End of Big Rail Strike In Sight
Nationwide rail strike appears near end as Philadelphia district switchmen and other workers resume duties under orders from strike leaders. William Tracy cited settlement spreading from Boston to Washington, with rising traffic and waning striker enthusiasm across regions.
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Philadelphia
Associated
Vandmen
Pennelvanian
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
William 3. Tracy
Pennsylvania State Bureau of Medication
Boston
Washington
New York
Outlaw union demands persist in Chicago rail strike
April 17 Chicago reports show grand lodge officers directors and trustees of the Chicago Yardmen's Association restate original demands and add new ones. John Grunau states the union will remain the governing daily and seeks restoration of seniority for workers who left railroads.
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Chicago
Grand Jodge
Johhn Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
John Grunsu
Monument to Edith Cavell unveiled in London crowd
In London on April 15 a monument to Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed by Germans in Brussels, was erected in Char ing Cross Road near Trafalgar Square under the Nelson Monument. The unveiling was performed before a large crowd by the Queen Mother Alexandra, her first state act since King Edward VII’s death.
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London
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Charing Cross Road
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
Alexandra
Edward VII
Du Pont employee Bailey visits Lawrence from St Louis
Herbart S Bailey of Wilmington Delaware employed by Du Pont is visiting his parents Dr and Mrs E H Bailey in Lawrence. He came to town with his father from the meeting of the American Chemical Society at St Louis.
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Herbart S. Bailey
The
du Pont Company
Wilmington, del
E. H. 8. Bailey
Lawrence
American Chemical Society
St. Louis
Porcelains of Egypt and Assyria Painted in Enamel
The text notes that enamel painted porcelain rings were common to both Egypt and Assyria, with the decoration executed with great delicacy and often burned into the enamel to set the design permanently.
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Egypt
Assyria
Kansas Forecast Night Rain Then Snow Sunday
Weather summary notes rain tonight in Kansas with likely snow by Sunday or Sunday night and colder conditions in the west. Winds are strong and shifting. Temperature data show a high yesterday and a low today with little detail for today.
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Kansas
Hearing Opens On Wage Demands By Rail Labor Board
Washington April 17 Hearing on wage demands of the contract workers began today with W N Doak of the Brotherhood of Trainmen presenting the employes case. R M Tarton of Tennessee was absent the first meeting yesterday but attended today. A O Wharton, the other member, was expected to arrive tonight. Temporary offices set at Union Station for two to three weeks while permanent headquarters will be established in Chicago after Wharton arrives.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
W. N. Doak
the Brotherhood of Trainmen
R. M. Tarton
Tennessee
A. O. Wharton
Adsent
Union Station
Chicago
Wint Smith
Kansan
Cap Anl Town Committee
Veral
Enionr
Govens
School repairs list presented to board of education
EK L Crocker outlined needed repairs and changes to school buildings and grounds. Most items were referred to the buildings and grounds committee for a report. The board approved painting roof sections of the high school Tinckney and Quincy building pending estimates. Crocker recommended hiring four custodial workers year round and employing janitors by the year rather than nine months.
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Board of Education
EK. F L. Crocker
Tinckney
Quincy
Abby EL Op
Dr Fred Rogers Arrested On Assault Charge
Dr. Fred Rogers was arrested yesterday on a charge of attacking Marie Saunders a 19 year old colored girl who signed the complaint for the warrant. The alleged crime occurred April 13 and the preliminary hearing was set for April 23. Bond was placed at $400.
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Fred Rogers
Marie Saunders
Rogers
Charles Crowder
R. C. Manley
Fond
John Clark
Peace problems at San Remo loom for Allied conference
San Remo Italy April 17 with Prime Minister Nitti hosting the allied nations as they discuss the fate of Versailles treaties. Debates include carving out terms for Germany and the future of the Turkish empire the Hungarian peace treaty the Adriatic settlement and the international exchange problem. The United States will have no representative at the conference with observers limited to diplomatic staff in Paris and London.
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San Remo
Italy
United States
Nitti
Europe
Germany
U. S
Washington
State Department
Polk
Paris
Wallace
Expense May Force Revision of Treaty
Aliied nations may not supply large forces to enforce terms in Turkey. The treaty draft, prepared at London, will be reviewed by the supreme allied council in San Remo. Foch and Wilson likely attend, with experts to shape final terms while easing Turkish acceptance and preserving nationalist resistance. Discussions will cover German disarmament and treaty execution.
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San Remo
Italy
Turkey
London
Supreme Allied Council
Foch
France
Marshal Wilson
Great Britain
Sul‘an
Greece
Asia Minor
Bankers Forming Overall Club In Lawrence Banks
A movement to form an overall club among Lawrence bank employees began at the Lawrence National bank. An agreement circulating today asks all Lawrence bank staff to wear overalls from April 22 to September 1. Signing depends on 100 percent participation. initial signatories reported at the first three banks.
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Lawrence Banks
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence
Howat Ordered to Call Strike Off by Kansan Leader
A Kansas City report details howat and other Kansas miners union officials were ordered to end a week-long idle strike. The Wichita court actions set April 27 for hearing on permanent injunctions, with bonds posted and preparations underway for a Franklin arrival to welcome Howat.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Andrew J. Curran
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners Union
Hopkins
Bandits Driven From Bartlett by Armed Townsfolk
Automo bile bandits raided Bartlett seven miles east of Elgin this morning stealing assorted goods. They were driven out by villagers armed with revolvers and rifles. Night watchman Herman Remmers was shot in the leg. Town improvement committee meeting set for Monday at 8 PM in City Hall. all members urged to attend.
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Elgin, HL
Bartlett
Elgin
Herman Remmers
Town Improvement Commuitee
Sinn Fein brings charge in Cork murder inquest
In Cork on April 17 the jury found charges of wilful murder against Premier Nevi-George in the inquest into the death of Mayor MacCurtain, assassinated last month. The verdict also charges Viscount French, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Ian MacPherson, former chief secretary, and several police inspectors with murder.
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Cork
Ireland
Nevi-George
MacCurtain
Viscount French
Ian MacPherson
Guatemala Revolution Ends in City as Cabrera Surrenders
On April 17 President Cabrera capitulated to revolutionary forces led by Carlos Herrera, surrendering after La Palma stronghold was enveloped by the attackers. Herrera's faction sealed victory as Cabrera yielded last night in Guatemala City.
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Guatemala
Guatemala City
Cabrera
Carlos Herrera
la Palma
Talks on Mexico and South America at Unitarian church
Professor D L Patterson of the University History Department will address the Unitarian Sunday school at 9 30 AM on Wilsons Policy in Mexico. An illustrated lecture on A Trip Through South America follows Sunday evening at 3 PM on April 25, moved to evening due to demand. Mrs Fred Morris will speak on The Mexican People at 9 30 AM. Public invited.
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D. L. Patterson
The
University
Unitarian
Wilson
Mexico
Patterson
South America
W. C. Stevens
United States
Fred Morris
Baptist
First Baptist Church
Playground to Stay At South Park Says PTA and Board
The Quincy school PTA urges the playground at South Park remain undisturbed. The board of education endorsed the petition to the city commission after last night's presentation. Nearby residents argued the park was not originally intended as an athletic field.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Quincy
South Park
Board of Education
Japs and Russians clash near Vladivostok front
Reports from Vladivostok say heavy fighting continues at Khagarovsk with high casualties on both sides. Towns along the Ussuri river branch north of the city are under Japanese control as hundreds of Russians flee to the hills and take up guerrilla warfare.
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Vladivostok
Associated Press
Khagarovsk
Ussuri
Plans for Korea Independence Movement Dims in Tokyo
Baron Saito, Governor-General of Korea, says Korea's independence movement is fading though Koreans still work secretly for freedom from Japanese rule. He seeks Diet funds to end flogging and replace it with imprisonment. Also notes an upcoming Baptist service and a burglary case.
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Tokio
Lawrence to pay up to five thousand for next superintendent
The Lawrence board of education, at a special meeting, listed eighteen candidates for the next district superintendent and informal discussions pointed to a top salary of up to 5000 dollars annually for a man aged 35 to 40 with proven scholarship and modern methods. A committee chaired by W S Griesa, A G Mitchell and C W McKeen will review the applicants.
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Lawrence City
Board of Education
University
W. S. Griesa
A. G. Mitchell
C. W. McKeen
Pitcairn Island Rediscovered and Reconnected to World
Pago Pago reports Pitcairn Island now linked to the outside world via a new ocean lane. Descendants of the Bounty mutineers still live there, with forty families on a subtropical isle just south of the Tropic of Capricorn, a growing stop for visiting ships.
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Pago Pago
American Samoa
Pitcairn Island
South Pacific
Seven Seas
Panama
Australia
Bounty
Bligh
Tahiti
Pitcairnn
Capricorn
Santa Fe Trail inspection by county commissioners
The board of county commissioners left this morning for Palmyra township to inspect the Santa Fe trail. A stove pipe running through the floor caused a fire at 1837 Tennessee street last night at 6 12 resulting in about $50 damage. 133 Agency offers fire insurance protection. Build with file David Babb.
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Board of County
Palmyra Township
A. Walker
Tennessee Street
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