Bolsheviki execute many Russ nobles in Georgia
Moscow May 25. Fifteen prisoners, all princes generals or noblemen, were executed after a counter revolutionary plot in the Soviet Republic of Georgia. The dispatch notes the names were not given but confirms active participation. The Georgia uprising plan allegedly began in 1922 with five non Bolshevik parties and aimed for a September general revolt. Conspirators allegedly contacted former Georgia Premier Kerensky and other anti Bolshevik figures who offered money and arms.
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Moscow
Soviet Republic of
Georgia
Tiffis
Pravda
A. Kerensky
Payment of Army Costs Assured Near Signing in Paris
Paris May 25 A P The agreement for payment of the cost of the American army in the Rhineland is ready for signing, expected before day end. The document lacks a clause objected to by the United States that would allow allies to cancel the pact if the U S proceeds to collect war damages directly from Germany.
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Paris
A.P
Rhineland
United States
Germany
Bandits Take 4950 In Philadelphia Payroll Haven
Three motor bandits attacked two men carrying the payroll of Furn & Company in Philadelphia. They escaped with 4950 dollars after shots were exchanged but no injuries were reported. The incident occurred in the northwestern part of the city on May 25.
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Philadelphia CO
Philadelphia
Fhurn & Company
Alleged Slayer Of Griffin Is Fleeing Northward
Milwaukee dispatch reports a manhunt for John Whitfield, accused slayer of Patrolman Dennis Griffin of Cleveland. Wisconsin officers fan out in the Fox River valley as Whitfield flees north in a Madison stolen car. He is believed aiming for Canada or Lake Superior shores and was last seen near Mrs. Edward Sprague’s farm between McFarling and Oregon, south of Madison.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
John Whitford
Dennis Griffin
Cleveland
Ohio
Fox River Valley
Hemmegin
Madison
Whitfeld
Canadian
Lake Superior
Whitfield
Edward Sprague
McFarling
Oregon
Citizens of First Ward Clean Up by Burning Brush
Residents in First Ward used a garden hose attached to a hydrant to burn a large accumulation of brush on Wat Main Street and the adjoining John N. Tregellas lot. The fire was watched and the wet area protected by a house to prevent spreading.
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John N. Tregellas
Wat Main Street
Howe
Four Women Die In Mountain Lake Cottage Fire
Aged mother Mary O Connor and three daughters from Clarksburg died when leaves piled outside the J B Crane cottage at Mountain Lake Park caught fire from gas beneath the porch. The blaze destroyed three other cottages and damaged two more as volunteers fought an east wind driven fire. A $2000 gold hoard was recovered from the ruins, likely the mother’s, while two other families from Fairmont and Clarksburg faced loss and mourning.
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Mary O’connor
Clarksburg
O’connor
MT. Lake Park
J. B. Crane
Fairmont
Mary O'connor
Mary K. Rooney
Kate O'Connor
J. A. Grannon
Fairne
II Ie
J. T. Bake
Mountains Park
Mountain Lake Park
Mr.b. Crane
Fairmount
Chiuney
John B. Crane
Crane
Oakland
Thomas Deveney Fairmont
J. M. Dare
Parkersburg
C. W. Baldwin
Baltmore
L. A. Rudisill
Park
Ed Davisson
Rudialt
Asher
Mia O'Connor
Mra
J. F. Hart
Clay Street
Hart
Mary O'Conner
O'Conner
J. £. Hart
Joi Bennett
W. D . McGiffnns
Rock Hill
S. C
Margaret Fitzhugh
New York
Mountain Lake
Mary Rooney
John Rooney
John Ross, Jr
North Fifth Street
Glen Elk
Ross
Rooney
Thomas &. Rooney
Union National Bank
John
Gary Gary urges religion as cure for world ills
Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel urges Christians to adopt religion as business sense to heal global ills in opening address at American Iron and Steel Institute meeting. He cautions about steel demand and prices, proposes Hughes as neutral arbitrator in Franco German Belgian tensions, and then leaves exhausted after delivering the speech.
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New York
A.P
Holy Land
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American Ironind Steel Institute
Gary
Optimia, Mealy
Europe
Hughes
France
Belgium
Germany
Owind
Charles M. Schwabb
Kelley and McGrady Off In Plane Flight
Pre-Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John A. McGrady who set a New York to San Diego nonstop record flew their monoplane T-2 from Rockwell Field today toward Pasco. Their historic flight demonstrated endurance and skill as Army aviators in a high profile long distance test.
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San Diego
Cal
Oakley Kelly
John A. McGrady
New York
Rockwell
Paso
Firing Heard In Direction Of Bandit Gang Near Tsaochwang
Reports from Tsaochwang say heavy firing north of the town toward the Pacs tuku stronghold of Foo Chow bandits. Government troops may be nearing, bandits said to head for the hills or join others to break the government cordon. In Shanghai, bandits panic as troops advance to release captives and isolate lines of communication. Fresh parleys expected with Chinese officials.
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Tien Tsin
A.P
Tsaochwang
Tuat
Foo Chow
Paotauku
Caudron
Shanghiat
Padzuku
Shanghai
Peking
Poincare Cheered by Deputies in Ruhr Policy Row
Paris May 26 The Chamber of Deputies gave Premier Poincare a great ovation as he entered to continue yesterday’s Ruhr policy debate. Communists jeered but deputies cheered. A cabinet meeting was set for evening to plan how to proceed on charges against Marcas Chacil and fellow communists. The senate’s refusal to try them as a high court spurred Poincare’s resignation last night. Charges remain despite the senate decision. ministers would decide whether to bring the case before the zee court or drop it.
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Paris
A.P
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Ruhr
Miller
Marcas Chacil
Republic
Senate
Zee Court
Millerand
Marcel Cachin
M.poincare
M. Poincare
Council of Ministers
Elysee Palace
Alsace-Lorraine
Carthage Flood Bursts After Ten Inch Rainfall
Carthage Missouri endures flood conditions after ten inch rainfall last night and two weeks of continuing rain. Streets and streams rise, trains disrupted as water spills over banks and authorities warn of rising flood risk.
Flooded town as cloudburst hits homes and crops
Night cloudburst floods basements and first floors of about one hundred homes and businesses. Heavy crop and livestock losses feared. Rainfall near ten inches after two weeks of intermittent rain. No loss of time reported yet.
New Cabinet Named Today in Britain and France
London reports Lord Robert Cecil named Lord Privy Seal and J. G. Z. Davidson as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with other ministers largely from the Bonar Law era. Paris notes Poincare cabinet resignations rejected by President Millerand amid senate dispute over communists, while Poincare’s volatile career draws sharp labels.
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London
A.P
Stanley Baldwin
Robert Cecil
J. G. Z. Davidson
Dutchy of Lancaster
Bonar Law
Klan Leaders Attend Large Charleston Convention
In Charleston West Virginia on May 26 Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans joined a state Ku Klux Klan convention led by Dr V T Churchman. He said the state has about 14 000 members with plans for an initiation in the ballpark that night witnessed by around one hundred men including Gov J P Morgan and other officials.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hiram Evans
Ku Klux Klan
V. T. Churchman
Atnte
Ball Park
Churchman
Aqld
Morgan
Hour Day Necessary in Steel Plants
A committee of the Iron and Steel Institute reported to Elbert H. Gary that a twelve hour day in the steel industry cannot be recommended now due to labor shortages and high production demand. Gary warned the change would raise costs and require about 60,000 more workers, though the panel found no inherent harm to workers. The report also urged less restrictive immigration to help industry secure needed labor.
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New York
A.P
Iron and Steel Institute
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel ‘Corporation
Gary
Bond challenges clerical pay ruling in West Virginia
Charleston May 25 A.P. Foundation for action to define the 1882 act used to set clerical pay in state departments was sparked when State Auditor Bond refused a May $250 salary warrant for Miss Frances Key, longtime secretary to the secretary of state. Key plans to seek a writ of mandamus from the supreme court, hoping for a ruling before the June 4 legislative session.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Bond
Frances Key
Secretary of State
Miss Key
West Virginia
Haope
Clarksburg Gamble Over Star Sedan Draw
In Clarksburg West Virginia a magistrate will decide next week who held the lucky number in a Moose Carnival Star sedan prize dispute. Nick Cavelle of Waterstreet claims ownership with a writ of attachment against J T O'Brien involved in the contest.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Henry C. Alexander
Nick Cavelle
of. Waterstree
Fletcher
J. T. O'Brien
Carnival
Alexander
Cavell
Mr. O'Brien
Germany MI Alarmed by Strikes and Violence in Ruhr
Reports from May describe a large wave of strikes across the Ruhr area led by communists. Thousands at Remscheid and Gelsenkirchen district workers walkout. a police headquarters in Gelsenkirchen was seized by a communist commission. Ruhrort harbor damage blamed on nationalists threatens canal traffic. Berlin reports German government alarm at armed bands approaching Essen and Essen Kirchen.
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Essen
Germany
Remschndfeld
Gelsenkirchen
Communist Commission of Control
Rhine-Henrg
Ruhrort
Rhine
Duisburg
Bertin
London
Berlin
Andy Senkirchen
Judge Kittle Ends Custody Case With Flat Advice
In Taylor county circuit court a writ of habeas corpus was discharged in the Gordon versus Hardy and Curry custody case. Marie Gordon, age fifteen, testified she left home to be with Andrew Curry and now wishes to stay with her father. Judge Kittle advised Marie to return home, noting her age gap with Curry and remarking that December and June weather will not mix. The judge clarified no testimony showed persuasion by Curry, and the writ was promptly discharged.
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Taylor County
William R. Gordon
Iva Hardy
Andrew Curry
Gordon
Marie Gordon
Marie
Robert Gordon
Curry
Kittle
Artist Fined for Picture Exhibition in Cana Scene
Abraham S. Baylingen, secretary of the Society of Independent Artists, was convicted of exhibiting a picture deemed to outraged public decency. The work titled Rather Forgive Them shows Christ at the wedding at Cana turning water into wine. He was fined $100 or thirty days in the workhouse.
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New York
Abraham S. Baylingen
Society of Independent Artists
Christ
Cana
Two Killed in Army Airplane Crash Near Bolling Field
Major Thomas Duncan of the Army Air Service and civilian Irving Kroupp died when the airplane they rode in crashed and burned near Bolling Field. The wreck occurred today and left both men dead on the scene, with authorities investigating the cause of the fatal mishap.
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Washington
Thomas Duncan
Army
Air Service
Irving Kroupp
Oer
Boll-ing Wield
Near East Talks in Delicate Stage at Lausanne
At Lausanne May 25 the Near East peace conference faced a critical juncture. All delegations agree peace or war hinges on Turkey's reply to Greece offering to cede Karaghatch, with a railroad strip to the Bulgarian border. Greek Venizelos said final decision rests with Athens military cabinet but Greece will stay at the talks if the reply warrants further discussion. Turkey claims no immediate threat from Greece, while sporadic cross-border activity continues.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Near Haat
Near East
Karaghatch
Turkey
M. Venizelos F
Athens
Angora
Greece
Amid
Cop Num
Bera
Thrace
Mira Jarvis Visitor Acknowledged City Ties
Mira Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia formerly Gratton, founder of Mothers Day, visited the city on Friday. Jarvis was for a number of years a teacher in the public schools of this city.
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Mira Anna Jarvis
Phia
Gratton
Mothers' Day
Mi Jarvis
Deputy Sheriff Mays Tenders' Resignation in Taylor County
Abe W. Mays, a Taylor county deputy sheriff since January 1, 1921, tendered his resignation. The action was announced by Frank Bennett, clerk of the Taylor County Court.
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Abe W. Mays
Taylor County
Haw
Frank Bennett
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