Millions Hold Fast In Strike Tie Up Chicago Rail Lines
Chicago and Buffalo rail districts see widespread switchmen and engineer walkouts. About 8,500 locomotive engineers and firemen vote to join unauthorized strikes, threatening grain and cattle shipments as yard work and freight flows shrink. Cleveland officials call the action illegal. Louisville and other lines halt shipments to Chicago. Buffalo reports 500 switchmen on night shifts striking, with freight backed up citywide.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Switehmen’s
Union of North America
Swichmen
Ager
Brotherhood of Railway
Brotherhood
Cleveland
Carter
Scarren
Stone
Chicaco
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Tlouseville
Louisville
Pennsylvania, Monon
Witneis Central
Big Four
American Railway Express Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Penna
O'Cloeck
Yards & T
J. F. Sheehan
Switchman’s
City council passes daylight saving time measure
The council approves turning clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday in April to remain until the last Sunday in September. Five yes and two no votes. McElroy cites job losses for Toronto men. Odell notes 75 percent opposition among workers. Protests from Wheeling Traction Co. call for uniform time with nearby towns. City Solicitor outlines hearing before State Utilities Commission on the Third street rebuilding issue.
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Wheeling Traction Co
Third Street
Connell
State Utilities Commission
Conneil
Traction Company
Councils of Mine and Brilliant
Chamber of Commerce
Fach
Keane
Schaefer
Yort
Melville
McElroy
Odell
Toronto
J. H. Maxwell
S. E. L. and
Beaver Valley Traction Co
East Liverpool
Wellsville
Steubenville
Daylight Savings
Levinson
Wheeling Traction Co’s
Itisue
Threetor Criss
J. W. Gill
McConnell and Leech
Wells
State Commission
Gill
Pavlir
Friends of Irish Freedom to Hold Big Mass Meeting
The Friends of Irish Freedom will hold a mass meeting at the Victoria theatre Sunday night at 8 o clock in the interest of the cause. James H. McHugh of New York national organizer will speak, joined by another prominent speaker from the state. A fine musical program is planned for the occasion.
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Friends of Irish Freedom
Victoria Theatre
James H. McHugh
New York
Friends of MI Irish Freedom
Sewer Explosions Do Great Damage in Akron
A series of violent explosions in downtown Akron at 2:30 pm injured many and shattered hundreds of windows. A fire started at the Buckeyes hotel beside the Fivening Times office on High Street near Mill. Gas from broken mains filled nearby buildings as crowds gathered and responders worked amid smoke and shock. Weather notes report fair conditions with freezing temperatures tonight.
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Associated Press
Akron
Powers
Buckeyes
The
Fivening Times
High Street
Mill
Times
Yardmen Form New Association in St Louis Strike Sympathy
Officials say the movement aligns with the Chiscea strike. In St Louis officials report yardmen and switchmen meeting to form a yardmen's association to demand a general wage increase. More than 5 000 yardmen eligible for membership according to the organizing committee.
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Chiscea
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Til
Yardmen’s Association
First Funeral Transport Reaches New York
New York April 7 officers of the army graves reclamation service prepared for the reception of the first American funeral ship from Europe. The Nansemond expected to dock with 87 bodies from English base hospitals relatives notified and in city to claim remains. A system for receiving handling and shipping the dead was in place and most bodies would be reshipped by nightfall. France reports Mercury will leave Brest tomorrow with 315 caskets as the first funeral ship bearing soldiers’ remains.
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New York
Army Graves Reclamation Service
England
France
Nansemond
Mercury
Brest
Bills for Barring Out Socialists
Albany April 7 Two bills aimed at carrying out the judiciary committee recommendation to bar the Socialist party of America from politics in New York state were introduced in the legislature. One would permit the attorney general to seek a judicial ruling in the appellate division third department on whether Socialist policies would endanger the government. The other would amend public office statutes to exclude Socialists from public office and prevent exercise of official duties.
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Associated Preas
Albany
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Socialist Party of America
New York State
Stat
Appellate Division
Third Department
Socialist Party
East Ohio Miners Return to Work
Day men in most East Ohio bituminous mines went back to work under an operators' pledge to address grievances at a conference on April 19 in Pittsburgh. The agreement allows most mines to resume operations except uneven ones, with disputes over wage raises for day men versus tonnage workers to be discussed at the meeting. Also reported is the kidnapping of deputy sheriff E F Nofziger of Archbold, who says bandits took 2090 dollars in cash from a local store and dumped him in an alley after a gunpoint ride to Toledo.
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Wheeling
West Va
East Ohio
J.alsbin
Pittsburgh
Toledo
E. F. Nofziger
Archbold
Nofgiger
French Occupy Homburg as Ruhr Occupation Expands
German government issues a proclamation condemning the French occupation of Ruhr towns. French troops seize Homburg, right bank of the Rhine, while Reichswehr and shock units reach Essen suburbs and disarm insurgents. British convoy moves 500 insurgents to Cologne camp. looting escalates in Essen amid Red guards. Britain and Italy reportedly oppose French advance without formal approval. Hamburg occupation declared virtually complete under Degoutte’s plan.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Ruhr
France
Metz
Rhine
Homburg
Frankfort
Reichswehr
Essen
Red Army
Elberfield
Solingen
Cologne
Berne
Red Guards
Britain
London
Great Britain
Germany
Ambassadors’ Council
Italy
Hamburg
Degoutte
War Office
CENSUS DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTS STEUBENVILLE GROWTH
Chamber of Commerce Forum at the Imperial Hotel features Supervisor A R McLane detailing 1920 census data for Steubenville from 1810 to 1920. He cites population growth, factors limiting 1930 targets, and notes foreign-dominated precincts needing Americanization work while praising enumerators, especially rural women. Continued on page ten.
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Steubenville
A. RE. McLane
J. W. Gill
S. W. Criss
Ralph Levinson
Harry Wintringer
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Imperial Hotel
McLane
Steubenvale
Citiens
Bazaliel Wells
James Ross
Jefferson
Belmont
East Liverpool
Grand jury probes brutal murder of 11 year old Frances South
The Jefferson county grand jury opened the investigation into Frances South’s murder in Adena on March 26, with hearings by key witnesses William Tweedy and Mrs. John Turner. The probe, aided by Vigilantes of Adena, is expected to be lengthy with potential sensational developments as more witnesses arrive.
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Jefferson County
Frances South
Adena
William Tweedy
John Turner
Oscar Hargrave
Mr. Tweedy
Turner
Smithfield
Mt. Pleasant
Mayor Signs Daylight Savings Ordinance
City council passed an ordinance favoring daylight savings. Mayor Feist received the measure yesterday afternoon and signed it into law. The ordinance takes effect on the last day of the month.
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Feist
Traction Service Resumed at Toledo
Toledo street car service, halted after the council balked at a fare increase, resumed under a U S district court order. Riders now pay seven cents plus transfer tax, with retroactive effect to April 1. The court will decide how long the higher rate remains in force.
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Toledo
United States District Court
Sis
General Glenn to Be Guest of City for Wood Campaign
Major General Edwin Glenn former Camp Sherman commander arrives this evening at 5.17 pm from Columbus on a Republican presidential support mission for General Leonard Wood. He is met by ex soldiers and local Wood followers, escorted to the Imperial hotel, and to give three talks to veterans.
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Edwin Glenn
Camp Sherman
City
Columbus
Leonard Wood
Imperial Hotel
Slight Damage to Fruit by Freeze
Central state fruit suffered only slight damage from last night’s freeze according to horticulturalists. In the southern region early fruit was considerably damaged. E G Cotton head of the state horticultural bureau sent telegrams to fruit growers requesting damage reports.
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Columbus
E. G. Cotton
State Horticultural Bureau
Ohio Women Will Form New League
Columbus Ohio April 7 The Ohio league of women voters will be launched here the first week in May regardless of whether Ohio women are permitted to vote in the April primary according to an announcement by the Ohio woman suffrage association at Warren received today
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Columbus
Ohio League of Women Voters
Ohio
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association
Warren
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