House Wont Act to Halt Coal Strike
Secretary of Labor Davis places responsibility on coal operators as talks fail to avert a national strike set to begin at midnight. The labor conflict center seeks mediation but operators refuse to meet, while miners signal broad participation and government warns against price hikes.
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Borah
House Committee
Nolan
Jol Moore
United Mine Workers of America
Mspore
Federal
Commissioner of Labor
Stewart S Niid
Davis
Daugherty
Harding
Department of Labor
Countess Priscilla of Annestey Tours the United States
Priscilla Countess of Annestey travels in the United States as one of three British holders of the title. Widow of the fifth Earl Hugh Annestey and second wife, she plays a prominent role in North Irish affairs and serves as a leading political hostess.
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Priscilla
Countess of
Annestey
United States
Great Britain
Thoes
Hugh Annestey
North Trish Aft
Siamese Twins Die in Chicago After Refused Separation
In Chicago at West End hospital Josefa and Ross Blazell, born in Austria 43 years ago, died within two minutes of each other after doctors failed to obtain consent to separate them. Both sisters suffered illnesses including jaundice pneumonia bronchitis. their brother and Frank Blazell reportedly refused operation.
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Chicago
Josefa
Ross Blazell
West End
Rosa
Frank
Roma
Diosa
Peace Pact for Ireland Reached as Violence Persists in Belfast
A London announced settlement ends the border war between Ulster and the Irish Free State with monthly unity talks and future conferences on boundary issues. Key figures including Winston Churchill and Joseph Devlin hailed the agreement while Michael Collins voiced reservation amid ongoing Belfast violence.
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London
Ulster
Joseph Devlin
Grewdel
Belfast and
Falls
Ireland
Empire
Hamar Greenwood
Trish
Michael Collins
Peace Agreement Signed Amid Belfast Violence
Arthur Griffith discusses a peace pledge as the accord frees political prisoners on both sides. In Belfast violence continues with the abduction and death of Samuel Malyen, a Catholic, and an attack on Constable Lyle. In Dublin, the Free Man’s Journal plant is wrecked by rebels, with warnings against aiding the Freeman. Terror spreads as roads block and trains halt.
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Arthur Griffith
Belfast
Samuel Malyen
White Cross
Malle Road
Lyle
Dublin
Uper
Freeman's Journal
Irish Republican Army
Freeman
Senator Lodge May Go Abroad
Washington rumors say Henry Cabot Lodge to succeed Colonel George Harvey as ambassador to Britain. His appointment hinges on reelection prospects this fall and his view of the Washington conference as the culmination of a long political career.
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Washington
George Harvey Soon
Ty ix
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Botse
George Harvey
Lodge
Court of St. James
Ratification of Nine Power and Customs Treaties Ends Arms Conference
The Senate ratified the nine power treaty guaranteeing tariff treatment for China and the customs treaty as part of the arms conference. The Chinese treaty passed unanimously, while the customs pact edged 58 to 1 with Senator King of Utah voting no. Most senators showed little interest throughout the debate.
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Washington
Mare
Senate
King
Utah
Iit
Borah
Jolson
Wadeworth
McCormick
Wood
Pittunn
Ashurst
Underwood
China open door treaty debate stretches across Senate
Senators discuss a customs treaty and related agreement with China over autonomy and open door principles. Underwood argues the draft favors China’s autonomy yet binds on customs control. Hitchcock and Lodge critique outcome. Borah warns against tacit acceptance of Japanese aggression and notes missed protections for territorial integrity.
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Borah
China
Manchuria
Mongolia
Japan
Lodge Faces Political Backlash Over London Post
The passage notes friction within the Republican ranks over Senator Lodge possibly taking a London appointment. Party leaders back his long service while critics worry about currency of his Washington role and the upcoming elections.
Red Cross Discontinues Atlantic and Lake Headquarter Posts
Washington March 31 Announcement that the American Red Cross will discontinue its Atlantic division headquarters in New York and Lake division in Cleveland was made by Chairman John Barton Taine of Chicago.
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Washington
Tf Atlantic
Author and Artist in Fistic Duel Between Wilson and Criley
Har ry L eon W ilson and Theodore Criley fought a daylight fist duel in a Carmel Glen near the California coast. The match lasted five rounds before Criley defeated Wilson, who vowed to continue the feud.
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San Francisco
Cal
Harry Leon Wilson
Theodore Criley
San Francisco Examiner
Carmel
Artist Colony
Here
Pacific Coast
Wilson
Criley
Messenger
Tam
Crikey
Threat in Nassau Sends City on Edge and Police Probe
A vague alert from colonial authorities triggers Nassau residents fear as police investigate a reported threat to the entire city. Authorities warn residents to stay vigilant while collecting details and assessing risk across key zones.
Nassau Fire Threatens Colonial Hotel in Bahama Islands
A wireless message from Nassau reports a blaze at the Colonial hotel owned by Vic Plagler interests has the entire city under threat of destruction. Damage runs into millions of dollars as authorities battle the blaze. Samuel Gompers declares coal operators broke contracts in a related dispatch.
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Evening Journal
Miami
Florida
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Colonial Hotel
Colonial
Vic Plagler
Operators Break Contract Lockout Shocks Miners
Washington March 31 coal operators broke their contract with miners and forced men to quit work, a deliberate lockout Samuel Gompers declared today in his statement to The Evening Journal.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
Banker Fen ton Dies by Own Action in Lake Michigan
W T Fenton first vice president of the National Bank of the Republic Chicago drowned himself in Lake Michigan today. Born near Madison Indiana in 1848 he spent ten years with Fletcher and Sharpe of Indianapolis and later served as cashier of the First National Bank of Ottumwa Iowa.
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Sweeto
Evening Journal
Chicago
W.T. Fenton
National Bank of the Republic
Lake Michigan
Madison
Ind
Fletcher and Sharpe
Indianapolis
First National Bank
Ottumwa
Iowa
Actress sought after man’s death in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police ordered the arrest of Clara M. Woodward a former burlesque actress after she died following a shooting at her boarding house that killed John Pepperman 37. Investigators say the two quarreled when Pepperman said he would return to New York.
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Philadelphia
Clara M. Woodward
John Pepperman
Pepperman
New York
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