Representatives of Five Nations Meet in Paris
Paris Jan 24 Representations from Great Britain France Italy Belgium and Japan gathered in Paris for a high level conference second in importance to the Versailles talks. Lloyd George and Briand lead discussions on reparations disarmament Turkey relief for Serbia Russia and allied policy amid growing differences among nations.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
David Lloyd George
M. Briand
Council of
Alleged Peeping Tom Shot by Policeman in Ann Arbor
A University of Michigan sophomore Aug Muehlhauser, from Sandusky Ohio, was shot in the body by Officer Robert Clars as he and four other students, all reportedly intoxicated, attempted to flee after trying to peer into a window. Clark remains suspended pending the shooting outcome.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Muehlhauser
Sophmore
University of Michigan
Oliceman
Robert Clars
Uehlhauser
Sanusky, O
Clark
Woman Hangs Self in Chardan Home
Mrs M V est ended her life by hanging herself with a union suit twisted to the staircase. She had been in poor health. Her husband survives.
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Chardan la
M. V. Est
Weather indications for Chicago twenty four hours
The forecast for Chicago on January 24 calls for rain or snow tonight and Tuesday with a light warm up tonight.
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Chicago
Weather Summary from local observations
Weather summary notes 24 hour readings by Dr H M Stanley ending 7 am with snow or related precipitation content and partial observations. The fragment shows the start of a routine daily meteorological report including cold conditions and possible snow events.
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H. M. Stanley
Retail Prices At Low Mark Say Retailers
Chicago January 24 retailers say prices are not falling further. Union members opened a weeklong convention today and cited association price lists comparing present and last year. They expect limited chance of further reductions and no imminent price advances.
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Chicago
Ill
Retailers Commercial Union
Three Boys Arrested for Attempted Interurban Wreck
Three youths under fifteen, Edward Strauss Earl Leonard and Harold Usher, were arrested in Cedar Rapids Iowa for trying to wreck an interurban car on the Mt Vernon division by placing three milk cans on the rails. The eastbound car hit the cans but remained on tracks as the riders were unable to pay the fare. They face juvenile court on Monday.
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Cedar Rapids. la
Mt. Vernon
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Edward Strauss
Earl Leonard
Harold Usher
Juvenille
Women Save Man from Prison Term
Joe Hanley, 19, faced box car robbery charges in Sioux City Iowa. Two women jurors Mrs Mildred Schneckloth and Miss Mary Benson persuaded the male jury to acquit after a first ballot showed ten votes for conviction. Their arguments led to Hanley’s freedom on the second ballot.
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Sioux City
Joe Hanley
Mildred Schneckloth
Correctionville
Mary Benson
Hanley
Striking Peabody Leather Workers Seek Union Aid
Leather workers from Peabody idle due to a strike filed suit in Salem supreme court seeking union assistance. Fredrick Alexander and fellow members of the Peabody branch of the International Leather Workers Union of America allege no distribution of a fund exceeding $10,900 raised for strike relief.
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Salem
Mass
Leather Workers of
Peabody
Supreme Court
Fredrick Alexander
Othe
International Leather Workers* Union of America
Fort Dodge Man Receives Distinguished Service Cross
Fort Dodge resident Emmet Paul Mulholland is awarded the distinguished service cross for heroism in France. He was wounded near St Jov and spent time in a hospital before word reached the American Legion local post for presentation.
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Emmet Paul Mulholland
Ft. Dodge
American Legion
Mulholland
St. Jov
France
Iowa Senate declines to act on school district bonds bill
Des Moines January 24 The Iowa senate refused to act today on a bill allowing school districts to issue six percent building and improvement bonds with further action postponed to Thursday. Representative Kime plans to call up his resolution for a joint session to hear the industrial court and reports Governor Allen of Kansas may visit Friday. No word yet on Samuel Gompers. Also the house would replace the present state court system with a new judicature to speed small civil suits and omit a grand jury. Fort Madison penitentiary escape inquiry dismissed by senate and house chairmen.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Kime
Allen
Kansas
Samuel Gompers
Mayne
Senate
House
Board of Control
Fort Madison
Working to Lift Cuban Moratorium
Havana reports daily conferences with bankers and prominent citizens led by Major General Crowder to solve the Cuban financial crisis. The Torriente bill, easing the moratorium gradually, is under consideration with a favorable sense. Rulings in Santa Clara and Camaguey annulling college elections push new polls, affecting who leads after May 20 amid coalition gains.
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Havana
General Crowder
Senate
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Supreme Court
Europe's Debt to U.S. Will Be Twenty Billion
Washington January 24 Europe’s debt to the United States is projected to rise to 20 billion dollars by 1924, said George Warren a Cornell economics professor during tariff revenue hearings before the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
United States
George Warren
Cornell University
House
Ways and Means Committee
Supreme Court Dismisses Nagel Appeal in War Zone Orders Case
The Supreme Court dismissed Louis F. Nagel's appeal today. Nagel, convicted in Iowa on a perjury charge for testimony in a trial arising from a violation of the war department zone orders governing military camps.
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Supreme Court
Nagel
Washington, D. C
Louis F. Nagel
Iowa
War Department
Lawson Air to Charge Passengers by Weight
Alfred W. Lawson, president of the Law son Aeroplane Company, announced the Chicago to New York mail and passenger service will charge passengers according to weight starting in May. Provision allows carrying passengers up to about two tons or 4,000 pounds, with no fixed standard weight yet established.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lawson Aeroplane Company
Chicago
New York
Alfred W. Lawson
Lawson
Labor Unions' Store Hit by Thieves in Sioux City
Sioux City Cooperative association grocery store was entered Thursday night. Robbers made off with 155 dollars 15 cents. Police believe the thieves were familiar with the safe combination or skilled at manipulating dials. The store, formed last June by labor union members, serves about 500 stockholders aiming to combat high living costs.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Cooperative Association
Co-Operative Store
Cleaning Up Vice in Marshalltown
Three arrests for gambling and one for conducting a gambling house were made here yesterday after evidence from federal agents. J. J. Naughton, proprietor of a cigar store, pleaded guilty and paid a $25 fine plus costs. Others charged with gambling were John Kelly W B Miller and Harry Millard. They pleaded not guilty and are accused of playing a Kelly pool on December 31.
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Marshalltown
J. J. Naughton
John Kelly
W. B. Miller
Harry Millard
Lincoln Merchant Slain Near Home in Lincoln Neb
Adrian F. Barstow, son of a Lincoln grain dealer and prominent in business circles, was shot and killed Saturday night just as he was about to enter his father's home. The slayer, who escaped, is believed to be an enemy or a holdup man.
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Lincoln, Nebr
Adrian F. Barstow
Lincoln
Crown Prince Gustave Rescues British Sailor at Sea
Crown Prince Gustave saved a British sailor from drowning after the man fell overboard from a dinghy near a harbor pier. The prince climbed down timbers and, after great effort, brought the sailor to safety.
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Stockholm
Crown Prince
Gustave
Senate to Consider House Membership Reduction Plan
Washington January 74 Senate census committee head Chairman Sutherland said the panel will take up the house bill to fix the number of representatives among the states under the 1920 census at 435 the current total next week.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Sutherland
Gasoline tank explosion in Memphis kills 25
Police estimate 25 dead and 50 injured after a gasoline tank car exploded near Main Street and Mill Avenue. A row of dwellings, largely occupied by Black residents, burned and several inmates were reported missing. A workman’s chisel spark is suspected to have caused the blast.
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Memphis
Tenn
Main Street
Mill Avenue
Whisky Consumption Shows Big Decrease
Washington January 24 1921 whisky consumption in the United States fell from 89 641 985 gallons in 1920 the first year of prohibition. Alcohol consumption dropped from 71 081 121 gallons to 22 639 255 gallons and beer from 60 817 379 to 9 231 280 barrels. The antisaloon league said a conservative estimate shows Americans have saved over one billion dollars previously spent on intoxicants.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Antisaloon League
League
Mountain Disturbance Prompts Inquiry In North Carolina
Residents of Stokes County demand an investigation of Flat Shoal Mountain as it rumbles and groans for a year. They say the sounds resemble distant blasting and fear a hidden volcano. evergreens die. They urge government earthquake experts to study the disturbance.
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Winston Salem
N. C
Stokes County
Farmer Crushed to Death Near Ord Nebraska
Ord Neb Jan 24 Fred Hermsmeyer a farmer between Scotia and Greely was crushed to death when his team started to run away, his chest broken several ribs. It is believed he died instantly.
Goelet Arrives in Paris for Wedding in Paris
Robert Walton Goelet of New York arrived in Paris for his wedding to Miia Anne Guestier daughter of a Bordeaux land owner and Orleans railway director. The civil ceremony is slated for Monday with the religious ceremony to follow on Tuesday in Paris.
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Paris
Robert Walton Goelet
New York
Miia Anne Guestier
Bordeaux
Orleans
State board faces tax on fair grandstand admissions
Des Moines Iowa January 24 notice from the Internal Revenue Office in Dubuque states the State Board of Agriculture must pay 4900 taxes on grand stand admissions at the 1920 state fair. The board contends it is exempt from such tax and contesting the levy.
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Des Moines
United States Internal Revenue Office
Dubuque
State Board of Agriculture
State Board
Paterson Jewelry Heist Totals About 25000 Dollars
In Paterson New Jersey on January 24 jewelry, cash, and bonds valued at about 25000 dollars were stolen from the KR A Caplan jewelry store by robbers. The incident details include a bold theft targeting the shop. Police are investigating and seeking information on suspects and escape route.
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Paterson
N. J
KR. A. Caplan
Daily Market Report Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
CATTLE receipts 22 000 steady opening with week-ago close Bulk 750 to 860 butchers 5.75 to 6.75 cows 5.00 to 6.25 some loads choke heavy kooshers 7.00 to 7.75 canners and cutters 25 to 4.28 best Bologna bulls around 6.00 veal calves 11.00 to 12 stockers and feeds 6.25 to 8.1 HOGS receipts 55 000 steady to 10 cents higher lights up most top 485 bulk 4.15 to 9.60 pigs slow SHEEP receipts 21 000 market killing classes about steady Chicago Produce butter firm creameries 45 eyes lower receipts 5 602 cases firsts 53 40 54 ordinary firsts 50 51 at mark cases inc 51 52 Poultry alive higher fowls 30 springs 27 Chicago closing grain and provisions wheat march 170 May 161 corn May 69 July 70 oats May 44 July 44 pork Jan 23.50 May 23.60 lard Jan 13.15 May 13.80 ribs Jan 12.10 May 12.65 cattle receipts 4 500 market steers strong to 25 higher butchers steady to strong cows and heifers 5.5 6.0 oats etc hogs receipts 4 50 market uneven steady to 10 higher sheep receipts 4 500 market steady to 25 higher MorSE Vike etc end of report.
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Chicago
Mark Cases Inc
Springs
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbell
Des Moines
Este Elo Nates
MRM Eg
Ashok Sinieten
CM Morse Vike
SR Tran
Local Cash Market Prices For Farm Commodities
Local market rates list corn at 50 cents, oats 49, timothy hay 15 dollars, straw 9, wild hay 12, threshed hay 12, wheat 1.80, clover seed 7 to 9, timothy seed 2.00 to 2.25, barley 85 cents. Poultry prices include eggs 48 cents, hens 24, springs 22, roosters 13, ducks 19, geese 13, turkey 30 cents, cream 40, horse hides 2.25, hides 8 in cents.
Senate set to vote on meat packing regulation today
Washington January 24. The packed meat regulation fight moves to final Senate vote with a Gronna bill substitute for the Kenyon Kendries proposal. The measure would create a three member federal livestock commission and set salaries at ten thousand dollars. Debate to begin at four and five minute limits per senator at two o clock.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Washington D. C
Gronna
Troopers Hunt Bandits Led by Woman Near Irvington
State troopers from White Plains and police in Yonkers Mount Vernon and White Plains searched for three bandits aided by a woman who held up eleven people near Lyndhurst the Sheppard estate at Irvington on the Hudson early yesterday morning and escaped with jewelry money and fur coats. An eight person touring party from Mount Vernon was among the victims.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
White Plains
Yonkers
Lyndhurst
Finley J. Sheppard
Irvington
Hudson
Would-Be Wreckers Target Michigan Central Train No 6
Kalamazoo Mich Jan 24 County and railroad detectives investigate an alleged wrecking and robbery attempt on Michigan Central train No 6 from Chicago to Detroit. Rails were split at Lawton, a village near here, and removed before the train reached the scene. Multiple suspects are likely involved as authorities pursue leads.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
County
Michigan Central
Chicago
Detroit
Lawton
Costly Midnight Fire Destroys Springfield Commercial Block
A blaze at midnight swept the South Limestone Street commercial block in Springfield central district. Kaufman department store owned by Mickler Bros and MecCrorey's five and ten cent store suffered heavy stock losses, estimated at 250000 for Mickler stock and 6000 for MecCrorey's. John Mickler notes substantial stock losses while McCrorey's figures were $60.00. Also mentions Mr and Mrs Joe Mudra's return from Prescot visiting W H Culver family.
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Springfield
Limestone Street
Kaufman Department
Mickler Bros
MecCrorey
John Mickler
McCrorey’s
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Gerny
Turkey
Stria
Russia
Ann Arbor
Kick
Fort Dodge
U.S
Nebr
Crown Prince of
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Claim Mountain
Ord, Nebr
R. W. Goelet
HWA Fair Board
Collector
United States Bureau of Markets
Associated Press
St. Joseph Markets
Joe Mudra
Prescott
Hame
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