Global and Domestic Happenings Highlight Washington News
Charles A. McQueen of Cleveland named commercial attache in Santiago Chile. Census notes Chicago population up 19.6 percent since 1910 to 2,884,827. Senate debates corrupt practices bill as Woman voters expected to trail men by over 2.5 million. Wilson to spend summer at Woods Hole. War contracts worth 4 billion settled at 12 cents on the dollar. Germans urged to expel Turks. U S to consider sending troops to Ruhr. Bolshivik capture of geologist sticks in Siberia noted. Americans in Germany around 8,000 with 400 women. Tornadoes across six central states cause 176 dead and millions in damage. Big Four rail unions align with AFL. Evansville teen Jess Walker to die in electric chair. Lexington man ransomed. Cunarder Scythia launched at Barrow. Chicago garbage strike halts collection. South Dakota wire outages from high winds. Kansas snow and wind wrecks wheat belt. Armed jewel heist caravan moves through New York with $9.3 million in gold. Post office air mail route approved New York to San Francisco. Stolen security items found in Iowa. Fatal bus train crash in Philadelphia leaves four dead. Blain indictment dismissed in Seattle. Chicago carpenters reach $1.25 minimum wage. Los Angeles divorcee Ruby Reed found garroted. Incoming Italian laborers overwhelm New York immigration. Panama Canal obstruction removed. canal open again.
Notable deaths of Apperson and Key linked to Blue Ribbon race scene
Personal Elmer Apperson fifty eight of Ko komo Ind formerly president of the Apperson Motor Car company collapsed with apoplexy while watching the automobile race in Los Angeles and died minutes after. John Ross Key grandson of Francis Scott Key and last direct descendant of the Star Spangled Banner author died in Baltimore Md after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Apperson
Kokomo, Ind
Apperson Motor Car Company
Los Angeles
John Ross Key
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore,Md
Demobilization in Belgrade signals trust in peace talks
Reports from Belgrade say the Serbian government ordered general demobilization, seen as confidence in the United States and a peaceful Adriatic settlement. A Dublin dispatch notes Alan Bell, judge in Sinn Fein Irish bank inquiries, was shot outside the Masonic club. A Copenhagen report cites a May 9 general lockout threat by Danish employers amid rising wages. An express train wreck near Udine leaves twelve dead and thirty injured. Bolsheviks seize Petchenka in Murmansk and Kai kop in Kuban. Red troops shell Fort Bluecher near Wesel where Belgian forces hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
United States
Adriatic
Alan Bell
Sinn Fein
Masonic Club
Dublin
Red Armies Press Poland and Germany Turmoil
The piece surveys postwar tensions in Germany and Europe with fighting on the Polish border, Spartacist uprisings, Kapp revolt fallout, Ruhr coal disruptions, and debates over the Versailles treaty. It notes Allied disunity, Danish plebiscite shifts, and U.S. stance on Turkish affairs amid regional instability and imperial ambitions.
Russian Bolshevik Spring Offensive Raises European Alarm
A long planned Bolshevik spring attack across a 400 mile front targets Poland with heavy artillery tanks and captured weapons. Polish resistance stiffens at Koyno Kamenetz Podolsk and other locations while supplies lag and morale remains high for Poland. Nearby in the Middle East fighting continues in Thrace Anatolia Syria and Cilicia with Turkish revolt and Allied actions shaping the regional crisis.
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Poland
Bolshevists
Denikine
Koyno
Kamenetz-Podolsk
Rzecycza
Kalenkowitz
Zaslava
Staro- Konstantinow
Bubar
Ostropol
Slutch
Europe
Great Britain
Italy
Latvia
Finland
Roumania
Lenine
End of War Declaration Discussed as Campaign Issue
Senator Knox’s resolution to end the war with Germany faces delays and constitutional questions. If conditions in Germany allow, a majority may pass the resolution, enabling resumed trade and relations. The fate of the peace treaty in campaigning remains uncertain, while coal prices and miner strikes loom with government price controls ending April 1. Anthracite miners await a new contract amid waning conciliatory mood in bituminous fields.
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Knox
Germany
Senate
Wilson
San Francisco
League of Nations
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ford Campaign Under Scrutiny After 1918 Election
Governor Steeper of Michigan recommends investigating the 1918 senatorial race as trouble grows for Henry Ford and his supporters. Senator Newberry and 16 co defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to defeat state election laws. No one to resign until the Supreme Court rules. The probe would reportedly include the Ford campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberry
Michigan
Washington
Senate
Henry Ford
Albert A. Steeper
United States Supreme Court
Ford
Woman’s health testimonial from Onalaska Wisconsin
Mrs. Lester E. Warner reports relief from back and stomach pain after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she is now able to do housework and praises the medicine, urging others to try it for female weakness.
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Onalaska
Wis
Lydia
Pinkham
Lester E. Warner
R. 1
Box 69
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Fresh Baby Clothes Make Brighter Dainty Wear
Fresh, sweet white clothes for baby can stay bright with Red Cross Ball Blue. It leaves no streaks or damage and is sold by all good grocers for 5c a package.
Missing Something in Town Exchange
A flashy stranger asks if anyone would buy stock. Squire Witherbee notes most locals have bought stock already. He warns the man that if he stays, residents may rally to tar and feather him as a warning, saying he should leave town on the next train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Witherbee
Birmingham Age-Herald
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Cleveland, O
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Santiago
Chile
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North Pacific
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Wash
Carpenters’ District Council
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Ruby Reed
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Panama Canal
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Petchenka
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Arabia
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Cilicia
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Bosporus
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Hunt
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tex
Columbia University
Columbia
Julian Arnold
Peking
China
Mr. Arnold
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