General Strike Used by Socialists Against Kapp in Berlin
The Associated Press reports a civil struggle between two governments in Berlin and Stuttgart as Socialists mobilize a general strike to oppose Chancellor Kapp. Both sides threaten drastic measures, while Stuttgart denies any deal with Kapp and calls for unconditional surrender when negotiating.
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Chancelor Kapp
Berlin
Associated Press
Stuttgart
Ebert
Kapp
Wolfgang Kapp
Strikes and Picket Lines Spark German Crisis Reports
The text notes Lee strike leaders threatening death for interfering with public services and a decree from 4 PM. It mentions a split in Germany with the Ebert government holding parts of the south and west, and the Kapp regime strong in northeastern Prussia and Silesia. Fighting and bloodshed are described in Berlin suburbs, but clashes appear between militia and crowds with no full armed conflict between governments.
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Germany
Ebert
Kapp
Prussia
Silesia
Berlin
First outward move in Mexican revolt reported near Los Palmos
Word from Sonora indicates barricades rise at Los Palmos pass Chihuahua mountains as 5000 well mounted men gather. Carranza agents seize Communist literature in Altar district and raid yields two foreigners jailed. Investigations follow from government couriers and secret agents.
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Gua Prieta
Sonora
Mex
Carranza
Los Palmos Pass
Chihuahua
Couriene
Altar
Communist Party
Mexico City
Villareal predicts inevitable fall of Carranza
Gen Antonio I Villareal issues a press statement asserting Carranza will fall. He accuses Carranza of dictatorial power, points to the Plan of Guadalupe being violated, and condemns Carranzism as morally lost. He appeals for a peaceful transfer of power and criticizes allied constitutionalists who remained loyal to Carranza.
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Antonio I. Villareal
Huerta
Diaz
Guadalupe
Mexico City
Carranza
National Congress
Mexico
Carran
Thirteenth French Woman Aviatrice RIS
France reports Mme Gaby Morlays near receiving a pilot certificate at Theater Antoine within a few days. The count of certified women pilots rises to twelve, with Adrienne Bolland recently earning the 13th. Helene Dutrieu has left aviation, Baroness de Laroche is dead, and Jane Hervey is said to head an American aviation school.
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Aviatrice Ris
France
Mme
Gaby Morlays
Antoine
Adrienne Bolland
The
Aero Club
Heléne Dutrieu
Baroness de Laroche
Mile
Jane Hervey
Mother
El Paso Employers Probe Minimum Wage Bias at Board Meeting
At the El Paso session of the Industrial Welfare Commission, employers urged delaying action on a minimum wage for women and minors until the next legislature. Frank B. Fletcher argued border labor hardship from a lower standard, citing 92 percent of El Paso laundries’ female workers are Mexican with $6 weekly wages. William Moran defended Mexican workers and urged action toward a living wage to uphold American standards.
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Astin
Tex
Industrial Welfare Commission
Frank B. Fletcher
el Paso
William Moran
Mr. Fletcher
Italy Faces Adriatic Drive in New European Alliance
A 1920s analysis by Frank H. Simonds describes Britain France and Italy forming a ruling trio in European affairs, with Italy often decisive against France. It explains Italy's shift after Wilson's Rome visit and its bid on Adriatic goals, leading to bitter Italian-French clashes and a temporary stall in Paris.
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Frank H. Simonds Ashington
D. C
Britain
France
Italy
Lloyd George
Millerand
Nitti
Great Britain
Adriatic
Wilson
Rome
Paris
Fiume
Rhine
Clemenceau
Miners Seek White House Nod in Strike Settlement
Washington D C March 16 John L Lewis president and William Green secretary of the United Mine Workers of America called at the White House to learn the status of the bituminous coal strike settlement. They were told Wilson had not finished studying the majority and minority reports of the commission members.
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Washington, D. C
John L Lewis
William Green
United Mine Workers of America
White House
Wilson
Peruvian Legation Attacked in La Paz by Mob Led by Ex-President
A Bolivian mob of about a thousand attacked the Peruvian legation and consulate in La Paz. Gen Ismael Montes, former Bolivian president, headed the mob. The Peruvian minister and consul were escorted home by the American minister and British chargé d affaires after the attack. The incident follows rising Peru Bolivia tensions over Arica sea outlet claims and plebiscite disputes.
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Legation
Ima
Peru
la Paz
Ismael Montes
Bolivia
Arica
Chile
Admiral Sims on German bluff risk and mine barrages
Rear Admiral Sims told the Senate Naval Subcommittee that a German bluff in 1918 could have paralyzed transatlantic troop ship traffic. He reviewed four naval plans to defeat Germany, praised the North Sea mine barrage, and said the department initially lacked full intelligence.
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D. C
Europe
Sims
Senate Naval Subcommittee
Navy Department
Washington
Admiral Sims
Department
Germany
North Sea
United States
England
Unknown Man on Train Ends Life with Cash Discovery
In Nara Visa New Mexico on March 16 coroner reports a man who killed himself on the E P S W train, found with 1200 in cashier's checks and 225 in currency sewn on his clothing. The victim’s ticket shows travel from Santa Barbara California to New Bedford Massachusetts as investigators seek to identify him. He died between Obar and Nara Visa.
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Nara
N. M
E. P
S. W
Santa Barbara
Calif
New Bedford
Mass
Obar
Nara Visa
Claim Their Wife Has 22 Husbands In Bigamy Plea
Dayton men Tiffie Sallie of Cincinnati and James Nick of Dayton ask police to arrest Margaret Foster 21 on bigamy charges. Sallie says he married her February 16 1920 at Chevert Ohio. Nick says he wed her yesterday. They join in pursuit of the alleged wife.
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Dayton
Tiffie Sallie
Cincinnati
James Nick
Margaret Foster
Sallie
Chevert
Nick
School Board to Meet Tonight at Bailey School
The school board will meet at o clock tonight at Bailey School to discuss district matters.
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Bailey School
Census Shows Amarillo Has 15494 People
Census figures released in Washington list Amarillo Texas at 15494 residents, up 5537 from 1910 or 55 percent. Other gains shown include Mitchell North Dakota 8478, Madison South Dakota 4144, and Creston Iowa 8034 with increases ranging from 16 to 32 percent.
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Washington
D. C
Amarillo
Texas
Mitchell
Madison
S. D
Creston
Unmasked Bandits Loot Seattle Revenue Office
Two unmasked men held up the internal revenue office in Seattle early today and escaped with 20000 dollars. Cashier R. E. Stafford opened the vault then was forced to the desk as revolvers were pointed, and the robbers loaded packages of currency before fleeing. The money had been received during last night tax rush.
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Seattle
Wash
Internal Revenue Office
R. E. Stafford
Stafford
Masaryk to Rule Czecho-Slovakia For Life
Dr. Thomas G Masaryk the first president of the Czecho Slovak republic will remain in office for life under the new Prague adopted constitution according to reports from Washington.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Washington, D. C
Thomas G. Masaryk
Republic of Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
Berlin rocked by hotel strike and citywide clashes
Berlin endures a complete paralysis as hotel Adlon staff quit to protest conditions. Diplomats forage for meals while water is shut off and civilians face sporadic fusillades, tolls rising with fifteen dead and many injured across Kiel Magdeburg Leipzig and Charlottenburg.
Wanda Hawley Similarity Contest Opens in El Paso
The Herald launches a Wanda Hawley Similarity Contest inviting El Paso area residents to mail photos by April 1. Photos judged by male clerks. winner announced April 3 with her picture published and presented a solid gold wrist watch from W. T. Hixson & Co.
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Ei Paso
Southwest
Wanda Hawley
Paramount-Laskey
The
Herald
el Paso
W. T. Hixson & Co
the Herald
Mary Pickfords
Dorothy Daltons
Ebert Government Expected to Win Across Germany
Washington reports military officials view dispatches from Berlin as indicating the Ebert government will regain authority despite sporadic Spartacist outbreaks. A general strike is seen as likely but would not prompt a major revolution, as soviet sympathizers are described as a small minority.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Ebert
Germany
Milit
Edward Davis
Berlin
Soviet Republic Proclaimed at Hof Bavaria
A Handelskblad report from Amsterdam on March 16 says a soviet republic has been proclaimed at Hof in northeastern Bavaria. Hof lies about 30 miles northeast of Bayreuth and has roughly 33 000 residents.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Handelesbladtrom B
Hof
Bavaria
Bayreuth
National Assembly to Meet Wednesday in Germany
Refusal to negotiate with the Kapp regime was decided by the old cabinet led by President Ebert. The national assembly will meet in Stuttgart Wednesday at 4 pm, as Ebert demands unconditional resignations from Berlin's new government leaders.
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National Assembly
Stuttgart
Germany
Wolfgang Kapp
Berlin
Ebert
Dresden
Cammunit
En Dbennete
Kapp Leaders Plan Campaign
London reports Berlin formed a new cabinet with Gen Ludendorff attending and Munich also forming a new government. Berlin dispatches say workers oppose the Kapp regime after the South Berlin girl’s shooting and four deaths in the North Berlin industry area. Troops fired on a crowd at Lieprie, killing over twenty and wounding about sixty.
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Kapp
Berlin
Lieprie
Copen
Hamburg Reds Fight Baltic Troops In City
In Hamburg yesterday fierce clashes between citizen guards and Baltic troops left about thirty dead including women and children. Captain Berchtold of the Baltic troops was among those killed. Karett von Wangenheim, Hamburgs senior prison officer, resigned and was replaced by Herr Lamplar, a supporter of the Ebert government. Elsewhere, fighting near Steglitz southwest of Berlin caused ten deaths and many wounds, with reports of casualties at Breslau.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Hamburg
Berchtold
Karett von Wangenheim
Herr Lamplar
Ebert
Steglitz
Berlin
Treaty Critics View German Revolt Through Peace Terms
Washington debates the German upheaval amid claims the revolution proves or opposes the peace pact. Wilson and Taft supporters see it as validation, while critics blame the cruel and harsh terms for inciting trouble. Analysts note Germany lacks munitions and allies fear burdens of indemnity.
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Germany
David Lawrence
Ashington
D. C
Washington
Capitol Hill
Wilson
Europe
America
Taft
League
Department of State
League of Nations
Fighting spreads as German rail strike widens in 1920s turmoil
Correspondent reports ongoing fighting across Germany with a proclaimed council republic at Essen and Ruhr. Rail workers launch a national strike in solidarity with workers. clashes in Leipzig left several dead as unrest spreads. Mathias Erzberger is reported under arrest by authorities.
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Copenhaen
Germany
Council
Essen
Ruhr
Cassel
Oldenburg
Ebert
Exchange Teleg Company
Berlin
Kapp
Leipzig
Mathias Erzberger
Exchange Telegraph Company
Theaters Headliners In Today's Listings
Amusement page highlights include Blaine jammerstein in The Woman Game at ALHAMBRA and Ellanay presenting The Greatest Question. Greci's Shark Monroe stars with Wm. S. Hart. Sessue Hayakawa headlines The Illustrious Prince at RIALTO. Unique shows Mickey with Mabel Normand and Every Woman at Wigwam.
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Blaine Jammerstein
Bill
Ellanay
Greci
Shark Monroe
Wm. S. Hart
Rialto
Prince
Sessue Hayakawa
Mickey
Mabel Normand
Herald Proves Circulation Close to Twice Any El Paso Paper
The El Paso Herald reports its proven circulation nearly doubles that of every other El Paso newspaper, underscoring its dominance in the local market. The claim emphasizes readership lead and market share.
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el Paso Herald
el Paso
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