New York Strikers Lose Momentum As Rail Service Rises
The New York area railroad strike wanes with improved passenger and freight service on major lines and reduced striker attendance after a Jersey City meeting. Federal grand jury probes begin in New Jersey as 30 subpoenas seek strike leaders. Freight and passenger recovery boosts optimism amid volunteer crews moving record crowds. A telegram urges urgent action to Wilson from the Merchants' Association. A pamphlet drop to Jersey police hints at a larger plan by the strikers.
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New York
Jersey City
Rairoad
J. J. Mantell
Railroad General Managers’ Association
Grand Jury
New Jersey
Trenton
Newark
New York Central
West Shore
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Lackawanna
Erie
Erie and Lackawanna
Jersey
Long Island Railroad
Wilson
Merchants’ Association of New York
Central Revolutionary Council of America
Immense Rum Cargo Buried In Quicksands Of Missouri In 1856
In April 17 Council Bluffs Iowa a report recalls the Elmira steamer of August 1856 that sank in quicksand near Kanesville now Council Bluffs after catching fire. It carried 10,000 gallons of Kentucky whisky valued at about 6,000 in 1836. Since then treasure seekers have tried to locate the cargo as erosion and new river channels moved the wreck.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri River
St. Louis
Svray
Kanesville
Elmira
Wray
Cities Reporting Improvements In Strike Conditions
In St Louis and Baltimore reports dated April 17 describe a marked easing of the railroad strike. Switchmen return to work as embargoes lift. Missouri Pacific accepts south and west shipments and Baltimore and Ohio accepts west of Cincinnati. About 100 of 1200 switchmen back in Baltimore area and roughly 3000 cars moved Friday.
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ST. Louis
Weg
Illinois Central
Burlington
St. Louis Southwestern
Mobile and Ohio
Missouri Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Overall Clubs To Fight High Cost of Clothing
Thousands in New York join the general overalls movement opposing costly attire. From Dewitt Clinton high school to Columbia University and Jamadia high school, students and professionals embrace khaki denim. Local clubs spread from Hot Springs Arkansas to Fort Smith Oklahoma and Chicago suburb Highland Park with judges and mayors leading by donning denims.
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New York
Dewitt Clinton
Columbia University
Jamadia High School
Bronx Businessmen's Club
Women’s Civic Federation
Rotary Club
New Jersey
Asbury Park
N. J
Hot Springs High School
Fort Smith
Ark
Ottawa County Bar Association
Miami
Okla
Keystone Academy
Factoryville
Scranton
Topeka
Kas
Silas Porter
State Supreme Court
Bell Telephone Company
Overall Club
Louisville
George Smith
Highland Park
Chicago
A E. Smith
Senator Sutherland Seeks GOP Nomination
Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. He would expect delegates to honor West Virginia voters, support the most available man, back a convention framed platform, and favor cabinet appointments of capable leaders over mere figureheads. He opposes a ruthless militaristic politics or government.
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Washington
Howard Southerland
West Virginia
Frelinghuysen Proposes Seven and Eight Cent Coins
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey introduced a bill in Washington calling for coinage of seven and eight cent pieces. The measure was referred to the banking committee.
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Washington
Frelinghuysen Republican
New Jersey
Banking Committee
U.S. Policy Blamed For Mex Troubles
Washington reports Henry Lane Wilson urged a Senate committee that the present administration’s Mexican policy has forced US support of Carranza and kept troops on the border. He cited cost and casualties while warning that Carranza’s border maneuver could drag the US into Sonora conflict. Nogales leaders warned such a move risks war and loss of American lives and property.
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Washington
State Department
Carranza
Sonora
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Senate
U. S
el Paso
Douglas Arizona
Mermisillo
Wilson
Mexico City
Taft
United States
Oves
Diaz
William J. Bryan
Department
Nogales
de la Huerta
Arizona
Carranza Long
Iowa Delegation Backs Meredith For President
In Des Moines on April 17 Democrats adopted resolutions to present Edwin T. Meredith as their national convention candidate for president. Claude R. Porter urged Iowa delegates to use influence to back Meredith and push for his nomination. Wilbur Marsh said the delegation would be instructed accordingly.
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Des Moines
Edwin T. Meredith
United States Secrerity of Agriculture
United States
Democrats of the Nation
Meredith
Claude R. Porter
Federal Trade Commission
Iowa
Mr. Meredith
Wilbur Marsh
Ational
Towa
Airplane Flight From Capital To Ottawa In Four Hours
An army air crew flying from Washington D C to Ottawa completed the trip in four hours and two minutes, excluding a planned stop at Ithaca New York. The flight reflects rapid postwar aerial capability and marks a notable endurance test for military aviators.
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Capital
Ottawa
Washington, D. C
United States Army
Ithaca
Madden charges unfair sales of surplus Army goods
Lawmakers accuse war department insiders of steering surplus supplies to favored dealers for 100 to 600 percent profits. Madden claims a inside handover system, urging justice department action while the House approves the $377.25 million military budget and a national guard reduction to 100,000.
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Washington
War Department
House
Madden
Illinois
Kahn
Military Committee
Representative Fields
Kentucky
Department of Justice
Senate
National Guard
Volunteer Specials Aid New York Elevators in Strike
In New York on April 17 volunteer specials ran in elevator shafts as commuters, businesspeople, lawyers, and clerks helped operate lifts during a rail and elevator strike. Belan of the state industrial commission opened mediation while superintendents agreed to arbitration if workers returned promptly. Strikers cite 17,000 missing operators. Belan puts 7,000. Elevators in the Equitable, Woolworth, and other tall buildings were curtailed or halted, with women operators recalled to replace strikers at the agreed wage.
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New York
Wall Street
J.j.belan
State Industrial Commission On Mediation and Arbitration
Woolworth
Equitable
Thomas K. McGill
Iowa Man Named to Head Western Canners
Chicago April 17 E W Virden of Gilman Indiana elected president of the Western Canners association Delegates dismissed topics cost accounting factory efficiency and soil conservation
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Iowa
Chicago
E. W. Virden
Gilman
Western Canners’ Association
Get Rid Of Rats And Mice Ad Promotes Free Booklet
The Quincy Whig urges merchants to fight rats and mice that ruin grain furs silks carpets leather goods and groceries. It claims rats devour ten times what they eat and harm profits. Send name and address with a 12 cent stamp to The Quincy Whig Information Bureau for the free illustrated booklet on practical methods.
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Quincy Whig
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
File Suit To Annul Divorce In Nevada
Minden Nevada April 17 A suit to set aside the divorce decree for Gladys E Moore known as Mary Pickford from Owen E Moore was filed by Nevada attorney general Leonard B Fowler in the states interest. Los Angeles April 17 Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks declined to discuss the Nevada divorce action, saying the matter is proper for counsel and court proceeding only.
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Minden
Nev
Langan
Gladys E. Moore
Mary Pickford
Owen E. Moore
Leonard B. Fowler
Nevada
Mary
Los Angeles
Calif
Douglas Fairbanks
Owen Moore
Sonora Seeks Belligerent Recognition From U S
Sonora plans to appeal to the United States for recognition as a belligerent to block Carranza troops from crossing into U S territory and to permit open trade at boundary ports. Francisco Elias, a Sonoran rebel leader, says U S recognition would not imply U S recognition of Sonora’s government.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
United States
Francisco Elias
Carranza
Mexico
Senor Elias
Nogales
Ariz
Abelardo Rodriguez
Douglas
Rodriguez
Rodriiguez
Juan Jose Rios
Manuel Gamboa
War Department
Theodore Vail Dead in Baltimore at 52
Theodore Newton Vail chairman of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a private car trip from Jekyll Island Georgia Country. He led the company as its president and was a key figure in establishing long distance telephone service and expanding electrical communication.
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Baltimore
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Johns Hopking Hospital
Jeykyll Island
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore Newton Vail
Mr. Vail
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
American Bell Telephone Company
Hunger strikers released from prison in Dublin report
Eleven more hunger strikers were released from Mountjoy prison Dublin on April 16 amid unclear terms. Work proceeded normally and the city remained quiet. An armed train hold up occurred at Kinsale Junction near Cork as six men seized letters to Bandon police station.
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Dublin
Hount Joy
6&C
Kinsale Junction
Cork
Bandon
Kinsale
Rail strike split over radicals questioned by AFL leader
In Washington and Chicago, Frank Morrison of the AFL rejects Attorney General Palmer’s radicals theory of the railway strike. He cites an independent railway executive digest calling it a plain demand for higher pay and notes no revolutionary virus. The Railway Labor Board organizes to address wages as arrests and charters shake the labor scene.
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Washington
Palmer
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
United States
Morrison
Department of Justice
Railway Labor Board
New York
New England
Bodies Of Eleven Russians Found In Stranded Ship
On the yacht Ostara stranded at Sulina at the Danube mouth, eleven Russian men and women were found dead, each shot through the head. The victims were identified as members of the Falzfein and Skadowski families, with 14,000,000 rubles in gold and jewels aboard. Romanian authorities, aided by Russian intermediaries, investigate whether the deaths were suicide or murder.
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Bucharest
Ostara
Sulina
Danube
Black Sea
Palzfein
Skadowski
Six Held In Germany On Conspiracy Charge
Berlin April 16 three Reichswehr officers and three civilians were arrested on conspiracy against the government. Officers Altwater a submarine commander and Captain-Lieutenant Von Wiebauhn recently returned from captivity in England are named among the prisoners. One civilian from Belgrum is said to head the Fraternity of Front Soldiers. Investigation continues and details of the plot are not disclosed.
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Berlin
Reichswehr
Altwater
von Wiebauhn
England
Zeitune Am Mittag
Belgrum
Chicago Produce Dealers Questioned Over Potato Prices
Twenty Chicago produce dealers were summoned to the federal building and questioned by the grand jury as part of a government inquiry into potato pricing. Federal officers indicated large potato carloads sat on Chicago sidings with no excuse for price increases. Prices Friday ranged around seven dollars and fifty cents per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Federal
Grand Jury
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Quicksands
Missouri
H.C.L
Sutherland
U.S
Theodore Vail
Telephone
Board
Bogard
I. W. Wiiso
Leonard Ward
Central Department
Industrial Workers of the World
Wood
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
A. I. Whitney
Brotherhood
Chicago Terminal
Lodge 456
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
John Granac
Outlaw Yardmen’s Union
John Grunau
Harold Reading
United Enginemen’s Association
Martin Kenney
Shannon Jones
John Logan
Hugo Radke
Mason
R. 5
Murphy
Yardmen's Union
Germany
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