Mattewan Mine Battle Ends In Twelve Deaths And Arrests
In Mattewan West Virginia twelve men were killed in a pitched battle after detectives tried to evict miners families. Mayor Lusterman and detective leader Albert Felts were among the dead as deputies and state troopers arrived to restore order. Felts had been a notable figure in Colorado labor troubles of 1913.
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Mattewan
West Virginia
Lusterman
Williamson
Albert Felts
Hatfield
Felts
Ludlow
Colorado
Price Cutting Wave Expands Across Nation In 1910s Style
Delegates pledge Wood Price cuts sweep nation as retailers slash 20 to 50 percent from last week. Wanamaker cuts 20 percent with millon-dollar weekly purchases to sustain discounts. Boston shoe makers report cautious orders while demand for medium grade goods holds steady amid uncertain retail future.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Boston
Carranza Fate Remains Unclear as Reports Vary
In El Paso Texas on May 20 the fate of Venustiano Carranza, the deposed Mexican president, remained uncertain amid conflicting reports. No confirmation reached of yesterday’s claim he was captured north of Pueblo and taken toward Vera Cruz. A refugee Carranza official told the El Paso Times that Carranza and his son-in-law Candido Aguilar had sought refuge aboard the gunboat Progresso off the east coast.
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EL Paso
Tex
Venustiano Carranza
Pueblo
Vera Cruz
el Paso Times
Carranza
Candido Aguilar
Progresso
New steamers planned for Puget Sound run
Portland, May 20. The Pacific Steamship Company will immediately build two palatial steamers for service between Puget Sound and San Francisco. Frank OCon nor, Portland manager, announced after a San Francisco meeting that the new vessels will release the President and Governor for Portland to San Francisco service.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Steamship Company
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Frank O'Connor
Governor
Alameda Sails North With 269 Passengers
The steamship Alameda departed Seattle with 269 passengers bound for Alaska. Among the travelers are Miss J Landell Mr and Mrs R V Rowe Joe Marke witz Mrs J Terrian D McCarthy Axel Neilson Bud Wright Olive A Basen Mrs P J F Boivan and A N Herbert.
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Seattle
Alaska
Alameda
Juneau
J. Landell
R. V. Rowe
Joe Markewitz
J. Terrian
D. McCarthy
Axel Neilson
Bud Wright
Olive A. Basen
P. J. F. Boivan
A. N. Herbert
Interests Against Mexico Recognition Urged by Groups
Washington May 20. Caution in extending recognition by the United States to any Mexican faction overthrowing President Vegustiano Carranza was urged by representatives of industrial groups and property interests in Mexico at the State Department today.
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Washington
United States
Vegustiano Cayranza
Mexico
Navy Looks to North for Fuel
Seattle May 20 The Naval Commission led by Commander C O Dowling sails to the Matanuska coal fields aboard the Alameda to begin mining Alaska coal for the navy The group says coal must be secured on the Pacific coast and Alaska is the sole source They expect a $1 000 000 appropriation to be available by July and sufficient for the year Lieut Weiss says all members are volunteers and committed to the task.
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Seattle
Wash
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Coast
Alaska
C. O. Dowling
Naval Commission
Matanuska
Alameda
Lieut Weiss
Dowling
Anti sedition bills vetoed by Governor
Albany May 20 six anti sedition bills passed by the New York Legislature largely due to the expulsion of five Socialist members from the Assembly for disloyalty were vetoed today by Gov Albert E Smith. The governor also vetoed a bill to repeal New Yorks daylight saving law.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Albert E. Smith
Dr Lachman Found After Long Search
Dr Arthur Lachman wealthy chemist and noted author disappeared from his San Francisco home last December. He was found on a train near Chico California late yesterday and is believed to be suffering memory loss. A nation wide search was organized by his family after his disappearance.
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San Francisco
Arthur Lachman
Chico
California
Ex Chief Warren says fight with Mayor Caldwell far from over
Seattle May 20 Former Chief of Police Joel F Warren declares war on Mayor Hugh M Caldwell and hints the dispute sparked by yesterday’s removal and captain William Searing’s appointment may grow more tense He says he has only begun to fight and will press the controversy further.
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Caldwell
Seattle
Joel F. Warren
Hugh M. Caldwell
Warren
William Searing
House Approves Soldiers' Bonus After Caucus Split
Washington May 20 After a Republican caucus the House backed soldier legislation as urged by the American Legion. The plan offers veterans a choice of cash bonus home or farm aid paid up insurance or vocational training with payments starting April 1 1921 in twelve quarterly installments. The bill imposes new taxes including on income tobacco real estate stock and grain exchange transactions to fund the program.
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Washington
House
American Legion
Secretary of Treasury
David F. Houston
Houston
United States Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph W. Fordney
Michigan
Tacoma Population Shows Marked Gain
The 1920 census reports Tacoma Washington with 96,965 residents, up 13,220 from 1910, a 15.8 percent rise. Other cities listed include Berkeley California 55,886 up 28.2 percent, Webster Massachusetts 13,258 up 15.2 percent, Hartford Connecticut 138,036 up 39.6 percent, Champaign Illinois 15,873 up 27.8 percent, Canton Illinois 10,928 up 4.5 percent, and Urbana Illinois 10,280 up 24.1 percent.
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Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Berkeley
Cal
Webster
Mass
Hartford
Conn
Champaign
Canton
Ill
Urbana
House Rejects Army Reorganization Compromise
Washington May 20 The House refused to approve a compromise on the army reorganization bill. Conferees had urged federalizing the National Guard but the chamber insisted on its own provisions and sent the measure back to conference with the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Scramble Over Freight Cars Amid Shortage Grows
Washington May 20. Wild scrambling among lines of industry for priority in freight car distribution rose as the Interstate Commerce Commission nears final plans to break the nationwide freight blockade. The commission has not indicated which non essential lines will be favored though it has said essential commodities shipments will be given first consideration in any plan adopted.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Paris Hats Feature Oilcloth And Leather For Ultra Mode
Paris milliners report a fashion for oilcloth and leather hats with plumes for summer. Hats of the ultra mode this year are expected to cost as much as a dress, signaling high style and price.
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Paris
Wallace steamer P and W destroyed by fire near Claxton
From Vancouver report the Wallace Fisheries steamer P and W carrying cannery supplies was destroyed by fire near Claxton today. National exports in April fell by 135 million dollars and imports by 30 million versus March per Commerce. Invasion of Persia by Bolshevik forces shocks Britain. Port Enzeli seized and evacuated by British troops. The National Preservers and Fruit Products Association says members will stay out of the sugar market until prices fall. U.S. State Department informed Vienna that Hungarian Communists held by Austria must not be sent to Russia without reciprocal releases of Americans detained by the Soviet.
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Vancouver
B. C
Wallace
P and W
Claxton
Washington
Department of Commerce
London
Persia
Enzeli
England
Britain
East
New York
National Preservers and Fruit Products Association
United States
State Department
Vienna
Austria
Russia
Sound money plank outlined in Republican platform
In Washington on May 20 Representative Edward J. King of Illinois, a Banking Committee member, read a proposed Republican plank for sound money. The draft by Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey cites $430 million in gold and $560 million in Federal Reserve Notes as evidence that the current system is dangerously unsound.
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Washington
House
Edward J. King
Ilinois
House Banking Committee
Charles N. Fowler
New Jersey
Federal Reserve
Poles Succumb to Reds Onslaught Near Kiev Front
Bolshevik forces massed before Kiev, capital of the Ukraine Republic, captured earlier in May, launched a strong attack on the northern front between the Dvina and Borizoff rivers. The Poles were driven back and forced to surrender some ground in the initial assault.
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Warsaw
Kiev
Ukraine Republic
Dvina
Borizoff
Provincial government to enter banking for rural credits
Winnipeg May 20 The provincial government will soon enter the banking business to finance the rural credits movement in the province. It would be Canada’s first provincial step of this kind, a move that follows a dispute with the banks of Canada over the interest rate for rural credits.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Banks of Canada
Soldier asks to sign own death certificate
Paris May 20 A French soldier named Bregot who had been reported killed in the war was found alive at Belfort by a gentleman who thrust a death certificate into his hands and urged him to sign it. Bregot begins a likely long legal fight to prove he is still living.
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Paris
Bregot
Belfort
General Will Leads On First Ballot At Chicago Convention
Chicago May 20 A Republican National Convention delegate scene outlines no likely first ballot nominee with 899 delegates seated. Wood leads with 145 pledged while Johnson 100 Lowden 78 and Harding 39. Fifty seven percent of delegates will be uninstructed, making securing support crucial.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Pulp Timber Plans Under Alaska Forestry Bureau Review
The United States Forestry Bureau is mapping lands with timber for pulp and paper. B F Heintzman from Portland leads the cruisers to estimate standing and dead timber on Admiralty Island near Young’s Bay Gambier Bay and the west shore. Snow delays work. many inquiries flood the bureau for timber areas and water power sites in Alaska.
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United States Forestry Bureau
B. F. Heintzman
Portland
Heinstzman
Heintzman
Admiralty Island
Young's Bay
Gambier Bay
Mammoth Tooth Found Near Albuquerque Reveals Ancient Elephant
In Albuquerque a mammoth tooth, from elephas primigenius, was unearthed in a gravel pit on the outskirts. Professor Robert W. Ellis of the University of New Mexico notes the species extinct about 15,000 years ago. The animal stood 10 to 14 feet tall with tusks longer than modern elephants. The tooth measures about four by eight by seven and a half inches.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Robert W. Ellis
University of New Mexico
Eliie
Europe Seeks Large Purchase of American Locomotives
New York May 21 The World London dispatch reports President Vauclain of Baldwin Locomotive Works says he sold a large number of locomotives to Poland and Roumania. He notes Soviet Russia would take all he could build but would not sell without permission.
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New York
New York World
London Dispatch
Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
London
Polan and
Roumania
Soviet Russia
Marshall keynote speech at Indiana State Democratic Convention
In Indianapolis on May 20 Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall delivered the keynote urging equal and exact justice to quell industrial unrest and urging Wilson and the Senate to reconcile treaty differences for ratification. He said America must have an American peace and stressed enforcing the Prohibition Amendment and restoring freedom of speech and press.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Wilson
Senate
Mr. Marshall
Congress
Virginia Delegation Pledged to Senator Glass
Roanoke May 20 The Virginia State Democratic Convention elected eight delegates to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco pledged to vote for Senator Carter Glass for the Democratic nomination for President. Resolutions endorsing the administration favor the peace treaty with no reservations and oppose the soldiers relief bill.
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Roancake
Virginia
San Francisco
United States
Carter Glass
Senate orders probe of campaign expenses
The Senate ordered an investigation into presidential campaign expenses after adopting Senator Borah's resolution without a roll call. Hearings start later this week and the investigating committee will likely request all candidates to appear with their books and vouchers on expenses.
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Senate
Washington
William E. Borah
Michigan Democrats Endorse League Plan at Convention
Grand Rapids May 20 The Democratic State Convention here adopted resolutions backing the League of Nations covenant and President Wilson praising his sacrifice for country and world Delegates to the San Francisco Democratic National Convention were named at district caucuses and will go uninstructed for any presidential candidate.
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Michigan
League
Grand Rapids
Mich
League of Nations Covenant
Wilson
Lfe
San Francisco
Oil Line to Connect Havre and Paris Begins
An American company starts building a 130 mile oil line from Havre to Paris with capacity for 24 000 barrels daily. Completion is projected in about one year.
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Paris
Havre
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