Demand City Surplus Favor Cash Basis Policy
Demand grows for a cash based District government with a plan to avoid large tax increases. Commissioners urge releasing $5 million in federal treasury funds, semiannual tax collections, and issuing about $3 million in bonds to fund operations and curb a tax jump while moving toward a cash basis.
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Senate
Congresa
Pasce
Wrould Jessen
Comptroller General of the Treasury
Congress
Urpe
Daniel J Donovan
Sanly
Paris Police Crack Alleged Communist Espionage Ring
French police arrest three as they unveil a purported network of 200 operatives linking Brest Lorient Toulon and central arsenals to Berlin and Moscow. Documents stolen from Brest and a major central powder factory trigger claims of regular courier lines and bolshevist propaganda. Marcel Cachin condemns attacks on national security amid Genoa talks.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Brest
Lorient
Toulon
Fnlice
Berlin
Moscow
Wanda
Ists Munist
Tyry- Sur-Beins
Vassar Girls Grow Taller Says College President
President Henry Noble MacCracken told Tower Hill parents in Wilmington Delaware that over the past decade physical education at Vassar college has raised the average height by one and a half inches and added two inches to girth plus an extra size to hands and feet.
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Wilmington, Dela
Vassar College
Henry Noble MacCracken
Tower Bill School
MacCracken
Asle J Gronna Dies in North Dakota at 64
Lakota North Dakota May 4 by the Associated Press Asle J Gronna former United States Senator from North Dakota died at his home aged 64 He had recently undergone an operation in Rochester Minnesota Gronna born December 10 1858 in Elkader Iowa served in the Territorial Legislature Lakota trustee and Nelson County chairman He began Congress in 1905 and served until 1911 then elected to the Senate for the unexpired term of Martin M Johnson and reelected 1915 to 1931 His rise came from Republican insurgency against Speaker Cannon in 1916 joining other progressives in the chamber, with La Follette Poindexter and others.
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Lakota, N. Dak
Associated Press
Asle J. Grofina
United States
North Dakota
Gronna
Elkader
Clayton County
Iowa
Houston County
Minn
Caledonia Academy
South Dakota
Bertha M. Osby
Spring Grove
Board of
Board of Education of
Lakota
Attack on Russian ambassador Bakhmeteff over 187 million loan
Senator Borah accused Boris Bakhmeteff of acting as a Russian ambassador in name only and of investing U S funds advanced to the Kerensky government in real estate in New York and Chicago. He cited a priest’s testimony and said the United States should compel an accounting of the 187 million dollars, with details to be revealed in due time. Semenoff was named in connection with the case and questioned for influence on State Department recognition.
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Albert W. Fox
The
Washington Post Co
Boris Bakhmeteff
United States
People E
Russia
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Cass
Boreh
Bakhmetef
Seminoff
Treasury Department
Capitol
New York
Baktimeteff
Neares
Borah Gays
Bakh
Kerensky
Bakhmeteft
State Department
Francis
Toane
Senator Borah
Semenoff Viult
Bakhemetef
Gregoire Semanof
Siberia
Semenoff
Baekhmetets
Washington
York City
Chicago
Eastlake
Judge Chinn
T. Griffith
Coleman
Mies Knox
Ocean City
Colonial Beach
Harry M. Smith, Jr
Richmond
Chang Army in Routed Forces Fall Back Near Peking
Chinese factions clash on the Hun river and near Fengtai as Gen Chang Tso Lin's Manchurian troops retreat after heavy losses at Machang and Changsi ntien. Wu Pei Fu's forces drive the rout toward the capital. foreigners, including a U S legation wife, are briefly blocked from the city but later rescued.
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Fengtal
Legation
Peking
Chang Tso- Lin
Machang
Menatin
Chang
Kuanhsien
Changsintien
Ling
Coneern
Chang Aitien
Fengtai
U. S. Legation
Ray Atherton
Mra. Atherton
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Amper
Fean
Migsiong
Chengsintien
Marco Polo
Wu Pei-Fu
Hun
Chane
Taohes
Tientsin
Gen. Wu
Suit Against Fall Quashed In Federal Court
A suit brought by Calvin Giffen against Secretary Fall the Pan American Petroleum Company and Eight Oil Company over lands in Kern county was quashed in federal court. The motion to quash was sustained because a cabinet officer cannot be a defendant in a suit.
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Los Angeles
Caur
Secretary Fall
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Eight Oil Company
Dik Hits
Kern County
Calvin Giffen
District of Columbia
Premier Lloyd George Hosts Genoa Conference Talks
German Chancellor Wirth and Foreign Minister Rathenau met at Lloyd George’s villa with British leaders to discuss Germany’s reparations and allied plans. Russians show mixed appeal to reconstruction memo while Paris and London seek a unified stance ahead of May 31. Italo Turkish treaty questions and a possible nonaggression pact are discussed as Genoa aims to crown its achievements with peace moves and frontier settlements.
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Dr. Wirth
Dr. Rathenau
Lloyd George
Lord Birkenhead
Hadward Grigg
Germany
Genoa
Nefsasary
Rakovsky
Tchitcherin
Litvinof
Belgium
Santa Margherita
Tehiteherst
Signor Schanzer
Villa de Albertis
Italy
Great Britain
Schanzer
London
Angora
M. Franklin-Bouillon
France
Lord Curzon
England
Constantinople
Asia Minor
LoydeGorge
Russia
Baltic
Black Seas
Bessarabia
Galicia
Vilna
Memel
Moscow
Exchange
Tti
Lenine
Blizzard trial reveals army chiefs' strong testimony
In Charles Town West Virginia May 1 Young William Blizzard accused in the miners insurrection case sits with a smile as prosecutors present army officers Maj Charles F Thompson and Maj Charles Smart as key witnesses. The defense seeks to cast doubt on leadership and outside pressure while Keeney and Mooney vanish toward Madison and Danville to halt the march.
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Washington Post Co
Charles Town
W Va
William Blizzard
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Soac
Logan County
Blizzard
T C. Townsend
Bulzferd
Charles F Thompson
General Staff
Army
Chas. . Smert
Nineteenth Infantry
Townsend
Thera
William Bruce
Henry A. Walker
Kanawha
Mermet
Charge Buxford
Maj
Thominger
Maj Smart
Witty
Harding
Washington
Thompson
Thomreon
Hewetta Creek
Blair
Jeffrey
Wilson
Madison
Boone County
Mingo
Keaney
Maj. Thompson
Mj. Thompson
Charleston
May. Thompson
May Thompson
Keeney
Tims
Kenney
Logan Line
Two Die in Canton Posse Gunfight Near City Limits
Two men were killed and five wounded in a motorcycle posse gun battle five miles north of Canton. The firefight followed the kidnapping of patrolman John Wige, with several gunmen captured after a long chase and exchange of shots. The gunmen were believed to be aiding bank robbery suspect John S Stephens alias Oklahoma Slim, already jailed on related charges.
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Associated Press
Canton
Ohio
Here
John Wige
Ralph W. Hoffes
Harry Harpert
Cleveland
George Brainer
Jos Plato
Grain
Jesse Vogley
pHck
Robert Boston
Wise
John S Stephens
Oklahome Slim
Stephens
Bedford
Cleveland Trust Company
Convicts Miss Knox Nurse Hears Fate Calmly
Special to The Washington Post Montross Va May 4 Sarah E Knox a middle aged nurse was sentenced to 20 years for the murder of Mrs Margaret I Bastlake. The jury deliberated one hour and 35 minutes as defense lawyers argued for mercy and prosecutors stressed motive opportunity and means.
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Washington Post
Montress
Sarah E Knox
Margaret I. Bastlake
Virginia
Joseph ‘. Chinn
Miss Knox
Richmond
Albert R. Crowthers
Ocean City
Eastlake
Mayo
W. Coleman
Frederickeburg
Baltimore
Icourt
Fastlake
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