Lump Sum for All Former Service Members Urged
Marvin Cates Sterry, president of the Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion, urged Congress to pay a lump sum of 500 dollars to every former U S military or naval service member. He argued 4 000 000 Americans could be helped without ornate monthly adjusted compensation, and defended the need as a return to civilian life without price or bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
House
Wars and Means Committee
Toder
Marvin Cates Sterry
le Fron Ile
Sterry
J. H W. Harper
Bank and File Veterans’ Association
Soldier and Sailors
Communist Party of New York
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Protective Association of New York
Hapler
Fordney
Treadway
S. Labenhbein
Bank and File Veterans Association
American Legion
East Indian Cotton Undercuts U S Prices in Berlin Market
Berlin March 5 The textile Gazette reports the arrival of the first East Indian cotton since the war. The product is offered at prices lower than those for articles made from American cotton, marking a cheaper option in German markets.
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Berlin
The
Textile Gazette
New York Cotton Opens Steady Amid Liverpool Pressure
Cotton futures opened steady with March at 29.09 and May at 35.90 as traders sold later, sending May to 35.63 and July to 32.19. The initial advance stemmed from sterling gains and weather concerns in the eastern belt, but prices eased on Liverpool selling and wide discounts for low middling in eastern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Sterling Exchange
Stabbing shocks New York music publisher and wife
Jules Von Tilzer, fifty, publisher and Harry Von Tilzer brother, is stabbed in the back while asleep at his West 94th Street home. His wife Estelle, thirty nine, is locked up after admitting the stabbing and expressing regret she did not kill him. He remains at home with a non serious wound.
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New York
Jules von Tilzer
West 94Th Street
Harry von Tilzer
Estelle
West 160Th Street
zThe von Tilters
von Tiizer
Robert S. Purcell
John Reichie
von Tilzer
Elder
Police A
Estelle von Tilzer
West 14Th Street
West 100Th Street
Purcell
Lynbrook
Bricklayers in Danville Strike Over Open Shop Policy
Danville March 5. Bricklayers joined carpenters plumbers electricians carriers and plasterers in a strike to decide whether local building operations will be open or closed shop. Contractors issued an ultimatum demanding a 10 hour work day and open shop.
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Danville
Report of Bond Thefts Across New York and Beyond
Approximately 12 million dollars in securities including liberty bonds were stolen from about 600 brokers in New York and other cities last year. District attorney figures indicate organized criminal bands carried out the heists and planned disposal of the securities in multiple cities.
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New York
Liberty
District Attorney’s Office
Varios
Freeman Returns from Baltimore Business Trip
O. W. Freeman arrived back this morning after a business trip to Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O O. W. Freeman
Baltimore
Japan Abandons Siberian Expedition With Americans
Honolulu reports a cable from Shimpo stating Japan will abandon the Siberian expedition in line with American policy. The first detachment will leave Vladivostok on March 20 with the last Czecho Slovak troops leaving. The Soviet offer sought recognition of Lenin's de facto government and full diplomatic ties.
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Honolulu
Siberian
Shimpo
Vladivostok
Japan
Lenine
Siberia
Lumber Shortage Tops Attention at Furniture Council Meet
A three day session of the Nations Council of Furniture Associations at the O Henry hotel Greensboro focused on a severe lumber shortage. Delegates urged conservation and forest fire prevention while noting labor shortages and rising furniture demand. Chairman F Tomlinson presides as High Point visitors tour local plants and plan a nearby trip to Thomasville if weather allows.
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O. Henry
Greensboro
F. Tomlinson
High Point Furniture
High Point
Jane
United States
Thomasville
Greer Charged After Improper Proposal Allegation
A local warrant holder, M. S. Greer, faces charges of assault and improper proposal after being accused of attempting to proposition Mrs. Jetis Cook. He was held on a $750 bond and remanded to the next term of the superior court following municipal court proceedings led by Judge Wipshian.
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Jetis Cook
M. S. Greer
Wouth
Superio
Beara Lil
Jduauge Wipshian and Greer
Bond
al Dra
Mudie
Tecy
Ter Tome
Cook
Greer
Greers
Pati
Greer Begal
Wilhner
Wagner
Id. J. Gold
Ll. BK. Williams
Defenndant
David Parsons
Kirkman
Thrace Pratt
William McCuller
Essex Williams
Readying to Die as Prisoners Face Execution in North Carolina
The article details late 1919 North Carolina executions of Joe and Gardner Cain for a Riley Easter murder. The pair,-electrocuted at Raleigh State Prison, declared readiness to die before death, with Easter fatally wounded by a confrontation involving Jim Easter. Governor Bickett had recently commuted Joe Bowles’ sentence but did not intervene for the Cains.
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Aleigh
Joe
Gardner Cain
Surry County
Riley Easter
Ted
Easter
Cains
Joe Bowles
Jim Easter
Bowles
Surry Court
Bickett
Murderer Three Brought to Trial in Aberdeen
Charles Marshall charged with the murder of farmer Robert Miller and three family members near Amory on January 15 was brought to Aberdeen under military guard for trial. A detachment of 100 state troops guarded him.
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Aberdeen
Charles Marshall
Robert Miller
Amory
Bankhead Buried in Alabama With Masons
John Hollis Bankhead, late Alabama senator, was laid to rest with Masonic honors at Oakhill cemetery in Jasper Alabama yesterday following his death on March 5.
Bank rule bars marriages for low paid Chicago staff
Chicago March 5 A Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago rule prohibits male employees earning under 125 dollars a month from marrying while in service unless approved by the chief clerk. The vice governor called the amount the minimum on which a matrimonial venture can be risked.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Nations to send commission to Russia without U S rep
London reports that the League of Nations council will name a commission from Spain Belgium England France Italy and Japan to study Russian conditions. No answer has yet been received to an invitation for the United States to send a representative.
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London
Russia
Council of the
League of Nations
Spain
Belgium
England
France
Italy
Japan
United States
William Dean Howells Quietly Turns 83 in Savannah
William Dean Howells, confined by influenza, marked his eighty third birthday in Savannah yesterday. His condition shows improvement according to medical reports.
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William D. Howells
Savannah
William Dean Howells
Funeral for John B. Little Held at 600 South Main
The funeral for John B. Little, who died Tuesday, was conducted at his home at 600 South Main Street with Rev. Charles P. Coble officiating. Captain Thomas Wood spoke on behalf of the Confederate veterans camp, of which Little was a member. Granddaughters carried the flowers, and pallbearers were from the local camp, with interment in the family plot at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John B. Little
South Main Street
Yestering Affternoon
Charles P. Coble
First Presbyterian
Refuse to Dismiss Federal Charge in Raleigh Case
Federal Judge Connor denied the motion to quash in the case of W A Myatt a Raleigh retail grocer indicted on profiteering in sugar He ordered the bill plead to the end that a trial by judge and jury proceed This ruling affects five other Raleigh merchants indicted on the same charge and held to the May term of court
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Raleigh
Connor
W. A. Myatt
Myatt
H Raleigh
Wealthy thread maker entangled in $100000 breach suit
Mrs Evelyn M Lewis of 214 Riverside Drive sues Isaiat Lidz a wealthy thread manufacturer in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming breach of promise of marriage. Lidz moved venue from Nassau to New York County and seeks particulars on when where the promise was made if oral or written and when she learned he was married.
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New York
Isaiat Lidz
Supreme Court
Evelyn M. Lewis
Riverside Drive
Hl. W. Kruimide
Lewis
Howard V. Lewis
Pair of War Brides Wed at Ellis Island
War brides leaving Ellis Island in pairs to wed. Elizabeth Edgson, 22, English, failed to find an official but was guided to city hall by a Jewish women’s council representative. Jean ne Thuret, 27, French, joined the ceremony with William F. McMackin witnessing. Deputy City Clerk Michael a. Cruise performed the marriage.
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New York
Ellis Island
George B. Graves
Collingwood
Elizabeth Edgson
Council of
Jeanne Thuret
William F. McMackin
Fort D. A. Russell
Cheyenne
Bishop Adams Dies at 87 in BASTERN Maryland
Right Reverent William Forbes Adams, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Eastern, died here today at age 87. Death attributed to infirmities of age.
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Bastern
Maryland
William Forbes Adams
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Eastern
Be Colder After Blizzard Across Regions
The March blizzard spread across the middle west with snow and low temperatures and is forecast to reach the Atlantic coast tonight. Rain along the eastern seaboard will turn to snow, followed by colder weather. Snow possible as far south as northern Alabama with unusual lows in the south. Below freezing temps expected in interior Georgia and another frost in Florida.
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Washington
Middle West
Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
Seaboard
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Shriners Convention Opens in Portland on June Twenty Second
Portland readies for four Shriner conventions starting June 22. Living quarters for over 160 000 visitors are booked and Portland temples plan to spend thousands to ensure a successful four day gathering.
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Shriners
Portland
Ore
Temples of the Shriners
Prereect Jewel Flees With Family Gems
Edith a trusted maid disappeared on her first day off with family gems and heirlooms valued at 20000 dollars. Chicago police suspect the apparently well educated woman is behind multiple thefts from wealthy mistresses in the city.
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Chicago
Edith
Walter Scott
Bride reports husband bit off her nose in attack
Mrs. Annie Fabrilich a nineteen year old newlywed told Chicago police that her husband entered their bedroom through a window and bit off her nose while she slept. A doctor sewed the nose back in place. She said she is done with him as she described him as too affectionate.
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Chicago
Annie Fabrilich
Feathers of mudhen hats urged to beat the H C L
Chicago on March 5. Mrs Sarah Sabin director of home economics says mudhen feathers make hats as fetching as ostrich feathers. She advised women to wear mad den feathers to beat the H C L.
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Chicago
Sarah Sabin
Home Economics
H.C. L
Teachers Strike Shuts Six Jasper County Schools
In Newton Iowa on March 5, Jasper county teachers walked out after the board of education refused higher pay. Six schools are closed as a result with teachers earning from 50 to 86 dollars monthly while demanding 90 to 100 dollars.
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Newton
Jasper County
Board of Education
Dutch Refuse to Deliver Wilhelm for Allied Trial Again
The Dutch government again refuses to surrender the former German emperor to the Allies for trial. In a note to British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Amsterdam promises to take necessary measures to protect world peace and prevent any danger from Wilhelm while he remains at his estate, including close guards and security.
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Miareh
David Lloyd Freorge
Wilhelm
London
Ceren
Wilsons Adriatic note sent to Curzon in London
London March 5. President Wilsons note replying to allied premiers on the Adriatic question reached the American embassy. It will be handed to Earl Curzon the foreign secretary and to Lord Curzon in person by Ambassador Davis. The accompanying instructions call for no publication details.
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London
Wilson
Earl Curzon
Davis
Lora Curzon
Wilson note to premiers on Adriatic situation expected later today
Washington officials said a summary of President Wilson’s note to premiers about the Adriatic situation would be released late today. The full text would not be made public at this time.
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Rive
Washington
Wilson
Adriatic
Jury unmoved by question in Boyd v Knight trial
In New York March 5 a modiste mannequin seeks 20000 damages from William Knight of the Stock Exchange after a head on collision. A jury question asked if a man found with the plaintiff who was married to another woman would prejudice verdicts, talismans answered no. The trial continues.
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New York
Supreme Court
May Louise Boyd
William Knight
New York Stock Exchange
Mach Talisman
Window Sill Chicken Farm Opens in Cincinnati Home
Cincinnati, March 5. A unique novelty sits in Mrs. Fred Huffman’s apartment window a bird cage holding six month old chicks in a sunny sill. Mrs Huffman plans to raise the plump downy birds just hatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fred Huffman
Mrs. Huffman
Abs. Hullman
Infant Son Dies at Home near High Point
Infant son of Air and Mrs P V Andrews died this morning at the family home one mile west of High Point. Funeral 11 o clock tomorrow at the home with interment at Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward
Air
P. V. Andrews
High Point
Oakwood
Presbyterians Push Campaign to Reform Moving Pictures
The Presbyterian group in New York announces a plan to issue a white list of approved films to condemn pictures harming child welfare and promoting juvenile delinquency. Rev. Walter A. Henricks of Portsmouth is to lead this effort as Dr. Charles Staunton cites education as key, while prison wardens and chaplains note crime and delinquency linked to movies.
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New York
Presbyterian Beans of Temperance and Moral Welfare
Walter A. Henricks
Portsmouth
Charles Staunton
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