Chaos Grips China as Big Powers Wait
Special correspondent Nathaniel Peffer reports Beijing's government is virtually paralyzed after war, with a powerless president, a rarely meeting parliament, and a militarist Anfu Club dominating policy. Japan-based influence and loans finance the regime, while troops and officials are increasingly under Japanese control and corruption is widespread in the Republic of China.
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Wee Acco
Ee Eagper
Nathaniel Peffer
The
Tribune
Peking
China
Europe
Far East
Japan
America
Hi Palace
Lotus Lake
Forbidden City
Anfu Club
Anfa Club
Heahi-chene
Hau
Yuan Shik-kai
Howly
Joana
Anfu Cluh
Infu Cluh
Hing
Sfili
Banzal Mt Fe
Istle Hay
Outer Mongolia
Econcalla
Ching
Republic of China
Governor Joins Obregon Revolt In Michoacan
The government reports a local uprising in Michoacan led by Governor Pasqual Ortiz Rubio a strong Obregon supporter who fled Morelia with 100 men taking state treasury content. General Neiro arrives to lead operations as troops move toward Acambaro while Obregon reportedly appears in Morelia.
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Mexico City
Michoacan
Pasqual Ortiz Rubio
Alvaro Obregon
Rubio
Morelia
Jesus Millan
Neiro
Acambaro
el Universal
Obregon
Rebels Threaten Carranza as Obregon Rises in Mexico
Special Dispatch reports Bridgeport police raid uncovers a vice ring with murders. Mary Wilson held for court disclosures as nine officers and 200 detectives probe, while in Washington reports say Obregon leads open revolt across Sonora and west coast states toward Mexico City.
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Tribune
Bridgeport
Conn
Mary Wilson
Clifford B. Wilson
New York
Vice Trust
Red Light
Vice Troat
Beecause
Power House Creek
Toma Café
Vito Lamonica
Two Ships in Distress Signal for Aid at Sea
Two ships in distress sent wireless calls from New York bound routes Genoa and Rotterdam. E A Morae reported taking on water and limited time to stay afloat while Acushnet and San Mateo stood by en route to assist. The Morse and the William O'Brien, vessels of the United States Shipping Board, were listed with their routes and captains in a tense relief effort report.
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H. Morse
Genoa
William O'Brien
Rotterdam
New York
E. A. Morae
Morse
Acushnet
Conn Guard
San Mateo
Bouton
West Indies
Philadelphia
Hatch
Trenne
Orurian
United States Shipping Board
Uniogy Transportation Ampany
Ilnon
Dry Agent Seizes Waiters in Jack's
William Ynaselli a prohibition enforcement figure captured Jack's staff and patrons in a comic scene at Sixth Avenue. He claimed to feel like two beverages after a drink order led to arrests at the West Forty-seventh Street station. The raid extended to Moore's Restaurant on West Forty-sixth Street, ending with multiple bail releases.
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William Ynaselli
Mr. Yasselli
Jack
AL Thi
Sixth Avenue
Michael Hoolihan
Hoolihan
Marty Perrin
Water Enforcement
Moore's
Weat Forty-sixth Street
Roland Hunt
Rail Strike History Now, Say Officials
Officials report the unauthorized train men strike near New York largely ended as most strikers returned to duty after the union ultimatum expired. Freight delays persisted while Lackawanna crews voted to resume work, restoring near normal passenger service on lines to New York with remaining yard and tunnel issues unresolved.
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New York
Lackawanna
Hoboken
Fist Re
Jersey City
Port Jervis
N.Y
Thomas R. Davis
Buffalo
Toledo
Ashtabula
Cievelana
Hudson Tube
New Jersey
Washington
Grand View Tall City
Edward McHugh
Outlaws
New Railroad Board
Timothy, Shea
Le @ Griffing
18 Million a Day Is Cost Of Running Government
Washington reports that nine months of government spending totaled 5,028,170,000, with projected full year outlay near 6.75 billion dollars or more than 18 million daily. Subsidies include War Department, Railroad Administration, Navy, Shipping Board and debt interest. Congress and soldier bonus pending may add about 1 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Gings
War Department
Railroad Administration
Navy Department
Shipping Board
Yrita
Crowded Strike Plans Panic in Wall Street Elevator Service
More than 9,300 striking elevator operators mass in lower Manhattan to disrupt service in the financial district. The plan calls for coordinated groups to urge workers to quit, with captains leading 25-person teams entering buildings to sway colleagues. Leaders urged restraint, while NYC officials reported thousands already back to work after settlements.
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Lower Manhattan
Financial District
Stuyvesant Casino
Second Avenue
James Roach
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Thomas J. McGill
Elevator Starters and Operators' Union
J. 8. Gulden
Matthew Wire
William C. Clancy
Ways and Means
Frederick Peterson
McGill
Henry H. Curran
Borough of
Manhattan
Wall Street
Building Managers and Owners Association
Equitable
New York University
Germans Seek Irish Aid to Sway Election in Queens County
A joint German American and Irish American gathering in Columbia Hall Jamaica aimed to influence the next White House race. Leaders from the National Committee of Ninety-Six urged German Americans to consolidate votes to back a candidate favorable to their program, with speeches by Carl Gerks and Frederick Schrader insisting on German dominance in early American history and warning Wilson’s policies.
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Queens County
New York
National Committee of Ninety-Six
Columbia Hall
Jamaica
White House
Germany
George Sylvester Viereck
Edmund von Jach
Carl Gerks
Lester Franklin
Committee of Ninety-Six
Franklin
Frederick Franklin Lchrader
Edith A. Reiffert
Manhattan
O'Brien
Friends of Irish Freedom
A. L. Dalton
Teague
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Gerks
Ohra
Frederick Franklin Schrader
Schrader
Son-in-Law of Morgan Shot at St George’s Church
A shooter at St George’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Stuyvesant Park opened fire during the Sunday service injuring Dr. James W. Markoe and grazing Herbert Satterlee. The attacker fled toward Fifteenth Street as bystanders pursued. Parish leaders and police captured him near the park. Dr. Markoe died at the scene.
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St. George's Church
James Wright Marsee
George Brewer
Morgan
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Stuyvesant Park
Karl Reiland
J. P. Morgan
Herbert Satterlee
James W. Markoe
A. L. Safford
Dr. Markoe
Dr. Reiland
Mr. Satterlee
Sexton
John C. Tiedman
William Miller
George F. Brewer
William Fellowes Morgan
Merchante’ Association
Brewer
Dr. Brewer
Fifteenth Street
J. Morgan
Jones
William J. Burns
224 Street
Drr. Marke
French Troops Land at Mersina
Constantinople April 18 A French cruiser landed three battalions of infantry batteries and cavalry at Mersina Asia Minor on April 14 official communication from Mustapha Kemal Pasha says Armenian volunteers covered the landing but were destroyed and the French could not advance beyond naval guns. Nationalists control most of Anatolia hindering mandates to rebels and bands are being sent to stir support for the Sultan.
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Constantinople
Presa
Mersina
Asia Minor
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Adana
Anatolia
Asatetla
Princesse
Ial Eddins Pasha
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G. E. Brewer
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Carranza
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Villa
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Diaz
Ernor
Weshington
Mexico
Sonora
Ygnacio Bonillas
Sinaloa
Cuernevace
Morelos
Obregon Obregon
Jalisco
Jalisca
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