East puts new time in effect in New York and beyond
New York state and about thirty eastern communities set clocks ahead one hour for daylight saving time. New Jersey defers, others pass or plan measures. Trading hours shift on New York exchanges, Pacific coast workers rise early, and rail schedules adjust while some through trains run on standard times. Canada plans May adoption in most cities.
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New York
New York State
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Canada
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Ruhr Zone Crisis Declared Serious by German General
Major General Von Seeckt, commander of government forces, said the Ruhr situation was very serious. He noted failed negotiations at Bielefeld with government emissaries and workers, no talks with the communists, and warned of a red army in the Ruhr. He argued a professional army was imposed by the peace treaty and must be integrated with democratic development.
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Germany
Hoover Denies Campaign Fund Ties as He Declines Candidacy
Washington dispatch reports Herbert Hoover replying to inquiries about campaign expenditures. He says he has no campaign and therefore no finances, reiterating he is not a candidate for the presidency. He notes clubs advocating his nomination may exist with unknown resources and calls for full publicity and restrictions on campaign spending.
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Washington
Herbert Woaver
Hoover
Javelin Injury Hits WVU Athletic Director
Morgantown March 28 WVU athletic director Marry A Stansbury was struck in the neck by a javelin hurled by a track squad member. The head pierced his neck and emerged beneath his chin, narrowly missing major vessels. He walked a quarter mile to a physician's office with the weapon embedded, then was taken home for treatment. doctors said the wound should not prove serious.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Mwarry A. Stansbury
University of West Virginia
Stansbury
Germany Accused of Evading Treaty With Arms and Coal Shortfall
Paris reports allied observers found 3500 three inch field guns near Brandenburg and Berlin as France accuses Germany of evading the peace terms. French officials note Germany delays demobilization and coal deliveries while propelling a separate government or Ruhr occupation as a tactic to dodge treaty obligations.
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Paris
Germany
Brandenburg
Berlin
Ruhr
Warnings Sent To Fletcher On Inadequate Convoy Protections
Washington March 25 Documents show Rear Admiral William B Fletcher was warned by Admiral Sims six weeks before his October 1917 detachment that convoy forces off the French coast gave insufficient protection. Sims sent multiple messages urging greater escort and readiness to help implement remedies. Fletcher testified he sought augmentation of his small, poorly adapted convoy forces but saw little result until his removal.
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Washington
William B. Fletcher
Sims
Brest
Naval Court of Inquiry
Admiral Fletcher
Fletcher
Chief of Naval Operations
French
Admiral Sins
Wife Ordered to Repay Husband in Court Ruling
In Baltimore on March 27 a referee ruled that Florence Ullman must repay her husband William Ullman the 3,186.75 dollars taken from his rainy day fund without permission. The ruling upheld by New York's supreme court follows years of disputes after their July 1900 marriage and May 1918 separation. Florence allegedly moved furniture with moving vans when he was away and did not remit rental funds from property used for a wartime Syracuse training camp.
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Baltimore
James K. Kennedy
Syracuse
Willian Ullman
Florence Ullman
Supreme Court of New York
Ullmans
1920 Census reveals population surges in several towns
Census Bureau figures show Grand Island Nebraska rising to 13 960 residents up 3 634 or 35 2 percent Scotts Bluff Nebraska 6912 up 5 106 or 295 9 percent Jamestown North Carolina 6 627 up 2 269 or 52 1 percent Norwood Ohio 24 006 up 8 781 or 54 3 percent Dubois Pennsylvania 13 081 up 1 058 or 84 percent Lebanon Pennsylvania 24 043 up 5 403 or 28 1 percent Hastings Nebraska 11 647 up 2 309 or 24 7 percent Belleville New Jersey 15 606 up 5 805 or 58 7 percent
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Washington
Census Bureau
Grand Island
Neb
Scotts Bluff
Jamestown
N. C
Norwood
Dubois
Lebanon
Hastings
Belleville
N. J
Women to vote in Illinois presidential primary April 13
Illinois women will be allowed to vote in the April 13 presidential preference primary even if national suffrage is not yet ratified. Attorney General Brundage, at Gov. Lowden’s suggestion, reversed an earlier ruling denying women’s participation and ordered county clerks to supply separate ballots for women statewide. Secretary Emmerson told clerks to implement the plan.
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Chicago
Brundage
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
Cook County
Emmerson
Cook
Prohibition Enforcements Tied to Liquor Prices Across Cities
An enforcement officer reports that liquor prices, from New Orleans to Chicago, influence prohibition efficacy. Iowa at $30 per quart tops high costs, while New York enforces better than Chicago. Capitol area rye runs $12 to $18, with lower grades and bulk buys noted, and southern mountain corn whisky fetches $8 to $24 per quart in large lots.
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Washington
New Orleans
New York
Iowa
Oma
Baltimore
St. Louis
Chicago
Capitol
Senate
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Workers Demand Ruhr Struggle Be Kept Up
Berlin reports say the Ruhr workers executive committee issued a manifesto demanding vigorous continuance of the struggle. It proclaims all bank deposits and all unrationed foodstuffs are confiscated, and that the police and burgomaster will be dismissed. Only workers favoring proletariat dictatorship may participate in the election.
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Pras
Berlin
Duisberg
Vossische Zeitung
Workers’ Executive Committee
Ruhr
Mueller’s Ministers Announced in Berlin Cabinet Lineup
March 27 report confirms formation of Germany’s new cabinet with Jar man Mueller as premier and foreign secretary. Socialist ministers include Schlicke labor, Schmidt economics, and Bauer as transport. democrat Koch interior and Gessler defense. centrists Planck justice and Giesberts posts, Hernes food. Wirth treasury. Captain Fischer Cuno declines finance. Bauer to become finance minister. Dr Bell to transport.
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Berlin
Germany
Jarman Mueller
Herr Schlicke
Herr Schmidt
Miister
Gustav Bauer
Edouard David
Herr Koch
Herr Gessler
Ilerr Planck
Fischer Cuno
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Johann Giesberts
Andreas Hernes
Treasury
Dr. Wirth
Baden
Ile
Herr Planck
Hamburg
Nathias Erzberger
Erzberger
Ierr Gessler
Gustav Noske
Nuremburg
Labor Federation
Democrats
Count von Bernstoff
Capt. Cuno
Fisher Cuno
Ebert
Finance
Captain Cuno
Dr. Bell
Winnipeg Strikers Found Guilty Court Roars in Winnipeg
Five leaders of the Winnipeg general strike were found guilty of seditious conspiracy, one man guilty of common nuisance, and two acquitted on all counts. The verdict triggered loud derision in court as deputies cleared the room and disorder spilled into the streets.
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Winnipeg
Pritchard
Queen
Ivens
Armstrong
Johnson
Bray
Heap
Justice Metcalfe
Denver Councilman Seeks Baby Carriage Parking Space
Denver March 27 Councilman Louis Straub, representing nearly 12 000 residents, holds weekly open house with voters. A downtown store owner urges a city ordinance to create parking space for baby carriages, saying small aisles are crowded when carts enter.
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Denver
Louis Straub
Araub
Denies Police Murder Theory in MacCurtain Case
Cork report says a full police whereabouts investigation shows no officer was off beat or at home at the murder hour. Government counsel said barracks records prove impossible army or police involvement. Dublin updates note prisoners arriving at Mount Joy and Sinn Fein MP Phillip Shanahan. A separate verdict found Magistrate Bell died of bullet wounds by unknown persons, with jurors expressing horror and sympathy to his widow.
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Cork
Ireland
MacCurtain
Wyllie
Oar
Dublin
Mount Joy
Phillip Shanahan
Sinn Fein
Bell
Johnson Opens New York Campaign With League Speech
Senator Hiram Johnson of California launched his New York state campaign for the Republican nomination with speeches urging the league of nations as the dominant issue. He argued to avoid sending Americans abroad and pressed Article Ten to guarantee territorial integrity, criticizing President Wilson and European leaders. He also claimed he won Minnesota’s presidential preference primary over General Leonard Weed.
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Buff. Gat
Hiram Johnson
California
New York State
League of Nations
Washington
Mr. Johnson
Roumania
Serbia
Europe
League of Ntions
America
Johnson
Wilson
Lord George and
Clemenceau
Paris
Leonard Weed
Minnesota
Prodigal Husband Returns After 54 Years Apart
Clarksburg West Virginia report tells how Barney W Grimsley, 78, a veteran, returns home after 54 years with no word to his wife. Once missing, he built a life on cattle ranches in the West, saved money, and now plans to spend his remaining years with his wife in their city cottage.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Barney W. Grimsier
Grimsley
Porth Smith
Ark
West
French Deputies In Doubt About Policy Of Protecting Syria
Paris March 27 the chamber approved the government policy by 518 to 70 after interpellations on foreign policy. Deputy Bellet warned against Turkish domination, Senai attacked King Fesal’s Syria claim, and former Premier Brand urged France’s continued protector role in Syria Cilicia.
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Paris
Chamber of Aputies
Bellet
France
Senai
Price Fesal
Syria
Brand
Cilicia
Europe
Feisel
Public Names Of Coal Men Indicted In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on March 28 federal officials published the names of about 125 coal operators and miners indicted by a special federal grand jury for alleged Leser Act violations and conspiracy. Included are miners led by international President John Lewis and Secretary Sustasses Willam Green, with Chief Statistician Percy Tellow. Operators named include Thomas T. Brewster of St Louis, Terre Haute born, and Chicago leader FOS. Peabody, plus Washington spokesmen and others connected to Penna and Hl.
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Indianapolis
Ted
Hitness
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Leser
Snlude International
John Lewis
Sustasses Willam Green
Percy Tellow
Iet
Thomas T. Brewster
St. Lewis
Hl. Penna
Terre Haute
Center
Washington
FOS. Peabody
Chicago
Ulineis
Reed Men Beaten In St. Joe Convention
In St Joseph Missouri a delegation opposing Senator James A Reed as delegate to the National Democratic convention was elected at the county convention. Reed supporters left after a resolution endorsing President Wilson failed to pass. The Reed faction was defeated and the President’s supporters carried their resolutions by acclamation.
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ST. Joseph
James A Reed
Reed
Wilson
Presid
Workmen Still Hold Roads Around Wesel
Associated Press reports revolutionary workmen continue to block roads to Wesel, near Rheinish Prussia, with troops massing to the east. The Reichswehr halted the effort, and Wesel's guns began intermittent shelling of the fighters this morning.
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Wesel
Associated Press
Rheinish
Prussia
Reichswehr
Enforcement of Day Law Costs Run High in Prohibition
Washington reports that enforcement of the Day Law costs about $20,000 daily at current expiring rate. For six months of the fiscal year January 1 to June 30 appropriations were $3,000 for the Revenue Bureau and $100,000 for the Department of Justice. The Prohibition Enforcement Department employs 1,400 workers plus warehouse guards. Commissioner Kramer says staffing need not rise if local officers cooperate with the federal government.
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Washington
Revenue Bureau
Department of Justice
Prohibition Enforcement Department
Prohibition
Kramer
Odessa Occupied by Ukrainians, Paris Mission Reports
Odessa, the Black Sea port, has been occupied by Ukrainian forces under Gen Pavlenko, commander of the Ukrainian National Army, according to information relayed to the Ukrainian mission in Paris today.
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Odessa
Patis
Black Sea
Pavlenko
Ukranian National Army
Paris
Governors Lowden Borah plan for campaign finance audit
Springfield Ik March 28 Governor Frank O Lowden telegrammed Senator Borah saying he is willing for Congress to fully investigate presidential campaign expenses if all other Republican candidates also attend and provide detailed accounting. Borah replied he would place a stenographic report in the record if such witnesses come.
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Springfield
Frank O. Lowden
Senator Borah
Congress
Loden
Lowden
Washington
Borah
New Mexico Delegates Back Wood at GOP Convention
SANTA FE March 27 New Mexico's delegates to the national Republican convention were instructed for Major General Leonard Wood for the presidential nomination. A motion to endorse General Weed without instructions failed 160 to 0, while the vote to instruct for Weed was unanimous. The convention heard Col Georges W. Prichard keynote, and remarks by Genera Iulo and W A King.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Leonard Wood
Weed
Gereral Weade
Georges W. Prichard
Geverazulo
W. A. Kiting
Jacksonville Gains In Ten Years Rise To 13713
The census bureau released population figures showing Nashville Tennessee at 342 increased 12 percent, Springfield Illinois at 59,183 up 7,479 or 14.5 percent, Jacksonville Illinois at 13,713 up 9 percent, Farex NT at 22,901 up 7,630 or 33.2 percent, and Aurora Pi at 80,265 up 4,940 or 6.6 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Nashville
Tenn
Lis
Springfeld
Jacksonville
Aurora
Wesel Garrison Sends Airplane to Berlin
Wesel reports from the garrison say an airplane was sent to Berlin to relay information to the government about the situation. The town’s position remains unchanged as workers make no attacks while government troops conduct sorties, inflicting heavy losses.
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Berlin
Wesel
Murmiration
Deutch Zeistung. Ce
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