Massacre Reported as Japanese Guard Posts Annihilated
An official Japanese statement says several hundred Japanese residents in Nikolaevsk district eastern Siberia were killed and the consul there slain. Communication with the area is cut, hindering full details. A relief expedition failed due to ice, while another force reached Alexandrovski and found residents safe aboard the Mikasa.
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Washington, D. C
Nikolaevsk
Siberia
Foreign Office
State Department
Alexandrovski
Alex ‘Androvski
Mikasa
Mishime
Millionaire's Plaint Indicts Clothing Gougers in Syracuse
Indictments return against Wead's Inc and eight counts cite profiteering by overcharging. Testimony from TB Crazy notes a $60 suit sold for $32.50. Federal grand jury action followed price committee prompts amid a Chattanooga case involving cafe owners selling club sandwiches at 60 cents and milk at two cents a glass.
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Syracuse
Wead’s, Inc
Binghampton Clothiers
Wag
Soc Club Skidwich
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gus
Pete Tombras
M.O. Thompson
Cate Breteey
Federal Air Price Committee
Water Power Bill Conferees Agree on Dark Changes
The Senate and House conferees reached agreement on the water power bill but will not publish changes until the conference report is ready for submission. Managers prepare a statement outlining the bill's purposes as prompt action by both chambers is anticipated, ending a decade-long fight.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Senate
House
House. Representatives
Poindexter Backing At Home Uncertain In Washington
The Washington state Republican convention voted to instruct four delegates at large for Senator Poindexter. Party leaders said all delegates would back Poindexter at the national convention, though the overall result of the instruction appeared unsettled.
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Poindexter
Associated Press
Bellingham
Wash
Washington
Tetrameta Wins 2000 Guineas at Newmarket Derby Favorite
In London racing, Maj. D Mee Calmont's derby favorite Tet- Tatema won the 2000 guineas at New Market. Allanby second, Paragon third. Wagers have favored Tetramema to win the Derby at Epson Downs on June 2.
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inesssedAwerrega
London
Maj
D. Mee
Calmont
Tatema
Jassies
W. Raphael
Allanby
Sir E. Paget
Paragon
Tetratema
Epson Downs
Turks Trapped Urfa French Despite Pact
Paris dispatch says French retreat from Urfa Asia Minor followed a two month siege. Officials confirm a reported Turkish agreement they believed would ensure safe retirement, but the column withdrew only after food and water ran short.
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Associated Press
Paris
Urfa
Asia Minor
Altho
Urta
Fiume Blockade Sparks Ruler’s Poet Controversy
Trieste reports the Fiume blockade as the harshest the city has faced with all communications cut. Passage in and out forbidden and sea routes severed, milk not entering. Insurgent commander Gabriele d Annunzio threatens counter action keeping tension high.
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Associated Press
Trieste
Fiume
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Spirit Radios From Hubby Aid Wife Divorce
Mrs Lillian P Clayton obtained a divorce decree after alleging her husband Robert C Clayton sent love messages from an affinity in the spirit world He allegedly eloped in 1918 with the wife of his friend Wellington Glover in Seattle while Mrs Clayton stayed with her parents in Portage Wisconsin The wife of Wellington Glover died recently Clayton said he could not return as he received daily messages of love from Mrs Glover evidence included letters
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iBy
Associated Press
Chicago
Lillian P. Clayton
Pacific Coast
Pickford and Moore to Be Served by Publication
In Reno Nevada April 28 the state suit to set aside the divorce granted to Mary Pickford and Owen Moore was ordered for service by publication for six weeks in a Gard nerville paper. Copies will be sent to Hollywood California. The defense argues service by publication is insufficient.
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Associated Press
Den
Nev
Mary. Pickford
Owen Moore
Nevada
Miss Pickford
Langan
District Court
Gardnerville
Hollywood
Cal
Bay State parties declare delegates for national conventions
In Massachusetts, Republican and Democratic slates for delegates at large to the national conventions were chosen by clear majorities in the presidential preference primary. The GOP ticket led by Henry Cabot Lodge included Gillett Thurston and others, while the Democrats backed Walsh Long Pelletier and Doherty.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge
Big Four
Frederick H. Gillett
National House of Representatives
William Murray Crane
Edward A. Thurstod
Republican State Committee
Joseph F. O'Connell
David Walsh
Richard H. Long
Joseph C. Pelletier
Daniel F. Doherty
McCall
Wood
Wood Barely Leads Johnson in New Jersey Primary
Newark dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood leading Sen. Hiram Johnson of California by small margins in New Jersey's preferential presidential primary as results from 1,802 of 2,035 districts show Wood with about 49,776 to Johnson's 48,? and evolving tallies across counties. Edge and Frelinghuysen elected to the Senate, Runyon and Stokes prominent in Republican tallies, with Ohio and national delegate forecasts shifting as returns continue.
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Pocaciatee
Newark
Leonard Wood
Johnson
California
New Jersey
Wood
Johson
Las TT
Bava Wood
N. J
Jeonard Wood
Hiram W.johnson
Edge
Frelinghuysen
United States
Walter H. Edge
Joseph
Bressed
Edward C. Stokes
William WN. Runyou
Edward I. Edwards
James R. Nugent
Essex County
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Frederick W. Donnelly
Trenton
Harding
Columbus
Ohio
Gen
Daugherty
Galvin
Turner
Willis
Bovacw
Merrick
Althe Weir
Hiram Johnson
Norbert Hoover
Cox
James M. Cox
William G. Oic- Adoo
Hardinge
Woodmon
Myron T. Herrick
John Galvin
Frank B. Willis
William A. Boyd
Siward C. Turner
Harry M. Daugherty
Cincinnati
Bank in Politics More Good Idea Panel
Opening a three day session of the executive council of the American bankers association, President Hawes urged bankers to take greater interest in political placements, pressed tax reform and a government budget system, and supported foreign trading corporations.
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Pitehurst
N.C
American Bankers' Association
R. S. Hawes
Association
Agricultural Commission
Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Water Power Bill Planned by Senate Committee
Senator Jones described a water power measure creating a federal power commission with three heads to oversee all federal interests in water power. The bill allows preliminary permits, 50 year licenses, and government option to buy plants. it aims to develop 4 million horsepower and open 4,000 miles of upper stream navigation.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
Jones
Senate Commerce
United States
Federal Power Commission
Secretaries of War, Agriculture and Interior
Goes
Chamber to Send Envoys on Aldo Trade Quiz
The United States Chamber of Commerce board authorized appointment of a commission to travel to Europe to explore resuming trade with Russia. President Homer L. Ferguson to name members and report back. Delegates also discussed transportation, production, and labor's stance on recent laws amid high cost of living concerns.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
United “States
CIA of Commerce
Europe
United States
Homer L. Ferguson
Board ‘of Directors
Foreign Commerce Group
Russia
Jahor
Sonora Uprising Expands Into Chihuahua State
In Sonora the revolutionary movement spreads to Chihuahua with more Carranza leaders joining rebels as press and officials report. Gen Calles says defections are near and northern Mexico will shift to the liberal constitutionalist cause within a week or days.
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Associated Press
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Chihuahua
Carranza
Press
Mexico
P. Elias Calles
Courier Delivery Time Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before six o clock. If the paper is not received by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone the office. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
Coca Cola Settlement Involving Colby & Brown
Testimony in Atlanta reveals that $1,000,000 in beneficial certificates were paid by the old Coca Cola company to the New York law firm Colby & Brown in settlement of a breach of contract claim. Bainbridge Gorby, now secretary of state, was a firm member. Dobbs, president, said the certificates were not a fee but settlement for alleged breach connected to negotiations for selling the old company.
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Atlanta, Ga
Coca Cola Company
New York
Colby & Brown
Bainbridge Gorby
Cola Cola Company of
Delaware
Atlanta
Chattanooga
C. Dobbs
Goca Cola Company
Girls' Academy Split Over Stowe Lecture Resigns
Richmond Va April 25. Dispute over Harriet Beecher Stowe lecture led to the resignation of the entire faculty of Chatham Episcopal Institute. Rev Co Pruden president canceled the lecture claiming it inappropriate for southern girls. Principal Willis and female faculty members opposed the move and resigned effective Friday.
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Richmond
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Chatham Episcopal Institute
Co. Pruden
Institute
Stowe
Southern Girls
Pla
Willis
Northern Colleges
Proden
Woman and tea paramour die by their own hands
Utica New York April 28 Mrs Frank Bruno of Cleveland died yesterday near Frankfort after taking poison. Minutes later Calatto with whom she eloped shot himself in the head. Mrs Bruno left her husband and three children in Cleveland.
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Utica
Frank Bruno
Cleveland
Frankfort
Here
Calatto
Conspiracy to Influence Rail Wage Board Revealed
Washington April 28 Associated Press report says a free conspiracy aims to press the railroad labor board into denying wage cuts for workers. W O S Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Men, testified that attempts to inflame prices and wages form a vicious circle. Carter argued pay gains since 10 months have hardly affected living costs and urged relief for his members. Timothy Shea, vice president of the firemen's brotherhood, objected to data from railroads via a questionnaire. Chairman Barton said the board seeks guidance but will not rely on unverified information.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Railroad Labor Board
W. O S. Carter
Brotherhood of Ascomotta Miremen
Eagineman
Carter
Shea
Timothy Shea
Fireman's Brotherhood
BH. T. Whiter
the Roads
Barton
Poles Advance 180 Miles Into Ukraine Near Kiev
Polish forces push along a 180 mile front into the Ukraine, advancing about 60 miles on the first day and occupying Owernez Jitomir Berdichev Winnie t z and Zmyersnka as they move toward Kiev. A proclamation in Gen. Pilsudski’s name promises protection and hints at a Ukrainian successor government.
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Presa
Warsaw
Sta
Kiev
Pilsudski
Ukraine
Simon Petlurs
Poland
Owernez
Jitomir
Berditchev
Winnitzz
Zmyersnka
Two Injured in Des Moines Gas Blast Reported
Des Moines April 28 The death toll in the Yes Molex Gas explosion remained at four this morning. Two injured men William King and John W Cunningham were in serious condition. Three other injured men were expected to recover. investigations by company and county officials will determine the cause.
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Angaecate T Press
Des Moines
Yes Molex Gas Company
William King
John W. Cunningham
Brewer lands fortune in brewing boom seen in dry era
Edward Landsburg of Chicago, known as Brewer, disclosed he bought the entire American stockholdings of the Milwaukee and Chicago Breweries, Ltd. He claimed the United States will not stay dry and valued the American holdings at about $917,000 as part of a bid to build a large brewing empire.
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Associated Press
Calcago
Edward Landsburg
Chicago
United States
Landsburg
Milwaukee & Chicago Breweries, Ltd
United States Brewing Company
Flour $16.25 a Pound in Vienna and Limit Is Two to Customer
Chicago dispatch reports flour at $16.25 per pound in Vienna with a two pound limit per customer. Johann Lat, Vienna posts director, appeals for aid to Mrs. John Peter De Groot of Norwood Park, seeking a $20 food draft via the American Relief Administration, as Vienna’s poor face scarcity and even officials suffer.
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Vienna
Chicago
Johann Lat
John Peter de Groot
Neva Avenue
Norwood Park
American Relief Administration
253 Yank Dead Home to Have Honor Guard to Place of Burials
The bodies of 253 American soldiers, most died in France, arrived in New York aboard the Army Transport Mercury from Antwerp and Southampton. Four officers were aboard. A Graves Registration detachment greeted them at Hoboken piers. A soldier guard of honor prepared the caskets for shipment home by rail. A uniformed guard will accompany each casket to its final resting place.
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Associated Press
New York
France
Army
Mercury
Antwerp
Southampton
Hoboken
Guard of Honor
Indicted Union Members for Slugging and Bomb Throws
A grand jury in Chicago returned a general conspiracy indictment against 12 members of the Chicago Express Freight Handlers' Union for an alleged campaign of slugging and throwing stink bombs. The union is a new group formed by men from the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Xpress & Freight Wandlers’ Union
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Big Chicago Catholic U to Be Built as Hines Son Memorial
Archbishop Mundelein announced plans for a large Catholic university in Chicago funded by a 600000 gift from Edward Hines. The edifice honors his son Edward Hines Jr who died in France. Two thirds of the needed departments already exist in local Catholic institutions.
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Big Chicago Catholic
Hines Son
Associated Press
Chicago
George W. Mundelein
Edward Hines
Edward Hines, Jr
France
Mundelein
Deportations and population figures from Washington report
Washington, April 28. Deportations under the 1917 immigration law total 323 radicals including 241 sent to Russia. Chairman Johnson says 1,293 cancellations and about 6,000 arrest warrants issued since Nov. roughly 3,000 arrests made, 762 warrants for anarchists and related groups. Youngstown population growth noted among several cities with exact gains listed.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Russia
Ark
Buford
Johinson
House Immigration Committee
Johnson
Post
Labor Department
Rebels Seize Mexican Cities As Army Moves In
Reports from Agua Prieta and Mexico City describe Chihuahua rebels under Moctezuma and Garrisons overthrowing posts and bridges. Federal troops, including 8,000 sent to quell the uprising, and reinforcements from Vera Cruz and Sonora are mobilized.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Frente
P. Elias
Asmtonio Amarilia
Jimines
A. Gomea
Washington, D. C
Alvarado
Gulf
Vera, Cruz
Vera
Zacat
Chihuahta
Telegrae Express
Mexico
Cosio Rebelo
Garza
Guajardo
Mexico City
Guadaljara
Duguez
Federa Mander
Marzanillo
Ing
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
French in Frankfort and Darmstadt Evacuate Pending Allied Decision
Parvis April 24 Premier Miler told the chamber of deputies that Frankfort and Darmstadt territories would be evacuated by the French as soon as allied commissions confirm the German armed forces have withdrawn to the limits set by the August 1919 convention.
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Presa
Parviz
Milerand
Chamber of Deputies
Supreme Council
San Remo
Frankfort
Darmstadt
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Nippon
East Siberia
Mikado
Terminal Elevator Association
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Chicago Board of Trade
Spirit
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Affinity
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Bay State
Lodge
Walsh
Long
Pelletier
Doherty
O'Connell
Samuel W. McCall
Herbert Hoover
Revere
Arkansas
Little Rock
Frank C. Lowden
Hinois
Johnson Wan
Prinay
War, Agriculture ,and Interior
Chamber
Aldo
Chinuaua State
Jay
Salvador
Peter Augustus Jay
Rhode Island
Rome
Wilson
America
San Felice
Verso Cigars
Colby
Girls’ Academy
H. B. Stowe
H. C. L. Factor
Aussia
Jmo
Miles Long
Pardee
Atlantic Ci
John H. Pardee
American Electric Railway , Association
United States Chamber of Commercce
Youngstown
Tourease
Spripefield
Ntenbure
Skalamarco
Mmiek
Moctezuma
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Terrazasa
Central Railway
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Francisco del 'Arco
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