KICKS OUT WIRE MEN OVER POSTAL CLASH
Washington dispatch reports that Postmaster General Burleson fired the top executives of the Postal Telegraph and Cable company and appointed A F Adams to take over the system. The action cited failure to follow orders and wage disputes as reasons, with officials vowing to resist. Also noted is an unrelated bankruptcy filing by the WG Borden company in Wisconsin.
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Washington
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Burleson
Postmaster General
Postal Company
Clarence H. Mackay
A. F. Adams
Kansas City Home Telephony Company
General Telephone and Telegraph Operating Board
Adams
New York
W. W. Cook
William J. Deegan
Mackay
Department
Edward Reynolds
Postal
Postal Telegraph Company
Burles
William S Deegan
Deegan
Western Union
Bell Telephone
Baltimore
Larence i. Mackay
Postal Telegraph d ‘Able Company
Army officer backs Baker objectors accusation in protest
Major Frank Knox former Army officer and editor of the Manchester Union states that orders from Secretary Baker restricted handling of conscientious objectors in mobilization camps. He says slackers were protected and that officers felt outraged and should have pursued court martial review. Major Richard B. Foster in Kansas City repeats charges of leniency and accuses Baker of shielding IWW and international socialists.
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Manchester
N. H
Frank Knox
The
Manchester Union
Army
Baker
Dick B. Foster
United States
National Army
Camp Dix
Knox
Secretary of War
War Department
Foster
Kansas City
Richard B. Foster
Major Foster
Pomerene Addresses League Amendment Debate
Senator Pomerene of Ohio spoke at the Cleveland City Club supporting amendment to the League of Nations proposal while willing to back the plan with or without changes. He urged tying peace efforts to the treaty, warned of Bolshevik and German threats, and favored adjusting Section 7 to temper Britain’s voting power.
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Cleveland, Q
League of Nations
Pomerene
Ohio
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cleveland
Lodge
Massachusetts
Knox
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Far East
Germany
Austria
United States
Allied Troops Occupy Large Part of Hungary
London dispatch from Vienna via Copenhagen reports Allied forces have occupied most of Hungary except Budapest and surrounding districts in recent days to suppress Bolshevik plunderers and restore order.
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London
Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Lawmakers accused of gambling in Missouri House
Jefferson City March 23. A resolution by Titles of Shannon county calls for a House investigation into alleged gambling by employees. It also seeks immediate discharge of any found guilty.
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Jefferson City
House of Representatives
Shannon County
Sulley
Villa Plan to Take Northern Mexico Narrowly Fails
EL PASO Tex March 23 Francis co Villa s plans for conquest of northrn Mexico from the Carranza government miscarried when Felippe Angeles staff officers were arrested here and Martin Lopez s ammunition smuggling band was defeated by the federals near La Ascension A Villa manifesto dated March 1 calls old generals to rejoin him promising to restore the 1857 constitution reform the judiciary establish universal suffrage and treat enemies with consideration once conquered
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Mexico
Carranza
Felippe Angeles
Martin Lopez
la Ascension
Villa
Czecho Slavs Too Intelligent for Bolshevism
New York report cites Charles Pergler, the first Czecho Slovak minister to the United States, declaring Bolshevism cannot gain ground in Czecho Slovakia due to low illiteracy and educated workingmen. Pergler notes illiteracy under two percent and asserts Bolshevik leaders fail to benefit workers.
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New York
Czecho-Slovakia Republic
Charles Peryler
United States
League For Political Education
Pergler
Officers Assigned to Fly Across Sea
Washington dispatch notes six navy officers and one Marine assigned to the trans Atlantic section of the office of naval aviation to plan a flight across the Atlantic with a large NC type seaplane. The crew has not yet been selected. weight constraints limit to about five men. Two pilots and two mechanics likely needed. the ship’s commander will be the navigation officer.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
trans-Atlantic
Office
Director of Naval Aviation
Atlantic Ocean
N.C
Navy Department
Naval
Weather Bureau
Reign of Terror on Serbians Report Details Atrocities
Extracts from inquiries by the international commission of inquiry allege a Bulgarian campaign to exterminate Serbians in the Macedonian Morava districts during the war. Reports say civilians were tortured massacred and women especially brutalized with many bodies unburied and priests persecuted.
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Washington
International Commission of Inquiry
Official Information Bureau
Kingdom of Serbs
Macedonian
Morava
Vratsia
Moany
De Valera to be welcomed on Irish homecoming
Dublin announces that President Eamon De Valera will arrive Wednesday evening. The Sinn Fein executive says the Dail Eireann will give a national welcome with a regimented procession. The lord mayor will receive him at Dublin gates and escort him to Mansion House for a message to the Irish people.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Sinn Fein
de Valera
Ireland
Dail Eireann
Mansion House
Ex Kaiser Got Part of Private Fortune
Copenhagen dispatch notes that before the seizure of the former German emperor's private fortune by the government, 600000 marks were remitted to him via Dutch banks. A million marks was placed at his disposal as an advance to buy Dutch land. Legal questions on the disposition of his private property are being investigated by a government committee and Count Hohenzollern representatives, with experts.
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Copenhagen
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Pesereien
Hohenzollern
Ttig
Strike Settlement Predicted For Monday
New York on March 23 Paul Bonvynge counsel for the boat owners association predicted settlement of the New York harbor strike on Monday. He said the strike is in the closing stages while the Marine Workers Affiliation strike committee rejected the owners proposal for a ten hour basis with a liberal wage increase.
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New York
New York Harbor
Paul Bonvynge
Mr. Bonynge
Marine Workers
Enrico Caruso Receives Ovation at 25th Opera Anniversary
New York March 203 celebrates Enrico Caruso at the Metropolitan Opera House in a gala marking his 25 years on the operatic stage with a lasting ovation from the audience and a toast to his career.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Metropolitan Opera House
Radicals applaud plan to “duck the police” in river
In New York a Saturday mass meeting of about 4000 radicals cheered a proposal to duck National Security league agents and US secret service operatives in the East River. Speakers praised Debs and urged unity and sacrifice for a Bolshevist driven cause, while others called for nationwide industrial strife and soviet organization in garment shops amid police raids warnings.
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New York
National Security League
United States
East River
Eugene VV. Debs
Joseph M. Coldwell
Providence
R. I
Coldwell
Debs
Scott Nearing
Irvin St. George Tucker
The
Socialist Party
Deportation cases to be heard on merits under alien anarchist act
Washington March 23 Secretary of Labor Wilson said deportation cases under the alien anarchist act would be considered on their merits before final disposition. The act of October 16, 1918 permits deportation of alien members if they advocate overthrow of the U S government or law, oppose organized government, attack officials, or advocate destruction of property.
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Washington
Wilson
I W. W
United States
Naval Vessels To Be Sent To Alaska
Acting Secretary Roosevelt announced the assignment of naval vessels to Alaskan waters for the summer season. Four submarine chasers with the gunboat Vicksburg as mother ship will leave Puget Sound about April 1 for Juneau to operate until navigation closes. Coast guard cutters Unalga and Bear will operate from about April 20 to October 1. The radio ship Saturn will leave San Francisco about April 15 for an annual cruise visiting Alaska radio stations to repair material relieve personnel and deliver supplies and equipment.
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Washington
Alaskan
Roosevelt
Vicksburg
Puget Sound
Juneau
Coast Guard
Unalga
Bear
Saturn
San Francisco
Search Started For Third Wilkins Will
Nas sau county authorities opened a search of the Wilkins summer home at Long Beach for a third will alleged to exist. The March 23 report states the slain Mrs. Julia Wilkins left about 65,000 to Dr. Walter Wilkins in this will, while an earlier one left him nothing. A woman witness said she heard the couple quarreling hours before the hammer beating death.
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Mineola
N.Y
Nassau County
Julia Wilkins
Walter KK. Wilkins
Wilkins
Long Beach
Snow and Sleet Hit Intermountain Communications
Snow and sleet lashed northern Colorado Wyong western Colorado and southern Colorado and New Mexico disrupting telegraph and telephone services and delaying train schedules across the intermountain region Friday and last Friday night.
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Denver
Colorado
Wyong
New Mexico
Inter-Mountain
Amendments at Wilson led peace conference debate
Paris March 25 amendments safeguarding the Monroe Doctrine and a Japanese proposal for racial equality were debated by the peace conference commission on a league of nations under President Wilson. neutrals proposed thirty amendments, chiefly formal, with the Swiss sovereignty plan drawing attention. The labor and economic commissions discussed final reports and treaty provisions, while Japan denied threats to exit if its claims were not recognized.
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Paris
Peace Conference — Commission
League of Nations
Wilson
Commission
Labor Commission
Peace Conference Commission
Samuel Gompers
The
Labor Bureau
United States
Bureau
Associated Press
Economic Commission
Japan
Fern
Viscount Ishii
New York City
All Nations
Ishii
Debate Over League Plan Tangles Senate Rules
Washington March 23 reports from Paris say plans to entwine the league of nations in the peace treaty sparked senate discussion on procedure. Borah warned majority amendments could let a bare majority revise the league. Poindexter said coercive framing would fail. Consideration of the treaty is expected early in the new session.
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Ashington
Paris
League of Nations
Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
League
Poindexter
United States
Ishii Pleads for Race Discrimination Clause in Covenant
Ambassador Ishii told the Japan Society on March 14 he urged inclusion of a provision to eliminate race discrimination in the proposed League of Nations covenant. He did not threaten to withdraw from the peace conference if the clause is not adopted.
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Ishii
The
Japan Society
League of Nations
Japan
Fifty Percent Federal Employment Offices To Be Kept Running
Washington March 23 John B Densmore director general of the federal employment service said that with state city and private pledges the service can keep at least half its present offices operating until funds for a full staff come through. Without this support the service would be cut to under 20 percent. Around 250 offices besides the 33 already slated would close but many more may stay open to aid returning soldiers and the demobilization effort.
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Washington
John B Densmore
Federal Employment Service
Congress
Sleet Storm Ties Up Western Wires
Denver dispatches report a continuing sleet storm hampering transcontinental wire service from Cheyenne to Rawlins and blocking all communication between Wyoming towns. Repairs lag amid intensified conditions with heavy snow hindering efforts south of Las Vegas New Mexico.
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Denver
Colo
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Rawlings
Wye
Las Vegas
N. M
Heaviest Snow Storm in Years Hits Mora Area
In East Las Vegas New Mexico March 3 the region endures the heaviest storm in years. Mora reports four feet of snow since Thursday night. In this area thirty inches fell in the last 48 hours and more snow remains. Buildings have collapsed and electric light and car service are halted.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Mora
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Hugh Rezedek
Pittsburgh National League Baseball Club
West Baden
Ind
Pres. de Valera
Kaiser
Caruso
Alaska
Wilkin’s
Pres. Wilson
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