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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1923
Page
6
Socialist pressure on Cuno and Roeenberg urges Secretary Hughes plan. Governments act to curb sugar speculation. Supreme Court upholds Grain Futures Act amid debates on immigration and labor. Commentary ties German reparations, Ruhr occupation, and French demands to rising unrest. Assolini faces Catholic party defection as Mussolini pressures cabinet.
Reported in Dun kirk Premier Pommeire vows to force Germany to pay reparations and German leaders threaten Ruhr Rhineland occupation until sums are settled. Foreign Minister von Rosenberg urges European unity and backs Hughes plan for an international court of financiers to assess payments and arrange funding.
WELVVIS hundred members of the National Economic League council including eminent Americans vote on world affairs. A large majority deem the French occupation of the Ruhr justified to repair reparations and favor US support for a world court and joining the League of Nations with reservations. They also back promoting an international conference on war finance problems. Slightly over half favor limiting interest on war debts owed to the United States to 3 percent.
The Republican national committee denounces Lord Robert Cecil and other propagandists seeking U S backing for the League of Nations. It accuses foreigners of trying to sway America, calls for chambers of commerce to stop hosting them, and urges highlighting Americanism and independent policy instead.
Premier Lenin, still bedridden, spoke at the opening session of the all-Russian Communist Congress. He called for halting the Soviet retreat and for the government to rise against internal attacks, aiming to reestablish capitalism. Zinovieff delivered the message from the chiefs and referenced protests.
Attorney General Daugherty after consultation with President Harding moves to file in New York to end sugar futures trading. The New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and many members face a permanent injunction amid claims of an orgy of speculation raising sugar prices. Seymour says criminal Sherman Law actions are being considered.
The Philadelphia case of Henry Gilson Brock ends with Irle Mithadel convicted for intoxicated driving that killed three people. Judge Audenried sentences him to six to ten years in solitary confinement, with the offender beginning his term immediately.
The court sustains legality of cap perLinder futures, ruling grain exchanges must admit farmers' cooperatives. Chicago traders say the act ends corners and may cramp big speculators, yet it legalizes futures trading under Agriculture Secretary supervision to curb manipulation harmful to producers shippers consumers and legitimate dealers in interstate grain commerce.
The piece alleges Chief Justice Taft is targeted by William Randolph Hearst, backed by Carnegie funds, to press for constitutional changes and sway Supreme Court rulings. It denounces the insinuations as slanderous and reflexive, urging Taft not to heed the claims.
Winter elegance yields to spring style with emphasis on modest, tailored lines. Outdoor and sports wear retain practical skirts and longer hemlines, while three piece costumes, capes, bolero fronts, and sleeveless frocks gain popularity. Printed silks and raised wool textures lead fabric choices for a youthful yet refined look.
A quotation argues railroads must be freed from past financial crimes but warns against shifting costs to the people. It contends railways are valued only for service, not profit, and opposes allowing railroad interests to extract high prices from assets.
Officers at Grand Island receive a cryptic letter claiming a man named George Stuart is wanted in Nebraska. The missive hints at a person with a height of five feet nine inches and two eyes burned in the left eye, suggesting a suspect who may have fled toward Scottsbluff. The detective notes the hint and passes the case along.
A partial 1905 to 1920 criminal alert from Scottsbluff Herald lists a man aged 40 with a fairy education and one dependent, property ties, and a warning to share the notice. It signs as I N Watson of Lockwood. The fragmented OCR text is unclear but portrays a wanted notice.
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