Railroads ask government to take the roads
Washington May 17 Rail roads urge federal action as several thousand cars sit idle at junctions and in transit due to crew shortages and labor bottlenecks. The Interstate Commerce Commission is expected to respond under the new railway law amid warnings of potential shutdowns of major plants and reduced passenger service to speed freight.
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Provo
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cone
Planta
Germany Faces 120 Billion Mark Reparations Decision
Paris reports the Anglo French conference has set Germany’s reparations at 120 billion marks or 30 billion dollars. Germany may issue bonds to cover the debt with annual installments. Details and dates for further Allied financial talks at Ostend remain unsettled.
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Banc
Paris
Germany
Oxtend
League of Nations
Brussels
Limit on Federal Judges Terms Sparks Bill
In Washington May 17 a bill by Rep Welty of Lima proposes term limits for federal judges, arguing judges are unresponsive to proper law enforcement. Palmer and the Justice Department say they are not responsible for punishing profiteers or cutting living costs, noting indictments and outcomes in recent cases. Norwalk reports Ohio Baptists convening in the city.
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Washington
Welty
Lima
Palmer
Department of Justice
Rioting Intensifies in Londonderry and Cork Clash
From Londonderry reports say two more nights of rioting left high tensions and hundreds of workers idle. Sinn Fein and unionist clashes included stones and reported gunfire against ex soldiers with one man killed. Military units with machine guns patrolled key points. In Cork, over two thousand English troops landed and spread through West Cork stations.
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Londonderry
Jeelani
Sinn
Aniucmwarenea
Cork
Ireland
England
Dantry
West Cork
Peinta
Kenyon Enters Big Six Track Meet at OSU
Kenyon and eleven other Ohio colleges including Gambler entered the Big Six field and track meet at Ohio State University to be held Friday and Saturday. More than 2000 athletes are expected to participate.
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Columbus
Ohio Colleges
Kenyon College
Gambler
Ohio State University
Baptists Blame Lax Divorce Laws For Divorces
Washington May 17 The Baptist convention committee on temperance blames motion pictures tax divorce laws and intemperance for rising divorces in the United States. They recommend enactment of a code of marriage and divorce damages.
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Washington
United States
Committee On Temperance
Ue Baptist Convention
Lie Aginmittos
Uniform plan to fight the high cost of living discussed
District Attorney Wertz of Cleveland and District Attorney Clark of Cincinnati will meet with John Pfeiffer fair price commissioner of Ohio tomorrow to map a uniform plan to combat the rising cost of living.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Wertz
Cleveland
Clark
Cincinnati
John Pfeiffer
Fair Price Commissioner
Ohio
Harley to Join Coaching Staff at Ohio State
Ohio State football star and All American Chic Harley will join his alma mater's coaching staff this fall. He declined offers from other universities and professional baseball to finish his degree while guiding freshmen in running, kicking, and ball handling.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Charles W
Harley
Ohio State
Buckeye
Punta
Engineers to Hold Annual Convention in St Louis
The American Association of Engineers will hold its sixth annual convention in St Louis on May 10. U. S. Housing Corporation president I. K. Sherman of Washington is named sole nomoo for president.
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Chicago
American Association of Engineers
St. Louis
K. Sherman
U. S. Housing Corporation
Washington
Russians Strike Back at Poles in Kiev Area
London May 17 Russian Bolshevik forces were reported to be striking back at Polish and Ukrainian troops who captured Kiev about ten days ago. A Moscow official statement released yesterday via wireless said forces were advancing in the Kiev region and the outcome remained uncertain.
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London
Kiev
Moscow
No Decision on Prohibition in Banner Report
May 17 in Wingham the supreme court again failed to decide the validity of the prohibition amendment and enforcement act, with a ruling postponed until June 1.
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Waghinton
Suma
Senate Peace Resolution Sent to House Conference
May 11 Washington The Republican peace resolution adopted by the Senate went back to the House where it originated Chairman Porter of the foreign affairs committee prepared to ask for a conference There was no opposition expected and no rush plan for conference A presidential veto was anticipated by both parties with Democrats arguing it would fail to reach a two-thirds vote for re passage
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Associated’Preas
Washington
Senate
House
Porter
Foreign Affairs Committee
Packers Indicted in Food Profiteering Case
Federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted Morris and Co. and Cadahy and Co. of Chicago on May 17, charging profiteering in foodstuffs.
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Bunnery
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Morris & Co
Cadahy & Co
Chicago
Farmers to Plant More Sugar Beets in Ohio Fields
Northern Ohio farmers plan to plant more sugar beets and fewer vegetables this year due to high sugar prices and beet acreage costs. Canners report a likely drop in vegetable acreage this summer across the state based on reports from various regions.
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Irons
Lima
Ohio
President Wilson Sees Circus Parade From White House
President Wilson witnessed the second circus parade of the season today as it moved past the White House, drawing spectators along the route in Washington. The event highlighted the era’s national pageantry and public interest in large parades.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Tragedy in Eastern Europe Urges U S Aid Action
Henry P. Davison told a Methodist conference in Des Moines that typhus, famine, and disease rage across Poland, Czecho Slovakia, Ukraine, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and others. He urged Congress to appropriate 600 million dollars and create a three American commission to survey and allocate relief without interference.
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Annoclaltd
Henry P. Davieon
2.P. Morgan and Company
League of Red Cross Societies
Jacopal Seythdsy
Baltic
Adriatic
Polad
Czecho-Slovakia
Ukraine
Austria
Hungary
Rumasis
Montenegro
Albania
Serbia
Davison
Congress
Rar
Europe
Alexer
Pershing
Herbert Hoover
Franklin K. Lane
United States
Great Britain
Holland
Scandinavian
Spain
Japan
France
Belgium
Italy
Pumn
Red Cross
Daviscon
Rumania
PUSSYFOOTING ON BOOZE QUESTION
Atlantic City May 17 Governor Edwards of New Jersey rejects rumors he will soften the liquor issue. He says he will back a wet plank in the Democratic platform and pressure for a straight out wet policy. He announced this at the Traymore Hotel and vowed to stand firm no matter who leads on prohibition.
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Atlantic Cily
N. J
Kiward L Edwarda
New Jersey
Traymore
Edwards
San Francisco
General Aguilar Escapes From Prison Near Vera Cruz
Governor General Aguilar of Vera Cruz and son in law of President Carranza rose from captivity after a week long imprisonment by revolutionaries. He is believed attempting to reach President Carranza, who has fled to the mountains.
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Frege
Vera Cruz
General Aguilar
Carranza
Rail unions warn of unrest over wage demands
Chicago May 17. In a joint statement all 17 railroad unions warn that delaying wage increases risks a breakdown in transport. They report car shortages and reduced track walkers endangering safety as 2 million railway workers seek a living wage and a general wage scale before the U S railway labor board hearing.
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Chicago
Naion Fe
U. S
Swiss vote to enter the league
Switzerland voted in a referendum on joining the League of Nations, with about 400000 in support and 800000 opposed. German speaking cantons backed against the league by about 10000, while French cantons favored. Zurich held the balance as the German cantons remained uncertain.
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Berne
Switzerland
Ion
League of Nations
League
Zurich
Mission budget shows ten million for foreign work in 1920
A report from the Brotherhood of Foreign Missions of the M. H. church to the general convention in session discloses an expenditure of 10,500,000 for foreign mission activities in 1920, nearly double the 1919 total. Dr. Ernest G. Richardson of Brooklyn was elected a bishop on Saturday evening.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Brotherhood of Foreign Missions
M. H. Church
Feneral
Ernest G. Richardson
Brookyn
Levi P Morton Dies at Home in Rhinebeck New York
Levi P Morton former vice president and former New York governor died at his home Ellerslie Rhinebeck on the Hudson at 8 30 last night. The longtime public figure aged 36 was reported as deceased in the early morning notices. Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced.
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Poughkertsin
Levi P. Motigh
United States
New York
Ellerslie
Rhinebeck
The
Hudson
Publishers move to obtain newsprint in new alliance
Thirty publishers from about eighty small newspapers east of the Mississippi organized in Washington to seek a plan to obtain newsprint. The Associated Press report notes the gathering aimed to address shortages and secure supplies for member papers.
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Associated Press
Banner
Washington
Mississippi
Stores slash prices in Omaha as sales begin
In Omaha Nebraska on May 17 a major department store announced a 30 percent cut in selling prices and another clothing retailer followed with a 30 percent reduction.
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Associated Press
Banner
Omaha
Neb
Ohio Briefs Warren council orders dim headlights
Warren council passes ordinance requiring dimmed headlights on all street cars. Bowling Green reports John Jewell possibly fatally shot while inspecting a gun. Lancaster thieves raid Rev. J. P. Maxwell home during funeral. Marion sees Henry A. Hartman tender resignation as superintendent of schools. Lancaster Mrs. Thomas Denny possibly fatally struck by a train.
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Warren—Council
Bowling Green
John Jewell
Lancaster
J. P. Maxwell
Rebel Leader Captured Near Laas Medax
Arturo Araujo, head of the Salvadoran revolutionaries who crossed from Honduras and were driven back by government troops, has been captured at Laas Medax by Honduran forces under General Arsenal.
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the Banner
Ban
Salvador
Arturo Araujo
Honduras
Laas Medax
General Arsenal
Arnstein Fages Contempt In Court Today
In New York May 17 Nicky Arnstein faced contempt charges in federal court linked to a five million dollar bond plot and a parallel indictment alleging he criminally received $42000 worth of Grucible Steel certificates stolen last fall as prosecutors poised for a long legal battle.
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New York
Nicky Arnstein
Mel
Arnstein
Evacuation of German Towns Reported by French Forces
Mayence France May 11 By Associated Press to The Banner French troops who have held Frankfort Darmstadt and other Rhine east bank cities evacuated those towns this morning according to a received announcement.
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Associated Press
Mayence
France
Frankfort
Darmstadt
Rhine
Wage hearings open for two million railroad workers
Hearings on wage demands of more than two million railroad workers opened in Chicago today as railroad managers appeared before the railway labor board.
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Associated Press
the Banner
Chicago
Railway Labor Board
Dunlap Found Guilty Today
Akron May 17 Leroy Dunlap youthful bandit who directed a sensational escape of six prisoners from the county jail last week was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury that made no recommendation for mercy.
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Associated Proom
The
Banner
Akron
Leroy Dunlap
Training School for Rural Ministers Opens at Defiance
An interdenominational training school for rural ministers under the Interchurch World Movement will be held at Defiance College in Defiance, July 5 to 34. The program aims to prepare ministers serving rural communities with practical and theological instruction.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ausproa
Interchurch World Movement
Deflanes College
Defiance
Barbers Strike Shuts New York Salons
In New York on May 17 more than 15,000 union barbers were ordered out on strike this afternoon, affecting bustling street levels and service across the city as workers rally for demands.
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Barbers
New York
Associated Press
The
Banner
First Shrubs Planted on Square Today by Mayor and volunteers
Mayor Neer and volunteers plant shrub beds for the public square park as part of a noon completion plan. In Berlin on May 17 a Chilean relief commission delivery of 50,000 condensed milk cans for German children arrived via the Chilean minister.
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Neer
Public Square
Meer
Berlin
Chilean Women's Relief Commission
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