Hunger and starvation spread across Serbia belt
Belgrade dispatch reports hunger across central Serbia and northern Banat with 24,000 tons of food needed for about 2 million people before the next harvest. Red Cross workers warn that without relief hundreds may die, amid scarce transport, damaged railways, and scarce fuel as Hoover mission surveys food reserves and distribution.
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Herbert Corey
Belgrade
Serbia
Macedona
Red Cross
Mitrovitza
Merce
Terrace
New York
Danube
Banat
Croatia
United States
Hoover Mission
Seattle Yank Hurt In Wreck
Sergt. Fraser son of Alex G. M. of the Myaser-Paterson Co. was seriously injured in France when run over by a vehicle. At 22 he had entered the army in the first year of the war and had been a sophomore at the University of Washington. He was with the 209th engineers and a Broadway High graduate.
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Bavenay
France
Sergt. Fraser
Alex G. M
Myaser-Paterson Co
Vera
Lieut. Gart Fraser
528Th Engineers
Dean Priest
Parents’ Association
Tesur-Tiile
Washington
Hear
209Th Engineers
Etts
Broadway High
Scandinavian nations plan cooperative food conference
Copenhagen reports that Norway Denmark and Sweden are holding a joint conference to align food policy and secure government approval across the three nations. The talks aim to ensure stable food supply and sound food practices.
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Weediag
NEA
Copenhagen
Norway
Seven
Denmark
Driver Held After Accident Involving Pedestrians
George Stevens a 33 year old shipyard worker and Mary Warren a 1015 Union street bookkeeper were hit by an automobile near Roren avenue and Pike street while attempting to board a streetcar at 9 o clock Thursday night. Stevens suffered a skull fracture and Miss Warren is believed internally injured. The driver J L Bray 1613 Grand avenue was released on $300 bail and faces a charge of violating city speed limits at street intersections.
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Roren Ave
Pike
George Stevens
Regina
Second Ave
Mary Warren
Union St
Stevens
Miss Warren
J. L. Bray
Grand Ave
Bray
I W W Leaders Fail to Secure Bail in Chicago Case
CHICAGO April 4 None of the 97 I W W leaders serving terms in federal penitentiaries who were ordered admitted to bail by the United States circuit court of appeals on Wednesday had secured bail satisfactory to the government. One offer was rejected, reportedly the $15,000 requested for release of Big Bill Haywood.
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Chicago
Federal Penitentiary
United States Circuit Court of Appeal
Six women of the Women’s Commercial Club enjoy Rex theatre party
Six new members were entertained Thursday night by a theatre party at the Rex theatre. The club women were shown working in their 1918 war garden, highlighting wartime home front effort.
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Women's Commercial Club
Rex Theatre
Frisco Strike Called Off After 10 Weeks
Ten week long strike ends as machinists and boiler makers return to bay area shipyards. They secure a 44 hour week starting April 24 and bonuses in lieu of retroactive pay. Oakland and San Francisco unions accept terms, with no discrimination against returning workers.
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San Francisco
Bay
Oakland
Three Sailors Die in Battle With Sea
The transport Scranton towed into port after rudder trouble 900 miles east of Sandy Hook on March 27. Three sailors died while trying to carry a line in a small boat to FA Sol. The deceased are John Clement Jones of Chrome New Jersey William Sorenson of Berwin North Dakota and Clarence Pickner of Ambrose North Dakota.
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Sea New York
Scranton
Sandy Hook
John Clement Jones
Chrome
N. J
William Sorenson
Berwin
Clarence Pickner
Ambrose
N. D
Yanks Quell Jail Riot in France Fire Response
Special to The Star reports American troops in Paris helped extinguish a house of correction revolt by bringing in hoses and drenching the fleeing inmates. The scene followed a rapid intervention after alarms triggered by the uprising.
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N. BE. A
Paris
France
House of Correction
Revolt Breaks Out in Essen District
ZURICH April 4 A revolution has broken out in the Essen district according to advices received here today. Further disorders are reported at Hamm Dortmund and Dusseldorf.
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Zurich
Eesen
Hamm
Westphalia
Dortmund
Dusseldorf
HUN DELEGATES GET NEW ORDER
In SPA April 4 the German armistice commission learned the allies decisions on the Danzig issue and armistice observance. Foch and Erzberger held talks on a special train for 40 minutes, then a second session at Neubois villa with Weygand Nudant and von Hammerstein. The American members hosted a dinner for Foch.
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Spa
Danzig
Marschal Foch
Mathias Erzberger
Armistice Commission
Foch
Erzberger
Weygand
Nudant
Doshi Club Swindled by Greek Feigning Whisky Deal
In Portland Oregon on April 4 a Greek swindler cajoled a Japanese Doshi club steward into buying supposedly first class booze for 30 a gallon. A committee accompanied him to a cemetery where the keg was dug up and tasted. They paid 200 but later found the keg mostly water after siphoning out a quart.
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Portland
Ore
League Postage Stamp Proposed by Peace Delegates
Paris April 4 The league of nations postage stamp is before the peace delegates and may be decided by the league itself. The idea would have stamps used in international mail bear a design reminding all of the league spirit with different markings for each nation’s stamps.
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Paris
League of Nations
League
Valera Claims England Enslaved Ireland in Public Declaration
In London on April 4 Prof Edward De Valera Sinn Fein leader and head of the Irish republic published a signed article in the Daily Herald asserting England seized and controls Ireland by force. He argues Ireland has not accepted England and that justice is on Ireland's side predicting justice will prevail and calling England's security claim false comparing to America as a dangerous rival.
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London
Edward de Valera
Sinn Fein
Irish Republic
United Press
Daily Herald
England
Ireland
America
Smallest Republic Struggles With Debt And Lottery
Special report from RCMP cites San Marino the world’s smallest republic as bankrupt and an embezzler. The government has launched a lottery to recover finances but cannot pay lottery prizes.
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N. Fe. A
RCMP
San Marino
Sinn Feiners' Release Debate Opens in Dublin
Dublin April 4 Ireland's parliament was to open debate on measures for release of Sinn Fein prisoners held in English prisons. Significant interest centers on efforts by Irish Americans to present Ireland's case at the peace conference.
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Dublin
Ireland
Arrest of Fred Adama Spiritedly Overpowers Four Officers
Detroit police arrest pro cripp le Fred Adama who overpowered four officers despite severe injuries. He ran a mile before capture. Report suggests he may be offered a job on the force.
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Detroit
Fred Adama
Ife
German Captain Surrenders After Living With Papuan Cannibals
Captain Konrad Heisler, a German engineer officer, surrendered to Australian troops after four years with the Papuan cannibals. He hid his uniform in the bush but reclaimed it before surrendering following news of the armistice.
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Sydney
Konrad Heisler
Kills Wife and Divorce Lawyer in Hoquiam Tragedy
Alvin A. Sedgewick 28 shot his wife and attorney Sidney M. Heath 60 in Heath’s office then killed himself. He had returned from an Everett sanitarium and left a note about forcing a divorce by taking his wife with him. Heath was a prominent Southwest Washington lawyer. the couple had two small children.
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Hoquiam
Alvin A. Sedgewick
Sidney M. Heath
Sedgewick
Everett
George W. Sedgewick
Louise
Altho
Heath
Sedgewicks
Washington
Parson Again Faces Charges in Slavery Case
Rockford Illinois April 4. Rev J Morrison Darnell the so called marrying parson was detained after authorities traced a recent marriage to Miss Mildred Wood Elgin Illinois. He allegedly used the alias Merle St Clair for the ceremony and is wanted in Owatona Minnesota on child desertion charges. The case ties back to Ruth Soper linked to Darnell’s Milwaukee trial. Darnell claimed a $60 000 settlement from his parents estate.
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Rockford
Ill
J. Morrison Darnell
Darnell
Leavenworth
Mildred Wood
Elgin
Merle St. Clair
Owatona
Minn
Five Killed In Train Smashup At Melbourne Ravine
A logging train ran away near Melbourne Washington and plunged into a ravine yesterday afternoon killing five men. The dead include George Clemmons superintendent of Clemmons Logging company Walter Hawes Aberdeen C A Selby Seattle F J Yennie Tacoma William Cliff Seattle Fireman W H Jones Montesano and John Bodinger Montesano. Brakeman John Kiln Montesano and another injured perhaps fatally.
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Hoquiam
Melbourne
Wash
George Clemmons
Clemmons
S. Airm en Killed Abroad
Four American aviators died and two were injured when two planes collided near Wittlich, Germany, with one wreckage in the Moselle river. The dead are Lieut Brayton Nichols Worcester Mass Lieut Roderick D P D Coe Nesbit Mass Lieut Charles F Volk New York City Private John J Salerno New York City. The injured are Lieut W O Morris Concord Mass and Sergt W P Carson Burton W Va. Wittlich lies about 20 miles northeast of Treves.
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New York City
W. O. Morris
Concord
Mass
Sergi
W. P. Carson
Burton, W. Va
Lille Reopens First Factory in Lille Region
The Lille Cotton Works begins operations as the first factory to be reconstructed in the Lille region.
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Lille
Lille Cotton Worka
British Workers Demand Industrial Citizenship in Postwar Britain
A British observer argues workers reject Bolshevism and seek industrial citizenship with a real say in management. Lord Robert Cecil’s Times letter is cited, urging worker participation and shared control to avoid tyranny, stressing labor’s right to be consulted and to share in industry.
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Harold E. Bechtol
M. EB. AL
London
Britain
Great Britain
House of Commons
Brokers Object to Tax on Salmon Pack
F. C. Barnes company salmon brokers filed suit Thursday naming County Assessor Frank W. Hull Treasurer William A. Gaines and Sheriff John Stringer as defendants. The suit seeks to enjoin the defendants from levying and collecting taxes on 2,246 cases of salmon the plaintiffs say belong to the government and are not taxable.
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Frank W. Hull
William A. Gaines
John Stringer
F. C. Barnes Company
Salmon Brokers
Portland
Viewpoint on labor rights by British miners and workers
Robert Smillie argues for worker control in mines and broader input into operations and profits. Lord Robert Cecil counters that workers lack a right to self-determination and must balance power with owners.
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Robert Smillie
Council of Labor
Ocean Flight Trial Near St Johns As Hawks Plans Atlantic Run
Pilot Harry Hawker aims to fly the Atlantic by next Thursday at the latest from St Johns Newfoundland. Work on the Sopwith machine for Hawker and navigator Mackenzie Grieve proceeds after ice floes delayed the crew. Aviator Morgan with his Martins Side machine is also en route and plans a start by April 15.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Harry Hawker
Atlantic
Hawker
Mackenzie Grieve
Morgan
Sachem
British actors threaten strike in United Kingdom
London April 4. The executive committee of the Actors' association recommends to a general meeting that no member appear in a cast not fully composed of association members. The move follows claims by London manager C B Cochran to employ in his company only non members. The association seeks better conditions and salary payment during rehearsals.
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London
United Kingdom
Actors’ Association
C. B. Cochran
PITY OF ARMOUR HE SEEMS SO LONESOME
Two Western stockmen visit Ogden Armour at his 1000 acre Lake Forest farm for a deal. They are admitted through guards and find Armour on a lonely front porch with a melancholy face. After completing their business they ride away in silence. One stockman notes Armour’s lack of true friends.
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N. KE. A
the Star
Chicago
Ogden Armour
Armour Farm
Lake Forest
Armour
Montana
Og Armour
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