Compromise Proposed to Extend Soldier Bonus Payments
The Ways and Means Committee debates extending soldier aid over several years as a compromise to avoid a large immediate cost. Treasury concerns and party divides threaten new financial legislation while supporters push phased payments and a small revenue plan. Bank clerk G M Rushmore testifies against a bonus citing rising living costs and limited support among ex servicemen.
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Washington
Ways and
House
Treasury
Representative Nolan
Cal
Sis
Nolan
G. M. Rushmore
New York City
Nin
Rushmore
Chateau- Thierry
Tam
House naval bill trims 1921 appropriation near four hundred million
Washington report notes the 1921 naval appropriation bill will total about 405 to 410 million dollars after subcommittee cuts down from secretary Daniels estimates. The plan eliminates a broad new construction program while continuing 1916 shipbuilding. cuts remove several proposed ships and programs.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Daniels
Navy Department
Indians Refuse to Vote Protest to Dominion Government
The Six Nations council in Brantford Ontario refuses to participate in enfranchisement votes. They protest to the Dominion government, asserting no allegiance to Canada by treaty and calling themselves allies of the British crown.
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Brantford
Salmon Poisoned Prisoners Taint Dannemora Illness
Two inmates died and about thirty were blinded or partially blinded at Dannemora prison as doctors investigate a mysterious illness. Officials initially suspected wood alcohol but now point to spoiled canned salmon as the likely cause after a week of inquiry led by Prison Superintendent Charles F. Rattigan and State Health Board doctors.
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Albany
N. Y
Dannemora
Charles F. Rattigan
Rattigan
State Board of Health
Republican Plans for the Convention in Chicago 1920
Chicago. Republican National Convention officers will be chosen at a May 10 meeting led by A. T. Hert of Kentucky. Coliseum seating will reach 13,187 delegates and spectators, with seats allotted to state committees. Liquor policy discussion and possible dry-law changes dominate corridor gossip as platform plank committees work ahead of the convention.
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Chicago Coliseum
Chicago
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Suffrage Won, Mrs. Catt Declares Victory
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt proclaims suffrage won, saying the nation has achieved the long struggle and American women are enfranchised. She emphasizes that the 70-year fight is over and the significance is clear to those who followed the effort.
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New York
France Expresses Displeasure Over Wilson Naval Reference
Washington reports show the French government protested President Wilson’s description of France as militaristic in a letter to Senator Hitchcock on the treaty. Senate action on Article 10 stalls as absences and pairings complicate a two thirds vote. Simmons and Watson push a revised compromise to rally Democratic support.
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United States
Wilson
France
Hitchcock
Senate
Lodge
Simmons
Lawmakers Slow With Legislation In New Jersey Assembly
The New Jersey Assembly defeated Joint Resolution No. 3 to appoint a commission to study rent profiteering and housing conditions. Bills passed include funding for Camp Merritt memorial and a salary rise for high court officials, while several measures were postponed or reconsidered as session pace slows.
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Trenton
House of Assembly
Tozer
Bergen
New Jersey
Senate
Assembly
Edwards
White
Pilgrim
House
Camp Merritt
Nickerbocker Road
Madison Avenue
Bergen County Board of Freeholders
Yaxation
Assemblyman
Warner
Union
Barrett
Huge coal conspiracy indictments shake U S industry
A federal grand jury indicts 125 coal operators and miners for conspiring to raise prices by restricting distribution and manufacturing. Bond set at 5 000 to 10 000 dollars. Arraignment May 4. Names kept secret until arrest as prosecutors probe Lever Act violations across Indiana Illinois Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
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Indianapolis
United States
A.br .Anderson
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Dan W. Simms
Lafayette
Ind
United Mine_Workers_of America
L. Ert Slack
H. A. Garfield
Cyrus Garnsey
Garfield
Anderson
Grand Jury
Miners‘ ‘Union
United Mine Workers of America
Ambassador Davis Dines With King in London
The American ambassador and Mrs Davis dined with the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. The event hosted 46 guests.
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Davis
King
London
John W. Davis
Buckingham Palace
School Closures Rise as Teacher Shortage Worsens
Bureau of Education reports 18,279 schools closed nationwide due to teacher shortages and 41,900 operated below standard. The shortage remains a grave problem, with districts across the United States affected.
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New York
United States
Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Bureau
First Day Law Killing in Prohibition Enforcement
Henry Carlton a chauffeur was shot and killed by a federal enforcement officer during an attempted arrest in a Flat on the East Side New York. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Stewart McMullin was placed under arrest charged with homicide.
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Smith
James Hammond
Trenton
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Theda
Moving Picture Industry
Hammond
Gillen
Newark
F. W. Johnson
OTERA
Lord's Day Alliance
John A. Mattthews
New England
Matthews
Assembly
Committee On Game and Fish
Brown
Raritan River
Staten Island Sound
Newark Vay
Department of Shell Fisheries
New York
Henry Carlton
Internal Revenue
Stewart McMullin
Supreme Court ruling redefines taxes and revenue losses
The decision, described by Daniel C. Roper, estimates potential refunds and unpaid taxes across 1917 to 1919. He warns the exact figure is unknown, with billions in implied losses and impacts on future federal revenue. House Ways and Means faces funding gaps and vows economy measures amid stronger opposition to veteran bonuses and pay increases.
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Supreme Court
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Roper
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Wadsworth
Army
World News Briefs From Across Cities
Dispatches from London and Paris say the Supreme Council moves to auction Constantino ple to prevent Christian killings by the Turks. In Philadelphia bandits loot the Weightman building on Chestnut Street stealing bonds and securities valued at 420000 with about 120000 negotiable. In Belfast constable Scully shot and killed. twenty sixth policeman murdered since January 21. In Paris Soviet leaders admit industrial chaos after a conference in Russia. In Beirut Syria declares independence. Prince Feisal proclaimed king amid fireworks. In Dublin outrages continue. police sergeant Nazer shot dead and constable Doyle wounded at Rathkeale.
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London
Paris
Supreme Council
Philadelphia
Weightman
Chestnut Street
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Scully
Glenmire
County Cork
Russia
Beirut
Syria
Damascus
Feisal
Dublin
Ireland
Nazer
Doyle
Rath- Keale
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