Tragic Wind Storm Strikes Suburban Districts
A freak storm dropped telegraph and telephone lines in Will and neighboring counties causing widespread damage. Rail service reports and weather bureau notes indicate gusts up to 80 mph in affected farming areas with local squalls and communication blackouts in Will DuPage Kane Cook and southern Lake County.
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Elgin
Will
Dupage
Kane
Cook
Lake County
Weather Bureau
Suburbs of Chicago hit by tornado toll soars
A tornado swept through Chicago suburbs including Will Dupage Kane and Cook Counties. The storm caused at least six deaths in Melrose Park and Elgin with many injured and millions in damage. Buildings, trains, and power lines were destroyed across Norwood Park Wilmette and adjacent towns.
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Chicago
Will, Dupage
Kane
Cook Counties
Phineis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Battle Creek
East Troy
Wis
Bitsy Louis Brow
Marwood
Melrose Park
Elgin
Dunning
Wolf
Metrose Parks
James ©. Stuart
Eleventh Infantry
L N. G
Wilmette
Evanston
Melrose
Hansen
Nottingham Avenue
Addison Heights
Charles Hansen
Seventy-first Avenue
Irving Park Boulevard
Norwood Park
Irving Park
Maywood
Higin
Engineers Ask More Pay
Coveland DF March 20 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers presented a wage demand to the railway wage conference committee in Washington. Warren S. Stone grand chief announced on his return from the capital. The engineers did not seek a specific raise but urged parity with other transportation employees.
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Coveland
Brotherdood of Locomotive Engineers
Railway Wage Conference Committee
Washington
Warren S. Stone
Reward Offered For Kidnapper Of Paul Little
Lexington capitalist BE R Little offers 8000 for arrest and conviction of the kidnapper of his twelve year old son Paul. He adds 5000 to anyone proving he owes the kidnapper or harmed him and guarantees release if arrested as the suspect. He disclaims knowing any enemy who would threaten his son.
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Lexington
Paul
BE. R. Little
Hilm
Wage Scale Still Climbing Upward
Chicago reports a new agreement between the Carpenters' District Council and the Carpenter Contractors' Association setting a minimum wage of 1.25 dollars per hour until May 1, 1221. The document includes a pledge to avoid jurisdictional strikes and to rely on a Joint Arbitration Board for dispute resolution with a new agreement due by February 21 next year.
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Chicago
Carpenters’ District Council
Carpenter Contractors’ Association
Daniel Galvin
Carpenters
District Council
Joint Arbitration Board
National Board of Awards
Mneet
Poland Opens Peace Talks With Soviet Russia
Copenhagen reports Poland has begun peace negotiations with Soviet Russia. A dispatch from Rovno notes Rivenia and Binkind are also moving toward peace with the Soviets.
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Russia
Rovno
Copenhagen
Poland
Rivenia
Binkind
Chicago coal men hit by indictment in federal case
Indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis lists Francis S. Peabody and other Chicago coal operators among 125 defendants charged with a conspiracy to halt production and keep coal prices high. Names include F C Rannel, J T Connery, W S Bogle, M Adams, and others associated with major Chicago coal firms and the scale committee.
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Francis S. Peabody
Chicago
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Francis 8. Peabody
Peabody Coal Company
Council of National Defense
Bituminers
Anderson
Simlasly
Peat Wis
Secror
America
Sted
Calon
George DB. Harrington
Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company
Indicted Leaders Named in National Coal Strike Case
The indictment lists major coal operators and union officials including J. W. Catiffer Chicago representative for the National Coal Association Warrenforth Power Coal chief Brewster Chicago list Thomas Brewster St Louis operator Phil A. Penna Terre Haute W. K. Field Pittsburgh Jonas Waffle Terre Haute Rice Miller Till sboro Theodore Keller H A Husker H M O Perry J L W Spencer Simick and others. It also names national and state mine workers officials such as John D L Lewis William Green Perry Tatlow Edward Stewart William Mitch Larry Fishwick Charles Grace and Frank Farrington.
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J. W. Catiffer
Chicago
National Coal Aesoeciation
Warren FT Siorth
Manager
Power Coal Company
Chieweo
Brewster
Nmnate
Thomas TL Brewster
St. Louis
Phil A. Penna
Terre Muute
Ind
Washington
W. K. Pield
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Jonas Waffle
Coal Trade Bureau
Terre Ante
Rice Miller
Tillsboro
Theodore Keller
A. Husker
HH. O. Perry
Edward Stewart
Indiana
William Mitch
Todiana
Frank Farrington
Biiness
Larry Fishwick
Charles Grace
New German Coalition Names Premier Herman Mueller
Berlin reports a new cabinet with Herman Mueller as premier and foreign secretary hero status. Ministers include Schucke labor socialist Schmidt economics specialist, and Gessler defense democrat among others. Reconstruction portfolio pending allocation to a democrat. Youll find it in the want column.
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Berlin
Terenon “Mueller
Herr Schucke
Herr Schmidt
Troamsfert
Gustav Kuor
Edouard David
Seelaliet
Ferr Koch
Defenuse
Herr Gessler
Herr Mionck
Fischer Cuno
Hamburg American Steamship Company
Jelann Giesberts
Pood
Andreas Hermes
Treasury
Doctor Wirth
Secret Anglo Turkish treaty claim shocks Paris and London
A alleged eight article secret Anglo Turkish agreement, signed in Constantinople in April 1919, is reported by Nazim Bey. It purportedly grants Britain control of the Dardanelles and Syria and Mesopotamia, while keeping Constantinople Turkish. Skepticism cites Berlin nationalism and Nazim Bey’s links to Enver and Talaat Pasha. Geddes sails for New York April 10 to assume U.S. ambassadorship.
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Berlin
Constantinople
Franner
Noten
Churchill
Great Britain
Bringland
Turkey
France
Avenres
Breitain
Dardanelles
Syria
Mesopotamia
Nazim Bey
Talaat Pasha
Constantinese
Messrs
Franney, Nolen
Hurechill
Winston Spencer
Amad Feric Pasha
England
Kurdistan
Egypt
Cyprus
Britain
Damad Ferid Pasha
Abdul Hamid
Enver Pasha
Paris
London
U S Health Officials Probe Typhus Like Illness Nationwide
Washington March 20 Officials of the public health service have opened a general inquiry into a mysterious disease in several localities resembling typhus fever. Reports describe a form of itch with fever, prompting a large number of letters to the surgeon general and a thorough investigation to prevent an outbreak. In Los Angeles Mrs Ruby Reed, 37, a divorcee, was found garroted in her home with a man's handkerchief forced in her mouth.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
Europe
Public Health Service
Surgeon General
Public Health Service Officis
Home
Los Angeles
Ruby Reed
Gulf to Michigan ship disaster devastates city
A gulf to Michigan vessel crash causes 150 deaths and 1000 injuries. The hit area around Chicago is described as severely damaged with widespread casualties and emergency response underway. Authorities are coordinating rescue and relief efforts amid chaos.
Tornado Death Toll Rises Across Seven States
Special to Elvenine Jovuenal reports a deadly tornado sweeping Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Georgia and Alabama. Over 150 killed nationwide with more than 1000 injured. Chicago notes about 30 dead and rescue teams search ruins as troops guard cities to deter looting. Telegraph lines down hamper communication.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Georgia
Alabama
Elgin
Storm Hits Delavan Lake in Belvidere Area
A tornado swept the south shore of Delavan Lake damaging farmsteads and homes, inundating the lower lake area, with many small buildings swept into the water and farmers reporting heavy stock losses around the northern Timots resort district.
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Belvidere
Delavan Lake
Timots
New Commander in Ireland Named by London Express
Gen Sir Nevil Macready, chief of the London Metropolitan police and son of actor W C Macready, is chosen to succeed Gen Sir Frederick Shaw as commander in chief of British forces in Ireland. He will assume the post immediately, the Daily Express reports.
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London
Nevil Macready
London Metropolitan Police
William Charles Muacré@ady
Frederick C. Shaw
Daily Express
Nevil
Ireland
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Relates Homeless Night in France
In Fontainebleau on March 20 the Belgian queen failed to secure hotel rooms for herself and entourage. Forced to camp cot sleep, she told aides the incident recalls 1914 when they were truly homeless, while hotel managers regretted denying hospitality.
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Fontainebleau
France
Elizabeth
Belgium
Milan Rallies Over Clock Change Decree
unrest erupts across Northern Italy against the March decree delaying time by one hour. Milan's municipal council ignored swift protests and ordered a change despite local opposition.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
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Brotherhood
Kentucky
Charles M. Moderwell
M. Moderwell & Co
John T. Connery
Miami Coal Company
Walter S. Bogle
W. 8S
Bogle & Co
KE. C. Searles
Crerar-Clinch Coal Company
Marty ©. Adams
Peerless Coal Com
Herman Mueller
Ocense
Wazim Bey
Sultan
U.S
Gulf TO Michigan
Cago
Michigan Peninsula
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