Martial law in Mingo county amid coal strike turmoil
Governor Morgan orders martial law in Mingo county as sheriff demands state police and citizens to restore order. A 1910 act enables the sheriff to recruit officers and nonunion residents to end the violence fueling a year of industrial strife. Major Ike Wilder reports eight new graves at Stringtown across Tug River amid recent rifle battles claims.
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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 ashes to not be scattered atop El Capitan
The family of Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of the interior, has abandoned his request to scatter his ashes on El Capitan in Yosemite. Lane died recently in Rochester Minnesota. The widow Mrs Lane said the remains will be held locally pending final disposition, deeming the plan sacrilege.
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Chicago
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Rochester
Minn
el Captain
Yosemite Valley
Wife Escapes Murder Prosecution in Farmington MO
Letta Parsons, the 18 year old known as the baby bride of the Ozarks, had the murder charge dropped in the case of her 6 year old stepchild Lilly. She remains in custody to face a fourth degree manslaughter charge in Juvenile Court as prosecutors conclude the murder claim cannot proceed in Circuit Court due to her age. Judge Houck ruled she is too young for Circuit Court trial.
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Farmington
Aginst
Letta Parsons
Ozarks
Lilly
Houck
Good Old Days Return in Grants Pass Gold Trade
In Josephine county Oregon a miner sent 10 town for a pair of boots and included several gold nuggets weighing about 20 in return. The boots and change were sent back. It is the first time in many years that raw gold has been used as legal tender in the district, according to old residents.
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Grants Pass
Oregon
Josephine County
Thetis Steamer Run Aground Near Miami Rocks
Fifty three people rescued after the British steamer Thetis ran aground forty miles offshore. Seventy three aboard were brought to Miami by the schooner Sarah Douglas from Cat Cay in the Bahamas where they had taken refuge. The returning steamer to Miami hit the rocks during the voyage between Miami and Nassau.
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Miami
Fla
Sarah
Douglas
Cat Cay
Bahamas
Escape ends in suicide after Wyoming prison car chase
Al Biscardo, 85, serving a fifteen year term for highway robbery, escaped from Wyoming penitentiary in a sensational 25 mile car chase. He abducted Dr. Raymond Barber and Mayor, forced Barber to drive, but was cornered after engine failure. He killed himself with a pistol at the ravine, dying before officers could reach him.
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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 Observance Ahead of Memorial Day
May 28 is set as Poppy Day with Americans nationwide wearing the Flanders poppy to honor those who died in service. Memorial Day follows on Monday with graves of soldiers from Maine to California to be decorated, as the American Legion promotes the poppy symbol of sacrifice and democracy.
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France
Maine
California
American Legion
Republic
Betrayer of Nurse Cavell Caught in Mons Arrest
Brussels reports Armand Jeanne named as the man alleged to be the principal denouncer of Miss Cavell. He has pleaded that many other French and Belgian suspects have been identified by numerous witnesses as the denouncer.
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Brussels
Miss Cavell
Wellah marKe
Mons
Armand Jeanne
Cudahy Children Seek Guardian Over late John P Cudahy estate
Petition filed in Probate Court seeks appointment of a guardian for two minor children of John P Cudahy who killed himself in Los Angeles. The mother Edna Cudahy challenges management of an estimated $60 000 annual income from a trust set by the late Tehnel 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 Make Poppies for League
In Flanders a chapel crowd of children and women make silk poppies for the American Franco Children’s League. The red flowers honor those who died in France and proceeds aid war torn French children. the effort is backed by national bodies and President Millerand.
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Flanders
Children’s League
Flanders Fields
America
France
National Information Bureau
Millerand
Rail wages revised spark uncertain labor response
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Chicago May 19 that the U S Railroad Labor Board will lower wages effective July 1 prompting labor leaders to weigh peace prospects. Executives expect relief for carriers, with reductions likely around 12 percent for unskilled workers while prior skilled increases from 1920 are noted. The board plans further wage-cut decisions by June 1 for disputes unresolved since April 18.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
HH. B. Byram
Chicago, Miwaukee & St. Paul
Cable Bill Passes House In Washington Conference Requested
The House approves a cable bill transferring authority to the President for enabling funding on American shores and issuing licenses for cable operations. It moves to conference as past administrations sought to affirm executive power to curb unauthorized landings, a question debated for decades.
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Washington
Senate
House
Gasper gasfield blast kills two in Wyoming road explosion
In Gasper Wyoming on May 16 a truck carrying twenty five quarts of nitroglycerin exploded near Bonneville, blowing a 20 foot deep by 30 foot wide crater. Nelson Shorty Glass, 30, a war veteran, and an unidentified companion were killed. the blast damaged the Burlington station and nearby buildings. Glass had worked for Independent Torpedo Co since November and previously lived in Clarksville Indiana.
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Gasper
Wyo
Nelson
Shorty
Glass
Bonneville
Casper
Thermopolis
Burlington
Independent Torpedo Company
Patent Officials Named Washington
William A. Kinnan of Michigan was nominated as first assistant commissioner of patents. The President also named Karl Jenning of Ohio as assistant commissioner of patents 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 Peace Action Foreseen After Conference
After a conference with President Harding Representative Mondell Republican leader said there should be reasonably prompt action by the House in passing a peace resolution. He said the reparations controversy situation had apparently been cleared up.
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Washington
Harding
Representative Mondell
House
Bandits Steal Safe From Railway Express Wagon
Six armed robbers stopped a wagon of American Railway Express at Chicago, shot a guard, kidnapped two others, and escaped with a small strongbox believed to contain valuables. The loot was headed to Union Station to be loaded on a train.
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Chicago
American Railway
Union Passeover
Ex Secretary Lane Dies After Operation In Rochester
Former Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane died following an operation in Rochester Minnesota. He reportedly dictated a remark to a friend from his hospital bed describing the illness as a bet on the high card with a chance to win. The news came as a shock to the nation and to California where he had long lived.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
Rochester
Minn
Lane
California
Policy stance and league doubts at London Pilgrims dinner
American ambassador George Harvey used his first public appearance to reject any U S participation in the League of Nations and to announce his role in the Supreme Council over Silesia The speech stressed close Anglo American cooperation and contrasted eastern versus western sources of public opinion while noting the U S is technically at war but at peace Harvey praised the Pilgrims Society and outlined the mandate vote as shaping U S policy
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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 of Major Shoe Firms Announced in Boston
Boston reports the merger of International Shoe Company of St. Louis and W H Melwain Company of Boston, two leading shoe interests. Combined assets are about 40 million dollars.
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Boston
Mass
International Shoe Company of
Irish Workers Struggle Endorsed by National Convention
The IT, W. W. Indorne Irish in Chicago reports that the national convention endorsed the struggle of the Irish workers against world imperialism. Endorsement of the Irish Republic movement was withheld as being political.
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Chicago
W. W. National Convention
Politiout
Chief Justice White Dies After Illness at Garfield
Edward Douglas White chief justice of the United States Supreme Court died at Garfield hospital after a valiant struggle with complications following bladder surgery. Mrs White and close relatives were at the bedside as briefs for cases before the Supreme Court lay nearby.
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Washington
Edward Douglas White
United States Supreme Court
Garfield Hospital
Justive
Mra. White
Wyoming Briefs Touch On Sports And Industry
Wyoming notes report Colorado School of Mines visits Laramie for a baseball game with the Cowboys on May 0. Frederick Morris leaves the shipping board to polish his Cody ranch and tourist business. A nitro glycerin blast near Bonneville kills two and damages nearby structures. Grand Canon Mining plans to start a large Snake River placer operation within six weeks. Wyoming WWI public health transfer to Fort MacKenzie hospital is finalized. Postmaster ex-Casper W W Sproul faces embezzlement charges. bail set at $2,000. Laramie high school announces June 2 and 3 ceremonies with 17 graduates. An eight-mail pouch theft on a Union Pacific car is reported after Cheyenne departure.
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Western
Union News Service
Colorado School of Mines
Laramie
Wyoming Cowboys
Frederick Morris
United States Shipping Board
Cody
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
Burlington
Casper
Thermopolis
W. W. Sproul
United States Grand Jury
United States
Laramie High School
Mollie Morris
George Greene
Edna Christensen
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
West
Omaha
San Francisco
Alameda
Calif
Colorado
Marin Prestina
J. G. Vogle
American Legion
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Cudahy
Western Newspaper Union News Service
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White
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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