Ruhr workmen army arms deadline set April 10
In Dusseldorf April 2 AP reports the Ruhr workmen army must hand in arms to local authorities by April 10 under a government central committee agreement. Rebels will be treated as noncombatants if fighting ceases by noon tomorrow. a Wesel commander pledged obedience to the ceasefire while lamenting ammunition shortages. The general strike in the Ruhr is to end as soon as possible.
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Dusseldorf
Workmen's Army
Ruhr
Central Committee of the
Workmen's General Conference
Easen
Wesel
Discharged Seaman Pushed From Charleston Yard
At the Charleston navy yard an unusual scene unfolded as blue jackets with fixed bayonets escorted a discharged seaman from the U S S Savannah. The man had been discharged for bad conduct, replacing the older practice of drum ming him out.
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Boston
Navy
Charleston Navy Yard
Savannah
Confesses Murder of Two Officers in California Case
California report says Calixton Ruiz confessed to killing two American aviators Lewis Connolly and Waterhouse whose bodies were found on the beach at Los Angeles Bay in Lower California. Ruiz, prisoner at Mulege, will be tried at Tia Juana.
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Washington
Calixton Ruiz
Lewis Connolly
Waterhouse
Los Angeles Bay
California
Calexico
State Department
Ruiz
Mulege
Tia Juana
Rules Allow Leasing of US Coal Deposits
Secretary Payne approves regulations for prospecting and leasing coal deposits on federal lands excluding parks and reserves. Leases cap at 2500 acre units with one lease per person per state, bidding at a minimum five cents per ton and highest bonus winning. Prospects may obtain permits to locate unknown deposits with potential lease terms set by the Interior Department. Alaska deposits are exempt.
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Washington
Payne
Interior Department
United States
National Parks
Appalachian Forest Reserve
Secretary of the Interior
London sermon rails at fashions of women undressing
Rev Bernard Vaughan attacked prevailing gown fashions in a London sermon. He warned that today’s women dress to undress for dinner, saying clothing should be decent warm and ornamental and that designers lack taste and principle.
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London
Bernard Vaughan
Mexican Bandits Attack Train Near Mexico City
Washington reports that Lt. Col. Robert L. Campbell U S military attaché and an American woman doctor named Paine were ambushed by rebels near Tres Marias on the Mexico City to Cuernavaca line. The attackers used dynamite to wreck the train and track but Campbell and others escaped unharmed. the women hid in the woods as authorities seek details from the embassy.
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Washington
Robert L. Campbell
U. S
Mexico City
Paine
State Department
Tres Marias
Cuernavaca
Campbell
Eastern cities avoid nail shortage as production rises
Pittsburg report states steel mills increased nail output by 15 percent, easing fear of shortages in New York Chicago Detroit and other cities. Builders had feared delays as construction boomed, but mills moved to full speed, overtaking consumption and ensuring nails for ongoing projects.
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Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Corner Stone to Mark Signing of Boundary Treaty
President Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno and President Marco Suarez journey to the Ecuador Colombia border to lay a corner stone commemorating the July treaty defining exact boundaries. Chilean minister accompanies the party, signaling heightened political importance in South America.
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Equador
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
Colombia
Marco Suarez
South America
Palmer outlines packers' civil victory and plan to dismantle
Washington April 2. Attorney General Palmer testified to the House Agriculture Committee on the government action against the Chicago packers. He described a consent decree to remove packers from stockyards rail routes and storage businesses and to drive stockholders toward new ownership plans. He said the action yields enforcement rights and aims to curb dominance while acknowledging no immediate price reductions. The attorney general noted the decision predates the steel case ruling and warned the five firms could face contempt if they violate terms.
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Washington
Chicago
Palmer
House Agriculture Committee
America
Congress
Supreme Court
Steel Corporation
Was
Russian Peasants Desert From Reds in Soviet Russia
The Amsterdam Handelsblad correspondent reports peasants desert the Red Army at every opportunity and return to villages where they earn more money. They receive gifts of gold, gramophones, clothes, or money for cultivating their own soil. The Soviet power is weak as peasants accept only the benefits of communism and listen to village priests who resist the government.
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The
Hague
Red Army
Amsterdam Handelsblad
Soviet Russia
Libby Maine in distress near Cape Flattery
The motor ship Libby Maine with a crew of about 25 inbound from Mexican ports sent distress calls while five miles off Cape Flattery. The vessel passed Cape Flattery and entered the Juan de Fuca Strait under its own power, according to reports received.
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Seattle
Libby Maine
Cape Flattery
Cape
Straits of Juan de Fuca
British Delegation Bill Sparks Expense Debate at Paris Peace Talks
London reports angry questions in the House of Commons over a 503 388 pound bill for the British delegation to the Paris peace conference. Sir Alfred Mond defends hotel, staff and related costs as critics urge restraint and question champagne and dances charges. The British delegation included 82 and five hotels with Americans said to spend more.
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London
Paris
House of Commons
Alfred Mond
Sir Alfred Mond
Strikes Hit Chicago and Norfolk and Western Rail Lines
In Chicago seven hundred switchmen walked out protesting removal of a yard master and seeking wage increases from 52 cents to 1 dollar hourly. In Columbus and Roanoke Norfolk and Western workers joined sympathy strikes, with about 1000 local employees out and talks underway for settlement led by N D Maher and mediation offers from the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Brotherhood of Railway
Brotherhood
Columbus
Norfolk and Western Railway
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Roanoke
N. D. Maher
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Roanoke Association of Commerce
Persident Maher
Romania's Take Ionescu Urges Balkan Alliance With US Role
In an interview in Thucharest on April 2, Take Ionescu, Romanian editor and politician, backed a Balkan alliance of Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Greece with the United States playing a key part. He warned without US interest in Balkan trade Romania risks German influence and urged military aid to secure the Constantinople and Dardanelles corridor. He defended Romania's wartime sacrifices, blamed German war losses on cattle and machinery, lamented internal strife, and critiqued postwar economic stagnation and national debt.
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Thucharest
Europe
Rumania
Poland
Germany
Romania
America
Constantinople
United States
Dardaelles
Clergyman accused of leading gang of thieves and arson
Vienna reports Thomas Pfefferkorn a clergyman named as leader of about 25 thieves and incendiaries. He and followers were arrested in Mitterseil after burglarizing an inn and setting it on fire, with alleged blackmail of prominent locals including town officials.
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Vienna
Thomas Pfefferkorn
Mitterseil
Salzburger Volksblatt
Pfefferkorn
King and Queen in Holy Week Roles at Royal Palace
King Alfonso Queen Victoria and Queen Mother Marie Christine attended Easter mass at the Royal Palace chapel in Madrid in gala attire. A large crowd of titled persons and army officers watched as the king and queen washed the feet of twelve blind men and twelve beggar women before sharing bread and baskets of food.
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Madrid
Royal Palace
Alfonso
Victoria
Marie Christine
Soverigna
Wind storm wrecks Wilton area barns and homes
A severe wind rain and hail storm hit near Wilton Iowa thirty two miles northwest of Davenport last night at seven o clock. The storm toppled barns outbuildings windmills and in some cases houses with no known loss of life. Telephone and telegraph communication is impaired.
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Davenport
Wilton
White Easter Hopes Amid Minnesota Blizzard
A cold wave and late night blizzard hit Minnesota and eastern Dakotas with a 30 degree drop to 10 above, hindering rail and city traffic. Winona’s Mississippi floodwaters receded slightly as cellars flooded, while Duluth noted harbor ice driven out by the blizzard, signaling an early lake navigation opening.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Dakotas
Mississippi
Winona
Minn
Duluth
Trade pact ships locomotives for hogs and grain
Paris dated April 2 AP reports a Belgrade advised agreement where Hungary will receive a large batch of railway cars and locomotives while Jugoslavija will supply Hungary with 20 000 hogs 70 carloads and 500 carloads of maize and wheat in return.
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Paris
Belgrade
Jugo-Slav
Hungary
Jugo-Slavia
Northcutt gets ten years for murder of nurse
The California Supreme Court upheld the conviction and ten year minimum sentence for Dr. Ephraim Northcutt of San Francisco in the murder of Army nurse Miss Inez Elizabeth Reed. The court denied a rehearing of the case. Evidence showed Reed died from an illegal operation in San Mateo County last year.
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San Francisco
Ephraim Northcutt
Inez Elizabeth Reed
Fort Riley
Kan
San Mateo County
Supreme Court
Black man killed by mob after knife incident in Laurens
George Robertson, a Black man, was taken from the Laurens city jail by a mob last midnight and died near a railroad bridge on the city outskirts. He had been charged with cutting three white boys during a dispute, while another Black person was being hunted by police. The mob shot him after transporting him to the bridge.
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Spartanburg
8. C
George Robertson
Laurenc
Senate OKs 10000 Indians as separate unit in army
Washington April 2 AP Chairman Wadsworth was authorized by the senate military committee to introduce an amendment to the army reorganization bill. It would provide for enlisting not to exceed 10,000 American Indians as a separate army unit with citizenship rights upon discharge in addition to tribal rights.
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Washington
Wadsworth
Senate Military Committee
Army
Committee to Visit Fort Hall Reservation
The house committee on Indian affairs will depart in May to tour western reservations. They will visit Fort Hall to inspect the irrigation project and assess funding for enlargement.
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Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Smith
Fort Hall
McCormick Testifies in Murder Trial in Marysville
Frank McCormick formerly of Des Moines Iowa testifies in Marysville California on April 2 on a murder charge for killing Charles Brown a sheep rancher. He claims he shot Brown in self defense.
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Marysville
Cal
Frank McCormick
Des Moines
Charles Brown
Brown
Deadlock in Washington over railroad wage talks deepens
The railroad wage dispute on April 2 reaches the president after a third conference attempt. B M Jewell reports labor’s disappointment as railroad executives withdraw, citing public representation concerns. Union leaders say they will pursue the Transportation Act framework while continuing to push for fair pay, though conferences have collapsed.
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Washington
Wilson
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
Execuives
Congress
United States
Whiter
Butter Misidentified as Negro Delegate at Chicago Convention
Jackson Mississippi April 2 AP reported J F Butter selected by the Republican state convention as a Chicago delegate was mistakenly listed among the negro delegates in last night dispatches. Butter is a prominent Holly Springs Mississippi citizen.
Japan Will Not Withdraw Troops, Premier Says
Honolulu April 2 AP report says Prime Minister Hara officially states Japanese forces will not withdraw until the situation clears, per a Tokio cable to the Nippo Jiji newspaper.
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Honolulu
Hara
Japan
Tokio
Nippu Jiji
Stockyards Strike Off After Arbitration Pact
Nine hundred striking stockyards employees returned to work under an agreement to arbitrate wage differences with the Union Stock Yards and Transit company. Live stock deliveries resumed and more than 7 000 packing house workers went back to their jobs. Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler will hear the dispute. the hearing opens Monday.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Samuel Alschuler
Alschuler
Santa Cruz Couple Filed for Divorce in Santa Cruz
Alice True Gentle and Dr. Robert Bruce Gentle, a dentist, filed suit for divorce today in Santa Cruz. The couple married in 1900 and have one son, Robert Bruce Gentle Jr., 14 years old.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Alice True Gentle
Grand Operasor
Robert Bruce Gentle
Gentle
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