Fierce Battle Rages in Hills West Virginia
AP dispatches report ongoing heavy fighting in the Tug River area straddling West Virginia and Kentucky. Major General Read was instructed to deploy federal troops if needed to quell border disturbances amid a broader industrial struggle over coal mine unionization and a lockout.
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West Virginia
Washington
Read
Fifth Corps
Weeks
Mingo County
Williamson
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Williamson Coal District
McCarr
Lynn
Spriggs
Pike County
Tug River
Kentucky and Virginia Martial Law Proclamation Delayed
Washington reports the war department prepared a proclamation declaring martial law in Kentucky and parts of Virginia but withheld it after Governor Morrow said state troops had moved into the strike district. President signed the proclamation with Weeks authorized to issue it if needed. An unconfirmed report of four deaths in Lynn West Virginia circulated.
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Washington
Kntucky
1St
Virginia
War Department
Morrow
Kentucky
Weeks
Lynn
West Virginia
Packer Measure to be Pressed in Senate Action
Senate agriculture committee approved minor changes to the Norris bill for federal meat packing regulation and planned to press the measure after navy and army appropriations. The revision ends the spouse of the federal commission over investigations and affairs related to meat but transfers powers to a proposed livestock commissioner within the agriculture department.
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Washington
Norris
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Navy
Army
Federal Commission
Songrom
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Board Grants Increase for 83 Non Telegraph Agents
Chicago May 14 AP Non telegraphic agents at eighty three stations on the St Louis San Francisco railroad receive a five cent an hour raise under the July 2020 wage award of the railroad labor board. The board upheld the telegraphers’ agreement dispute denying the extra five cents to these workers.
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Chicago
Sta
St. Louis San Francisco
Railroad Labor Board
Banking coalition holds $4.2 million in excess reserves
New York on May 14 reports the act ual coalition of felping house banks and trust companies shows a weekly excess reserve total of 4 200 900 dollars. The figure rises by 702 490 dollars from the previous week.
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New York
Elping House Banks
Next Vatican Consistory Dates Set for June
The Vatican reports a secret consistory planned for June 13 and a public consistory on June 16, with the events cited by AP as the next sessions.
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MCRET
Rome
Truathworthy
Vatican
Girl Sprinter Sets 75 Yard Dash Record at Vassar Meet
Poughkeepsie May 14 Miss Helen Taylor of Westport Conn won the 75 yard dash in 9 1 5 seconds at a Vassar college athletic meet breaking the previous record of 9 3 5 for the event.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar College
Helen Taylor
Westport
Conn
B. Conant
Extradition papers issued for Mrs Southard in deaths of four husbands
Boise report says Lieut Gov Charles Moore signed extradition papers for Mrs Paul Southard wanted in Twin Falls over four husbands deaths. Lydia born in Keytesville Missouri daughter of William Trueblood. she later married Robert Dooley who died, then Edward Dooley who also died.
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Boise
Chas. Moore
Honolulu
Paul Southard
Twin Falls
Lydia
Missouri
Keytesville
A. Trueblood Southard
William Trueblood
Robert Dooley
Edward Dooley
Tonopah Mines Resume Work Amid Wage Scale Change
Forty eight muckers and miners arrived from San Francisco to recommence work in the silver mines after a shutdown caused by wage cuts. A week earlier another group came but deserted their posts. the current wage scale sets $4.75 for muckers and $5.75 for miners and mechanics.
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Tonopah
San Francisco
Question Raised On Marconi Deal
The Peruvian government awarded a 25 year concession to Marconi Wireless Telegraph Ltd of London for wireless postal and telegraphic services. The American government has made representations though officials would not discuss details. the communication was not a formal protest.
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Washington
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd
London
State Department
Hawaii Seeks Alien Labor To Ease Island Shortage
Resolutions from the Hawaii legislature ask Congress to permit immigration of sufficient persons to relieve an acute labor shortage. Proposed rule limits alien entrants to not exceed 25 percent of the insular population, a clause aimed at excluding Japanese workers.
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Washington
Congress
Islands
Senate
Territories Committee
Co-op to Supply Building Materials Formed in San Francisco
The San Francisco Building Trades Council announced the creation of a $500,000 cooperative company to supply building materials to the public at cost. The move comes amid a wage dispute and a lockout by employers. P H McCarthy said the plan aims to defeat attempts to withhold materials from contractors who refuse to lock out. The incorporated company would supply essential materials subject to the alleged restrictions.
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San Francisco
Sey
Disarmament Single Handed A Fatal Move
Philadelphia May 14 AP John Hays Hammond warned that unilateral U S disarmament amid current world tensions would be folly or a criminal blunder He urged a clear message to England and Japan that the United States seeks no naval supremacy but will not accept subordinate position and expects rivals to accept limits.
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Philadelphia
American Academy of Political and Social Science
John Hays Hammond
United States
England
Japan
Mendel Says U S Should Lead Global Disarmament Drive
Philadelphia May 14 AP Representative Frank Mondell Republican floor leader urged a U S initiative in disarmament saying Providence offers a unique opportunity for international agreement He argued the United States can lift war burdens while maintaining strength and warned that failure could push much of the world back toward barbarism He urged cautious evaluation of treaty obligations based on past experience.
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Philadelphia
Frank M. Mendel
House
Yesterdaly
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Providence
United States
Reed
Langer Townley Debate Draws Hecklers in Herington
In Herington Kansas on May 14, William Langer former North Dakota attorney general and A C Townley head of the National Nonpartisan League debated amid numerous women hecklers Townley blamed grain gamblers for his Minnesota war prosecutions and Langer argued a poll showing Gov Lynn Frazier's margins shrinking compared to four years earlier Townley claimed government agents monitored his wartime speeches and a Minnesota county attorney framed him for disloyal remarks without him taking the stand.
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Herington, Kas
William Langer
North Dakota
A. C. Townley
National Nonpartisan League
Townley
Minnesota
Beef Trust
Jackson County
Mother Very Ill In California Visit For Hoover Family
Waterloo Iowa May 14 Mrs Charles D Henry mother of Mrs Herbert Hoover wife of the secretary of commerce is dangerously ill at her Monterrey California home A sister Mrs B E Jones of Waterloo was advised today Mrs Hoover is en route to California to be with her mother
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Waterloo
Charles D. Henry
Mra
Herbert Hoover
Ecommerce
Monterrey
Calif
BE. L. Jones
Historic Morse elm removed after long battle in Washington
The Morse elm at Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street, a Washington landmark that witnessed many inaugurations, was cut down at midnight after a protracted struggle to save it. The tree, named for Samuel F. Morse, is said to have sheltered politicians and inspired interest in the telegraph, and its trunk was given to the American Forestry Association.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
National Capital
Samuel FL. B. Morse
American Forestry Association
Camp Lewis Men Confess To A Murder
Four Camp Lewis soldiers confess to murder in the killing of a taxicab driver Timbs. Privates George Filton James Sparks and Carl Perrin admit involvement while Sergeant Sharp allegedly directed the plan to desert. Autopsy links death to chloroform used during the assault. The defendants face first degree murder charges set for Monday court appearance.
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Tacoma
Wash
Camp Lewis
Meet
Ge W. Shi Wn
George Filton
Windsor
Ont
James Sparks
Carl Perrin
Clippis
Timbs
Sharp
Filton
France
Camp Dodge
Carpenters Vote 50 Cent Wage Cut in Spokane
A local carpenters union announced a 50 cent wage reduction approved today in Spokane. Officials said no employer demand prompted the cut, which follows a similar vote by carpenters several weeks earlier.
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Spokane
Carpenters Union
Carpenters
Strikes Loom as Rations Spark Petrograd Unrest
Riga May 14 cn reports a tramway strike in Petrograd and a threatened railway strike amid Bolshevik refusal to fulfill increased grain ration promises during Kronstadt revolt. One report notes bread rations dwindling to one eighth of a pound daily.
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Riga
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Freezing Weather Hurts North Dakota Grain Crops
North Dakota grain suffered a setback from recent freezing temperatures but was not badly damaged. County agent J. W. Moore reports temperatures dropped to around 26 degrees, affecting crops across regions including Fargo.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakotas
Eg Vo
J. W. Moore
White population in Alaska falls sharply in census
The 1910 to 1920 census shows Alaska’s white population dropping by a large amount while other races including negroes Chinese and Filipino groups are listed in smaller numbers. The report notes overall population changes and racial counts as recorded by the census bureau.
Feins Plot to Free Griffith Ends in Failure
An attempted rescue of Arthur Griffith from Mount Joy prison in Dublin failed. A captured armored car was used by Sinn Fein men to reach the governor’s office but a sentry fired on the raiders causing a hasty retreat without freeing Griffith. The attackers fled with the armored car as two soldiers were wounded in the ensuing clash.
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Dublin
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fenn Ee
Mount Joy
Repubs
Grifith
Griffith
Laat
Riots Strain Belfast As Election Tensions Rise
Three riots between Nationalists and Unionists occurred in Belfast on May 14, two after curfew ended. A Nationalist crowd invaded a Unionist area in York Street throwing stones and clashing. Revolvers appeared but caused no serious injuries. A third disturbance near the shipyard on the Antrim side of the Lagan River involved armed assailants with revolvers and stones.
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Belfast
York Street
Antrim
la River
Sinn Fein predicts gains in Ireland elections
Paris dispatch reports Barry Egan, acting Cork mayor, cites 124 unopposed Sinn Fein nominations in southern Ireland and predicts Sinn Fein wins near half of 52 seats in Ulster parliament. He says southern polling may be dispensed with and northern results look favorable to Sinn Fein despite Unionist expectations.
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Paris
Sinn Penn
Barry Egan
Cork
Sinn Fein
Northern Ireland
Fgnn
Binn Fein
Southern Ireland
Sinn Pein
Dublin
Sinn
Shea Goes to St Paul Club in American Association
Pat Shea a right hand pitcher was turned over to the St Paul club in the American Association by the New York Nationals as part payment for Goldie IPP New York reportedly paid 12000 for Shea who won many games and lost seven with the Toronto team in the International Clast senior.
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Paul
Pat Shea
St Paul Club
New York Nationals
Goldie
New York
Shea
T ‘Toronto
Six ringleaders captured in Huntsville mutiny case
Huntsville Texas May 14 AP six men identified as the ringleaders of the Huntsville mutiny and prison break were captured early today by three guards from the penitentiary. The arrests conclude the initial manhunt that began after the Thursday uprising.
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Huntsville
Tex
Idaho Draft Boards Publish List of War Deserters
A partial list of Idaho men classified as deserters has been received in Pocatello. The report names two local deserters from Pocatello and cites numerous other deserters across county boards in Lemhi Shoshone Boundary Boise Madison and Canyon Creek areas. The lists were sent from Ninth Corps Headquarters signed by Major General C H Muir with more reports expected.
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Idaho
United States
Pocatello
Sam Jones
Marks, Miss
South First Avenue
Cleveland Wilson
Ruston
Lincoln County
Covilenkiy
C. H. Muir
Purchasing Agent Denies Graft and Misconduct
Chicago May 14 AP Sweeping denial of graft incompetency and drinkenness sworn to yesterday by former Lieutenant C Eversole before the post office inspectors board of inquiry into the air mail service was made today by Nichols local purchasing agent in testifying before the board Not one case of drinkenness of Checkerboard field has come to my knowledge since I went there last September Further more all these charges of misconduct and inefficiency on the part of the management of Checkerboard field are to the best of my knowledge absolutely false
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Chicago
Yeaterday
C. ©. Eversole
Post Office Inspectors’ Board of Inquiry
Air Mail Service
Nichols
Drinkenness
Checkerboard Field
Furhermore
Seven Damage Actions Filed In Georgia Strike Case
Seven damage suits totaling 4105 dollars were filed in Atlanta against the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Freight Handlers Express and Maintenance of all Employes. The clerks of Central of Georgia railway struck on May 17 1920 after orders from J Thomas grand vice president of the union and later were unable to regain their jobs.
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Atlanta
ATP
Brotherhood of Rail
Central of Georgia Railway
Thomas
Clerk's Union
Ums
Briand and Lloyd George Clash Over Upper Silesia Crisis
Paris May 14 AP France opposes German troops in Upper Silesia. Briand says German forces could not intervene as Polish unrest spreads. Britain urged calm and UN mediation possibilities. Briand notes French troops limited to holding cities. U.S. mediation possible. plebiscite aims guide frontier shifts with economic considerations.
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Paris
France
Upper Silesia
Neen
George
House of Commons
Riand
Upper
Briand
Silesia
Sreoginey B Fay Ikes
Upper Sil
Inswa Olets Game
Amie Pre Ce
M. Briand
Poland
Germany
United States
Supreme Council
Upece
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Ccnsus Bureau of
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Sinn Feiners
ST. Paul Club
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