Mexican troops move through U.S. territory debate
In Washington on April 18 the Mexican federal army seeks permission to move forces through American land to attack Sonora. Senate deliberations pause as the state department refers the request to the war department and officials deny immediate action. Arizona officials protest any extension of troop movement that could threaten lives and property. In Sonora, General Flores’s forces invade Culican, defeating the Carranza garrison of about 3,500 and taking prisoners as Culican falls near the Sinaloa border.
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Washington
Federal Army
Office
Sonora
Senate
Ceeg
State Department
War Department
Ashurst
Smith
Aizona
Arizona
Knox
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Wilson
Phoenix
Arig
Campbell
Garrinca
Soverign
Agua Prieta
Angel Flores
Culiacan
Sinalog
P. E. Calles
J. M. Pina
Carranza Garrizon
Caranca
Pina
Carranza
Simaloa-Sonora
Allies Scored For Letting Japs Alone
Vladivostok April 1 Associated Press says the provisional government refuses talks until the April 6 protest demanding an apology is answered. Japan asks Russia to order railway workers back. Bitter Allied attacks cite failure to protest Japanese Siberia actions. Americans from Nikolske report similar events. Japanese claim a bridge over the Amur at Khabarovsk blown up. Russians suffer about 200 casualties.
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Associated Press
Vladivostock
Siberia
Nikelsk
Dinero
Amur
Khabarovsk
French Officer Says Fortnight Was Limit
An Associated Press dispatch from Frankfort dated April 16 reports a French officer of the 87th division stating the planned stay is a fortnight. He said the withdrawal Sunday to Wiesbaden and noted that only half the French forces are leaving. He added the timing rests with the Germans and signals no expectation of further trouble.
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Associated Presa
Frankfort
Strike Leader Bonded Watch On Hearing Report
CHIC AGO April 18 Strike leaders restrained and urged not to participate in the ongoing strike movement. Attornay Clyne and service agents who attended meetings reported strike heads and leaders present. If they choose to fight they will have it.
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Sirested
Clyne
Gaya
Beat
Overalls Club Debate Spurs New Price Fight
In Raleigh North Carolina Governor Bickett denounced overall clubs as harmful, urging a 25 percent price drop before buying autos. Representative Upshaw praised cooperation of Ferris and Carter to form an old clothes club as part of the living-cost critique. In El Paso Texas judges will wear overalls while dispensing justice as a county court-house forms an overall club with signups.
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Upshaw
Ferris
Carter Democrats
Oklahoma
Vonnally
Georgia
House
Congress
RALEIGH_N-C
Bickett
R. K
Rambo
EL Paso
Texas
College Students Aid New Yorkers Reaching Top Floors
New York April 18 Hundreds of college students volunteered as strikebreakers to the elevator walkout. NYU announced 45 collegians would report to the Equitable Building Monday if the strike remains unsettled. Athletes given preference. Employers and union officials differ on the number of operators who quit.
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New York
New York University
Equitable
Flores leads 5,000 Sonora troops to capture Culiacan
Aid in battles report General Flores with 5000 Sonora troops seized Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa, from Carranza forces. Troops move toward Mazatlan then Nayriat, aiming to support revolutionaries. hundreds of ex Carranza soldiers join. Sonora forces in Sinaloa under 2500 men. reinforcements dispatched from Hermosillo. Telegrams say Gonzales plans to remove Carranza and install a provisional president to ensure fair elections in July.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Sonora
Angel
Flores
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Hermosillo
Mazatlan
Nayriat
Revolutionary Movement
Caraganza
Carranza
Sai
Jesus Aguirre
Agua Prieta
Mexico City
Gonzales
New Trial Plea Of Michigan Rum Rebels Denied By Judge
In Marquette Michigan on April 48 a federal judge denied a motion for continuances in the Scalcucci brothers liquor case Iron River packing house owners who pleaded not guilty to the liquor charge The defense argued Iron County prosecutor M L McDonough was essential as a witness but the judge ruled the case should proceed and McDonough could be subpoenaed if needed for cross examination
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Marquette
Mich
Scalcucci Brothers
Iron River Packing House
Clarence Sessions
M.L. McDonough
Iron County
L. J. Grove
Whass
A. V. Dalrymple
McDonough
Sessfin
McDonough Agai
Revolt Ends as Cabrera Forces Quit Guatemala City
Reports from Washington and Central America confirm the April surrender of President Estrada Cabrera and his army to unionist forces. Cabrera and staff captured. Fort San Jose and other positions yielded, civilians suffer non fatal casualties, and Guatemalan exiles seek international recognition for the new government.
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Entaty
Cabrera
San Jose
Bistamores
la’ Palma
Erin
Quatema
Herrera
Argand
Prtas
Fort San José
Matamoros
la Palma
Washington
Estrada Cabrera
State Department
Guatemala City
Rera
San Salvador
Guatemala
Revolutionary Army
Fort San Jose
Central America
League “of Nations
Wilcon
Officers of Outlaw Express Body Booked On Conspiracy Charge
Chicago officials report three former Chicago local officers of the outlaw Express Clerks union were booked on conspiracy charges by State’s Attorney Hoyne after leading a March 6 strike. R. E. Sheppard, W. H. Mueller, and Q. O. M. Brown were expelled from the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks for defying a National organization order.
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Outlaw Express
Chicago
Chicago Express Clerks and Freight Handlers Union
Hoyne
Brotherhood of Railway’ and Steamship Clerks
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood
J. J. Forrester
1920 Census Highlights in Several U S Cities
April 1918 census figures show dramatic increases in cities such as New Orleans and Kenmore Ohio with double or triple digit percent gains. Other cities including Madison Indiana Mount Vernon Ohio and Tucson Arizona report varied changes with several declines noted.
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Washington
Muskegon
Mich
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Madison, Ind
Greanaburgs
Braddock
New Philadelphia
Tucson
Marquette
Eureka
Calif
New Orleans
Athens
Georgia
Barberton
Kenmore
Firms Charged With Unfair Competition
Washington April 18 charged with attempting to monopolize the growing and sale of Hawaiian pineapple by Swift and Libby McNeill and Tibby McNeill cited by the federal trade commission for collusion and acquiring stocks contrary to law and policy in a sweeping case against challenged firms involved in pineapple trade and related stock actions
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Washington
Swift
Ghicagg Libby
McNeill
Ghienee
Tee Tibby
Federal’ Trade
Santa Sa
Atock
Plane crash near field claims life of young pilot
Champaign April 18 Joe Welsch 22 of test with his airplane in government train scene fell fifty feet outside the field. He paused to lose control of the machines while returning after taking Colonel Ira Long to Danville. The body will be taken to his home for burial.
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Champaign
Joe ‘Welsch
Ira Longanevker
Danville
Ww Co A Faces Split After Mrs Shepard Resigns
Cleveland April 18 suspense marked the sixth national convention of the YWCA following the resignation of Mrs Finley Shepard formerly Miss Helen Gould from the national board. She opposed the industrial and social program adopted at the meeting, while officials expect further resolutions from board members who disapprove. Financial plans include 3,000,000 to be raised in 1921 for national work and 1,000,000 for other countries. Mrs Shepard, a 14 year board member and charter member since 1906, warned the association risks division and potential undoing as it seeks new constitutional alignment.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Young Women’s ‘Christian Association
Finley Shepard
New York
Helen Gould
National Bard
Lowden Favorite Of Delegates To State Convention In Iowa
Des Moines April 18 Governor Lowden is the choice of most Republican delegates to the April 22 state convention. Reports from 57 of 99 counties show 640 Lowden delegates among 1,042 total, with Blackhawk, Boone, Allamakee, Marshall, Dickinson and Davis counties citing Wood adherents in some cases. Polk county’s 32 delegates instructed for Lowden after a Wood-led fight, while attempts to seat delegates from the floor failed.
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Des Moines
Lowden
Illinois
Atata
Blackhawk
Boone
Allamakee
Marshall
Dickinson
Davis
Wood
Polk County
Irishman Shot Blamed on Police in Dundalk Death
Belfast dispatch reports Thomas Mul holland a Dundalk Urban council employee was shot last night in Dundalk 45 miles northwest of Dublin and died on the way to hospital. He alleged a policeman fired. police deny firing while three officers were attacked by a mob two were knocked down and a third fired three shots. Armed police accompanied judges leaving Belfast for Dublin marking a first on record.
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Belfast
Thomas Mulholland
Dundalk
Dublin
the Assizes
Paris Cherbourg express crash leaves one dead
Paris April 17 one person was killed and 45 injured twelve seriously when the Paris Cherbourg express left the rails near Vermel today. Several cars telescoped in the wreckage and rescue work began at once with survivors taken to nearby stations and hospitals.
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Paris
Vermel
Lost and Found item found soon after ad placed
Lost and Found notice for a pin engraved Lilite Wilson Hurt National No. 186627. Reward offered by Mrs Geo Govert. Phone a460 W. Ad placed under Lost and Found. article found before 8 A M after a phone call. Want Ad charges as low as 50.
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Lilite Wilson Hurt
National
Mra
Geo. Govert
United States Not Sending Envoys to Allied San Remo Meet
United States officials kept silent on whether Washington would send representatives to the San Remo conference as Allied powers gathered for talks to settle Versailles enforcement, Turkish future, and Hungarian treaty terms. British, Italian, and Belgian leaders met with Ambassadors and premiers as plans began to take shape. An American observer was expected to attend in a limited capacity while Dresel traveled via Paris toward the conference.
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Associated Press
San Remo
Italy
United States
Europe
Germany
Turkey
Earl Curzon
Admiral Beatty
Robert Underwood Johnson
Nitti
Llady George
Millerand
Sundway
Johnson
Dresel
Paris
Ellis L. Dresel
U. S
Berlin
South
Judge Orders Miners' Chief In Kansas To Send Men Into Mines
In Pittsburg Kansas April 18 Judge A J Curran extended the temporary restraining order against Alexander Howat president of District 4 requiring him to order miners back to work by April 27 or show cause. The motion claims strikers quit work simultaneously and that the movement targets a Kansas industrial court law to cause a coal production curtailment.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
A. J. Curran
Alexander Howat
Hitchcock Spars Wilson in Nebraska Speech
In Omaha on April 18 Senator Hitchcock attacked William Jennings Bryan as a party wrecker and said Bryan opposed the league of nations covenant. He defended President Wilson, criticized his treatment of senators, and argued for tactful Senate consultation during treaty negotiations.
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Omaha
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Hitchcock
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Senate
Wilson
U. S
Paris
United States
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
ebaRtende
Turkish conspirators in Munich aid Lenin plan
Associated Press reports Talaat Pasha and Djemal Pasha, Turkish nationalist co-conspirators with Mustapha Kemal, have resurfaced in Munich. They met German communists and Lenin emissaries to organize revolutionary movements in Turkey India Egypt Persia and beyond. Moslem delegates from India Persia Afghanistan and Egypt reportedly joined a Moscow conference with Lenin.
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Associated Press
Washington
Talaat Pasha
Djemal Pasha
Mustapha Kemet
Munich
Lenine
Turkey
India
Egypt
Persia
Azerbeijhan
Fghanistan
Moscow
Striking yardmen return as unions claim talks progress
Insurgent yardmen across the country resume work following agreements and promises to preserve seniority rights. In Buffalo district committees representing railroads and unions accepted an immediate return. Philadelphia saw improved rail service as strikers pledged to resume work with no discrimination. Florida East Coast Jacksonville yard workers return while awaiting railroad labor board findings. Pittsburgh reports yardmen moving toward normal operations as traffic improves. Cleveland yardmen, Detroit Michigan Central and Lackawanna crews vote to return, ending disruptions and easing freight paralysis.
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S. E. Heberling
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Chigo
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Florida East Coast Railway
Jacksonville
Railroad Labor Board
Pittsburgh
F. J. O'Rourke
Cleveland Yardmen's Association
Union Station
Toledo
Detroit
Michigan Central
Lackawan Railroad
New York
Lackawanna
Hoboken
Woman 108 Hopes She Is Celebrating Her Last Birthday
Springfield April 18 Regretting another birthday Mrs Mary Antoinette Smith prepares for her 108th birth anniversary She was born on Madeira in 1812 and is the oldest member of probably the oldest family in the United States Five Alves relatives live from 80 to 108 John Alvers 80 Manuel Alves 96 J Figueria 87 J J Alves 83
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Springfield
Ill
Mary Antoinette Smith
Smith
Madeira
United States
Alves
John Alvers
Salt Lake City
Manuel Alves
Jacksonville
J. Figueria
Brooklyn, N. Y
J. J. Alves
Farmingdale Illinois
Government Resigns At Prague After Row
Prague premier Vasti mil Tusar’s government resigned after a 21 hour session of the assembly that dissolved at 6 am. The collapse comes amid discontent over agrarian policy and land reforms, and failure to begin talks with Soviet Russia.
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Prague
Vastimil Tusar
Russia
Kentucky Mob Surrounds Court House Over Kidnapping Suspect
A 300 man mob formed in Danville Kentucky after Lucien Jenkins a black man was arrested and questioned about the kidnapping of seven year old Willie Trimble. The crowd remained outside the Boyle county courthouse guarding all doors at 11 o'clock Saturday night.
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Danville
Lucien Jenkins
Willie Trimble
Boyle County Court House
Wood Warns Mexico Could Face Invasion
Major General Leonard Wood told audiences in Nebraska and Illinois that the United States should warn Mexico to treat American citizens properly or risk an invasion. He spoke in Lincoln and Chicago during a one day Nebraska stay and five speeches.
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Omaha
Neb
Leonard Wood
Chicago
Nebraska
Lincoln
United States
Mexico
New Board Now Ready for Action in Washington
April 18 report on the railroad labor board electing R M Barton of Tennessee as permanent chairman and naming C P Carrithers of Texas as permanent secretary. The board, aiming to adjust wage demands of nearly 2,000,000 railway workers, resumes Monday with A C Wharton expected to join.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
R. M. Barton
Tennessee
C. P. Carrithers
Texas
W. N. Doak
Brotherhood of Railway Trainien
Chicago
Outlaw Union
John Grunau
Brotherhood
Grunau
Yardmens Association
Village Grove
West Franklin
Salem
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
New York
General Managers’ Association
Newark
N. J
Kinley Reelected President of Interparliamentary Group
Representative W B Kinley of Illinois was reelected president of the American group of the interparliamentary union at a meeting Saturday.
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Washington
W. B. Kinley
Ilinois
The
Interparliamentary Union
Balloon lands after 24 hour endurance flight
A balloon labeled as one of three that departed Saturday at 1 25 p m in a 24 hour endurance test landed at Heightatown New Jersey by 8 p m according to a wire report from Rockaway Signal.
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Rockaway
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Bond
Michigan
Rum Rebels
Shepard
Iowa
Kurt Paris
Kentucky
McKinley
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