State Troops Called as Morgans Proclaim Martial Law
Governor Morgan issues martial law in Mingo county to curb Industrial strife. Sheriff Binson orders state police and citizens to restore order amid accusations of strike-breakers and gunmen. Major Ike Wilder reports eight new graves at Stringtown near Tug river amid claims of no casualties by local leaders.
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Charleston
W. Va
Morgan
Mingo County
Arnold
Binson
Legisatore
Keeney
Mingo Fields
Williamson
Ike +Wilder
Kentucky
Pike County
Little
Stringtown
Tug River
Merrimac
Wilder
Springtown
Lane's Ashes Not Scattered At El Capitan Peak
Mrs. Lane announces the Lane family will not honor Franklin K. Lane's request to scatter his ashes atop El Capitan in Yosemite. The former interior secretary died in Rochester Minnesota and remains will be held locally pending final disposition.
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Chicago
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Rochester
Minn
el Captain
Yosemite Valley
Letta Parsons Murder Charge Dismissed in Farmington
In Farmington Missouri the murder charge against Letta Parsons known as the baby bride of the Ozarks was dismissed. The 18 year old will face a fourth degree manslaughter charge in Juvenile Court for the death of her six year old stepchild Lilly while remaining in custody awaiting trial. Judge Houck ruled she was too young for Circuit Court proceedings.
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Farmington
Aginst
Letta Parsons
Ozarks
Lilly
Houck
Good Old Days Return in Oregon Gold Exchange
A Josephine County miner sent 10 town for a pair of boots and included several gold nuggets weighing about 20 to the order. Boots and change were returned, marking the first use of raw gold as currency in the district in many years according to old residents.
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Grants Pass
Oregon
Josephine County
Rescue of Thetis Passengers Near Miami After Steamer Grounded
Sixty two people including thirty one passengers and twenty two crew members were rescued off the Thetis by the schooner Sarah Douglas. They were taken to Miami from Cat Cay in the Bahamas where they had sheltered after the Thetis ran aground forty miles offshore during a Miami bound trip.
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Miami
Fla
Sarah
Douglas
Cat Cay
Bahamas
Liberty chase ends in prison escapee suicide
Al Biscardo 85 escaped from Wyoming penitentiary after a 25 mile car chase with Dr Raymond Barber and Mayor Biscardo forced Barber to drive, then shot himself after being cornered by Warden Hadsell and Deputy Warden Kelffer near Rawlins Wyoming.
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Baton News Devtree
Rawlins
Wyo
al Blxenedo
Wyoming
Kcirdo
Penitentary
Raymond Barber
Mayor
Pale
Biscardo
Barber
Biscardé
Hadsell
Blscarde
Hades
Andsell
Munger
Hadsell Hind
Kelffer
Mayer
Barker
Bigcardo
Whelffer
Poppy Day Honors Fallen Soldiers Ahead of Memorial Day
May 28 marks Poppy Day as Americans from bankers to workers pledge to wear the Flanders poppy in memory of those who bled for humanity. The nation and France will observe Memorial Day Monday with graves worldwide decorated, honoring soldiers from Maine to California. The American Legion, rooted in 1876 ideals, chose the poppy as the flower symbol of Memorial Day.
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France
Maine
California
American Legion
Republic
Flanders
America
Betrayer of Nurse Cavell Arrested in Mons
Brussels reports the arrest of Armand Jeanne, named as the principal denouncer of nurse Edith Cavell. He pleads that numerous French and Belgian accomplices were identified by numerous witnesses as Cavell’s denouncers.
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Brussels
Miss Cavell
Wellah marKe
Mons
Armand Jeanne
Petition Seeks Guardian for Cudahy Heirs After Suicide
In Los Angeles a petition asks appointment of a guardian for two minor children of the late John P. Cudahy formerly of Kansas City. Their mother Edna Cudahy filed in probate court. The petition cites an income of 60,000 from a trust established by Tehlen Cudahy, to be divided among the children.
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Los Angeles
Callfea
John P
Duck) Cudahy
Kansas City
Edna Cudahy
Cudaly
Tiehnel Cudahy
War Orphans in Flanders Craft Poppies for League
In a besieged Flanders chapel a nun leads poor women and frail children in making silk poppies for the American Franco Children’s League. Proceeds fund relief for war torn French children and the effort is endorsed by the National Information Bureau and France’s President Millerand.
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Flanders
Children’s League
Flanders Fields
America
France
National Information Bureau
Millerand
Railroad Labor Board lowers wages effective July first
The United States Railroad Labor Board announced a downward wage revision for railroad employees, effective July 1. Unions kept silent pending full details while rail executives anticipated relief for carriers. Unskilled workers face impact, with about a 12 percent expected cut and prior raises of 20 percent last July totaling 650 million dollars.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
HH. B. Byram
Chicago, Miwaukee & St. Paul
Cable Bill Passes House and Senate Ends Debate
The House approves a cable bill sending the measure to conference. The Senate seeks President authority to enable funding and issue licenses for cable operations on American shores. Supporters say the executive must have power to prevent unauthorized cable landings, a right debated for decades.
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Washington
Senate
House
Gasper Wyoming Explosion Destroys Road and Kills Two
In Gasper Wyoming on May 16 a blast ripped a road area when twenty five quarts of nitro glycerine exploded aboard a delivery car. Nelson Shorty Glass a 30 year old war veteran and an unidentified companion were killed. Burlington station at Bonneville and nearby buildings suffered damage. Glass had worked for the Independent Torpedo Co since last November.
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Gasper
Wyo
Nelson
Shorty
Glass
Bonneville
Casper
Thermopolis
Burlington
Independent Torpedo Company
W. W. Sproul
United States Grand Jury
United States
Ball
Laramie
Laramie High School
Mollie Morris
George Greene
Edna Christensen
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
West
Omaha
San Francisco
Alameda
Calif
Colorado
Wyoming
Marin Prestina
J. G. Vogle
American Legion
Patent Officials Named Washington
William A. Kinnan of Michigan named first assistant commissioner of patents. President also appoints Karl Jenning of Ohio as assistant commissioner and Sidney F. Smith of Massachusetts as examiner in chief in the patent office.
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Washington
William A. Kinnan
Michigan
Karl Jenning
Ohio
Sidney F. Smith
Massachusetts
Patent Office
Prompt Action on Peace Foreseen in House
After a conference with President Harding Representative Mondell Republican leader said there should not be delays in passing a peace resolution. He noted the reparations controversy had apparently cleared up and urged prompt action by the House.
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Washington
Harding
Representative Mondell
House
Bandits Loot Safe From Express Wagon Near Chicago
Six robbers armed with rifles stopped an American Railway Express wagon in Chicago area, shot a guard, and kidnapped two others. They escaped with a small safe believed to contain jewelry as it was headed to Union Passenger Station for loading onto a train.
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Chicago
American Railway
Union Passeover
Ex Secretary Lane Dies After Rochester Operation
Former Interior Secretary Franklin K. Lane died following an operation in Rochester Minnesota. He had told a friend the operation was a bet on the high card with a chance to win and that it would determine his fate. The news shocked the nation as he had long been closely associated with California.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
Rochester
Minn
Lane
California
Harvey Declines League of Nations in London Dinner
American Ambassador George Harvey told Pilgrims' Society guests that the United States will not join the League of Nations and will not work with any commission connected to it. He described U S policy as clearly separate from European entanglements while pledging close Anglo American cooperation. The event, chaired by the duke of Connaught, drew 350 diners, including the duke of York and many peers.
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London
Pilgrims’ Society
George Harvey
Harvey
Europe
Justen
United States
League of Nations
Supreme Council
Silesia
League
America
Duke of Connaught
Lord Desborough
Duke of York
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
Republic
Great Plain
Alleghenies
Rockies
Merger Formed Between Major Shoe Firms
The International Shoe Company of St. Louis and W. H. Melwain Company of Boston announce a merger. Combined assets reach about 40 million dollars as the two large interests join forces in the shoe industry.
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Boston
Mass
International Shoe Company of
Irish workers struggle against world imperialism hailed
The IT W W Indorne Irish chapter reports the national convention endorsed the struggle of Irish workers against world imperialism. Endorsement of the Irish Republic movement was withheld as politically unwise.
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Chicago
W. W. National Convention
Politiout
Chief Justice White Dies After Illness at Garfield Hospital
Edward Douglas White chief justice of the United States Supreme Court died at Garfield hospital following complications after bladder trouble surgery. Mrs White and close relatives were at his bedside along with a pile of briefs for cases before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Edward Douglas White
United States Supreme Court
Garfield Hospital
Justive
Mra. White
Wyoming Briefs Mixed Fortunes and Notable Fires
The Wyoming notes report Mines in Snake River area near Idaho line ready to start within six weeks and a big high school track meet planned after new athletic field completion. Gas strike near Glenda and Orin. Fort MacKenzie hospital transfer. nitroglycerin blast at Bonneville injures two. former Casper postmaster Sproul arrested for alleged postal embezzlement.
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Glass
Bonneville
Grand Canon Mining & Development Company
Snake River
Wyoming-Idaho
University of Wyoming At Laramie
Wyoming
Detroit-Wyoming Oil Company
Glenda
Orin
Big Muddy
Lance Creek
War Department
Public Health Service
Fort MacKenzie
Wyo
Congress
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Wyoming Cowboys
Frederick Morris
United States Shipping Board
Cody
James Cates, Jr
Sheridan
Sheridan Hospital
Medicine Bow Forest
Denver
Burt Lampitt
Ohio Ol Company
Grass Creek
Harry Woight
W. C. Seaton
Charles Schroeder
Charles Wilcox
Jack Crandall
Lampitt
Gress Creek
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