Big Strike in England Tests in the Balance
London March 23 The miners railway men and transport workers face a strike question as conferences with government officials failed to reach an agreement. Delegates from 180 branches in London insisted on full national program demands, while government offered anew to engineers and firemen, with assurances no effort would be spared to avert a strike.
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London
Robert Stevenson Horne
Auckland Geddes
National Service
James Henry Thomas
Union of
Railway ‘Men
Burman Outpoints Gobell in Chicago Bantam Bout
Chicago bantamweight Joe Burman outpointed Joe Gobell of Gloucester New Jersey over six rounds in a Saturday night bout held in Philadelphia. Burman dominated the action with precise combinations and controlled pacing to secure the decision.
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Philadelphia
Joe Burman
Chicago
Joe Gobell
Gloucester
N. J
Wrestler Billy Ninich Forfeits After Loss in Ottumwa Card
Ottumwa March 3 Billy Ninich of Buffalo N Y was thrown in 31 minutes by Alex Dean and forfeited the match to Bean. Also Darmmy West of Ottumwa defeated Cham strong of Moline two straight falls.
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Ottumwa, Ta
Billy Ninich
Buffalo
N. V
Alex Dean
Toca
Bean
Darmmy” West
Ottumwa
Chamstrong
Moline
Farmers To Be Paid Cent a Bushel For All Wheat They Hold
A St Louis conference of fifty millers from thirteen states proposed a one cent per bushel monthly payment from the government for each bushel of wheat stored on farms through January 1920. They also urged distribution of the 1919 export crop among states by their production. The resolution will go to the Millers National Federation in Chicago, with a request to approach the government. States represented included Missouri Illinois Kansas Nebraska Indiana Ohio Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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ST. Louis
Millers’ National Federation
Chicago
Missouri
Ilinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Men Needed In Camps For Demobilization
War department explains demobilization system and why British plans could not be followed. Large numbers of soldiers are required at demobilization centers to discharge men returning from overseas and those who served in this country.
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Washington
War Department
Railway Clerks End Strike Return To Work
In Atlanta on March 23 clerks of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway who struck two weeks ago over the discharge of the federal auditor will resume work Monday. Clerks across the system will return to their posts after President J J Forester of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks declared the strike irregular unauthorized and illegal.
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Atlanta
Nashville, Chattanooga, and
St. Louis
Federal Auditor of the Road
J. J. Forester
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
New York honors Van Dyke and HempHill with Legion of Honor
Dr Henry Van Dyke former ambassador to The Netherlands and Alexander Hemp hill New York banker were made chevaliers of the French Legion of Honor for their services to the allied cause at a ceremony in New York on Saturday conducted by the Villages Libres. A report by Ren Ribert director of the chemical warfare service notes more than 950 tons of wased to Europe to be teached into heirs.
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New York
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
Alexander J. Hemphill
Villages Liberes
Eurepe
Ren. Ribert
Chemical Warfare Service
Forum Members Say Erroneous Report Spread
The Woman's Forum defends Mayor John A. Thompson's drive against immoral houses in Quincy, refuting rumors of a segregated district. Members say only a few remarks caused misreading and commend the mayor for enforcing the law and removing such resorts.
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Woman's Forum
Quincy
John A. Thompson
Forum
Thompson
Two Crews Link Two Mysterious Deaths
Oakland report says two separate groups tie the deaths of Miss Inez Elizabeth Reed and Mrs. George T D Greenwood to a poker memorandum and a back of two men seized at midnight. Reed’s body was found near San Mateo after an illegal operator linked to guards and Greenwood was killed by a bomb at her Oakland home last Tuesday night.
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Oakland
Calif
Inez Elizabeth Reed
San Francisco
Fort Dilley
Kaus
George TD. Greenwood
Oakland Society
Miss Reed
San Mateo
Greenwood
Trapy
Cal
George D. Greenwood
Mrs. Greenwood
Syrian protest to peace conference over Syria
PARIS March 23 The council of the central Syrian committee vows to present a protest to the peace conference against sending a commission of inquiry to Syria and Otterman Asia The group also urges haste in granting a mandate to France to end occupation by the Medjaz Additionally W W warrants issued in Hartford for deporting I W W organizer Alexander Chernoff Chicago and Mark Zeikin Waterbury under federal labor department authority
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Paris
Council of the Central Syrian Committee
Commission of Inquiry
Syria
Otterman
Asia
France
Medjaz
Alabama mines close as wage dispute halts ore production
In Russellville Alabama on March 23 wage differences between operators and employees led to the closing of nearly all Brown Ore Mines in the area. About 2,000 workers are affected.
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Alabama
Russellville
Ala
Hull News Briefs and Local Notes From Hull Illinois
Community updates cover church sermon notes, funeral and family announcements, a basketball tournament result with Hull losing to Kinderhook, a business sale, and residents moving nearby. Also included are trivia on leaves rakes, ballot education in Italy, biblical stones, and a pocket oxygen device historically noted.
Concert by Quincy Choral Club for Armenian relief
The Quincy Choral Club conducted by William Spencer Johnson will give a concert Friday evening April 4 at the Empire Theatre to aid Armenian relief. Tickets are $1. The program features a large choir with soprano, alto, tenor and bass sections listed by name.
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Choral Club
Quincy Choral Club
William Spencer Johnson
Empire Theater
Soprant
Rome Arnold
H. E. Becker
Frank Bird
Andrew Brady
Bessie Dean
Dorothy Durant
Elsa Hoskina
John T. Inghram
Frances King
L. B. Lawrence
Margaret Robertson
Helen Rothgeb
Olga Ruths
M. G. Parks
D. I. Shoutze
M. E. Vasen
J. F. Westhold
Amanda Wresthold
Mrs Wood to Speak at Adams County Women’s Meeting
Mrs Ira Crouch Wood a former Quincy resident will headline the Adams county women’s committee C N D gathering April 23 in the Chamber of Commerce building. Delegates from Quincy and Adams county units will discuss Community Councils and future CNWD plans during a morning meeting followed by a luncheon.
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Ira Crouch Wood
Quincy
Adams County Women's Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Adams County
C. NW. D
Ars. Wood
Alerk
Ashantare
Chearing
Wood Geain
Quincy Men Invited To Pershing Way Meeting
The Quincy Chamber of Commerce may send representatives to a Pershing Way convention in Mason City on April 8. The goal is to push a route from Keokuk through Carthage, Quincy, Payson, Pittsfield, and to Alto on the east side of the Mississippi. The Pershing Way would run from Winnipeg to St Louis, with Keokuk marked as a stop, while Hannibal supports a west-side route along the Red Ball trail.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pierson
Pershing Wey
Mason City
Town
Keokuk
Carthage
Quincy
Payson
Pittsfield
Alton
Mississippi
Atlantic
Pacific
Winnipeg
Canada
St. Z Louis
Hannibal
Spring Lake Club Warns Hunters On Private Grounds
The Whig report mocked wild fowl upsetting Spring Lake and urged shooting ducks. Hunters trespass on club grounds and shoot near members, prompting George F. Heintz, secretary of the Spring Lake Association, to say hunting is illegal on lake and grounds and warn hunters to stay off private property.
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The
Whig
Spring Lake
Spring Lake Association
George F. Heintz
Association
Germans Reject Polish Landing at Danzig
At the armistice commission meeting Gen Baron Von Hammerstein transmitted a note to General Nudant noting the German government would not permit Polish troops to land at Danzig or pass through the country. It also refused to allow allied and Polish officers to travel east of the Vistula without supervision. Nudant said he would forward the note to Marshal Foch.
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Copenhagen
Armistice Commission
Baron von Hammerstein
Nudant
Foch
Berlin
Danzig
West Prussia
Vistula
Wilson Aid Sought by Democrats at Victory Dinner
Springfield Mass March 23 Hi omer S. Cummings chairman of the national Democratic committee and Senator David I Walsh were the principal speakers at a Victory dinner attended by more than 300 Democrats from across the state. A resolution was passed asking President Wilson to assist Ireland.
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Springfield
Mass
Ireland Nationhood Influence Calls Peace Conference
Mr Cummings urged using influence for consideration by the peace conference of Ireland to nationhood. He praised Democratic reforms as a miracle of legislative progress and accused Republicans of being captured by reactionaries. Senator Walsh said our boys stood behind the President in the trenches and will stand by him now.
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Ireland
Cummings
Republican Party
Walsh
Iowa Investigation To End This Week
Des Moines March 23 with the adjournment Saturday until Tuesday the house judiciary committee's investigation of the Rathbun pardon case likely would complete inquiry next week. Governor W L Harding will be the first witness examined when hearings resume and Attorney General H M Havner is expected to be called again. Others to testify include George Clark Rathbun's attorney and Thadeus Snell Ida Grove attorney whose examination was not completed today.
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Des Moines
House Judiciary Committee
Rathbun
W. L. Harding
H. M .Havner
George Clark
Thadeus Snell
Ida Grove
Hays to Address Missouri Republicans Banquet
Will H. Hays of the Republican National Committee has been invited to deliver an address at a banquet of Republican legislators in Jefferson City Missouri. The event marks a notable gathering as party leaders outline positions and priorities ahead of upcoming proceedings.
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Hays
Missouri
Jefferson City
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Legisla
Missouri Republicans Set to Endorse League of Nations
The state committee and party leaders plan to adopt resolutions. W. L. Cole, claiming for the Republican state committee, indicates the Missouri branch will go on record regarding the proposed league of nations at the upcoming meeting next Tuesday.
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Ture
State Committee
W. L. Cole
Republican State Committee
Missouri
League of Nations
Port strike stalls loading as ships threaten to quit
In Buenos Aires on March 22 owners and agents of trans Atlantic steamers warned the government that port services remain at a standstill due to a strike by workers. They said unless service improves they will discontinue loading and unloading of trans Atlantic vessels.
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Buenos Aires
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Cleanse and Vitality
Advert appears to tout Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood cleansing in diseases like scrofula eczema and skin troubles and for general spring ailments. It claims benefit for low or run-down conditions, debility, loss of appetite, and postwar worry and flu after-effects. Vinead's Pills also promoted as a stomach tonic and digestive cathartic.
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Vinead
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