Two Soldiers Killed as Tug River Fight Escalates
Reports from Williamson West Virginia state police say a West Virginia trooper Private Kackley and a Kentucky guardsman Manley Vaughan were killed near Nolan as fighting in the Tug River area resumed. Civilian George Crum wounded. two men Victor Elkins and Clyde Harper arrested for carrying arms. A special Norfolk and Western train was ordered for an immediate run to Nolan.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
Nolan
West Virginia-Kentucky
Tug River
Pike
Martin Counties
Kentucky
Brockus
Victor Elkins
Clyde Harper
Mrs. Lloyd George Champions Home Management and Campaigns
Mrs. David Lloyd George, wife of the British prime minister, leads a strong political campaign from No 10 Downing Street. She tours Wales and Bedford district, drawing praise and attention as Labour rivals provide counter-moves.
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Associated Press
London
David Lloyd George
No. 10
Downing Street
Wales
Lloyd Georges
Bedford
Labor Party
Elstow
John Bunyan
Lloyd George
Willington
Wilden
Coalition
Amendment to ban polygamy proposed in House
Washington May 26 An amendment to the federal constitution to prohibit polygamy in the United States is proposed in the House by Speaker Gillett. The measure aims to fix states where plural marriages are not barred by law.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
House
Gillett
Labor Department seeks $50 000 in immigration funds
Secretary Davis asked Congress for a deficiency appropriation of about $500 000 to cover Labor Department costs in regulating immigration. He cited more foreigners arriving from overseas and the need for tighter supervision on the Mexican border as justification for the increase.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Davis
Department of Labor
Stillman Divorce Compromise Halts Negotiations
New York May 26 hearings in the divorce suit of James A. Stillman against Mrs. Anne A. Stillman will resume next Wednesday before Referee Daniel G. Gleason at Poughkeepsie. Mrs Stillman allegedly refused to live abroad for five years and would not consent for the children to choose between parents. Her offer reportedly included withdrawal of the suit legal recognition of infant Guy Stillman and an annual allowance between 50000 and 90000 dollars.
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New York
James A. Stillman
Milionaire
Anne A. Stillman
Daniel G. Gleason
Poughkeepsie
Duty aboard ship altered amid strike talks
The wage and working rules committee of the American Steamship Owners' Association modified certain duty aboard ship regulations in response to federal mediators aims to end the nationwide strike. The association maintains a 15 percent wage cut and will not sign further sea labor pacts. The changes, presented to Secretary of Labor Davis in Washington, do not alter the strike's brinkmanship.
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New York
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Winthrop L. Marvin
Davis
Washington
Liberator Granted Second Class Mailing Privileges
Washington reports Postmaster General Hays approves second class mailing for The Liberator, exposing 1918 pending status since Feb 11. The monthly New York City magazine receives $11,277 retroactive refund for prior overpayment, while The Call and The Leader seek re-entry under similar rights.
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Washington
Hays
Liberator
New York City
Max Eastman
The
Masses
Postmaster-General
Call
New York
Victor Berger
Leader
Department
Post Office Department
Department of Justice
Princes Seek Return of Ancient Chambord Estate
Paris reports two Bourbon Parma princes press their claim to the Chambord estate seized during the war. Prince Elias, brother of Zita, failed in court. Prince Sixtus also seeks ownership and both brothers served with Belgian forces. The chateau near Blois dates to 1526 with a 15000 acre domain and notable towers.
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Associated Press
Paris
House of Bourbon-Parma
Chateau de Chambord
France
Loire
Blois
Louis XV
Marshal Saxe
Napoleon
Marshal Berthier
Duke of Parma
Prince Sixtus
Bourbon-Parma
Prince Elias
Sixtus
Xavier
Charles of Austria
Alsace-Lorraine
Belgium
Germany
Poincare
Clemenceau
Charles
Gould Must Pay Divorced Wife's Debt in Paris
Paris authorities rule J Gould must reimburse Edith Kelly Gould for 8000 frances in hats bought in May 1918 by his wife before their divorce. The court found the couple not divorced at the time, and ruled the husband liable as part of their joint upkeep under American customs.
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Associated Press
Paris
J. Gould
Edith Kelly Gould
Gould
Miss Kelly
Goulds
Speculation in Food Grips Helsinki Markets
In Helsingfors on May 26 markets reopen in Moscow era and a Finnish official reports food speculation rules trade only in provisions while crowds of formerly wealthy citizens sell dresses and personal goods for sustenance amid crowded stalls.
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Helsingfors
Moscow
Girl, 15, Faces Bigamy Charge in Brooklyn Court
Florence Choeling, 15, was charged with bigamy today at the Brooklyn children's court as a juvenile delinquent. Otto Bertinger, 23, testified he married the girl last April and learned she had already wed Robert Bracklen hurst, 19.
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Associated Press
New York
Florence Choeling
Brooklyn Children’s Court
Otto Bertinger
Robert Bracklenhurst
Sullivan and Pierce Withdraw From Kingsport Alderman Race
After meetings with supporters across Kingsport, B B Sullivan and W S Pierce, candidates for alderman in the June 4 election, announced at 3 pm they have withdrawn. They said the action serves the city’s best interests and thanked friends for their support.
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B. B. Sullivan
W. S. Pierce
Kingsport
Moonshine Explosion Injures Bystanders In Kentucky
In Bowling Green Kentucky on May 26 an explosion occurred when a flaming paper was thrown into thirty gallons of confiscated moonshine whisky poured into a gutter. Bystanders were burned including county attorney G D Maullisvan and several others. Lancaster was shot and fatally wounded while attempting to escape with the liquor.
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Associated Press
Bowling Green
Kingsford
G. D. Maullisvan
Charles Hale
James Ford
Geo. Raddy
James Jones
C. J. Minnich
Raddy
Thomas Lancaster
Daniel Hicks
Lancaster
Switch Engine Kills Macon Business Man
Reeves Brown a prominent Macon businessman and vice president of the W A Doody company was instantly killed by a switch engine on the Southern Railway near Walmaut street crossing. Officials say Brown stopped and laid his hat down as the engine approached within ten feet with others calling it an accidental death.
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Associated Press
Macon
Reeves Brown
W. A. Doody Company
Brown
Southern Railway
Walmaut Street
Madden
City Council Favors Fight Against Rate Increase
Nashville city council in an extra session unanimously adopted resolutions against the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph rate hike. They voted to spend 4000 dollars to hire counsel to present the case to the state public utilities commission next month. Mayor Felix Wilson, elected under the new government, presented the resolution.
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Nashville
Nashville City Council
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Felix Wilson
Southern Presbyterian Assembly Approves 20 Million Budget Plan
In St Louis the sixty first general assembly endorsed about 20 million dollars for 1922 to 1925. Equipment fund 5 million includes 2.5 million for foreign missions and 500 thousand for the assembly training school. Other apportionments total 4.5 to 5 million yearly with a synodical campaign adding 2.5 million. A 25 percent membership rise is urged for next year and home missions receipts surpassed previous records at 466,836 with a 70,000 real estate gift.
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St. Louis
Sixty-First General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Assembly Training School
Montreal Assembly
General Assembly
Pilgrim’s Church
Washington
Home Missions
Assembly
Escaped Convicts Missing After State Reformatory Escape
Three convicts fled the Kentucky state reformatory after seizing an automobile in a driving rainstorm and escaping through an opened gate. R. K. Bradbury and W. T. Jones, both Louisville robbers serving ten years, and Charles H. Smith of Boyd county for murder are missing with authorities tightening guards across Central Kentucky as hunger pressures their likely capture.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
State Reformatory
Kentucky
R. K. Bradbury
W. T. Jones
Louisville
Charles H. Smith
Boyd County
Fines Total 25150 on Builders Association Members
Justice Davis of the supreme court fined ten individuals and nine corporations amounting to 25150 for illegal combination in a masons building materials dealers group. Individuals faced 300 to 400 dollars each, with total fines by the group now at 99150 since the investigation began.
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Associated Press
New York
Davis
Supreme Court
Legislative Committee
Re Act Battle of Little Big Horn Observance Planned
On June 25 an enactment of the Little Big Horn battle will reenact the clash at the battlefield site with U S cavalry and Crow and Cheyenne representing Sioux. A monument unveiling for General George A Custer is planned at Mardin Montana with government park dinner and an evening pow wow in Hardin. General Hugh L Scott and Mrs Custer are invited to attend.
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Associated Press
Bellings
Mont
United States
American Legion
Custer
The
Little Big Horn
George A. Custer
Mardin
Custer Battle Anniversary Association of
Hardin
Government Park
Crow Indian Reservation
National Cemetery
War Department
Hugh. L. Scott
Tenth Cavalry
Heroic Little Band
Deaths deepen Chicago political feud with Lazari shooting
Chicago May 96. A further toll in the Nineteenth ward political feud reports lieutenant Michael Lazari shot dead by two men on the street. The same feud recently claimed Nineteenth ward leader Tony D. Andrea who was killed on his home steps.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Michael Lazari
Lazari
Tony D. Andrea
Hundred Million Deficiency Bill Passes House
The House approved a defic iency appropriation bill totaling one hundred million dollars. It includes two hundred thousand dollars for prohibition enforcement through July 1. The measure now advances to the Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Policy of government discussed to promote exports
Washington May 26 The administration's policy of boosting export trade to restore normal business was the main topic at a White House dinner attended by Warburg Mellon Hover Morgan and other financiers. President Harding said he discussed the subject with the guests and no formal program was set, but consensus favored active government business cooperation to revive exports and European finances.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Warburg
Mellon and Hover
J. P. Morgan
Paul Warburg
Harding
Arrival of William Leeds Captures Greek Headlines
Greek papers describe the arrival of William B Leeds son of Princess Anastasia. He is to marry Princess Xenia and some writers suggest he may receive a dukedom in exchange for his fortune. References call him the Duke of Piraeus and Prince of Leeds with satirical notes on wealth and charity.
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Associated Press
Athens
William B. Leeds
Anastasia
Xenia
Constantine
Marie
William Leeds
Tuke
Piraeus
Prince of Leeds
The
Athena
National Assembly
Leeds
Greece
Senate panel to probe coal region disorders
Washington May 26 the senate education and labor committee voted to investigate the recent disorders in the coal mining region along the Kentucky and West Virginia border. A subcommittee plans a hearing at Williamson West Virginia about July 10.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Edicational and Labor Committee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Williamson
W. Va
Senate approves Borah naval disarmament conference plan
Washington May 26 Unanimous senate approval 74 to 6 for Senator Borah's amendment to the naval appropriation bill inviting Britain and Japan to a disarmament conference. The measure moves to conference with the House and supporters expect White House approval after amendment talks. Senate debates continued on related naval policy and other amendments.
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Naval
Washington
Senate
Senator Borah
Idaho
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Borah
House
Harding
LaFollette
Republican
Wisconsin
King Democrat
Utah
David H. Blair
Internal Revenue
Bureau of Aeronautics
Smoot
Annapolis
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
McKellar
Postpone case on Tennessee newspapers rail rate
The state railroad and public utilities commission delayed a decision to June 7 in the case of Tennessee newspapers against the American Express Co over a proposed interstate rate increase on newspaper print matter. Arguments were heard yesterday with C C Trabue for Amex and Gen Ed Price for the newspapers.
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Nashville
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
American Express Company
C. C. Trabue
Ed Price
W. H.alexander
Commercial Appeal
Memphis
Enoch Brown
The
Nashville Tennessean
E. B. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
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