Agreement 15 Reached at Lausanne Peace Conference
At Lausanne on May 26 a dramatic session produced a complete agreement ending the Turkish Greek reparations dispute. The United States through Joseph C. Grew helped shape the settlement, averting wider Balkan warfare and setting terms: Greece relinquishes indemnity claims while Turkey waives payment, boundary fixes between Eastern and Western Thrace, restoration of seized ships, and cessation of Karagatch operations.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Near East
Ouchyecha‘eau
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Switzerland
Greece
Turkey
Thrace
Karagatch
Britain Will Not Break With Russia
London May 26 Great Britain has decided there shall be no break with Russia. Diplomatic circles note that while Moscows last note was not wholly satisfactory the remaining points can be solved by negotiation. Prime Minister Baldwin seeks to avoid further international controversy and may host a conference in London to discuss Anglo Russian relations.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Russia
Moscow
Baldwin
Leonid Krassin
Lord Curzon
Krassin
Foreign Office
Treasury boosts silver purchases under Pittman act
Associated Press reports from Washington on May 26 that Mint Director Scobey announced about 3,000,000 ounces of silver remain to be purchased under the Pittman act, down by about 2,000,000 ounces in four days. The total to be bought will exceed 200,000,000 ounces since mid 1918.
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Associated Press
Washington
Scobey
Mint
Pittman
Treasury
Five Armed Men Hold Up Staunton Post Office Payroll
Staunton Illinois May 26 five armed men seized postal workers near the station and drove them to a car before escaping with about 45000 in the Mount Olive and Staunton Coal payroll. Postmaster G A Roberts and clerk Harry Kuehnen were assaulted. Roberts was cut and bludgeoned, Kuehnen battered. The money, sent from the Federal Land Bank in St. Louis to a local bank, had been to meet bi weekly mine payrolls. The bandits fled toward Edwardsville about 20 miles away.
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Associated Press
Staunton
Ill
G. A. Roberts
Mount Olive
Roberts
Kuehnen
Froth Wee
Keuhnen
Edwardsville
Federal Land Bank
St. Louis
Two Boys Drown in Billings Irrigation Ditch
In Billings Montana on May 26, two boys Francis Cline eight and Wayne Meinecke nine drowned in a nearby irrigation reservoir while wading in forty feet of water. George Matheson eleven tried to save them but could not, narrowly escaping. Fireman Jack Farrell and a rescue party recovered both bodies.
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Associated Press
Billings
Mont
George Matheson
Francis Cline
Wayne Meinecke
Matheson
Jack Farrell
W. H. Steel
Tax levy defeated forces school closure in Bozeman
Bozeman Montana voters rejected an additional one mill tax levy with 78 in favor and 107 against. About 12 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. The defeat means one school building will be closed next year.
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Associated Press
Bozeman
Mont
Moocher Jamieson in Butte Averages Forty Dollars a Day
Detectives detain Carl Jamieson in the 800 block of West Granite after he posed as an epileptic beggar to collect funds for a peanut and popcorn stand, with a heavy revolver found at his South Main room. Records show daily takes of about $40 in Butte and up to $70 to $100 in Salt Lake, tying him to recent hold ups near Harrison avenue.
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Butte
West Granite Street
White and
Powell
Carl Jamieson
Harrison Avenue
South Main Street
Jamieson
Ite
Salt Lake
Outlaws Near Linocheng Hold 14 Foreigners
Chinese bandits near Linocheng hold 14 captives including six Americans from the Shanghai Peking express May 6. General Tien Chung-Yu has sent three brigades with machine guns and two airplanes to assault the hill fortress. Negotiators report the brigands eager to terms but fearful of Peking and General Tien.
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Associated Press
Peking
Linocheng
Confucius
China
Paotzuku
Tien Chung-Yu
Tuchun
Shantung
Tien
J. B. Powell
Shanghai
Western Pioneer Bartholf Dies in Colorado at 77
Loveland Colorado May 26 Frank G Bartholf pioneer of northern Colorado and owner of mining properties in Colorado Montana Wyoming and Alaska died here yesterday at 77 Part of Loveland sits on his old Bartholf homestead He was known as manager and backer of the Bartholf hose team of Loveland a leading fire team in the west decades ago
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Associated Press
Loveland
Colo
Frank G. Bartholf
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Alaska
Bartholf
West
Bartholf Hose Team
Whitfield to die for girl's murder in Vancouver
George Edward Whitfield, convicted of murdering Battle Ground schoolgirl Anna Nosko, was sentenced in Vancouver to be hanged on July 12 after Superior Judge Simpson denied a motion for a new trial. District Attorney J. E. Hall opposed the motion.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
Wash
George Edward Whitfield
Anna Nosko
Battle Ground
Simpson
J. E. Hall
Road agents push toward finish of paving drive
Two more days remain to raise 2240 for the paving of Montana way in the southern city outskirts. The fund has 1245 collected yesterday, with copper emblems to be awarded to contributors as a public badge of civic effort and will be uniquely numbered for replacement if lost or stolen.
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Montana
Butte
Scientists and Religious Faith See No Irreconcilable Rift
A joint statement from 40 distinguished Americans, including Hoover and Davis, declares no antagonism between science and religion. Dr. R. A. Millikan helps present the view that religion and science serve distinct human needs and complement rather than oppose each other.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Davis
R. A. Millikan
Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics
Pasadena
Cal
HVE National Views on Booze Ruling
Great Britain Spain France Italy and The Netherlands notify State Department of stance on liquor policy. Officials discuss regulatory approaches and potential impacts on trade and public morale across Europe and allied nations.
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HVE
Great Britain
Spain
France
Italy
The
Netherlands
State Department
Foreign governments weigh liquor rule affecting ships near U S
Washington May 26 officials reviewed notes from Great Britain Spain France Italy and the Netherlands on the Supreme Court ruling barring liquor on foreign ships in U S waters. Countries urge respect for international commerce while Treasury drafts regulations and seeks talks with state officials to honor all concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
American
Treasury
Five Powers
State Department
Great Britain
Spain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Chief Two Guns White Calf heads to Washington with Montana Shriners
Chicago May 26 Chief Two Guns White Calf Blackfoot Indian whose profile is on a buffalo nickel stopped in Chicago for a few hours en route to Washington as a Shriners delegation member from Montana He was accompanied by Chief Owen Heavy Breast and other tribe members He recently joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at Browning Mont
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chief Two Guns White Calf
Buffalo Nicke
Washington
Shriners’ Convention
Montana
White Calf
Owen Heavy Breast
Methodist Episcopal Church
Browning
Mont
German Saboteur Albert Schlageter Executed by French
Duesseldorf reports Albert Schlageter, condemned for sabotage, was executed by French troops at 4 AM near Duesseldorf. He faced the firing squad manacled, with his counsel and two Catholic priests as witnesses, after being informed of the time only an hour earlier.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Duesseldorf
Albert Schlageter
Funeral Tuesday for Wife of Justice Holloway
Helena Mont May 26 The funeral of Mrs Lalia Holloway wife of Judge W J Holloway associate justice of the Montana supreme court will be held Tuesday morning at 10 30 o clock at the family home Burial will be beside her parents in Helena Clergymen Rev James F McNamee D D of First Baptist church and Rev L Hulser of First Christian church will officiate Pallbearers are Judge Albert J Galen Judge W H Poor man Judge Henry C C Smith Judge W T Pigott Dr S A Cooney and Jesse Ricker
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Lalia Holloway
W. J. Holloway
Montana’ Supreme Court
James F. McNamee
D. D
First Baptist Church
L. Hulser
First Christian Church
Organization completed Chicago conference on railroad valuation
The conference of progressives in Congress railroad labor leaders and farmers sponsors completed its organization meeting chosen officers include Hubert LaFollette George Huddleston Robert Owen Edward Keating W T Logan and William H Johnston. It authorized an executive committee and urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to report original cost donations and valuation methods and to refrain from new valuations until compliant with law with possible legal action.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mars
America
Congress
Hubert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Committee On Permanent Organization
George Huddleston
Alabama
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Edward Keating
Colorado
W. T. Logan
South Carolina
William H. Johnston
Washington, D.C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Personal hostility cited in church leadership dispute
In Boston on May 26 the Massachusetts supreme court received a master’s report asserting the First Church of Christ, Scientist, lacked legal right to remove John V. Dittemore from the board. Frederic Dodge, former federal judge, noted a climate of personal hostility among board members influenced the dismissal decision.
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Associated Press
Boston
First Church of Christ, Scientist
John V. Dittemore
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Frederic Dodge
Christian Science Publishing Company
Gulf to Canada flight caps 1400 miles for Crocker
Lieutenant Harrison G. Crocker landed at Selfridge field Michigan at 6 15 PM after a non stop gulf to Canada flight from Ellington field Houston. The 1400 mile trek took 11 hours 54 minutes with most of the journey at low altitude amid clouds. Emergency fuel preserved his final approach as General Mitchell hailed the feat as proof the US can move air power swiftly.
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Associated Press
Mount Clemens
Mich
Harrison G. Crocker
Selfridge Field
Crocker
Ellington Field
Houston
Texas
gulf-to-Canada
Trenton
Toledo
Ohio
William Mitchell
Air Service
Mitchell
MacReady
Kelly
United States
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Owsley
Treasure State
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la Follette
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