Armistice Talk Reported For Torreon City
Dispatches from Durango claim the federal commander Velasco offered surrender terms to General Villa at Torreon. Velasco sought three hours armistice to discuss capitulation with promises not to execute prisoners, while Villa reportedly wavered before possibly accepting the federal offer as reinforcements approach Torreon.
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Eggle Pass
Texas
Durango
Washington
Torreon
Villa
Velasco
Wm. P. Blogker
Piedrax Negras
Bryno
Menda Orteon
Ibis
Oroxeo
Wulc
Orgalene
Filla
Saltillo
Conbolts
Ponsa
Washington, D. C
Bryan Latu
Hamm
Torraon
Hegle Pasy
Mexico
Careranza
Roberto V. Fesuastein
Parracks
Monclovin Horrar
Carranza
Gunahis
Gomez Palacio
Manuel Crag
Chihuahua
Miguel Diebold
Mexican Fedaral Ronal Ae al Pavo
Joaquin Maas
Federal Couramander
Toro Freon
Torrgon
Princeton Woman Electrocuted Sparks Probe of Light Plant
A Princeton woman, Mrs Edward Fr Martin 38, died after a electric shock in her home as investigators probe the lighting system. The body was found on the floor badly burned with a sheath and wire nearby. Coroner says regular current would have sufficed to shock her.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Electel Plana
Princeton
Edward Fr. Martin
Ohio miners face forced idleness amid wage talks
News from Des Moines reports 901 000 Ohio miners and 38 000 Pennsylvania miners face indefinite layoff as Chicago wage talks fail to yield a new agreement. Indiana Illinois and Iowa miners continue work under old terms while operators resist wage increases and push to avoid higher production costs. Negotiations shift to three states as the United Mine Workers and operators await local district conferences to ratify any new accord.
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Cmeago
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Chicago
United Mine Workers of Ameriat
Indiana
Iiloois
Lowe
Onlo
Ae Wines
Congress Debates Revenue and Agriculture Oversight
In the Senate Senator La Follette vows to disclose influence on intersporto commission in the postwar rate case while Kenyon calls for a report on the Fy department of agriculture. In the House, hearings continue on a mining leasing system and a large Indian appropriation, with Choctaw claims discussed.
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Nad
la Follette
Intersorto Vormmenree Commission
Kenyon Calleil
Fy Department of Agriculture
Rock ” Feller
Ublic Lands
Talson
CLEAR UP MYSTERY FIRST ASQUITH ACT
London April L The premier and secretary of war sought to clear up the mystery around war office instructions to General Sir Arthur Paget in Ireland He was summoned to London and gave a personal account The officers were asked if they would place duty before other considerations and a plan was outlined to allow officers in Ulster to withdraw temporarily if needed and a report on how many would do so.
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Acquith
War Office
Arthur Pagel
Elief
Irelan
Arthur
Paget
Ireland
Ulster
Sermon Sparks Bootlegging Poison Alert in Oregon
In Richland Oregon on April 1 authorities announced an investigation into attempts to poison Rev Frank Hopkins and his family of four. An earlier sermon on bootlegging triggered a separate assault against Hopkins by Walter Jones, who was later indicted.
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Ore
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Methodist Church
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Portland
Mra. Hopkins
Mr. Hopking
Walter Jones
Mr. Hopkins
Sale of Great Western plants to Quaker Oats in 1911
Hearing in the government antitrust suit against Quaker Oats reveals the sale of the Fort Dodge Iowa and Joliet Illinois plants and related events. A former Great Western director A C Heath testified the Fort Dodge plant burned after sprinklers were turned off. Heath said the company could have bought 500000 bushels of oats to meet contracts and save tens of thousands of dollars.
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Aggoclind Press
Chicago
Til
Port Dodge
Towa
Joliet
Wins
Great Western Ceraul Company
Quaker Oats Company
A. C. Heath
Ford Dodge
Great, Western Conepeny
April Fool Joke Targets Unemployed in Chicago
Unemployed workers in Chicago crowd the Soo Line freight terminal in a cold rain after an April Fool hoax claiming the railroad needed hundreds of new workers. Police use reserves to restore order. the hoaxer faces severe punishment if found. Witnesses say the tip originated near West Madigan Street in front of wholesale employment agencies.
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Chicago
Soo Ine [Reight
Shay
Anders
West Madigan Street
Barthou repudiates Caillaux letters testimony
Paris April 1 former premier Barthou cleared Caillaux testimony as false in connection with the Caillaux Calmette murder inquiry. He said he had met Mme Gueydon and discussed many matters but the letters were not mentioned and he knew of their existence only after Calmette's death.
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Paris
Louis Barthou
Cleured
Dim
Calilaux
Mme. Guoydan
Joseph Cailaux
Mme. Caillaux
Barethou
Henri Baweard
Gaston Calmette
Mme. Caillarx
Mme. Gueydon
Calmette
Bennett's Illness Causes Anxiety In Cairo Dispatch
Cairo reports on April 1 describes James Gordon Bennett, NY Herald owner, as people hopeful for recovery though condition causes anxiety. Doctors in attendance and Professor Albert Robin of Paris are involved, with the patient unable to take nourishment.
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Associated Prune Lagacd
Tito Galro
Egypt
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
London
Cairo
Albert Robin
Paris
Academy of Medicine
Major George Ball Victory Sparks Rage in Gagllain Lange Claim
Report notes Major George Ball’s win amid tensions with Henry P. Lange of Company. Lange is considered a likely successor to Major Ball as events unfold.
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Gagllain Henry P. Lange
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Major Ball
La Follette Moves to Expose Rate Influence Tactics
Senator LaFollette introduced a bill to ban unlawful attempts to influence Interstate Commerce Commission proceedings except per its rules. He said he would present evidence tomorrow of efforts to sway the eastern rate case before the commission.
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Associated, Press
Washington, D. C
LaFollette
Hifl
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission Ih
Marshall to Take Part in Chess Scrap
J Marshall left New York today for St Petersburg to represent the United States at the forthcoming international congress of chess masters. Cyar Nicholas Nag donated 1,000 roubles for the event which begins April 20 and lasts about three weeks.
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New York
J. Marshall
St. Petersburg
United States
Cyar Nicholas Nag
Austria
England
France
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Cuba
Vogel on Stand Delayed in Larceny Banking Case
The Henry Siegel and Frank Vogel grand larceny and banking law case adjourned to Wednesday. Vogel, ill, testified at the bankruptcy hearing before the U S commissioner, claiming he knew of only loans to Siegel other than his own.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Henry Stiegel
Vogel
Slagel Enterprises
Vorel
U. S
Henry Serel
Siegel and Company
Rural credits bill to be ready soon in Congress
President Wilson heard from Hollis of New Hampshire and Bulkley of Ohio that Republicans and Democrats on rural credits committees are unanimously aligned on the fundamentals. They expect the bill containing their views to be ready shortly. Bulkley expects rural credits to follow appropriation bills in the House. Hollis said the tolls controversy and appropriations will take weeks, but rural credits will be disposed of first.
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Associated Prese
Washington, D. C
Hollis
New Nlaimpshire
Bulkley
Ohio
Wilson
Teepublicans
Alikopt
West Liberty Gun Club Shoot Records High Marks
West Liberty Iowa April 1 The West Liberty Gun club held a post noon shoot with marksmen from nearby towns. N Munsey Iowa City led with 93 percent, John Foley Nichols took 92 percent, Fred Anderson and Foster tied for third at 90 percent. Four fifteen third contests and two twenty third contests were completed. A subsequent meet is planned two weeks from yesterday with a famed cartridge company representative.
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Glaurngl
West Liberty
West Liberty Gun Club
N. Munsey
Iowa City
John Foley
Nichols
Ane Fred Anderson
Foster
Local man receives appointment today to Moose lodge post
A local man, 4. W. Inroke, was appointed focal deity supreme Alec tenor of the Moose Judge for at least two years. The appointment was made by Supreme Dictator Walter Dorn of San Francisco, Sal. The honor, the lodge’s highest local office, surprised residents as Mr Inroke does not hold any state or national position.
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4. W. Inroke
Alec
Walter &. Dorn
San Francisco
Sal
Moosa Lodge
Shreke
Mystery surrounds Tennessee double murder unsolved
Knoxville April 10 1920 mystery surrounds the murder of Mr and Mrs Jacob Seivars and their son Millar Seivor. The bodies were found at the Seivars home near Clinton Tennessee with Millar Seivor shot to death two miles away. No motive or clues have been found.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Jacob Seivars
Millar
Clinton
Millar Seivora
Iowans Resolution Passed by Senators in Washington
In Washington on April 1 the Senate passed Senator Kenyon's resolution asking Secretary Houston for information on the relation between the Rockefeller foundation and the department's moriculture work. The move followed a McLaughlin statement that six hundred department employees were also employed by the Rockefeller foundation.
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Wireington
D. C
Senate Today
Kenyon
Houston
Rockefeller Foundation
McLaughliy
Michigan
Flour Mill Falls Into River in Flood Waters
Undermined by high water the Osage mill toppled into the river at Osage this morning. Estimated damage runs to about 15900 dollars as flood waters sweep the Straight River, carrying away bridges and fences and flooding the lowlands.
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Osage
Associated Press
Park Rapids
Mirc
Straignt River
Gorgas Returns to U S From Journey
General William C Gorgas returns to the United States after a three month investigation into sanitary conditions in the Rand South Africa during a Kaiser Wilhelm II voyage. Oxford University confers the degree Doctor of Science in appreciation of his work.
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Associated Prova
New York
Hrig
Wm. C. Gorgas
Siaing Campa
Rand
South Africa
Oxford University
Typhoid Death Linked to Inoculation for Army Men
Queen's county health board confirms Clarence Panza, a hospital corps member in the Thirteenth Coast Artillery district, died of typhoid fever after three typhoid vaccine injections. Doctors doubted diagnosis at first, but officials ruled the illness typhoid two days before his death.
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Cassociated Press
Tira
New York
Board of Health
Queen's County
Clarence Panza
Thirteenth Coast Artillery District
Gireles
Becase
National Guard
Panza
Health Board
Teachers Gather for Northeastern Town Convention in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Ia April 1 Delegates to the Northeastern Town Teachers Association begin arriving today for a convention that opens tomorrow with an expected attendance near 1500. Meyer Gloomfield director of the Boston Vocational Academy will address the teachers on Friday night.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Northeastern Town Teachers’ Association
Meyer Gloomfield
Boston Vocacian Ayreania
Toschuts
Strike at Lawrence Mill Ends Today
An annotated AP leased wire reports that the strike at Pacific Mills Print Works began March 14 with color mixers demanding higher wages. Most strikers returned to old positions and were told to report for work tomorrow as arbitration and an ongoing investigation weigh on the dispute.
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Lawrence
Mung
Pacific Mills Print Works
Abductor of Luka Girl Receives Ten-Year Term
Anamosa sentenced Milton Healystin of Centerville to ten years in reform school after pleading guilty to abducting 15 year old Margaret Luka of Des Moines last fall. He was arrested near Richmond, Missouri before Luka was found at his mother’s Centerville home.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Ansl
Milton Healystin
Centerville
Anamosa
Hig Glen
Margaret Luka
Henmitin
Richmond
Luka
Waterloo Painters Strike Over Wage Scale Dispute
Nearly a hundred painters in Waterloo protested after master painters refused to sign a new wage scale. Unionized workers demanded a uniform fifty cent per hour rate, an increase of five cents, halting building operations and signaling a broader labor action in the city.
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Waterloo
Gnléen
Atrileo
Panama canal tolls repeal passes House amid Senate fight
Washington April 1 The Panama tolls repeal bill cleared the House 247 to 161 and transfers the controversy to the Senate where supporters and opponents anticipate a protracted battle. Senator OGorman to lead the fight. administration aides predict a Senate majority for repeal. Chairman OGorman plans a canals committee meeting Tuesday to consider amendments.
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Panama
Congress
Senate
House
O'Gorman
Whegin
Lewis
Illinois
Reet
Forélan Steamship Companies
Qwen
Thomas
Colorado
Gallinger
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Wilson
Owen
Canals Committee
Menanre
Clark
Dyer
Reepublican
St. Louis
Weather Report for Iowa and Muccatine Details
Fair tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions in Iowa. Muccatine records show 44 degrees at 7 am with a 5 foot 3 inch stage of Tiger. Sunrise at 5:22 am and sunset at 6:16 pm with moon set at 12:42 am.
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