Record of Important Events From Everywhere
William K Vanderbilt dies in Paris at seventy. Villa resists surrender as Mexican conflict continues with 3,000 troops opposing in Chihuahua. Zionist conference approves 25 million pound Palestine fund. Saskatchewan cyclone leaves two dead and $200,000 damage. Alameda suffers major destruction. Poland seeks ceasefire talks with Soviet Russia. Warsaw road meeting proposed. US states lead in bank deposits. Poland seeks moral support from Wilson and US. Railways seek fare hikes to cover wage increases. freight and milk tariffs rise. US exports reach new high while imports surge. navy yard wage readjustment board formed.
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William K. Vanderbilt
Paris
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Consuelo
Duke of Marlborough
Francisco Villa
Mexico City
Villa
Chihuahua
Federation Fund
Palestine
Zionist Conference
London
Regina
Saskatchewan
Alameda
Poland
Moscow
Zurich
Switzerland
Warsaw-Moscow
Barnovitch
Brest-Titovek
Washington
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
United States
New Republic
State Department
Wilson
Railway Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pruilman
Navy Yard
Navy
Roosevelt
Jacks Conde Founders Off Mazatlan Killing 42
The Mexican power schooner Jacks Conde once Topi Maru sank off Mazatlan at night, 42 lives lost. Details came aboard the Jean nette R. Mose Gibson into San Diego.
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Jacks Conde
Topi Maru
San Diego
Cal
Mazatlan
Mexico
Jeannette R
Allies Stand Firm on Poland and Russian Peace Talks
Premier Lloyd George and Millerand reaffirm plan for a peace conference with Soviet Russia and set terms for coal payments to Germany. Germany must deliver 60 million gold mark bonds by Sept 1 1920 to the reparations commission with 6 percent interest, redeemable May 1 1921, as collateral.
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Boulogne
Lloyd George
Millerand
Germany
Mr. Lloyd George
M. Millerand
England
Poland
Russia
Moscow
Spain
France
M. Francois-Marshal
Preniers
Explosion at Kemmerer mine raises death toll to eight
The powder magazine explosion at Sublette mine in Kemmerer Wyoming increased the deaths among injured miners to eight. The mine belonged to the Kemmerer Coal Company.
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Sublet
Kemmerer
Wyo
Kemmerer Coal Company
Kansas City Dairymen Win First Skirmish
Four managers of dairies surrendered and were arraigned in Kansas City following an embargo on bottled milk deliveries to 80 percent of homes. An armistice was agreed for three days allowing milk delivery without the disputed restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Food and Dairy Commissioner
Outbreaks Spark Fresh Anarchy in Ireland Divide
Sir Horace Plunkett warns Ireland faces gravest danger as two extremes, Orangemen in the north and Sinn Feiners seeking independence, clash under a proposed dominion government model. Lloyd George favors a middle course excluding Ulster, while Sinn Fein denounces leadership as English manipulation. The nationalist press condemns Sir Hamar Greenwood's Commons remarks.
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London
Horace Plunett
Irish Dominion League
Ireland
House of Commons
Edward Carson
Hamar Greenwood
Trish
Orangemen
Sinn
Momus
Sinn Fein
Mr. Thomas
Lloyd George
Class One Railroads Report Big April Deficit
The interstate commerce commission shows Class 1 railroads with a combined April operating income deficit of 25.88 million dollars. Government guarantees run about 75 million monthly, pushing the April loss over 100 million for the month. Western roads deficit 20.85 million, eastern 6.50 million, Southern carriers profit 1.47 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
G O P Plans Battle With N N P L In Northwest
Spokane July 27. Plans for a GOP fight against the National Nonpartisan League in rural Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana were announced by Charles I Forbes Harding campaign manager. Forbes predicted labor farmer and railway worker efforts to capture Republican primaries would fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Aaron
Sullivan
Jefferson City
Secretary of State
Missouri
United States
Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Order of
Railroad Telegraphers
Lator Board
Canada
Duluth
Michigan City
John Murphy
Frank L. Bradley
Congress
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Wilson
League of Nations
Tex Richard
Jonny Wilson
Boston
Mike O’dowd
Madison Square Garden
New York
Union Theological Seminary
Spokane
Republican Party
National Nonpartisan League
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Charles I. Forbes
Harding
Pacific Northwest
Forbes
Judge Ames Resigns From Government Post
Former Judge C. B. Ames, assistant to the attorney general since June 1919 and lead on the coal strike injunctions, has sent in his resignation to President Wilson, effective August 31. He plans to return to Oklahoma City to resume his law practice after more than a year directing antitrust and related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. B. Ames
Wilson
Ames
Oklahoma City
Department of Justice
America Defeats Shamrock IV to Retain Cup
The American defender wins the 1920 America's Cup 3 to 2 over Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV at Sandy Hook. The final race ended near sundown after a windward and leeward 30 mile course with the defender finishing 25 minutes before the six hour limit. Lipton praised fair play and vowed to return next year to challenge again.
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Sandy Hook
America
Resolute
Thomas Lipton
Nasip
Wes
Sir Thomas
Record tax take hits 5.41 billion in 1920 fiscal year
Washington July 27 1920 official figures show the national tax levy for the year ending June 30 at 5 410 284 874 exceeding estimates by about 800 million and far above 1918 and 1919 totals New York leads all states with 1 416 989 276 in taxes while Pennsylvania follows with 555 725 686 Minnesota and other districts contribute smaller amounts Illinois and Wisconsin also appear among top contributors with varied district totals.
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Washington
New York State
America
Wall Street
Pennsylvania
Philippine Islands
Colorado
Wyoming
Lown
Michigan
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Philippine
Locoweed Studies Highlight Montana Health and Agriculture
Research by Dr. Emil Starr and Dr. W. J. Butler investigates loco weed as a cattle toxin, noting it is not an alkaline poison. Crop reports show excellent conditions in 17 counties, heavy alfalfa yields, labor shortages, and overall healthy Montana despite midsummer heat. Bankruptcies rise with 63 farmers and 63 wage earners failing in 1920.
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Helena
Emil Starr
Livestock Sanitary Board
W. J. Butler
Butler
FE Od. Nash
State Veterinary Surgeon's
Stewart
Supreme Court
Tesshun
Stewart Imaiitados
C. T. Stewart
W. Stewart
Stephen Ely
Montana Federation of Labor
Brantly
Charles D. Greenfield, Sr
Montana
Ireland sees soldier killed and courthouse burned in Kerry unrest
Cork Ireland June 28 One soldier killed and two constables wounded in disturbances across the region. A lance corporal attached to a Paindon regiment died yesterday morning. In Lixnaw north Kerry two constables were ambushed and seriously wounded Monday night as the Borrisokane Courthouse burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Ireland
Paindon
Lixnaw
North Kerry
Borrisokane
Prison Head Released After Court Martial
Col. John E. Hunt former commandant of Fort Jay was released from technical arrest after the army court martial finished its findings on neglect of duty tied to Grover Cleveland Bergdoll’s escape. The verdict will be announced after a review by the Department of the East commanding general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John E. Hunt
Fort Jay
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Department of the East
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Mose Gibson
California
Roy Trapp
Fullerton
C. F. Jackson
Orange County
Gibson
San Quentin Penitentiary
Seattle
Cecil Coons
Portland
Quincy
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Forestry
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Auburn
McHenry
Ward
North Dakota
McHenry County
Alaska
Pacific
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Interior
John Barton Payne
Europe
Eric Ludendorff
Czecho-Slovakia
Ludendorff
Italy
Seven Seas
Aoman
Greece
Rome
Midland
Atlantic Ocean
Kansas City Dairymen
Emerald Isle
Sinn Feiners
Dominion Government
Thlamar Greenwood
Freeman's Journal
Greenwood
U.S
Sloop
Gaged
G. N
Great Northern
Montana Railroad Commission
State Board
Charles Garlow
U. S. District Court
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