Death leap by Salsedo shocks nation in 1919 plot
New York May 3 The death of Andre Salsedo after confessing to printing anarchist circulars tied to last June nationwide bomb plots is reported. Officials note arrests and possible witnesses in the case while Salsedo died by leaping from a 14th story window at a Justice Department building.
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Associated Press
New York
Andre Salcedo
Parkon
Department of Justice
William J. Flynn
Department
Bureau of Investigation
Salsedo
Tony Tazia
Flynn
Salcedo
Donata
Elis Island
Salisedo
Lantenge
Department, of Justice
Presidential aspirants safe dry band view
Dr. A. Baker of the Anti Saloon League in Montgomery says prohibitionists may safely support any of Hoover Wood Lowden McAdoo Hughes Pointexter or Bryan if nominated. The statement signals league approval limited to those names as of now.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. Baker
Anti-Saloon League of America
Herbert Hoover
Leonard Wood
Gov. Lowden
William McAdoo
Charles Evans Hughes
Senator Pointexter
William J. Bryan
Larkin Sentenced to Five to Ten Years in Prison
New York May 3 extraordinary precautions marked the sentencing of J. Larkin Irish agitator convicted of criminal anarchy. He received five to ten years with hard labor as fifteen detectives and deputies guarded the packed courtroom. Sympathizers clashed with outsiders as a woman attempted to touch his hand in departure.
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New York
Dimes J. Larkin
Larkin
Gitlow
Paris Rail Strikes Halt Transit and Arrest Labor Leader
Paris on May 3 reports 50 percent train service with heavy impact at Strazare station as freight trains stop. Labor Life editor M. Manute was arrested in the widening railroad walkout while cabinet members say general public services largely remained functioning under Premier Millerand.
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Paris
Strazare
M. Manute
Labor Life
Millerand
Yves le Trocquer
Jules Steeg
Interior
Chicago Bonifage Bind Refuses to Yield to Waiters
Chicago Hotel Men's association declares it will not yield to 3,000 striking waiters and cooks demands. Nonunion workers, mainly girls, are used. Central Labor council vows to bail out nonunion staff to aid strikers. Ice Cream Drivers threaten strike over wage rise from 4 to 7 cents per gallon. Pierre calls for special state legislature session on May 24.
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Cby
Associated Tress
Chicago
Chicago Hotel Men‘s Association
Central Labor Council
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago Ice Cream Dealers’ Association
Tce Cream
MOG IN PANAMA PROTESTS U S TOOK TABOGA ISLAND
Thousands of Panamanian march in torchlight protest against U S acquisition of Taboga island as part of Pacific defense. Pershing forced to retreat after mob halts his auto. mounted police disperse demonstrators. U S officers ordered to leave the ball. Earlier Pershing greets American employees at Baldo building.
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Associated Press
Panama
United States
Taboga Island
Panama Canal
Ihich
Pershing
Union Ilub
Tivoli Hotel
Iploves
Columbia, &. C
South Carolina
Rich Man's Murder Trial Stirs Mount Clemens Youth
Mount Clemens Michigan May 21 Lloyd Prevost a local youth goes on trial charged with the murder of Jr Stanley Brown a wealthy Mount Clemens man found dead in his automobile on a country road near Dec 24 Testimony showed an unidentified man with Brown that night More than 78 witnesses expected and jurors may be delayed Prevost cousin of Browns widow and held four months awaiting trial Mrs Ruth Prevost Brown and Prevost named material witnesses and friend Cecil Vester testified in court
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Lloyd Prevost
Stanley Brown
Jast
Brown
Hat Brown
Mount Clema
Bluebeard Confesses Fifth Murder in New Admission
Assoc. Press reports Los Angeles May 1919 that Walter Andrew Watson alias James Tt. Waitt confessed to killing a woman he married but could not name, marking five women linked to slayings. District Attorney T. L. Woolwine said the confession was made yesterday and noted Watson claimed to have married Beatrice Andrewallis in Tacoma in 1919 and that she was missing.
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Assoc
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Andrew Watson
James Tt. Waitt
Wouger
T. L. Woolwine
Distr
Watson
Tacoma
Tacoma, Wagh
Lake Washington
Seattle
Woolwine
Beatrice Andrewallis
American Legion Week Suggested for Iowa May 17 22
Gov W H Harding endorses a plan proposed by the American Legion to establish American Legion Week from May 17 to May 22 in Iowa. The aim is to mobilize a broad membership drive and public support during the period. Des Moines and surrounding areas are expected to participate.
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American Legion
Iowa
Gov. W
Harding
American Legion of Laws
Des Moine
Johnson refuses to post 50000 for New Jersey recount
Indiana papers report Senator Hiram Johnson refuses to put up fifty thousand dollars to secure a recount of the New Jersey primary as ordered by court. He labels the money demand as indignation while campaigning in Indiana. Johnson signals a possible wartime stance if results swing against him.
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Johnson
N. J
Big Department Store Fires at H C L Backbone
The Associated Press reports a major New York department store placed an ad in May papers promising to cut prices by 20 percent on stock valued at about $20,000,000. Exclusions include roughly $50,000 worth of goods tied to price restrictions and not to be honorably changed.
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CGY
The
Associated Press
New York
May
New
Black defendants begin new trials in Phillips County uprisings
In Kelena Arkansas on May 3 six negroes sentenced to death for October's Phillips county race disturbances faced new trials. Federal troops from Camp Pike defended the area after outbreaks left five whites dead and many blacks affected. Of 75 convictions, 12 death sentences and 63 prison terms were handed down.
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Associated Press
Kelena
Ark
Phillips County
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Rent Strike in Chicago Causes 1000 Flats to Idle
In Chicago over May weekend more than 1,000 vacant apartments hit the market after rent cuts and large increases. Hundreds of families given May 1 notices moved out without warning. Real estate firms report jumps of 60 to 300 percent and many tenants refuse to move, citing lack of housing options.
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I'resa
Chicago
Real Egiate
New Bedford Textile Strike Affects 20 000 Workers
About twenty thousand workers at 37 cotton cloth mills in New Bedford walked out on May 1 over working conditions and loom demands. The strike followed job rollbacks and longer loom shifts, with three mills exempt. Unions seek a 6 percent wage rise or a 17 1/2 percent flat increase, while national action may set a broader wage standard for textile workers in Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Lawrence branch of the Amalgamated Textile Workers seeks higher pay and a 40 hour week, plus union recognition.
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Associated Press
New Bedford
Ariund
Eherel
Saaz
Epery
Carport
Nashawena
Passaic
Beacon
Textile Counsel
Thonas Z. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Massachusetts
Rhode
Isham
Connecticut
Lawrence
Textile Workers of America
Deficit forecast of 500000 by June in county funds
County treasurer warns overdrafts across four funds may total about 500000 by June 1. Estimates show road and bridge funds near overdraft levels while a refunding bonds issue is seen as the best way to meet the shortfall.
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Beauty Leeasirer
Jane
Courier Delivery Time Improper Worded Notice
The notice informs readers the Courier should be delivered before 3 30. If an error by the carrier prevents receipt by that time a copy will be provided. Readers are asked to call the office before 0 0 p m to request a copy.
Polish and Georgian Armies Clash Over Kiev Battle Update
Reports from Constantinople and Warsaw on May 2 detail Polish forces under Gen. Pilsudski entering Kiev from three directions. The Georgian defense slows Bolshevik advances after Baku seizure, while Soviet forces back up along the Dnieper as fighting persists near Malin and the Telrow river.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Baku
Gaspian Sea
Georgia
Tzerbaijan
Vindikavkaz
Azerbaijan
Civ
Warsaw
Kiev
Pilsudski
London
Moscow
Crimean
Parcko
Dnieper
Bilsudski
Telrow
Malin
Bakers Seek Higher Pay Prompting Bread Price Hike
In Chisago on May 3 United States Attorney Clyne summoned bakers to appear in an investigation of bread prices. Bakers announced that after journeymen bakers won demands for $50 a week, bread prices would rise 12 to 14 cents per pound. John C. Safstrom, secretary of the Bakery Drivers union, said today drivers had demanded the $50 weekly increase, up from $40.
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Chiscago
United States
Clyne
Chisago
John C. Safstrom
Bakery Drivers’ Union
Population totals announced in Washington report
Washington reporters release population figures for several states and cities including Aberdeen Washington Franklin Durham Long Branch Cal Tomana Ment. lAberdeen and Frankfort in Indiana. The brief item notes new census counts and regional listings as of May 3.
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Washington
lAberdeen
Wash
jLong Pranachk
Cal
Tomana
Durham
Washington ‘Frankfort
Ind
20 Corpses Recovered From One Oklahoma Building
A cyclone in Oklahoma killed many and injured others. Rescue workers in Muskogee and Locust Grove recovered more than 20 bodies from a single building, with entire families crushed. Names include Leven, Littlefield, Frank, and Wilkerson, among the dead.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okina
Peo Okla
Locust Grove
Leven
Littlefield
Frank
Wilkerson
Morse Indicted Over Ship Sales To Foreigners
Federal grand jury charges Charles W. Morse with violating the shipping board act by selling an American registered vessel to a foreign government. Capt. W S Midehall and the McGallough company also face indictments. Bench warrants issued at request of investigating assistant federal attorney. The 1917 sale of the John McGallaugh for 500 600 to the Tunis government is cited.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles W. Morse
Shipping Board Act
Yesucia
Federal Grand Jury
Morse
W. 5
Midehall
United States Steamship Company
McGallough Company
A. N. Hand
Jorney Jerome Simmons
Kenyon Seeks Action on Meat Packing Regulation Bill
Senator Kenyon of Iowa urged immediate Senate action on licensing and regulating the meat packing industry. The Granma bill, a modified Kenyon-Kendrick measure, was laid before the Senate but permitted to pass over without debate. Kenyon vowed to object to adjournment until the bill is approved.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Congress
Senate
Kenyon
Towa
Kenyon-Kendbieck
Terporaril
Hearings on Express Combine Plea Coming
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered hearings into the war time consolidation of Adams Express American Express Wells Fargo and Southern Express. Dates and locations will be announced later by the commission as the inquiry proceeds.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
American Railway Express Company
Adams Express Company
American Express Company
Wells Fargo & Co
Southern Express Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farmers Warn Against Frauds In Waterloo Subscriptions
Reports reach this paper from the Waterloo area about unscrupulous subscription solicitors falsely claiming Waterloo Evening Courier raised prices by mail to influence subscribers. A Black Hawk County farmer cites a daily paper and its local rep as the alleged fraud. The Courier continues with two salaried traveling representatives, married men local to Waterloo and well known to subscribers.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Waterloo Evening Courier
Black Hawk County
TWO U. G. CITIZENS SLAIN BY MEXICAN BANDITS SUNDAY
Two American citizens Eben F ess Greelaw and his minor son were killed by Mexican bandits near Pal das, about 125 miles from Mexico City. The State Department demanded immediate punishment of the assassin and American destroyers were ordered to Tampico to protect nationals.
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Washington, D. C
Eben Fess Greelaw
State Department
Vembagey
Mexico City
Paldas
Greenlaw
Iea
Tampico
Allans
Navy Department
Vera
Mexico
Chey
Vera Cruz
Aiten
Juan
Rose Riog
Gamboa
Pago
Sonora
Trubcan
M Iico City
Agsiranza
United States
Agua Prieta
Ma Revolutionary
Chile
Muskogee
Okla
Max
Peggs
Tahlequah
Peges
Kogee
Tahlequah County
Cherokee County
Mask Zee
Ammonia by New Method Claimed By Dr Castle
The Italian industry figure Dr Castle announces a new process for ammonia production using air and water with special machinery and a chemical agent. The system runs automatically at 250 atmospheres, yielding one ton daily and potential 300000 tons per year as finance comes from American capital. Washington reports the North Dakota tax act of 1918 taxing interstate railroad stocks and bonds is unconstitutional as applied within the state per the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Rome
Dr. Castle
Pr. Castle
Emma
N. D
Associated Presa
Washington, D. C
North Dakota
Supreme Court
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