Labor Demands Stir Texas Men in Chicago Speech
John H. Kirby of Houston declared the AFL dominates Washington, urging cooperation with American farmers amid labor and capital conflicts. In Mineral Wells, Rep Thomas L. Blanton blamed Gompers for draft exemptions and eight hour work rules, warning of Bolshevism and threats to liberty.
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Mineral Wells
Texas
Thomas L. Blanton
Abilene
United States Good Roads Association
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Wilson
McAdoo
United States
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cold Remedy Ad
An aged advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a quick relief for colds. It claims relief from stuffed heads, phlegm, coughing and inflamed airways, urging readiness during cold weather with prices 30c, 60c, and 1.20.
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Dr. Bell
Dr.Bell
Sunday Ciruses Defeat Show Sparks Treasury Reply
Washington April 19 The Sunday observance issue raised by protests against flying circuses and exhibition of moving pictures in connection with the victory loan was met by a treasury decision to leave the question to each community. Local loan committees plan three weeks of campaigning to raise quotas early, with banks urged to subscribe freely and fund the loans from savings.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Bulletin
American killed by bandits in Mexico
New York April 19 Edward L. Dufourck American assistant general manager of the Teziutlan Copper Mine company killed and Orme Gaisman Swiss business manager wounded by Zapatistas who waylaid them at a telephone station four miles from Teziutlan after leaving the mines. Mrs Dufourch said bandits intended to capture them for ransom and that harassment by bandits had followed them for months.
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New York
Edward L. Dunfourck
Teziutlan
Orme Gaisman
Zapatistas
National Associaton
Mexico
Dufourck
Describes Horror Of Turk Near East Rule
New York April 10 withdrawal of the American Red Cross from relief work in Aleppo and districts north of Jerusalem in Asia Minor is announced by John H. Finley. Five hundred tons of supplies valued at 6366705 were turned over to the Armenian and Syrian relief committee. Finley cites Armenian deaths from Aintab and ongoing persecutions by the Turks across Asia Minor.
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New York
American Red Cross
Aleppo
Jerusalem
Asia Minor
American Committee For
John H. Finley
Red Cross
Palestine
Win
Red Crise
Near East
Finley
Aintab
Desers
Blanquet Refuses to Confirm Vera Cruz Slaying
In New York on April 19 the secretary Robert Gayon denies that General Aurellano Blanquet was killed in the last Tuesday clash in Vera Cruz. He says there may have been a mistake about the photographs identified in Mexico City and challenges the slain general claim.
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New York
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Aurellano
Blanquet
Robert Gayon
Cumberland Seeks Willard-Dempsey Bout Here
Cumberland Maryland April 19 The Cumberland Chamber of Commerce received a telegram from the delegation to New York to Tex Rickard asking to bring the Willard Dempsey bout to Cumberland Only Cumberland and one other city remain in the field with all others eliminated
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Cumberland
Cumberland Chamber of Commerce
New York
Texickard
Gardner signs mud road bill amid political pressure
Jefferson City April 19 Governor Gardner signed the mud road bill after yielding to country politicians. It guarantees $7,200,000 to counties for dirt road work while critics argue convicts cannot be used under the law. the governor also had Attorney General McAllister draft a defending opinion and arranged for 1000 copies of the defense to be published.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
Missouri
McAllister
Noah W. Simpson
Public Service Commission
R. Perry Spencer
Commission
State Highway Board
George E. MecIninch
St. Joseph
E. L. Sanford
Springfield
C. O. Raine
Canton
S. L. Pingree
St. Louis
John Malang
Joplin
Friends of Good Roads
United States
McCullough-Morgan
Prison Board
Senate
McCullough
Allow Soldiers Five Cent Mileage To Camp
Travel allowances of five cents a mile to discharged soldiers can be paid only to cover expenses from the point of discharge to the place where he was originally mustered in. A rating to this effect was sent to the war department. If the home distance exceeds the demobilization camp distance, the soldier must claim the difference between the amount spent reaching home and the discharge payment.
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Washington
War Department
Five Children Killed In Indiana School Wagon Crash
At a grade crossing near Kingsbury Indiana a Grand Trunk mail train struck a school wagon. Five children were killed, one more fatally injured and six others severely injured. The wagon was driven by Mrs Wailer Johnson. she and her two young children aboard the driver's seat escaped with light injuries.
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Aporth
Ind
Grand Trunk
Kingsbury
Here
Wailer Johnson
For Sale A Black Mare and Hog Auction Notes
Too late to classify. One black mare eight years old weighs about 1200 pounds good worker anywhere. Includes one set of single driving harness two sons bred inquire N W Cor 8th and Elim a2 For sale about 40 stock hogs weighing about 75 pounds each on farm near Taylor Mo Apply to Loren G C Cox Wells building 33
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N. W. Cor
Elim
Taylor
Loren GC. Cox
Wells Building
Joint Court Martial Plan May Be Invoked To Try Former Kaiser
Associated Press reports that a four nation council plan to prosecute the former German emperor for war responsibility faces objections. The debate splits war responsibility into military and political offenses with proposals for a joint military court martial and a nonessential political tribunal, citing Napoleon as precedent for a broader allied policy.
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Associated Press
Poris
Council of Four
Belgium
Ludendorff
Admiral von Tirpitz
William
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Napoleon
St. Helena
Europe
Wiliam
Bremen Strike Not Postpone Relief Efforts
London April 18 A German wireless dispatch reports the Bremen general strike continues yet food ships will be unloaded. Communists in Munich have fortified approaches to the city with field artillery fixed posts trenches and machine guns. Government troops reach Bachau and contact the defenders. General Merker ordered to dissolve the workmen’s council and form a new government with no resistance expected.
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London
Bremen
Munich
Bachau
Merker
Brunswick
Investigation of Franked Address and Army Camp Bids
Representative Johnson of South Dakota asked Postmaster General Burleson to probe the distribution of 74000 franked letters defending the courts martial system by Col John H H Wigmore. If warranted, he would seek a congressional inquiry when Congress reconvenes. A War Department committee reviews bids for 138 army camps, with awards due after several days pending acting Secretary Crowell’s approval.
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Wasilington
Representative Johnson
South Dakota
Republican
Burleson
John HH. Wigmore
Judge Advocacz General’s Office
Johnson
Pert Office Committee
Congress
Evrywine
Washington
War Department
Crowell
Lift embargo on meat and other foods to Holland and Denmark
War Trade Board announced removal of meat and other foods from rationed exports to Holland and Denmark. Licenses will be issued for butter cheese condensed and powdered milk vegetables and spices to Holland. Imitation ban lifted on vegetables to Denmark. Also protest filed over transfer of American brewing machinery to China by missionaries and natives.
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Washington
Fjolland
Denmark
War Trade Board
Holland
China
Settlement of Cincinnati firemen strike reached
Cincinnati Ohio April 19 the firemen voted to accept mayor John Galvin's terms and be reinstated ending the dispute with city officials
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Settle
Cincinnati
Ohio
John Galvin
Child Cured of Eczema by Resinol Ointment and Soap
Philadelphia report tells of a three month eczema suffering in a baby. After using Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap, the itching ceased by day four and the skin healed, with two jars claimed to have cured the illness. Mrs. Bessie Davis of 1012 South 13th Street provides the endorsement.
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Philadelphia
Bessie Davis
South 13th St. _AMN
Scholars Must Confess Wrong Done by State
New York April 19. An appeal by Nichols Murray Butler urges German scholars to acknowledge and repent for the war crimes attributed to Germany before German scholarship and science are rehabilitated in France England and America. He cites 31 offenses including enslavement of women hostage killings starvation and destruction to demand contrition.
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New York
France
England
America
Nichols Murray Butler
Columbia University
University of Strasbourg
Butler
University of Upsala
Sweden
University of Leipsig
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg Academy
University of
Louvain
United States
Germany
Bolshevik Agents Sentenced in Bucharest Court Martial
Four Bolsheviki agents arrested in Bucharest were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment by a court martial. Trials of other Bolshevik agents and persons accused of circulating enemy propaganda will continue.
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Bucharest
Canadian Pacific Seeks Parliament Approval to Operate Aircraft
Ottawa April 18 The Canadian Pacific railway company will ask Parliament for authorization to operate aircraft between points within or outside the Dominion as it may find desirable.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Pariament
Dominion
Call Conference Of Mexican Revolters Near 1919
A Villa agent in El Paso announced a call for all Mexican revolutionary chieftains to meet in Nuevo Leon in May 1919. The manifesto seeks to unite factions, plan a campaign, and name a provisional revolutionary president with a chief commander to direct the effort.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Villa
Francisco Villa
San Antonio
New York
Los Angeles
Nuevo Leon
Ciudad de Aramberri
Dr Samuel Black Elected President of Washington and Jefferson
Dr Samuel Chiles Black of Toledo a Presbyterian minister lecturer writer and former U S army major was elected president of Washington and Jefferson college He is a native of Montivello Iowa and has served pastorates in Illinois Colorado and Ohio.
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Washington
Fpenn
Samuel Chiles Black
Toledo
United States Army
Washington and Jefferson College
Montivello
Iowa
Ilinois
Colorado
Ohio
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