Bomb plot fizzles trigger Justice crackdown on anarchists
Washington June 4 AP. The failed anarchist terror campaign climaxed with attacks in eight cities Monday night. Attorney General Palmer announced a new Department of Justice bureau headed by William J. Flinn to crush anarchists and officials vow renewed vigor to pursue those responsible for the explosions.
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Washington
Associated Press
Palmer
Department of Justice
William J. Flinn
U S Marines Land in Costa Rica Report Emerges
Dispatches claim American Marines were landed at Punta Arenas and Port Limon Costa Rica amid a revolution led by General Tinoco. Washington officials say no information confirms the landing and Secretary Daniels doubts it occurred.
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San Salvador
Associated Press
Punta Arenas
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Tinoco
Washington
Navy
State Departments
Daniels
Anarchist Bombs Across Eight Cities Tied to Same Group
Secret service chiefs link eight bomb blasts intended to kill public figures to a single anarchist faction resuming terrorism after the May Day mail bombs. Investigators trace connections to the New York area and ex plosives consignments, while Attorney General Palmer calls the assaults an utter failure to terrorize.
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Washington
Secret Service
New York
Palmer
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Newtonville
Jass
Boston
Patterson
N. J
Congress
Burleson
Palmer condemns anarchist threats after bomb outrages
Attorney General Palmer says public figures receive anonymous letters but ignore them. He calls last night’s outrages a lawless anarchist attempt to terrorize the country and deter government action, insisting DOJ aims remain unchanged.
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Lished
Palmer
Department of Justice
Morrison Blames Open Door for Bomb Outrages
Labor Secretary of the American Federation of Labor says immigration policy fuels bombings and demands restraint rather than panic. He cites steel trusts and steamship firms as promoters of mass immigration and notes immigrants voting and organizing can lead to exploitation and oppression.
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Labor Federation
Washington
Une
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Russia
Steel Trust
Fabor
West Virginia
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Huns Seek Alliance With United States
Berlin reports a widespread German demand for a limited alliance with the United States or a protectorate arrangement. Germany would offer financial aid and protection in exchange for a large share of American industrial profits.
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Berlin
Associated Press
America
Germany
Hoover forecasts world food surplus from coming harvest
Herbert Hoover, head of the Allied relief organization, says a sufficient surplus from the next harvest should supply Europe and meet global needs unless a unforeseen catastrophe occurs to the world harvest.
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Aris
Associately Press
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Allied Relief Organization
German Cities Protest Peace Terms for Justice
Magistrates in 200 German municipalities representing 20 million people sign an appeal to Americans for a "peace of justice" as promised by Wilson's principles. American-born women who married Germans join petitions to U.S. women opposing the blockade continuation.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Wilson
America
Governments With Control Wheat Likely To Persist In Europe
Paris reports all major governments except Argentina have guaranteed wheat prices to farmers and supervised bread supply. It is believed commerce in wheat will stay in government hands next year with little private trading, though American members of the Supreme Economic Council think centralized European distribution may not be needed.
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Paris
Associated Press
Argentina
Supreme Economic Council
Europe
Mother and five children need aid near West Monroe
A family about five miles southwest of West Monroe includes a mother and five children with an ailing father in an asylum. The mother and children struggle to feed and clothe themselves as she does odd jobs in the Lewis neighborhood. They seek clothing, food, furnishings, and money with appeals for donations through Mrs. Frank Masling on Apple Street.
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West Monroe
Lenwis
Monroe
Frank Masling
Apple Street
Global cocoanut production estimate sparks perplexing figure
A translated estimate claims annual cocoanut output reaches 601 million nine hundred thousand, enough to give each person on Earth a eyen apiece, illustrating a curious and impractical calculation.
Parish Demonstrations by Three Young Women Agents
Miss Fannie Buie, Ouachita parish demonstration agent, has organized eighteen home improvement clubs since February. Assisting are Miss Ivy Causey and Miss Powell, the city demonstration agent, with city and country efforts on gardening canning cooking sewing and preserving. The article commends Monroe and Ouachita parish for the capable trio advancing better living.
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Fannie Buie
JAmey+Holmes
Ouachita Parish
Miss Buie
Buie
Ivy Causey
Miss Powell
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Mattie Was Wright Scott Was Wrong
Scott Anderson colored was arrested by Deputy Sheriff D L Roper on a warrant claiming he attacked Mattie Wright with a knife on May 13 and wounded her, with threat to kill. He posted $540 bond signed by T H Moore. High tension in Toledo as labor riots left two dead and nine injured near the Willys Overland plant, plant closed per city officials.
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Scott Anderson
D. L. Roper
Hamp Moore Place
Monroe
Mattie Wright
T. H. Moore
Toledo
Willys-Overland
Schreiber
Guilty of Theft and Pug Sentenced in Penitentiary
Horace Pugh, colored, accused of stealing whiskey shoes and various articles from the V. & P. was found in Shreveport by Special Officer KL. B rver and arrested by Special Officer Monroe Miles. He pleaded guilty in district court and Judge Odom sentenced him to 12 to 18 months in the penitentiary.
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Horace Pugh
Shreveport
KL. B
Rver
Monroe Miles
Monroe
Odom
High Earners at United States Steel Hit Six Figures
The article reports that at least twelve United States Steel Corporation employees, some in their twenties, earn an average of more than $150,000 annually.
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United States Steel Corporation
Bell Hop Hope in Hobbies During the Summer Season
Ernest Hope an eighteen year old colored bell hop at the Monroe Hotel is described as a clever thief who stole watches jewelry and cash from guests. He admitted stealing an $85 gold watch on May 193 and $20 on May 26 among other acts. Special Officer Tarver investigated and Judge Schulze sentenced him to four months on the chain gang. he now wears bracelets and ankle chains in custody.
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Ernest Hope
Monroe Hotel
Ernest
Tarver
Young Hope
Schulze
Clemenceau Stands Firm on German Terms Indemnity May Be 100 Billion Marks
The report notes Premier Clemenceau’s firm stance on treaty clauses with Germany while a possible indemnity of 100 billion marks is discussed. Allied experts draft memoranda at Versailles amid talk of adjusting Silesia provisions and grain coal supplies. A Paris committee studies post war food control liquidation plans for after the next harvest.
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Clemenceau
Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Poand
Versailles
Germany
Supreme Economic Council
May Tie Up Wire Communication
In Atlanta on June 4 the Western Union telegraphers went on strike in sympathy with Southern Bell and Atlanta Telephone workers who quit Monday. Union leader President Konenkamp predicted the Atlanta action would spread and halt national telegraph and telephone communication.
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Atlanta
Western Union
Southern Bell
Atlanta Telephone Companies
Washington
Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Florida Mother's Pension Law Signed by Catts
The mothers pension law tying to compulsory education takes effect July 1 and provides $25 per month for each year old child attending school to worthy mothers with one child and $8 more for a second child. The bill was signed by Gov. Catts in Tallahassee.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Catts
World temperance congress opens with Prohibition drive
Washington June 4 Prohibition advocates of international prominence gather in the world temperance congress linked to the Anti Saloon League annual convention. The event aims to wage a world wide drive against liquor traffic and to plan enforcement of nationwide prohibition soon to take effect. The league predicts only cursory talk on war time prohibition repeal. In a related note the confectionery trade splits from apothecary in the 18th century leading to the sale of sweets.
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Washington, D. C
Anti-Saloon League of America
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