Davis Endorsed as Candidate for President
Thessing of John W. Davis seeks entry in the presidential race if West Virginia's state Democratic executive committee approves. A cable to London will reveal Davis attitude toward a San Francisco June national convention bid. The meeting endorsed Ambassador Davis amid calls to back Governor Cornwell declined by late morning.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John W. Davis
Court of St. James
Demmersiie State Executive Committee
West Virginia
Davis
United States
London
San Francisco
L. Shaver
Fairmont
John J. Cornwell
Cornwell
Interes
Edmund F. Garrett
Clarksburg
Bandits Hold Up Restaurant in Canton for 5000
Five automobile bandits raided Steve Tioldi's restaurant in Massillon Canton area early today escaping with 5000 dollars. Two waiters and a bandit were wounded in the exchange of shots as the robbers entered and demanded the money. Boldi had drawn the funds from the link to cash checks for steel workers today.
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Canton
Steve Tioldi
Massillon
Recaurant
Boldi
Attempted arson at Ohio State Hospital ward
An attempted arson at the male ward of the Ohio State Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis, Ohio, was discovered today as investigators extinguished two small fires. Authorities report eight persons involved, with no injuries or clear motive found. Further investigation underway.
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Gallipolis
Wari
Ohio State Hospital
Coal Company sues FTC over coal reports in DC court
Maynard Coal Company of Columbus files suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia challenging the Federal Trade Commission s authority to require monthly cost income and tonnage reports and annual financial statements. The action argues the commission exceeds its congressional powers and cites Treasury and Fuel Administration regulations.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Ify
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Maynard J Coal Company of
Columbus
National Coal Association
Commission
Treasury Department
Congress
Prohibition Law Submitted for Decision by Supreme Court
Washington reports the Supreme Court will decide the validity of the prohibition amendment and key enforcement parts. Arguments were heard today in appeals from Kentucky distilleries and warehouse firms after yesterday’s Rhode Island and Massachusetts distillery case. Court officials expect a decision before adjourning in early June.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Ambassado Davis Stays Silent on Presidential Run
American ambassador Ambassado Davis declined to comment on West Virginia Democratic committees endorsing him for the Democratic nomination. He said he had not received the dispatches reported in Parkersburg to gauge his stance on entering the race. He noted such a message would require consideration.
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London
John Wins
West Virginia
Parkersburg
W.va
Davis
Senate approves radio bill to operate press messages
Washington March 10 Senator Peindexter's bill authorizing the department to operate certain radio stations for transmission of press and commercial messages was adopted by the Senate without a record vote after it was amended to prevent private business use and to exclude tax handling.
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Washington
Peindexter
Senate
Tex
Admiral Sims Reveals Navy Delays Before 1918 War Effort
Rear Admiral Sims testified to a senate committee that the Navy Department failed to fully cooperate in the first half of World War I, delaying essential destroyers and small craft to the eastern Atlantic. He cited a late 1917 cable emphasizing the area near England and France, and noted that his warnings to deploy two divisions of dreadnoughts to Brest were ignored.
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Washington
Navy Department
America
Ffeon Dillicus
Dolar
Germany
Sims
Senate Investigation Committee
Suport
London
Atlantic
England
France
Ilo
Brest
Two Men Killed in Explosive Blast at Goes Station
Springfield, Ohio, March 10. An explosion in the charging room of the Aetna Explosives company at Goes station killed John Howser and Thomas Mahaley, two employees. The building was completely wrecked and, so far as is known, they were the only persons in the structure.
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Springfield
Ohio
Aetna Explosives Company
Goes Station
John Howser
Thomas Mahaley
House approves peacetime army size plan
Washington March 10 the house approved an authorized peacetime army of 285000 enlisted men and 17820 officers. The house rejected an amendment to fix maximum strength at 226500 men and 14200 officers by a 79 to 25 vote.
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Washington
House
Grafton Elks Attend Event at Fairmont
Local Elks from Grafton joined visitors from Morgantown Moundville Mannington Wheeling Clarksburg and surrounding towns at Fairmont last night for the initiation of fifty five members. A banquet and entertainment followed the formal ceremonies led by district deputy Benjamin Peabody of Moundsville with several officers in attendance.
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Elks
Fairmont
Morgantown
Moundaville
Mannington
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Grafton
Palrmenters
Henjamin Peabody
Moundsville
Article Ten Domination of Treaty Debate Stirs Senate
Washington March 10 Article 10 dominates the peace treaty fight as the Senate debates in a stalemate. Republicans push a substitute reservation to gain Democratic votes, but hope remains slim. President Wilson’s letter unsettles administration ranks while divisions persist among Democrats on remonstrance or ratification strategies.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
New Hampshire Favors Hoover in Presidential Pr imaries
Latest returns from yesterday's primaries in New Hampshire show a solid Republican delegation pledged to General Wood while the Democratic delegation leans toward Herbert Hoover. Three district delegates are pledged for Hoover, with results still coming in from small towns.
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Manchester
N. 1
Wood
Herbert Hoover
Teachers Fail to Appear Trigger Snowed-Under Huntington Schools
Huntington township schools in Moreland County are closed as forty teachers did not report for classes. The teachers had sought a ten dollar monthly salary increase, but the board of education took no action, prompting an extraordinary session to address the disruption.
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Innsylvania
Jon Greensburg
Huntington Townshies
Moreland County
Board of Education
Ex U S Soldier Held For Ransom By Bandits
El Paso reports former United States soldier Jon Jenh Pulliam held by Francisca Villa for fifty thousand dollars ransom. Information says he was taken into the mountains, confirmation came today from available sources.
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EL Paso
Texas
Jon- Jenh Pulliam
United States
Francisca Villa
Senator Bloch Speaks After Charleston Vote For Suffrage
Senator Bloch rushed from California to Charleston to cast a vote for ratifying the Anthony suffrage amendment and end the senate deadlock. He received an ovation on the floor as a woman supporter pinned a yellow flower to his coat. He said he aimed to fulfill the purpose of his trip and noted he had supported suffrage years ago in the legislature.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bloch
California
Senate
San Francisco
Charlston
Wage Demands Tilt Anthracite Prices in New Negotiations
March 30 report from New York shows anthracite miners and operators forming a negotiating subcommittee at the Union League Club to draft terms effective April 1. A tentative oral committee meeting followed, with no official impact statement from mine owners on price effects. Decisions hinge on the bituminous coal commission verdict, expected in Washington, and the soft coal wage outcome. In Kansas City a separate United Mine Workers district 14 convention pledged support for Alexander Howat to call a strike if needed, by a unanimous vote.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Wwaga
Union League Club
Bituminous Coal Commission
Washington
Kansas City
Alexander Howat
District 14
United Mine Workers of America
Delegate Otto summoned to Charleston amid House discord
William T. Otto of Ohio county received a urgent summons from suffrage leaders in Charleston to return to the capital. The push aims to alter pairing in today’s House of Delegates session with Captain Parsons of Marion county. The fate of the Protected Home circle is to be decided in a later exchange at Honafode’s tailo, Saturday.
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Otto
Uome
Wheeling
W. Va
House of Delegates
William T. Otto
Ohio County
Charleston
Captain Otto
Captain Parsons
Maron County
Honafode'a
Tayo
Socialists to Convene May 8 in New York City
The Socialist party set May 8 in New York for its first presidential nominating convention since 1912. Debs, imprisoned in Atlanta for espionage law alleged violation, is the lone candidate. Scott Nearing and Jean Longue to aid the campaign with Otto Branstetter announcing the plan to enlist labor groups and send delegates from unions.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Sinc
New York City
National Executive Committee
Elemnt
American Federation of Labor
Socialistiesficht
United Mize Workers
Amalgamated Clothing’ Workers
International Ladies' Garment Workers, Farriers and Machinists Union
Workmen
National Commmitteemen
Eugene V Debs
Atlanta
Debs
Scott Nearing
Jean Longue
France
le Populace
Karl Marx
Otto F. Branstetter
Murder in Taxicab Over Moonshine Purchase
Emil Hudasy of Girard Ohio was murdered in a taxicab near Newcartle while en route to buy moonshine whisky. The robber stole 2600 from Hudasy and 200 from driver Alexander Ross, who fled with the culprits after the shooting. Hudasy’s body was found this morning and Ross was detained for questioning.
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Newcartle
Emil Hudasy
Girard
Ohio
Alexander Ross
Ross
Hadasy
Youngstown
Bessemer
Liquor Thieves Steal 50 Barrels From Baltimore Distillery
In Baltimore on March 10 a masked party raided the Mount Vernon distillery, bound the government agent in charge and two watchmen, and carried off about 50 barrels of whisky valued at $25,000 by government estimates. The loot was said to be loaded into three or four automobile trucks.
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Baltimore
Mount Vernon
Gifford Pinchot Named Pennsylvania Forestry Commissioner
Gifford Pinchot former U S chief forester was appointed commissioner of forestry in Pennsylvania to succeed Robert Conklin who resigned. The announcement was made in Harrisburg on March 10. Pinchot will oversee state forestry operations and policy following Conklin's departure.
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Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
United States
Forestry of
Robert Conklin
Allied governments to receive no further loans
Washington March 10 The Allied governments will receive no further loans from the American government, Secretary Houston said today.
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Washington
Houston Salt
Senator Bloch votes for suffrage amendment in West Virginia
West Virginia Senate scene centers on suffrage vote after Senator Jesse Bloch arrived from Cincinnati to cast his ballot. The day also features a contest over Senator Montgomerys seat and a resolution by Senator Hough on coal car shortages. The special committee report caused an even split in privileges and elections.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jesse Bloch
Wheeling
West Virginia Senate
Cincinnati
Senate
Montgomery
Hough
Hullé
Plane crash near Miami kills three professionals
In Miami on March date, pilot Charles Sims and New York mechanics Karle and Planchard perished when their craft fell to the ground en route to a distant destination. The incident involved a serplang model, with investigators beginning early inquiries.
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Miami
Florida
Charles Sims
Karle and
Planchard
New York
iam Jast_ nisht
Supreme Court ruling on stock dividends costs US government
Washington March 10 The government faces nearly half a billion dollars in loss from a Supreme Court decision ruling stock dividends not taxable as income Commissioner of Internal Revenue Roper said the figure is an estimate not official and could grow offset by taxes on stock sales
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States Steel Orders Rise in February Report
United States Steel Corporation announces February orders of 503,081 tons in its monthly statement dated today. The figure shows an increase of 216,000 tons from January 21 and reflects steel demand trends in New York based filings.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Ex-service men meeting for American Legion post formation
All ex service men are requested to attend a meeting at the Strand theatre Grafton on Sunday March 14 1920 at 2 30 in the afternoon for the purpose of organizing a post of the American Legion 78 61 committee.
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Strand Theatre
Grafton
American Legion
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E. F. Garrett
C. W. Osenton
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J. 1. Markum
Shiver
Ohio Hospital
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Prohibition Law
Ambassado Davis
Admiral
Navy Dept
ARMY
New Hampshire
Hoover
U.S
Senator Bloch
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