Police clash kills dozens in Morelia Catholic protest
In Morelia Michoacan fifty people were killed and many wounded when police and federal troops charged a Catholic demonstration over desecration claims. Police inspector Vicente Coyt led the raid and was wounded as three of his officers died. Socialist leader Isaac Arriaga was among the dead.
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Mexico City
Morelia
Michoacan
The
Excelsior
Vicente Coyt
Coyt
Garcia
Mugica
Rder
Garelia
Isaac Arriaga
Agrarian Commission
Hill declines post in Japan
Washington May 13 AP reports Dr David Jayne Hill of New York has declined consideration for ambassador to Japan and is said to be a leading candidate for ambassador to Germany when relations with that country resume.
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Washington
David Jayne Hill
New York
Japan
Germany
Mexico won't sign pro tocol for U S recognition
Mexico City May 13 AP President Obregon said Mexico cannot and will not sign a formal protocol as a condition for U S recognition. He noted letters from Washington officials indicating cordial interest in restoring relations and willing to provide information about conditions in Mexico. He cited assurances of safeguards and guarantees as proof of stability. The foreign office said Mexico seeks return of confiscated property and payment for damages from revolutions as Britain withholds recognition until safeguards exist.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Obregon
Harding
Washington
Iff
Hughes
Pletcher
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Tobacco Least Harmful Four Social Drugs
London May 13 AP Sir James Cantlie a prominent surgeon spoke here saying tobacco is the least harmful of four social poisons tea coffee tobacco and alcohol He warned smoking the same amount daily makes the heart adapt and three days of abstinence would clear nicotine He condemned the cigarette.
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London
James Cantlie
James
Germans Will Meet Demand Asserted by Wirth
Berlin May 13 AP Chancellor Wirth said Germany would carry out reparations engagements and hoped allies would be fair in decisions on Silesia. Bavarian government has not assured immediate disbanding of the citizen guard. Seeckt ordered disarmament of fortifications on the eastern frontier. Goeppert resigns as director of the peace section, citing terms from London as beyond the peace treaty.
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Berlin
Wirth
Imperial Council
Silesia
von Seeckt
Goeppert
Foreign Office
Simors
Vossische Zeitung
London
Germany
Germans Prepare Offensive Along Oder River Front
German forces on the Oder left bank are bolstered by former soldiers from Bessiau and others from Germany. Several hundred security police reach Brieg, 20 miles NW of Opplen. Rumors say an offensive may begin within a week as Polish positions are strengthened with artillery. Adelbert Korfanty reportedly halts his insurrection offensive per General Lerond's order.
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Oppeln
Silesia
Oder River
Bessiau
Germany
Brieg
Here
Adelbert Korfanty
Strike Called Off Amid Polish Insurrection Tensions
Berlin reports the general strike by Germans in Oppeln Upper Silesia ended after leaders of all parties met with the interallied commission. General Lerond said no negotiations with Polish insurgents occurred and requested military reinforcements while inviting British and Italian troops to the district.
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Berlin
Oppeln
Upper Silesia
Inter-Alled Commission
Lerond
French Authorities Refuse Evacuation Request for Duesseldorf
Duesseldorf May 13 AP French authorities decline to transmit to the supreme allied council the request by President Gutzburg of the provincial government to evacuate the city and surrounding zone by Allied troops. Gutzburg was told occupation of Desteettort may continue until Germany pays 1,000,000,000 gold marks due June 1.
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Duesseldorf
Supreme Allied Council
Gutzburg
Desteettort
Germany
Tincher futures regulation bill passes House
Washington May 13 AP The Tincher bill to regulate dealings in any futures was passed today by the House and sent to the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Pershing Named Chief of Staff of Army
Secretary Weeks announces General John J. Pershing will become chief of staff July 1, succeeding Major General Peyton C. Mareh. Harbord to serve as assistant chief of staff handling administrative details. Pershing to direct training and organization of the Army, National Guard, and reserves.
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Jack Pershing
Washington
John J. Pershing
Army
Weeks
Pershing
Peyton C. Mareh
James G.harbord
Service of Supply
General Herbord
Army of the United States
Ineludin
National Guard
Fur Exchange Reports $9.2 Million Deficit
Officials of the international fur exchange announced a deficit of 9,202,437 dollars in the establishment finances. A circular detailing the loss is being mailed to all stockholders.
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St. Louis
International Fur Exchange
Young girl dies after horse fall in Emporia
Miss Mary White age 16 daughter of William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette died from injuries after a fall from a horse. The horse ran under a tree and a low branch struck her, fracturing her skull. The accident occurred last Tuesday and she died this morning in Emporia.
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Emporia
Mary White
William Allen White
The
Emporia Gazette
Conference report on emergency immigration bill adopted
Washington May 13 The conference report on the emergency immigration bill was adopted today by the House and awaits Senate action.
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Washington
Senate
Virginia nurse Miss Hankoe named Chevalier in wartime honor
Miss Hankoe of Virginia is decorated a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by Paris authorities for her wartime nursing service. The recognition honors Miss Shield’s wartime nursing work.
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Paris
Mayila
Miss Hankoe
Virginia
Toon
le of Honor
Miss Shield
Death by Own Action Theory Rejected in Paton Case
Boston on May 13 AP reports officials announced a possible arrest connection to the death of Guptan Paton Mc Gilvray a former aviator overseas. The case had been treated as death by own action but new testimony from two witnesses now challenges that theory and links to the shooting.
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Boston
Guptatn Paton
McGilvray
Ajreres
Border fight rages in coal region across West Virginia Kentucky line
Reports from Williamson West Virginia indicate heavy firing continues along a seven mile front in the West Virginia Kentucky coal strike region. Casualties rise to three killed and two wounded with new fighting at McCarr Merriman Sprigg and Tug river while Governor Morgan seeks federal troops for protection.
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McCarr
West Virginia
Tug River
Sprigg
John Hall
Morgan
Kentucky
Main fight near Spriggs sparks border killings
Four people were killed and one wounded in clashes along the Kentucky West Virginia border over the past day. Deputy Sheriff Earl Smith was seriously wounded at the Tall bridge approach near Williamson as West Virginia police and miners engaged Pike County officials near Spriggs, with no names released for the dead.
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Pikeville
Kentucky
West Virginia
Spriggs
W. Va
Pike County
Earl Smith
Henry Bentley
Williamson
War Dept Delays Federal Troops for Mingo County Disorder
The War Department withholds action on requests by West Virginia and Kentucky governors to send federal troops to quell the Mingo county border disturbances. A staff officer from Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana was dispatched to investigate.
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Washington
West Virginia
Kentucky
Mingo County
War Department
Fifth Corps
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Grand Secretary Odd Fellows Dies in Baltimore
John Benjamin Goodwin aged 71, long time grand secretary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the I O O F, died at his Baltimore home of Bright's disease. He had practiced law in Atlanta 31 years and served twice as mayor of Atlanta.
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Baltimore
John Benjamin Goodwin
Sovereign Grand Lodge I
Bright
Goodwin
Atlanta
Bannock National Bank Closes Doors Amid Financial Troubles
Bannock National Bank on South Main Street in the Franklin building suspended operations for the day and closed by order of the board. Bank examiner H L Mackem is in charge as officials stabilize affairs amid reports of $32,000 in payable obligations and potential refinancing efforts. Deposits subject to check listed at $603,107.52 with total resources about $1.505 million as savers watch for protection and clarity from authorities.
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Bannock National Bank
Pew
the Tribune
L. Reece
Ghwag
H. L. Mackem
Tribune
Woolle
Bamk
Federal Reserve Bank
Yester
Bank
South Main Street
Franklin Building
The
Bannock
Duchess Receives Final Decree in Marlborough Divorce
London May 13 AP The final decree making the Duchess of Marlborough Consuelo Vanderbilt's divorce from the Duke of Marlborough absolute was issued this morning after the six month interval required by British law. At last November’s trial the Duchess’s lawyers alleged desertion and misconduct.
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London
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Rail operating costs rise 1917 to 1920 in Senate table
Washington May 13 AP A table on railway operating expenses and taxes from 1917 through 1920 was submitted to the senate interstate commerce committee by Julius Kruttschnitt. The exhibit shows operating costs and taxes swelling from 3.043 billion to 6.047 billion dollars. Salaries of general officers increased in share of dollars while wages for labor rose to 59.62 cents per dollar. Total compensations rose to 61.15 cents per dollar. The final loss figure for government control is put at 1.8 billion dollars likely, with total potential government losses around 2.5 billion.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Julius Kruttschnitt
The
Southern Pacific
National Treasury
Cummins
Cumming
Railroad Administration
United States Role in World Peace Talks Outlined
Philadelphia May 13 AP John Bassett Moore a law authority argued the US must refrain from interfering in European politics as its core basis for a world peace organization. He warned against politicizing the Monroe Doctrine and stressed careful policy framing.
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Philadelphia
United States
World Organization For the Maintenance of Peace
American Academy of Political and Rosial Science
John Bassett Moore
Mexico to Operate Plants Amid Telephone Strike Threat
Mexico City authorities say they are prepared to run all facilities if the strike by telephone workers proceeds as threatened. The action could affect operations in multiple facilities across the country.
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Mexico City
Lloyd George calls Polish attitude treacherous in Silesia clash
London May 13 Prime Minister Lloyd George denounces Polish insurrectionists for defying Versailles in Upper Silesia. He warns that failure to act could wreck European peace and endanger global credit and confidence. He cites Lithuania settlement and urges treaty upholding with two options: enforce order or let Germans act.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Europe
Pola
Italy
Great Britain
France
Ita
Ty Seah Caishinauri
Silesia
Lithuania
United States
Vilna
Poland
British unload battleships to private firms
London reports that about 200 destroyers 25 battleships and 50 light cruisers were sold from the British navy list to private firms for breaking up. The Admiralty says these sales are part of a broad shift in warcraft disposal amid transfer plans to allied governments and other vendors.
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London
British Admiralty
British Car
Britain
Austen
Gov Bo Claihes
Admiralty
Proaa
Batt
Coop
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