Alliance is smashed as strikes canceled in Britain
Western Newspaper Union reports that the railway men and transport workers canceled their sympathy strikes after J H Thomas announced the halt. The miners would not open wage negotiations, while a national wage board and pool proposal were debated. Prime Minister Lloyd George rejected the pool as government control. A conference of miners from coal fields was arranged, and Hodges faced criticism for a peace offer without authority. The government maintains martial measures, and mine owners push for wage adjustments with readiness to conference.
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Nova Hervica
London
J. H. Thomas
Railway Men's Union
Transport Workers
Mr. Thomas
Triple Alliance
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Busia
Miners' Federation
Rank Hodges
Hhe
Miners’ Federation
Honges
Hodges
Envoy to Mexico Summoned Home for Policy Talks
Washington announced that George T. Summertin, the chargé d affaires at the American embassy in Mexico City, is ordered to return to Washington for consultations with Secretary Hughes and Undersecretary Fletcher on the Mexican situation. The conference marks the first step in shaping a definite Mexican policy by the Harding administration.
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Mexico
Washington
George T. Summertin
Mexico City
State Hughes
Fletcher
State Department
Summertin
Five Jailed for Bribery in Buffalo Federal Case
Five former Buffalo city agents were sentenced in federal court to At lanta federal prison and fined 500 each after being convicted of taking a $1,000 bribe from a hotelkeeper. Defendants Josiah Smith John Erbhe Louis Jacobs Ralph Heaton and Timothy Daly are all New York residents with Smith receiving a two year term as assistant chief.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Tve
Atlanta
Josiah Smith
John Erbhe
Louis Jacobs
Ralph Heaton
Timothy Daly
New York
Smith
Explosion wrecks twelve buildings in Randolph plant
In Randolph Massachusetts a series of at least four explosions rocked the United States Fireworks plant, causing damage to twelve buildings. Homes were damaged, residents thrown from beds, and many injured as flames spread. Fire units from nearby towns responded. explosions were heard in Boston fifteen miles away.
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Randolph
Mass
United States Pireworks Company
Boston
Harding Rejects League and Seeks Tax Reform
President Harding proclaimed final rejection of the Versailles League of Nations, urging a peace declaration and ratification of treaty provisions protecting American rights. He outlined domestic goals including tariff, tax reform, railroad regulation, and a Department of Public Welfare, while proposing an emergency tariff and rail transportation inquiry.
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Ciwveetera
Union News Service
Washington
Harding
Tre
Congress
League
League of Nations
House Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
Government Department of Public Welfare
Oulja Board Declared To Have No Legal Standing
In Joliet Judge DeSelm of the Circuit Court ruled the oulja board has no standing in law. Mrs. Frank Walters sued Mrs. Albert Yost for $10,000 claiming the oulja slandered her by accusing her of robbing the Yost pantry. The judge held Yost not liable for what the oulja stated.
May Lose Wireless Through Dispute Between Firms
In Miami Florida the clash between the Western Union Telegraph Company and the United States government may cut telegraphic links to the Miami Beach wireless station. A valuable section of cable is at risk, as warships block removal of a cable across Biscayne Bay from a nearby island under construction.
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Miami
Fla
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States
Western Union
Miami Beach
Biscayne Bay
Boy dies after school whipping in Las Vegas
Los Angeles report says 14 year old Frank Lee died in a local hospital of spinal meningitis, allegedly caused by whipping given in February by a Las Vegas grammar school teacher for a minor rule infraction. Officials will seek an inquest after investigation. The boy remained hospitalized for ten weeks.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Frank Lee
Las Vegas
Nev
Negro Hanged by Mob in Meridian Area Raid
Report reaches here that a black man was seized by a mob while being moved from Lauderdale to Meridian. The mob hanged him to a tree after the man allegedly threatened a white merchant near Lauderdale, about eighteen miles away. In Jacksonville, Florida, federal prohibition officers wounded one Japanese sailor and arrested four others during a whisky raid tied to the Japanese steamer Rie Maru.
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Meridian
Miss
George Marshall
Lauderdale
Jacksonville
Fly
Inoculating Volunteers With Scarlet Fever Germs
Two men and a woman have volunteered to be inoculated with scarlet fever germs in an experiment to isolate the germ developed by Dr. Ludwig Hektoen and Dr. G. F. Dick of the McCormick Institute of Infectious Diseases. The doctors seek nine more volunteers to complete the work to find a serum that will kill the scarlet fever germ. Volunteers contracting the disease will receive $1,000.
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Chicago
Ludwig Hektoen
G. F. Dick
McCormick Institute of Infectious Diseases
Cult Forced Her to Marry in Religious Ceremony
Chicago woman Hilda L. Han sel testified before Judge Baldwin that she and twenty four other couples were compelled to participate in a wholesale marriage ritual at the House of David cult in St. Joseph Michigan. Victims faced marooning on an island in Lake Michigan if they refused.
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Chicago
St. Joseph
Mich
Mia
Hilda L. Hansel
Baldwin
Drop in Steel Prices by U S Steel in 2021 Action
Judge Elbert H. Gary led United States Steel Corporation and subsidiaries to announce a substantial base price reduction to f. o. b. Pittsburgh. The measure, following consultations with subsidiary presidents, takes effect April 14, 2021.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Mexican peonage cases probe in West Texas
Department of Justice investigations into Mexican laborer abuse near Big Springs uncover involuntary confinement. Forest M. Spencer, chief federal investigator, said more than twenty laborers were held for labor purposes and will be presented to a grand jury in Abilene.
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Dallas
Texas
West Texas
Department of Justice
Forest M. Spencer
Spencer Anld
Big Springs
Abilene
Haywood and IWW leaders to seek general amnesty
Washington April 12 William D Haywood and seventy nine other IWW members convicted in 1918 for obstructing war prosecutions must return to prison after the Supreme Court refused to review their convictions. Attorney Otto Christenson said a general amnesty bid would be pursued at a Washington meeting alongside Debs supporters. The drive rests on claims the key evidence was seized without warrants.
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Western
Union News Service
Washington
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Landis
Chicago
Supreme Court
Haywood
I W. W
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Department of Justice
Otto Christenson
Socialist Party
Eugene V. Debs
Polish Nobleman On Trial Over Embezzled Funds
Albert Sichofsky, a selfstyled Polish nobleman in Los Angeles, claims he won with dice before Judge Reeve on charges of embezzling 7500 dollars from Dr. O. M. Justice and Dr. B. Levin. Doctors testified the money came from worthless oil stocks, not dice games.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Albert Sichofsky
Reeve
0. M. Justice
Levin
Sichofsky
Ship Founders in Gulf near Beaumont Texas
The Bowle line steamship Colonel Bowle with twenty two men aboard foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. Three men were rescued by the British steamer Clasy, while nineteen remain missing.
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Beaumont
Texas
Bowle Line
Colonel Bowle
Mexico
Home Office
Clasy
British Peer Killed in Dublin Amid Riots and Attacks
In Dublin a British nobleman Sir Arthur Edward Vicars was shot dead at Listowel after his residence was burned. A lethal tag warned traitors. In Limerick five police officers were ambushed at Fedamore, one killed and three wounded. A Sinn Fein shop used for bomb assembly was raided, two people arrested.
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Dublin
Abrogation of National Rail Labor Rules Planned
Chicago April 15 National agreements defining railroad working conditions were ordered abrogated effective July 1 by the Railroad Labor Board. Each road and its employees will select representatives to confer on rules, with sixteen principles guiding any future agreement. The hearing on general rules continues, aiming to publish just and reasonable rules after July 1.
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Chicago
Federal Railroad Administration
Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Henry T. Hunt
Brandied Chocolates Stir Seattle Customs Ruling
Vancouver chocolate makers push past Volstead limits as Seattle customs weigh liquor flavor in candy. Washington firm requests twelve to fifteen boxes after officials rule candy with liquor flavor not covered by prohibition.
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Vancouver
B. C
Seattle
Washington
Workers sue clothing makers in New York labor war
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America filed suit against the Clothing Manufacturers' Association and many members seeking an injunction against anti union activity and $1,000,000 in damages. The action stems from a lockout and strike in the clothing industry that has lasted nearly five months, leaving over 50,000 workers jobless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Smelter Employees Wage Cut Linked to War Emergency
The American Smelting and Refining Company announces a 20 percent pay cut for salaried staff and a 30 to 40 percent reduction for laboring class workers, effective June 1. About 1,500 executives see salaries totaling 3,750,000 reduced by 20 percent, while around 1,200 wage earners face larger cuts tied to wartime wage levels.
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New York
American Smelting and
Missing $70,000 Fund Stirs Hot Springs Post Office
In Hot Springs Arkansas a package carrying $10,000 in small denomination bills sent by John B Foote president of Security Bank to the Federal Reserve Bank Little Rock vanished at the local post office. Federal agents have no trace of it and the bank cannot locate the money despite obtaining a postal receipt.
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Hot Springs
Ark
John B. Foote
Security Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Little Rock
Federal
Markets Report: Grain and Livestock Movements Across Cities
The U S Bureau of Markets notes wide shifts in prices across markets led by declines in potato and wheat futures and mixed results in grains Wheat futures fell in several hubs while No 2 red winter and No 2 hard winter prices held near prior levels Kansas City and Minneapolis show active trading with export demand improving in some sectors Livestock prices softened in Chicago with hogs and beef steers down while cattle and veal held relatively steady Dairy markets showed steady butter with mixed cheese trading and spot cotton rose slightly in price in New York futures
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Chicago
New York
New York City
Texas
Buss Triumpha
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Philaelphia
Cincinnati
Memphis
Timothy
Philadelphia
Prairie
Boston
Wisconsin
Denver live stock prices show little change
Prices across beef, hogs, lambs, and sheep show modest moves. Beef steers reach up to 7.75 with other grades from 7.00 to 7.25, heavy cows 5.60 to 6.00. light heifers up to 7.00. Hogs top 8.00, most sales 7.25 to 7.90, packers bid around 7.86. Lambs 0.10 per pound, feeders 6.00 to 7.25, heavies 4.80 and down. extreme inaccuracies in the clipping aside, supplies fair with stock desirable.
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Minneapolis
Seaboard
St. Louis
Buffalo
Chicago
Ogs
Denver
Gooseland
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