Ireland Near Tragedy Over Sinn Feiners
London dispatch reports Ireland-wide general strike paralyzing rail and streetcar service, shutting shows banks hotels bars schools and courts as Mountjoy prison hunger strikers near a critical point. Tens of thousands gather outside the jail with tanks and barbed wire in a tense stand, prayers rising for the dying prisoners while authorities refuse concessions.
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Promea
Alls
Mountjoy
Welk
Lod
Dublin
Ireand
England
Andrew Botar Law
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Majes
Bonar Law
Mountjoy Prison
Ned
Hera
Rottern
Sack- Hille Street
Dubln
House Bonus Plan Calls for $1 a Day
Washington April 13 The House Ways and Means sub committee tentatively agreed on a bill to grant more than three million former service members a $1 per day bonus for the period of their war service. The plan excludes regular army enlisted men officers and those paid by salaries from employers, affecting about 1,800,000 men.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Five Ousted as Liquor Flowed Says Thompson
ALBANY April 12 Senator George F. Thompson Republican of Niagara charged that Mark A Daly Buffalo lobbyist who represents Associated Manufacturers and Merchants supplied Assemblymen with intoxicating liquor on the night of the Socialist trial vote. He said several Assemblymen were drunk and carried from the chamber as three Lusk anti sedition bills passed amid a heated debate. Thompson asserted Daly inspired the bills and liquor aided votes. Walker denied the charges and called for proof or an investigation.
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Star
Albany
George F. Thompson
Niagara
Mark A. Daly
Buffalo
Associated Manufacturers and Merchants
Assembly
Senate
Lusk
Thompson
Mark Daly
Walker
Clayton R. Lusk
James J. Walker
Louis Cuvillier
Tammany Hall
Lowny House
Secret Service Bureau
Mint Director’s Lenox Offer Aimed At April First
The Mint director Baker in Lenox Massachusetts was tendered to President Wilson today by Mr. Baker. The move hinges on safe harbor for a large staff and a thorough inspection of facilities. A summer White House is contemplated until official approval allows a formal visit and accommodations are confirmed.
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Mint
Mer House
Mee
Hame
Taymond
Baker
Lenox
Mass
Wilson
Beir
Cary
Dovinton
Nis
Wood Carries Chicago but Loses State
Wood wins Chicago but loses state as Lowden leads by large margins. Indications show three fourths of votes counted point to Lowden plurality around seventy thousand. Chicago voters favor the incumbent, while downstate counties swing to Lowden in a decisive statewide result.
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Wood
Chicago
Lowden Leads Illinois Primary With Wood Close Behind
Governor Frank Lowden carried Illinois in the Republican presidential primary with incomplete returns showing Lowden 210554, Wood 141271, and Johnson written in by voters at 37028. Chicago favored Wood, while Lowden gained outside the city. Delegates favored: Lowden 27, no preference 17. Women voted modestly. Chicago balloting included violence tied to ward races. Anti-Saloon League backing aided Lowden after his signing of a strict liquor enforcement bill.
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Frank
Lowden
Leonard Wood
Tirom Johnson
Wood
Johnson
Chicazo
Lowdon
Mlinois
Edgar
Edgar 7. Cook
Ferbert Hoover
Tere
Illinois
Woma Esty
William Iule Thompson
Minois
Republican Keounty Organization
Anti-Saloon League
Anti Saloon League of Mines
General Wood
General Assembly
W. Scott McBride
Ammi-Saloon League
Thomas D. Knight
Six Leaders Seized For Delaying Mails
New Orleans April Forest C Pendleton a Department of Justice agent at the head of a squad of oper ators raided a hall where about two hundred yardmen met and arrested six leaders on federal warrants charging interference with the United States mails.
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New Orleans
Forest C. Pendleton
Department of Justice
Department
United States
Ryan Asks Sale Of Change Seat In Stutz Fight
Allan A. Ryan, a dominant figure in the Stutz stock debacle, asks that his seat be sold at once claiming the Stock Exchange governing committee was unduly swayed by opponents. He accuses a prominent committee member of partnering with a short-selling firm that sold Stutz to the last moment and failed to deliver. The exchange replies through Charles A. Morse and Willam I. Remick deflecting the charge while noting the matter will be reviewed, with continued trading suspended at March 31.
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Allan A. Ryan
Charles A. Morse
Association of Stock Exchange
Shorts
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Willam I. Remick
Stock Exchange
Ryan
Board of
Overnors
Falconer Wins Fist Battle Amid Aldermanie Tumult
Three sergeants-at-arms failed to eject Alderman Bruce M. Falconer as a meeting at City Mall devolved into a melee. Falconer refused to sit as ordered, sparking pushes, shoving, and heated exchanges between Tammany and Republican aldermen. The incident drew in Commissioner David Mirshfeld over critical remarks about Falconer and Hirshfeld, with threats of personal insult and calls for apologies amid disorder.
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Bruce M. Falconer
Board of Aldermen
City Mall
Falconer
I Geners
Tammany
Charles H. Haubert
Brooklyn
F. 1
Guardia
Pesco
Willian Collins
Tamnany
Aldermin Ivalconer
David Mirshfeld
Alderman Falconer
Hylan
Haubert
Carl Hirshfield
Pulconor
Hirshfield
Falcone
Labor Board of 9 Named By President
Action by the President names nine members to the Labor Board. Reported results indicate men at Capital Yards and other locations vote to call off the strike immediately.
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Labor Board of 9
Government weighs action as I W W strike spreads
Washington reports say evidence of Industrial Workers of the World activity to incite the unauthorized railroad strike is growing at the Department of Justice. Attorney General Palmer says government plans may be announced soon while the President names nine to the new labor board to handle railway wage disputes.
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Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
Department of Justice
Department
Palmer
Senate
George W Hangar
Washington, D. C
Henry Hunt
Cincinnati
R. M. Barton
Tennessee
Railway Corporatione
Horace Baker
H. Eliot
Texas
William L. Park
Chicago
Albert Phillips
Ohio
A. O. Wharton
Missouri
James J. Forrester
Interstate Commerce Committee
Potomac
Cleveland
Easl
Bay City
Mich
W. W
Woolworth Building Elevator Strike Shuts Services
Strike by Woolworth Building elevator operators leaves the tallest city structure delivering two thirds normal service after union engineers and electricians fill in. Leaders claim the action aims to pressure other owners while tenants offer help who are refused. Elevators halted as workers seek 380 to 9 a week and 41 hours with overtime pay.
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Grecup
E. A. Cochran
Reeahenicpeai
Third Avenue
Wilson Sums Cabinet Meeting on Railroad Strike
President Wilson calls Cabinet to meet at 10 am in the Executive Mansion to discuss the railroad strike. White House notices summoned members as a policy statement is expected after the session, first presided by Wilson since his league tour. Four new secretaries will attend, with weekly meetings hinted.
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The
Tribune
Washington
Wilson
Executive Mansion
White House
League of Nations
Bainbridge Colby
Agriculture
E. T. Meredith
Commerce
Joshua Alexander
Interior
John Barton Payne
Palmer
Baker
Princeton volunteers join railroads to run trains
About 1,500 Princeton students pledged to assist railroads during a strike era period. Twenty five men were requested to serve as firemen for the Pennsylvania Railroad, with notable football players among those leaving for New York division. A mass meeting in Alexander Hall organized volunteers into groups of twenty five, while Aero Club members offered to fly mail. University officials stressed voluntary service and consent of parents for minors, insisting the move serves public needs rather than labor or capital interests.
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Princeton
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Jack” Strubing
Puffy” Rigler
Onny" Parigette
Mel” Dickinson
Waddy" McPhee
Brough
Nassau Hall
Green Library
Aero Club
Hibben
McMihan
Princeton Field Artillery
Princeton University Aero Club
Chuck” Carpenter
Howncer
Carpenter
Nashua
Alexander Hall
Henry Johnson
Columbia University
Herbert E. Hawkes
Syracuse
Timothy Sher
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration
State Department of Labor and Industry
Middle
Far West
New York Central Railroad
West Albany
Waterbury
Brotherhood of
Jersey City
Erie
Lackawanna
J. J. Mantel
Erie Railroad
Commuters Form Jersey Train Army To Stand Fast
A New Jersey commuter uprising forms as workers bankers lawyers and guards plan a coordinated effort to run sixteen trains. Morristown to Jersey City and Hoboken routes see early operations with plans for a mass meeting and deputized volunteers to maintain schedule times amid looming general strike pressure.
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New Jersey
Atribe
Manhattan
Morristown
N.d
New Jersey Hinteriar
West Bank
Hudson
Hoboken
Jersey City
Famine in Meats Threatens Passaic
April 13 report shows only three days of meat supply left in Passaic with Armour and Cudahy stores empty. Packers blame disrupted shipments with cars stranded in Erie yards Port Jervis while local butchers seized remaining stock. Milk supplies unaffected as farms in surrounding area continue deliveries.
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Erie
Port Jervis
Passaic
Alto
Tn Cudahy
Han
Viein
Pa R R Agrees To Arbitration In Rail Strike
Rail executives and workers, amid a broad strike, vote to seek arbitration as President Wilson appoints a Railroad Labor Board. Intermittent talks occur in Jersey City while commuters organize protests. Several yards see walkouts and returns to work as officials plan hearings and manage freight and passenger disruption. Liberalized service slowly resumes with efforts to restore electric, steam and trolley lines across New York area transit.
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Erie
New York
Rover. Copeland
Jersey City
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Nyack
N.Y
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Harry B. Dereman Post
American Legion
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Hacken
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Staten Island
Nixon
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