Ransom for Summers Raised as Kidnapping Case Develops
Peter W. Summers, American ranchman seized near Salina Cruz by Mexican bandits under Jesus Morelass, had his ransom hiked from 500 to 5000 dollars. The last payment day was set March 12, with the State Department and two Summers sisters in Oklahoma and Washington seeking his release.
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Chicago
Peter W. Summers
Salina Cruz
Jesus Morelass
Berlinzhame
Summers
State Department
Juke Summers
Chicksaw
Okahoma
Qwen
Oklahoma
Washington
South Atlantic trade conference elects officers in Greensboro
Delegates from 30 cities and four states assembled at the Henry hotel for a three day meeting to form the South Atlantic states association aimed at expanding foreign trade via southern ports. Matthew Hale of Washington president. C G Yates Greens boro secretary. R D Douglas Greensboro treasurer. Governor Bickett and Senator Smith spoke in support of the effort.
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South
Commonwealths
North Carolina
Gate City
South Atlantic States Association
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Matthew Hale
Washington, D. C
South Atlantic Maritime Association
T. W. Thickett
Ellison D. Smith
Hale
Bickett
Smith
C. G. Yates
R. D. Douglas
Hugh Chatham
Winston-Salem
C. G. Smoot
North Wilkesboro
Eptter
Acu
Sims Continues Testimony Before Senate Committee
Rear Admiral Sims testified to a Senate investigating committee that the Navy failed to inform him of plans, causing delay and confusion. He cited independent negotiations by allied powers and outlined numerous deployments and actions taken without his prior knowledge.
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Sims
Senate
Navy Department
Washington
Department
St. John
Queenstown
New York
Bryan Opposes Mr. Hitchcock for President
March 12. W. J. Bryan says he opposes Senator Hitchcock's presidential nomination. He argues it would offend prohibitionists and suffragists and surrender parity to Wall Street.
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Miami
W. J. Bryan
Hitchcock
Wall Street
Hattie Stone Hosts Lexington Friends in Thomasville
Miss Hattie Stone entertained at her home in honor of Misses Ella Williamson and Lucy Owen of Lexington. Attendees included Madeline Hoover Emma Lee Hoover Marie Jones Odessa Rice Vera Green and others. Visitors Audrey Stone Raleigh Grady Williamson Cyrus Green Camp Eustes Va J R Powell in Lenoir N C J R Blair back from Cleveland Tenn and William Newton in Baltimore on business.
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Thomasville
Hattie Stone
Ella Williamson
Lucy Owen
Lexington
Lacey Owen
Madeline Hoover
Emma Lee Hoover
Marie Jones
Odessa Rice
Vera Green
Arthur Swaim
Paul Green
Robert
Walter Rapp
Julius Gray
William Tomlinson
Everett Coles
David Lambeth
Audrey Stone
Raleigh
Grady Williamson
Cyrus Green
Camp Eustes
J. R. Powell
Lenoir
N. C
J. R. Blair
Cleveland
Tenn
Wiliam Newton
Baltimore
Auto Skids Damages Ryan Car En Route to Trade Conference
J. T. Ryan of this city escaped injury when his automobile skidded on the Greensboro High Point road yesterday afternoon on the way to Greensboro to attend the foreign trade conference. Local citizens were traveling with him.
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Tvan
J. T. Ryan
Greensboro-High Point
Mr. Ryan
Berlin new government pledges Versailles treaty honor
Berlin dispatch states the Kapp regime will honor the Versailles treaty. The report asserts the government is not for monarchists or reactionaries. Paris reports the Ebert government has moved its seat to Dresden, Saxony.
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Cologne
Berlin
Kapp
Paris
Ebert
Germany
Dresden
Saxony
Rere stated plan to proclaim Hindenberg imperial president
In Mowllien on March 13 the item notes an intention to proclaim Field Marshal von Hindenberg as imperial president. This brief report identifies the political move and the key figure involved.
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Mowllien
Field Marshal von Hindenberg
Jusserand Seeks Clarification on Wilson Militarism Charge
Paris reports say Ambassador Jusserand did not receive or send formal instructions from the French government regarding President Wilson's charge of militarism. He reportedly spoke to Under Secretary Polk of his own accord, noting France's surprise and emotion at the president's letter and stating no official representations were made.
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Paris
Jusserand
Washington
Wilson
France
Polk
Death of Harland Fulk Apprentice Seaman Arrives Home
The remains of Harland F. Fulk, 18, an apprentice seaman in the U S Navy who died February 20 aboard the steamship Columbia en route to Panama, arrived in High Point. Funeral Sunday at 2 39 PM at Deep River Church with graveside rites by Ragsdale Council Junior Order. Survived by his mother and four brothers and a sister.
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United States Navy
Columbia
Panama
High Point
Deep River Church
Ragsdale Council
Falk
Otis Fulk
Reno
Nevy
Raymond, Dixie
Lincoln Fulk
Jameston
D. W. Elliott
Daniels Building Program Knife
Washington March 13. A House naval subcommittee disapproved the three naval construction programs proposed by Secretary Daniels as dependent on the peace treaty. It approved only 72 million dollars to continue the unfinished 1916 program for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Daniels
House Naval
Two Americans Held by Mexican Authorities in Hermosillo
Edward Filmore and Herman Sidnay, both listing New York as their address, are detained by Mexican authorities at Hermosillo. The information comes from Robert Carrillo, head of the northern Carranza secret service, in Agua Prieta Sonora on March 13.
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Sonora
Mex
Edward Filmore
Herman Sidnay
New York City
Hermosilla
Robert Carrillo
Carranza Secret Service
Miss Juanita Moffitt Visits Salem College Parents’ Visit
Miss Juanita Moffitt, a student at Salem College, arrived today to spend the weekend with her parents.
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Juanita Moffitt
Salem College
Buck Workers in New York Strike
New York March 13 A strike by local longshoremen dock workers to win higher wages and shorter hours became effective today after a unanimous vote last night Union leaders claim 7000 plus members though exact numbers could not be confirmed Steamship owners warned that full participation would halt coastal shipping and tie up trade
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New York
Lodge Introduces Amendment to Senate Reservation
Washington report states Senator Lodge introduced an amendment to the substitute article X reservation to include controversies relating to territorial integrity or political independence, following a suggestion from Senator Borah. The move aims to reunite Republican Senate forces.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Borah
Cotton futures open steady as prices hit new highs
New York March 13. Cotton futures opened steady with March at 39.99 and May 37.00. May touched 27.10 for a new high while July reached 34.45. Wall Street selling after reports of German disturbances pulled prices back, closing steady with March 39.75 and May 36.98.
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New York
Wall Street
Germany
Berlin Coup Proclaimed as Government Ceases to Exist
Reuters reports from Berlin state a proclamation declaring the German government dissolved. Revolutionary troops occupied Wilhelmstrasse with no violence reported, marking a bold seizure of the capital as power shifts to monarchist factions.
Germany's counter-revolutionary move tops Berlin as Kapp seizes control
Berlin reports a proclamation dissolves the national assembly and names General Director Von Kapp as chancellor and General von Luenttwitz as commander in chief. Socialists call a general strike as troops seize Wilhelmstrasse and a new government forms amid monarchist expectations.
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Paris
Berlin
von Kapp
von Luenttwitz
Germany
Baron von Luenttwitz
Belgium
Miss Cary
Cleveland
Overthrow of Government Announced in Berlin
AP dispatch reports on March 13 that revolting troops seized Berlin and proclaimed General Provincial Director Kapp as imperial chancellor and Prussia premier. The national assembly is dissolved, elections promised after order is restored, Ebert and his wife having left the city. Assertions of a general strike were reported and Berlin officials departed by motor car. Paris commentators expect Allied aloofness toward German civil strife.
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Wolfgang Kapp
Reichstag
German Agriculture Society
Fatherland Party
Germany
Berlin
Ebert
Kapp
Prussia
Erhard
Paris
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