War Department in Sims Controversy with Flat Denials
War Department confronts Sims in a heated dispute over policy. Sims warns the permanent amalgamation of American units with British and French forces would provoke strong American sentiment while Pittman of Nevada sides with Rear Admiral in a nearby tilt.
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WAR Department
Sims
War Council
United States
Pittman
Nevada
Washington
Navy Department
Tasker I. Bliss
Supreme War Council
Bliss
Baker
General Pershing
Daniels
Hale
Senate Naval Sub-Committee
Admiral Sims
Europe
London
Can
House
M. Clemenceau
Pershing
Great Britain
France
Mine Safety Men Named by Berrien
Appointment of 18 safety and ventilation inspectors for the A. C. M. mines was announced by Co. L. Berrien. The inspectors will cover Mountain Con to Emma mines, report to the mine foreman, consult with the ventilation engineer and safety chief, and file semi monthly reports. The move aims to improve accident prevention and rescue capabilities.
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Berrien
A. C. M. Company
Co. L. Berrien
Mountain Con
Be. J. McCool
High Ore
Lancelot Smith
Belmont
C. G. Sullivan
Steward
W. W. Hanson
Poulin
Eugene Hogan
Tramway
R. D. Sultzer
Silver Bow
John Trewin
Berkeley
A. C. Bigley
West Gray Rock
I. W. Standberg
Mountain View
W. 8. Bates
Pennsylvania
A. C. Stevens
Leonard
L. Wells
West Colusa
C. W. Cole
East Colusa
Fred Gaethe
Badger State
Robert Ryburn
Nettie
Henry J. Wiggenstein
Emma
Charles O'Brien
Alice
Ralph Richards
A. 8. Richardson
John L. Boardan
Bureau of Safety
Man Falls Nine Stories in Los Angeles
Frank Allwin a janitor plunged from a ninth story window of an office building in Los Angeles California early today. He struck electrified wires and tumbled to the pavement suffering a skull fracture and other injuries. He may recover and his employers said he was despondent.
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Los Angeles
Car
Frank Allwin
Allwin
Fodder Costs Montana Stockmen Millions
Montana stockmen spent outside the state 30 million dollars on feed for livestock during the six months ending March 1 1920. Commissioner C D Greenfield released the figures in Helena noting the large cross state expenditure.
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Helena
C. D. Greenfield
Montana
Birthday Celebration For Elder Statesmen In Los Angeles
Dr. J. M. Peebles aged 97 hosted a birthday dinner for 25 guests in Los Angeles. Ex Senator Cornelius Cole also 97 and Civil War General John Wilcox 87 spoke at the event attended solely by guests aged 80 or older.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. M. Peebles
Grant
Peace Commission
Cornelius Cole
John$. Wilcox
Wood Leads in South Dakota Primaries for GOP Endorsement
Returns from 605 of 1740 precincts show Leonard Wood with a 23 000 vote edge over Frank O Lowden for the republican presidential endorsement. Wood 20257 Lowden 17298 Johnson 15292 with other figures from 51 of 64 counties.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Leonard Wood
Frank O. Lowden
Wood
Lowden
Johnson
Illinois
Hiram Johnson
Huron
Black Hills
Yankton
Pierre
Peter Norbeck
Dick Haney
W. H. McMaster
R. O. Eichards
Sugar price rises again on San Francisco market
Granulated sugar jumps to 16 dollars per 160 pounds on the San Francisco market with the increase effective at 9 30 yesterday. Butte wholesalers say the Butte market will not reflect the rise for days and will sell existing stocks at the old price until exhausted.
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San Irancisco
Wort
Butte
San Francisco
Charles J. Youlden
Davidson Grocery Company
Fair directors elect Sid Coffee fair president
Helena March 23. The Montana state fair directors at their annual meeting chose officers. Sid J. Coff of Missoula was elected president, succeeding William M. Biggs of Helena who resigned. William J. T. Kuehn of Helena becomes vice president and Jay G. Diamond of Helena is named assistant secretary replacing George I. Martin.
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Helena
Montana
Sid J. Coff
Missoula
William M. Biggs
William JT. Kuehn
Jay G. Diamond
George I. Martin
Two killed and wounded in Dublin riot
One of the two who fled last night was Margaret Dowl ing a domestic servant. The other was an unidentified young man. Several people wounded including a soldier who was shot through the hand.
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Dublin
Margaret Dowling
Intermountain Burden of Transport Costs Questioned
H W Prickett of Salt Lake City and J W Goodman of Great Falls told the Interstate Commerce Commission that Utah and other intermountain states bear more than their fair share of rail transport costs under current rates. They urged the commission to review rate structures as hearings proceed across districts.
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Standard
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. W. Prickett
Salt Lake City
Utah
Intermountain
Prickett
Salt Lake
Delaware prepares to vote on woman suffrage ratification
Dover Delaware March 23 with the possibility of defeat looming large the Delaware legislature will hear the suffrage measure in both houses tomorrow supporters and opponents prepare for arguments Thursday anti suffragist leaders push to act by Friday afternoon party lines drop as state leaders from both parties urge early ratification.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Assembly
Pittman Surrenders in Fresno Murder Case
M I Pittman turned himself in at Fresno County Jail claiming he killed A Nicholson a Fresno building contractor whose body was found at the Pittman home in North Fresno. Mrs Pittman said jealousy prompted the shooting after Nicholson visited on business.
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Fresno
Cal
M. I. Pittman
A. Nicholson
Pittman
Nicholson
Louisville Defeats Daylight Saving Proposal
Louisville city council defeated a proposal to move clocks up one hour for daylight saving from May to October, ending the plan in the city.
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Louisville
Storm blocks Rumbres Pass on Rio Grande line
The worst winter storm blankets southwestern Colorado and halts traffic as Rumbres Pass on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad is blocked. Railroad officials report the disruption and assess travel impact across the region.
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Denver
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande
Wilson Abandons Coal Price Control As Wage Pact Sought
President Wilson ordered the end of government price control on bituminous coal effective April 1 and urged miners and operators to negotiate a new wage agreement based on the coal strike settlement commission majority report. The change allows coal prices to reflect a 27 percent wage rise, while warning against profiteering and unreasonable prices. The conference date was not set, and John L. Lewis signaled miners’ willingness to meet with operators.
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Washington
Wilson
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
The
Coal Commission
Appeal to White House as Solution of Strike
New York March 23 The only solution of the eight thousand longshoremen strike in coastwise traffic is a direct appeal to the White House announced by ER M Squires of the national wage adjustment commission. The remark followed telegrams from Charleston Chamber of Commerce and planters and farmers in southern districts seeking arbitration steps.
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New York
White House
ER. M. Squires
National Wage Adjustment Commission
Charleston, S
Chamber of Commerce
Fierce Fighting in German Cities
Berlin dispatches report Sieges at Wesel with 6000 regulars surrounded by 25000 Spartacists using heavy guns. Other notes say a strike committee ended a strike and work to resume. factories and towns in three provinces suffer Soviet‑style control with prisons opening and arms surrender urged.
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Copenhagen
Wesel
Berlin
German Dirigible Falls Into Romanian Hands
A German dirigible en route to Moscow fell near Hotin Cernevitz and its crew plus printing presses for money and three hundred million rubles were seized by Romanians. It is the second such airship captured by Romanian forces.
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Bucharest
Moscow
Hotin
Cernowitz
Berlin
Senator Walsh Heads to Cuba and Panama for Naval Site Visit
Special dispatch notes Montana Senator Walsh and Utah Senator King traveling with a senate naval affairs sub committee to inspect proposed sites for a government dry dock and naval base in Cuba and Panama.
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The
Standard
Washington
Senator Walsh
Montana
Senator King
Utah
Senate
Naval Affairs
Cuba
Panama
Anthracite Strike Looms Over April Wage Talks
New York March 243 The anthracite mine operators told workers they would reply by 8 p m tomorrow to the digger’s proposal to stay at work after April 1 pending a new wage agreement. If retroactive wage awards are not agreed by April 1 work may be suspended in the hard coal region. The miners’ general scale committee said they would not stay in mines after expiration without retroactive wages. The decision followed a meeting between miners and operators negotiating a new wage deal.
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New York
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FAIR
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Commerce Commission For
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Lewis
Anid
Associated Press
Dusseldorf
Rotterdam
Thiee
Russia
Rotterdamsche Courant
Essen
Dortmund
Wilhelmshaven
Wismar
Rostock
Saxony
Zwickau
Chemnitz
Thuringia
Leipsic
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