May Day Quiet Across Chicago and Nation
May Day passed quietly across central states and the far west with little disorder despite threatened disturbances. Strikes and mass meetings occurred in Chicago and other cities, with radical literature and May Day displays observed. heavy police and militia presence guarded public offices, the Negro quarter, and oil refineries in Tulsa. More than 1,000 in custody, but arrests not tied to May Day unrest.
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Chicago
Central States
Far West
Black Belt
Negro Quarter
Garrity
Eugene V. Debs
West Side
Kansas
Central Executive Committee
Communist Party of America
Aurora
Russia
Gov Lowden Attacks Soviet Rule In Indiana Address
In Crown Point and Gary Indiana Gov F O Lowden criticized soviet rule as an attack on government by the people. He warned that government by class or by outside forces threatens American institutions and urged removal of those he said seek to destroy the country. He defended self government and cautioned that mob rule endangers towns and nations.
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Crown Point
Ind
F. O. Lowden
Industrial Workers of the World
Union
Radical Socialist Party
Lowden
America
Refining Co Increases Wages at Argo Plant
Chicago May 2 The Com Pro acts Refining Co announced a 10 percent wage rise for about 000 employees at the Argo Plant effective immediately The minimum age to laborers is set at 65 cents per hour
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Chicago
Com Proacts Refining Co
Argo
Riots Persist in Paris as May Day Passes
May Day in Paris saw limited riots with at least three killed including a woman. Police report 27 wounded, many arrested, and a tense city as rail workers hint at a national strike. Railway service deteriorates. students assist and deputies are injured. The Federation signals a general strike to start Monday if solidarity holds.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
Madame le Gros
Place de la Republique
Gallatin Murder Case Docketed For Monday
Gallatin Missouri May 2 The trial of Hugh Y Tarnarter former city clerk charged with the slaying of Wesley L Robertson editor of the Gallatin Democrat is set for the circuit court docket on Monday May 3 but may be postponed Tarwater admits shooting but says self defense The shooting occurred in the back of the editor’s office with no witnesses Tarwater about 40 Robertson about 70 Tarwater’s friends say the editor helped arrest him earlier He was once a patient at the St Joseph state hospital and may be mentioned in trial He was jailed in St Joseph after the shooting for several weeks
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Gallatin
Hugh Y. Tarnayer
Wesley L. Robertson
Robertson
Tarwater
Tarwarter
State Hospital For the Insane
St. Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph Mo
Sherff
Paper Shortage Forces Omission of Display Ads
Over 50 columns of display advertising were omitted due to a severe white paper shortage. Publishers warn the world paper crisis grows more acute amid railroad demoralization, with relief hoped on Monday when a paper car arrives for The Whig. Conservation across newspapers becomes essential to endure the scarcity.
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Whig
Atlantic Fleet Returns From Cuban Training Cruise
The Atlantic fleet led by the Pennsylvania returned to New York’s Hudson River anchorage after three months of training in Cuban waters. Eight superdreadnoughts and many destroyers filled the river. officers and crews enjoyed two days ashore as Secretary Daniels and Admiral Coontz inspected the ships. Daniels spoke to Times Square by radio and Admiral Wilson praised the crew for steady improvement under heavy workloads.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Navy
Hudson River
Cuban
Ambrose Light
Navy
Secretary Daniels
Virginia Capes
Admiral Coontz
Admiral Wilson
Mr. Daniels
Pade
All Day Meeting With Secretary Wilson Fails To Settle Mine Wages
An all day conference in Washington May 2 between anthracite mine workers representatives, operators, and Secretary of Labor Wilson failed to settle a wage scale. Negotiations continued with no compromise proposal yet matured and the meeting to be resumed Monday.
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Wilson
Washington
Anthracite
Joint Scale Committee of
Lawyers Support Plan For Elective Judiciary
CHICAGO May 2 Elective rather than appointive judges were favored by speakers before the judiciary committee of the constitutional convention which met Saturday to consider the proposed plan of its Lawyers association of Illinois for organization of the courts under the new state constitution. Judge Marcus Kavanaugh urged judges face the people about once every six years and supported keeping the $10000 salary. The proposal would increase the supreme court from seven to nine members create four appellate districts and consolidate into one court all courts inferior in jurisdiction to the appellate court.
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Chicago
Judiciary Committee
Constitutional Convention
Lawyers’ Association of Illinois
Marcus Kavanaugh
Lawyers’ Association
Supreme Court
Had Two Wives And Two Homes, Jailed
Harold Moran, a Milwaukee railroad engineer, lived a dual life with two wives and two homes shared on alternate days. In district court he faced a bigamy charge, continued to May 7, bond set at 1000 dollars. Anna Hoffmann Moran, wife No 2, seeks annullment of a marriage from October 20 1917. Wife No 1 is Fannie Vandrase Moran, married November 16 1909.
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Milwaukee
Harold Moran
Anna Hoffmann Moran
Fannie Vandrase Moran
Attorneys in Strause Case Begin Arguments
Bloomington May 2 All evidence has been submitted in the People versus Edgar A Strause charged with murdering Berne Meade a Peoria banker and arguments were begun Saturday It is expected arguments will finish within a week and the case go to the jury next Saturday.
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Bloomington, I
The
People
Edgar A Strause
Berne Meade
Peoria
Slayer of Two Is Sentenced to Death in Chicago
Frank Zagar, 22, confessed to shooting and killing two men and wounding another during two robberies. He was found guilty of the murder of P Serdakis and sentenced to death by the Chicago court.
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Chicago
Frank Zagar
Injahment
Perils of U S press dinner features wartime policy debate
New York May 2 The 48th New York Press club dinner drew Cabinet officers and prominent figures. Attendees included Secretary Colby Secretary Daniels Senator Owen of Oklahoma Governor Edwards of New Jersey Herbert Hoover and James W Gerard. Owen urged repealing war statutes and cautioned against new sedition laws while supporting treaty reservations. Daniels defended the navy Colby noted postwar issues and urged scrutiny over political candidacy in press coverage.
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New York
New York Press Club
Colby
Daniels
Robert Owen
Oklahoma
Edwards
New Jersey
Herbert Hoover
James W. Gerard
Owen
Wilson
Gerard
Bandits Offer Robbery Counsel In New York
Two bandits robbed a New York drug store locking in the proprietor salesmen and customers then gave them advice while the loot was taken. A revolver was shown loaded and a union card cited to push the man toward crime before the robbers took cash and valuables totaling $200 and warned a would be entrant that the store was closed.
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New York
Kentucky Counties To Send Cox Men To State's Convention
Returns Saturday from nine of Kentucky's 120 counties show mass conventions electing delegates to the Democratic state convention in Louisville on May 4. Delegates instructed for Governor Cox of Ohio total 1,187, with 1,180 uninstructed delegates.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Cox
Ohio
Germany to Pay Indemnity and Material under Treaty
Berlin May 1 Germany must pay an indemnity of a billion marks and hand over locomotives and other material as stipulated in the treaty. The action targets Letvia, with Berlin reporting the terms of the agreement and the transfer of assets.
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Germany
Berlin
Five Cent Daily May Come Soon Says Publisher
Washington May 2 Frank A Munsey and William Randolph Hearst urged drastic newsprint cuts to curb shortages. Munsey favored limiting Sunday editions to 24 pages and possible five cent daily formats. Hearst proposed 20 to 25 percent size cuts and doubled ad rates to preserve revenue.
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Washington
Frank A. Munsey
New York
Senate
William Randolph Hearst
Munsey
Hearts
Poles Continue Gains Against Reds In The Ukraine
Polish cavalry reach the outskirts of Kiev as Bolshevik command shifts east to Kharkov. Infantry rapid advance follows. The 70th and 44th red divisions are encircled and fighting to break eastward, with Trotsky maneuvering to salvage them. Galician and Ukrainian detachments reportedly revolting to join the Poles.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Kiev
Ukraine
Kharkov
Trotsky
Bolsheviks
Oles
Methodists Name Downey and Joy to Head Episcopal Committee
Des Moines May 2 The Methodist Episcopal quadrennial conference formed its Episcopacy committee with Dr D G Downey of New York, church book editor, as chair and J R Joy of New York, Christian Advocate editor, as secretary. Other panels were formed after the opening session. Bishop W S Lewis and Herbert Welch reported on Korea and China. Welch noted improved Korea Japan tensions but ongoing Korean passive resistance to Japanese interference and a push for national independence. He did not report closures of Methodist schools by Japan, though some teachers and students were arrested, and expressed confidence in the present Japanese governor general.
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Des Moines
D. G. Downey
New York
Church
J. R. Joy
Christian Advocate of
Korea
China
W. S. Lewis
Shanghai
Herbert Welch
Seoul
Japan
Welch
Robbers in Auto Clash With Police Near Kansas City
Leon Morton a Missouri merchant pursued two robbers after they fled in a Haynes car from Smithville toward Kansas City. Eight patrolmen with riot guns and rifles blocked the river bridge approach, the robbers sped away, one tire flat. A chase ended in an alley an hour later with 13 bullet holes in the getaway car.
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Kansas City
Leon Morton
Smithville
Morton
Missouri River
Lumber mill operators refuse eight hour day for timber workers
In Houghton district on May 2 representatives of about 20 lumber mill companies refused the International Timber Workers demand for an eight hour day. Only four mills fell in line with the request.
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Houghtn
Mid
International Timber Workers
Moving Day Strikes Hit Chicago Tenants Over Rent
Chicago May 2 rent strike action as tenants refuse to vacate amid high rents and housing shortage. Evictions delayed by bailiff Dennis Egan while movers report one of the busiest springs. Mrs. Elizabeth Viglione gains stay to stay in her flat after landlord locked door to block entry.
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Chicago
Dennis Egan
Elizabeth Viglione
Organized Labor Flows to Mexican Revolution
Organized labor in Mexico has joined the revolutionists with about 6 500 armed workers reported by Sonora military authorities. Further confirmatory details were promised, while Juarez and Juarez garrison news remained unsettled. In El Paso the garrison is said to join the revolution against Carranza. Gen Juan Rios and Manuel Gamboa with 40 officers left Nogales for Apra to be met by Carranza allies across the border for transport to Mexico City.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Mexico
Labor Revolutionary Movement
G. Elias Calles
Revolutionary Army of the Northwest
Juarez
Chihuahua
EL Paso
Texas
Carranz
A. M. Elias
P. Elias Calles
Senora
Nogales
Ariz
Juan Rios
Manuel Gamboa
United States Immigration Service
Apra, N. M
Carranza
Mexico City
Bluebeard to Lead Officers In Search Of Slain Wife Grave
Walter Andrew Watson, accused of multiple wedding crimes and linked to four violent deaths, protested his honesty about Nina Lee Delaney’s grave. He confessed three trips to the eastern San Diego county site after allegedly killing her with a hammer on the honeymoon’s first day. Officials plan to move him to that district next week to locate the grave.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Andrew Watson
Nina Lee Delaney
Watson
San Diego County
Five Men Die In Indiana Coal Mine Blast
TERRE HAUTE Ind May 2 Two men were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine near here and three others died later while attempting to recover the bodies.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Here
Federal agents seize car of sugar in Omaha
Federal agents stopped a car carrying 80 000 pounds of sugar in Omaha as it prepared to move to Des Moines. The sugar, shipped from San Francisco on March 22 to a Chicago firm, was delivered at Savannah Illinois to Omaha and belonged to a sugar brokerage concern.
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Omaha
Des Moines
San Francisco
Chicago
Savannah
Pittsburgh tops 1920 census rise with 588193 population
May 2 1920 Pittsburgh reports a 54 288 gain to 588 193, an increase of 102 percent since 1910. Connelsville Alameda Wilson Clifton North Platte and Terre Haute also show notable increases, while St. Louis remains the only larger announced city.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Connelsville
Alameda
Cal
Wilson
N. C
Clifton
N. J
North Platte
Neb
Terre Haute
Ind
Plans of Washington May Day Disturbances Amid Tight Security
May Day reports describe radical leaders planning nationwide demonstrations and clashes with officials. In New York heavy police and federal presence restrained unrest after calls for a “day of power.” Canada saw coal miners area strikes and Winnipeg protests while Toronto restricted gatherings.
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Washington
Department of Just
Soviet
Russia
New York
Gov 4
S Island
Fifth Avenue
Canada
Toronto
Winnipeg
Injunction Granted Against Davenport Chiropractors
The Rock Island circuit court issued an injunction at Springfield restraining the Universal Chiropractic Association of Davenport Iowa from operating in Illinois. The petition by Attorney General and State's Attorney cites violations of Illinois medical laws. It claims members practice without required exams and have provided attorneys for prosecuted members.
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Benjamin Rock Island
Rock Island
Universal Chiropra
Association
Davenport
Iowa
Illinois
Francis W. Sheppar
Department, Registration and Education
Unive Association
Associat
Chic
Peoria
Monticello
Mattoen
Springfield
Mayanal
One Die In Rome Berlin Quy May Disorder Reported
Rome reports a May disorder with demonstrators forcing toward the city center and attacking guards, resulting in two deaths and several injuries after security repelled the attack. In Berlin May Day observances included outdoor meetings, banners, socialist colors, and calls for secular schools, with transportation lines disrupted and stores closed.
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Rome
Turin
Berlin
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Strause
U.S
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