Gathering in Berlin
Paris April 3 Associated Press reports that Berlin unrest persists amid a quiet front, with Bolshevist agitation and strikes threatening stability. Germany faces coal and food shortages, wage pressures, and reliance on American food shipments to stabilize production and avert radical influence.
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Associated Press
Paris
Frankfort
Berlin
Germany
East Prussia
Silesia
Bremen
Essen
Bavaria
Wabash Employees Plan Monument for Dead Chief Kearney
A fundraising drive seeks 15000 from 17090 Wabash Railway employees to build a monument near the Logansport station for Edward I Weare Kearney who died March 20. He was born March 27, 1865 in Logansport. Fred Meyers leads the effort and letters go to labor leaders to solicit subscriptions and list donors for the Kearney Monument Fund.
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Wabash
Kearney
Mesvers
Reuibrand
League of Nations Covenant Draft Reaches 27 Articles
The drafting committee has completed fifteen articles of the covenant, now totaling 27. The nature of the missing article is unknown. The committee aims to finish a draft tomorrow in French and English parallel columns. A full league commission meeting may be held Saturday to review the revised covenant before submission to the big nations.
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Associated Press
Prva
League of Nations Drafting Committee
League of Nations
New Chicago School Head Can't Get Pay
Corporation Counsel Ettelson ruled the appointment of Charles E. Chadsey of Detroit as Chicago superintendent at an $18,000 annual salary illegal and directed the city comptroller to withhold half of March pay. Chadsey said politics had no bearing on his duties and refused to resign after re election.
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Chicago
Ettelson
Charles E. Chadsey
Detroit
Chadsey
Thompson
Woman Found Dead Near Rifle in Bas ement Case Probed
CHICAGO April 4 Inquest into the death of Mrs. Emmaline A Black continued as Coroner Hoffman doubted the manner of death. A target rifle with a broken ejector and defective cartridges were found in the basement. the husband said she had been at target practice and she may have accidentally shot herself. Body permission granted to be taken to Fort Madison Iowa. Also brief items report Machinists strike in San Francisco Bay shipyards ending after workers return and 209 Germans arrested in Barcelona and Seville for rioting.
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Chicago
Emmaline A. Black
Hoffman
Fort Madison
Iowa
Black
Bill 10 Bill Provides Soldier Relief in Illinois
Springfield April 4 The house appropriations committee reported a favorable recommendation for Representative Edwin C Perkins bill to appropriate a half million dollars for relief of Illinois soldiers and sailors. No soldier or sailor would receive more than 50. Amendments extend relief to dependents of needy soldiers and create a three member commission the governor secretary of state and adjutant general to administer funds. The bill carries an emergency clause effective immediately on receiving 102 votes in the house and two thirds in the senate. Also the house elections committee dismissed by a three to two vote the election contest case of Thomas P Devereux challenging Maher Mitchell and Bippus for ten seats in the twenty first district. The panel ruled insufficient proof. Legislators left for a recess ending 10 am next Tuesday.
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Springfield
House Appropriations Committee
Edwin C. Perkins
Lincoln
Illinois
House
Senate
House Elections Committee
Thomas P. Deevreux
Chicago
Maher
Mitchell
Bippus
Twenty-First
Devereux
Stuttgart And Ruhr Strikes Are Checked
Berlin reports from Stuttgart and the Ruhr indicate government action, troops, and martial law halted the uprisings. Esslingen saw limited violence after Spartacist pickets surrendered. many strikers were non residents, underscoring political aims. Ruhr mines under union and socialist control remained open where they dominated.
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Berlin
Stuttgart
Ruhr
Esslingen
Spartacans
Missouri to Tax Billboards Under New Revenue Plan
Jefferson City April 4 The senate amended the child labor code allowing boys over eleven to sell newspapers and removing penalties for violators while cutting girls street selling age from eighteen to fifteen. A state billboard tax is projected to raise 300000 to 400000 annually with a one half cent per square foot levy on four square feet or more locations.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Indictment Charges Judges and Clerks in Defacing Ballots
An indictment returned in Chicago names five judges and clerks of election in the first ward precinct for defacing ballots in the February primary. It also names a Democratic precinct captain. The case ties to the ward’s Hinky Dink Kenna and Bathhouse John Coughlin and to Thomas Carey’s supporters who opposed Robert M. Sweitzer. The grand jury was continued for further investigation.
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Chicago
Michael
Hinky Dink
Kenna
John J
Bathhouse
John) Coughlin
Thomas Carey
Robert M. Sweitzer
William Hale Thompson
Reducing Mortality From Typhoid Fever
Chicago April 4 A gratifying reduction in mortality from typhoid fever is shown in the seventh annual survey of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The survey covers every city in the country with populations of 10000 or more. The nine largest cities, including Chicago Boston Philadelphia New York Cleveland Detroit and Baltimore, show the lowest rates yet reported in their sanitary history.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Baltimore
Foch Delivers Terms To Erzberger In Spa Conference
Marshal Foch in Spa conferred in his private car at 9 30 with German armistice head Erzberger for 40 minutes on entente decisions. Erzberger, moved, returned to train after the talks, following a later session with Hammerstein and advisers. The crowd hailed Foch in Spa.
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Spa
Havas
Marshal Foch
Mathias Erzberger
Weygand
Erzberger
Baron von Hammerstein
Pershing Ordered To Release Men As 50,000 Volunteers Enlist
Washington April 4 war department directs Gen. Pershing to discharge meritorious soldiers as 50,000 volunteers are enlisted to replace departees. Detachments of 1,000 will be sent to occupation forces with equal number returned for discharge among those with strong dependents and circ 77 classifications. Volunteers to form provisional companies at Camp Meade Md for overseas deployment.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Army of Occupation
United States
Goldier
Camp Meade
General Miles Warns on Bolshevik Spread in US
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles urged drastic federal action to curb Bolshevik influence in the United States. Speaking before the Loyal Legion in Washington he warned the nation faces revolution and anarchy without steps to stop free speech that breathes red peril. He said returning soldiers could help check Bolshevism and defend the government from insurgent forces.
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Washington
Congress
Nelson A. Miles
Loyal Legion
Miles
Army of America
Anti Flu Remedy Seized Amid Fraud Prosecution
Seizure actions started Thursday to take 200 bottles of Wilson's Anti Flu Solution labeled as a preventive and remedy for flu, shipped from Cincinnati to a Chicago wholesale drug concern violated the food and drug act. Government charges the solution lacks ingredients effective against influenza.
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Cuicago
Cincinnati
Chisago
Principal Covenant Changes in New League Covenant
A draft outlines that any member may withdraw on two years notice after fulfilling obligations. Disputes between nations will be judged by the executive council, with cases within domestic jurisdiction refused. The council may publish facts and recommendations by majority vote if not settled.
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League
Executive Council
Records of 2 Army Convictions
War department released records of two more murder trials of soldiers. Private Ernest Krutchfield of the 365th Infantry killed Sergeant Frederick Carroll at La Voivre France on Sept 4 1918 and was sentenced to hang, later commuted to life by General Pershing. Private George Davis, a Black soldier, killed Charlie Jackson at Newport News Va on Aug 20 1918 and was sentenced to hang, later commuted to 20 years confinement by President Wilson.
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Washington
War Department
Ernest Krutchfield
365Th Infantry
Frederick Carroll
la Voivre
France
Pershing
George Davis
Newport News
Charlie Jackson
Wilson
Want Labor Shifted Into Jobs That Suit
CHICAGO April 4 An economic re adjustment of Chicago working forces was proposed by Benjamin Rosenthal to shift employees unsuited for present work into fitting jobs. He originated the plan before war for men over 45 and noted Chicago employers adopted it. Rosenthal urged industrial education for civilian cripples, akin to government programs for war maimed men. The Chicago Business Men's Durational Guidance Service was formed to ensure returning soldiers get suitable jobs.
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Chicago
Benjamin Rosenthal
United States
Rosenthal
Chicago Business Men
London Trade Union Demands Presented
London April 4. Trades Unions congress adopts by acclamation a resolution calling for withdrawal of British troops from Russia the lifting of the blockade and abolition of the military bill. Robert Smillie leading miners vows to strike for removal of conscription and blockade relief. Churchill announces government plan to free conscientious objectors with two years served.
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London
Russia
Trades Unions Congress
Robert Smillie
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Five Bandits Killed By Cavalry Troopers
MARFA Texas April 4 Five of the nine bandits belonging to the famous Chico Cano gang were killed by eighth cavalry troops on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande after Cano's gang crossed to the American side Tuesday night raiding a ranch and driving off cattle horses and mules. When the troops of Captains Matlack and Broadhead returned from Mexico they brought Cano's crates saddles belonging to the Mexican bandits and a quantity of arms ammunition and supplies.
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Marfa
Texas
Chico Cano
Rio Grande
Cano
Matlack
Broadhead
Mexico
Exoneration of Dr Virden by Welfare Investigation Panel
Springfield April 4 Doctor Charles Virden state welfare department official was exonerated of accusations he placed children in unfit homes and took payments for legal services. The charges were brought by the Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago. An investigating commission of Judge B. R. Burroughs Doctor Clara Hayes and J E McClure found no wrongdoing.
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Springfield
Charles Virden
Department of Public Welfare
Investigating Commission
Virden
Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago
B. R. Burroughs
Edwardsville
Welfare Commission
Clara Hayes
Geneva School For Girls
J. E. McClure
California Senate Debates Exclusion Report Denies Inman Bill
In Sacramento on April 4 the senate rules committee recommended denying Senator Inman’s bid to outlaw Japanese lease of agricultural land in California as inadvisable. A resolution to defer action until American delegates at the peace conference could be consulted was adopted. The foreign relations committee then endorsed the resolution urging the American delegation at the peace conference to oppose the immigration proposal.
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Sacramento
Calif
Senate Rules Committee
Inman
California
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nebraska Executive Asks Details On Deranged Soldiers
Lincoln April 4 Governor Samuel R McKelvie said Secretary of War Baker asked for exact data on mentally deranged soldiers discharged from military service and returned to Nebraska hospitals. Baker indicated an inquiry would follow once details are supplied. The War Department policy favors keeping such soldiers in military hospitals as long as treatment is needed or until transfer to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance.
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Lincoln, Neb
Samuel R. McKelvie
Baker
Nebraska
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Labor Party Plans Participation in Illinois Conventions
CHICAGO April 4 The new labor party that ran in Tuesday’s municipal election will take part in the Illinois constitutional convention and its leaders discussed plans for the state convention at Springfield set for April 10. Immediate merger with the non partisan league movement in Illinois was considered and plans were made to establish cooperative stores for union labor benefits statewide. A C Townley, president of the Non Partisan League, is expected to attend the state convention.
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Chicago
New Labor Party
Springfield
Typ Mnois
A.C. Townley
Nonpartisan League
Peace talks falter as ten days of talks yield little
April recordings from Paris report Wilson and premiers Lloyd George Clemenceau and Orlando continuing discussions at the president's residence. Despite a second wave of apprehension, no tangible results emerge from the council of four after ten days of meetings. Behind the scenes, experts flag tough issues on Germany's western frontier and reparations while seeking a middle ground on Rhine security and Belgians' and French claims. King Albert visits Colonel House as Belgium presses frontier concerns and Brussels as league seat competes with Geneva offers.
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Paris
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Orlando
Uve
Co’ncil
Council of Four
Germany
Poli
Rhine
Alsace- Lorraine
Belgium
France
A i
Charles H. H America
Viscount Morley
Bri
Edward M. House
Danzig
Sacre Valley
Albert
Coronel House
Colonel House
Brussels
League of Nations
Geneva
League
Metal workers strike disrupts Berlin factories
About 150,000 metal workers began a strike in Berlin. A Telegraph dispatch from Berlin said the stoppage extended to Wadnen by evening, signaling broad industrial action and potential economic disruption.
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London
Berlin
Wadnen
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