Mail car robbery ends in deadly duel in Chicago
Postal robbery near Kankakee leads to a gunfight at Woodlawn and a dramatic apartment siege. Two police officers wounded, robber Horace T. Walton killed after a long standoff. Bags contained substantial cash, with estimates ranging toward 100000 to 600000 dollars. Walton's link to the postal service and St. Joseph Missouri home are under investigation.
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Kankelkee
Ils
Cartier
James FH. Walker
Chicago
Thorpe
Walker
I A. Gareis
Carbonslate
Msc
Bloomaquise
Neona
Bb. i. Shlassen
Peastone
Parks
British naval experts defend Admiralty role in WWI
London 14. Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge says Admiralty work succeeded in WWI in response to President Wilson's charges of over-caution. Archibald Flord criticizes publication of restricted documents as pleasing German and Irish elements. Lord Birkenhead touts British navy defending civilization and world confidence, while dismissing the Daniels-Sims controversy.
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Wilson
Archibald Flord
Telegraph
United States
Hurd
Admiralty
Lord Birkenhead
Une Daniels-Sims Constoversy
Daniels Defends Navy Actions Before Senate Panel
Secretary Daniels rejected Admiral Sims charge that the navy prolonged the war by four months and caused 500,000 deaths. He called the accusation reckless and said troop transportation through 1818 depended on ally allocations and France’s facilities, insisting America outpaced Britain in speed of movements despite vast ocean crossings.
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Daniels
Sims
Washington
Admiral Sims
Nawy Department
Jaron Mutachusen
Senate Naval Investigating Committee
France
America
Great Britain
South Side Robbery Bandit Walton Shot During Capture
Walton, posing as a postal inspector, held five railway clerks at gunpoint on a moving Chicago train. He fled to a South Side apartment, barricaded himself, and was wounded after Chief Mooney and officers stormed the room. Walton had recently arrived from St. Louis.
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Walton
South Side
Chicago
Mooney
Polien
St. Louis
Loot of 105000 in mail sack from Illinois Central train
Postmaster W M Bering of Decatur reports a mail sack containing 105000 in Bills of all denominations was taken from an Illinois Central train. The money was being sent by Citizens National Bank of Decatur and Chicago bank. Bering notes a stranger loitered in the post office lobby for several hours before the theft.
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Decatur
Uhls
Horace Wallon
Illinois Central
W. M. Bering
Citizens National Bank of Decatur Co & Chicago Bank
Bering
Auto Crash Kills Mrs Teachout at Montpelier Route
May 14 near here an automobile carrying Mrs Alvin Teachout of Montpelier and her husband crashed into a fence and overturned. Mrs Teachout was killed instantly, the husband seriously injured, and three others slightly hurt.
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Vence
Darlington
Alvin’ MM. Teachout
Montpelier
B &Uto
Mobile
Republicans Are Avid on League Plank at Convention
New York May 14 The Republicans press for a League of Nations plank in the party platform with Lodge reservations. Senator Miram Johnson and rivals split over the issue while leaders seek harmony to aid Johnson. Democrats also weigh the treaty stance as Bryan and McAdoo steer the line, with Mitchell pledged to administration policy.
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Miram Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
Pemit Johnson
Resolutions Committee
League of Nations
Warkaice
Wilso
San Francisco
Democratic Platform Committee
Soviet Rule Near Its End
Washington reports Colonel Coldward W. Ryan of the Red Cross says the Soviet Bolsheviki regime is a failed social experiment. Returning from a clandestine visit with the Justhonian peace delegation, he warns the country will face chaos within six months without foreign aid. The report describes widespread hardship, transport shortages, and a looming revolution with a potential pogrom and a nascent middle class intelligentsia emerging.
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Washington
Coldward
W. Ryan
Red Cross
Russia
Baltic States
Ryan
State Department
Bullitt
Strike of Textile Workers Continues in New Bedford
New Bedford Mass May 14 Strike of 14000 textile operatives continues despite acceptance or rejection of a 14 percent wage increase offered by the Manufacturers association The dispute centers on loom fixers conditions of employments with weavers supporting the walkout The United Textile workers seek 17 and a half percent but organizers say wage demands are not the paramount issue for the mills here
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New Bedford
Mass
Manufacturers’ Association
Linited
Amalgamated Union
United Textile Workers
Attempted $550 000 deal ends with $10 in bank
Testimony before a congressional committee details a plan to buy four ships from Morse interests via two Canadian corporations. IT A. Moulton testified of an $840,000 check drawn on a $10 balance, with Virginia Shipbuilding offering mortgages to secure a $570,000 advance. Negotiators claimed a Canadian buyer would pay $340,000 upfront.
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Virginia Shipbuilding Company
Morse
Ira
Campbell
Admiralty
Theemergency Fleet Corporation
New Swing
Watt sidelined by injury after relay record at Pennsylvanian
Ithaca May 14 Jack Watt Cornell star hurdler who set a new world record in the 14 yard low hurdles at the Pennsylvania relays sprained a tendon in his leg while working out yesterday. He will miss the Pennsylvania Cornell dual meet tomorrow due to illness and poor condition since the relays.
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Ithaca
Jack Watt
Cornell
Two men sought over million dollar hotel payment scheme
New York May 14 police seek two men from Cleveland who offered a certified check for 1 million dollars for the hotel fence. Detectives say one man has clues about Nickey Arnstein, alleged Wall Street bond theft mastermind, and fled to Europe after the failed deal.
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New York
Cleveland
Nickey” Arnstein
Wall Street
Europe
Waterbury Strikers Return to Work Amid Tensions
Waterbury reports indicate several hundred strikers from major plants including American Brass, Seavill, and Chase interests have returned to work under guard. Commissioner Williams of the U S Labor Department is in town to offer mediation, while machinists threaten a 35 percent raise and a 44 hour week. Police arrest four men for intimidation and loitering amid rising fears of violence.
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American Brass Company
Seavill Manufacturing Company
Chase
Thomas J. Williams
United States Department of Labor
Waterbury
Jie
Williams
Wek
Luigi Alimoni
Frank Carmella
Donato Colangello
Carlo Rose
Samuel Co. Walsh
Brooklyn
Zimmerman Murder Trial Delayed by Witness Collapse
Jennie Zimmerman charged with murdering her cousin Dr. Zimmerman collapsed in court in Springfield on May 14, forcing Judge Nelson Brown to adjourn trial until Monday morning. The defense was interrupted as the defendant could not continue testifying.
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Jennie Zimmerman
Springfield
Dr. Zimmerman
Nelson Brown
Potatoes Acreage Down Five Percent This Year
Washington reports farmers plan five percent less potato acreage than last year per today's Agriculture Department announcement. Major growing regions and market implications await details as growers adjust to price and supply signals.
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Washington
Department ‘of Agriculture
Carranza hemmed in near Esperanza as rebels close in
Reported by Gen. Obregon that Carranza forces are trapped near Esperanza station between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Villa to Torreon for head rebel troops after leg wound surgery. Matanares garrison to be delivered. Carranza to surrender near the border rumored. American marines ashore in Vera Cruz amid naval activity as revolutionary leaders plan a provisional presidency and elections.
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Carranza
Esperanza
Paso
Texas
Esperanza Station
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Obregon
Carranya
Amaro
Zacatecas
Istrada
Francisco Villa
Torreon
Villa
Matanares
Carlunga
Reyes
Mexico
Bermuda
Felipe Sanchez Carranza
Federal Army
Vera Crus
Oklahoma
Mexico seeks US recognition amid revolutions and diplomacy
Washington May 14 The revolutionary Mexican government moves to win United States recognition with a formal request to be held in abeyance until favorable. Dr Torre Diaz reports Gen Obregon and Carranza clash near Rinconada while Dieguez is placed under arrest in Guadalajara and rebels control the west.
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A. L. Bradford
Washington
Mexico
United States
Torre Diaz
Provisional Government of
Piedras Negras
State Department
Obregon
Carranza
Rinconada
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Reyes Marquiz
Diaz
Manuel Dieguez
Sonora
Guadalajara
de Lta Wuerta
Repubic
Carranza forces suffer heavy losses in Puebla fighting
Reports from Vera Cruz on May 13 night say Carranza forces endured hundreds of casualties in 48 hours of heavy combat around Hacienda Tamariz Puebla. Rebels claim 14,000 troops under arms while Carranza’s force numbers about 6,000. Rebels expect surrender or capture of the deposed president within two days. British concern centers on John B Body, consul at Vera Cruz, who left Mexico City on a train fleeing the capital.
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Carranza
Vera Cruz
Hacienda Tamariz
Puebla
John B. Body
Mexico City
Taxes on oil exports in revolutionary Mexico
In Mexico City and Tampico reports say revolutionary leaders seek prepayment of oil export taxes, about 5 million pesos, with oil firms and British and American interests in talks. Provisional government members include Sanchez Azona as foreign affairs minister and Mendivil as treasury minister. Generals Obregon and Gonzales reportedly okayed continued judicial and legislative powers. A lawyers’ commission attended. Rebels claim control of Guanajuato and Tampico, pledging protection for oil properties.
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Ralph H. Turner
Mexico City
Galveston
Sanchez Azona
France
Aulreliano Mendivil
Treasury
Gen. Jacinto Trevino
Obregon
Gonzales
Guanajuato
Tampico
Battle South of Apizaco In Mexican Revolution
Forces loyal to Carranza clash with revolutionaries south of Apizaco. General Obregon seeks safe conduct to Vera Cruz for Carranza, with possible exile abroad. Rebels claim victories at Tepetitian and Sacetecas, reporting 50 federal troops killed including two generals.
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Apizace
Carranza
Obreron
Vera Cruz
Tepetitian
Sacetecas
Pequots of Ansonia Here Next Sunday
The Pequots of Ansonia travel to face Union City next Sunday afternoon at Shade Roller Jet. Both teams carry unblemished records this season, promising a peppery clash. Union City welcomes MW Hotchkiss back as a lanky hitter after an absence since the season start.
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Tiger
Union City
Pequot Diamond Warriors
Ansonia
Pequots
Tigers
MW Hotchkiss
Glacker
Miller
Dead Man Identified in Weston Case
Norwalk May 14 The body found April 22 in a hay mow at Lester Fanton’s Weston home was identified as Charles J. Klineck of Fairfield aged 34. He left his home August 29 last year after a quarrel. his widow with two children identified him by an ankle scar from an axe cut. Death believed by suffocation. He carried life insurance.
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Norwalk
Potter's Field
Willow Brook
Westport
Lester Fanton
Weston
Charles J. Klineck
Fairfield
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