Chicago Mayoral Race Draws Keen Interest
In Chicago April 1 voters faced a six candidate mayoral field amid bitter campaign tensions and a central district riot. Incumbent William Hale Thompson leads a slate including Robert M. Sweitzer and John Fitzpatrick among others. Turnout expected around 700000 as police brace for possible unrest while drys face ballot questions and labor mobilizes.
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Requisitioning Germans Needed in Coblenz
American authorities, failing to enlist Germans voluntarily for third army supply depots near Bendorf, requisitioned 300 laborers through German civil officials. Workers will be paid nine marks daily with option to take half in food.
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Delegation Of Boers To Peace Conference Arrives In New York
The Dutch steamship Bawean arrived in New York from Capetown with Boers en route to London for the peace conference. They aim to present before the British government and the Paris talks their right of self determination to establish a republic.
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Troop Ships Arrive at Newport News with Guardsmen
Two battleships Georgia and Kansas anchor at Newport News Virginia bringing 2,367 men from former Ohio and West Virginia National Guard units. The arrival marks a mobilization during April first operations.
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Wilson Accepts Share of Blame for Peace Conference Delays
President Wilson says he is willing to accept his share of responsibility for the delays in the peace conference talks in Paris. He stresses the slowness was not due to any one nation and calls for action to unite on peace terms for a Germany treaty. The report notes his attendance at Council of Four meetings and a meeting with the bishop of Spalato.
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Telegraphic briefs from the war era
A collection of brief items reports executions in Budapest total 150 with lootings during turmoil. Canada plans repatriation of expeditionary forces from Siberia. US war bonds of 200 million dollars authorized. Budapest notes German alliance talks. London reports Hathonian army captures Pechory Hamash. Debs threatens general strike for rehearing. Archangel bombardment of Allied positions. Bristol Pa scaffolding collapse at view of freighter launch. Pskov women ordered to register for military service. New York cheers Bolshevik movement at employment meeting. Warsaw bombardment of Lemberg continues. London boxing results Wilde Lench Greb Miske Kilbane Mealy. Waterloo stockyards bouts Murphy Duffy Comiskey Minor.
Delegates Report Peace Treaty Impasse and Boxing Bout
U S delegates express unease over slow progress on the peace treaty amid reported deadlock while a boxing bout ends with Chuck Baker defeating Johnny Lewis in the second round. Montreal notes shift toward a renovation plan authorized by a council of four. The frontier issue centers on military safety along the Rhine.
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Germans Concentrate Forces in Eastern Prussia Under Hindenburg
Dispatch reports German forces massing in Graudenz and Thorn in eastern Prussia under Field Marshal von Hindenburg to defend the railway line from Davisig to Posen. Budapest faces famine risk as Communist rule spreads amid supply shortages. Allies expected to intervene. Karolyi blamed for aiding a German-backed maneuver against the Allies.
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Four American Officers and Soldiers Decorated in Russia
Four officers and eighteen men of the American forces in northern Russia were decorated by the British government for meritorious service during January fighting near the Pus Aboul Bhenkurak. Recipients include Sergeant E J Herman of Loyne City Michigan and Sergeant L Bartels of Halland Township. Corporal J B Manderson of Michigan, mechanic A F of Greenbush, and Private 3 ID Tisimen of Chisago were among those honored with Meritorious Service Medals and other awards for their actions in the campaign.
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Explosion at Nemours Powder Plant Kills Ted
Ted in big explosion at the De Nemours powder plant has been killed alongside many others. The blast caused extensive damage and prompted emergency response teams to secure the site.
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2500 Workers Strike In Madison Wisconsin
In Madison Wisconsin more than 2500 workers walked out demanding higher wages an eight hour day and back pay under a federal war labor board award. Plant profits cited exceed five million dollars last year while officials say they cannot afford the award. Firms involved include Waller and Johnson Gisholt Northwestern Ordnance Steinle Turret Lathia and Madison Kipp.
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Anti Jewish Riots Reported in Kalish Region
London reports new anti Jewish outbreaks in Kalish on the former Poland Germany border with Busk and Wiclum. Jewish shops and homes were looted and wounded numbers are described as large. Militia and soldiers were said to be indifferent or involved.
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Chicago Will Try Townley Store Scheme
The Nonpartisan League and Chicago labor party plan cooperative stores in all 35 wards. Farm products would come directly from North Dakota where the league governs. Morton L. Johnson says he will meet Governor Frazier and A Townley and the stores may double as labor union headquarters for directing strikes.
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British plan to arrest Spohrs in Turkey plan
British authorities in Turkey approve arrest of James Spohr, a naturalized American, and his wife on treason charges tied to the German spy network in Palestine. They aim to transfer them to the United States for trial, with the British military commission acting under occupier law to seize and hand over the couple. Spohr is linked to Saladin Ayoub University in Jerusalem. his wife is said to have lived at German headquarters.
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Indians Farmers Club organized in Wolf Point
Major Mossman called a meeting of the male Indians in the Wolf Point area and organized an Indian Farmers' club. Thos. Ryan was elected president and Nimrod Davis secretary. The club aims to promote better farming among Indians and to aid in seed supply and supervision. Talks by members showed strong interest.
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Paris-Americans here are not ratified with peace progress
World brief notes report Paris Americans not yet ratified with progress on the peace treaty. Archangel Bolshevik artillery bombarded Allied railroad positions near Odozersk and other dispatches cover elections, arrests, strikes, and diplomatic shifts across several capitals.
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Mills Not Guilty in North Dakota Espionage Case
Walter Thomas Mills, socialist lecturer and Nonpartisan League adviser, was found not guilty by a Fargo jury on five counts alleging seditious utterances from a June 1918 Fargo speech. Judge Amidon instructed verdicts, defense arguing statements targeted profiteers and qualified with caveats about farmers.
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Great Difference In Theater Payroll 50 Years Ago And New
London March 24 Correspondence of the Associated Press In view of the movement among theater employes for a minimum wage of 150 a week and pay for rehearsals some one has unearthed the payroll of the Queen's Theatre of a half a century ago for purposes of comparison Sir Charles Wyndham is shown as receiving 15 a week while Sir Henry Irving received less by about 2 Toole the leading star was paid 55 and Miss Ellen Terry the leading lady was put down at 25
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Control Over Meat Packers Ends Today
Washington on April 1 reports all meat packers released from Food Administration control under a Wilson proclamation. The action frees importers, manufacturers, packers, and distributors of beef, pork, and mutton from licenses and margins, though livestock dealers remain under government supervision. Chicago analysts expect minimal stock price impact, noting profits were limited by prior rules and that direct effects center on packing home products rather than stock trading.
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Army bans alcohol in camps under 1.4 percent rule
In Washington on April 1 a judge advocate’s vision was approved by Baker defining any beverage containing 1.4 percent alcohol as intoxicating for military camps. The ruling answers requests from camp organization commanders and interprets section twelve of the selective service act governing prohibition of alcohol liquors in or near camps.
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Duluth Election Centers on Street Railway Question
Duluth Minn April 1 The city commissioner's race includes James A Farrell former commissioner W A Hicken W F Murnian labor candidates and Guy E Warren business man They vie for two seats while a measure to condemn the street railway is on the ballot Polls opened at 6 a m and close at 3 p m with fourteen thousand six hundred voters registered Weather fine.
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Four Initiative Petitions Filed With State Secretary
Four petitions each with far more than the required signatures were filed with North Dakota state authorities. T J Nelson of Fargo and J K Doran of Bismarck led the Independent Voters' association in submitting measures on rural credits nonpartisan election law a terminal elevator and home builders association. The actions invoke initiative and referendum powers set for July 2 with over twenty thousand signatures supporting each measure.
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