mississippi with Jasper county seat affected and the Jasper county sheriff among the dead.
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Meridian
Miss
Glen
Alcorn County
Aberdeen
Ingomar
Egypt Ny Baker
Bay Springs
Philadelphia
Nespoham County
Alabama
Sheffield
Gurley
Little Cove
Waco
Ala
Colbert
Franklin County
Hattiesburg
Connty
Jasper County
Bills in New York bar Socialists from ballot
Albany April 20 Two bills to bar the Socialist party of America from the official election ballot passed the assembly 83 to 96. One bill disqualifies candidates and officials for certain failures and for resignations, and forbids those who advocate policies conflicting with the U.S. or New York constitutions. The second bill lets the attorney general petition the court to determine if a political organization advocates doctrines endangering constitutional principles, with barring from the ballot if found.
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Zionists' Organization of Tendent
Palestine
Atonist Commission
Brest
France
Trave
Theodore Lesconve
Joseph Caillaux
Russia
Berlin
Paris
London
WV. K. Vanderbilt
Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
League of Nations
Ostava
Sullna
Hungary
Danube
Black Sea
Falzfein
Shadows
Albany
N.Y
Socialist Party of America
Assembly
Bis
United States
States of New York
Third Appellate Division
The
Supreme Court
Senate Passes Army Bill After Senate Vote
Washington April 21 The army reorganization bill passed the Senate 46 to 10 and goes to conference. It provides a regular army of 207000 officers and men a national guard of 425000 and a voluntary training system for men aged 18 to 27. Twenty four Republicans joined 22 Democrats in support.
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Washington
Senate
Costs Eighteen Million A Day To Run The U S
A Washington report estimates government expenditures for the 12 month period ending June 30 next will reach about 6.79 billion dollars, averaging nearly 18 million daily. Additional appropriations and the soldier bonus are not included, with railroads losses not counted.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Glass
Dutle
French Soldiers Leaving Frankfort Quietly
Frankfort reports that the Thirty seventh division has completed withdrawal to Wiesbaden except for staff officers. The move, carried out quietly, leaves many residents unaware that much of the French occupation force is departing, including Moroccan and Algerian troops resented by locals.
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Frankfort
Wiesbaden
Chicago Market Report Reveals Mixed Livestock Prices
Chicago livestock receipts show cattle mostly steady with some unsold beef steers. calves strong and feeders mostly nominal. Hogs trade 25 lower on average with active shipping demand. top around 16.50 and bulk near 14.75 to 16.05. Sheep receipts rise with steady to higher prices for spring lambs and wool lambs. best muttons around 19 while ewes fetch 13.50 to 14.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
St Paul Livestock Market Report April 21
Receipts and price ranges for trees, cattle and sheep at South St. Paul show receipts for trees at 6,500 and cattle at 3,600 with steady to lower markets. Fat steers bring $7414.25, cows $650 to $12, calves $6 to $14, stockers and feeders $5.50 to $12.25. Sheep receipts 100 with lambs $8.19, wethers $12 to $14.40, ewes around $0.90.
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St. Paul
South St. Paul
Hogs, Cattle and Sheep Markets Reported Down in Omaha
Omaha market notes show hog receipts at 16 000 with prices 15 to 25 cents lower and top at 15.10, cattle receipts 9 000 with heavy steers 25 cents lower and other classes down, stockers steady, sheep and lambs mixed with best clipped lambs around 17.90 and ewes up to 15.10.
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Omaha
Grain market quotes from Minneapolis April 21
Wheat prices range from No 1 northern at 343.10 to No 1 amber durum at 2.85 2.68. Corn shows No 3 yellow at 1.65 1.68 and No 4 yellow at 1.61 1.62. Oats and barley follow with mixed grades and fluctuating bids. Flax No 1 trades 4.52 4.57.
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Minneapolis
Miineapolis
Northern
Montana
Bootleggers Are Caught After Twenty Mile Race
In Bellingham Washington on April 21 three Seattle men Charles Carroll and brothers Mark and Henry Spencer were arrested after a 70 mile bootlegging chase. They drove two cars across the border at Sains without stopping. one car ditched and Carroll surrendered with seven sacks of bottled whiskey, customs officers said.
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Lleut
Don. M. Wansell
Springfield
William HW
Maxwell
Dillas
Texas
Sy Hlansell
Sanderson
Border Patrol
Pittsburg
Mey
Oscar Martinson
Tough T Leonard
Hennepin County
Minneapolis
Brain Tree
Mass
Alessandro Barandelli
Frederick Parmenter
Slater & Morris Co
American Socialist Society
Federal District Court
Henry G. Ward
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Scott Nearing
Society
Bellingham
Wash
Seattle
Charles Carroll
Mark
Henrys Spencer
Sains
Carroll
Ten Thousand Butte Miners Walk Out in Strike Action
Butte April 20 miners joined a citywide walkout called by IWW Union No. 5000. About 70 to 85 percent of local miners reportedly left work across 13,000 to 14,000 employed in the district. Pickets tried halting morning streetcars with few clashes and no formal demands were filed. The strike demands include release of prison ers six hour day minimum wage of seven dollars and abolition of multiple control systems.
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Butte
I. WW. W
L W. W
Nick Radivoeft
I. W. W. Union
TW. W
Railway Labor Board Refuses To Hear Strikers
Washington April 20. The railroad labor board declined to receive entertain or consider complaints from striking workers who planned to file written grievances and wage demands. The board will proceed with the wage dispute involving nearly two million workers as its bipartisan panel resumes after April 1. Leaders of the four railroad brotherhoods and the Association of Railway Executives indicated speedy settlement would be urged.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Thomesterday
Ponty Thease
Association of
Railwiay
Vhmethy Shen
Brotherhood of
Railway Firemen and Aginemen
Suit to annul Mary Pickford divorce filed in Nevada
Leonard B. Fowler Nevada attorney general filed a suit in the state’s interest seeking to set aside the divorce decree granted to Gladys B.M. Moore known as Mary Pickford from Owen K. Moore. The filing cites fraud connivance and collusion involving Pickford her ex husband and Douglas Fairbanks and challenges proof of residence.
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Disteiet
Langan
Gladys
E. Moore
Mary Pickfords
Owen
EB. Moore
Leonard B. Fowler
Nevada
Owen Moore
Douglas ‘Fairbanks
W. J.jacobson
Standard On Company
Seattle
Macuating
Yokohama
St ‘Aeific Steamstip Company
Yokohama Harbor
CW. Wilson
Gelden
Colo
George Turner
Wilson
Golden
Minden
Lanagan
Gladys BM. Moore
Mary Pickford
Owen EK. Moore
Leonard 3B
Sweden Won't Extradite Dr. Kapp in German Revolt
Berlin reports Sweden will refuse extradition of Dr Wolfgang Kapp, leader of the March 13 reactionary revolt. The Swedish government says the offense is not extraditable and hopes Germany finds a way to prevent further mischief.
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Berlin
Wolfgang Kapp
Gemiman
Germany
Vorwaerts
Kapp
Soedertelje
Germans must disarm under peace treaty insistence
The foreign affairs committee of the Chamber of Deputies in Paris on April 21 unanimously adopted a resolution urging the government to secure strict and effective disarmament by Germany as part of the peace treaty to ensure general peace and normal relations among nations.
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Paris
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Rare Old Coin and Uniform Pay Scale Plan Outlined
A bronze coin presented to the State Historical Library accompanies a Helena meeting where a uniform state salary schedule for teachers is proposed. The Elinor C. Walsh memorial building will cost 13,000 dollars at Galen State Hospital for tuberculosis patients. Funds come from multiple groups including 2,500 from the Federation of Women's Clubs and 5,500 from Senator Walsh. The salary schedule recommends elementary teachers start at 1,200 to 1,800, with experienced increases, and high school pay rising from 1,600 to 2,200.
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Helena
Elinor C. Walsh
State Hospital
Galen
U. S
Thomas J. Walsh
W.L. Holloway
Ninor C. Walsh
Montanaa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Federation of Women's Clubs
Red Cross
Montina Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
State Board of Exmiters
Senator Walsh
Montana
Boards of Education
J. W. Roberts
Great Falls
Ward H. Nye
Bushes
Igh
Mintonon
Bronze coin tribute to old Montana trading days found
A small bronze coin used in Dawson county trading posts during the Louisiana Purchase era is donated to the state historical library by J. C. Haberstroh of Livingston. The obverse reads Good for One Dollar in Merchandise Due fee Peck, the reverse shows a mounted Indian warrior. Fort Peck area history noted.
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J. C. Haberstroh
Livingston
State Historical Library
Montana
Louisiana Purchase
Voyageurs
Duefee Peck
Dawson County
Fort Peck
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