Harding declines to mediate reparations dispute
Washington reports that the United States will not act as mediator in the Germany reparations dispute. Secretary Hughes notes the U S earnest desire for prompt, just settlement and invites Germany to propose terms for discussion. Germany had urged U S mediation, but Washington insists Germany must pay to the full extent of its ability.
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United Stazons
Germany
Hughes
Berlin
Harding
United States
Diesel
White House
Farmers Against Future Trading Without Ownership
Washington April 22 National Farmers Union endorses a bill to make speculative trading in farm products on futures exchanges a felony. The convention also backs a cooperative banking code for farmers and expands federal land bank functions to provide long term affordable credit. A federal war profits survey to tax gains to fund wartime costs was approved.
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Washington
National Farmers’ Union Convention
Congress
United
Farmers’ Union
National Farmers’ Union
Gun Fight at Rail Station Leaves One Dead Two Injured
At Albert Lea Minnesota last night police attempted to arrest two alleged thieves arriving from a passenger train. A fusillade followed with about thirty shots as a crowd watched. One man Lester Edwards Mason City Iowa died, his brother Carl fled and is missing. jewelry and bonds were found on Edwards.
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Albert. Lea
Minn
Apel
Owatonna
Lester Edwards
Mason City
Iowa
Carl
Telephone rate hearing postponed in Minnesota
St Paul Minnesota April 22 The resumption of hearings to establish permanent telephone rates in Minnesota was postponed for one week. Cities may send expert engineers to question valuation figures from the railroad and warehouse commission engineering department headed by D F Jurgensen. Figures show valuations 40 to 50 percent lower than those of Northwestern Bell and Tri State Telephone companies. Temporary increased rates ordered by the state court remain in effect.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
D. F. Jurgensen
Northwestern Bell
Tri-State
Tetera
Commissioner Hagen Goes To Kansas City
Bismarck North Dakota April 22 John N Hagan commissioner of agriculture and labor has gone to Kansas City to attend a meeting of the Farm Labor Exchange and from there will travel to Washington LANDLORDS HELD GUILTY Albany New York April 22 Landlords who discriminate against children are guilty of a misdemeanor under the Straus Dill which became law with Governor Miller s signature today This was but one of 63 Bills signed by the governor bringing the total to 312 1921 laws DUNN COUNTY SENDS THANKS Hope North Dakota April 22 The Steele County chapter of the American Red Cross has received a letter from the Dunn County chapter thanking the local organization for its contribution of 500 for relief of drought sufferers and crippled children of Dunn county The money will be used toward aid for destitute families and for crippled children SEES COMPLETES 15 YEARS North Dakota April 22 Peter Achommel Just completed 15 years of continuous service as rural mail carrier out of Kenmare and is now entitled to the carrier s pension He still owns the same horse used at the start and would have finished the 15 year term with the animal if it were not suffering a damaged shoulder.
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Washington
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Briand
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Lloyd George
Great
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Coblenz Am Security
Entente
Walter Simons
Bismarck
N. D
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Agriculture and Labor
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Albany
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The
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Dunn Con
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Kenmare
Cunre
New York
Titodei
Scranton
Wall Street
William J.yn
Department of Justice
Wynn
Financial
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Arthur Carey
Poles Department
Carey
May Day Plot Reported By Officials In Chicago
Federal authorities said they were conducting exhaustive probes into radical headquarters across cities to verify tips that Big Bill Haywood or J W. W chief had fled to Russia or was hiding in the United States amid plans for a large May Day demonstration. U S district attorney Charles F. Clyne warned that bonds set at 15000 could be forfeited if Haywood surrendered by Monday.
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Chicago
Federal Ofelala
Big Bill” Haywood
J. W.W
Rusia
Charlea F. Clyne
United States
Haywood
Clyne
I. W. AW
Russia
Hhs
German Communist Party Threatened In Internal Rift
Berlin April 21. The German Communist party, which polled over a million votes in the recent elections, faces a clash between moderate leaders and the ultra radical wing blamed for the Central Germany revolt. After Dr Paul Levy spoke on April 16, the central committee, dominated by radicals and swayed by Moscow, urged the lone Reichstag woman delegate and several defectors to refrain from Reichstag duties until the party board rules. Expulsion is expected.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Commounist Party
Prinan
Germany
Paul Levy
Reichstag
Moscow
Ernest Daumis
Fritz Geiger
Herr Brass
Herr Hoffman
Communist Party
Lithuanian man jailed for threatening priest in Kenosha
John Proncotia, 80, a Lithuanian, was jailed in Kenosha after threatening the life of Rev. A Balinaki at a Catholic church. He allegedly shouted he would kill the priest and another priest in the United States and had prior prison time for a criminal offense.
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Kenosha
Wis
John Proncotia
A. Balinaki
Fraje
United States
Investigation of Insurance Firms Ordered in Minnesota
St Paul Minn April 22 A thorough investigation of rates at established insurance companies in casualty and bonding business has been ordered by Gustaf Lindquist state commissioner of insurance. The action aims to prevent failures amid the millions involved in the road building program and to protect counties seeking bonds for highway construction.
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St.-Paul-Minn
Gustaf Lindquist
Insurance
Tindquint
Lindquist
Cashier of Hazen Bank Is Arrested
Herald Special Service Mandan North Dakota reports Janzen cashier of Citizens State Bank of Mazen was arrested at 11 o clock nightly on embezzlement charges. L H McCaney Bank of North Dakota audits chief says Janzen confessed to $32800 shortages from limiting certificates of deposit and not recording them. Bank closed Thursday morning due to depleted cash reserve and alleged embezzlement. Bank of North Dakota had $30000 on deposit and $30000 loaned to the Hazen bank. Preliminary hearing set for May.
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Herald Special Service
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N. Dy
Janzen
Citizens’ State Bank of
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Hazen Bank
Razors Stolen In Milton Barber Shop Scare
In Dapesville Wisconsin on April 22 looters seized all razors from a village barber shop prompting the local barber to borrow and sharpen knives for Saturday business. In Minneapolis two women accuse Harold B. McKilligan of bigamy, each claiming marriage dates in 1917 and 1921 and he remains held to the grand jury on a 3000 dollar bond.
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Dapesville
Wis
College
Milton
Milton College
Minneapolis
Harold B. McKilligan
Marie Mathilda McKilligan
Marie Peget McKilligan
McKilligan
Sinn Fein Movement Tied to Bolshevik Russia Evidence
Dennis Henry Ireland attorney general said evidence links the Bolshevik Government to the Sinn Fein movement in Ireland. He told a House of Commons written question that he hopes to place the evidence before the chamber in a few days.
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Tandon
Russia
Ireland
William JL Davison
House of Commons
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Vernon named Minnesota Legion commander and bonus board member
Governor Preus appointed Archie Vernon of Little Falls as state commander of the American Legion. Colonel W. T. Mollison of Faribault and Major BE. A. Walsh of the bonus board were named as members of the board of review to resolve disputed soldiers bonus claims under an amended law.
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St. Paul, Minn
Preus
Archie Vernon
Little Falls
The
American Legion
W. T. Mollison
Faribault
BE. A. Walsh
Bonus Board
Board of Review
Stranger refuses to give name after Fergus Falls arrest
A stranger arrested after attempting to steal Jonas Hille's automobile refused to provide his name or origin, prompting sheriff investigators to doubt his prior arrests. Identified by the car owner as the suspect, he offered no details about identity or background, leading authorities to suspect he may be wanted elsewhere.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Jonas Hille
Otter ‘Tall County
Sheriff
Daugherty's Aide Named First Public Post
William D. Riter of Salt Lake City, long a noted assistant to Attorney General Daugherty, is named to his first public office in the Department of Justice. He is a prominent attorney in the western city.
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William D. Riter
Salt Lake City
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Bowbells Adopts Cheaper Ordinance Over Litigation
Bowbells N D April 22 It is cheaper to pass a new ordinance than litigate over an old one. Vendor Wilkes refused a water vending license. City attorney said a strong case exists and a narrowly drafted ordinance could bypass loopholes. The city chose to enact a fresh ordinance. Wilkes then ceased his water vending business.
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N. D
G. Wilkes
Wilkes
Supreme Court
Germans Find It Easy to Follow Health Suggestions
Hamburg April 1 America strict quarantines to curb typhus risk prompt German lines to tighten passenger delousing. Hamburg American line operates model emigrant halls since 1907 with separate unclean and clean sections across the Elbe. Arriving emigrants are bathed and disinfected then examined daily until physicians declare no disease. Ill travelers are isolated in hospitals and companions kept under observation until clear.
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Hamburg
America
United States
Park Jn
United American Incs
Elbe
Stefansson Receives British Honor Medal Notice
Arctic explorer Stefansson receives notice of the Founders Medal from the British Royal Geographical Society for Arctic discoveries. Waterfront crowds watch giant waves flood the harbor while ships ride the Superior waters. a Holstein bull valued at 106000 dollars dies at Carnation Stock Farm in Beatle Washington.
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el Paso
Texas
Mur Stefansson
British
Royal Geographical Society
Arctic
Lake
Hee
Narbor
Seversl
Duluth
Three identify Tito Ligi in Wall Street wagon case
In Scranton and New York reports, three witnesses fail to confirm Tito Ligi as the driver of the so called deady wagon linked to the Wall Street explosion last September. Federal questioning continues as lawyers seek habeas relief for Ligi.
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Geranten
Department of Justice
Tito Ligh
Dearty
Wall Street
Lisi
Declares Trees Are Smaller In Afternoon Than Morning
Philadelphia April 22 speaking at the American Philosophical Society J T MacDougal of the Ceres Institute Washington Desert Laboratory Tucson Ariz said some species act like a heavy hose feeding from a pressure system to a fire engine The hose swells when the engine stops and straightens as it resumes growth He cited variations in ash pine spruce fir walnut and beech and oak as greatest in ash pine spruce fir walnut and least in poplars beech and oak Growth changes tie to sap ascent and a rigid water column in wood cells with some shrinkage and expansion He noted use of a dendrograph and dendrometer showing growth does not rhythmically occur but depends on food supply temperature moisture and environmental conditions.
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Philadelphia
Apri
American Philoophical Society
J. T. MacDougal
Ceresnegic Insitute
Washington Desert Laboratory
Tucson
Ariz
Suoke
MacDougal
Caruso to sail for Italy after fitness recovery
New York April 22 Enries Caruso tenor left his hotel for an automobile ride in Central Park. He plans to sail for Italy with his wife and secretary on May 38. Poolhall fire in Haren destroyed by early morning blaze caused $20,000 loss including surrounding buildings. Chicago labor talks: building trades workers set to strike May 2 unless wage reductions of 20 to 30 percent are accepted by contractors.
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Enries Caruso
Central Park
Italy
Haren
N. D
Bruce Godwa
C. L. Staley Confectionery and & Small
Masonic Hall
Chicago
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