Belgium to join French Frankfort occupation noted
Coblenz reports a Belgian battalion will join French forces to mark Belgium's cooperation in occupying Frankfort. Paris says Germany warns France over Frankfort incidents. Britain advised not to attend ambassadors conference if France acts alone in German affairs.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Belgium
Frankfort
Frankort
Paris
von Mayer
Miller
Germany
France
Paul Cambon
London
Great Britain
Ruhr
Berlin
Strasburg
Rhine
Pertinax
Echo de Paris
Slicker Thieves To Deal With Since Dry Law Came Into Force
Pittsburgh police say Prohibition shifted crime from liquor related acts to smarter organized theft. Chief Edenburn notes criminals now plan big jobs with sharper wits and that crime overall shows no drop. detection demands level headed, quick thinking officers. Prohibition did not curb crime. crooks now operate with scientific methods and frequent saloons after acts.
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Pittsburg
Edenburn
Pittsburgh
Young Physician Has Bonanza In Dry Law
Chicago April 10 Cap tain Hubert Howard prohibition enforcement officer for Illinois describes a medical school graduate climbing from a scanty income to an assured monthly range of 100 to 500 dollars as national prohibition persists Doctors in Chicago are charging one to five dollars for government liquor prescription blanks amid the dry law era.
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Chicago
Hubert Howard
Illinois
Roents
Howard
France and Germany clash over Rhine occupation
Germany protests to France against the occupation of Frankfort and other territory on the right bank of the Rhine. The note says any treaty violation must be redressed by all Allied signatories, not by one acting alone.
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Germany
France
Frankfort
Rhine
State Tax Rate Cut Highlighted by Minors Tax Commission
Springfield April 10 Frank F Noleman chairman of the Minors Tax Commission says state taxes are 20 percent lower than 1918 and 33 percent lower than 1917 though local tax rates rose in many communities. He notes taxpayers must examine receipts to see how total taxes are composed and explains local officials fix county road township and school taxes while the state reduces its share.
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Springfield
Frank F. Noleman
The
Minors Tax Commission
Mr. Noleman
Illinois
State Tax Commission
Focal Tax Collecting
Lowden Urges National Budget System in Address
CHICAGO April 10 A plea for a national budget system was made by Governor Frank O Lowden of Illinois, a Republican presidential candidate. He urged creating a dedicated department to save money, draft the annual budget, and supervise expenditures across government to curb rising costs.
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Chicago
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
Senate Shelves Compulsory Military Training Plan
In Washington on April un, the Senate voted 46 to 9 to substitute voluntary training for compulsory. The House bill omits training provisions, so enforced training will not reach the conferees. Advocates of compulsion fought to retain the plan, while Frelinghuysen chaired the substitution effort for voluntary four month trainings yearly.
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Washington
Rotary
Senate
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Wadsworth
Military Committee
Organized Reserve
Chamberlain
Oregon
Wilson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
McKellar
Outlaws Fight In Chicago and Across Illinois Rail Strike
Illinois strike waves spread from Chicago to Bloomington Springfield and Cleveland as yardmen switchmen and rail workers walk off. Union leaders and organizers surge amid embargoes and threatened mine and steel plant effects.
Robber Netted Sub-$100 Loot on Mail Car Raid
Kansas City April 10 Postal officials said a thief who rifled the mail car of an Aitchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train at Henrietta Missouri secured less than one hundred dollars. Some liberty bonds were badly slashed, hindering forwarding to rightful addresses. authorities continued their search.
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Kansas City
Henrietta
Census reveals population surges in several cities
The 1920 census figures released by the Census Bureau show Portland Maine with 69,196 residents, up 10,626 or 18.1 percent since 1910, Biddeford Maine at 13,000 up 925 or 54 percent, Quincy Massachusetts at 47,611 up 14,604 or 45.9 percent, and Lancaster Ohio at 14,706 up 1,818 or 123 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Portland
Biddeford
Quincy
Mass
Lancaster
Ohio
Strike Disrupts Rail Traffic Across Regions
Nationwide disruption from a major rail strike effects 23 railroads in Toledo idle 4 000 workers and embargoes in St Louis Kansas City and Chicago. California and transcontinental lines report strikes while packing plants use trucks. Gary Indiana mills idle 12 000 workers as coal dwindles and Joliet switchmen refuse to walk out.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago and Alton
Baltimore and Ohio
Wabash
Chicago
Indianapoli and Western
Peoria
St. Louis
Illinois Central
Toledo
Ohio
Youngstown
Steel Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Yardmen's Association
New York
East St. Louis
Madison
Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railway
Southwest
New Orleans
California
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Valley Junction
Rock Island
Des Moines
Chicago Association of Commerce
Gary
Ind
Elgin, Joliet
Eastern
Joliet
Rail Strike Aims at Unions Says Leaders Split Vote
A four-chief statement from the presidents of the Order Railroad Conductors, Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men accuses a Chicago based group of starting the switchmen strike to destroy the two unions. They claim the wage demands were added to mislead yardmen and promote a one big union idea. They warn no wage settlement while legal action proceeds and urge strict adherence to existing contracts with penalties for illegal strikes.
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Chicago
A. F. Whitney
Cavterhood
Chicago and Northwestern
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
New York
New Jersey
Cleveland
Ohio
Big Transportation Brotherhoods
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Switchmen's Union of Nort America
Brotherhood of Railroad
United States
Legai
L. E. Sheppard
Ww. G. Lee
Brotherhood Railroad
Ww. S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. H. Carter
President
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Federal judge halts cases on profiteers in Colorado
In Pueblo on April 10 federal Judge Lewis signed injunction orders prohibiting United States Attorney Teron from presenting evidence of alleged profiteering to the federal grand jury now in session. The injunctions were sought by merchants from Denver and by three Colorado coal companies.
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Pueblo
Colo
Federaludge
Lewis
United States
Teron
Federal Grand Jury
Denver
Colorado
Railway clerks of Chicago press for wage scale
Chicago April 9 heads say 260 clerks will resign rather than strike if the Chicago and Northwestern does not adopt a standard wage scale. Employers were given five days to answer.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Illinois Representives Vote On Peace Senate Resolution
The Illinois Iowa and Michigan delegations vote on the Senate Peace Resolution. Republicans listed for adoption include Yates McKinley Mason Madden Wilson Britten Chindblom Copley Fuller McKenzie Graham King Ireland Smith Cannon Wheeler Brooks Hull Sweet Hangen Good Rams eyer Dowell Dickinson Towner Green Bosses Micheners Smith Napes Crampton Fordney McLauglin Burrie Scott James Nichols. Democrats Henry T Rainey John W Rainey McAndrews Juul Gallagher Doremus Republican Kelly Michigan. Paired votes show Denison for Garrett against Mann for Robinson North Carolina against Rodenberg for Bell Kennedy for with Smith wick against Williams for Hefling against.
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Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Senate
Yates
McKinley
Mason
Madden
Wilson
Britten
Chindblom
Copley Fuller
McKenzie
Graham
King
Ireland
Smith Cannon
Wheeler
Brooks
Hull
Sweet
Hangen
Good
Ramseyer
Dowell
Dickinson
Towner
Green
Micheners
Smith Napes
Crampton
Fordney
McLauglin
Burrie
Scott
James
Smithwick
Williams
Hefling
Wood Pleads For Higher Teacher Pay in Speech
ROCKFORD IL April 10 General Leonard Wood Republican presidential hopeful urged higher salaries for teachers in a Friday night address. He said current teacher pay is shameful, often lower than scrub workers, noting 200000 classrooms were vacant last year due to weak pay and urging a raise to attract the best minds to education.
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Rockford
Leonard Wood
Wood
Miners Leader Howat Jail Order Shocks Union
In Pittsburg Kansas on April 10 Alexander M Howat president of district 14 United Mine Workers and three district officials were jailed by District Judge A J Curran for contempt of court. They refuse to testify before the Kansas industrial relations court and await a bond or further action. Also jailed were August Deorchy Thomas Harvey and Robert Foster. Subpoenas had been issued for mine officials and leaders as the court began its proceedings.
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Pittsburgh
Kansas
Alexander M. Howat
District 14
United Mine Workers of America
A. J. Curran
New Kansas Industrial Relations Court
Howat
Girard
Curran
Industrial Relations Court
State Supreme Court
August Deorchy
Thomas Harvey
Robert Foster
Hopkins
Industrial Court
Illinois levee break floods Muscatine lands near river
The Illinois levee broke about a mile above the high bridge over the Mississippi at Muscatine. By 10 am Friday it had flooded 7,000 acres, with 40,000 more at risk below the district. The event may yield a 2 mile by 20 mile lake, widening to 300 feet at 7 am. Hundreds relocated to avert loss of life, with farmers facing a roughly quarter million dollars in damages. The break is expected to spare South Muscatine from further inundation by lowering downstream rise.
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Muscatine. In
Illnois
Mississippi River
Illinois
South Muscatine
Fiume Strike Ends as Work Resumes in Triest
April 9 reports a general strike at Fiume being settled and work resuming. The national council granted all striker demands with Gabriele D Annunzio interceding and advising the action.
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Fiume
Triest
National Council
Gabriele D.annunzio
House votes to end war with Germany and repeal wartime acts
Washington April 10 The Republican led House adopted a joint resolution ending the state of war with Germany and repealing wartime acts by a 242 to 150 vote with 2 present. Democratic support included 22 Dems. two Republicans opposed. The measure now goes to the Senate after a two day, partisan debate.
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Washington
Germany
J's House
Senate
House
Representative Flood
Virginia
Foreign Affairs Committee
Porter
Clark
Kitchin
North Carolina
Mendell
Mondell
Wilson
Longworth
Ohio
League of Nations
Representative Kelly
Michigan
Huddieston
Alabama
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Decatur
Yardmen’s Association
John Gruma
Frank Eileen
B. of R. T
Bloomington
Chicago and Alton Road
Alton
Slater and
Roadhouse
Western General Manager’s Association
Chicago Yards
MAXL
Muscatine
Ashbrook
Caldwell
Dooling
Cullen
Gallivan
Ganeley
Goldfogle
Huddleston
McKinniry
McLane
Mahr
O'Connell
O'Connor
Pell
Hamill
Olney
Sherwood
Sullivan
Tague
Carew
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Nevada
Mead
Fuller
Massachusetts
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