Sonora forces seize towns in border uprising
Associated Press reporting from Aguaprieta Sonora says military forces of the new Republic of Sonora crossed into Sinaloa captured two towns and advance toward Culiacon the Sinaloa capital. Yaqui troops and other Sonora forces reportedly amount to over 3000 with reports of six states joining the movement. Carranza plans to send thousands to quell the revolt. All Sonora under military rule saloons closed and border passport policy tightened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Auga Prieta
Sonora
New “Republic of
Sinaloa
Culiacon
Carranza
Mexico
el Fuerza
Sinaloa-Sonora
San Blas
Michoacan
Morlos
Tamaulipas
Tabasco
Campeche
Jalisco
Cananea
Agua Prieta
Fiere
Pulpito Pass
Carrenna
Hermosillo
Arnulfo Game
San Luis Potosi
Gomez
Calles
Southern Pacific de Mexico
Carranza Consula
United States
Republic
Many Pay Tribute To Late Political Boss
Messages of sympathy from public officials and leaders poured in after the death of Roger S. Sullivan. Funeral services set for Saturday, with attendance from national political figures including Joseph F. Tumulty. In Washington, Representative John Rainey paid tribute, noting Sullivan’s quiet generosity and selfless public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roger, S. Sullivan
Sullivan
Joseph F. Tumulty
Wilson
House
Washington
John W. Rainey
Rainey
Frankie Mason Beats St Louis Boy In Ten Rounds
Fort Wayne Indiana lightweight Frankie Mason defeated St Louis’ Johnnie Asher over ten rounds in Springfield TH April 16. Mason controlled the pace with timely blows while Asher showed speed and kept fighting though bleeding profusely in the later rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Frankie Mason
Fort Wayne
Ind
Johnnie
Babe) Asher
Atncon
St. Louis
Asher
Resolution to impeach Louis F Post introduced in House
Washington April 16 A resolution seeking impeachment of Louis F Post assistant secretary of labor for deportation policy was introduced by Rep Hoch after talks with Republican leaders The measure directs the judiciary committee to probe charges and report if warranted to impeach Post The resolution cites alleged abuse of power and subversion of the government and awaits action by the rules committee The fight against Post has been ongoing with Johnson charging he eased bail for anarchist Paul Bosco and urged transfer of a prisoner at government expense. Democrat Davey accuses Post of blocking Palmer in efforts to rid the country of alien Reds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post
Labor
Ent
Representative Hoch
Kansas
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Immigration Committee
House Rules Committee
House
Rules Committee
Hoch
Immigration ,and Naturalization
Louis F. Post
United States
Committee On the Judiciary
Henee
Paul Bosco
New Orleans
New York
Bosco
Department of Labor
Davey
Palmer
Department of Justice
Troops Quell Row In Kewanee Strike
Quiet returned in Kewanee Illinois after two battalions of the 11th Illinois national guard arrived to disperse strike disturbances at Walworth Manufacturing Company plants. Acting Governor Oglesby said troops would be withdrawn when conditions normalized as crowds of strike sympathizers were dispersed near the factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewanee, Ills
11Th
Illinois National Guard
Walworth Manufacturing Company
Oglesby
Germany braces for plot rumors with Soviet alliance plan
PARIS April 15. The German government will guard government and public buildings, sending for fifteen large tanks and twenty armored cars as rumors spread of a new attempt to overthrow the government to form an alliance with Soviet Russia and declare war on France, via Berlin advices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
France
Berlin
Census figures show population shifts in 1920 data
The report lists increases in several towns including Easton Pennsylvania Poughkeepsie New Jersey Salisburg Nova? Fulton Nevada Harrison New Jersey Kearney New Jersey Ilion New Jersey Oneida New York with percent changes ranging from 8.4 percent to 253 percent and total counts around the tens of thousands, illustrating notable growth in multiple localities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Easton
Poughkeepsie
N. J
Salisburg
N. S
Fulton
Harrison
Kearney
Ilion
Onedia
N.Y
American Woman Kidnapped by Mexicans Near El Paso
EL PASO Tex April 16 Mrs R L Sanford 25 wife of a horse shoer of Fort Bliss was kidnapped by two Mexicans near an El Paso park entrance Wednesday and taken to Juarez where she says she was mistreated by 15 Mexicans Thursday She was abandoned in the street late at night found by police jailed released Thursday crossed the Rio Grande and told her story which is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
R. L. Sanford
U. S.A
Fort ‘Bliss
el Paso Park
Juarez
Sanford
Rio Grande
Union Men To Girard Protest Howat Imprisonment
About a thousand Crawford county union laborers gathered in Girard to protest the imprisonment of Kansas Mine Workers Union president Alexander Howat and three other officials for contempt. Pittsburg unions shut building trades and railway shops. District Judge Curran overruled a new trial bid. attorney Phil H. Callery plans an appeal to the state supreme court. Sheriff Webb of Crawford county resigned amid ouster proceedings pending in the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford County
Girard
Alexander Howat
Kansas Mine Workers Union
Kansas City Southern Railway
Curran
Phil H. Callery
Miners
Callery
Supreme Court
Webb
Howat
Rail Strike Forces NY Magazines to Combine Issues
New York publishers report severe paper shortages caused by railroad strikes. The Periodical Publishers Association says magazines may combine two issues or cut pages to conserve paper, with many leading titles potentially ceasing publication temporarily if conditions persist. John Adams Thayer calls the situation seriously affected as supply remains inadequate and some presses have halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Periodical Publishers’ Association
John Adams Thayer
Form OveraleL Club Opens in East St Louis
An overall club formed in East St Louis with 160 members. Members must wear denim on all days except Sundays as per club rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Rats and Mice Threaten Homes If Unchecked
A United States Biological Survey estimate claims a pair of rats breeding without deaths would yield over 10 billion in three years, with mice nearly as fast. The Quincy Whig urges trapping and killing to prevent food loss and disease, offering a free booklet via the Information Bureau in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Whig
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Chicago Arrests Strike Leaders In Break Of Local Motion
Federal agents arrested 25 leaders of the insurgent railroad switchmen strike in Chicago on Lever Act charges amid 30 warrants. John Grunau and H R Reading among the detainees, bond set at 10000 each for April 24 hearings. Railroads report improved freight and back-to-work trends as more men return to duty. Five warrants remain, with denials of law violations by those in custody. Washington indicated no specific orders, while Kansas City and Milwaukee issued ultimatums for strikers to return by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railroad
Brotherhood
Grunau
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
H. R. Reading
United Enginemen’s Association
Charles F. Clyne
Palmer
Washington
R. S. Murphy
Yardmen's Association
Elmer B. Bidwell
Granaud
Bidwell
Grinau
Reading
Reds
United States
Department of Justice
Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railroad
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Strike Leader Under Arrest Sparks Chicago Rail Protest
John Grunau, hailed as the spark of Chicago’s outlaw railroad strike, allegedly warned F. Whitney and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen of new action if settlement talks failed. Grunau, head of the Chicago Yardmen’s Association, reportedly planned a broader move following his removal as a Chicago train conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grunau
Chicago
A F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Grunau
Chicago Yardmen's Association
Urge Nation To Adopt Forest Policy To Aid Relief Of Paper Woes
New York April 16 Legislation for a national forest policy to aid the paper industry was urged to the American Paper and Pulp Association convention by its forest conservation committee. Recommendations call for annual appropriations totaling up to 4 million for land, surveys, planting, and forestry operations, coordination with state laws, expanded federal holdings, and loans under the farm loan act to promote timber growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Paper and Pulp Association
Committee On Forest Conversation
Longshoremen End Five Week Port Strike
New York April 16 Coastwise longshoremen who had been on strike for five weeks voted at a mass meeting to return to work until wages equal those of deep sea longshoremen. They demanded 80 cents hourly base and 1.20 for overtime plus Sundays and holidays. The 4,000 men against United Fruit Co settled and will return to work. The agreement includes discharge of strike breakers and agrees on wages and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Galveston
United Fruit Company
Riley
Names Of U S Sailors Dead From Preble Tragedy
A navy dispatch from Washington lists the eight sailors who perished when the destroyer Preble's launch accident near Manzanillo Bay Cuba on April 11 took their lives. Fireman James H Maloy Fort Edward New York Lewis B Wales Monroe Louisiana John Ziember New Britain Connecticut and Caronini Carmello Cicangaio Italy Seaman Joseph Pirone Brooklyn Enginman Charles A Klenk Philadelphia Machinist’s Mate Arthur P Larison Chadron Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Preble
Manzanillo Bay
Cuba
James
H. Maloy
Fort Edward
N. Y
Lewis B. Wales
Monroe
John Ziember
New Britain Conn
Italy
Joseph Pirone
Brooklyn
John Alldredge
Evansville
Ind
Ind; Enginman Charles A. Klenk
Philadellhia
Arthur P. Larison
Chadron
Newbraska
New York Roads Send Ultimatum To The Strikers
The Railroad General Managers' Association of New York issued an ultimatum to the Big Four railroad brotherhoods, giving them until noon Saturday to have their men report to work. If ignored, roads would reopen books for 24 hours ending noon Sunday to rehire registered workers. Traffic into New York showed improvement as teamsters and others struck for butter eggs and poultry. Federal agents monitored the strike, traced mail delays, and price fluctuations. Army officials warned of soldiers moving stalled supplies, while anti profiteering squads arrested three wholesale firm managers over Danish butter profit schemes. Bail posted for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Railroad General Managers’ Association of
Big Four
Federal
Governor's Island
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Later Returns Show Increase For Gov Lowden
Chicago reports reveal Governor Frank O Lowden leading over Major General Leonard Wood by 77 183 in Illinois pref erential primary tallies with 5422 of 5600 precincts in. Lowden 237 246 Wood 160 063 Johnson 47496. Cook County 408381. outside Cook 61615. Schuyler county unofficial totals show Lowden 454 to Wood LIS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ilinois
Frank O. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Lowden
Weod
Johnson
Cook County
Women Office Workers Would Wear Overalls
Dallas April 16Women in Texas and Pacific railroad offices asked the district attorney for permission to ban overalls in offices where an overall club has formed. The office force is about 800. City employees petitioned to declare blue overalls the official uniform. Atlanta April 16Four thousand pairs of overalls to be worn to counter high clothing costs will be sold at cost by fair price commissioner John A Manget. About 3,000 men have signed agreements to wear overalls. New York April 16 Jamaca high school students will wear khaki uniforms to curb clothing costs, with material arranged for $1 per garment. Kansas City Kansas April 16 city officials organized an overalls club to protest high clothing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
The
Texas and Pacific Rairoad
City Commission
Atlanta
Kansas City
Kas
St. Louis Strikers Vote To Return To Work
Five thousand striking yardmen in the St. Louis district will resume work once the railroad labor board considers their wage demands. Rev Father Timothy Dempsey urged a return to work pending the board's decision, signaling waning striker resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Railroad Labor Board
Timothy Dempsey
Charley White Defeats Eddie Boehme in Grand Rapids
Charley White of Chicago defeated Eddie Boehme of Milwaukee in the fourth round of a scheduled ten round lightweight bout in Grand Rapids Michigan on Thursday night. White secured a clear win in the early rounds and dominated the mid rounds leading to the finish. Boehme fought hard but could not overcome White’s offense and reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charley White
Chicago
Eddie Boehme
Milwaukee
Senate confirms railway labor board members
Washington April 16 The Senate confirmed by vote the railway labor board nominees and President Wilson called them to meet today to organize at the railway administration headquarters. Administration officials expect the board to curb the outlaw strike and restore order as Attorney General Palmer notes improved conditions but vows continued effort. The Justice Department will canvass strike lists and obtain data from railroads to expose internal organizers while card indexing records of radicals over 60 000 strong will help trace connections to prior activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railway Labor Board
Senate
Wilson
Railway Administration
G. Wallace W. Wagner
Palmer
Department of Justice
United States
Department
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Garvan
Foster Denies Ties to Railway Strikers
W Z Foster, ex-head of the steel strike, denies any involvement with the railroad strike and accuses Attorney General Palmer of courting big business for his presidential campaign. He claims no contact with strikers and says he has been engrossed in steel strike duties, not the rail action. He labels Palmer’s moves as an attempt to undermine strikes and fuel unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
W. Z. Foster
Washington
Palmer
Department of Justice
Big Business
Foster
Igh
Mr. Palmer
Fire Wrecks Large Business Building in Cedar Rapids
Fire gutted the O'Hara Building in Cedar Rapids downtown after breaking out in the basement at six p.m. The blaze was brought under control by midnight, causing an estimated 75,000 dollars in losses and threatening adjacent buildings in the principal business block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
O’hara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wrankie Mason
Kewanee
Germany
United States Biological Survey
U. S
Gov
Schuyler
Rushville
Schuyler County
Lowdon
Wood
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!