Civil War Spreads in Rail Unions Across Cities
Chicago leaders report insurgentengineers and firemen forming an outlaw union demanding recognition and wage scales. The strike cripples freight and express traffic threatening food supply. 40,000 to 45,000 workers idle as unions rally nationwide. Officials claim locomotives remain at work. many yards report crews returning to service.
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Chicago
Yalhead Brotherhoods
Burike
Merry
United States
United Enginemen
Anch Hostlers
Brotherhood of Firenew Wid
H. K K. Reading
Transportation Net
Buffalo
Milwaukee
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Aioe
General Railroad Strike Ties Up City Freight
All railroads entering the city except the Erie and Pennsylvania lines went on strike last night and this morning, nearly stopping all freight in and out. By 10:80 this morning the day shifts had not reported, and a general strike is believed likely.
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Erie
Pennsylvania Lines
Sinn Fein plot of armed uprising linked to Berlin arms
Dublin police say recent reports of a Sinn Fein armed uprising were based on fact. They claim information shows a rising was planned with German war material from Berlin and identify Dublin businessman Thoras J Loughlin, a Sinn Fein member, as arrested under the defense of the realm act, with Baron Lewis von Horst named as the Berlin negotiator.
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London
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Berlin
Thoras J. Loughlin
Dublin
Sinnleln
Aet
Loughlin
Lewis von Horst
United States
Women sympathizers threaten banners at State Department
Picket leaders barred from the British embassy say they will deploy their banner bearers at the State Department. They plan to display extracts from an address claimed to be by Secretary Colby in New York after the 1916 Easter uprising, alleging he defended the Irish and attacked Britain.
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Washington
State Department
Colby
New York
Ireland
Great Britain
Chicago Prohibition Chief Seeks Revocation of Prescriptions
Major A V Dalrymple, head prohibition officer for Chicago, urged Washington to revoke liquor prescription privileges of 46 Chicago physicians and druggists. He claims they distributed whiskey and other intoxicants via hootlegging prescriptions. If approved, physicians lose rights to write booze prescriptions and druggists would be barred from filling them.
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Chicago
A. V. Dalrymple
Kramer
Prohibition
Washington
Dalrymple
Armed Clash in Frankfort Sparks Casualties
A dispatch from Frankfort reports German French fighting with six killed and thirty five wounded by machine gun fire near Moroccan troops. A French officer commanding guards ordered fire after perceived threats from civilians. Washington confirms ongoing talks among the United States France Britain and Italy on the Ruhr situation as facts unfold.
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Berlin
Frankfort
Washington
United States
France
Great Britain
Italy
Ruhr
State Department
Ruhr Valley
Wilson
Germany
Admiral Rodman Slams Sims Indiscreet Letter
Adm Rodman told the senate committee that Rear Adm Sims letter criticizing the navy’s war effort was very indiscreet and breached confidence by making private conversations public. He warned the publication harmed cordial relations with a key ally and censured all public expressions of opinion on the matter. Rodman said Sims should have kept conversations secret and formal, defending the navy’s good name.
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Washington
Apri
Hugh ©. Rodman
Pacific Fleet
Senate
Sims
Daniels
Admpiral Benson
Naval Operations
London
Leas
Rodman
Admiral Rodman
Navy command debate over Admiral Sims wartime role
A witness criticizes press and public views of Admiral Sims and U S naval leadership in European waters saying Sims was a subordinate part of operations in London and that Washington held full policy direction. The Senate debates the army reorganization bill and universal training plan urged by Senator Nelson for a 200000 strong regular army with one third trained for a year.
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United States
Rodman
London
Sims
Washington
Senate
Nelson
Minnesota
Japan Will Withhold Siberian Troop Withdrawal
Tokyo dispatch says Japanese forces in eastern Siberia will not be withdrawn immediately due to Japan’s strategic position and threats to Manchuria and Korea. The note cites dangers to subjects and communications as the reason for delaying troop recall despite Czecho Slovakia withdrawal.
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New York
Japan
Siberia
Manchuria
Korea
Tokyo
Viadivostok
Mancehuria
Revolt Plot in Munich Stirs German Political Tensions
Berlin reports a Bavarian revolt plot aimed at creating a Ludendorff led dictatorship in Bavaria. German protests France's Rhine occupations, warning the Ruhr movement threatens the republic. Officials convene a national assembly session to address the crisis.
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Berlin
Munich
Ludendorff
Baveria
Helin
National Assembly
Two Bills Move to Bar Socialist Party From NY Politics
Albany April 8 two bills aimed at enacting the assembly judiciary committee recommendation to bar the socialist party of America from participation in New York state politics were introduced in the legislature.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Assembly
Socialist Party of America
New York State
More Nations Join League
All of South and Central America join the League of Nations adhesion covenant. Venezuela files its notification, completing the Latin American additions. Also joining are the Netherlands Norway Denmark Switzerland and Salvador as neutrals.
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Washington
South and
Central America
League of National Adhesion
Venezuela
Netherlands
Norway
Denmark
Switzerland
Salvador
Graves Decorated as Yank Troops Leave Siberia
Brigadier General William S. Graves and his staff received the Czecho Slovak military cross and a sword from Russian officials in Vladivostok as American forces complete their Siberian evacuation. The Great Northern carried Graves and 800 troops, while the South Bend brought 1,600 more troops and 110 war brides to Manila.
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Vladivostok
William S. Graves
Siberia
Great Northern
Manila
General Graves
Pacific
P.L
South Bend
Iberia
Turks Destroy Village Harounyi and Burn American Orphanage
Turkiye forces shelled and razed the village of Harounyi near Constantinople while fire caused by shelling destroyed an American orphanage in the area. Reports note extensive damage to buildings and displacement of residents amid ongoing hostilities.
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Constantinople
Apel
Harounyi
Gilbert of
Yonkers
York
Germans Bombard Düsseldorf with Gas Shells
German regiments bombarded the city of Düsseldorf today using gas shells. The report notes activity by German forces in the area as bodies of smoke and shell bursts marked the attack.
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Dusseldgme
Paris
Dusseldorf
Mississippi River Flood Reaches 18.5 Feet at Clinton
The Mississippi River rose to 18.5 feet at Clinton on April 8, the highest level in 32 years. Factories in the lower city remain running only due to constant pumping as water floods first floors of many business buildings.
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Clinton
Mississippi River
Michigan Senate Ballot Audit In Newberry Ford Contest
Washington April 8 The senate elections committee will begin a ballot audit in Michigan next week. David S, sergeant at arms, will supervise the work with Barry leaving Detroit Monday to oversee the operation. Ballots are expected to arrive around April 20.
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Washington
Newberry-Ford
Michigan
Senate Elections Committee
Wil
David
Pergeant-At-Arms
Sena
Barry
Score Hurt in Blast in Akron Downtown
A series of violent explosions in downtown Akron injures about a score of people and damages hundreds of plate glass windows at stores and offices. Authorities investigate the blast scene and secure the area.
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Akron
Nev. Suit Aims to Cancel Pickford Divorce Decree
Reno April 8 a suit to set aside the divorce decree awarded to Mary Pickford now Mrs Boairbanks will be filed next week the Nevada attorney general says deputy Bert Richards investigating the case cites alleged collusion and conspiracy to deny jurisdiction and residence insufficiency as grounds for voiding the decree.
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Reno
Nev
Mary Pickford
Boairbanks
Nevada
Bert Richards
Uia
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