Industrial war looming in Britain as unions threaten strikes
London reports a triple alliance of miners rail and transport workers ready to strike over pay and conditions. Lloyd George warns that nationwide flooding of industries could destroy England’s economy, while mediation collapses and leaders press hard for higher pay funded by taxation amid rising tensions in Scotland and coal fields.
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Robert J. Prew
London
England
Russia
Lloyd George
Railroad
Triple Alliance
Rusela
Mes
Parry Gostling
Transport Men
James Seaton
Dock Workers
McNamara
Three Missing Hunters Bodies Found in Adirondacks
In Saranac Lake New York on April 8 the bodies of A D Perkins Joseph F Sharpe and William T Perkins of Cortland were found near Long Lake in Third Pond. They vanished last November while hunting and are believed to have died trying to cross the pond in a shallow duck boat during a windstorm.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Adirondacks
A. D. Perkins
Joseph F. Sharpe
William T. Perkins
Cortland
Long Lake
Third Pond
Debs Case Delayed Until After May 1
Washington reports that study of data on Eugene V. Debs outside the District of Columbia will likely push Attorney General Daugherty to decide on the socialist leader’s release after May 1. He denies the delay is to allow Debs to join socialist demonstrations planned in April and May 1.
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Washington
Eugene V. Debs
District of Columbia
Daugherty
Debs
Resume Large Trade With World Redfield
In Des Moines Iowa on April William C Redfield former secretary of commerce urged resuming large scale international trade. He called for reestablishing credit with foreign nations and clearing Europe of old debts to revive American business.
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Des Moines
America
William C. Redfield
Europe
Likely Ban on Clara Hamon Films by Kansas City
Kansas City officials consider prohibiting certain moving picture productions after an investigating warning article. A meeting discussed a proposed film likely to display an immoral heroine character.
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K. C
Clara Hamon
Kansas City
Clara Smith
Woman elected mayor of Red Cloud by seven votes
The official canvass of Red Cloud Neb shows Miss Mary Peterson elected mayor by seven votes, overturning a prior belief that her opponent A McCall had a three vote lead. An error of ten votes was revealed. Peterson has interests in the Red Cloud tea plant and the automobile business.
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Red Cloud
Neb
Offivill
Mise
Mary Peterson
F Mmyor
A. McCall
Miss Peterson
Dawes Committee Proposes Veterans Service Administration
A Dawes committee report to President Harding urges creation of a Veterans Service Administration to consolidate the Bureau of War Risk Insurance the Vocational Rehabilitation division and parts of the Public Health Service under a single director general. It calls centralization rapid hospital expansion and use of full 18 million hospital funds while criticizing past veteran neglect.
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Washington
Veterans’ Service Administration
Harding
Charles G. Dawes
Service Administration
Veterans Administration
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Public Health Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Hoover seeks tax relief for U S firms abroad
Secretary of Commerce Hoover urged Congress to exempt American firms operating in foreign countries from U S taxes. He said U S companies face double taxation while foreign concerns enjoy tax relief in their own nations and urged action to level the playing field for American trade.
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U. S
Hoover
Washington
United States Treasury
Armour-Mitchell Wedding Set for June at Lake Forest Estate
Mrs J Ogden Armour announced the wedding of her daughter Lolita Armour to John J Mitcheil Jr at the Armour country estate in Lake Forest on June 14. The ceremony will unite two of the world’s largest fortunes.
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Chicago
Nitro glycerin truck driver killed in explosion near Hominy
A. W. Weed, 16, driver for Osage Torpedo Co of Pawhuska, was instantly killed when 100 quarters of nitroglycerin exploded five miles west of Hominy. He was alone. only a boot fragment and no body trace were found 200 yards away.
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Hominy
Okla
A. W. Weed
Osage Torpedo Company
Pawhuska
Here
Weed
Juarez Gambling Concessions Ordered Closed in 80 Days
In Juarez, owners of gambling concessions received a telegram from Chihuahua Gov Ignacio Brnriques directing closure within 80 days. The governor referenced a prior interior secretary order from Mexico City and the two concessionaires immediately traveled to Chihuahua City to confer with the governor.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Juarceo
Ignacio Bnriques
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Chihuahua City
Kansas City man wills fortune to the blind association
Hiram Kollarstat of Kansas City leaves two thirds of an estate worth over 250000 to the Kansas City Association for the Blind. The remainder goes to Kendall City cerbal per the will terms.
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K. C
Kansas City
Hiram Kollurstat
Kansas City Association For the Blind
Kollar
Kendal City
Hughes Opposes Knox Plans on Treaty and War End
Washington reports a rift between cabinet leaders and Senate foreign relations members over the Versailles treaty and the administration’s international program. Secretary Hughes favors ratifying the treaty with the League covenant amputated to disentangle foreign affairs. Knox supporters push a war-ending Knox resolution.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hughes
Germany
League
Charles Still Eager to Return Emperor
Budapest reports publish ex-King Charles proclamation to his people calling for support. He says he returned to Hungary to end suffering and urges backing of the current head of state while hoping to stay in the homeland again. Dispatches say he is homeless and may seek asylum in Spain after leaving Switzerland.
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Budapest
Charles
Hungary
National Assembly
Acta
Lucerne
Switzerland
Spain
Sedalia Shops Shut Down Affects 1100 Men
Sedalia Missouri Pacific shops closed affecting nearly 1,100 men. Officials said the shutdown is for an indefinite period.
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Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Panama Rejects White Award in Border Dispute with Costa Rica
Panama again rejects the White Award and assigns the disputed border region to Costa Rica. The decision boosts anti American sentiment and may bar U.S. soldiers from entering or leaving Panama for a period.
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Panama
Costa Rica
Charlie Chaplin to wed show girl May Collins
Hollywood whispers report Charlie Chaplin plans marriage to May Collins a 17 year old Broadway and screen star. The item also notes Minnesota bans aircraft flying below approved limits and requires landings to be at least 1000 feet from public areas.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charlie Chaplin
Hollywood
May Collins
Broadway
Pilot of Balloon Lost in Florida
Keener Wilkinson chief quartermaster in aviation division of the U S was pilot of the balloon which has been in flight with its crew since it left Pensacola Fiat March 22.
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Keener Wilkinson
Aviation Division
U. S
Ing
Pensacola
Fiat
Harding Wins Bout With Women Voters
President Harding met suffrage leaders at the White House and agreed he would discuss their measure granting fuller citizenship under the 19th amendment with Congress later. He cannot recommend it in his first message due to other pressing problems.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Congress
Happ
Landis Places Kauff On Ineligible List
Chicago April 7 Benny Kauff out fielder for the New York Giants was placed on the ineligible list by baseball Commissioner Judge Landis. He cannot play while under indictment on charges of receiving an automobile believed stolen. Under major league rules no player may participate while indicted.
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Chicago
Benny Kauff
New York Giant
K. M. Landis
Kaun
Landis Field
German financiers win Russian concessions in business drive
London report from Berlin says Hugo Stinnes and August Thyssen have secured large concessions in Soviet Russia as Russia prepares a commercial agreement. It notes foreign permits for operating branches previously forbidden may be issued by the Soviet government.
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London
London Times
Berlin
Hugo Stinnes
August Thyssen
Russia
The Public Be Damned Origins in Vanderbilt Story
Colliers Week ly recounts Melville H. Stone detailing how William H. Vanderbilt allegedly uttered The public be damned when confronted by an intrusive reporter Clarence Dresser. The tale notes how Dresser pressed for an interview on a private Chicago car dinner run and how newspapers reacted to the quote.
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Boston Herald
Collier's Weekly
Melville H. Stone
William H. Vanderbilt Long
Mr. Stone
Mr. Vanderbilt
Chicago Daily News
Clarence Dresser
Vanderbilt
Michigan Central Yards
Dresser
Daily News
Dreager
The
Tribune
Hidden artifacts found in Bush termine building vault
Readable relics from the 20th century include a safety razor a bottle of pickler and a pre war Continental Hallway mule hidden within reinforced concrete of the new Bush termine building in Hrookuln likely to interest future generations and researchers.
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Hrookuln
Anti-Blue Law League gains charter in Delaware
In New Orleans in April the Anti-Blue Law League of America Inc received a charter in Delaware. President DO H Bilis said the group aims to remove beer and light wine prohibitions, calling for liberty from blue laws and a sensible interpretation of prohibition statutes.
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New Orleans
Opium Smuggler King Captured in New York
Harry Bone of Chicago, dubbed king of opium smugglers, arrested by customs inspectors in Ogdensburg on a matn from Montreal to Massemm. Authorities charge morphine cocaine and opium valued at 25 000 to 50 000, and seize the drugs. Bone is also known as A P Ward Conrad Johnson and Hall Webster.
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Ogdenburg
Harry Bone
Chicago
Montreal
Massemm
Btone
A. P. Ward
Conrad Johnson
Hall Webster
Farmers Reject Compulsory Pool Plan for Wheat
After two days of debate, about 3 million farmers rejected a compulsory pooling proposal. The United States Grain Growers, Inc. would pool and contract for cash or five year terms, but lawyers warned of Sherman Act risks. Delegates from Texas and Oklahoma argued against compulsory pooling while planning a large cooperative pool later.
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United States Grain Growers, Inc
Supreme Court
Texas
Oklahoma
Corporation of Farmers
Harris Sticks To His Story In Elwell Murder Case
Buffalo reporters note Roy Harris a New York youth stuck to his confession of killing Joseph B. Elwell. Detectives arrived to test his tale, which he repeated four times. He claimed he planned to take money from the job and flee after potential coercion by an associate named Duncan.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Roy Harris
New York
Joseph B. Elwell
Seventieth Street
Harris
Leonard
Henry Ff. Oonald
Elwell House
Duncan
Notable Women Named in New York Murder Case
Roy Harris, under arrest in Buffalo on a Canadian forgery charge, claims that twelve women including Mrs Fairchild were involved with Joseph B. Elwell the NY society gambler killed last summer. Harris seeks leniency by offering details to authorities in the New York murder inquiry.
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Roy Harris
Bill Dunkine
Joseph B. Elwell
New York Society
Doxsen
Elwell
Harris
Buffalo
New York
Lipa denies alleged bribery confession in Los Angeles
Walter Lipa former Los Angeles fire chief and later county deputy sheriff denied claims he confessed soliciting and accepting a $12 000 bribe from Joe Gray the swindler jailed in Texas The district attorney stated yesterday he had done the act while the chief deputy backed the confession claim in Texas.
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Los Angeles
Walter Lipa
Joe Gray
Texas
Semeterday
Bergdall Extradition Sought by State and War Departments
The state department and the war department seek Grover Cleveland Bergdall extradition. Bergdall, a wealthy draft dodger, is described as now a fugitive in Germany. Secretary of War Weeks informed Senator Capper by letter.
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Washington
State Department
Department At War
Grover Cleveland Bergdall
Germany
Weeks
Senator Capper
Rail Employes Offer Peace Plan in Talks With Railroads
Chicago April 8 unions sent a telegram to President Harding offering to negotiate all differences at a round table conference. They demand signed guarantees of just conditions of employment and suspend pending wage reduction talks pending the conference. The U S railway labor board ruled wage cuts must face the board first and a 25 percent cut proposed by New York Central would be offset if not justified.
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Chicago
Harding
B. M. Jewell
American Foderation of Labor
United States Railroad Labor Board
N. Y. Central
New York Central
Black and Tang to Leave Ireland
The article notes imminent policy shifts in Ireland aiming at conciliation with a new government approach and the practical abandonment of force. Sir Hamar Greenwood may step down as chief secretary with Dublin Castle restructuring as Irish parliaments come into operation.
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Ireland
Dublin Castle
Greenwood
Faghond
Robert Ceci
Black Wand Tans
Hamar Greenwood
Difficult task for office holders delays new license dives
The Indianapolis News notes the challenge of postponing license openings by retaining current officeholders. The piece analyzes political pressure and strategic timing as officials weigh risks.
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The
Indianapolis News
Two young men admit killing Kentucky man
Decatur residents April Le Sante Mink and Clifton Hien confessed to the Mt. Vernon killing of Dowald Arter on March 29. They told the sheriff the shooting stemmed from a mountain feud and were captured without a fight after boasting they would not return to Kentucky except "in a fox."
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Decatur
le Sante Mink
Clifton Hien
Dowald Arter
Mt. Vernon
Machalot Arter
Kentucky
Murder Charge In Ogden Marriage Dispute
Mrs John Seardino and her husband are in Urhal on a murder charge involving Mike Termain, described as their daughter's unwelcome suitor. A witness testifies that Mrs Seardino exclaimed Kill him during questioning. A Japan cable reports Rev Kojun Youhiea retiring as dean of an Orthodox Buddhist temple after a 10 million day meditation retreat.
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Ogden
Utah
America
Jonnie ‘Termain
Mm. John Seardino
Urhal
Mike Termain
Japan
Kojun Youhiea
Ovehe
Williams Trial Defense Rests as Jury Hears Name of Manning
In Covington Georgia April 8 1900 the defense of John Williams wealthy planter rests on the white man versus negro testimony alleging Manning lied and Williams innocence. Williams testifies he was home all night and that Manning’s story is a lie. Court recesses to Friday as verdictappears likely. eight Jasper county peonage cases await.
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Covington
John Williams
Manning Ted
Williams
Greene FL Johnson
Georgia
Clyde Manning
Lee
Jasper County
Lindsey Peterson
Meriweather County
Monroe County
Manning
Newton County
Jackson
Key
Solicitor General Band
Brand
Willhime
Hutcheson
Nentromen
Willams
Newton
Willie Predton
Yellow River
Williammes
Toad
Feuinet
Jasper Cotuney
Fruit Storm Impacts Utah Orchards Reports Grow
Partial notes from Salt Lake area indicate storm damage to fruit crops and thaw conditions affecting local orchards. A hurried survey shows losses concentrated in adjacent towns and central valleys as growers assess financial impact and recovery steps.
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Utah
Balt Lahoe City
Ager
Salt Lake Olie
Mellon Urges End to Excess Profits Tax
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announced to Congress that he will seek total elimination of the excess profits tax in revisions to the internal revenue law. He is studying exemptions and the advisability of ruling on favorite tax exemptions.
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Worhington
Apel
Treanoury Mellon
Congress
Simmons Appointed Chief F C Inspector
The Chicago pewoffice promotes Mish D. Simoes of Wircaneln as the new chief inspector in charge for several years. Voters in hanhanen, Minn declined to ballot for constable or justice of the peace in the recent election, declaring peace.
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Washington, Apel &Tresktont Harding ‘Thorway
Mish D. Simoes
Wircaneln
Ip Apecio
Tie Pantogiten Degauchinenl
Pew
Bie Heen Iapanior
Chicago Pewioffice
Hanhanen
Min
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Harry Stringer
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Thomas W. Lamont
George W. Wickersham
Charlie Caplin
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