Britain Faces Mine Emergency as Strike Paralyzes Industry
London reports show millions affected as coal miners strike spreads. Admiralty orders sailors back from leave to support essential industries amid looming labor disruptions. Government eyes emergency measures, wage subsidy rejection, and possible broader labor action across rail transport and manufacturing sectors.
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United Press
London
Admiralty
Associated Press
Great Britain
Lloyd George
House of Zommons
Skewanheath
Whles
Fifeshire
House of Commions
House of Commons
Robert Stevenson Horne
Excheauer
Labor Party
National Union of Railway Men
The
Transport Workers’ Union
Railroad ‘Workers’ Organization
Altho
Daily Graphic
Bowhill
Kelty
Staffordshire
Glamorgan
Woman Locks Out Entry With Help From Reformed Burglar
Chicago April 4 A crowd watches Mrs L H Frensdorf fail to enter her apartment late Saturday night. Motts Murphy a reformed burglar assists by jimmying a second floor window with a screwdriver then opens the front door from inside. Police place him on his honor not to touch belongings inside.
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Associated Press
Chicago
L. H. Frensdorf
Motts
Murphy
Baby tumbles 15 feet from porch to sidewalk
Frank Kenison 17 month old son of Mr and Mrs Elvey Kenison of 514 Jefferson street crawled to a casement window, pushed it open and stepped onto the porch roof, leaped off to the cement sidewalk fifteen feet below and landed on his feet before tumbling headfirst. He was unconscious until midnight but awakened laughing with a black eye to show for the fall.
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Frank Kenison
Elvey F. Kenison
Jefferson Street
Frank
Soviet to Soften Restrictions for Factory Owners
A Moscow wireless message says the Soviet government will ease rules for foreign owners of manufactories in Russia, allowing exploitation of their property under a regime similar to that used for mines. The announcement marks a shift in foreign ownership policy amid ongoing economic measures.
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Associated Press
Paris
Russia
Moscow
England's Bar Bill for 1920 Two Billion
Washington report notes Britain's spend on intoxicating liquors rose to 2,285,795,050 dollars in 1920 from 1,878,469,000 in 1919, a jump of over 400 million. yet the total remains about 24 percent below prewar levels per Consul Hunter Sharp's Edinburgh dispatch.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Department of Commerce
Hunter Sharp
Edinburgh
Scotland
United Kingdom
P R R Shop Crafts in Wage Conference
Representatives of the shop crafts employees of the Pennsylvania railroad met the general managers committee in Pittsburgh to discuss proposed wage reductions. The conference was the third in a series addressing pay cuts affecting workers.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Managers’ Committee
Besler Testifies First In Railroad Board Hearing
W G Besler president of Central Railroad of New Jersey testifies as part of the labor committee of the Association of Railway Executives. A Loomis letter was read, offering information on national rules. Frank Walsh asks for Frank McManamy to be called, and recommends Me senemys appearance Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. G. Besler
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Association of Railway Executives
Besler
E. £. Loomis
Lehigh Vailey Railroad
Frank P. Walsh
Mr. Loomis
Walsh
Frank McManamy
Mechanical Department
United States Railroad Administration
McManamy
Mesenemys
Rockefeller lawyer dies after brief illness in Daytona
Starr J. Murphy, counsel for the Rockefeller Foundation and adviser to John D. Rockefeller Jr., died in a Daytona hospital after a brief illness. The body will be sent to Montclair, New Jersey for interment.
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Rockefeller
Dles
Associated Arenas
Daytona
Fla
Starr J. Murphy
Rockefeller Foundation
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Montclair
N. J
Bisbee Postoffice Robbed of $50,000 by Two Mexicans
In Bisbee Arizona two masked men forced Postmaster L R Bailey to open the vault at gunpoint and fled with about $50,000, including roughly $40,000 in cash. Bailey was found this morning bound and gagged with head injuries.
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Bisbee
Associated Press
Douglas
Ariz
L. R. Bailey
Aziz
Bailey
Gets 2000 on Bad Checks and Elopes With Wife's Jewels
A nationwide search is underway for Paul Byerly a Des Moines printing salesman who vanished after cashing 2000 in worthless checks and eloping with his wife's jewels. Police consider the Everly murder robbery case connected but suspect he may have fled to Chicago or the East. Mrs Everly is hospitalized and unaware of the disappearance details.
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United Press
Des Moines
Paul Byerly
Everly
Chicago
East
Ever
Preparing New Bill To Replace Utilities Bill Killed by Veto
Des Moines reports a new bill to replace the Springer utilities measure after Gov Kendall vetoed it. The plan drops indeterminate franchise provisions and favors district court proceedings for rate and service reviews without rate fixing powers.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Springer Utilities Court
N. HE. Kendall
Senate
Friends of the Springer Aill
Springer
Ciy
Legislature Seeks McGregor Prairie Du Chien Bridge
Des Moines April 4. Resolutions passed in the town legislature urge Congress to fund an interstate bridge across the Mississippi linking McGregor Iowa and Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin. The resolution notes there is no public Mississippi bridge for about 100 miles.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
House of the
Congress
Misssippi River
McGregor
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mississippi River
Courier Delivery by 3 30 P M With Phone Backup
The notice states home delivery by 3 30 o clock and offers a reprint if late due to carrier errors. Readers should call 8330 before 6 80 p m to request another copy.
Authorities Harry Indictment of Fly Cousin of Harding
Chicago April 4 the United States district attorney announces a special effort to indict Everett Harding of Chicago for impersonating a federal officer. The grand jury meets tomorrow. Harding, who called himself a cousin of President Harding and his confidential secretary, chartered a special car and invited many friends to attend the inauguration as his guests. The guests may pay their own fare as Pennsylvania Railroad asks the U S Secret Service for a guest list. Harding remains confined in Woodstock jail, Ir in default of bail.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States District Attorney's Office
Everett Harding
Grand Jury
Harding
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
United States Secret Service
Woodstock
Hays Seeks Postmasters’ Ideas to Speed Mails
Postmaster General Hays addressed postmasters from 22 major cities in Washington urging faster mail service. He said he wants suggestions to create a program for moving the mails quickly, reducing delays amid rising mail volume nationwide.
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Hays
United Press
Washington, D. C
Sig Hays
Ex-Service Men Aid Boxing Bill and Veterans Tax Exemption
Des Moines report says two of the American Legion's four legislative goals are met as ex-service men push to pass the boxing bill and secure veteran preferences in public appointments. The House, overrode a committee's advice, passed a Senate bill granting Civil War veterans a $2,009 tax exemption plus $1,800 for Civil War behind and $500 for World War veterans. awaiting Kendall's signature to become law.
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United Press
Des Moines
American Legion
House
Wars and Means Committee
Senate
Kendall
Suspect Identified as Drug Co. Bandit
Des Moines police identified J. T. Ball alias Camp Todd as one of the men who robbed the Des Moines Drug company of cash securities and narcotics valued at 5000 dollars. a bag with a safe cracker's tool kit was found on his person after a downtown gun fight last Saturday.
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United Press
Des Moines
J. T. Ball
Camp” Todd
Des Moines Drug Company
Ball
Highways and Weather Report for Iowa Towns
Highways in the territory include Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown Postville Waterbury. Weather forecast notes dry and mostly smooth roads with unsettled conditions in west Iowa and fair weather tonight into Tuesday.
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Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona Charles City
Cedar Rapita
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wiz
Mason City
Marshallam
Postville
Water Orly
Iowa
Brother of Greek King Constantine Killed in Action
London reports Prince Andreas of Greece brother of King Constantine has died of wounds from fighting near Brusa. Gen Viachapoulos, leader of the Greek attack, is also said killed. Andreas, born Athens January 20, 1882, was third son of the late King George and served in the Balkan War. He married Princess Alice of Battenberg on October 7, 1903.
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Constantine
Associated Press
London
Andreas
Greece
Brusa
Saya
Constantinople
Evening News
Viachapoulos
Prince Andreas
George
Athens
Greec
M. Venizelos
Princess
Alice of Battenberg
Sewell to Confer With Harding on Rail Wage Cases
Bert M. Sewell, president of the railroad section of the AFL, travels to Washington to meet President Harding about the ongoing railroad wage dispute. Rail executives and employees have clashed with the federal railroad labor board after management sought to abrogate national shop agreements. Sewell had requested a conference with Harding in a wire letter.
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Sewell
Harding
United Press
Chicago
Bert M. Sewell
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Federal Railroad Labor Board
National
Jewell
Recap Fourth Iowa Now 134th Infantry
Des Moines April 4 Adj Gen Lasher and seven Iowa National Guard officers head to Omaha for the semi annual conference of adjutants general and guard officers in the seventh corps area covering Iowa North and South Dakota Minnesota Nebraska Kansas and Missouri An order from the War Department renames and completes the Fourth Iowa as the One Hundred Thirty-fourth Infantry Iowa National Guard
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Adj
Lasher
Iowa National Guard
Omaha
Seventh Corps
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
War Department
Fourth Iowa Infantry
One Hundred Thirty-fourth Infantry
France to Approve Ambassador Herrick to France
France expresses satisfaction with reports that Myron T. Herrick will be the next American ambassador to France. Paris notes no formal notification has yet been delivered, but says it will proceed in due time once officially sig nified.
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Associated Press
Paris
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Foreign Office
Thieves Hit Two Detroit Vaudeville Theatres for Cash
Three armed men robbed two Detroit vaudeville theatres early today fleeing with about $3,000 from one safe as a watchman and three women were held at bay while the safe was opened.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Labor leaders push for wartime political prisoner clemency
United Press reports April mobilization by organized labor as Samuel Gompers and AFL officials meet with President Harding to urge pardons for political prisoners. Eugene V. Debs in Atlanta faces review. Socialists plan another White House visit on April 13. Prisons targeted include those jailed for war opinion. draft evaders not included.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
White House
Harding
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta Penitentiary
Daugherty
Gompera
Ex Emperor Charles refuses to leave Hungary
Ex monarch Charles declares he will remain in Hungary as a private citizen if unable to reign. Austrian ultimatum presses departure while Swiss and Allied stewards note uncertain routes and growing royalist activity near Steinamanger.
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Budapest
Charles
Stellamanger
Hungary
Steinamanger
Tyrol
Hapsburg
Windisch Graetz
Austria
Vienna
der Morgen
Bishop
Aus
Prangins
Spain
Women Campaign to Bury Lady Nicotine Next to John Baarlevoorn
Chicago April 4 Miss Bertha Bowman Lady Antinicotine urged 000,000 women of the WCTU to pray tobacco out of existence calling it a 40 year effort to bury John Baarlevoorn and now Lady Nicotine should rest beside him The group plans quiet activism to awaken public opinion against women selling tobacco in hotels theatres and rail stations They also oppose smoking in dining rooms seek health board action to ban smoking in markets and stores with food and avoid local ordinances.
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United Press
Chicago
Misa Bertha Bowman
Antinicotine
Women's Christian Temperance Unions
John Baarlevoorn
Helen Estille
W_C. T_ U. cabinet
Biate Boards of Health
Denby Ends Tour of Naval Stations with Good Luck Message
Secretary Denby returns to Washington aboard the Pruitt after a two week Caribbean inspection tour. He visits Atlantic fleet ships and shore stations in Cuba Haiti and Santo Domingo and praises their condition personnel and courtesy in a final message wishing good luck to all.
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Denby
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Pruitt
Atilantic
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy
Marine Corps
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Secretary of the Navy
Caribbean
Garage blaze in Minneapolis destroys ten cars
Fire started by defective wiring damaged the Jay Brothers garage in downtown Minneapolis at midnight. Estimated loss reached $100,000 as ten automobiles were destroyed. Firemen prevented the fire from spreading to the adjacent Minneapolis Club next door.
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Associats@ Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Jay Brothers
Early Thieves Take $2300 From Chicago Businesses
Chicago April 4 Robbers obtained 2300 in two early morning operations here today Stanley Yuska a saloonkeeper was removed of 1300 to hold up men while the Chicago Grocery company lost 19000 when their building was entered and their safe cracked
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Associated Press
Chicago
Stanley Yuska
Chicago Grocery Company
Mexico Deports American Radical Gale Amid Deportation Wave
Mexico City April 4 American radical Linn A. E. Guie was deported via Vera Cruz after arrest Friday night. Government officials said he would be turned over to American agents, possibly heading to Havana, while Obregon announced the deportation for activities against the Mexican administration. Two other active Soviet propagandists were expected to be deported within days.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mes
Linn A. E. Guie
Mexico
Vera Cr
Laredo
United States
Vera Cruz
Havana
Altho
Gale
Obregon
Hughes Hopes For Prompt German Reparations Debate
The United States and allied powers released memoranda in Berlin showing Germany’s aim to pay reparations up to its ability. Secretary Hughes welcomed Germany’s pledge to seek a fair settlement and urged prompt negotiations to satisfy allied claims while allowing Germany to rebuild its economy. The exchange underscores a path to a peaceful, independent European economic order through new talks. A separate report from Brandon, Mississippi notes Sandy Thompson, a black man, was lynched after a pistol dispute, his body found hanged near Langford.
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United States
State Department
Thm
Loring Diesel
Berlin
Walter Simons
Germany
Hughes
Europe
Dr. Simons
Tne
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