Chicago Strikers Defy Angle Sam In Radical Meeting
Report outlines a Chicago rally where radicals seized control of a union meeting amid a nationwide switchmen strike. E. C. Estey boasted of 1910-11 I W W tactics including wrecking trains and blowing up a bridge, while loyalists warned of union disintegration and internal pressure from the Reds.
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Chicago
United States
Yardmen's Association
United Enginemen’s Association
Megal
Secret Service
E. C. Estey
Yardmen’s Association
Messrs. Heberling
Mississippi
Minneapolis
Wilson's Daughter in Court
Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, daughter of President Wilson, attended a federal court hearing on habeas corpus petitions fordeportation detainees from January raids. She said she supports all deportation cases and noted Felix Frankfurter, a defense lawyer, is an associate of her husband on the Harvard law faculty.
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Boston
Francis B. Sayre
Wilson
Federal District Court
Department of Justice
Felix Frankfurter
Sayre
Harvard Law School
Plan to Raise Reindeer in Northland Territory
A plan to herd reindeer west of Hudson Bay in the Churchill River region moves forward with a granted charter for a Cinedian company to raise 9,760,900 capital and graze 75,000 square miles. Land ownership remains with the state and homesteads may enter. The firm must stock at least 1,500 reindeer by May 1, 1921 and annual 5 percent herd quotas to the government. After five years the company must sell natives priced at no more than 95 a head.
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Northland
General Ludendorff in New Junker Plot
Berlin reports a Bavarian parallel to the Berlin revolution uncovered in Munich. The plot aimed to crown General Ludendorff dictator over Bavaria with Doctor Heim as a civil and economic ruler. A special assembly session is planned for Saturday.
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Bavaria
Munich
Berlin
Ludendorff
Heim
National Assembly
Paris
Frankfort
Rhine
Germany
Court sends Howat to jail in Kansas coal probe
Alexander Howat president of the Kansas coal miners was sentenced to jail for contempt of court by Judge Curran. He refused to obey a order to appear with four other United Mine Workers officers and testify in the Kansas court of industrial relations investigation. August Dorby Thomas Harvey and Robert Foster were found guilty and jailed until they testify.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Alexander Howat
Kansas Coal Minors
Curran
Crawford County District Court
Howat
United Mine Workers of America
Kansas District
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
August Dorby
Thomas Harvey
Rober Foster
Guiity
Girard
Industrial Relations Court
Public Shows Thrift Rush for Small Liberty Bonds
Washington reports a shift back to thrift as demand surges for small denomination Liberty bonds. Banks and brokers nationwide show heavy inquiries and the Treasury notes exhaustion of popular sizes. To meet OTC demand, the Treasury issues instructions to Federal Reserve banks to exchange larger bonds for smaller units.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Savings Division
Federal Reserve Banks
Of Little Value Talk Is Of Pea Aoomra
Fragmentary text gives no coherent event or names. The copy appears as garbled OCR with unclear meaning and no identifiable people, places, or organizations to anchor a concise summary.
Bluebeard Suspect Nabbed in Los Angeles Bigamy Case
J P Watson known by many aliases was arrested in Hollywood on a Seattle telegraphic warrant for complicity in two murders. Police found a ledger of 23 supposed wives and 14 signed pager sheets, plus multiple bank accounts across California and links to San Diego and Oakland.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. P. Watson
Seattle
San Diego
Seattle Dispatch
M. C. Matthews
Berthan A. Goodnick
H. L. Gordon
Lever, Hotel
Spokane
Beatrice M. Lewis
H. M. Lewis
J. R. Miller
K. Watson
Kathryn Watson
W. G. Lawrence
Agnes Harvey
Nina L. Harvey
Clemenceau cancels Athens trip due to ill health
Georges Clemenceau former French prime minister has abandoned plans to travel to Athens because of poor health. He will depart Alexandria on April 17 for Marseilles, as reported by Cairo via the Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Georges Clemenceau
Athens
Cairo
Egypt
Exchange Telegraph Company
Alexandria
Marseilles
Fugitive Banker Surrenders in Rockford
James Miles, missing vice president of the Standard Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, accused in a $200,000 bank shortage, surrendered in Rockford after months on the run.
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Chicago Depository
Rockford
James Miles
Standard Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Lillie E Wilkinson Dies Famous Topsy Actress
Worcester April 12 Mrs Lillie E Wilkinson known for her Topsy role in Uncle Tom a Cabin died here at seventy nine She was born in England Jerusalem April 8 martial law declared Monday and British troops patrol city while brief clashes occurred between Jews and Mohommedans in narrow lanes killing several and wounding about 250 most lightly
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Worcester
Mass
Illie E. Wilkinson
Topsy
England
Jerusalem
Old City
Fargo ND Enacts Law Declaring Out Of Wedlock Child Legitimate
A North Dakota law to establish the legitimacy of children born out of wedlock has been completed in Fargo. The child is declared to be the legitimate offspring of its natural parents and entitled to support education and a share of estate like children born in lawful marriage.
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North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Eatonic
French Occupy Frankfurt and Other German Rhine Cities
French troops entered Frankfurt at 5:00 am with tanks and sharpshooters, securing key points and the railroad station. Darmstadt Hanau Hamburg and Duisburg soon followed as General Degoutte issued a proclamation asserting occupation to press Berlin over wartime terms and promising withdrawal after neutral zone forces evacuate.
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Mayence
Frankfort
Darmstadt
Hanau
Hamburg
Duisburg
Degoutte
Rhine
Berlin
Frankfurt
Democratic national convention set for San Francisco
Waterbury Connecticut April 10 Homer S Cummings chairman of the Democratic national committee declares the national convention will be held in San Francisco not across the bay in Oakland. He cites a personal representative in San Francisco and says the program will proceed as planned.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Waterbury
Conn
Homer
S. Cummings
Bay
Cummings
Ex German Ship Begins U S Rio Service
The steam ship Callao formerly the Sierra Cordoba arrived in Rio Janeiro as the first large former German steamer placed in regular passenger service between the United States and Rio Janeiro and Buenos Aires. Seized by Peru during the war, she was turned over to the United States Shipping Board and now sails under U S and Peruvian flags.
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Rio Janeiro
Callao
Germany
United States
Buenos Aires
Peru
United States Shipping Board
More nations join League as Latin America adsheres
Washington reports that all of South and Central America now binds to the League of Nations through adhesion by six neutral states. Venezuela signs as the last Latin American country to file its notification along with the Netherlands Norway Denmark Switzerland and Salvador.
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Washington
South
Central America
League of Nations
Venezuela
Netherlands
Norway
Denmark
Switzerland
Salvator
Figet Letter in Yeare Huntington Ind The Orst lottace
A fragment from Huntington Indiana notes a figure tied to an old year and an estate issue. The brief item references an orst lot, likely a local notice or notice of interest in land or letters. Limited readable names or dates appear.
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Huntington, Ind
Lottace
Develo
Indiana
John Morris
Erenaty
New Harmony
Ind
Doan
House Declares War Ended and Wartime Laws Repealed
The House adopted a Republican joint resolution ending the state of war with Germany and repealing wartime statutes by a 242 to 150 vote with 2 present. Twenty-two Democrats joined the GOP majority. two Republicans opposed. Debate stretched over twelve hours with sharp partisanship as leaders from both parties spoke on repeal and policy.
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House
Washington
Germany
Senate
Ashbrook
Caldwell
Cullen
Dooling
Gallivan
Ganley
Goldfogle
Huddleston
McKinley
McLane
Mahr
O’connell
O'Connor
Pell
Hamill
Olney
Sherwood
Sullivan
Tague
Carew
Evans
Mead
Fuller
Mass
Kelley
Mich
Representative Flood
Virginia
Foreign Affairs Committee
Porter
Clark
Kitchin
North Carolina
Mondell
Longworth
Ohio
Wilson
League of Nations
Flat rejection urged of Wilson conference plan
Washington April 10 W Jett Lauck secretary of the old war labor board testifies before the senate labor committee. He urges rejection of the Presidents second industrial conference plan for settling labor unrest stating it fails to apply trade unionism to collective bargaining and to provide firm industrial board principles. He favors using the war labor board principles as the base for legislation.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Labor Committee
W. Jett Lauck
Old War Labor Board
Lauck
War Labor Board
Schechter Family Reunites After War Torn Travel
The Schechter siblings and relatives in this city await word as the sister Mia Schechter and others caped the ravages of war and revolution in Russia and were now in Goctt ia Poland. The last letter before the war arrived in early 1918 and families have waited months for news.
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Russia
Poland
Mia Schechter
Schechters
Paris jewels auctioned as Deslys collection valued at $1 million
The famous Deslys jewel collection is to be auctioned in Paris with an estimated value of about $1,000,000. Gaby Deslys's famous gems head to market as France prepares for the auction event.
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Bologna
Senate
Washington
Gaby Deslys
Paris
United States
War Department
Damad Ferid Pasha
Constantinople
National Assembly
Budapest
Kansas City
City Ice Company
House Military Committee
Birmingham
Ala
Southampton
England
Nansemond
New York
Milla D. Shonts
Appellate Division
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough
Chicago
France
Frankfort
Britain
Paul R. de Mott
Ruhr
Wesel
Washington Dispatch
State Department
Congress of Salvador
Charles E. Hughes
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Reichswehr
Markets Report Shows Sharp Shifts Across Commodities
The markets list flour and rye prices with bid ranges for hard and soft wheats, hay grades, cattle categories, hogs and sheep values. A separate crime brief notes Esther Brown, a 12 year old who trailed a home robber in South Norwalk and helped police arrest him.
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Colorado
Norwalk
Conn
John Munsons
Esther Brown
Henry Brown
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Chicago Strikers
Defy
Sam
U. S
W. W
Samuel E. Heberling
Switchmen’s Union of North America
W. J. Trost
Heberling
John Granau
Switchmen's Union
Switchmen’s Union
Reds
Lester H. Woolsey
Rome
CSM Sf
Lester H.woolsey
Department of State
Robert Lansing
Mr. Woolsey
Count von Bernstorff
New Junker
Kansas
Bluebeard
Lillie E. Wilkinson
Mrs. John.b. Casserly
John B. Casserly
Army
Marshal Foch
Steamship
South and
Hague
Holland
Gadsden
Underwood
Boston Transcript
Jne
Courier-News
New York City
Rossman
McKinstry Drug Store
Hudson
N. Y
MT. Clemens
Michigan
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