Quest of Million Acre Land Grant In Baja California
Washington reports question over Mexican grants to Japanese in Lower California. American company that developed the tract spent over 1 million dollars on irrigation and faced confiscation in 1917. State and foreign policy aims push inquiry and review of long-term lease proposals.
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American Company
Washington
Mexico City
Lower
California
Department
Amado Augierre
Development and Agriculture
Diaz
California and Mexican Land Company of
Los Angeles
Harrison Grey Otis
Aguierre
Phillips
Los Angeles Company
State Department
Phelan
Bandit Slayers Captured After Kenosha Vault Raid
Police report three men linked to depredations in Racine and KenoshaWis were captured at McHenry Ill They allegedly robbed the American Brass vault in Kenosha murdered a policeman and fled in a stolen taxicab with 56000 Suspects named Leland L Darlin Chicago R R E Curtis Marengo NL and Sarkis Boshnakian Washington DC
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Racine
Kenosha
Wis
McHenry
American Brass Company
Leland L. Darlon
North
Sawyer Avenue
RR. E. Curtis
Marengo, NL
Sarkis Boshnakian
Washington, D. C
U S Sailors Sail Homeward from Queenstown Arrival
About one thousand American sailors arrived in Liverpool from Queenstown on Wednesday and await passage home. Captain Pringle of the United States Navy, praised by British admiralty officials for his able services, sailed yesterday.
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Liverpool
Queenstown
Pringle
Plane Reaches 20100 Feet In Record Flight
A Goliath airplane with five passengers climbed to 20 100 feet in one hour and 15 minutes during a special flight from Paris. The altitude set a new record by several hundred feet.
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Paris
Goliath
Two Die In Powder Plant Blast At Wayne Works
Two men are reported killed in an explosion that wrecked the wheel and press mills at the Du Pont Powder works in Wayne near Paterson New Jersey. The plant comprises twenty mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
du Pont Powder Works
Wayne
Crown Jewels Ordered for Surrender In Budapest
A Budapest decree of the new Hungarian government orders surrender of jewels and precious stones valued at about 2000 crowns without payment. The measure targets items to be transferred to the state. The move reflects postwar nationalization steps in Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Budapest
New Anti Jewish Outbreaks Reported Across Polish German Border
April 3 report says anti Jewish outbreaks occurred at Kelish near the former Poland Germany border and at Buck and Wielum per information received by the Zionist organization in London.
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London
Kelish
Poland
Germany
Buck and Wielum
Zionist Organization
Baron Makino Declares Japan Not Too Proud to Fight
Paris April 4 Baron Makino head of Japan’s peace delegation states Japan seeks simple justice and equal status in the league of nations. He says Japan will join on fair terms, rejects inferiority, and cautions against racial discrimination or forced immigration limits while supporting world peace.
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Makino
Paris
United States
Japan
Commodore Perry
Townsend and Harris
League of Nations of the World
America
Perry
Tamelad
League of Nations
Elihu Root
League
King of Serbia Deposed and Republic Proclaimed
A Rome dispatch reported by Vetcherni Listy of Agram claims the Karageorgevitch dynasty has been overthrown in Serbia and a republic established. The April 4 London note cites the wireless telegram from Rome.
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Serbia
London
Vetcherni Listy of
Agram
Jugo Slavia
Rome
Karageorgevitch
Bandits Steal $5,000 Pay Roll in Chicago Hold Up
Four masked men held up the Ackerman-Quigley company at 729 West Van Buren street and escaped with $5,000 meant for the firm's payroll. The robbers fled in an automobile.
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Chicago
Ackerman-Quigley Company
West van Buren Street
Snowslide Kills Canadian Railmen in Rockies
In the Canadian Rockies a snowslide killed Allen Fraser of Winnipeg, chief engineer of the western lines of the Canadian Northern railway, and several section hands, near Edmonton, Alta.
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Edmonton
Alta
Allen Fraser
Winnipeg
Canadian Northern Railway
Rockies
Three Die When Planes Crash Near Pensacola Bay Station
Pensacola Florida April 3 Ensigns Carl Wigel L A Hobbins and Student Officer EK L Trux were killed in a seaplane collision at the bayal air station Ensign Jesse Simpson was injured in the crash two planes collided in the harbor area authorities said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Carl Wigel
L.A. Hobbins
EK. L. D. Trux
Jesse Simpson
Bayal Air Station
Thompson Wins Re-elected Chicago Mayor in Wet Vote
William Hale Thompson is re-elected mayor of Chicago with a 17,600 police return plurality and a 12,615 margin over Democrat Robert M. Sweitzer. HoineIndependent Maclay Hoyne polled 110,898. City votes show a net wet majority of 247,228 from 535,000 ballots, with men and women contributing to the saloon victory.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Robert M. Sweitzer
Maclay Hoyne
Sweitzer
Uyde Park
Lake View
Englewood
Hayne
Thompson
Sweltzer
Hyde Park
Japanese Rush to the U. S. for Naturalization
Japanese who served in the United States Army in Hawaii are leaving for California and other coast points as they obtain citizenship papers. Immigration inspector Richard Talsey says several dozen have already departed or booked passages.
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Honolulu
T. V
United States
Hawaii
California
Richard Talsey
United States Immigration
Two Army Flyers Killed Near Kelly Field
San Francisco sailor Walter A. Byrnes and Cadet Parker D. Buck of Cincinnati died when their airplane crashed three miles from Kelly Field in San Antonio. The bodies were badly burned. a passer-by delivered word of the accident to the field.
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San Antonio
Tex
Walter A. Byrnes
San Francisco
Parker D. Buck
Cincinnati
Kelly Flying Field
Far and Near News Briefs From World Events
Riverside reports Lieut. M. Ripperger of Moline Illinois died in a crash near March field when the airplane fell after being aloft. New York notes Rome confirms Three Hundred and Thirty second infantry returning from combat against Austria. Paris records President Wilson designates Julius Barnes to head the 1919 wheat crop relief under U.S. food administration guarantees.
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Riverside
Cal
M. Ripperger
Moline
March Field
York
Rome
Three Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry
Austria
Paris
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Julius H. Barnes
Grain Corporation
United States Food Administration
Secret Bulgaria Austria-Hungary treaty disclosures
Paris reports in the Journal des Debits reveal two secret pacts between Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary. The documents detail concessions Bulgaria received in exchange for joining the Central Powers in the war.
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Paris
Journal Des Debits
Bulgaria
Austria-Hungary
New York Enlists Record 500 for Overseas Service
The War Department appeal for 50,000 men was met in New York by over 500 applicants, a peacetime enlistment record.
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New York
War Department
Auction of Seized Liquor Planned Across States
Nashville Tennessee April 2 large quantities of liquor stored in the customs house will be sold at auction in Kentucky and other wet states under an order issued by Federal Judge Sanford.
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Nashville
Tenn
Custom House
Kentucky
Sanford
Debs Threatens General Strike as Espionage Sentence Starts
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs warned of a general strike by his party nationwide on the day he begins a ten year sentence under the espionage act in Akron Ohio.
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Debs
Akron
Eugene V. Debs
Jeader
French Troops Prisoners after Hungarian Attack
Paris reports a small French force in the neutral zone between Hungary and Romania was attacked by Hungarian troops. About 850 French soldiers were captured. Hungary promises prisoner release after French demand. Berlin notes Germans urged to leave Hungary. Copenhagen reports Communist troops in West Hungary repulsed. London cites possible Allied Rhine advance if peace talks fail. Spa hosts German financial subcommission to discuss Germany’s finances with Allies.
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Paris
Hungary
Roumania
Berlin
Budapest
Copenhagen
London
Foch
Rhine
German Foreign Office
Wilson
German Financial Commission
Spa
Germany
Debs Denied Re hearing Prompting Storm at Memorial Hall
The Supreme Court denied Eugene V. Debs a rehearing on his ten year espionage act conviction. In Toledo 5000 gathered to hear Debs at Memorial Hall after officials refused entry, protests erupted, windows were broken, and Debs stayed ill in a Cleveland hotel. Over 75 were arrested including Socialist city council member Thomas Devine. 800 police dispersed the crowd with no bail set.
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Washington
Euugene
Debs
Cleveland
Thomas Devine
First War Atrocity Trial Opens In Berlin
A national court-martial began an inquiry into Captain Charles Fryatt's 1916 execution by Germany for attempting to ram U-38. British and French representatives attended along with many witnesses including Captain Danzer of U-33.
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Berlin
Charles Fryatt
British Mercantile Marine
Great Britain
France
Danzer
Yanks In Peril Near Archangel Amid Fierce Bolshvik Assault
Allied forces including 3 000 to 4 000 Americans from Michigan and Wisconsin face heavy Bolshvik attacks near Archangel. Retaliations center on Odozerskala and Bolsheia Ozera as winter siege closes in and reinforcements gather for spring.
Iowa News Highlights Mix National and Local Events
D H Mohler of New Hampton wins national butter contest prize. State federation weighs a weekly Des Moines labor paper. Iowa guardsmen may resign to Army of Occupation with 1 or 3 year terms. Raleigh Gould dies after burns and long ride for aid near Lone Tree. Sioux county land sales set high farm prices near Boyden. Davenport tragedy of two women found starved and historically without heat. Masons in Melbourne witness unusual grandfather to grandson degree. Des Moines vies for 1920 Methodist quadrennial conference. Legal actions vs American Railway Express on rates debated. Iowa tax figures show strong income tax gains, with North Dakota and Illinois districts ahead. Hunters warned off southwest Griswold farms. trespass penalties funded locally.
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State Federation of Labor
Des Moines
James Stedman
Legislative Committee of the Firemen and Enginemen
Iowa National Guard
Army of Occupation
War Department
Raleigh Gould
Lone Tree
Sioux County
Reinder Kummings
Hessel D. Dethmers
Gerardus van de Garde
Boyden
Mattie B. Cainfi
Davenport
Boettcher
Quinn
Full Moon Lodge
Melbourne
L. J. Nason
W. B. Nason
Nason
Iowa
Denver
Chicago
American Railway Express Co
Express Company
Henry L. Adams
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State of
Tews
Bureau of Internal Revenue
North Dakota
Illinois
More Yanks Sent to Russia
London reports increased British anxiety over Murmansk region. British reinforcements will follow the American troops en route to North Russia. Archangel notes bolshevik attacks on the front line and flanks at Odozeorskain repulsed by Allied forces.
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London
Murmansk
Russia
Archangel
Odozerskain
Volunteers to replace departers in Pershing’s forces
Washington April 4 war department directs General Pershing to accept 50,000 volunteers to replace soldiers seeking to come home. He is urged to promptly return for discharge meritorious cases as replacements arrive.
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War Department
Pershing
Washington
Fierce Fight at Sensburg Reports from Koenigsberg
Berlin based correspondent in Koenigsberg says several hours of fighting occurred in Sensburg 66 miles southeast of Koenigsberg between government troops and disorderly elements. Machine guns and hand grenades featured in the clash.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Koenigsberg
Sensburg
Powder Mill Blast Kills Two Near Peoria
A press mill at the Western Powder Manufacturing plant in Edwards Station fourteen miles west of Peoria exploded killing two men. The deceased are Kelly Hines and George Krause.
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Peoria
Western Powder Manufacturing Company
Edwards Station
Kelly Hines
George Krause
Hundreds Die in Frankfort Riots Riot Plunder Hotels
A Copenhagen dispatch to Exchange Telegraph reports several hundred killed in further riots at Frankfort on the Main on Tuesday. The unrest saw hotels looted and widespread destruction as authorities struggled to regain control.
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London
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Riots in Seoul Kill and Wound Many During Anti-Japanese Protest
Reports from Peking say a large anti Japanese demonstration in Seoul Korea left many dead and wounded. Japanese troops reportedly fired on crowds and arrested hundreds as authorities struggled to contain the unrest.
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Korea
Peking
Seoul
Lieutenant Kessler Wins National Shooting Match
Lieutenant W. F. E. Kessler of Dog Movies won the national shooting match with a score of 489 at headquarters in Davenport Indiana. T. K. Lee of Birmingham Alabama took second place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kessler
Davenport
W. FE. Kessler
T. KX. Lee
Birmingham
Alu
Revolt in Abyssinia Names Theodore King Claim
A grandson of King Johannes II, who died in 1889, has revolted at Adis Ababa Abyssinia and declared himself king under the name Theodore. The uprising marks a new challenge to the Abyssinian throne and unsettles the region. Authorities report uncertain support and possible foreign interest in the succession clash.
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Abyssinia
Adis Abura
Johannes II
Theodore
Lequesnay First Steamship Leaves Quebec For New York
The Lequesnay under Captain Dunn, built last summer on the Great Lakes, became the first steamer to depart Quebec this spring. She had wintered there and set course for New York.
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U. S
Navigation
Quebec
Lequesnoy
Dunn
Great Lakes
New York
Mass Berlin Strike Draws 150000 Workers
In Berlin on April 5 more than 150,000 workers went on strike led by metal workers technicians and other skilled craftsmen with several other trades unions soon joining the action which halted various industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Fort Worth Air Fields See 160 Flyers Killed 1917–19
Records show 160 flyers killed across Fort Worth air fields with flying nearly halted and all enlisted men discharged. Of these, 106 died from November 7, 1917, to April 1, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Daniels Welcomed in Rome by Envoys and Officials
American Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels arrived in Rome and was greeted by American Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page and Italian maritime minister Vice Admiral Delbone. The meeting underscored ongoing US-Italy naval ties during April in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Rome
Josephus Daniels
Thomas Nelson Page
Delbone
Spring-Time Health Advisory Promotes Golden Medical Discovery
In the spring a prudent person prepares for illness with a nonalcoholic tonic. The ad touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a safe alterative to restore stomach and liver function and nerves. Testimonial from C W Johnston recommends the medicine to friends.
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Dr. Pierce
Jour, Snr
C. W. Jounsson
Second Ave
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