Warrant Issued for J L Phillips in War Contract Fraud
A U S commissioner issued a warrant for J L Phillips, Georgia Republican state chair, charging fraud in war contracts. Phillips & Stevens got a post armistice contract to dispose of surplus lumber from cantonments, with Auditors showing over 1 850 000 still owed to the government and no proceedings begun.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Hitt
J. L. Phillips
Republican State Committee For
Georgia
Phillips
Phillips & Stevens
Cantonment
Woodruff
Republican
Michigan
House
Stevens
Special grand jury probes war frauds in second week
Reported progress in lumber case concerns a government surplus lumber sale under contract to a firm tied to lumber interests. The late war period action includes British forces storming Pettigee on the Ulster border with Irish republican forces, captures and casualties noted.
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Grand Jury
Congress
Representative Woodruff
Steward
Associated Press
London
Ulster
Pettigee
Free State
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Belfast Telegraph
Li Yuan-Hung Opens Door to Return as China Statesman
Li Yuan-Hung, ousted in 1917, says he would resume the presidency under three conditions aimed at unifying north and south China. He demands abolition of the southern Canton government, prompts Tang Shao Yi to become premier, and seeks only to fill the remaining term of Hsu Shih-Chang which ends next October. Chinese officials in Canton are being asked to approve these terms as Li stays in Tientsin awaiting assurances.
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Associated Press
Peking
Li Yuan-Hung
China
Canton
Hsu Shih-Chang
Wu Pei-Fu
Tang Shao- Yi
Tientsin
Union Accepts Wage Cut In Kansas City Meeting
Hod Carriers and Building Laborers union decided to accept a wage reduction from 70 to 62 cents an hour, announced by the local builders' association wage committee. The cut takes effect tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Hod Carriers’ and Building Laborers’ Union
Local Builders’ Association
Timber Fires Engage 225 Men Near Duluth
More than 225 men are fighting timber fires in three counties Lake Cook and St. Louis near Duluth Minnesota. State forester W T Cox said tonight that the blaze threatens several homes and camps as crews work to contain the flames.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Lake, Cook and
St. Louis
Duluth
W. T. Cox
Iowa Senate Nomination Seen Decided by Primary Vote
Six GOP hopefuls in Iowa close campaigns for the U S Senate. Brookhart Pickett Sweet Thorne Francis and Stanley compete with hopes of 35 percent to avoid August state convention. Other statewide offices and 11 congressional seats also on the ballot.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
W. S. Kenyon
Col
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
Charles E. Pickett
Waterloo
Burton E. Sweet
Waverly
Clifford L. Thorne
Leslie E. Francis
Claude M. Stanley
Corning
Colonel Brookhart
Mr. Thorne
Pickett
Old Line Republican Organization
Francis
Congressman Sweet
Congress
Stanley
Woman Nurse Faces Murder Charge Over Lover Pact
Peggy Marie Beal a Springfield Illinois trained nurse and Dayton Ohio resident admitted shooting Frank Warren Anderson a war veteran and welfare director after he refused marriage The wounded killer stated she did not regret the act calling him a devil and saying she should have killed him earlier Anderson body lies in an undertaking shop as police note possible romantic echoes and a hotel call to Mr or Mrs Anderson follows the tragedy.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Peggy Marie Beal
Springfield
Ill
Dayton
Ohio
Frank Warren Anderson
City Hospital
Anderson
Collingswood
N. J
Miss Beal
Peg
Former House Member Arrested for Passes Worthless Checks
Clarence D. Van Duser a former Nevada representative was arrested in Washington on charges of passing worthless checks in Wartburg Tennessee. He allegedly obtained several hundred dollars this way while free on a $5,000 bond as extradition proceedings moved forward with Baltimore authorities seeking jurisdiction.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tennessee
Clarence D. van Duser
Nevada
Wartburg
Tenn
van Duser
Baltimore
Teapot oil lease defended in Washington report
The Albuquerque Morning Journal previews a Washington report to President Harding from Secretary Fall detailing the Teapot dome lease to Sinclair-Doheny. It asserts the president was fully informed, warns private drilling would deplete the dome, and claims a new pipeline will push mid-continent oil prices up from the current 60 cents a barrel.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Interior
Harding
Wyoming
Sinclair-Doheny
Navy Department
Viccinity
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Farmer sues to recover Red Cross donation in 1918
Cass county farmer C Lawrence Stull sues five individuals and a bank in Plattsmouth seeking $1,000 plus costs claiming a 1918 crowd coerced him onto two checks for Red Cross and war securities. He says he was forced to sign under threat with ropes and revolvers. This may be the first case of its kind in the state.
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Associated Press
Plattsmouth
Neb
C. Lawrence Stull
Cass County
Red Cross
Plattsmouth Bank
American Red Cross
Stull
Second Trial of Jack Keel Set for Virginia City
The second trial of Jack Keel for the slaying of Jim Grant at the High Up mine opens tomorrow in Virginia City. The case follows a prior jury deadlock after three days of testimony and witnesses, with Keel claiming self defense and defense adding new witnesses for the second trial. The defense is led by Judge Lew T. Callaway along with E A Farley and M M Duncan. Attorney General Rankin may or may not attend due to the Helena Conley case.
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The
Standard
Virginia City
Jack Keel
Jim Grant
High Up
Keel
Wellington D. Rankin
Reed
Madison County
Grant
Butte
Mees Hall
Lew T. Callaway
E. A. Farley
M. M. Duncan
Rankin
Conley
Helena
Villa Franca Sinks After Explosion Off Hohenau
The steamer Villa Franca sank off Hohenau Paraguay after an explosion. About 80 people are believed dead, including tourists bound for Iguazu Falls. The blast occurred at 1 40 this morning and passengers had little time to dress or seek life belts.
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Buenos Aires
Hohenau
Paraguay
la Nacion
Iguazu Falls
Veteran officer dies en route to retirement
Brig. Gen. William H. Sage 63 commanding Fort D. A. Russell died at a local hospital in Omaha after falling ill Tuesday while en route to Walter Reed. His body was sent to Washington for Arlington burial. A West Point graduate with 46 years in the army, he earned the Medal of Honor for actions in the Philippines during the Spanish American War and was set to retire next month.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
William H. Sage
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
General Sage
Fort Crook
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
West Point
Philippines
Hoover to Ask Coal Dealers Help With Price Stabilization
Secretary Hoover will ask retail coal dealers to cooperate with the commerce department to sustain maximum fair mine prices during the strike. He will meet with the National Retail Coal Merchants Association led by Homer D. Jones to prevent runaway prices and then confer with wholesale dealers to align distribution with consumer needs. Memorial Day reduced coal production slightly. anthracite output stayed minimal and few workers remained on strike.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Commerce Department
National
Retail Coal Merchants’ Association
Homer D. Jones
Chicago
Commerce Secretary
Geological Survey
Calder Says Tariff Will Pass To Curb profiteering
Senator Calder Republican New York declares tariff legislation will pass in current session to curb profiteering by importing interests. He argues foreign goods boosted profits 100 to 2000 percent and notes 75 percent of imports appraised at New York port, with German goods undercutting American prices.
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New York
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Calder
Republican
Senate
Bate
Germany
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Waukegan
National Women's Trade Union League of America
Raymond Robins
Rose Schnederman
Cloth and Gapmakers
Elizabeth Christman
Glovemakers’ Union
Hilda S. Boyle
Schenectady
N. Y
Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants’ Union
Jo Coffin
Typographical Union
Sarah Green
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Agnes Nestor
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