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J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers
REENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAV-AFTERNOON, MARCH 17, 1920
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REP. NAT. COM.
PRAISES G.O.P.
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In Speech Before Vir-i
gi lia State Convention j
Today.
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MAKES A PLEA
FOR PATRIOTISM
"I suggest the republican party
stands for the development and exe
cution of a plan for the reduction of
taxes, with the repeal of taxes which
kill initiative, and the spreading of
war debt over a large number of years.
"I believe there shall be developed
a better relation between labor and
capital, with justice to both and with
justice to the public the third side of
the triangle, which must not be for
gotten.
"We feel that there shall be an ad
ministration of law and order every
where in the nation.
"The party shall measure its steps j
Outlines Principal The
Thing- For Which His
Party Stands.
Associated Press
ROANOKE, Va., March 17—De
claring that the republican party
stands first for, "the honest efficient,
and economical business administra
tion of the country's affairs," Will H.
Hays, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, in an address be
fore the State Reupblican convention
here today, pleaded for "patriotism in
peace as well as war," and asserted
that, the country has, "slipped along
under this democratic administration,
without any adequate thought of the
problems that would confront us un
til the shock of peace was here, just
as we did before we entered the war."
Outlining the principal things for
which his party stands, Mr. Hays
said:
"I suggest that above all things the
republican party stands first for hon
est, efficient, and economical business
administration of the country's af
fairs. It was formerly said that, 'Hon
esty is the best policy' as a matter of
business. Honesty is the best policy
as a matter of morals. In like man
ner there is but one kind of success
ful politics, of faithful, efficient, hon
est, and economical administration.
The only successful politics in the sit
uation today is to find out what is
best for the country and do it first.
We want more
in politics tor
what they can give and not w'hat they
can get.
men
forward by the new needs of the na- j
tion with eyes always ahead, but with j
its feet always on solid ground."
Asserting that there are two nat
ural inquiriès from women new in pol
What does the republican par
ty offer the women ? and What does
the republican party stand for?
Hays declared:
The republican party offers the
everything we offer the men.
The only just rule for a political
he added, "is that the rights
itics.
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women
party,
of participation in the management
of the party's affairs must be and
remain equally sacred and sacredly
equal. The republican
country constitute one-half of the par
tv's membership. In many states this
In the presiden
women in the
has long been so.
tial campaign of 1920 it is my very
earnest hope and well-founded judg
ment that it shall be so everywhere.
"There is to be no separate wom
en's organization created within the
party, except, and only in those cases
where such an arrangement may be
needed temporarily as an efficient aid
in the complete amalgamation which
is our objective.
To the women and to men alike
the party offers the right of a poli
tical self-determination, and that is
the answer to the second query,
What does the party stand for?"
Holding that, "there must be in this
country two political parties, and both
must be strong and. virtile," Mr. Hays
I do not ask that all women be
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come republicans.
To' which party you belong is of
less consequence than that you belong
he said.
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to some party,
rather a woman join with our oppo
nents than belong to no party.
Of patriotism in politics he declar
I have no use for the individual
who is either 'too busy' or 'too good'
He has no just complaint
He is
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ed:
to help.
to make, whatever happens,
riding on another's ticket. I have an
abiding faith that there will be an
awakened sense of civic duty as a by
product of this war.
Expressing the belief that the coun
try's problems are largely economic
ones, Mr. Hays, pointed out that the
difficulties in this country,
which ha said, at the moment seem to
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fco overwhelming, "can be and I have
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! PRESENT FIGURES
ARE NOT FINAL
i Population Figures Now Being Made
By Census Bureau Are Subject
To Change.
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WASHINGTON. March 17—Special
j —So many inquiries relating to the
Fourteenth Census population figures,
now being made public by the Census
i Bureau, have been received from pub
lishers of almanacs, school books at
lases and other publications intended
for permanent records, that Sam L.
Rogers, Director of the Census, has
issued a statement pointing out that
the figures now being given out are
but preliminary and are subject to
correction.
"The population figures now being
compiled by the Census Bureau, and
which are being publicly announced as
rapidly as possible, are but prelimin
ary in their character," stated Direc
tor Rogers.
"Those who intend to print the pop
ulation figures of our cities and towns
in almanacs, school books and other
publications intended for standard or
permanent use should bear this fact
in mind.
FIGURES CERTIFIED TO CON
GRESS.
"At a later date the Census Bur
eau will announce from time to time
the final and official population of
each state, city, town, county, town
ship, or other minor civil division, and
it is expected that the official popu
lation of the United States by states
will be promulgated, and thus be rea
dy for certification to Congress, some
time in October.
"It may well be that the figures
which we are making public at this
time will turn out to be the correct
and official figures for many if not
most of the different subdivisions.
However, I want to call the attention
of everyone Ao the fact that the fig
ures we are announcing at this time
are preliminary and ai'e subject to la
ter correction.
"The publisher who prints these
preliminary figures in permanent rec
ords is running the risk of not print
ing the accurate and official results of
the 1920 Census."
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Prince of Wales
Has His Doubles
Proclaim Council
Of Working Men
Associated Press
BASLE, Switzerland, March 17—
A dispatch from Chemnitz, an indus
trial center in Saxony, says Republic
of Working Men's Council, has been
proclaimed there.
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Associated Press
LONDON, March 17—The Pi'ince of
Wales seems to have doubles in Eng
land.
In the company of two officers, a
man entered a West End moving pic
ture theatre the other day. A lady
sitting near the door arose, bowed and
presented the eternal autograph book.
The man took the book and, with a
serene countenance, wrote
Smith." and handed back the volume
with a gracious bow.
It was not the Prince.
"J. J.
explicit faith will be solved in one
-by finding exact justice and en
way
forcing it.
he said,
from its inception has stood against
undue federalization of industries and
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"The republican party,
There must be strong fed
activities.
eral regulation, but not government
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ownership.
Referring to the American soldiers
in the war with Germany, Mr. Hays
said:
"The republican party will never
forget the debt we owe to the sol
diers who have won this war. We
used to hear: 'Food will win the war,
Liberty Bonds will win the war, thrift
stamps will win the war.' They did
not. They all helped to win the war,
but the war was won by the fighting
men at the fighting front, and in no
other way. And the party's appre
ciation of our soldiers will be remem
bered.
In closing Mr. Hays appealed to his
hearers to, "find disloyalty if there
be any in the land and scotch it; find
dishonesty if there be dishonesty and
crush it; find the right and cleave
unto it.
Keep your eyes raised, Americans,
but keep your feet on solid ground,"
he exclaimed.
Find the reason for discontent, and
meet it squarely; correct the cause
where there is a cause ,and merciless
ly destroy the excuse where it is an
excuse only. Give every well behav
ed man and woman their equality of
opportunity and require from them
their full measure of accountability. "
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ATTEMPT MADE
SEEK REVENGE
Recent Bombing Of U. S. Consulate
Was Work of the Bolsheviki,
According to Investigations.
Associated Press
GENEVA, March 17—Police auth
orities declare that the investigations
made in the recent bombing of the
American Consulate at Zurich, con
firm the theory that the attack was
a Bolsheviki attempt at revenge for
the deportation of the Soviet sympa
thizers from the United States.
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CONVENTION IN
ATLANTIC CITYi
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April 27-29 To Discuss Increased Pro- :
duction As Means Restoring
Normal Business Conditions
Associated Press
WASHINGTON,
Mar. 17—Seeing
in increased production a means of
restoring normal business and price
conditions, the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, it was announc- ;
ed, will make its eighth annual meet- ;
ing, to be held in Atlantic City April
27 to 29, an Increased Production Con
vention.
Every topic will be considered from
that viewpoint. The relation of gov
ernment to production will be first
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taken up and under that heading willj
be considered artti-trust legislation
and taxation. Business of every kindj
ernment, the farmer and the business
man in increasing farm production,
Secretary of Agriculture Meredith
will speak for the government. The
relation of labor to production will be
approached from both sides, the em
plove's viewpoint to be presented by
representative of the American Fed
eration of Labor and the employer's
by a business man. There will be
group meetings for each of several
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is declared to be keenly interested
in taxation, especially excess pro- 1
fits taxes.
Another phase of the problem to be
discussed will be the part of the gov
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great divisions of industry.
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PUTTING BALL
GROUND IN SHAPE
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Work .Has Been Commenced On Park
And Aeroplane Landing In
Congress Heights.
The work of cleaning off and put
ting in splendid »shape the ball ground
for the Greenwood Base Ball Associa
tion was commenced yesterday and
everything will be in first class shape
and ready for the opening of the sea
son, early in the summer.
Eight acres of land in Congress
Heights at the south end of Miss
issippi Ave., has been leased of Mr.
W. L Craig. This ground will not
only be used for a ball park, hut will
be utilised as an aeroplane landing
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DAVIS ELECTED
CIRCUIT JUDGE:
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Def, ai.. Judge Beams In The District j
By A Majority Af About Five»
Hundred Votes.
A vry small vote was cast throu-.
gho t his the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict yesterday at ike special election
heb fei* Circuit Court Judge.
1 unofficial returns from the four
cou.-.t c : composing the District show
that Hon. S. F.
deffc„i
Davis, of Indiauola, i
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ville, by a majority of about «Mr
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hundred votes.
Davis carried Sunflower county by
680 and Holmes county by 300.
Beams carried Washington county
by 400, Humphreys by 10, and Leflore
by 40 or 50.
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LEFLORE COUNTY VOTE.
Minter City
Money .
Itta Bena ..
..Beams 2 Davis 15 ^
..Beams 13 Davis 2
.Beams 52 Davis 20 j
Beams 23 Davis 14 !
Sidon .
Greenwood .Baems 93 Davisl03
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Totals
No election ... held at Shellmound, j
and up to the houi of going to press j
nothing had been heard from Sunny
Side, Schlater, Morgan City and Swif-:
town boxes.
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LECTURE GIVEN
ON MARRIAGE
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Father Finnertÿ Talks About The Sa
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ered R.l»t.o„ S h.p Of Man And
Wife At Catholic Church. I
tention of his audience last night at
the Catholic Church when he spoke ;
on the subject of "Matrimony." The
greatness and sanctity of the bond be- 1
tween man and wife were extolled.;
"This is a great sacrament, but I
speak in Christ and in the Church,"
Eph. 5:32. Marriage validly contract
ed, no power can break, Father Fin
nerty said. "What therefore, God
joined together let no man put asun
God instituted marriage for a sac
Finnerty. "His law demands fidelity to j
this,, and history shows that peoples
love to the sacred bond of unity j
marriage and of the establishment of
the home with little ones, have pros- 1
pered and have been blessed."
Father Finnerty paid a tribute to
the mothers ,who when our country's;
j very life was at stake, gave their stur- ;
Father Finnerty held the closest at
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if
said Father
red and holy purpose,
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jdy and loyal sons to defend Old Glory;
: One of the great curses of the day, he .
! pointed out, was the want of prayer- j
ful consideration for the entrance into
; the marriage life. ;
Tonight at 7:30 there will be a lec- ;
important subject, ;
ture on a very
which should be our everyday thought, j
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and a city park.
Just as soon as the plans are accep
ted, work will be commenced on the;
Grandstand which will cost between
six and eight thousand dollars.
Those who contributed to the Green
wood Base Ball Association should be
on the lookout for drafts as the com
mittee will collect the funds by draw
ing on them.
CHOKE DEBATE ON
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IRISH QUESTION
Senate Hastens To Clear Way For
Final Action On The Peace Treaty
Tables Bill.
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON,
tening to clear the way for final ac-1
tion on the peace treaty, the Senate ;
today choked off the St. Patrick Day j
debat° on the Irish ouestion bv tabl
March 17—Has
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resolution, that Great Britain;
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RETAIN POLICY j
FIXING PRICES
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For Wheat, Potatoes And Other Basic
Food Commodities In Germany
Despite Farmers Opposition.
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j EERUN MaJ . 1? _ Thc Germa „ |
j nm t has decided to retain 1
^ coming harvest year 1
potatoes and other basic food com
! modifies, despite strong opposition bv
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the farmers. At the same time it
has announced that the minimum i
prices which may be demanded for |
these food supplies will be increased
j by 100 percent for wheat and 300 per
cent for potatoes. These advances are
i intended as a partial concession to
producers, to allow for the reduced
purchasing power of German money
^ ^ ^^ased coat of production j
I Under the new scale of minimum :
prices wheat is fixed at not less than ;
1,000 marks a ton, potatoes at 500
marks a ton, rye 900 marks, barley j
and oats 800 mar k s . This fixing of a !
; J ninimum price is a reversa i from the
former procedure when maximum
1 prices were fi xe d. Producers had op- ;
pQsed the max i mum pr i ce system on
g roun( } that it failed to provide
^ Qr ^ genera ] increased cost of pro
duct i on
Farmers also vigorously opposed
con ti n uance of the government's pol
icy of f ix j ng pr i ce s and vainly at
tempte( j to h ave £ he free trading sys
tern restored. The government, act
j ing throug h t h e Economic Council, in
sisted that t fc e pr i ce fixing was nec
j essary because the food situation con
tinue3 precar i 0 us and because Ger
1 ^ ig 0 Bli ge d to rely upon her own
production until the country is placed
in & better pos ition for buying in for
eign countries .
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evidence
con
The government cited as
Qf probable disas trous results if
. trQ j pr j ces W ere removed, the fact
j tbat wben oa t s were released for free
trading they sold in t he open market
; at 4 4 qq ma rks a ton while wheat
; ^ fetching 500 markg a ton.
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Milwaukee Increased
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Mar. 17—Popula
tion statistics announced today, in
elude Milwaukee 457,147. An increase
of 83,290 or 22..3 per cent over 1910
URGES TREATY
BE RATIFIED
William Jennings Bryan Tells Demo
crats Defeat Of Treaty Suicidal
For Party.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON,
March
17—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, who was here
today enroute to New York, gave out
a statement urging the ratification of!
the peace treaty and declared for the
Democrats to join the
Irreconcil- i
ables" in defeating the treaty would
be "unthinkable," in advance, "unspea
kable" afterwards. He declared it
would be "suicidal" for the Democratic
party to deny the right of the major
ity of the Senate to declare the sen
ate's policy.
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OF PRESIDENT
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First Photograph Made Since His j
Return From The Western Trip
In September.
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Associated Press
'WASHINGTON, March 17—Photo-,
graphers were permitted to take the,
first pictures of President Wilson to-;
day since his return from his western
trip last September. The President
was photographed as he left the White
House this morning for an auto ride.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
Open High T.ow ("lose C osc
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37.30 37.74 37.24 37.71 ! 37.22 i
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Closed" 21 to f,3 up.
New' York Spots 41.00.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET
Open High Low Close C ose
Prev
May - - 137.4^7.70137.38137.65)373381
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Closed 19 to 29 up.
New Orleans Spots 41.00.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON LETTER.
(From J. F. Clark & Co.,
by Abe Silver.)
NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 17—Liver
pool showed between 30 and 40 points
lower than due and quoted spots 35
down. New York reported British !
worships enroute with 25 to 35,000,000 I
Gold for New York. This is believed:
to he the first consignment for dis- j
charge of the Anglo-French loan due
in October. !
Liverpool writes Manchester quiet
er > general inquiry fallen off consid
erably, trade appears to be well cov- ;
ered. Owing to shortage in warehouse}
room some s P ot cotton selling at con-j
cessions. Some 40,000 bales still on ■
the Quays for which no room can be,
found. Foreign news reflects the
nation in an unfinished state and :
holding a great deal of uncertainty, j
The weather map shows generally
cloudy weather, no rain West of the
River but general rains East, heavy
over parts of Northern Mississippi,
Alabama and Georgia. Outlook is I
for partly cloudy with further rains,
probable over the Northeast quarter.
Such weather is entirely normal for
this period of the year.
The market ignored the decline in
English market and opened 5 to 10
higher extending the gain to 25 points
in the distant positions in a short
while. Liverpool recovered most of
the early decline in old crops and ad- !
vanced to a net gain of six points on
new crops. Our market ruled quieter
in the second hour and reacted mod
erately on realizing. Spots are quiet
with but the usual scattered inquiry j
for certain specialties.
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» THE WEATHER
Wed
MISSISSIPPI—Local rains
nesday; somewhat colder Thursday;
cloudy probably rain.
Local Observations
TEMPERATURE—Highest, 84 de
.gréés; lowest, 65 degrees; précipita
tion .80; river gauge 23.3. Rise in 24 ,
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1 itor here yesterday from Sunny Side.
Miss Annie Long Stephen
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ALREADY NEW
GERMAN RULE
IS TOPPLING
Kapp Rulers Have Real
ized Futility of Their
Reign.
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Allied Forces Have Now
Occupied the City of
Constantinople.
Associated Press
The Kapp administration in Berlin,
; realizing the futility
to hold the reigns of powi
: cided to give up the short lived.dicta
torship. Official advices IV
of attempting
r. has de
om Berlin
j today announced that Char, *ellor Kapp
I has decided to resign .
Forces of extreme radicalism
j asserting themselves in
are
various Ger
man centers. With increasing Spart
iean disorders, and the talk is grow
ing among Radicals of the v.ossobil
ity of utilizing the presei t disturbed
conditions to establish Soviet. Rule.
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The ist of killed in tl e
towns and cities in clasl
various
s between
is now
the demonstrators and tr< >r i i
mounting to the hundreds,
hundred killed
No direct confirmation 1 i ; been re
ceived of last night's rej > v t of four
in the b. mb rdment
of Kiel by the warship, h it
ently reliable reports ind -it
hundred were killed at 1 .
a p nar
tha t a
len and
probably more than a hui I in the
I suburbs of Berlin and f >i. half
dozen to a score o" others in .wo doz
en or mere cent rs, where clashes
a
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were reported.
ALLIES OCCUPY CONST \NTI
No: LE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, fuir h 17
(Tuesday)—The Allied
occupied Constantinople a ne guns
nf the All» kj warships command both
j actual
arrival of the Allied forces cause lit
tle alarm. S.
MANY KILL
PARIS, Mar#
nine persons
of a hundredNirijured in disorders at
Treves in the-^American Zone of oc
cupation, according to advices rec : v
ed hero. It is said the revised figures
of the casualty list in the fighting at
Dresden, show more than a hundred
killed and three hundred wounded.
FAVOR SOVIET REPUBLIC.
LONDON, March 17—Independent
Socialists and Communists in Germa
ny have commenced a violent agita
tion in favor of the Soviet Republic
and the alliance with Soviet Russia,
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S ty  T DRESDEN.
I?-— (Havas) —Fifty
eye killed and upwards
! according to Berlin dispatches to the
I Exchange Telegraph
fRENCH ARE ATTACKED.
j PARIS March 17 a mob stormed
the French headquarters at Bonn and
! pillaged stores and private homes,
«ays a Berlin dispatch to the Journal.
A French automobile was attacked
and the driver and several French offi
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. B EBUN . Mar. _I7
: Jy announced that h. ,|l
j this afternoon at 1 o clock, had
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BISMARK, N. D. March 17—Five
are k nown dead and thousands of dol
j ars damage occurred, as a result of a
blizzard which has swept the State for
The
narrowly escaped lynching.
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Dead And Thousands
Of Dollars Damage Caused By
The Storm.
Associated Press
The blizzard is
the past two days.
sa jd to be the worst that has occurred
The storm early to
in twenty years.
day was reported to be subsiding and
the temperature falling.
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Court Ruling Costs
U. S. Gov't Heavily
Associated Press
WASHINGTON,
loss to the government as a result of
, the Supreme Court's decision that
March
17 —The
; stock dividends are not taxable, will
! not exceed twenty five million dol
Jars, is the opinion of most treasury
; experts.
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