New Revolt By Obregon Stuns Mexican War News
Washington dispatch reports General Muaro Obregon, rival to Carranza, has launched a new revolt from Cuernavaca. Sonora forces seize Culiacan and threaten Tepic as Villa is said to back the uprising. Carranza tightens borders. officials note no formal request to move forces across the United States.
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Tribune
Washington
Muaro Obregon
Carranza
Mexico City
Obregon
Cuernevaca
Morelos
Francisco Costa Robelo
Sonora
Flores
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Tepic
Nayarit
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua City
Parral
Jiminez
State Department
Sonora-Sinaloa
Calles
Temsining
Mexico
Baker
Xaid
Texas
Masked Men Retrieve Eight Thousand In Bold Payroll Heist
Three armed masked men assaulted George Konochier the treasurer of Hope Clothing Company at the doorway to the factory on Hone Street Brooklyn. They beat him unconscious and escaped with about $800 in payroll funds after he failed to resist drop of watches and money. He regained consciousness later. bystander call for help amid the incident.
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Hope Clothing Company
George Konochier
Hone Street
Rooklyn
Featerday
Ler
Abe
Konothier
Campaign Nation Turns To Overalls In Price War
General Wood replies to The Tribune on the key issues of the Presidential campaign. The Tribune will publish responses from other GOP presidential hopefuls, detailing their stances on the major national concerns.
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Wood
The
Tribune
100 Per Cent Americanism by Major General
Major General argues for one language one flag and unified loyalty while opposing class legislation and autocracy of wealth or labor. He targets Reds aliens for deportation after due process and urges strong courts. He calls for reducing middlemen hoarding food and a budget system to curb waste and debt, promoting cooperation between capital and labor.
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United States of America
National policy statements on war burden and trade
Leonard Wood advocates spreading wartime costs over years to avoid burden on the current generation. He argues for private enterprise, limited taxes, smart regulation, and avoiding nationalization. He supports a lean military, a strong merchant marine, and selective League of Nations reservations. He calls for a robust farm policy and careful immigration scrutiny.
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America
Denims Rally Across Nation Amid Prices Soar
A nationwide push in blue denim sees profiteers blamed as prices jump to three dollars per pair. Hoboken uncovered government surplus overalls sold at 16 cents, triggering clubs from San Francisco to Vancouver and a surge of civic groups and officials joining the movement.
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United States
Hoboken
Edward W. Ward
Columbus
San Francisco
Birmingham
Ala
Lansing
Mich
Boston
National
Halla
Congress
Upshaw
Georgia
Turkish Rebels and Munich Reds Meet
Washington reports Talaat Pasha and Djemal Pasha, fugitives in the Turkish national movement, meeting in Munich with German Communists and Lenin emissaries. The conference aims to organize revolutionary movements in Turkey, India, Egypt, Persia, and beyond, with Lenine-backed promises of 200,000 Russian Bolshevik troops and broader international links.
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Washington
Associated Pros
Talaat Pasha
Djemal Pasha
Mustapha Kemel
Turkish National Movement
Munich
Lenine
Das
Turkey
India
Egypt
Persia
Moalem
Azerbaijan
Afghanistan
Moscow
Bulgaria
Gomman
Four Dealers Arrested as Profiteers
The Justice Department arrested three men in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn on profiteering charges under the Lever Act as part of a crackdown on wartime price abuses. Suspects include Eugene A. Sullivan of 689 West Thirty-fourth Street, charged for selling 15,000 pounds of potatoes at $6.75 per hundred pounds, with other individuals linked to the New York and New Jersey Produce Company and a Wilson & Co. meat case in Brooklyn. Bail set at $1,000 for Sullivan and others, plus a separate $2,500 bail for Louis Joseph. Government also seeks attachment of 6.5 tons of sugar hoarded, with notices returnable May 30. Poultry dealers reported drive to move five carloads blocked by strike tensions but later delivered with assistance from authorities.
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Department of Justice
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Eugene A. Sullivan
West Side
Eugene A. Sullivan & Co
West Thirty-fourth Street
United States
Samuel Hitchock
Thomas A. Smith
Sullivan & Co
New York and
New Jersey Produce Company, Inc
West Twenty-sixth Street
Fie
Sullvan
John Flemming
New York
Hitchcock
Leroy W. Ross
Louis Joseph
Wilson & Co
Chicago
James H. McCabe
Solomon Straussburger
Fifth Avenue
Joseph
Frances G. Caffey
Gottlieb
Jackson Street
Oh Bloomberg
Monroe Street
Federal
Jersey Plants Closed by Lack of Fuel
The coal strike halted industry in New Jersey with a Hyatt Roller Bearings plant in Harrison and Butterworth Judson chemical works in Newark shut down. About 2,000 workers at Hyatt and nearly 3,000 at Butterworth Judson were laid off until coal deliveries resume as coal cars clog lines to the fields and crews abandon them.
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Jersey
New Jersey
Newark
Passaic River
Harrison
Hyatt Roller Bearings Company
Chemical and Dye Works
Butterworth-Judson Corporation
Port Jervis
Detective Held On U S Charge Of Bribe Offer
Detective Sergeant Thomas Hughes is jailed on a U S charge of bribing internal revenue inspector Harold B. Dobbs to steal papers from the U S Attorney’s office. Dobbs says Hughes offered $50,000 via staged meetings to grab records tied to Lever and Volstead cases involving Gramatan Company, Huba Products, and individuals at 1482 Broadway.
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Thomas Hughes
Internal Revenue
United States Attorney
Hughes
Harold B. Dobbs
William Street
Dobbs
West 1d Street
Gramatan Company
Prince Street
Huba Products Company
Broadway
George , Rubino
Charles de Angelis
Henry F. Maresco
Louis Lipari
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court
United States
Robert A. Peattie
Mrs Shepard Quits Y W C A Board Over Program
Mrs Finley Shepard of New York resigns from the YWCA national board at the Cleveland convention citing opposition to moves toward industrial social programs and to basing voting membership on simple faith declarations rather than church affiliation. Other board members backed her stance and further resignations were anticipated.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Finley 4. Shepard
New York
Misa Helen Gould
Association
Shepard
National Board
Dave N. Morris
Alice Vanderbilt
Thomas J Gladding
Finantogram
National
The
Shephard
City Suspends McGill and Lift Strike Leaders
Thomas J. McGill, leader of the striking elevator operators, was suspended as chief operator in the Municipal Building by Borough President Curran for absence without leave. He admitted error in judgment but said he tried to avert the walkout. The second day of the strike saw 12 000 union members on picket lines with 2000 operators back at work after owners raised demands. Buildings in lower Manhattan operated with limited service as many strikers returned to work, some as strike breakers.
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Thomas J. McGill
Muni Pal
Curran
McGill
Hines
McGillis
Building Managers and Owners’ Association
Real Estate Owners’ Association
Arnstein Selling Bonds in Montreal
In Montreal on April 17 the fugitive Arnstein again appeared in the stock market district and sold Liberty bonds on St. James Street. Federal detectives chased him. Ottawa and Montreal forces are coordinating, with trains watched and autos stopped as investigators wire messages to New York and Ottawa. Twenty four detectives pursue the fugitive.
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Tribune
Montreal
Quebec
Treal
Nicky” Arnstein
Icky
St. James Street
Federal
Ottawa
Nicky
Will-O'-The-Wisp
Arnstein
Montien
New York
Railroads struggle nears end as workers return to duty
Longshore and rail union turmoil eases as about half of New York area rail strikers report back, with 2000 of 4000 at call offices ready for Monday, while Hoboken and Chicago pockets press for demands. Passenger service improves, freight movement picks up, and goverment boards seek rapid resolution. Local tube workers threaten walkout over seniority and wage terms amid ongoing gridlock.
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Brotherhood
New York
City Hall
Hoboken
Cien
Railronda
Railroad Labor Board
Lackawanna
Chicago
Cay
Outlaw
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen
Uss Sociation
Brotherhood of Switchmen
Switchmen
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio
Philadelphia & Reading
Philadelphia
Hudson Tubes
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Irving G. Hunt
Federation of Railway Trainmen
Staten Inland
St. George
Tottenville
Mariners’ Harbor
South Beak
New Haven
Federal Grand Jury
Tormorters
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City of Mexico
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Cueruaveca
Cai Tenza
Carranga
Paines
Tampico
Obreon
Chihuahua
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de Zoe Carlsbad
Cuba
Leonard Wood
League of Nations
League
Merchant Marine
Department of Agriculture
Farm Organizations of
Immigration
U. S
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
Michigan Department of State
Austin
Tex
St. Louis
Whestland
Erie Canal
Adelphus Club
Montcelali J Academy
Old Clothes Association
Patches Club
Gi Ham Girls
Calico Club
Colfurness League
Holy Cross Lyceum
Rubinstein Club
William Roger Chapman
Women's Civic Federation
American Flying Club
Queens
Connolly
Morrow
Humphrey
Doyle
Chesse Club
National Vaudeville Artists’ Club
West Fort
Sixth Street
Thomas Oliphant
Forty-sixth Street
Packers
Armin W. Riley
Eine
Weeehawken
Ois
U.S
University
Manhattan Life Building
Equitable
City Investment Building
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