Paroled Captive Delivers Ultimatum From Chinese Bandits
J B Powell of the Chicago Tribune, a captive at Tsao Chuang, carried an ultimatum from the Sun-Mei-Toa bandit chiefs demanding troop withdrawal or captives will be killed. Government forces clash with bandits as Powell pleads for safety and a return to captivity without military action.
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Sun-Mei-Too
J. B. Powell
Peking
Mount
Paotzuku
Chicago ‘Tribune
Tsao Chuang
Powell
No Man’s Land
Sun-Mei-Toa
Mr. Powell
Bloc and Allies Launch Rail Valuation War in Chicago
Progressive bloc leaders Congress rail labor chiefs and ownership advocates led by Senator LaFollette organized The National Conference on Valuation of American Railroads in Chicago to push a plan claiming current valuation hides five to twelve billion dollars of water or gas value.
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Chicago
Congress
Senator LaFollette
National Conference On
Ten More Railroads File Wage Reveals in Chicago
Ten railroads filed wage schedules with the United States railroad labor board amid Ben W. Hooper’s appointment as chairman. The new plans, effective on different dates, increase annual payrolls by over 2 million dollars across multiple employee classifications.
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Chicago
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
U S Wins Turk and Greek Pact on War Indemnities
Lausanne May 26 Ismet Pasha head of the Turkish delegation and former Premier Venizelos Greek delegate reached an agreement on the Turko Greek reparations quarrel at midnight Friday night. The agreement followed visits to both envoys by Joseph C. Grew U S minister to Switzerland.
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Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Venizelos
Joseph C. Grew
U.S
Switzerland
Reds Storm Newspapers at Bochum Five Men Hurt
Reds stormed two newspaper offices in Bochum Friday night injuring five rioters during fierce clashes with firemen who fired on the mob. The presses were wrecked and an attempt to burn an office occurred. Dusseldorf trolley cars stopped and the city lacked gas and electricity due to the strike.
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Berlin
Bochum
Dusseldorf
Italy Ready to Pay U.S. if Given the Terms
Rome announces from the finance ministry that Italy will honor its wartime debt to the United States but seeks terms comparable to those granted England. The total principal debt is 1 648 034 000 dollars, not counting interest.
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Italy
U. S
Rome
Finance Ministry
United States
England
Plane Crash Kills Maj Duncan and civilian in Washington
May 26 report states Maj Thomas Duncan of the Army Air Service and civilian Irving H. Kroupp died when their airplane crashed and burst into flames. Both were burned to death in the incident.
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Washington
Maj
Thomas Duncan
Army Air Service
Irving H. Kroupp
Greenly Will Leaves Estate to Two Family Members
Mrs Ella R Greenly filed in surrogate's court her will leaving the entire estate to two members of the family she joined over fifty years ago as a nurse The document reverses prior rules and names the beneficiaries with details of the lineage and service.
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New York
Ella R. Greenly
PLAN BIG TAX CUT Treasury Seeks Annual Federal Levy Reduction
Treasury department experts study proposals to cut federal taxes by 100 to 300 million dollars per year. They aim to spread relief to the broadest number of taxpayers while avoiding inequities, though no immediate cuts are planned. Current year shows a 138 million dollar surplus. 1925 reductions possible if conditions warrant. Secretary Mellon will not propose tax cuts in this year’s annual report.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Mellon
Congress
French Premier Steps Out and Then Steps in Again
Premier Poincare and his cabinet submitted resignations to President Millerand after a senate high court vote over competence to try Marcel Cachin and twelve Communist deputies. Millerand refused to accept the resignations and Poincare decided not to quit after talks with cabinet members.
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Paris
Poincare
Miller
Senate High Court
Marcel Cachin
Millerand
M. Poincare
Norfolk bids 5 million for U S Army Base sale
The city of Norfolk led the bidding in the sale of the Norfolk Virginia Army base. Bids were delivered through city manager Charles Ashburner and showed Norfolk as the sole bidder offering 5,000,000 for the entire project.
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Washington
Norfolk
Charles Ashburner
Receipts From Customs Pass the Half Billion Mark
Treasury officials announced that customs receipts for the current fiscal year have surpassed the half billion dollar threshold reaching 501 million dollars. In ten months and a little more than three weeks this total exceeds last year’s receipts by 123 million dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Border clash leaves eight Lithuanians dead in Jegliniec
Warsaw reports heavy fighting as six Poles die and one officer is badly wounded. Polish frontier guards drive Lithuanian regulars from the border village of Jegliniec, which they had occupied. gunfire continues.
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Warsaw
Jegliniec
Bonus Bonds Bring Premium in Illinois Sale
Springfield May 26. The state of Illinois sold 10 million dollars of its 55 million soldier bonus bonds for 10,008,000. Proceeds will fund payments to non war veterans starting around July 1.
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
No Mystery in Death Lieut Col Earl H Elvis
The Marine corps issued a statement repudiating suggestions that there was any mystery about the cause of the death of Lieut. Col. Earl H. Elvis, who died at Parao in the Caroline Islands.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Earl H. Elvis
Parao
Caroline Islands
Harding Urges Spirit of 1787 at N A G Meet
President Harding urged dedication to the Constitution's aims at the National American Council opening in Washington. He warned democracy faces trials and called for a clear national purpose based on the preamble to form a more perfect union and secure liberty.
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Washington
Harding
National American Council
Fathers of the Republic
United States
United States of America
Peking Issues Ultimatum to Bandit Forces
The Chinese government demands the incorporation of bandit units into the national army with immunity and rejects any outlaws governing Shantung. If terms are not accepted, captives will be released by force. Minister Schurman and General O Connor met in Tientsin to discuss the issue.
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Peking
National Army
Shantung
Schurman
O’connor
Tientsin
Dortmund Miners Clash With Police In Mass Demonstration
In Dortmund a strike demonstration drew about 80,000 miners. Police fired on the crowd wounding several, and rioters attacked officers in retaliation, leaving many police and civilians injured and several miners dead.
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Dusseldorf
Dortmund
Sole Survivor of Custer Massacre Dies in Montana
Billings Mont May 25 Said to have been the sole survivor of the Custer massacre and the Indian who brought the first news of the Little Big Horn battle in 1878 Curly the Crow was buried at the Crow agency Wednesday Curly who was a scout in the Custer forces died Tuesday of a fever at sixty eight years old.
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Billings
Mont
Little Big Horn
Curly
Crow Agency
Custer
Probe implicates King in Melilla debacle
May 26 report says the Melilla investigation begun under the new parliament threatens to implicate King Alfonso. The government promised public scrutiny of the debacle and the probe expands as officials seek answers.
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Madrid
Melilla
Alfonso
Reds Loot Essen Stores Amid Ruhr Strike News
Bands of Communists attacked warehouses in Essen and overran the market, forcing most stores in the city to close as the Ruhr strike gains momentum and spreads.
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Essen
Ruhr
U S Market Report May 24 Fruits Vegetables and More
Washington reports week ending May 24 market actions for fruits vegetables and related commodities. Florida Spaulding Rose potatoes Bliss Triumphs cabbage Alabama onions Klondike Arkansas strawberries and Aromas in Chicago with prices for hay feed grain and dairy products including butter cheese and milling goods.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Bliss
Chicago
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
St. Louis
Iowa
Kansas
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Paris Says U S Army Pay Pact Is Completed
Paris reports the allies have satisfied US objections on Rhine army of occupation expenses and the agreement will be signed. Eliot Wadsworth led negotiations for the United States.
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Paris
U. S
United States
Rhine
Eliot Wadsworth
Ant Army Raids Merrill Wisconsin in Winged Invasion
Merrill Wisconsin May 25 barricaded doors and windows against an invasion of millions of black ants. The winged horde opened an all day battle with the pests gnawing off their own wings leaving sidewalks and highways covered in insects.
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Merrill, Wis
Merrill
Allies Sign Rhine Occupation Bill Agreement
Representatives of the United States France Great Britain Italy and Belgium signed an agreement on the American army of occupation costs totaling 250000000 dollars at six o clock Friday evening in the French cabinet chamber.
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Paris
United States
France
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Washington Officials Pleased With Baldwin Appointment
Washington May 28 President Harding and administration officials welcomed the selection of Stanley Baldwin as British premier with cordial enthusiasm. The report notes officials reacted positively to the choice and the alliance prospects it implies.
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Washington
Baldwin
Harding
Stanley Baldwin
Greece Withdraws From Conference Over Demands
Greece signals withdrawal from the Lausanne talks as Premier Venizelos declares Greece will resume liberty of action at Saturday midnight unless demands are met by the allied delegates. The move raises the stakes in the ongoing conference.
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Greece
Lausanne
Locusts Darken Manila in Six Hour Flight Northward
Swarms of locusts darkened Manila for six hours Thursday, moving northward toward the sugar lands of Pampanga. The city was disturbed as the insects swept over streets and roofs, creating a rare aerial spectacle in the capital.
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Manila
Pampanga
Lord predicts large US budget surplus for the year
General Lord director of the budget bureau forecasts a fiscal year ending June 30 surplus of about 60.1 million dollars after earlier deficits had been projected as high as 100 to 200 million. He cites strong customs and internal revenue receipts and reduced expenditures as reasons for optimism.
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Ashington
Treasury
General Lord
Budget Bureau
Lord
Lord Said
Treasury Department
Khaki Color Changes Under Ray Filters Challenge Uniform Camouflage
Army chemical warfare researchers show khaki fabric color can appear red when viewed through selective colored glass. Dye blends in khaki, red orange and green particles reveal color shifts under filters, affecting protective uniforms and German efforts with multi thread fabrics to resist filter changes.
Sioux sue for 750 million over lands and Black Hills
The Sioux sue the United States in the Court of Claims claiming 750 million dollars with interest for lands and property taken since the gold rush era. They seek 156 million for Black Hills lands plus 50 dollars per acre for timber areas and 100 dollars per acre for gold bearing land, with about twenty five thousand individual claimants. The suit aims to settle long-standing treaty and land disputes and may run five to ten years.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Sitting Bull
General Custer
Little Big Horn
Old Fort Laramie
Wounded Knee
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Chief Gaul
White River Trail
United States
Black Hills Forest Reserve
Congress
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Wreath for Gen Canby Unearthed by Harding Letter
President Harding ordered the War Department to locate General Edward R. S. Canby burial site after a Ray Minnette Alabama attorney urged a wreath be placed on his grave. Canby, Civil War commander, died at Lava Beds in 1873. grave at Crown Hill, Indianapolis, was confirmed with details of his career and death.
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Harding
War Department
Edward R. 5
Canby
Charles Hall
Ray Minnette
Ala
Fort Blakely
Baldwin County
Alabama
Alabaman
General Canby
Blakely
Crown Hill
Indianapolis
J. T. Canby
Indiana
Kentucky
West Point
Department of New Mexico
New York
Mississippi
South Carolina
Pacific
Siskyou
Cal
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Reds Storm
Andrew Bonar Law
U. S. Army
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Montana
Lord Northesk
Maryland
Jessica Brown
Buffalo
N. Y
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Peea
Uncle Sam
United States Court of Claims
Gen. Canby
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