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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
4
Miners and operators in four states failed to agree on wage increases after five days of talks in Cleveland. The joint interstate conference adjourned with each side planning separate agreements. Miners demanded $1.50 per day more, while operators proposed equalizing with the tonnage men’s pay.
Eighteen American workers of the American commission for relief in the near east endure nightly Turkish shelling in Adana since June 20. French troops have twice fought to Mer Sina, returning with heavy losses. A flour cargo awaits at Mer Sina while rail traffic is ruined and supply trucks suffer heavy casualties along a sixty mile Turkish nationalist controlled route.
Japan sends a communication to China stating it cannot withdraw Japanese guards on the Chinese Eastern railroad. The guards were placed to deter Bolshevik invasion of Manchuria and Korea, and current conditions still require this barrier against Bolshevik penetration.
Washington reports the president has regained his normal weight of 179 pounds as per a Washington Times article. Near Admiral Cary Grayston, the president's physician, is quoted confirming the health update.
Officials announce plans to investigate recent gas price increases after receiving a letter from Attorney General Palmer. Brank M. Siva, U S district attorney, confirms the probe as a formal inquiry into price volatility.
A massive landslide during a recent storm buried an island village named Igerrate under hundreds of feet of earth. Seventy natives are reported missing with no bodies recovered to date.
Joliet Illinois. Louis Eekles of Chicago under sentence for murder was shot by a guard at the new prison after he attacked an officer. Other prisoners started fires in six sections of the enclosure.
Tennessee became the thirty sixth state to ratify the Susan B Anthony amendment, enabling 27 million American women to vote in November’s presidential election unless the Tennessee Assembly rescinds. Legal challenges are expected, with arguments centered on constitutional provisions and a potential reconsideration. The text of the amendment outlines that voting rights cannot be denied on account of sex and grants Congress power to enforce the article.
The joint scale commission of operators and miners in the central competitive bituminous coal fields for Ohio Indiana Illinois and western Pennsylvania adjourned sine die near midnight Wednesday after five days without reaching any agreement.
James T. Newton, after two decades of service, submitted his resignation to President Wilson from the post of commissioner of patents.
Two men robbed a Pacific train near the city outskirts on a Wednesday night, escaping with four mail pouches believed to contain registered mail. Police described the incident as a bold daylight robbery with limited details available on suspects or exact location.
General Lals M Saloaarsie led ceremonies marking Col Esteban Cantu stepping down as governor of the northern district of Lower California on August 18. The transfer events lasted about thirty minutes.
Estauban Cantu, leading an insurrection, agrees to surrender his office to Luis Salazar, but seeks immunity and to remain a colonel with troops in service. Francisco Villa invites Huerta to his hacienda, offers hostages, Huerta declines. Carranza loyalists dropped from rolls. others in prison await trial for Carranza’s death.
Polish columns push toward Warsaw using tanks air power armored trains and heavy artillery. Frontline gains include Kaluszyn Siedlce Milzyrzec and Wilodawa with thousands of Soviet prisoners captured. Bolshevik forces retreat along the Vistula and Buga rivers amid panicked disorder.
Washington reports September government expenditures will rise by about 900 million dollars with nearly two thirds paid to railroads under loss guarantees. The Interstate Commerce Commission estimates 500 to 600 million will be paid, and the revolving fund for new equipment faces a heavy drain. Public debt reduction may slow but continue.
Charles Ponzi appeared before a federal commissioner for a hearing on charges he used the mails to defraud. He waived examination and was returned to jail in default of a $25,000 bond.
Ethelbert Stewart, assistant chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor, succeeds Dr. Royal Meeker as chief of the bureau.
The War Department says only 173011 of 24000000 men registered under WWI selective service were classified as willful deserters, constituting less than one percent. A plan to publish names of 179011 men aims to aid apprehension with state and local cooperation, including Justice Department and patriotic groups.
Mineola N Y YeeChe world record for looping the loop by women aviators was broken Sunday afternoon when Milan Louise Bramwell twenty years old of Cincinnati flipped her machine over eighty seven times
Cork August unrest reports Terence MacSweeney the Lord Mayor and ten men were placed in a military barracks and have refused food since August 18. They are joined by additional prisoners in the hunger strike.
Paris Gabriele d Annunglo, noted poet and military figure, announces the Independent republic of Plume after capturing Fiume in a dramatic coup early this year. The proclamation frames his leadership and the new state structure.
Umatilla county grand jury returned indictments charging five men with first degree murder for the July 26 jail breakout in Pendleton Oregon and the slaying of Sheriff Tit Taylor.
Wilson ready to recognize the Mexican government if third party terms are met. Colby proposed safeguards include respect for North American lives and property, payment of indemnities to foreigners, and abrogation of confiscatory Carranza decrees. State Department officials say performance matters more than promises and recognition awaits stability.
Washington officials announce a reorganization of the bureau of immigration by Assistant Secretary of Labor Post due to utter disorganization. The move targets conditions in Washington and at the field service as wartime staff shortages return to normal immigration levels.
George F. Davis a Felon from Folsom prison strapped mail like catalogues around his body to stop bullets. He swam two thirds of the American river before being hit in the heart by a volley of shots.
Washington report notes the Association of Railway Executives recommended to the Interstate Commerce Commission the distribution to railroads of nearly 200 million dollars from the revolving fund set up by the transportation act.
New York shortstop Ray Chapman of the Cleveland club died Tuesday from a head injury after being struck by a pitched ball in Monday’s game between New York and Cleveland. The ball struck Chapman’s head off Curt Mays of the New York team.
In Raleigh North Carolina the senate voted to postpone ratification action on the suffrage amendment. By a 25 to 28 margin the chamber delayed until the next regular session in 2021, delaying women’s vote in November.
The Brussels conference will bring together nations once at war to discuss postwar financial matters. The United States is expected to accept the invitation and participate in the discussions.
Cork's Lord Mayor Terrence Mackweeny was deported to England after being found guilty of mediation. The court-martial noted Mackweeny refused to eat while in custody aboard a destroyer.
A description of a tall older African called The Bishop in the Va wati area of Portuguese East Africa. He travels with missionaries, carries their gear, and names himself after Bishop Hartzeil. He remains heathen yet proud, wearing a monkey skin loincloth and improvising with a Prince Albert coat as rain comes, keeping the loincloth intact.
The Nomad notes that seventeenth and eighteenth century New England names show more snap and flavor with examples like Betsey Keyes, Su sanna Gates, Thankful Sawyer, Leafy Bullard, Hepzibah Hathaway and Camilla Bender, contrasted with some harder to crack given names.
The article surveys how surnames evolved from descriptive terms in ancient civilizations to widespread use in England, noting Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Norman influences and the shift from personal names to family and descriptives. It also mentions the British House of Commons custom of seven official dinners each season for MPs.
The passage contemplates opportunity as a test of principle and conscience. It contrasts wealth and social position with genuine moral direction, suggesting misplaced sympathy risks when opportunities tempt but fail to align with inner duty.
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