Fight Continues Despite Langer Threats Across League
A long, chaotic dispatch reports Attorney General Langer declaring he will fight for the people and defend the league against Townley. He says he will not back down under fire, denounces Townley as a traitor, and vows to protect North Dakota’s interests while criticizing Townley’s press and accusations. Other items note Allied and world events as the page blends political rhetoric with international updates.
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Townley
League of We Teague
Jeague Press
Teague
North Dakota
North Imkota
Mills case advances as Walter Mills held for sedition
In Fargo North Dakota Walter Thomas Mills, socialist, faces sedition charges. The trial continued as Norbert O Leary, Townley aide, testified a stenographic report of Mills speech supported the defense. The verdict day looms with jury expected to hear tomorrow.
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NL. D
Walter Thomas Mills
United States District Cours
Milla
Norbert O'Leary
Townley
Nonpartigan League
O'Leary
Mills
Miller
Large Farm Near Calvin Is Sold in North Carolina
Calvin March 31 A deal was made whereby Jo Aleckson who recently purchased a large farm near Crary disposed of his interests in Aleckson Bros farm west of town to Chan Swanson who resides several miles west of Calvin. The price paid for the farm was 50 dollars an acre, or in round numbers the entire consideration was 24000 dollars. The farm purchased joins the town site of Calvin and is regarded as a very fine piece of land.
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N. C
Jo Aleckson
Crary
Aleckson Bros
Chan. Swanson
Four German Subs Leave For America
Four German submarines convoyed by the U S submarine tender Bushnell left Horwith England today for the United States. Newsboys in Coblenz shout the names of American and war newspapers daily, a brisk trade forming on street corners amid occupation troops.
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England
United States
Bushnell
Nena
Coblenz
Army of Occupation
Nesta Tt
C Gobiens
Thirteen Men Trapped After Empire Mine Explosion
Thirteen miners are reported entombed in the Empire mine near Aguilar Colorado after a gas blast at morning. Twenty three of thirty six miners escaped through a shaft an hour later reporting the fan intact and conditions favorable. Helmet crews from Berwind and Delagua went in within an hour. The explosion occurred 3000 feet in the workings.
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Colo
Empire
Empire Coal Company
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Berwind' S
Delagua
Reopening of Conference in China Expected
Reports from official circles indicate a peace conference between representatives of North and South China in Shanghai next week. The meeting, held earlier this month, aimed to settle internal divisions but ended in deadlock and adjourned on March 10.
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Peking
Associated Press
North
South
Shanghai
Mongolia
Drastic Steps Taken Against Striking Men in Spain
Washington dispatch reports drastic measures by the Spanish government to suppress strikes. Warship guns mounted in Barcelona, Madrid papers ceased publication in protest against censorship, and several thousand arrests have been made.
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Washington
al Deane
State Department
Barcelona
Madrid
Zuloaga Aims At Ocean Flight In 1916 Balloon Feat
Argentine aviator Zuloaga seeks to attempt a cross Atlantic flight by airplane after earning fame for a 1916 balloon crossing of the Andes. The report notes his status with the Argentine military attaché in Paris and mentions other brief, scattered items from March.
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Zuloaga
Paris
Resolutions Favor Elevator at Grand Forks Meet
Resolutions adopted at a city meeting in Grand Forks urged locating a terminal elevator and mill in the city to capitalize on Red River water power, rail routes, and grain flow from northern North Dakota. The resolutions cite downstream byproducts, regional wheat production, and combined support from labor, merchants, and the commercial club.
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Wall
Industrial Commission
Semppeatt
Grand Yorks
Maze
Grand Forks
Red River
North Dakota
2 Paint
Red Lake
Northwest
Merchants’ Association
The
Commercial Club
Embassy Probes Mexican Concessions to Japanese Farmers
Washington reports say the American embassy in Mexico City was instructed to investigate claims that the Mexican government granted agricultural concessions to Japanese in Lower California. The land, once forfeited from an American company, spans a million acres and was developed with irrigation. negotiations with a Japanese syndicate reportedly followed Mexico's 1917 confiscation.
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Fiume
Mexico City
California
Amado Aguiere
Archangel
Ishola Ozers
Washington
Department
Amado Aguirre
Development and Agriculture
Lower
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California and Mexican Land Company of
Los Angeles
Harrison Grey Otis
Colorado
Mexico
Diaz
General Aguirre
Philipps
Los Angeles Company
State Department
Protest Against Acquittal of Raoul Villain
Paris March 31 A resolution of protest against the acquittal of Raoul Villain who shot and killed Socialist leader Jaures was adopted yesterday by the federal Royalist congress for the Seine department. The federation was directed to inquire into the action that body should take.
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Paris
Havas
Raoul Villain
Jaures
Boyalist
Department of the Seine
Ody
Granted Leave And Flies Home In Plane
Lieutenant Bauritx Haugen son of Congressman elect Gilbert N Haugen travelled from Rantoul Field to his Northwood home in a brief leave. He circled his home several times before landing and returning by air.
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Mason City
Towa
Bauritx Haugen
Gilbert N. Haugen
Rantoul Field
Northwood
Haugen
French Troops Prisoners Reported After Hungarian Attack
A force of French troops in the neutral zone between Hungary and Romania was attacked by Hungarian troops. About 360 French soldiers were taken prisoner, with an official report noting that the release could be promised by the Hungarians on demand of the French general. Conditions in Hungary are described as greatly disturbed.
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Paris
Associated Press
Hungary
Rumania
Sensation in Krueger case shocks Neillsville court
In Neillsville Wisconsin March 31 a sensational moment arose in the murder trial of Mrs Caroline Krueger and her sons Frank and Lealie for the death of Harry Jensen. Defense attorney Reynolds claimed Deputy U S Marshal Gantz burned the Krueger home two days after the boys escaped due to a vendetta. Sheriff Hewitt testified Krueger attacked him as guards opened the well. Guard A R Mularjoy said a loaded rifle and shotgun were buried in sawdust after the guard near the Krueger home was shot.
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Wis
Caroline Krueger
Frank
Lealie
Harry Jensen
Reynolds
Home Guard
U. S
Gantz
Krueger
Kruegers
Harry Hewitt
Clark County
Hewitt
A. R. Mularjoy
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Ates
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Great Northern
French Press Demands Forts on Rhine Destroyed
Paris reports French newspapers claim peace conferees will act this week. They insist Germany must destroy forts on the Rhine’s right bank and cede left bank forces, with indemnities paid over two years, possibly in cash or goods, aligning with President Wilson’s 14 points.
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Rhine
Paris
Dretenaury
Renae
Echo de Paris
Uns” Allien
Wnli
More Miners in Germany Go on Strike
Reports from Eusen and nearby towns state a sharp rise in coal miner strikes with 30,000 out and 30 shafts closed. In Witten and Dortmund meetings pressed demands including troops withdrawal, 25 percent pay raise, bonuses, and a six hour day. The strike wave spreads to others, including the Prussian Hessian railway amid threats of work stoppages by April 10.
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The
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Spartacans
Debs denied rehearing in espionage case
Washington March 31 Eugene V Debs saw his appeal from a ten year sentence for violating the espionage act denied by the supreme court He claimed the decision treated him as if judged by an undisclosed state of mind and denied a chance to show his motive The ruling affirms the conviction and without clemency he must serve the term He is free on bail Pierre S Dak reports eight hundred thousand acres of land are available for homesteaders in the state with about three thousand east of the Missouri river in the Pierre district
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Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Supreme Court
Debs
Canton
Ohio
Pierre
South Dakota
General Land Office
Missouri River
Missouri
Troop Ships Arrive in New York Amid Ocean Liner Flow
March 31 report notes arrivals of troop ships in New York with a French liner sailing from the Atlantic. The cargo includes 2,316 Louisiana and Mississippi troops. Details on other destinations and exact ships are partially garbled but indicate a significant military movement through port facilities.
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New York
South Carolina
Lahere
Pumberins
Lousians
Mimtatippti
Standstill in Budapest as Bolshevik rule takes hold
A Vienna dispatch reports Budapest industrial activity halted under new Bolshevik authority. An inventory is underway, property seized, and shops shut. The government in control has requisitioned arms and ammunition, with some prominent figures arrested. The Budapest representative is now formally accepted in Vienna and foreign flags receive full respect.
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Washington
Budapest
State Department
Vienna
Risjord liquor ruling sent to Wisconsin Supreme Court
Ashland Wis March 31 The Risjord ruling that a dry city may limit liquor in possession will be appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court The decision upheld by Joseph Hallada Mike Davis and Adam Kaziukewicz who were found guilty of possessing more liquor than the city ordinance allowed The case could affect liquor ordinances in all Wisconsin cities
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Ashland
Wis
Risjord
State Supreme Court
Joseph Hallada
Mike Davis
Adam Kaziukewicz
Wisconsin
U S Consul Probes Arrests of Koreans Employed by Americans
The American consul general at Seoul questioned authorities over the arrest of Koreans employed by Americans who were detained amid disturbances tied to Korea’s independence movement. Seoul officials said arrests were made under Japanese law and police searched Korean homes while seizing a press printing political material.
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Associated Press
Seul
Korea
Commt
Ultimatum Reported From Hungary To Czech Slovakia
Hungarian authorities allegedly sent an ultimatum to the Czecho-Slovak government as Vienna reports a concentration of Czech troops and rumors of general mobilization soon. The dispatch notes March dates and mentions wartime tensions in central Europe with uncertain timing.
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Marth
Vienna
Dimpali Mi
Cyschie Jovak
Bohemia
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