King Calls Troops As Miners Strike Looms
London reports on a national emergency as King George orders reserves and volunteers into active service amid a coal strike and triple alliance call for a general stoppage. Premier Lloyd George says enrollment begins immediately and rail and food supplies are to be controlled by volunteers and authorities. The emergency act enables food rationing and deployment of troops to guard production and distribution of essentials.
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London
King George
Triple Alliance
Livg George
Rollitin
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Admiralty
Navy abandons hope for five missing balloon crewmen
The Navy reports practically no hope to locate five men from Pensacola, Florida, who left on free balloon A 5004 on March 22. An official statement says the search is not entirely abandoned but confidence is low that any of the men or the balloon will be found alive.
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Washington
Hope
Navy Department
Pensacola
Fla
Department
Fees for Grazing Due Sept 1
Denver reports that September 1 is the new deadline for paying grazing fees on national forests. The extension, allowed by a March 1 amended agricultural bill, shifts the usual payment date from March 1. Stockmen gain relief under current economic conditions as western stock interests urged the change.
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Denver
Colo
West
Man Blames Woman in Liquor Case Plea
Salt Lake City authorities report EB Ho wards arrested for liquor possession claiming ownership by a woman. Judge Fred Crockett of Municipal Court notes odd plea, comparing it to a frat parent excuse. Edwards fined $75.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Howards
Adam
Fred Crockett
Edwards
United States Grain Growers Inc Formed in Chicago
Preliminary organization of wheat growers into a national cooperative marketing company has been completed in Chicago. Directors have been elected for United States Grain Growers Inc and incorporation in Delaware is planned.
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Chicago
United States Grain Growers’, Inc
Delaware
England Sends Note On Equality Of Treatment For Nations
London reports British Foreign Secretary Curzon replies to Secretary Colby on American oil interests in Mexico and Mesopotamia. The note defends prewar British rights in Baghdad and Mosul vilayets, compares them to Philippine public lands restrictions, and rejects the U S push to disregard British holdings while affirming open world oil development.
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Walen News Service
London
United States
Mexico
Colby
Lord Curzon
San Rémo
Great Britain
France
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Mosul
Palestine
Standard Oil Company
Philippines
Halt
Costa Rica
Women Police Squad Disrupted in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Michigan police chief Tully announced the resignation of two policewomen Miss Melva Nagler and Miss Jennie Workman amid ongoing friction within the women’s squad. City Manager Harry Freeman said cooperation had deteriorated for weeks and dismissed was the only solution.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Tully
Melva Nagler
Jennie Workman
Harry Freeman
Mountain Battle Flares Across Tug River Border
In Williamson West Virginia two Mingo county mining villages Merrimac and Burnwell were shelled by armed groups perched on Kentucky peaks across the Tug river. Sheriff Pinson reports about five thousand shots fired into Merrimac with an hour long volley. State police and deputized citizens returned fire from the same camp across the river.
Man Archives Forgery Case After Attempted Mouth Escape
Salt Lake City man James W. Noble was arrested by federal authorities amid a probe of a forged endorsement on a government check. He scarfed a piece of evidence in his mouth but was forced to disgorge it. investigators found the signature matched the forged check.
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Salt Lake City
James W. Noble
Charles Maintains Claim to Throne in Vienna Compromise
Budapest reports a compromise between Ex Emperor Charles and the Hungarian government. Charles will issue a proclamation asserting his claim to the throne and stating he yields only to circumstantial force. He expresses full confidence in the political capacity of the Hungarian people.
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Vienna
Charles
Budapest
Mexico Deports Radical From Mexico City
American radical Lynn A, EB, Gale, deported from Mexico via Vera Crux amid reports in this city papers. Authorities silent on Gale’s location as President Obregon states he was deported for anti government activities and labeled a pernicious foreigner.
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Mexico City
Lynn A
Gale
Mexico
Vera Crux
Obregon
Hughes Answers Japs and Wider Postwar Strife
Washington reports Secretary Hughes affirms US rights in former German possessions, rebuking Japanese claims over Yap and signaling no treaty-based cession. Britain eyes coal dispute steps as government weighs emergency powers and potential mine, transport, and price controls amid looming strikes.
Alfred G Field Dead Premier Minstrel Show Originator
Alfred G Field known as Al G Field premier of Americano minstrels died from Bright's disease at age 72. Born in Leesburg Virginia, he began in theatre in 1886 organizing a minstrel show that operated continuously since.
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Columbus
Ohio
Alfred Griffin
al G.) Field
Americano Minstrels
Bright
Leesburg
Field
Oregon Treasurer Recovers 3 Cent Bond Overpayment
Salem Oregon state treasurer O P Hoff finally receives a 3 cent check from the United States Treasury after overpaying on 1898 Spanish American War bonds. The small refund marks an odd postscript to a long financial episode.
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Salem
Ore
O. P. Hoff
United States
Treasury Department
British Protest Against Turk Cruelties Reported
A British protest is likely over alleged Turkish cruelties in Asia Minor. Reports describe a three day terror in Caesarea with Greek and Armenian Christians killed. The item notes expected UK action in response to the reported atrocities.
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London
Asia Minor
Caesarea
Chicago Murderers Rebel in Death Chamber Drill
Six doomed men in the death chamber refused to drill any longer under Carl Wanderer after a week of practice for his murder conviction of a ragged stranger. Wanderer, a former army lieutenant, shouted Attention but the squad returned to their cells. Lone Wolf Ward and Cardinia mocked the discipline as doomed men.
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Chicago
Carl Wanderer
Wanderer
Lone Wolf Ward
Daw Cardinia
Five railroad unions offer plan to end labor dispute
Five mechanical unions representing about 500000 railroad workers submit to President Harding a plan to end the current dispute with carriers. The proposal calls for a conference under the railroad labor board to set rules governing working conditions, with wages held in abeyance until rules are settled. The twelve points include the eight hour day and collective bargaining rights, union representation, anti discrimination protections, and apprenticeship requirements.
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Chicago
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employee Department
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Jewell
Estate Returned to Owners Washington
The attorney general has authorized return to the heirs of Herman Siebken of New York of property valued about eight million dollars seized by the alien property custodian during the war. Simultaneously the widow’s town property valued around one million dollars was ordered returned. Both properties were mainly securities. The seizure occurred because Sieleken, born in Germany, could not prove American citizenship at the time.
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Washington
Herman Siebken
New York
Sieleken
Confession Ties Harris to Elwell Killing in New York
New York clubman and whist expert Joseph B. Elwell was killed last June. A man claiming to be one of two hitmen says he was hired for 5000 by a woman named Fairchild and identifies Bill Dunkin as the shooter. He names BR. O. Harris alias B Leonard alias Carlin and says he signed a confession and is held in New York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Joseph B. Elwell
New York
Fairchild
BR. O. Harris
B. Leonard
Carlin
Bill Dunkin
Elwell
Driver Blown to Pieces Near Hominy Oklahoma
A. W. Weed, driver for Osage Torpedo Company of Pawhuska, was killed instantly when a nitroglycerine truck exploded about five miles west of Hominy Oklahoma. Weed was alone at the time. First flood reports from Hollis and Hartman County note two deaths and growing damage from cloudbursts. Rail traffic in western Oklahoma is disrupted as St Louis San Francisco line near the Washita River is damaged.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Hollis
Hartinan County
Hall Road
St. Louis
San Francisco
Washita River
Oil boom feels Wyoming as signers camp near Star Valley
Star Valley rumors hint at an oil boom with a rep from large companies in town to sign leases. They claim 1.5 million dollars has been set aside to experiment in the field. Wyoming moves on land appraisals as April 1 marks start of state land board examinations. Dr J H Jeffrey, Wyoming Chiropractic Association president, pleads guilty to practicing medicine without a license and will spend 90 days in Casper jail. In Casper, W Sheep Co wins $1 judgment against Pine Dome Oil, Western Exploration and Mosher for alleged sheep losses from oil pollution. suit seeks $20,000. The Roy Shurtz murder case deepens with renewed findings and no motive. Lesher hoax exposes a Philadelphia inheritance swindle. Virgin wool blankets debut in Rawlins to challenge shoddy prices. Free Chicago trips for Champion Sheep Club winners announced. Thermopolis face power outage after electric plant fire. water and lights may be unavailable for days. Wyoming wins a Supreme Court upholding eighty acres of oil lands for school support. A May 10 highway bond vote faces local opposition amid highway department concerns. The Wyoming Historical Department receives genealogical works from Cheyenne and Laramie donors, highlighting the Grant and Johnson lineages.
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Western
Union News Service
1 Star Valley
A. Baker
State Land Boards
J. H. Jeffrey
Wyoming Chiropractic Association
Natrona
L. C. Lesher
Thermopolis
Philadelphia
Lesher
Baker Estate
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Rawlins
Paul H. Dupertius
Armour
Bureau of Agricultural Research
Thermopolis Electric Company
Wyoming
United States Supreme Court
Interior Department
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White House
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Isle OF Yap
Japan
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Yap
Colby Noy
Germany
Alfred Bigland
al. G. Field
Julio V. Peres
Chipas
Western Newspaper Union News Services
State Highway Department
Wyoming Historical Department
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Cheyenne
Johnson
John Alden
Durbin
Mortimer N. Grant
Laramie
Grant
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