Rebels mobilize to march on Mexico City from Guerrero
Rebel forces in Guerrero plan to join Sinaloa and Sonora troops moving toward Mazatlan and Mexico City as General P Elias Calles leads the liberal constitutionalist army. Observers warn of rail closures and further revolts across Jalisco Michoacan and Tamaulipas amid Carranza loyalist unrest.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Mexico City
Guerrero
P. Elias Calles
Sinaloa
Angel Flores
Mazatlan
Nayarit
Jalisco
Colima
Michocan
Carranza
Obregon
Alvaro Obregon
el Paso
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
United States
Felipe del Arco
del Arco
Calles
Manuel M. Dieguez
Bulletin
Francisco Marina
Tamulipas
Flores
Candidates Give Views On Planks Of Farm Platform
Washington April 28 Presidential hopefuls answered the national farm organizations questionnaire endorsing cooperative bargaining improved rural credits and national conservation. Lowden Hoover Wood Owen Gerard Lenroot Sproul deliver varied support and caveats on war debt taxation and party candidacy.
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Washington
National Board of Farm Organizations
Frank O. Lowden
Owen
James E. Gerard
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Leonard Wood
Lowden
Hoover
Wood
Lenroot
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Seeking Third Suspect In Death Of Girl Found Murdered
Pontiac reports two men detained in Miss Vera Schneider death. Police pursue a third suspect, a persistent suitor seen in Pontiac Saturday, then vanished. Prosecutor Gillespie notes Alfred Webb may be freed after an apparent alibi.
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Pontiac
Mid
Vera Schneider
Oakland
Charles Holtzmann
Wrestler Sues Circus For 100000 Damages
Marin Piestina, a professional wrestler, filed suit in Countil Bluffs against the Yankee Robinson circus management seeking 100000 damages. He says the show advertised him as an attraction but he is not under contract and another wrestler is used under his name.
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Countil Bluffs
Marin Piestina
Yankee Robinson Circus
Prestina
Man Who Killed His Granddaughter Insane
Stewart C. Moon, 76, charged with the murder of his 10 year old granddaughter, was pronounced insane by a jury in Muskegon circuit court after six physicians testified for the prosecution. He likely faces commitment to the asylum for the criminally insane.
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Muskegon
Mich
Stewart C. Moon
New Adams County Sanatorium Open For Public Inspection
J Witt Wall announced the new Adams County tuberculosis sanatorium will be open for public inspection Friday Saturday and Sunday with patients admitted Monday The board named Dr Harry Worthington of Oak Park Illinois as resident physician and he will begin in Quincy Monday Every prospective patient will be examined by Dr Worthington before admission Quincyans are invited to visit the sanatorium Friday to Sunday The grounds lack polish but a board walk has been built and care will follow spring weather
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J. Witt Wall
Adams County
Harry Worthington
Oak Park
Quincy
Worthington
Wall
State Street
Post Under Fire By Committee on Serious Charges
Washington April 28 lawmakers allege illegal acts by Louis F Post assistant secretary of labor that blocked deportations of alleged radicals. Investigators cited 300 cases where Post canceled or delayed deportations, with critics accusing him of abusing authority and bringing deportation law into disrepute. A preliminary rules committee inquiry prep begins with possible removal motion.
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Washington
Louis F. Post
Department of Labor
House
Rules Committee
Wilson
Rodenburg
Illinois
Post
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Siegel
New York
Tincher
Kansas
Hoch
Communist Party
Mr. Post
Amundsen Near Nome After North Pole Quest
Roald Amundsen, who set out two years ago to reach the North Pole, is returning to Nome Alaska according to a message received by the navy radio station at Cordova from Anadyr Siberia. He arrived at Anadyr last week from his ship the Maud which is ice bound near the mouth of the Kolyma river and left soon after. From Nome he will go to Seattle under his present plans.
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Washington
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Nome
Alaska
Navy
Cordova
Anadyr
Siberia
Amundsen
Maud
Kolyma River
Seattle
Police Surrender To Irish Mob After Siege at Barracks
Ballyander police barracks in County Limerick surrendered to about one hundred attackers after a three hour siege. The raiders seized arms ammunition and bicycles, set the barracks on fire, and wounded three policemen and one attacker.
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Tipperary
Ireland
Ballyander
County Limerick
Club Sandwiches At Fifty Cents Indicted
CHATTANOOGA Tenn April 28 Charged with profiteering by selling club sandwiches at 50 cents each or for more than 20 cents profit and another proprietor indicted for selling milk at 15 cents a glass or 11 cents profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charge Mrs Pankhurst Aided The Bolsheviks
Documents claimed to be signed by Sylvia Pankhurst James Gordon and Clara Zelof promising help to spread Bolshevik propaganda were found in the possession of three communist couriers arrested in Letvia The State Department was advised.
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Washington
Sylvia Pankhurst
James Gordon
Clara Zelof
Letvia
State Department
Prisoner Reenters Joliet Penitentiary by Climbing Wall
Robert Needham a 26 year old parolee from Whiteside county on burglary charges scaled the Joliet prison walls Monday night and was found inside the stockade Tuesday. Officials call it the first case of a convict climbing back into the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needham
Navy Row Up Again in Senate
Senate naval investigation hearings feature Rear Admiral J S Mc Kean criticizing Rear Admiral Sims and clashing with Chairman Hale and Senator Trammell over personalities. Pratt testimony precedes the exchange as McKean defends Sims and deflects accusations against Secretary Daniels and naval leadership.
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NAVY
Senate
Washington
Sims
Senate Naval Investigation Committee
J. S. McKean
Naval Operations
Hale
Trammell Democrat
Florida
Admiral McKean
W. V. Pratt
Secretary Daniels
Sim
Death Penalty Given in Murder Case in Indiana
William Ray a 19 year old colored man was sentenced to die by electric chair August 5 at the Indiana state prison Michigan City after a guilty verdict for first degree murder. He killed 14 year old Martha Huff, a white girl, on April 9. The law requires a 100 day wait before execution. Ray will be the first to die in the state electric chair, exact 108 days after the crime.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Ray
Indiana State Prison
Michigan City
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Pay
Martha Huff
Indiana
Ray
Flour prices rise to record high in Minneapolis market
Flour ads advanced 50 cents a barrel at the Minneapolis market on Tuesday the largest single rise this year and the highest price yet reached. Standard grade flour in 98 pound cotton sacks sold at 15.50 per barrel in car lots due to the high wheat market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
The Whig Drops Pages And Features Amid Paper Shortage
Port Huron Mich paper announces drastic conservation measures due to severe newsprint shortage. The Whig reduces pages to six and omits nearly all advertising to preserve space for essential news and features. Readers are asked for patience as restrictions stay in place until supply improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Whig
Tax Plans for Soldier Bonus Spark House Debate
Washington April 28 Congress battled over funding for soldier relief legislation with Republicans touting a retroactive war profits tax proposed by 75 insurgents while Democrats and insurgent Republicans backed a sales tax and other plans. Longworth criticized a fivefold mix of taxes including stock transactions and higher tobacco incomes and real estate levies.
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Washington
House
Johnson
South Dakota
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Green
Iowa
Longworth
Ohio
Stock Exchange
Army
Navy
Representative Frear
Republican
Wisconsin
Senate Refines Naval Appropriation Bill For Passage
The Senate fast tracked the annual naval appropriation, approving about 464.9 million dollars versus 424.5 million in the House. Key items include 25 million for naval aviation and a 1 million initial grant for a San Francisco Bay naval base. Senator Lodge and Chairman Page stressed Pacific defense needs amid quick, minimal debate.
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Washington
Senate
House
Naval Aviation
Naval
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay Base, Items, Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Page
Naval Committee
United States
Pacific
Improved Traffic in Chicago Railways Stirs Hope
Chicago on April 28 saw continued improvement in railroad traffic. The General Managers Association reported switchmen on duty rose by 231 to 2,214, with 1,136 nonstrike workers, 359 new hires, and 709 transfer staff. Indiana Harbor belt and Chicago junction railways ran at about 60 percent, signaling steady gains while insurgent walkouts paused. Local firms kept operating with no coal or material shortages reported by the Chicago Chamber of Commerce.
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Chicago
Railroad General Managers’ Association
Indiana Harbor Belt
Chicago Junction
Chicago Chamber 091 Commerce
Major Schroeder Cleared For Flight After Five Mile Drop
Major R. W. Schroeder who set a world altitude record in Dayton Ohio emerged from his five mile drop without ill effects. Major H L Bauer head of the US Army medical research at Mitchel Field reported Schroeder’s heart and organic system in perfect condition and said he can continue flying without danger of disqualification.
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Mineola
N. Y
R. W. Schroeder
Dayton
Ohio
H. L. Bauer
United States Army Medical Research Department
Mitchel Field
Schroeder
Detective Seeks Robber Arrests Own Son
In New Orleans on April 28 Zorecastre Myver a private detective with a city officer waited at a printing office for a suspected thief. The intruder arrived and was seized. The man turned out to be Myver's son. Mercy pleas failed and the son was jailed by his father.
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New Orleans
Zorecastre Myver
Primary returns show Harding leads Wood in Ohio
Ohio reports show Senator Harding ahead of Major-General Leonard Wood by over 11 000 votes with about 78 percent of precincts counted. New Jersey finds Hiram Johnson leading Wood by a slim margin as 75 percent of precincts report. Massachusetts indicates Lodge and others as Republican delegates to the national convention with Frelinghuysen McCall and Fuller close behind.
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Ohio
Harding
Leonard Wood
New Jersey
Hiram Johnson
Wood
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Gillette
Crane
Edward A. Thurston
Fretinghuysen
McCall
Hoover
Fuller
Newark
N. J
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Johnson
Columbus
Chicago
Herrick
Galvin
Willis
Boyd
Turner
Daugherty
United States
Walter E. Edge
Joseph Frelinghusven
William N. Bunton
John W. Griegs
Thomas L. Raymond
Isaac H. Nutter
Sylvester L. Carruthers
Senate Blamed For Failure Of U S To Get Peace Footing
Atlantic City April 28. Daniel C. Roper former internal revenue chief told the chamber of commerce that delays in shifting U S operations to a peace basis are due to states not ratifying the peace treaty. He attacked excess profits law and said war burdens should extend into the future with a league of nations. Joshua W. Alexander secretary of commerce said funds are insufficient and some bureau work will be cut. He urged moving commercial attaches from the state department to commerce.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Chamber of Commerce of
League of Nations
Congress
Joshua W. Alexander
Commerce
State Department
Department of Commerce
Steel Corporation Kings Jump For First Quarter Of 1920
United States Steel Corporation reports for Q1 1920 total earnings of 42,089,019 up from late 1919. Net income reaches 31,323,791 with a surplus of 13,373,085. Regular dividends remain 1.34 percent on preferred and 1.0 percent on common, with no common rate increase expected. January revenues exceeded 14 million, February dipped, March rose to 16,402,895. common stock earned 3.88 in 1920 versus 3.43 in 1919 third quarter.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Iceland Seeks League of Nations Membership
Iceland applies for admission to the League of Nations, noting it became a completely independent state after Denmark granted independence to the island government in December 1918. Other applicants include the Republics of Georgia, San Marino, and Luxembourg.
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Washington
Iceland
League of Nations
Denmark
League
Georgia
San Marino
Luxemberg
Spring Reunion Of Quincy Consistory Opened In Masonic Temple
The annual spring reunion of the Quincy Consistory opened Tuesday morning in the Masonic Temple with a class of more than eighty. Work in the fourth degree followed luncheon by Alpha Chapter Eastern Star. Degrees up to the thirty-second will be conferred by Thursday night. Executive committee includes Bartlett, Breitstadt, Irwin, Stanbury, Sprague, Zoller, Eldred, Mulliner, Inghram, Whipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Masonic Temple
Alpha Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Charles L. Bartlett
John H. Breitstadt
James M. Irwin
William R. Stanbury
William F. Sprague
George Zoller
Samuel W. Eldred
Edward 5. Mulliner
Emmett Howard
John T. Inghram
Alfred A. Whipple
Ohio and New Jersey GOP primary results summarized
In New Jersey early returns show Senator Hiram W. Johnson leading Leonard Wood by under a thousand votes with 1,401 of 2,005 districts counted. Ohio tallies from 3,459 of 5,882 precints place Harding ahead of Wood by about 11,000 with 87,593 to 76,548.
Mail Burned When Plane Crashes To Earth In New Jersey
A postal plane en route from Washington to Newark crashed in fog over the Orange mountains. It struck trees on a hill and burst into flames, burning about three hundred pounds of mail. Wesley L. Smith, the pilot, was only bruised.
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Orange
N. J
Washington
Newark
Orange Mountains
Wesley L. Smith
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Victoranio Huerta
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Mr. Lind
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Naval War College
Pratt
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Admiral Sims
Daniels
U.S
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Cox
McAdoo
Woodman
Cincinnati
Frank B. Willis
Myron T. Florrick
William H. Bord
Cleveland
A Weodman
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Flarding
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Republic of Salvador
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Manual Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
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