Trotzky urges army training for Russians
In Moscow on Tuesday April 23 Leon Trotzky Bolshevik war minister urged a decree for compulsory military service to defend the state. The central executive backed a plan to train workers peasants and unemployed 18 to 40 for eight weeks at 12 hours weekly. School boys 16 to 18 to be trained. women may volunteer. Enlistment to last at least six months with desertion punishable by imprisonment and loss of citizenship. Germany protested to M Tchitcherin over Allied troop landings at Murmansk and denied German participation in raids on Kem.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Central Executive
Russia
Department of Education
Germany
M. Tchitcherin
Murmansk
Brest-Litovsk
White Guards
Kem
Petrograd
Vinland
Germany Wants Her Prisoners On U S Pay
Washington May 1 negotiations over prisoner of war pay rates have been reopened by Germany via the Spanish embassy in Berlin after the war department said no further allowances would be made until Germany agreed to reciprocate. Germany seeks to enforce article 17 of the Hague convention to equalize pay with American soldiers of the same rank, but the United States declined that basis and proposed a bilateral payment schedule.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Berlin
War Department
Vassar Instructor Arrested for Pro German Propaganda
Poughkeepsie N Y May 1 Miss Agathe Richart instructor of German at Vassar college was taken into custody by federal agents on charges of circulating pro German propaganda She allegedly justified sinking the Lusitania as loaded with bullets to harm German fathers and endorsed the invasion of Belgium She had recent meetings with Dr Joseph Stulz and Heinrich Bokisch two locals apprehended earlier by federal agents
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Agathe Wilhelmina Richart
Vassar College
Miss Richart
Belgium
Joseph Stulz
Heinrich Bokisch
John Dillon elected chairman of United Irish League
In Dublin on May 1 the National Directorate of the United Irish League elected John Dillon to succeed the late John Redmond as chairman. A unanimous resolution protested conscription for Ireland, warning it would fail and disaster. It urged league members nationwide to strengthen and extend organization to cooperate with the Mansion House conference against conscription.
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Associated Press
Dublin
United Irish League
John Dillon
John Redmond
Ireland
League
Mansion House
Six Boys Drowned in River at Rock Island
Six boys aged eleven to sixteen drowned when their skiff overturned in the Mississippi River after a heavy wave from a passing steamer Tuesday night. Two boys were rescued. Three victims were from the same family. The bodies have not been recovered.
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Rock Island
Mississippi River
Willard Fifton Fight Abandoned in St Paul
Telegrams from Colonel J. C. Miller in Chicago report the Willard Fifton bout in St Paul has been abandoned. Moments before, Miller had signaled difficulties in staging the advertised fight event in St Paul, casting doubt on the match venue and timetable.
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St. Paul ST. Paul
J. C. Miller
Chicago
Willard
No Strikes May Day to Halt War Work
May Day will find the nation’s war work advancing without major strikes. Only potential Pacific coast protest over Mooney’s conviction failed to materialize. Government and public opinion have reduced unrest, with about seventy labor disputes being settled.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
Department of Labor
Louis Post
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Department
Let Contracts for 1025 Locomotives
Washington May 1 Contracts for 1 025 freight and passenger locomotives the largest single order in U S railway history were let to American Locomotive Co and Baldwin Locomotive Works. The $60 million order covers six standard types with deliveries from July through year end. Most engines to eastern roads under government management to bear US initials. About 200 000 tons of steel allotted. Additional orders for about 70 000 freight cars valued around $200 million announced today to supplement 30 000 cars placed last week.
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Washington
American Railways
Railroad Administration
American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
WU. S
War Industries Board
Railroads Administration
Mountain
Pacific
Santa Fe
Switch
Trench Veterans Parade Through Chicago for Liberty Loan
Eight Pershing era veterans march in Chicago on May Day in weathered helmets and packs to promote the third Liberty Loan. Led by Sergeant Owen Slawkins, the group includes Hawkins holder of the French war cross and members Barnes Omerod Smith Skinner Harrison Redding Montgomery. Crowds cheer with "At a boy" as the parade tours city streets.
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Chicago
Pershing
O. C. Hawkins
Joliet
Leonard Omerod
Washington, D. C
Harold J. Smith
Jamaica Pains
Mass
Merle L. Skinner
Ottumwa
Iowa
Harry H. Harrison
Lovington
Ill
James ¥. Redding
el Paso
Albert Montgomery
Stuart
Woman Found Out Spending Money Again
Delia Ward who recently inherited a considerable fortune and was arrested after being found intoxicated in her car with a bartender at Sixth and Jersey streets is detained again at 2 AM while drinking with Fred Bean and Henry Stipp behind a south side saloon. She had appeared in county court days earlier and agreed to place her funds under a conservator.
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Delia Ward
Sixth
Jersey Streets
Fred Bean
Henry Stipp
South Side
Postpone Rate Increases by Interstate Commission
Washington May 1 The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a postponement of rate increases for interstate transport of grain seed hay and straw until August 29. The changes would have taken effect today and affect farmers and shippers nationwide.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
F Prain
No Hohenzollerns in Lutheran Church Resolutions
The Atlantic district of the Missouri Synod rejects claims that American Lutherans are disloyal or aiding German autocracy. They state no Hohenzollerns have guided Lutheran churches since 1614 and condemn German-propaganda accusations as ignorance or malice. The resolutions note over 165,000 Lutheran men are involved in American war work.
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New York
Hohenzollerns
Germany
United States
Missouri Synod
Inspect Work On Taylor Road By Chamber of Commerce
The highway committee of the Chamber of Commerce will inspect Taylor road work Thursday afternoon. Contractor Elmer Hogge has finished his contract with one remaining fill on a drainage ditch at the western end, awarded to Peter Simon. The road is in good shape when dry, though new earth around the ditches is soft and will improve with dragging in drying weather.
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Highway Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor Road
Elmer Hogge
Peter Simon
Earthquake Shocks Elcentro Tonight
A heavy quake lasting about thirty seconds rattled doors and windows in Elcentro at 9 35 PM Tuesday causing residents to flee to safety. Early reports indicate no damage.
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Elcentro
Calif
Quincy Historical Society Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Officers were elected and committees appointed at the Quincy Historical Society annual meeting held Tuesday night in the Historical building at 425 South Twelfth Street. New officers include President J W Emery First vice president Henry Bom mann Second vice president Hervey Fry Secretary Miss Julia Sibley Corresponding secretary Miss Mary Bull Treasurer Mrs E J Parker Librarian E F Bradford Historiographer W A Richardson.
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The
Quincy Historical Society
South Twelfth Street
J. W. Emery
Henry Bornmann
Hervey Fry
Julia Sibley
Mary Bull
E. J. Parker
E. F. Bradford
W. A. Richardson
Military drill adopted by Dewey District club
The Dewey District Community club adopted a military drill and will hold drills at every meeting night on Tuesday, supplementing regular volley ball games. The first session occurred Tuesday in the school gym with Erina Johnson giving the initial instructions in tactics. H. O. Channon and other YMCA veteran volleyball players led the indoor sport instruction, and W. L. Musselmann donated a volleyball net to the club.
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Dewey
Erina Johnson
H. O. Channon
W. L. Musselmann
Osgood Back From Idaho With A Potato Tale
George W. Osgood returned to Quincy from Idaho Falls where he manages a 7000 acre ranch near Yellowstone Park. He notes 900 carloads of potatoes in cellars and claims eastbound shipments are blocked, prices as low as 75 cents a bushel in Idaho. He farms dryland wheat on high ground, using a caterpillar tractor and multiple gang plows, and warns of June frosts threatening wheat blooms.
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George W. Osgood
Quincy
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Res
Naho Falls
Falls
Doan's Kidney Fills Praised by Jersey Street Resident
Jersey Street resident Mrs Lee of 311 Jersey St says Doan's Kidney Fills relieved back pain four years ago and endorses them highly. The testimonial emphasizes long term relief and strong satisfaction with the product.
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J. L. Ewing
Fourth St
Doan
Chesley Nell
A. Lee
Jersey St
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Carpenter
Madison St
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S. Fourteenth St
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