Decrease in Food Prices Foreseen by Grocers and Experts
Gradual decline in food prices across the nation was anticipated by wholesalers economists and experts. While no sudden drop was expected immediate relief from freight congestion and lower prices in other sectors may hasten a market tilt and lower food costs.
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Connecticut
The
Agricultural College Market Service
Boston
New York
Chicago
West
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Minneapolis
Suffrage Row Flares in Texas Legislature
May 21 suffrage remains a live issue as the Texas House adopts a resolution urging Louisiana to ratify the constitutional amendment. The move follows a broader push for federal reform and aligns with national momentum on voting rights.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
House
Louisiana
Congress faces decisive bonus vote amid conventions
Washington dispatch notes that congressional leaders expect a House passage of the soldier bonus bill within days while the Senate delays, setting up a major issue for the upcoming national party meetings. Admin opposition contrasts with a House majority in favor, with a rules change to limit debate to five hours tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Guards in Grontrul at Matewan
State troops scoured the mountains near Lynn West Virginia after Bud McCoy and a companion were wounded by ambush while walking along a road. Matewan remained under guard following a violent clash Wednesday night that left ten dead in a battle between Baldwin Felts detectives and miners.
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Matewan
W. Va
Lynn
Bud McCoy
Baldwin-Felts
Baldwin- Felts
Diplomates Fail to Shield Detectives Graduates Arrested
Two graduates of a correspondence school for detectives were arrested in Cleveland on May 21 while searching a house for stolen property despite holding diplomas. The action underscores that diplomas did not guarantee credibility for the trained investigators.
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Cleveland
Sugar price plan proposed to curb speculation
J. H. McLaurin announces retail sugar prices could drop by half after a conference with Attorney General Palmer and Southern Wholesale Grocers Association. He blames brokers for hoarding and urges direct grower to consumer flow and government purchase of Cuban raw sugar to stabilize prices.
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Washington
J. H. McLaurin
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Palmer
McLaurin
New York
Atlantic Coast
Lightermen Walk Out Paralyzing New York Harbor Transit
About 300 lightermen on New York piers walked off the job, worsening harbor congestion. Union officials said the strike will fully paralyze coastwise transportation after a month of limited pier activity.
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New York
New York Harbor
King bill targets federal reserve notes to curb hoarding
Representative King of Illinois introduced a bill to bar federal reserve banks from accepting or renewing commodity notes drafts or bills. He said the measure would remove the Fed from financing large holdings of essentials and force hoarders to sell to curb high prices.
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Washington
King
Illinois
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System
Grain futures fall on Chicago Board of Trade amid easing prices
Grain futures slid as price reductions spread across the market. Receipts and favorable weather boosted shipments with more cars. corn led losses, dropping about 11 3 4 cents on July contracts in Chicago trading.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Liberty bonds rally in New York trading day
Practically all Liberty bond issues rose to new highs. The fourth 41-48 reached 84.80, up 2.10, with heavy public buying cited as the cause for the rally after a sharp down swing a day earlier.
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New York
Kreider Accuses Clerk Over Factory Shoe Price
In Washington the Pennsylvania shoe manufacturer Representative Kreider tested a shoe in a local store. He hears a price of 7.50 while the clerk says his cost is 6.75 and then 3.95. He calls the clerk a liar and vows his factory will not supply the store.
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Washington
A. S. Kreider
Pennsylvania
Kreider
Hutchinson Elected Chairman of Arbitration Board
Samuel B. Hutchinson of Columbus was chosen chairman at a Thursday meeting to lead the arbitration board resolving the dispute between the N. O. T. and its employer. The nomination came from Governor Cox as the third member of the panel.
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Akron
Samuel_ B. Hutchinson
Columbus
Cox
Arbitration Board
Governor Cox For Vice President Not On Market
E H Moore Democratic national committeeman and Cox campaign manager denounces eastern talk of McAdoo for president and Cox for vice president. He calls it poppycock and says Cox’s six years as governor prove his fitness and ballot tested record. Moore vows no ticket combinations and no pledges for the vice presidency.
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Columbus
E. H Moore
Cox
McAdoo
Moore
Oregon Last Open Battle of Campaign
New York May 21 The last of the big free for all Republican primaries was in progress in Oregon for ten delegates with Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood Governor Frank Lowden Senator Hiram Johnson Herbert Hoover and Senator Miles Poindexter on the ballot The outcome narrows the field for Republican delegates as other primaries and conventions loom in West Virginia Texas Delaware South Carolina and Hawaii Democratic delegate counts and unpledged prospects are also summarized.
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New York
Oregon
Leonard Wood
Frank O. Lowden
Hiram Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Miles Poindexter
William G. McAdoo
West Virginia
Wood
Howard
Therland
Son
Texas
Hawaii
Delaware
South Carolina
Hoover
Michigan
James M. Cox
Cox
Edward
Edwards
Carter Glass
Robert Owen
Gilbert Hitchcock
William Jennings Bryan
James W. Gerard
Escaped Ottawa County Jail Fugitive Held In Port Clinton
Law officials report Leonard Nolta, described escapee from Ottawa county jail, is in Port Clinton jail awaiting Ottawa county authorities transfer. The escape occurred yesterday morning and authorities are tracking others involved.
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Port Clinton
Monroe
Mich
Starkloff
Leonard Nolta
Ottawa County
Nolta
Carranza Plans Escape After Mexico Revolt
Venustiano Carranza, deposed Mexico president, aims to reach a port in the Tuxpam district and sail to the United States or Cuba. Revolutionary leaders reportedly tolerate the escape, while some factions seek his capture to force a formal resignation. Carranza’s supporters anticipate Europe as a later home, with funds abroad and stoic acceptance of defeat. Provisional presidency race narrows to Pablo Gonzalez and Adolfo De La Huerta, with Gonzalez the favored candidate.
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Mexico City
Mex
Venustiano Garranza
Mexico
Tuxpam
United States
Cuba
Carranza
Apizaco
Europe
Pablo Gonzales
Adolfo de la Huerta
Sonora
Wth Gonzales
Hungary to Sign Peace Treaty With Paris Delegation
Paris May 21 Hungary will sign the peace treaty, Prasnowski president of the Hungarian Peace Delegation notified the Supreme Council. Prasnowski had just returned from Budapest.
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Paris
Hungary
M. Prasnowski
Supreme Council
Prasnowski
Budapest
Deflation of Credit Aims to Cut Prices Nationwide
Washington May 21 Officials close to the banking system foresee price drops as the Federal Reserve pushes credit deflation. A freight car congestion clearance by the Interstate Commerce Commission and resumed free distribution of commodities could push prices down ten to twenty percent. George Hoyes of the American Railroad Association says production will rise, easing local shortages as speculation loans are halted and long standing loans called.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Hoyes
American Railroad Association
Reserve Board
City to Fight Franchise Grant in Akron
Akron officials will contest a proposed franchise grant to the N. C. T. and will not grant an exclusive contract. City manager W. J. Laub said an eight cent fare is expected within three months after approval. The city plans to allow other operators on city lines.
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Akron
W. J. Laub
Laub
Ways and Means Targets Personal Service Corporations Tax
Washington May 2 The House Ways and Means Committee voted to amend the War Revenue Act to tax personal service corporations as other companies. The measure aims to force distribution of large undivided profits and collect taxes accordingly.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House Ways and Means Committee
No Decline in Bread Price Predicts Limited Immediate Benefit
In Minneapolis on May 21 big flour millers said bread prices are unlikely to fall soon. They cited continued declines in wheat and flour and warned that even if flour prices drop the benefit to consumers and bakers would be limited due to transportation constraints from mills.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Oil drilling planned near White Hall school in Alexander township
A Pennsylvania and West Virginia crew hauled an oil rig to the Niggemeyer farm near White Hall school and prepare to prospect for oil at once. Fred Gunther of Marietta will drill to about 1200 feet on a lease sold by John Cox covering 1900 acres from Niggemeyer farm to Hebbardsville.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Niggemeyer
White Hall School
Alexander Township
White Wall School
Fred Gunther
Marietta
Athens
Carbondale
Carbondale Coal Company
John Cox
Cox
Will Crossen
Hebbardsville
Call Off Strike Declared by French Labor Council
Paris May 21 The National Council of the French General Federation of Labor announced that all strikes have been called off.
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Paris
National Council
French General Federation of Labor
Ohio University Commencement May Produce 256 Graduates
At commencement on June 17 Ohio University will graduate 256 students. Degrees will be awarded to 128 four year students, 77 from Arts, 51 from State Normal College, with numerous diplomas in Education, Public School Drawing, Music, and other fields. Six honorary degrees planned. Dayton report notes a fatal explosion from a defective fuse blowing apart farmer Bud Allsteter near Columbus Grove.
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Ohio University
College of Arts
State Normal College
Ellis
Dayton
Bud Allsteter
Columbus Grove
Ohio
Transfer Case to Cleveland In Bankruptcy Bond Theft Probe
New York May 21 The bankruptcy of David W Sullivan and Company brokers New York and Washington may move to Cleveland District Attorney John T Dooling said several men in Cleveland are needed for testimony to aid the bond theft investigation in New York He noted their absence so far hampering progress in the case.
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New York
David W. Sullivan and Company
Washington
Cleveland
John T. Dooling
Falls to Death in Brooklyn Veranda Fall
Carl Ter chemacher a 76 year old retired millionaire died after an apparent vertigo fall from a twelve story veranda in a Brooklyn apartment house during a morning walk. He toppled over the railing to the street below.
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New York
Carl Terchemacher
Brooklyn
Federal bust clears million dollar underground liquor ring
Federal authorities arrested seven alleged violators in Chicago in a probe into a $1,000,000 underground liquor trafficking ring. Forged permits for whiskey sales were used and liquor was said to be obtained from Early Times distilleries in Kentucky. Large caches of liquor were expected to be found as searches continued.
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Chicago
Lifetime Knot Tied in Record Time
Akron May 21 Robert Nichols of Greenup Kentucky sought to marry Miss Treasy A Taylor of Akron and catch a train for Kentucky all within thirty minutes After obtaining his license he married her in the License Bureau by Rev Paul Brown with no witnesses and no delay.
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Akron
Robert Nichols
Greenup
Treasy A. Taylor
Paul Brown
Howell Enters Not Guilty Plea in Murder Charge
Dick Howell pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Hubert C. Pontius in Canton common pleas court. He faces an indictment for the murder of Detective Anthony Skotnicky and a June 21 trial date was set after overruling a demurrer by attorney Frank N. Sweitzer.
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Canton
Dick Howell
Common Pleas
Hubert C. Pontius
Anthony Skotnicky
Pontius
Frank N. Sweitzer
Howell
Tragedy in Cincinnati Fire Trucks Collision
In Cincinnati on May 21 one firefighter died and eleven injured when two fire department vehicles collided at an intersection after a slight time divergence between units. Frank Kiem of Company 14 died at a hospital. One ladder truck and an engine crashed as alarms overlapped, pinning several men beneath overturned rigs and sending a resurgent accident scene across Fifth and Elm streets.
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Cincinnati
Frank Kiem
Co. No. 14
Co. No. 7
Fifth
Elm Streets
House passes Knox peace resolution to halt WWI war terms
In Washington May 21 the House approved the Knox peace resolution by 228 to 189 after a stormy debate. The measure, now sent to President Wilson, repeals the 1917 war declarations and preserves U S rights under the Versailles terms, with a likely presidential veto anticipated.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Senate
New York
Fuller
Mass
Kelley
Michigan
Ashbrook
Ohio
Germany
Austro-Hungary
United States
Porter
Foreign Affairs Committee
White House
Congress
Vice Crusade Is On in Cleveland
On secret orders issued by Mayor Fitzgerald the second day he took office police began a city wide crusade against gambling and vice. Several arrests were made and gambling houses shut down. Nine taxicab drivers had licenses rescinded. Fitzgerald ordered a thorough crackdown by police and safety officials.
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Cleveland
Fitzgerald
Seven Secretaries and Two Publishing Agents Elected
The Methodist General Conference announced the election of seven corresponding secretaries and two publishing agents. Named secretaries include F. N. North and A. Earl Taylor of New York D. D. Forsythe of Philadelphia A. W. Harris of New York I. G. Penn and P. J. Mageety of Cincinnati. J. R. Graham of Cincinnati was chosen publishing agent.
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Des Moines
Methodist General Conference
F. N. North
A. Earl Taylor
New York
D. D. Forsythe
Philadelphia
A. W. Harris
I. G. Penn
P. J. Mageety
Cincinnati
J. R. Graham
Commission Controls Routing of Freight Cars to Ease Shortage
The Interstate Commerce Commission moves to free $125 million of Esch Cummins funds for railroad rolling stock and orders railroads to use quickest routes to relieve nationwide congestion. It aims to acquire 20 000 locomotives and 100 000 freight cars, with grain and coal movements scheduled in coming months.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Executives
Commission
Railrosas
Southwest
Kansas
Northwestern
Geological Survey
U S Warships Stand Ready For Carranza Escape
American warships in Vera Cruz harbor have orders to board President Carranza if he seeks asylum, with the revolutionary government directing the gun boat Zaragoza to evacuate him to any foreign port he prefers.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Carranza
Zaragoza
Caranza
Death Forces School Leader to Miss Athens Saturday
C E Stailey newly elected Athens city schools superintendent informs Prof. Addicott he cannot attend Saturday events because his father died Friday night in northern Ohio.
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C. E. Stailey
Athens City
Prof. Addicott
Board of Education
Athens
Prof. Stailey
Ohio
General price declines noted in Cleveland across economy
Professor C C Arbuthnot of Western Reserve University reports a broad price cutting trend driven by weak consumer demand, high inventories, and bank credit restriction. He urges faster production and Europe revival to restore prewar levels. Local merchants cut about 20 percent in clothing and shoes as the movement spreads statewide.
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Cleveland
C .C. Arbuthnot
Western Reserve University
Europe
George A. Couiton
United Commerce National Bank
Col. J. J. Sullivan
Superior Savings and Trust Company
Attack on wage agreements sparks Board hearing
In Chicago on May 21 railroad owners challenged wage and working agreements between railroad employees and the United States Railroad Administration. E T Whitter, chair of the managers committee, disputed L K Sheppard's claim that the agreements were legal, arguing they applied only during federal control.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Administration
United States Railroad Labor Board
E. T. Whitter
Conference Committee of
L. K E. Sheppard
Whitter
Polish Forces Repulse Bolshvik Attacks Near Vitebsk
Polish troops in the Vitebsk region north of Kiefl reportedly rallied to repulse Bolshevik counter-attacks that began late last week. Warsaw said Polish forces drove Reds back twelve miles near Krzysz pol and repulsed a division north of the Berszina River, taking 500 prisoners.
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London
Vitebsk
Kiefl
Warsaw
Krzysczpol
Berszina
Judge Dismisses Bread Price Conspiracy Indictments
Canton court, acting on prosecutor Walter S. Ruff's motion, dismissed charges against General Baking Company and Irvin S. Sweaney for conspiring to raise bread prices after Charles A. Steinick was acquitted on the same count.
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Canton
Walters. Ruff
Pontius
General Baking Company
Irvin 8
Sweaney
Charles A. Steinick
Cincinnati cashier shoots self after warrant on porch
Raymond R. Albert, a cashier, awaited by police armed with an arrest warrant, wrote a farewell note to his wife and then killed himself. A note urged investing his life-insurance in Liberty bonds. Mrs. Albert and their baby were in bed when the shooting occurred. The warrant charged him with pointing a firearm at a business associate.
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Cincinnati
Raymond R. Albert
Albert
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Goe
Champ Clark
Marshall
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North Carolina
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