Johnson Leads in Montana Primary Returns
Butte April 24. Complete but incomplete returns from across Montana show Sen Hiram W Johnson leading the presidential primary with votes far above his four opponents. In Silver Bow county Johnson tallies 3822 to Wood 473 Hoover 433 Lowden 419 Harding 733, as Wilson appears to lead statewide with Democrats not nominating a single candidate. Governor Samuel W Stewart is named as Democratic vice presidential nominee.
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Butte
Hiram W. Johnson
Leonard Wood
Herbert C. Hoover
Lowden
Illinois
Warren G. Harding
Silver Bow County
Johnson
Wood
Hoover
Harding
Wilson
Samuel W. Stewart
Navy promotions on selection board in Washington
Admiral Rodman commander of the Pacific fleet will proceed to Washington to serve on a navy selection board reviewing officer promotions. He will depart Tuesday. Rear Admiral Williams based in San Francisco will command the Pacific fleet during Rodman’s absence.
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Los Angeles
Rodman
Pacific Fleet
Washington
Navy
Williams
San Francisco
Admiral Rodman
Arrest case opens hearings on Communist Labor party ties
Washington April 24 Hearings before Secretary Wilson examine if membership in the Communist Labor party makes an alien subject to deportation under the 1918 act. The case of Carl Miller, a German-born alien arrested in Denver, is the test matter.
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Washington
Communist Labor Party
Act of Congress
Wilson
Communist Party
Car Miller
Denver
Carl Miller
Hines Resigns as Director of Railroads
Walker D. Hines resigns as director general of railroads effective May 15, with President Wilson accepting. Max Thelen seen as successor in charge of claims. Hines to aid liquidation and likely return to law in New York after private control of railroads ends March 1. Wilson lauds Hines for his service to government and country.
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Washington
Walker D. Hines
Wilson
Railroad Administration
Max Thelen
Claims Department
Hines
White House
New York
McAdoo
Sr. Hines
Troops Arrive as Aitators Move in Butte Strike
Eight federal companies arrived in Butte to back the metal mine workers union No. 800 during the I W W strike. More miners returned to work, ore hoisted, and Governor Stewart met officials. Leaders and many I W W members reportedly left the city. no road pickets or clashes were noted today.
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Butte
Metal Mine Workers’ Union No
Samuel V. Stewart
Allies Reach Full Agreement On Policy Toward Germany
San Remo April 24 AP Premier Lloyd George and Premier Millerand reach a complete accord on disarmament reparations and allied action toward Germany. A preliminary plan will go to the supreme council and a future Armenian loan may be sought from the United States with possible wider participation.
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Germany
San Remo
Lloyd George
Millerand
Reparations Commission
John Bredbury
Supreme Council
Capper Attacks Profiteering in War Economy
In a Senate address Senator Capper and allies accuse profiteers of war-time greed. He cites corporate margins, sugar canning raids, and oil price spikes, urging enforcement and tax measures on war profits while calling for accountability. The exchange links profiteering to broader costs for soldiers and ordinary Americans.
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Capper
Packers Close Big Provision Deal With Hun Government
Chicago packers announced the sale of 45 million dollars in meat provisions to the German government. Delivery of mostly pork products will begin immediately from warehouses in Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam and Scandinavian ports. The deal reflects prearmistice shipments, with payment under a special plan and continued high retail prices due to the outlaw switchmen strike and limited refrigerator capacity at railroads.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Company
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Germany
Weather outlook for coming week in multiple regions
Washington April 24 AP forecasts begin the week unsettled with showers in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valley then generally fair and cool. Rocky Mountain Plateau areas expect fair and cool conditions while the Pacific states anticipate generally fair weather with normal temperatures.
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Washington
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Pacific
Pussyfoot Plans Prohibition Tour Arrives in Westerville
William E B Pussyfoot Johnson, famed Anti-Saloon League worker who helped enforce temperance in England, was welcomed home in Westerville after a Columbus reception. He will tour the United States advocating strict enforcement of prohibition, then return to England in September to continue the effort.
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Westerville
O.C
William EB
Pussyfoot) Johnson
Anti-Saloon League
Ongland
Johnson
Columbus
State House
State Moving Picture Censor Board
England
Post Office Bill Carries Air Mail Service Provision
President Wilson signed the annual postoffice appropriation bill announcing provisions for an air mail service between New York and San Francisco via Chicago.
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Washington
Wilson
Post- Office
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Eight Camp Grant Negroes Sentenced to Life
Eight Camp Grant soldiers, convicted of criminal assault on Miss Louise Schneider in May 1918, were transferred to the Atlanta federal penitentiary to serve life terms. The general court martial reportedly awarded the death penalty, later commuted by President Wilson.
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Camp Grant
Louise Schneider
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Wilson
Walkout Losing But Fight Is Rigid
In Chicago on April 24 AP reports a split within the strike by switchmen. 27 railroads including the Chicago district show 350 men returning to work, total 1096 since the strike began, with livestock, meats and coal movements normal. Fourteen leaders were arraigned on conspiracy charges under the Lever Act, and two union presidents were among those arraigned. Separately in Washington, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen urged wage demands of 6.50 dollars a day with differentials, saying workers are tired of delays and false promises as Congress considers action.
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Lenroot
Wisconsin
Palmer
Thomas
Colorado
Capper
Chicago
Western General Managers Association
United States
John Grunau
Harold Reading
R. S. Murphy
Shannon Jones
Washington
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Railroad
Laper Board
Shea
Wood leads in Nebraska Republican delegation split
Nebraska Republicans favor Leonard Wood in both first and second districts with Wood receiving 7462 and 7696 votes to Hiram Johnson in the first and second districts respectively. The Democratic side shows Bryan leading with ten delegates and Hitchcock six while the at large delegates are split.
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Omaha
Leonard Wood
Hiram Johnson
Wood
Johnson
Bryan
Hitchcock
Berge
President Brum challenges El País editor to a duel
Montevideo April 24 AP report Baltasar Brum, president of Uruguay, challenged Dr Rodriquez Larreta, director of El País, to a duel after an El País article attacked him following his address on inter American affairs before University of Montevideo students.
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Montevide
Uruguay
Baltasar Brum
The
Republic
Pr. Rodriguez Larreta
el Pais
Dr Larreta
Brum
Larreta
University of Montevideo
Montana Sheriff Killed by Captured Outlaw in Monida Shootout
Sheriff W. K. Wyman of Beaverhead County Montana died after a bandit later named B C Davis shot him twice in Monida. Davis, captured after a 55-man posse surrounded a frame cabin, was brought to Dillon jail. The incident sparked threats of lynching and differing accounts of Davis’s identity and movements.
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Monida
Dillon
W. K. Wyman
Tribune
Wyman
Beaverhead County
Montana
KE. N. Young
J. ©. Davi
B.C. Davia
F. W. Rothas
Lima
Rothas
BE. C. Davis
Laramie
Wye
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Davis
Armstead
Short Line Special
Harkinson
Cruisers Go to Coast as Precaution
Rebel forces and federal troops fight for control of the Tampico oil fields as American warships head toward rebel menace ports in Mexico. Washington says U S moves are unlikely unless American lives or interests are at risk. Mazatlan Topolobampo and frontera host small American presences as seven Sonora states join the revolt amid federals retreating along the Monterey Tampico line.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Mazatlan
Topolobambo
Frontera
Topolobampo
Sonora
Carranza
Linares
Nuevo Leon
Monterey
Tampico
Mexico City
General Obregon
Chihuahua
Vera Cruz
Francisco Figueroa
Guerrero
Maycot
Iturb
Pacific Coast
San Lorenzo River
Angel Flores
Sinaloa
Army transport wagons cross into Mexico from Eagle Pass
A shipment of army transport wagons purchased from the United States passed through Eagle Pass Texas bound for Mexico, authorities said. The cross border movement occurred April 24 with no reported incidents.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
United States
Mexico
Tampico Oil Fields Hit in Mexican Rebellion Battles
In Washington AP dispatches report Revolutionary forces under General Arnulfo Gomez and Mexican federal troops led by General Murgia contending for Tampico oil fields. Other notes say Rentiera’s brigade approaches Colima, threatening the Carranza garrison.
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Washington
Arnuldo Gomez
Murgia
Tampico
Salvador Alvardo
Sonora
Gomez
Alvarado
Rentiera
Michoancan
Eastern towns to set clocks ahead
Massachusetts and many New England cities will move clocks one hour forward at 2 am tomorrow. Twelve Rhode Island towns also shift time, while Maine towns led by Portland Lewiston and Manchester participate in the plan.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Farmer's Interest
Rhode Island
Maine
Portland
Lewiston
Thor
Manchester
New Jadert
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Chicago Enginemen's Association
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