Palmer links railroad strike to communist revolution
Attorney General Palmer declares the outlaw railroad strike a planned attempt to overthrow the U.S. government. He presents Communist Party of America documents and a Chicago convention program, linking the strike to S W W and labor leadership seeking revolutionary aims and a general uprising on May Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Department of Justice
Wilson
Palmer
Communist Party
Russia
Communist Party of America
Communist Labor Party of America
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
The
Provisional Bureau
Amsterdam
Communist International
Europe
America
Pershing Candidacy Hint Stirs Whispers in Washington
General Pershing signals possible presidential bid at a Nebraska Society banquet in Washington. In Ulster, Londonderry city council Unionists withdraw from session over a hunger strike sympathy resolution for Mount Joy prison detainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londonderry
Ulster
Londonderry City Council
Mount Joy
Congress Likely to Adjourn June 5
After a conference with Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Representative Mondell the Republican leader in the house said he believed Congress would adjourn June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
House
Japanese Seize Rail Line from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk
A Tokyo cablegram to Shinpo reports Japanese troops have captured the entire Usuri railroad from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk. The development comes as Japan extends control across key transport routes in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nonolulu
Hawaii
Usuri
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
Tokyo
Shinpo
Britain’s Firm Attitude Grips France In Paris
Paris diplomats and observers note the gravity of the situation caused by Britain's unwavering stance toward France despite optimistic editorials in the French press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Paris
Great Britain
France
Population gains reported for Flint and peers
Washington April 14 population statistics show Flint Mich 91599 up 63039 or 137 percent from 1910. Adrian Mich 11878 up 1115 or 10.4 percent. Wabash Ind 9572 up 1183 or 13.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Washington
Lint
Adrian
Wabash
Ind
Winter wheat output forecast at 488.6 million bushels
Washington April 10 production of winter wheat this year is forecast at 488,617,000 bushels and rye at 75,841,001 bushels by the department of agriculture based on December planted acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bonus Plan Made Public Entitles Veterans to Daily Cash
Washington, April 15. A tentative plan for a soldier bonus has been rejected on details by the Ways and Means subcommittee. The plan would grant ex-service men about 8 million people a $1 per day bonus for days served in World War I. The plan relies on a 0.5 percent sales tax on large businesses to raise roughly $1 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Army
Navy
War Department
Department
Lowden Widens Lead in Illinois Presidential Primary
Gov Frank O Lowden leads the Illinois Republican presidential race after a statewide primary. Early returns from 5260 of 5692 precincts show Lowden ahead of Gen Leonard Wood by a wide margin, with Chicago and Cook County voting heavily for Wood. Senator Johnson’s Chicago showing dominates the local scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
Leonard Wood
Loweden
Wood
Cook County
General Wood
Lowdon
Johnson
Senator Johnson
Mails Must Not Be Delayed Amid Railroad Strikes
Washington reports that vigorous action will be taken against any interference with mail transport during rail strikes. Otto Preager directs railway mail service staff to report obstructions and promptly inform local post office inspectors and U S district attorneys for vigorous prosecution if warranted.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Otto Preager
Railway Mail Service
United States District Attorney
Wilson asked to intervene on Irish prisoners
A House resolution introduced in Washington on April 16 requests President Wilson to press Great Britain to provide trials for Irish political prisoners or grant them liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
House
Great Britain
Burton Named Tariff Commissioner and Gilan to Shipping Board
Washington April 15 Former Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio was nominated to the tariff commission. Martin J Gilan of Wisconsin was nominated to the shipping board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Tariff Post
Washington
Theodore Burton
Ohfo
Tariff Commission
Martin J. Gilan
Wisconsin
Shipping Board
Methodists Lift Ban on Dancing in New England Conference
The New England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church votes to lift the ban on dancing card playing and theatergoing. The forbidding words will be dropped from the book of discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poston
New England Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Book of Discipline
Nine Hurt in Ravenswood Elev Red Crash
Nine passengers were injured when a northbound Ravenswood elevated train crashed into the rear of an empty Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee coach. The impact left others severely shaken and prompted emergency response.
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Chicago
Ravenswood
North Shore and
Milwaukee
President Takes Ride Near Washington
President Wilson went for his first automobile ride in two weeks. He and Mrs. Wilson traveled around the Speedway along the Potomac and through Rock Creek park.
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Washington
Wilson
Potomac
Rock Creek Park
Roger Sullivan Dies After Weeks of Illness
Roger C. Sullivan, long dominating Cook county and a national Democratic figure, died at his Chicago home from a heart attack triggered by bronchial pneumonia after a recent illness. Born February 2, 1861 in Belvidere, he led party affairs, served as Ogden Gas president, and chaired Cook County probate court 1890 to 1894, with a life in politics spanning decades.
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Chicago
Roger C. Sullivan
Cook County
Sullivan
Palm Beach
American
Washington
Chienzo
Timnois
Belvidere, I
Helen M. Quinlan
Ogden Gas Company
Democratic Committee
Democratic National Committee
St Louis Population Ranked With Boston After Census
The census bureau reports St. Louis at 774000, up 85071 or 12.5 percent. The city may contend for fourth largest in the nation with Boston, whose 1910 figures were 16444 higher than St. Louis before Hyde Park’s annexation.
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Boston
Washington
Census Bureau
St. Louis
Hyde Park
Lillie E Wilkinson Dies at 79 in Worcester
Worcester reports the death of Lillie E Wilkinson aged seventy nine famous for portraying Topey in Uncle Tom's Cabin. She was born in England and the obituary notes her notable stage achievement and English origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Lillie E. Wilkinson
Topey
England
Lock Tender Claims Heirship in $7 Million Estate
In Maryland, lock tender Charles Shipley and his five children were informed by a California probate court they are heirs to a $7,000,000 estate left by a cousin, part of a $22,000,000 fortune tied to the Suriders for Old Murder. In Tennessee, Edward Derick surrendered to county jail on a murder charge linked to a 14 year old case of Tingh Duggan.
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Tagerstown
Cinhriel Shipley
Here
Athens
Tenn
Tedoard Derick
Thal
Tingh Duggan
Canned Spinach Ties to Duo's Death in New York
Doctors linked botulism to canned spinach as two family members died after eating it. Frank Heck, 56, died, and his wife also succumbed to the illness in New York on April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Heck
Heck
Strike Shuts Illinois Mines Amid Railroad Tie-Up
About half of Illinois coal mines idle and 45,000 miners unemployed due to a railroad switchmen strike, says Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springheld
Til
Illinois
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners
Mechanician Killed In Newark Airplane Crash
In an aviation accident at Heller field near Newark New Jersey one man was killed. The plane dove nose first from about 1000 feet high and the deceased was believed to be a mechanic.
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Newark
N. J
Heller Field
France to Pull All Frankfort Troops After San Remo Decision
Paris reports France will evacuate Frankfort and other German towns if San Remo sanctions Germany’s Ruhr intervention to restore order. Britain protests, while French black troops are removed from Frankfort amid European outcry.
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Paris
France
Frankfort
Supreme Council
San Remo
Germany
Ruhr
London
Lord Derby
Millerand
Britain
Lloyd George
Lord Curzon
Europe
Wilson names wage board to take up railroad strike grievances
President Wilson appointed the railroad labor board to hear issues of workers on strike. The panel includes Public representatives George W Hangar Henry Hunt and R M Barton with Railroads Horace Baker J T W Eliot and William L Park and Employees Albert Phillips A O Wharton James J Forrester. The board meets in Washington to act on the dispute. An April 4 order by Secretary Wilson temporarily suspends immigration laws to admit harvest workers from Mexico and Canada for sugar beet cultivation.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Wilson
George W. Hangar
D. C
Henry Hunt
Cincinnati
R. M. Barton
Tennessee
Horace Baker
J. T W. Eliot
William L. Park
Albert Phillips
A. O. Wharton
James J. Forrester
Senate
Mexco
Canada
Roger Sullivan Dies After Heart Attack in Chicago
Roger C. Sullivan longtime Democratic leader of Cook County died at his Chicago home after a sudden heart attack brought on by bronchial pneumonia. The prominent figure’s death marks the end of an era in local politics.
Three Hundred Die in East Prussia Munition Dump Blast
Paris reports three hundred persons were killed in a munitions dump explosion near Rotenstein East Prussia on Sunday, according to a dispatch from French headquarters at Mayence.
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Paris
Rotenstein
East Prussia
Mayence
Poles Win Big Victory on Southeast Front
Warsaw reports a pronounced Poles victory over Bolsheviks on the southeastern front after days of fighting. A Bolshevik division was driven from the field, signaling a notable military success for Polish forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Stam
Four Thousand Irish Girls Arrive in New York
More than 1,000 girls arrived from Ireland in New York. Rev. Anthony Grogen of the Home for Irish Immigrant Girls said their arrival would help relieve the shortage of domestic servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ireland
Anthony Grogen
The
Home For
Death of Countess Wolseley Ends Society Leader’s Life
London April 16 The Dowager Countess Wolseley widow of Viscount Wolseley field marshal and former commander in chief of the British army died here She had been a society leader.
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London
Downager
Wolseley
Viscount Wolseley
Government Fight on Revolt Gains Control of Funds and Organizers
Chicago reports government action against revolutionary groups aiming to overthrow the U S government By April 17 authorities arrested 30 outlaw railroad union officials for Lever Act violations The article cites claims of Soviet influence with $50 million in imperial Russian money and 85 000 speakers and organizers nationwide The piece warns of planned May 1 disruption across steel coal and transportation sectors with figures tied to I W W and other groups The tone mirrors wartime paranoia about radical plots and the need for vigilance by the public and business community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
William St. Moss
Committee On Americanization
Chicago Association of Commerce
David RR. Francais
Russia
Mr. Moss
America
Earl C. Ford
William
Yester
Seattle
Industrial Workers of the World
Friends of the American Revolution
Germany
Ole Hanson
Sitka Bride Rejects Suitor In Dramatic Alaska Tale
Annie-The-Sea-Gull married Sum Dum Thomas after a three day potlatch but the voyage home failed when their gas boat vanished. Stranded in a cold shore, she forced him to work while a clumsy craft ferried them to Sitka harbor. She then declared she was going home to mother.
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Sitka
Alaska
Annie-The
Annie
Sum Dum Thomas
Neyther
Annie-The-Sea-Gull
Thomas
Sitka Harbor
Sum Dum
Army to mobilize 175000 men in coming year
Washington reports the house approved a military appropriation bill for a force of 175000 soldiers and 16000 officers for the year starting next July. In Ireland three people were killed and nine wounded in a clash at Miltown Mal Bay County Clare with police and military involvement. victims were civilians.
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Washington
House
County Clare
Dubin
Miltown Mal Bay
Big Roundup in Ireland Duling April 1
Extensive military raids were carried out here and 100 persons are reported to have been arrested. Mountjoy prison regained more prisoners than it lost through the removal of the hunger strikers.
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Ireland
Duling
Mountjoy
Soldier Leaps From Train Near Dixon
Robert T. Tanner first class private in the medical corps U S A leaped from the vestibule of a fast moving Northwestern passenger train at Union Grove a small station west of Dixon April 17.
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Dixon
Robert T. Tanner
Medical Corps
U. S.A
Northwestern
Union Grove
Thirty Strike Chiefs Seized in Lever Law Roundup
In Chicago on April, thirty strike leaders were arrested and charged with violating multiple Lever Act sections. They were held under $10,000 bonds each to the grand jury but all were released on bond.
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Chicago
Grand
Chicago Troops Restore Order in Kewanee Riots
State troops with fixed bayonets and machine gun support took charge of Kewanee streets and ended the riot that marked the peak of the strike in early April.
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Kewanee
Ikkewanee
Chicago
Senate Accepts Rail Board
The railroad labor board will organize at once after senate confirmation. The board could oversee the settlement of the ongoing strike.
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Senate
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Mystery Telegram From Isle of View
An Indianapolis businessman, alone in a Southern city, receives a telegram reading Isle of View. After pondering possible hidden meanings and showing it to a newly made friend, the stranger smiles as the words are finally understood.
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Indianapolis
Isle of View
Indianapolis News
London Children’s Hospitals Move to Country Homes
The Alexandra hospital once favored by Queen Alexandra will relocate to the Caversham hills, shifting hip disease treatment away from city streets. Great Ormond Street plans a country branch as a children’s village, reflecting a push to place hospitals beyond noisy urban air.
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Children’s Hospital
England
Alexandra Hospital
Queen Alexandra
London
Caversham Hills
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Threatening Sermon Targets Laughing Congregants
A preacher in the Argonaut recounts issuing a harsh warning during a service about Black attendees snickering in church. He declares the collection plate will be passed again and vows to bring in Brur Hicks, the middleweight state champion, to enforce order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swifty Hicks
Copra Industry Highlighted Across Nations
The article notes copra and coconut oil exports from the Philippines and other oriental countries. It cites the Malabar coast in India as a source of high quality copra and describes native methods of nut selection and ripening followed by drying, which yields dry, white meat.
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Philippines
Malabar
India
Dyes From Various Native Plant and Mineral Sources
The text describes dyes from maidenhair fern stems, willow dirk, unicorn plant claws, yucca roots, and other minerals and vegetables for baskets. It explains gathering fibers after stalks finish growing, splitting and rolling in cloths, soaking in tepid water, and weaving while still saturated. Tree roots like spruce and cedar require weeks of soaking to remove soft matter before weaving.
Giving Nature Fair Chance Arises in Declamatory Tone
A Kansas City Star excerpt-use admonition for the lazy to wake with the sun and begin tasks. It contrasts a schoolboy’s mispronunciation of double letters with the pledge to rise at dawn. The narrator argues nature repairs during sleep while the sluggard plans to lie in until he’s fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy
Sluggard
Kansas City Star
Silent sympathy and restraint can change lives
A brief reflection urges gentler smiles and kinder words to ease daily tensions. Small acts of restraint and thoughtful kindness may significantly improve personal relationships and emotional well being.
If a man marries money he should be devoted to his wife
A concise adage notes that choosing wealth as a spouse requires loyalty and focus on the partner. It suggests financial fortune carries duties of affection and fidelity within marriage.
Oh No Not to Eat at Party Jelly Request
A party guest Bobby asks for one more jelly but the hostess frets about his ability to eat. He responds with disappointment and jokes about wanting to drop it down Peter's neck.
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Bobby
Peter
Cuticura Toilet Trio Featured for Baby Skin Comfort
Promotes Cuticura Soap for red rough itching skin and hot baths, Cuticura Ointment for relief, and the delicately scented Cuticura Dusting Powder. Recommends Cuticura Talcum as an indispensable part of the trio.
Fertile Valleys Once Formed From Drained Ancient Lakes
The article explains valleys and plains as former lake beds emptied by natural convulsions or gradual water escape. It cites rivers like the St. Lawrence and suggests seas such as the Suxine Caspian Aral were ancient oceans drained by openings like the Bosporus, with European Asian memories echoed in Greek tradition.
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St. Lawrence River
North American
Allegheny Mountains
Aral
Asia
Peter Simon Pallas
Europe
Greece
Squirrel Nest Building Varies by Region
The American Forestry Magazine notes fox squirrels in the South build large nests high in pines from Spanish moss, using pine cones for bedding, while in Northern hardwood forests they use dry leaves to form side entrance nests.
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American Forestry Magazine of
Washington
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