China and Germany sign commercial agreement
The Associated Press reports Peking May 24 that China and Germany have signed a commercial pact seen as a de facto peace settlement. Germany abandons consular jurisdiction, honors Versailles duties toward China, and reimburses China for interned German expenses. The accord allows mutual diplomatic access and trade rights under local courts, with tax and import parity. Germany cannot restore Shantung privileges due to force majeure. A supplementary note offers a lump sum toward war indemnities, restitution of Chinese property in Germany, and admission of Chinese students.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Germany
Shantung
Bryan urges government daily paper for unbiased national news
William Jennings Bryan spoke at the Jefferson club picnic urging a government issued daily paper. He proposed a nonpartisan news column with bipartisan editorials to inform the public about Washington and curb monopolies, taxes, and prohibition issues. He described a national bulletin to spread unbiased political information.
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Counciu
William Jennings Bryan
Jefferson Club
Bryan
Démocratic Party
Washington
George Creel
Great Increase In London Divorces
London reports a sharp rise in divorce filings and a surge in shyster practices. Judge Darling notes many unde fended cases are collusive with letters and schemes drafted in solicitors offices. He says retired judges are recalled to handle the heavy caseload.
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London
Darling
Billy
Kitty
Wreckers Identified in Illinois Central Flyer Disaster
Paducah Kentucky May 24 Railroad detectives have established that two negroes wrecked the Illinois Central Flyer near here. Efforts to apprehend them have been unsuccessful.
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Associated Press
Paducah
Police Chief Ordered to Explain Contempt Charge
Charlotte May 24 Chief of Police Walter B Orr was summoned to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly failing to deliver 123 quarts of seized bottled in bond liquors to Sheriff Cochrane The chief says he delivered forty quarts and that sixty three quarts were distributed to hospitals and sick persons under physician prescriptions arguing the practice followed by his predecessor and the sheriff was long standing and lawful in supplying medical whisky.
Memorial Services For Henry W Grady
Memorial services were held in Atlanta on the seventy first anniversary of Henry W Grady birth. J J Atwood of Kansas City spoke as the orator urging intensified Americanism and predicting the South could lead the nation to new foundations of unity and safety. He concluded with praise for the South as a stronghold of Americanism.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
J. J. Atwood
Kansas City
Orner
South
Labor Leader Arrested For Carrying Pistol In West Virginia
A. D. Lavender an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America was arrested in Williamson West Virginia and held without bail on a charge of carrying a pistol. David Robb international financial agent urged discipline and warned members not to carry weapons as disorders in the region quieted after the incident.
Marshal Pilsudski Enjoys First All American Meal in Warsaw
Marshal Joseph Pilsudski Poland's chief of state attended a dinner hosted by American minister Hugh Gibson at the old Zamoyski palace. American dishes were served and he especially liked apple pie. It marked the first time he accepted a dinner invitation from a foreign diplomat.
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Warsaw
Marshal Joseph Pilsudski
Poland
Hugh Gibson
Count Zamoyski
Marshal Pilsudski
Governor Grants Clemency to Seven Shelby County Prisoners
Nashville May 24 Gov Taylor granted executive clemency to seven Shelby county prisoners serving two to ten year terms in the state penitentiary linked to W A Benson death during a Memphis street car strike. The group included Dillon Litton Russell Dunlap Sith Hendren and Acuff. Relatives union men and judge prosecutor and jury members supported the petition for release citing new testimony and long custody including four years behind bars awaiting trial.
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Nashville
Shelby County
Supreme Court
State Prison
Memphis
Benson
Memphis Street Railway
Keepsakes Will Be Returned to Poland After Long Sojourn
The Polish government plans to return about 150000 national keepsakes from Switzerland to Warsaw. Patrons moved items to Repperavelle for safety as partitions formed, and pieces were added over time. The return will enrich the national museum in Warsaw after Poland regained freedom.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Switzerland
Poland
Prussia
Russia
Austria
Repperavelle
Congress Poland
National Museum
Judge orders Cecil to pay $175 alimony
Louisville May 24 Circuit Court Judge Walace orders James Tranville Cecil of Boyle County to continue paying his wife 175 dollars monthly alimony until pleadings in their divorce suit are complete on grounds of abandonment. She seeks 300 monthly alimony or 40000 lump sum.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Walace
James Tranville Cecil
Boyle County
Masked men rob Memphis movie offices at night
Police hunt two masked armed men who entered Memphis Enterprises offices and forced general manager G. A. McElravy to open the safe. They escaped with a money box containing between 3500 and 4000 dollars, slipping from a second floor window toward an awaiting car.
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Memphis
Memphis Enterprises
Moving Picture
G. A. McElravy
McElravy
House votes extra 200000 to enforce prohibition law
The case centers on Commissioner Kramer amid heated debates as the House approves a 200000 addition to the deficiency bill to retain 700 prohibition agents through July 1. Critics accuse Kramer of violating the law and incurring deficits while supporters defend his enforcement efforts and Volstead Act aims.
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Washington
Kramer
House
Representative Volstead
Senate
Good
Appropriations Committee
Madden
Illinois
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Byrnes Tennessee
Tennessee
Volstead
Letters from Franklin Found in Prague Archives
Two Benjamin Franklin letters were discovered among Prague History Museum documents. One letter in French dated Paris 1782 and another in English dated Philadelphia 1876, are being inventoried for a new catalogue.
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Ben Franklin
Prague
Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Philadelphia
Museum of History
California Senator Introduces Mingo County Investigation
Senator Johnson introduces a resolution calling for an investigation into the disturbances in Mingo County West Virginia. The move aims to assess unrest and potential underlying causes in the region.
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Mingo County
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
California
West Virginia
Gibsons KO Heenan in first round in Canton bout
St Paul heavyweight Tommy Gibbons knocked out New York’s Jack Heenan in the first round of a scheduled twelve round bout in Canton Ohio last night.
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Heenan
Canton
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Jack Heenan
New York
Learn Basis of Wage Reduction
Chicago May 24 1920 the wage board will use the July 1920 award as the basis for a new cut due June 1. Tentative percent reductions proposed are 10 to 15 percent across classes, affecting nearly 100 railroads and totaling about 400 million dollars, while leaving 200 million of the previous increase intact.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Bandits Rob Three In Taxi Ride In Cincinnati
Five masked bandits held up and robbed T M Goodloe an insurance man and wife in a taxi in Avondale Cincinnati. A prominent unnamed Kentucky politician was also robbed of about a thousand dollars in cash while diamonds and jewelry valued at five thousand dollars were left untouched.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
T. M. Goodloe
Kentucky State Insurance Commissioner
Kentucky
Avondale
Settlement talks in Stillman divorce dispute in New York
Details of a proposed settlement were discussed by James A. Stillman’s lawyers and guardian ad litem John E. Mack. The plan reportedly offers 50 000 a year for Mrs Stillman plus allowances for their daughter and two sons, while not addressing infant Guy Stillman. Mrs Stillman reportedly objects to Guy’s status and demands formal recognition and support.
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New York
James A. Stillman
Anne A. Stillman
John E. Mack
Guardian Ad Litem
Guy Stillman
Guy
Bergdoll to Stay in Germany After Eb erbach Residence
Grovey Cleveland Bergdoll, an American draft evader, has resumed living in Eb erbach Germany after visiting health resorts and says he has no plan to leave Germany. Friends say they would defend him if arrested. In Washington the house committee closed its Bergdoll escape hearings for the day with witness Charles Braun testifying he changed his name due to Grover’s actions and denying knowledge of any buried gold.
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Associated Press
Mosbach
Baden
Grovey
Cleveland Bergdoll
Eberbach
Germany
Bergcol
Washington
House
Cleveland Bergdof
Philadelphia
Peters
Charles Braun
Grovers
Luhring
Indiana
Mr. Luhring
Private Joseph Asid Receives Distinguished Service Cross
The War Department announced in Washington that Private Joseph Asid of North Hope Virginia earned the Distinguished Service Cross by presidential directive for extraordinary heroism at Mollerville Farm on October 15 1918 during World War I.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph aSid
North Hope
Mollerville Farm
Bergdoll gold buried tale duels with Congress
Mrs Emma Bergdoll mother of Grover Bergdoll refuses to reveal buried gold location under cross examination by the House committee. She denounces the inquiry as persecution and proclaims the gold hidden in a single hole on the Bergdoll farm while the panel weighs contempt charges and the hearing continues.
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Wother
Washington
Emma C. Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
House Committee
House of Representatives
Johnson
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Treasury
Hatfield Arrest Warrant Issued in Matewan Assault Case
Williamson W Va May 24 Sid Hatfield former Matewan police chief is subject to an arrest warrant on a charge of assault on a coal mine superintendent from several days ago. Patrols report the mining company is quiet today.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Sid Hatfield
Matewan
Soviet Paper Would Start a Revolution
Berlin May 24 repeated efforts of the Rote Fahne Berlin organ of the Soviet to incite German work men to another revolt against the government have caused conservative newspapers to protest against continued publication as inimical to law and order. The Rote Fahne has been suppressed a number of times and presses confiscated yet it issues editions again. Since the March uprisings in Middle Germany it has campaigned against the government and the special courts Ebert set to try workers who raised the red flag in Saxony and the Ruhr. It urges workers to prepare for another uprising now to be launched.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Rote Fahne
Rote False
Germany
Ebert
Saxony
Ruhr
Ohio State opposes summer baseball for college players
Lt. W. John director of athletics at Ohio State University argues against summer professional baseball for college players. He would allow a trial in the Western conference if supported by sentiment. He says players should not earn money in summer and keep amateur status. He notes students sign for a season with the understanding they have not played for pay.
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Associated Press
Columbus
W. John
Ohio State University
St. John
Squidged clash reported between Germans and Poles along Oder
Berlin reports from Oppeln say Germans and Poles are firing heavy artillery and machine guns along the Oder near Krappitz. The fighting causes panic and entrenchment in several towns as civilians seek safety amidst the bombardment.
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Berlin
Oppeln
Oder
Krappitz
Labor federation chair clears overtime abuse charges in Georgia
John G. Valentine president of the Georgia Federation of Labor announced that reports of women and children overworking in Columbus mills were investigated and found unfounded. He stated the convention did not seek removal of Hal M. Stanley, state commissioner of commerce and labor, as no occasion existed.
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Columbus
eGorgia Federation of Labor
John G. Valentine
Hal M. Stanley
Commerce and Labor
Atlanta
Woman 15 Sentenced to State Penitentiary
May 24. Mrs II sentenced to five to fourteen years in the state prison in superior court yesterday afternoon. She was convicted of assault for throwing acid into the face of Miss Lucille Gallagher a Jerome Ariz schoolteacher March 31 Prescott Ariz one Hopkins was.
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Superior Court
Lucille Gallagher
Jerome, Ariz
Prescott
Ariz
Hopkins
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