Daring Illinois Central Robbery Ends With Bandit’s Death
Horace Walton of St Joseph Missouri, 22, crippled by a police siege after hijacking a Decatur bound Illinois Central train. Around 100 officers fired on Walton in an apartment, killing him. one officer died and another wounded. Loot valued at about 105000 was recovered from a Decatur pouch and other bags. Walton had posed as a postal inspector during the heist.
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Kankakee
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Harris
James BE. Burke
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Englw Pod Station
Watton
Mooney
St. ‘Joseph
Illinois Central
Roberts
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L. T. Walton
Ambassadors Learn of Hines Arbitration Mission
Paris reports Ambassador Wallace told the council of ambassadors of President Wilson's appointment of Walker D. Hines to arbitrate distribution of river tonnage under German flags on the Danube Elbe Rhine and Oder. Vessels will be allocated to nations with claims per Versailles and Saint-Germain treaties. Hines to retire Saturday as head of the railroad administration and depart for Europe soon.
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Paris
Wallace
Council of Ambassadors
Wilson
Walker D. Hines
Danube
Elbe
Rhine
Oder
Versailles
St. Walmain
Hines
Washington
Carranza Near Surrender After Surrounding Battle in Puebla
Reports from El Paso say President Carranza and his forces, surrounded near Rinconada Puebla, are near surrender. Obregon predicts surrender. rebel forces gain first battle phase as loyal troops fight north of San Marcos. British consul W W A Body joins Carranza camp. Matamoros negotiations under way for peaceful capitulation.
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Puebla
Vera Cruz
W.W. A
Joe Ere Carranza
Mexico City
Matamoros
Front Tock
Brownsville
Tex
Express office holdup nets five thousand dollars in Spokane
Spokane May 14 two hold up men struck and kicked the American Railway Express agent at the Great Northern station rendering him insensible. A single package contained nine thousand dollars in currency though about six thousand in silver lay scattered near the doorway as the robbers fled.
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Spokane
Wash
American Railway Express Company
M. A. Peterbon
Congress Seeks to Override Wilson Veto in House
Washington May 14 An attempt to pass the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill over President Wilson's veto was made in the house. The override motion was led by Chairman Good of the appropriation committee but failed to secure a timely vote amid long debate and a quorum request.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
House
Good
Hufstader Named Assistant Pastor at First Congregational
R C Hufstader is appointed assistant to the pastor and director of music at First Congregational Church in Waterloo. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, he has led religious work in Flint Michigan and served as assistant pastor at Plymouth Church Des Moines. He begins August 1 and aims to unite and advance the church’s youth program.
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Waterloo
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Socialist push for Debs amnesty and prisoners
A Socialists party delegation in Washington seeks the release of Eugene V. Debs and all political prisoners. They presented petitions to Attorney General Palmer and plan to also petition President Wilson and Secretary Tumulty. A joint decision on the petitions is expected, though the delegation notes Palmer gave only advisement.
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Washington, D. C
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
Palmer
New York
Seymour Sledman
Tumnulty
White House
Wilson
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Dehs
Strike in Boston Shoe Plant Enters Second Year
Boston May 14. Shoe workers from Thomas G Plant company have been on strike for one year. About 2,700 workers walked out on May 14, 1919 to protest the discharge of an employee and have since picketed the plant.
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Boston
Thomas G. Plant Company
Maass
U S 1 Is Ruled By Only Two Men Says Marshall
Vice President Marshall told the Virginia Bar Association in Richmond that if prohibition had been debated in secret Senate sessions fewer than 20 votes would have passed. He warned against constitutional tinkering and said long term governance will hinge on law, not men, naming Samuel Gompers and Elbert H. Gary as current advisors. The association endorsed Marshall for the presidency.
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Marshall
Virginia Bar Association
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Anti British Riots Persist Across Ireland Report
Dublin reports show continued anti British disturbances with further attacks on government property. Overnight demonstrations intensified in multiple locations including Bureau, Limerick where police barracks court house and post office burned. A police provisions vehicle was set ablaze and masked raiders seized a car from a garage in Dublin.
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Igor Sheverie
Howat and Allen Far Apart as Poles in Mutual Love
In Topeka on May 14 Dr. Charles M. Sheldon told Kansas Congregational conference he failed to persuade Alexander Howat to save Gov. Allen. Sheldon recounted Howat’s reply that Jesus would first clean up Gov. Allen and the state and that Howat must be loved in return.
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Charles M. Sheldon
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Christ
Missionary Society Closes Northeast Iowa Convention
The Iowa Christian Missionary society closed its northeast district convention at Central Christian church with an illustrated address on Group Evangelism by C. J. Sharpe of Hammond Indiana. Officers elected were LE Wade as president F M Goff as vice president and W A Purdy as secretary with D C Kaupp elected director. A 4000 dollar budget was outlined for the coming year and plans were made for evangelistic meetings in smaller communities.
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C. J. Sharpe
Hammond
Ind
LE B. Wade
F. M. Goff
Vinton
W. A. Purdy
Prairie City
Trade Expedition Plans Siberian Route from England
The London headquarters of the Union of Siberian Co-operatives reports that S. Gregory Krassin grants permission for a trade expedition from England through the Kara Sea to the Ob and Yenisei mouths. American and British traders will join the expedition to reopen barter trade with Siberia.
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London
Union of Siberian Co-operatives
S. Gregory Krassin
Indiana Delegates to Republican Convention Pick Wood Leads
Indiana will send 10 delegates to the Republican national convention in Chicago next month for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood four for Sen. Hiram W. Johnson of California and six uninstructed. The convention adjourned after nominating a state ticket and electing four delegates at large. The new peace plank accuses President Wilson of delaying the treaty and opposes the league covenant while urging a world court and steps to reduce armaments. The Republicans claim the delay was not their fault and favor consulting with affected powers if European threats recur.
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Hiram W. Johnson
California
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Europe
BlonOPO Chosen In Foreign Field at M E Conference
Des Moines May 14 The first two ballots for Methodist Episcopal bishops were held. Eight hundred two ballots were cast for missionary superintendents to the general superintendency and Warne Lucknow India Robinson Bombay India and Eben S Johnson Umtali Rhodesia Africa were elected as regular bishops with full powers. The second ballot for 12 white bishops was taken and results will be announced tomorrow morning.
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Lucknow
India
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Bombay
Eben S. Johnson
Umtali
Rhodesia
Africa
Delivery deadline notice for Courier readers
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 3 30 oclock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 830 for a copy of the paper. Phone calls must reach his office before 6 30 p m.
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Long Road to Market to be Straightened in Midwest Plan
Chicago May 14 plans by middlewest farm bureau leaders seek 75000 dollars to study world price effects and create a bureau of agricultural economics. A census of railroad cars will aid grain movement. cooperative work expands to Missouri Iowa Illinois Indiana Michigan South Dakota and Kansas with marketing studies and livestock shipping groups forming under Prof. Mumford. A second meeting of bureau presidents and secretaries is set for Ames Iowa on June 22.
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Chisago Tribune
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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United States
Mississippi Valley
Herbert W. Mumford
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Ames
Leap Year Proposal Ends Tragedy as Girl Shoots Self
Chicago May 14 Miss Mary White shot herself after her leap year marriage proposal to Joseph Keller, a friend of several years. She invited him to dinner and a picture show, then suggested a wall in the park and announced she had furnished an apartment for Keller. Her wounds are not serious, hospital attaches say.
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Joseph Keller
Miss White
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Thoraste
Marrage
Two-Year-Old Child Hangs Self in Accidental Play
Des Moines May 14. Raymond Fifield two year old son of Clarence Fifield was accidentally hanged while playing Thursday afternoon. The body was found by a neighbor after he fell from a swing and his head became entangled in a noose.
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Raymond Fifield
Clarence UW. Fifield
Two posses close in on suspect in Webster City murder
Greenville Illinois May 14 Two posses began closing in on a wooded area northeast of Greenville as they pursue Harley Beasley charged with killing his wife and two children at Webster City Iowa last Sunday.
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Greenville
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Here
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Beasley
Webster City
Boulevard Link in Chicago Opens Today Bridge Completes Lakefront Route
The Michigan boulevard link connects the lake shore with the north boulevard and will be formally opened today with the Rush Street Bridge over the Chicago River. The $10,000,000 project began under Mayor Harrison in 1904 and is expected to handle about 29,000 vehicles daily.
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Carranza policy called national death by own action
The Associated Press reports from Mexico City that President Carranza’s policy toward the United States is described as national death by own action by Gen. Alvaro Obregon in an AP interview. Reports from Tampico note Gen. Palaez arrived and was received. Carranza is said to be in desperate straits near Itincanada Puebla. In Iowa Webster City farmer Harvey O Beasley faces murder charges. California police say George Goldback confessed to a Nevada banker’s murder.
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Rinconada
Puebla
Alvaro Obregon
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United States
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Two Are Canonized by Pope Benedict
Rome May 14 solemn ceremonies marked the canonization of Gabriel Possenti and Marguerite Marie Alacoque. Pope Benedict XVI presided from a throne in St. Peter's apse as the new saints were inscribed in the sacred roll and Te Deum was sung. Possenti, a Passionist father born in Assisi and died 1862, buried at Isola Di Gran Sasso. Alacoque, French nun of the 17th century, founded devotion to the Sacred Heart.
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Isola di Gran Sasso
Marguerite Marie Alacoque
Kemal Ataturk Condemned by Turkish Court Martial
London May 14 Mustapha Kemal leader of Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor was condemned to death at an extraordinary court martial held in Constantinople on Wednesday according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company.
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London
Mustapha Kemal, Gsader
Asia Minor
Eld
Constantinople
Exchange Telegraph Company
Daniels Refutes Sims Charges On War Prolongation
Secretary Daniels defended the Navy and rejected Admiral Sims' claim that delays prolonged World War I. He argued the four month wait was not a cause of unfavorable results, citing transportation, tonnage and allied allocation as decisive factors, and noted American troops arrived in France rapidly in 1918.
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Washington, D. C
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Benita
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France
Stins
Althoit
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Paue
Rodman
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Pratt
Hoover Urges Open Shop as Remedy for Industrial Strife
In testimony before a Senate labor commission Hoover argues free individual liberty favors open shop and that legal repression cannot settle employer worker conflicts. He supports voluntary settlement via the second industrial conference and warns against compelled wages or martyrdom in labor disputes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harbert Hoover
Senate Labor Commission
Hoover
Wilson
Ma Sur al
Kenyon
Congress
Hoover Sr
Jones
New Mexico
Europe
Europa
United States
ROW OVER DOG LEAD TO MURDER
Washburn Indiana May 14 Henry Layer a farmer confessed to killing Jacob Wolf his wife and five children and Jake Hofer a boy on Wolf farm three miles west of Turtle Lake Md on April 22 A feud over injuries from Wolf s dog led to the crime Williams states Layer pleaded guilty and was sentenced for life at hard labor
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Henry Layer
Jacob Wolf
Jake Hofer
Wolf Farm
Turtle Lake
J. E. Williams
McLean County
Layer
Wolf
Mr. Williams
Mayor Thompson Will Contest for Control of Party
Springfield May 14. Control of the Republican state central committee to be formed May 25 is sought by Gov. Frank C. Lowden and Mayor William Hale Thompson. Chairman Frank L. Smith called the meeting and nominees for successor include Garrett Kinney Peoria Walter A. Rosenfield Rock Island Charo J. Lindley Greenville and Richard M. Sullivan Springfield.
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Republican State Central Committee
Frank C. Lowden
William Hale Thompson
Frank L. Smith
Smith
Garrett Kinney
Peoria
Walter A. Rosenfield
Rock Island
Charo J. Lindley
Greenville
Richard MM Sullivan
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