Rail Rates Rise as ICC Grants Increases Across Nation
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved large rate hikes for railroads to meet higher wages. Passenger rates rose about 20 percent with a 50 percent Pullman surcharge, while freight rates varied 25 to 40 percent regionally. The Chicago Communist Labor party leaders were convicted, and two New York Socialist assemblymen were again unseated. Farmers faced falling prices and calls for aid as night riders pressured cotton and wheat markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roada
Communist Labor Party
Chicago
New York
Senate Battles Versailles Treaty in 1920 Confrontation
The 1920 U.S. Senate and public attention centered on ratification of the Versailles treaty with the League covenant and related bills. The Lodge reservations failed again, the treaty was sent back after a 49 to 85 vote, and Wilson vetoes, with later abortive efforts and a short December reconvening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House
Victor Berger
Congress Tree
Milwenk
Congress
Senate
Knox Senate
Wilson
Armenia
Supreme Council
Henrees
Philippines
1920 Labor Upheaval Across Nations Sparks Strikes
Postwar unrest surged in 1920 with radical elements in labor disputes, notably the steel workers stoppage ending in the US after September 22, and a wave of railway and miner actions in Europe. An outlaw railroad strike in Chicago began April 15 and spread, drawing federal and local responses as authorities moved to quell interference and restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
France
I Vail
Wrestl
Chicago
Ferral
Chica
Sports Highlights of 1920 The Postwar Year in Brief
A survey of notable 1920 sports events includes Shamrock IV vs Resolute races to the America's Cup, Lipton’s Shamrock wins early races but Resolute captures the cup on July 27. Golf champions Charles Evans Jr. and Jock Hutchinson shine in the Western and National titles. Edward Ray wins the British Open. The U.S. tops Olympic scoring with 212 points in Antwerp. Dempsey and Carpentier claim world titles in boxing, while a 1918 World Series bribery scandal involving Chicago teams shocks baseball. Cleveland clinches the American League pennant and defeats Brooklyn in the World Series. A proposed 1918 World Series bribery indictment looms over baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
New York
Shamrock
Charles Evans, Jr
Chicago
Jock Hutchinson
Edward Ray
England
United States
Antwerp
Belgium
Finland
Sweden
Jack Dempsey
Bill Miske
Benton Harbor
Mich
Georges Carpentier
France
Battling Levinsky
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Brieoklyn
Prominent figures lost in 1920 death toll list
The necrology lists notable figures who died in 1920 across arts, politics, science, and exploration. Names include Nicholas Sicard, Maud Powell, Reginald DeKoven, Rear Admiral Peary, John H. Bankhead, William Dean Howells, Jacob H. Schiff, Winthrop Crane, and Louise Imogen Guiney among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Sicard
Maud Powell
Reginald DeKoven
Richard L. Garner
Cyrus Townsend Bray
Ward Payson Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
Ohio
Barker
Gaby Desius
Julius Chambers
New York
William E. Mickle
The
United Confederate Veterans
Robert EB. Peary
North Pole
John H. Bankhead
United States
Alabama
John J. O'Shea
Humphry Ward
Elmer Apperson
William Martin
Laurent Honore Marqueste
Edward Harold Mott
Ferdinand Roybet
Theodore N. Vail
William Barrett Ridgely
Treasury
John H. Vincent
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chautauqua Assembly
William Dean Howells
Levi P. Morton
Charles Augustus Stoddard
Mme
Gabrielle Charlotte Stefane
George W. Perkins
William Henry Roberts
Presbyterian General Assembly
William C. Gorgas
United States Army
John Arbuthnot Fisher
British Admiralty
Raimundo de Madrazo
Jacob H. Schiff
Winthrop Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Charles Norris Williamson
Ogden Mills
Paris
Charles M. Alexander
Louise Imogen Guiney
Lue Wie Ml
Bavaria
Henry Thode
Franklin ‘Ort
New Jers
Ole Theobald
Nowort
Maers
Eugene Chafin
Diaits
Pere — ‘Francis
Lynde Stetxon
Eminent Atorney
de Cen Tyr
Orace
Global Labor Strikes Roil Europe and U S Through 1919
A sweeping recap details protests and wage fights from Italy to England and the United States. It cites riots in Paris and Denver, rail and coal labor actions, government crackdowns, and settlement talks led by figures like Giolitti and Landis.
Disasters Across 1920 Marked by Earthquakes and Tornadoes
The record lists major 1920 calamities including deadly earthquakes in central Mexico and northern Italy, and destructive tornadoes across Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. A munitions dump explosion in East Prussia killed hundreds. floods struck Japan. and quakes near Florence caused extensive loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Italy
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Georgia
Alabama
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Rothenstein
East Prussia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Cherokee County
Oklo
Japan
Florence
Chile
Central America
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Labor and Industrial
Coal Commission
Mare Marehante
Naples
Novra
Alecla
Treviso
Paria
General Federation of Labor
Bolshevists
Railway Labor Board
Kansas
Denver
Anthracite
Lombardy
Giolitti
New England
Board of Control
Kenesaw M. Landis
Roscoe Sarles
Los Angeles
Gaston Chevrolet
Victor Records
Frances Alda
Athens
Mischa Elman
Elijah
Andrea Chenier
Stein
Homer
Louise Homer
Edward Johnson
John McCormack
Fritz Kreisler
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Titta Ruffo
Reinald Werrenrath
Olive Kline
Elsie Baker
Joseph C. Smith
Benson Orchestra of
Pietro, Pietro
Aileen Stanley
Billy Murray
Smalle
Homer Rodeheaver
William Asher
Sally Green
the Village Vamp
Lord
Old Rugged Cross
Avalon
Paul Whiteman
Ambassador Orchestra
Coral Sea
Charles Harrison
Peerless
Albert Campbell
Henry Burr
Victor
Robt. L. Tomlinson
West Side Square
Oxford
Miss
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