Arrainments May 3 in Coal Operators Miners Conspiracy
Federal grand jury indicts 226 defendants from Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio and Pennsylvania in a six state plan to raise soft coal prices by production restraints. Prominent operators and United Mine Workers officials named. bond set at 10000 each. arraignment May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
A. B. Anderson
Department of Justice
Anti Smoke Measure Killed in House Test
Washington report notes the House largely opposed an amendment to the sundry civil bill aimed at banning smoking in government buildings. The measure drew few supporters as a small group shouted noes, reflecting the hostile reception to anti smoking orders among lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
South Dakota film censorship bill advances in Senate
A bill providing censorship of all moving picture films and advertising matter has been approved by the South Dakota Senate, amended to take effect August 1. The House has passed the bill and must act on the amendment before it goes to the governor for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie A. Miller
Internal Revenue
District of Wyoming
A. H. Ricker
Isaac McMillan
Ada Webster
Wheatland
Wyo
McMillan
Miss Webster
Wyoming Senate
House
Senate
Coroner’s Jury: Man Kills Wife Then Shoots Self
In Las Vegas New Mexico coroner's jury verdict holds Van Bruick responsible for the shooting death of his 16 year old wife Dorothy and then turning the weapon on himself. A note Brulck left was admitted into evidence outlining plans and disposal of the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kille
Las Vegas
N. M
van Bruick
Dorothy
Brulck
Senator McLane Unseated in Washington Seat Vote
Patrick McLane of fernpton a Democrat from the South Pennsylvania district charges with corrupt practices and election frauds. The House adopted a report declaring John K. Ware a Tepublican of Berantan duly elected and entitled to McLane's seat. Vote to unseat McLane 101 to 121.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patrick McLane
Fernpton
Pennsylvania
House
Committee On Elections
John K. Ware
Tepublican
Berantan
McLane
Harding's Cabinet Names Surprising Picks for 1921
Western union reports tentative Harding cabinet selections with Charles Hughes as Secretary of State Andrew Mellon as Secretary of the Treasury John W Weeks as Secretary of War Harry M Dougherty as Attorney General W H Hays as Postmaster General Edwin Denby for Navy Albert Fall as Interior Henry Wallace as Agriculture Herbert Hoover for Commerce James Davis as Labor Changes possible mainly in Navy Commerce Labor Hoover under strong consideration after preconvention roles.
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Western Newpaper Union News
Bervbery
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Mr. Building
Wnl H. Hays
Indiana
Republican National Committee
Navy
Edwin Denby
Michigan
Congress
Marine Corps
Interior
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Farm Pubications
Herbert Hoover
California
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Moose
Commerce
Labor
Harding
Denby
Detroit
F. C. Lowden
Hoover
League of Nations
Walk from Los Angeles to Mexico City Planned by Legion Members
Van W Bishop and C G Alli gan, California Legion members, plan a 1500 mile hike from Los Angeles to Mexico City with hospitality from Legion posts along the route. They report warm welcomes at Yuma Tucson and Bisbee posts including bunks a sleeping porch and a home for travelers. Bishop belongs to Los Angeles Post No 8 and Allison to Irwin Post No 8 of San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
Calif
American Legion
Mexico City
Mex
van W. Bishop
C. G Alligan
Californian Legion
Legion
Yuma
Aziz
Tucson
Bisbee
Bishop
Allison
Irwin
San Francisco
Air Mall Planes Deliver 49 Million Letters
Washington reports twenty one air mail planes have surpassed the earths equator distance in flight while postal aircraft total over 1,500,000 miles. The DEH-76 logged 38348 miles in 407 hours and minutes and DE-74 flew 98,281 miles in 430 hours and 1 minutes as the service operates across the Sierra Nevada from Reno to San Francisco. By Dec 31 1920 the air mail service had accumulated 18,000 hours and minutes airborne and carried more than 49,000,000 letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Mall
Postoffice Department
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Reno
San Francisco
Baby Brown Inherits $25 Million Estate
Cambridge resident Mars John Nicholas Brown Harvard sophomore nicknamed Baby Brown of Newport celebrates his twenty first birthday by taking possession of an estate valued at 25 million dollars. He is the great grandson of the late Nicholas Brown, for whom Brown University was named.
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Cambridge, Mars
John Nicholas Brown
Harvard
Young Brown
Baby Brown
Newport
Nicholas Brown
Brown University
New Coast to Coast Mail Record Set in 33 Hours
Hazelhurst New York May 1 eight bags of mull dispatched from San Francisco by airplane arrived at Hazelhurst field at 4 50 p m thirty three hours later establishing a new coast to coast mail record with time zone changes. The relay flight was ordered by the Post Office Department to cross the continent. Pilot EK M Allison led the westward leg to Cleveland and then returned to Hazelhurst after transferring to another pilot. Two westbound planes failed and one eastbound plane crashed killing Captain W F Lewis. Otto Praeger called the night flight the most momentous step in civil aviation and predicted a thirty six hour cross country delivery in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelhurst
N. Y
San Francisco
Hazelhurst Field
Post Office, Department
EK. M. Allison
EB. M. Leonhard
Dubois
Chicago
Elko
Nev
W. F. Lewis
Allison
Cleveland
Post Office Department
New York
Otto Praeger
Cheyenne
Yager
North Platte
Neb
Knight
Massachusetts Final Payment For Civil War Fortifications
Massachusetts has been allowed an appropriation of 214000 by the Senate as final payment for the cost of coastal fortifications erected by the state at its own expense during the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachusetts
Senate
Fishing With Dry Docks in the Canal Zone
In the Balboa dock canal zone a vessel admission triggered a fish swarm. Workers seized a thousand-foot dry docks of catch measured in long tons and moved tons through the crane. The commissary received about a hundred pounds and two to three tons were shoveled aside. most of the fish swam away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canal Zone
Balboa Dock
Parachutist Sets World Altitude Record at Fort Sill
At Fort Sill Oklahoma aerial officers report Sergt Ene sel Chambers of the 135th aero squadron jumped from an airship piloted by Lt Wagner at 20000 feet during an aerial circus. The jump reportedly set a world altitude record, surpassing the previous 20000 foot mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
Sergt. Enesel Chambers
135Th Aero Squadron
Wagner
Post Field
Former Chairman McCombs Dies in Greenwich Connecticut
William F. McCombs once organized the Wilson campaign and became Democratic national chairman. He died of heart disease in Greenwich after a heart attack left him failing for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCombs
New York
William F. McCombs
Wilson
Greenwich
Conn
Hughes Resigns as Legal Aid Society President
Charles B. Hughes resigns as president of the Legal Aid Society in New York. The move, tied to devoting time to the secretary of state’s office, precedes an election in March for his successor. Hughes notes fewer legal aid appeals in the year 1920 than the year before after three years in the role.
Turks Jubilant Over Possible Trotsky Redrafts Of Sevres Treaty
London reports the Near East under pressure as an Inter allied commission prepares to judge population ratios in Thrace and Smyrna. Greek premier opposes revising the treaty while Turks push for preservation of Smyrna and Thrace, delaying the settlement to their benefit.
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London
Near East
Sevres
Inter-allied Commission
Thrace
Smyrna
Supreme Council
Venizelos
Paris
Grealy
Greece
Dead Soldier Returns Alive in Lafayette Mystery
Gay Fred Williams, who went to war in 1917, is reported to return home soon to find his body buried locally with war insurance paid. The War Department stated he was killed in action in France, then sent a soldier’s body as his. Williams’ wife, who married him shortly before he left, mourned briefly before marrying Joseph Robertson, her former sweetheart.
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Lafayette
Fred Williams
War Department
Williams
France
Wilams
Joseph Robertson
Denby to Be Navy Secretary Backed by Daniels
Secretary Daniels says Edwin Denby, chosen by the President elect as secretary of the navy, will bring wide naval experience to the post and benefit the navy and country. He notes frequent contact with Denby during the war when Denby served in the marine corps and believes he will be an able secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
W. W. Benn
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
House
Sinn Fein
England
Liverpool
Irish Republican Army
Daniels
Denby
O. K. Washington
Edwin Denby
Harding
Navy
Marine Corps
Girl Stabs Father to Death in Philadelphia Quarrel
Police report Elizabeth Mabel Lance 15 stabbed her father Edgar M. Lance 87 during a parental quarrel in Philadelphia. He died almost instantly. A murder charge has been filed against the girl and the mother is held as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Mabel Lance
Edgar M. Lance
Germany Must Pay To Balance Its Budget
London Premier Lloyd George declared in the House of Commons that Germany must meet its obligation to repay the debt of her capacity. He insisted Germany must do her best to appreciate the mark by balancing its budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
Print Paper Production Increases Washington
The Federal Trade Commission reports 1920 news print production by American mills at 1 011 008 tons, up 19 percent from 1919. Year end stocks show 24 768 tons on hand, with 1 800 000 tons carried over from 1919. Standard news print output reached 1 880 281 tons, a 12 percent rise over 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Mills
Federal Trade Commission
Wyoming News Bits Shift of Denver HQ and Local Skirmishes
Brief notes from across Wyoming report the Colorado and Southern headquarters move from Cheyenne to Denver, a Laramie forger arrested in Missouri, Cheyenne sewer bond vote on March 16, and a Scenic Wyoming fish hatchery plan. Other items include boxing legal changes, budget cuts, coal rate debates, and the Sublette and Teton county separations signed into law by Governor Carey.
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Colorado and Southern
Cheyenne
Denver
John W. Flarper
Laramie
Spikard
Kabell
Senate
Scenic
Wyo
Jack Taylor
Rocky Mountains
Casper
Toots Mondt
Greeley
Colo
Ohio Oil Company
Standard
Patrick J. Sullivan
Republican Party
Wyoming
Carey
Sublette
Fremont
Lincoln
Teton
Lincoln County
P. W. Jenkins
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Santa Barbara
Stefano Varesco
Charles E. Hughes
Will H. Hays
National
Mexico
Mrn
Billa Dickerson
Warren G. Harding
Loren
Amos Harding
U. S
Frisco
Turkey
Father
Newspaper Union News Service
James H. Knight
Salt Lake
Telephone Easton
Franzen
University Extension Department
State Public Service Commission
Highway Department
Special Joint
Midwest Refining
Ohio Oil Companies
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