President Harding urges emergency tariff acts and reforms
Washington reports President Harding in a joint session calls for a declaratory resolution to end the technical state of war with central powers while warning against separate peace. He urges instant tariff enactment for the emergency, tax readjustment, railroad cost cuts, weaker private monopolies, and strengthened federal road and merchant marine policies.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Europe
Association of Nations
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
House
Germany
Society of Nations
Government seeks balance in postwar policies and growth
The document outlines priorities across aviation regulation, veteran support, public welfare, anti lynching measures, military funding, debt management, and business policy. It highlights government role in civilian and military aviation, hospital relief, maternity bills, a national budget system, disarmament pacing, and avoiding entrenched price controls while encouraging honest enterprise.
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Congress
Republic
Army
Navy
United States
Ainial
ex _ Favere & vetern
Panama Menaces Costa Rica Frontiers Amid Tense Standoff
Costa Rica reports Panama troops massing in the Coto and Almirante districts near the frontier. Costa Rican leaders expect U S support per Secretary Hughes as government holds the Panama steamer Belen Quisada for refusing to return captured launches.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Republic of Panama
Cote and
Almirante
Panama
United States
Hughes
State Department
Coto
Clar a Hamon Murder Trial Noted Figure Bars Films
Tiara Smith Manon, known for her Ardmore Oklahoma murder trial of politician Jake Hamon and acquitted, will not be shown in moving pictures by the Illinois exhibitors' alliance. The group adopted a resolution saying such pictures would reward notoriety and invite directors to seek her out.
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Chicago
Tiara Smith Mamon
Jake” Hamon
Ardmore
Okla
Alliance
Belasco Improves as Pneumonia Stricken Writer Rebounds
David Belasco playwright and theatrical manager ill with pneumonia at a New York hotel is reported improving rapidly as doctors monitor his condition. The report notes his continued rest and stabilizing symptoms.
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Belasco I
New York
David Belasco
Alarmed by French Plan in Germany May 1 Crisis
Berlin circles fret as reports say French military and political factions seek May 1 aggression against Germany. Simons faces calls to resign after a Switzerland interview. U.S. aid floated via an international commission to review German payments and avoid default.
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Simons
Switzerland
Berlin
Germany
France
Hague
Paris
Casif
Fehrenbach
Simenus
Ebert
Pehrenbach
Kkngland
America
Deetor Shuens
Siimons
Doctor Simons
U. S.S
Commission to rule on Germany default before force
The text notes that many urged referring the matter to the same commission to decide if Germany defaulted by nonpayment or unwillingness, before force could be invoked.
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Germany
19 Missing After Shipwreck Off Gulf of Mexico
Wireless advices from Beaumont Texas report the Bowle line steam bos Towte with two men aboard wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico Monday. Three men were rescued by the British steamer Cise. Nineteen men remain missing.
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Col. Bowie
Gulf of Mexico
Beaumont
Tex
Bowle
Towte
Mexico
Home Office
Cise
One Dead Six Hurt In Akron Explosion
An explosion at the Akron cement house of a company killed one man and injured six others on April 1. Rescue crews responded as damage disrupted the building and surrounding area.
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Akron
UN Miller
Swift and Armour Lob Stock Yards Plan Approved
Department of Justice court approval endorses a disposition plan for Swift and Armour stock yards. Trustees Henry W. Anderson and George Sutherland to run administration, with $10,000 yearly salaries, selling stock within the year under court supervision.
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Swift and Armour Companies
Department of Justice and
Court
Department of Justice
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Justice Stafford
Sinois Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
George Sutherland
Salt Lake City
Utah
Beth
Court of Diligence
Bankers Indicted in Prophetstown Bank Failures
George F. Paddock, president, and son Hugh, cashier of the defunct Prophetstown bank, closed doors December 31, indicted on 238 counts including forgery embezzlement and larceny. They fled a week ago and their present whereabouts are unknown.
France Seeks Custody If ex Kaisers Attend Potsdam
France watches the ex Kaiser and his son closely. If they travel to Potsdam for Kaiserin’s funeral, France would demand their handover to France for safekeeping.
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France
Will
Potsdam
Paris
Frederick Wilhelm
Germany
Denver Bandits Seize $15 000 in Heist
Denver officers report two Stock Yards National Bank messengers were held up and robbed of about $15 000 by three bandits in automobiles here on April 18.
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Denver
Colo
Stock Yards National Bank
Tokyo considers sending distinguished Japanese to Washington
Tokyo officials discuss selecting a prominent Japanese to address Pacific issues with the United States including mandates immigration arms and China. The move aims to improve relations before tensions deepen. A cabinet shakeup may follow as war minister Tanaka resigns amid internal disputes.
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Tokyo
Washington
California
China
Siberia
Vivian
France
United States
Man Ovetscrs
Japan
Tot
America
Hughes
Pacific
Giluchi Tanaka
Hara
Til Elected Director at Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Til was elected a director for one year to succeed James A. Stillman who resigned January 5 under the interlocking directorate rule as the Clayton act took effect. Vandertilt, Vanderbilt, McCormick, Keep, Fintey and Sheean were re elected for three-year terms.
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Field Til
James A. Stillman
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Mr. Stillman
Frederick W. Vandertilt
Harold &, Vanderbilt
Cyrus TH
McCormick
Chauncey Keep
William H. Fintey
James B. Sheean
Isaac Cutter Near Death in Quincy After Illness
TAINE Cutter of Camp Point and grand secretary of Illinois Masons is near death in Quincy following a recent amputation of a small toe. He is sixty seven and has held the secretaryship for one year.
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Quincy
Taine Cutter
Camp Point
Illinois Masons
Capt Marshall Leads C N W Directors In Chicago
Chicago April 18 Capt Marshall directs C N W directors in a terse briefing. The dispatch notes leadership reshuffle and ongoing operations as the organization reviews strategic plans.
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Chicago
Marshall
Miners refuse to strike as British premier trade talks continue
Railway and Transport Workers will not quit work for now. Proposals by Sir George Lieyd were discussed but miners, part of the triple alliance, will stay on duty awaiting further instructions. Seamen and firemen must ballot before any transport strike. Ice mine safety work continues. in Fife only two of sixty four pits are pumping.
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Lieyd George
T Ie
Triple Alliance
Uction
Transport Workers’ Federation
Hoading
United Kingdom
Fifeshire
Memorial resolution backs Mayor of Chicago taxed income relief
Springfield April 13 The house in a memorial to congress struck as patrioteers profiteers and compulsory military service declared against any League of Nations and urged liberal soldier bonuses and exempting all personal incomes under 85000 a year from federal taxation. The resolution embodying Thompson Small platform was introduced Friday by RB Lawyer of Skankakee and adopted 77 to 56 after a turbulent discussion. Joe O Neill Browne and four other Democrats voted with the Republicans while 11 Republicans joined the minority.
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Springfield
Congress
League of Nations
Skankakee
Joe O'Neil Browne
Woodrow Wilson Peace Fund Aims 500000 For Global Peace
Chicago April 13. A Woodrow Wilson world peace fund of 500000 is to be raised in the United States by supporters of Wilson and the League of Nations. The Woodrow Wilson club of Chicago plans the effort and university organizers include Prof. William R. Dodd of the history department.
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Chicago
Europe
United States
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson Club of
William KB. Dodd
History Department
Wilson
University of Chicago
Senator Knox Bill Vetoed Amid Labor Strike Plans
London dispatch reports the Knox bill vetoed as Britain faces a Labour Alliance walkout set to begin at 10 oclock Friday night. The article notes no action on Debs and mentions Wilson Hawling in connection with the coverage.
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Speciyl
The
Evening Journal
London
Great Britain
Alliante of Labor
Hifs
Fragmentary note on German resolution and veto
A garbled line references a resolution with Germany, likened to a prior session's measure vetoed by President Wilson. The text appears to echo congressional action and executive veto during the Wilson era.
Mother of Whipped Boy Fined in Iowa Court
Mrs. Emma Wainscott of Fairport was fined 50 for assault and battery on two Fairport teachers after a dispute over her 11 year old son Alvin. The case, heard by Judge J C Coster in Muscatine Iowa, marked a second hearing in ten days with an appeal filed to the District court.
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Muscatine
Emma Wainscott
Fairport
Ruby Morrison
Myrtle Balmos
J. C. Coster
Alvin
Mias Balmos
Wainscott
Miss Balmos
Coster
Grit in Boy's Eye Causes His Death
Eight year old George M Kellogg Jr. died after grit entered his eye during play on the lawn with a foreign substance. He received anesthetic at a hospital to aid removal but did not regain consciousness under anesthesia.
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Sioux City
George M. Kellogg, Jr
Love Works Miracles Quote by L. W. Child
A quotation asserts that love cures all ills and wrongs, stating love as the divine vital source that restores life and enables miracles if embraced by people. The message emphasizes universal applicability to humanity and moral power.
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L. W. Child
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Ilinois House
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League
Knox
Wilson—Hawling
Debs
Washington, D. C
Eugene Debs
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