Baseball results from national and American leagues
National League action shows Chicago 3 Brooklyn 1 and Cincinnati 6 New York 4 in ten innings while Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 3 and Boston 2 Pittsburgh 1. American League New York 7 Cleveland 0 and Detroit 6 Washington 0 with no other games due to rain. American Association Indianapolis 2 Toledo 0 and St Paul 8 Minneapolis 2 or Columbus 5 Louisville 4.
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Perch
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Paeretee
Chicago
Seenet i
Aera Revereee
Ati Hesdore
Cleveland
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Washington
Indianapolis
Toledo
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Columbus
Louisville
Sabath introduces repeal of wartime dry law in Congress
In Washington on May 20 Representative A J Sabath of Chicago opened the new session with a resolution seeking repeal of the war time prohibition law that would dry the nation by July 1. He argued the military emergency had passed and that delaying repeal would harm investors and cost the government about 500 million dollars in revenue plus 150 million in already collected taxes.
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Washington
Congress
A. J. Sabath
Chicago
Babath
Demand for 150 Dollar Minimum Salary by Rail Brotherhood
Columbus Ohio May 20 Requests for a wage scale that will make every member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen a minimum salary of 150 dollars per month will be formally made by resolution before the Brotherhood convention in session here adjourns. Delegates predict it appears to be the unanimous opinion that since the federal bureau of statistics has set 150 dollars as the minimum for a family of five, it should become the minimum for railroad workers.
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Columbus
Brotherhood of Railroad
O Elyls
Inpreau
Polish Prisoners Return Home After POW Release
Paris reports the Second division of General Haller's Polish army has been transported to Poland by Berlin telegram. The unit is mainly composed of Poles formerly prisoners of war, born in Poznan, Prussia and Upper Silesia.
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Haller
Berlin
Paris
Polen
Poxen
Upper
Palmer Names Assistants to Palmer Prosecutions
Washington May 20 C B Ames of Oklahoma City has been chosen by Attorney General Palmer as assistant in trust prosecutions to succeed G Carroll Todd who resigned Frank Davis Jr of Cleveland selected to become assistant attorney general to Me bho Huston Thompson who resigned to become federal trade commissioner
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Palmer
Washington
C. B. Ames
Okiaham En City
G. Carroll Todd
Frank Davis, Jr
Cleveland
Bho Huston Thompson
Local Social Roundup at Davenport and Nearby Towns
A jumble of visits and social events includes Jl visiting sister in Davenport and Mr and Mrs Raglan hosting in Floris. Irvin Glotfelty mourns a cousin in Eldon while Jean McWhirt visits Keosauqua with her aunt. Ottumwa trips, a Florence Peebler engagement shower, and a Rebekah club gathering appear among the May activities. Decoration Day planning and a Memorial sermon at the M E church feature Rev Behrens and committee work with soldiers invited in uniform.
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Harry Mizer
Baby
Davenport
Coleman
Tom Raglan
Floris
Earl Howard
Irvin Glotfelty
Eldon
Irving Forrest
Jean McWhirt
Keosauqua
J. W. Hill
Edna Esther
Edythe Thompson
Ottumwa
Florence Peebler
Ralph Peebler
Clarence Linder
Burlington
Ruth Koonts
Batavia
H. D. Davis
Rebekah Club
Burshee
R. W. Slimmer
M. E
J.C. Behrens
Fosdick Named American Council Member for League
Washington May 13 Raymond B Fosdick a New York lawyer and former chairman of the training camp activities commission in the war will serve as the American representative on the league of nations council when the organization is formed official word said Fosdick is to join the council representing the United States in the league of nations deliberations
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New York
Washington
Raymond B. Fosdick
Commission
League. of Nations
Leader Says Foe Will Sign Peace Treaty
Versailles May 20 German councillor of Jegition warned that the delegation would face bodily harm if the peace treaty was not signed He claimed the German people hunger for peace and pledged signing to avoid massacres upon their return to Bermain.
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Versailles
Berlin
Bermain
Five men sentenced to prison for murder act
Toledo May 20. Peating guilty of manslaughter. Jack Sherard Albert Metchell Pred Unger John Wacer and Jack Williams sentenced to indeterminate terms of one to twenty years in the Ohio penitentiary by Judge Ritchie. They were charged with the murder of Alexander Matelli a Detroit whisky robber.
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Toledo
Peating
Jack Sherard
Albert Metchell
Pred Unger
John Wacer
Jack Williams
Ohio Penitentiary
Ritchie
Alexander Matelli
Detroit
Postmasters to Meet at Des Moines
Des Moines May 20 the first post master's convention since 1916 is set for June 9 with 500 first second and third class postmasters attending. National postal leaders J C Koons A M Dockery and Col in Selph will be present.
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Des Moines
National Note
J. C. Koons
A. M. Dockery
Missouri
Colin Selph
St. Louis
National Postmasters’ Association
Yanks to Go to England for Final North Russia Withdrawal
Archangel May 20 arrangements are under way to transport the 133rd American Infantry and the 13th Engineers on the Archangel front along with Murman railway troops. They will be the last American units withdrawn from north Russia, with current plans detailing the timing and destination.
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Archangel
Thirteenth Engineers
Murman
North Russia
Names of six privates killed in action listed
Washington May 20 casualty list reports six privates killed in action. Names include Basil Skraha of South Heart North Dakota Ralph Thorp Jr of Oneida Oklahoma Santiago Aguilar of San Miguel New Mexico Henry KR Boner of New Orleans Angelornining Freece Rowe July Normen M Teed of Meigs County Olfio
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Washington
Basil Skraha
South Heart
N.C
Ralph Thorpson
Oneida
Santiago Aguilar
San Miguel
N. M
Henry KR. Boner
New Orleans
Angelornining Freece
Rowe
Jufly
Normen M. Teed
Meigs County
Olfio
Five Injured When Illinois Traction Car Crashes Near Peoria
Five men were injured and all passengers were badly shaken when an Illinois Traction car en route from Springfield to Peoria jumped the track and turned over near Peoria on May 20. Local responders rushed to the scene as investigators began clearing the wreck and assisting injured riders. The car was reportedly carrying a full load of passengers when the mishap occurred.
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Peoria
Springfield
Peorle
British win in Afghanistan occupy Bakka fort
London reports British forces in Afghanistan have occupied Bakka fort after defeating Afghan defenders. The capture disrupts Afghan prestige and halts further advance toward Lundiketal as a notable military success.
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Afghanistan
Bakka Fort
Lundiketal
London
Prestie
For Sale Notices From A Busy Indy Community
Multiple classified sale items listed including a modern residence at 501 E Adams St owned by A J Larson with inquiries to Oscar Larson, typewriters for sale or rent via Modern Business College South Main St Junkin Block, a 160 acre stock and grain farm 7 miles north of Fairfield offered by Robert Israel & Son at 155 dollars, a high oven gas range and violin with case in good condition via Mrs C C Brown, cheap house and lot in factory district with small down payment via Robert Israel & Son, and a story and a half house near the Maleable Iron Works on Kirkwood St by Wm L Long.
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E. Adams Street
Fairfield
Robert Israel & Son
C. C. Brown
Third St
Maleable Iron Works
Kirkwood Street
Wm. L. Long
Small North 6th Street House For Rent
OC pre F 276 announces a small cheap rent house at the north end of 6th Street. Not modern. Contact C. H. Doughty, 303-21 for details. FOR RENT three rooms furnished for light housekeeping. Phone 1244, 294-20.
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6Th St
C. H. Doughty
Wanted ads offer a mix of jobs and rentals
Classified notices seek garden plower and washer at the Kory with evening work. A five or six room modern house for rent. A first class cook at The Kozy with in person application. A salesman for Grand Union Tea Co. route in Ottumwa. A competent stenographer and typist seeks a first class office job with potential temporary-to-permanent path.
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Carl Carlson
Kory
Kozy
Grand Union Tea Co
Main St
Ottumwa
Iowa
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