USM W TO REFUGE BOARD AWARD IT PAY BOOST DENIED
Indianapolis March 9 United Mine Workers will refuse to accept the bituminous coal commission findings unless a substantial wage increase and better working conditions are granted The miners demand a real wage rise and improved living conditions and say the public will understand their position The union warns that without such a settlement they cannot feel full justice has been done The commission was appointed by President Wilson to set a suitable wage scale and study living conditions after the mine strike Cost of living has risen this year despite government assurances of reductions.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Bituminous Coal Commission
United Mine Workers of ‘America
Wilgan
Anti-Saloon League Records Declared Not Public
New York leaders state the Anti-Saloon League will not reveal records of contributions or donors. State inquiries question lobbying, corruption laws, coercion of legislators, and funding to influence elections. Anderson refuses to disclose money sources or book details, saying the league will not share with enemies.
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Anti-Saloon League
N. Y. Leader
New York
William H. Anderson
League
Anderson
Rose Stokes Awarded New Trial on Appeal
The US district court of appeals reversed the 1918 espionage conviction of Rose Pastor Stokes, wealthy New York Socialist, from Kansas City and remanded for a new trial. She had been sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison after the 1918 verdict.
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St. Louis
United States District Court, of Appeals
Rose Pastor Stokes
New York
Kansas City
Fordney Charges Attempt to Kill Vet Bonus Law
Washington lawmakers clash over soldier relief as Fordney accuses Ways and Means of delaying bonus legislation. Hearings resume with postponement to March 22 after Legion executive meeting. Officials to testify include Secretary Houston and Gov Harding. Col Lester Jones criticizes Legion for proposing an unworkable plan and urges a quiet, sane policy with financed details. He notes about 350,000 veterans want farmland and suggests converting city-adjacent lands for soldier use.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means
Fordney
Executive Committee
The
American Legion
Houston
Lefflingwell
Gov
Harding
Federal ‘Reserve Board
Col. Jones
Way men not to strike but try new law
378 000 railroad of way men will not strike. Grand vice president J B Malloy said leaders will abide by the president and executive board decision to test the Esch Cummins bill and seek higher wages by peaceful means. A committee will prepare the union case for submission to the wage adjustment board provided by the EschCummins Will.
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Associated Press
Chicago
J. BR. Malloy
Grand Lodge
Brotherhood
Income Cheats to Get Speedy Trial Plan
Speedy prosecution of taxpayers accused of fixing false income tax returns was predicted today. Officials say hundreds found innocent irregularities after a second audit. One accounting firm reported 12 business houses arranged for book analyses to spot irregularities in returns.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Stocks Shoot Up On Court Ruling Aiding Dividends
Shares of industrial companies surged after a Supreme Court ruling aiding dividends, led by General Motors and Crucible Steel. GM opened up, rose to a 21 point gain, then pulled back after profit taking. Crucible Steel jumped early, then retraced. By 11 a.m. turnover neared half a million shares amid widespread gains across motors, steels, shippings, and leathers.
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Associated Press
York
United States
Supreme Court
General Motors
Crucible Steels
Crucible
Admiral Sims Blames Navy Delays for Prolonged War
Rear Admiral Sims told a Senate committee that Navy inaction and slow mobilization cost four months of the war and 3,000 lives daily, criticizing 1917 performance while defending 1918 efforts and denying attacks on civilian control. He appealed for confidence and denied insubordination claims.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Sims
Senate
Navy
Navy Department
United States
Admiral Sims
Canada
Department
Fire at Ohio hospital for epileptics kills eight
A dawn fire at the Ohio hospital for epileptics in Gallipolis destroyed a male patients cottage and the dancing pavilion. Eight patients died from suffocation and two more are expected to die. Twenty five patients were in the building when the blaze began.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Ohio Hospital
French Envy to Tell Wilson Ally Over Turkey Plans
Paris reports Premier Millerand has tasked ambassadors to Washington with relaying supreme council decisions on Turkey and seeking Wilsons view. Britain hints at a dramatic Constantinople move while US aid and burden sharing are debated. Rome says Italy will join only in diplomatic actions in Asia Minor.
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Wilson
Turkey
Associated Press
Paris
Millerand
Jules J. Jusserand
Wrenth
Washington
England
Italy
Supreme Council
Pertinax
Echo da Paris
U. S
Mustaphe-Kemal
Pretaler
Rome
Havas
Constantinople
Popolo d'Italia
Asia Minor
Springfield Chosen Convention City by Illinois Democrats
Springfield was chosen as the convention city for the Illinois state Democratic gathering on May 10 by the state central committee. The 560 delegates are apportioned by 1916 vote counts, with Cook County receiving 880 delegates, plus eight delegates at large, eight alternates to the San Francisco national convention, and four presidential electors.
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Chicago
Springfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Cook County
Vinemen Strike in Southern Illinois Disrict
Linemen of the Central Illinois Public Service company walk out in southern Illinois after the Herrin local demands for higher pay. The strike begins as labor action disrupts service in the region.
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Illenois
Agandated
Jiarrigburg
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Ilinoia
Herrin
Chaos After Denikine Retreat Near Minsk and Rostov
A British Expeditionary Force officer describes chaotic retreat in south Russia and across Rostov as Bolsheviks overrun towns. Soldiers report looting, forced bribes, and executions by retreating Denikin forces. Pleas of noncombatants left behind amid blizzard conditions and train disruptions.
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London
Taganrog
Rostov
Rostay
Denikine
Fuel Oil Demand Surges in January Over December
Washington reports the geological survey shows January crude oil demand rose by about 4,750,000 barrels versus December. Daily production increased by 44,000 barrels, yet consumption drew 700,000 barrels from stocks. imports outweighed exports by 2,500,000 barrels, signaling a need to prioritize essential petroleum uses.
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Washington
DB. C
Geological Survey
Pere Marquette car ferry sinks in Lake Michigan
Ludington Mich March 9 Its stern struck by ice Pere Marquet te car ferry No 3 went down half a mile off the Joral harbor yesterday Ten passengers and the crew of 25 were rescued by a car ferry The sinking occurred during one of the severest hazards of the winter Four ferries Nos 17 18 19 and 20 are still stuck in the ice Wireless messages say imprisoned waggers are not in immediate danger The passengers including three women and a child walked ashore over the ice later The rescuing boat was 60 feet from the stricken vessel and no excitement attended the accident.
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Ludington
Mich
Pere Marquette
Joral Harbor
I Ce
Delivery deadline notice from Courier service
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by then, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Calls should reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
American citizen murdered by Mexican clerk
Washington March reports that Hawnton Corcoran an American citizen and superintendent of the Sint Gertrudis mine near Pachuca Mexico was shot in the back by his Mexican clerk Sundiy on February 28. The clerk is under arrest at Pitchuen and the body was brought to Laredo Tex for burial. Corcoran's mother Missa O Malley Sullivan of New London Wis. has been notified.
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iRy
Associated Press
Washinguim
DD. C
Hkaynton Corcoran
Sutundiy
Fivices
State Department
Nuevo Laredo
Corcoran
Sint Gertudis Mini Company
Aimecrican
Pachai
Mexico
Pitchuen
Laredy
Tex
Wis
Missa O'Malley Sullivan
New Dondon
Bryan Opposes Hitchcock for Democratic Nomination
In Lincoln Nebraska on March 1 W J Bryan said he would back Senator Hitchcock for the Democratic presidential nomination if he became a convention delegate. He cited Hitchcocks vote against federal prohibition and woman suffrage amendments and opposition to the currency bill from Wilsons first administration.
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Lincoln
Neb
United States
G. M. Hitchcock
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Hitchcock
Wilson
Corn Borer Target of Fund Senate Action
The senate agricultural committee approved roughly 31.97 million dollars for the agriculture department for the coming fiscal year. They added about 1.72 million to the house total and funded 500 thousand for corn borer quarantine and eradication in New England, 300 thousand for boll worm eradication in Long Staple cotton areas, and 147 thousand to fight black rust in wheat.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Senate Agricultural Committee
House
Senate Committee
New England
Camels Banquet to Hear Gov Edwards in New York
Gov Edwards of New Jersey accepts invitation to speak at the Order of Camels banquet in New York City on March 30. More than 2,500 members are expected along with other speakers to discuss the order’s principles and plans for personal liberty and repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Edwards says he will push the fight to the Democratic national convention.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Gov. Edwards
New Jersey
Order of Camels
Order
New York City
Chicago Teachers Face Pay Cut and School Closures
Peter A. Mortenson, superintendent of schools, urged Chicago teachers to practice strict economy. He warned salaries could be cut 36 percent by end of 1921 or a third of schools closed if more revenue remained unavailable. The board of education allegedly reached the end of borrowing powers and faces a $15,020,279 deficit this year.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Peter A. Mortenson
Board of Education
Iowa Cattle Men Plead Against Packers Legislation
Washington March 3 Iowa producers and feeders petitioned against uniform legislation targeting packers A representative, J B Blackwell of Muscatine urged the House Agricultural Committee that opponents were blocking packer machinery He claimed Senators Kenyon and Kendrick shifted blame and noted small Iowa plants thrived in competition with the Big Five While Corn Belt Producers Association backed the bill with scant support Blackwell labeled their resolutions as unfair
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
J. 8. Blackwell
Musc
Ating
House Agricultural Committee
Kenyon Holy Home View
Blackwall
Kenyon
Kendrick
Anderson
Minnesota
Smal Prints
Blackwell
Corn Helt’ Producers Association
Towa
Association
Bandits Hit Jewelry Store Then Kill Kansas City Cashier
Four armed men smashed a window at James R Armiger & Co jewelry store in Baltimore and took two trays of diamond rings worth 40000 before fleeing. In Kansas City Missouri Glenn Shockey, cashier of the Southside bank, was killed during a bank holdup attempt as a guard and janitor were shot while trying to stop the robbery.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
James R. Armiger & Co
Kansas City
Glenn Shockey
Southside Bank
Shockey
Woman kills advertising man then herself in Chicago tragedy
Mrs Ruth Randall a former artist model and rich clubman Clifford Bleyer were found dead together in a Chicago bedroom. A pistol lay between them and a diary entry and a poem by Randall suggested she killed Bleyer then took her own life. Bleyer, 35, was a prominent local club member and ad executive.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ruth Randall
Clifford Bleyer
Joseph Springer
Randall
H. E. Vale
Oklahoma City
Bleyer
Andree Ganzerla
Paris
France
Leaders Working Senators On Plan With Democratic Support
Washington March 9 modified draft of the Article 10 reservation to the peace treaty drew Republican leaders and Democrats toward a ratification compromise. President Wilson’s letter to Senator Hitchcock shaped new views, with Brigham?e withholding assent and Lodge seen as possible mover. Fourteen lines trimmed. focus on Article 10 and Pacific power dynamics and constitutional safeguards.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lodge
Senate
Brighendie
Wilson
Hitchcock
Washington, D.C
Bia
Altho
Father Ties Tongue of Boy and Burns Welts in Beating
Chicago, March 9. Donald Prescott, seven, was subjected to tongue ties, razor-strap beatings, and ash rubs on welts by foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Scanlon at 3420 Drexel Boulevard as punishment for playing hockey. Grandmother Mrs. C. J. Higgins witnessed the welts, and Donald testified before the court of domestic relations with support from Minds Humane Society. Judge Trude fined the couple ten dollars each. Donald will return to his father in California, his mother having died.
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Chicago
Donald Prescott
Eugene Scanlon
Drexel Blvd
Donald
C. J. Higgins
Drexel
Trude
California
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