Rail strike spread across the nation amid emergency actions
April reports describe the nationwide rail labor dispute with the labor board formed by President Wilson, armed guards in Jersey City, and volunteers stepping in to handle mail. Brooklyn to Chicago see service strain while New York lines try to maintain passenger runs and several yards report rising freight, crew walkouts, and calls for end to the walkout.
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New York
Fltral Railway
New Jersey
AOL
New York Central Road
Pennsylvania Road
London evacuations agreed by French in German towns
Washington reports final accord with Britain to evacuate occupied German towns as Paris and London confirm. In other items, Senate approves voluntary military training. Wilson not spending summer at Wood’s Hale. Jimmy Wilde defeats Brooklynt in ten rounds. Des Moines wrestling win. Galveston tornado kills one, injures twenty five, thirty homes destroyed. Guatemala City reports upheaval under a turbulent regime. Daytona records Gene Walker sets mile mark in a cycling event.
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Windsor
Ont
Jimmy Wilde
Vulume
Orr Sanders Dead After Illness in Mill City
Dr Orr Sanders aged 59 longtime Grand Forks resident died Monday night in La Plata Missouri following influenza. He had moved about seeking treatment with wife Dr Mas Sanders and was buried in La Plata after services in Minnesota. He served on Grand Forks health board influencing sanitation and public health measures. He was born in Kentucky December eleventh and moved to La Plata after Civil War before later relocating to North Dakota with his brother to operate a furniture store and later practice osteopathy.
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Orr Sanders
Grand Forks
Minatuhoa Plata
Missouri
Sanders
Mas Sanders
Minneapolis
Ausbury Hospital
G. 8. Sanders
St Paul
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E. 0. Nimloa
Kanésa City
Bee
Sandis
Twin Cities
Kansas City
St. Paul
Ciuizen
Ence
Igor
Banike
Banders
Kentucky
Dr. Sanders
Unclear text about Dr Sanders and family links in Midwest
Fragmentary notice outlines Dr Sanders tied to EB C D Shortridge uncle and a 1896 marriage to Mike Mas Dickin in Bis marck. Mentions residences in Bismarck and Minneapolis, course in osteopathy in Kirkville Missouri, survivor details and lodge affiliations including Grand Forks and Acacia.
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EB. C.D. Shortridge
North Dakota
Bismarck
Mike Mas Dickinson
New York
Minneapolis
Kirkville
Misouri
Orr
Maepee
Charne
Sandere
K. J. Thrasher
Kanass City
Jane
California
G. 8. Banders
St Paul
Sanders
Grand Forks
Elke
Acacia Lodge
A. F
A. M
Sheriff Webb faces ouster in Crawford County
Pittsburgh Kan April 13 In an ouster petition against Crawford County Sheriff G Clint Webb attorneys for the state court of industrial relations prepare to file with the Kansas Supreme Court. Webb is accused of misconduct by letting Alexander War a prison inmate, to address a crowd of miners at Girard. Judge Curran orders miners officials to testify. only two appear. Contempt looms as arrests for failure to testify are planned. The industrial court hearings probe coal company practices in advance payments and high interest charges.
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Pittsburgh
Kan
G. Clint Webb
Crawford County
Court of Industrial Relations
Kansas Supreme Court
Alexana War
Kansas
Girard
Andrew J. Curran
Tony Roper
Thomas Murdock
Curran
Ww. Payton
Industrie Court
W. L. Huggins
Industrial Court
Apis
Coal Industry in Kansas Tied Up Amid Low Miner Participation
Spitaburah April report shows coal operators at the headquarters coordinating operations but only four steam shovels in use. No deep mines active and fewer than 200 miners out of about 640 in the district at work. No strike official. workers largely abstain on their own accord.
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Spitaburah
Kann
Nso Ree Sane
Cues Tee Ee
Hie Eal
Fehrenbach protests as Mueller denounces French action
Berlin reports the national assembly reopens with Fehrenbach’s protests against the Allied commission blocking Upper Silesian deputies. Mueller’s lengthy speech condemns France for actions in the Rhine and critiques the Ruhr crisis, linking it to soviet influence and lawlessness in the area. Experimental wireless phone tests in Vancouver and Victoria are noted as promising for forest fire protection.
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Berlin
Dpreas
National Assembly
Lord Kilmar Hock
Fehrenbach
Allied Commission
Merz Fehrenbach
Entente
Mueller
Herr Fuhrenbach
Rhine
Frankfort
Ruhe
Ruhr
Red” Army
Herr Mueller
France
League of Nations
Praske
Brance
Great Britain
Germany
Vancouver
B. C
Victoria
Forestry Department
British Columbia Forest Fire Protection Service
Prohibition Vote Cast In Montmartre Election
In Montmartre a self styled free commune elected Jules de Pagult as mayor after a Sunday vote of painters, sculptors and poets. One voter cast the lone prohibition ballot. a macabre mischief led to a burnt card and the culprit claimed an alibi of sleep in a cafe rear room until polls closed. The new mayor has ordered the arrest of the impersonator.
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Paria
Montmartre
France
Wood Cancels Leave Of Absence To Return To Duty
Major General Leonard Wood cancels his planned leave to campaign for the Republican nomination. He will return to Chicago to resume duties as commander of the central department, citing railroad strike conditions and the need to focus on national affairs. He cancelled planned stops in multiple states and will depart Boston for Chicago at 4 45 p.m.
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Boston
Leonard Wood
Repulican
Chicago
Central Department
Army
Olonel Humphreys
Cer Ae
Mon Flay
Gary
General Wood
Wood
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Delaware
Pennsylvania
War Department
Two Americans Missing in Asia Near Marash and Adana
New York reports Hugh Bell of Grafton Pennsylvania and James K. Lyman of Wisconsin, relief workers and missionary, believed in peril after leaving Adana for Marash on March 20. Turks reportedly pressed Armenian villages north of Adana, cutting Beirut interior lines, while other relief workers in Marash are said to have reached safety.
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New York
Hugh Bell
Grafton
Loan Committee For Relief
James K. Lyman
Wisconsin
American Board
Peril
Asia Minor
Adana
Marash
Beirut
Ohio Coal Mines Idle as Strike Halts Work
Columbus Ohio April 13. Both coal mines in Ohio were nearly all closed today because of the strike and thousands of miners were thrown out of work. Some scattered sections reported tiny operations, but most of the large mines remained shut down due to operators’ implorations to end work.
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Columbus
Ohio
Denied stories inform on Clyne Knight stance
Chicago April 12 Charles F. Clyne Knight, representing the government, rejected reports about published stories and stated he had met only Brotherhood railroad workers, delivering an ultimatum while denying broader strike factors. General Palmer referenced possible retractions and named Washington as the source.
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Chicago
Charles F. Clyne Knight
Rredee
Wien
Palmer
Washington
Hin
Conditans
Wilson calls cabinet as railroad strike looms
President Wilson summons his cabinet for a first meeting since last August to discuss the general strike situation. Officials anticipate action on a new railroad labor board while DoJ seeks leader names from Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads amid reports of a growing workers’ movement in Pittsburgh and Chicago.
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Ishington
Raillabat
Wilson
Geo
Hungar
Washington
D. C
Henry, Hunt
Cincinnati
R. M. Barton
Tennessee
Horace Baker
J. H.elliott
William J. Plark
Albert Phillips
A. Wharton
Jamney J. Forrester
Senate
Chicago
Wau
Pittsburgh
Pacific North- West
Railroad Brotherhood Teaders
New York
Pennsylvania
Pooticmworth Wear
Variqus
West
Great Northern Aid
Northern Pacific
Everett
Wash
Northern Paalto
Spokane
Oregon, Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Ilinois Central
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Pennsylvania and
New York Central Ratironda
Department of Justice
Bonirat
Futty
White House
New York Central
Department Today
John Crunau
Chicago Yardmen'a
Industrial Porkers of the World
Altia Ton
Garvan
Welford Defamation Clash at Pembina Farm Rally
Special to the Herald Pembina X April 18 Senator Walter Welford faced a high tension exchange with Attorney General Iger before a Pembina county farming crowd. The clash centered on political accusations and a pointed list of Socialists tied to Welford’s allies. Iger read a lengthy program critique while farmers in attendance cheered Langer. Iger planned to speak later in Park River that evening.
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Herald
Pembina, X
Pembina County
Walter Welford
Iger
Welford
Cate
Tanger Leslings
Langer
Echo
Park River
Guatemala Crisis Seen as President Trapped by Rebels
Washington reports describe Guatemala City’s peril after President Cabrera’s rivals claim a trap was sprung delaying the army’s intervention. Strong government forces are posted at La Caba, with rebels breaching the capital and exit routes reportedly blocked, amid tensions over a political power struggle.
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Washington
Guatemala City
Raven Cabrera
seWela
Capitel
Elalerem
Presdalied
la Ai Eaburi
Ipentete
Polenis
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L. G. Griffing
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
8. C. Cowan
Order
John G. Walker
Jeann
Brotherhood of Railways
Denning
Carmen
Burton
Theodore Burton
Arif Commission
Gary, Inc
Stor
Switchman's
Union of North America
National
Brotherhood
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St. Teula
Musauri Pagifio
Pusblo
Colo
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Okla
Naw
Mich
Battle Crash
Dayton
Nevital
London
Hale
Moore
Des Moines
Iowa
Earl Caddock
Finiah
Wisdek Zbyaxko
Galveston
Melrose
Mays
Galveston News
Hearace
Rerum
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Daytona
Fin
Gene Walker
Mator
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Tae Weare
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Gillan
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