Treaty blamed in Dublin gang murder and Bolshevik fears
A Western Memapaper Union dispatch from London reports Berlin sources claiming Germany will become Bolshevik within three months, blaming Paris peace delays and Versailles terms. It cites Communist leadership and warns only a revision before June can stave off soviet influence, with blame aimed at allied delegates and German reparations. It also notes figures like Thompson and an air patrol funding for forest fire protection in the West.
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Murder of Lord Mayor In Ireland Sparks Rewards
Western Newspaper Union reports a Dublin murder as part of Ireland's underground warfare. A 70 year old royal constabulary official, Magistrate Bell, was dragged from a tram and shot, witnessed by passengers including women who fainted. Placards promise 10,000 rewards for information. no convictions yet. House of Commons discusses Alderman O'Brien's hunger strike. government defends measures to protect citizens during turmoil. European servant shortage prompts plan to recruit 230 women from Europe. Bolshevik mobilization accelerates in Russia with mass registry for workers.
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French Inventor Sells Long Range Gun Patent
French inventor Parix-Delamare maze has sold to the government the patent of a new long range gun. It shows a range of 100 to 120 miles and fires a shell at about 4,178 feet per second after thorough testing.
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Parix—Delamare Maze
London News Dispatch Reveals Dublin Castle Mail Bags Spies
The Evening News dispatch from Belfast claims the Republican army is honeycombed with spies and informers linked to recent Irish tragedies. It notes substantial transfers of large bodies of Irish constabulary from the north to the south.
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Awe Reve Te Settre
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Castle
Belfast
Irish Constabulary
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Missouri Law Gets First Execution in Missouri
Poplar Bioff Mo Adam Jackson a negro was hanged in the Butler county jail for assaulting Emma Mann a white woman last tenth. He is the first person executed in Missouri since capital punishment was restored last July. Woman Gets Army Post. Washington Mrs John J Cassarty of San Francisco appointed by Secretary Baker as director of women's relations for the army.
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Adam Jackson
Butler County
Emma Mann
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John J. Casserty
San Francisco
Baker
Army
Chicago Banks Refuse City Loan For Pay Raises
Chicago banks acting through a clearing house committee refused on legal grounds to lend the city four million dollars needed to fund proposed pay raises for city employees. The finance committee argued the 10 percent wage increase would apply only to staff earning over twenty thousand dollars annually, with a smaller raise for others.
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Fifty people slain in Chihuahua village raid by Villa band
A Mexican settlement near Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, was wiped out by Francisco Vila and 160 followers who killed over fifty villagers, burned homes and crops after a demand for provisions was refused. Surviving villagers say twenty five to thirty were killed before surrender. a lone defender was killed attempting to disarm Villa, and rebels burnedوا houses and stores. Nearby militia clashed with Vila supporters, driving them back as assault lasted hours.
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Paso
Texas
Santa Barbara
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Chicago Work Councils Buy Military Clothing for Demobilized Soldiers
Representatives from twenty two work councils of the International Harvester Company met with Harvest officials to purchase suits of men clothing intended for sale by the British government. The outfits will be delivered in about six weeks and cost about 18 dollars per person.
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International Harvester Company
Ex Kaiser's Wife Hl Amerongen Illness Grounds Advised Chair
The text notes the former Kaiser's wife Hl Amerongen suffering a medical condition that doctors deem unadvisable to move into a new, wheeled chair. The report mentions health issues and mobility concerns without further medical detail.
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Tornado Toll Mounts Across States With Chicago Lead
Western Newspaper Union reports a multi state tornado outbreak killing at least 100, injuring hundreds, and causing widespread damage. Chicago suburbs Elgin Melrose Park and Wilmette report multiple deaths and extensive destruction. Georgia Alabama Indiana and Ohio also suffer significant losses.
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Indian Kills Family and Livestock in Utah Ranch Tragedy
Salt Lake City Utah reports a drunken White Rock Indian known as Square John shot his two young sons fatally wounded his wife and slaughtered six horses five cattle five dogs and twenty chickens on his Red Cat ranch before turning the revolver on himself dying instantly according to sheriff’s office.
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Former Presidents Aide Semmes Read Dies at 39
Semmes Read, former naval aide to President Roosevelt and Taft, died at 39 after an accident left him paralyzed. Confined in the naval hospital for eleven years, Read was thrown from a horse while riding, fracturing his spine and ending his ability to walk. He had played football and baseball at the Naval Academy after being appointed from West Virginia.
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Teft
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Giant green snake halts Bethlehem shipyard work
At the Harlan plant of Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Wilmington Delaware a feared 11 foot green boa with menacing fangs caused panic among shipyard workers on the Tuyamel Fruit Co ship undergoing repairs. Insects swarmed below and a venomous scare forced crews to abandon the hold until volunteers repelled the reptile and resumed efforts.
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Tropic Swamp
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Defies gale in barrel rescued by own ship
Plymouth England report says Chief Officer Weldon of the American steamer Bloomington survived six hours in a barrel after a gale in the Bay of Biscay. The Bloomington towed a Spanish schooner Manuel Tampa, but when the gale worsened the mate was left adrift in a barrel. All others perished.
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Ohioan Broke Into Jail and Will Remain There
Fieldy Hubbard broke into the Columbus city workhouse and faces burglary charges. A woman reported a burglar in the workhouse, prompting police to respond. Officers caught Hubbard fumbling over desks in the office, and he said he sought refuge from thogy.
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Thogy
Jury Acquits Wife In Rival Murder Case
A Sacramento California jury acquitted Mrs Julia M Thurston of murdering Miss Jean Kimball after testimony suggested she had alienated Thurston's affections. In Streator Illinois a steeplejack, Frank Randolph of Chicago, fell three stories to a site walk but survived noted witnesses.
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Julia M. Thurston
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Frank Randolph
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Wage award boosts miners pay by large margin
Joint scale committees of bituminous coal operators and miners approve the coal commission award. The increase totals about 18 percent net after Garfield's 14 percent, with a $20 million wage cost rise and implementation set for April 1. A subcommittee will negotiate a new contract while operations continue.
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Bituminous Coal Commission
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Green
Garfield
Coal Commission
Late Market Rundown From Chicago and Tacoma Fire
Ragland visitors should arrange London hotel stays per State Department consular note. Reports claim 100000 wealthy Americans may travel to London. A Tacoma Speedway grandstand fire of unknown origin caused an estimated 150000 loss per Speedway officials. Market notes show mixed grain and livestock prices with declines in several staples.
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London
State Department
Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma Speedway
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