Trik ers clash with police in Dortmund five dead
A violent confrontation in Dortmund ends with five dead including a woman and a child. Between sixteen and sixty others are reported injured as security forces contend with armed assailants.
24 May 1923
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
1
A violent confrontation in Dortmund ends with five dead including a woman and a child. Between sixteen and sixty others are reported injured as security forces contend with armed assailants.
Reported in Dortmund on May 2 as 60 000 workers quit jobs amid high living costs. Five people died and 60 to 80 wounded in clashes with police and rioters. Strikers organized into units of 360 men with automatic pistols and street patrols, while steel and iron plants saw joiners. Talks and hunger strikes documented. German price controls led to store reductions in several towns.
Artesia New Mexico May 23 The ticket and passenger office of the Fe Keatiway company was raided by unknown thieves who caused little damage. The vault containing money remained intact and no clue to the criminals was found. Earlier two boys were caught near the honey drawer and bound over to the district court. Trains run faster now with new steel rails and summer freight traffic has begun as alfalfa shipments resume.
Alamogordo New Mexico May 23. County Agent J A Ware reports Otero county crops in fine condition. Winter and spring wheat up 150 percent from last year with oats and barley up 160 percent and alfalfa 110 percent. Fruit crop expected to reach 90 percent of normal. Corn remains the heaviest potential crop though exact yields are not yet estimated.
Weather forecast for Denver and surrounding regions calls for fair skies Thursday. Mild warmth with only slight changes in temperature across areas including the northeast portion and Pri ay and fair conditions in New Mexico and Arizona on Thursday and Friday.
Rome May 25 Two new cardinals were created by Pope Pius at a secret consistory in the Vatican. Monsignor Luigi Sincero procreator of the consistorial congregation and Monsignor Giovanni Hatlista Nasalli Recca archbishop of Helogna were elevated. The pope delivered an ad journment deploring the strife in Ireland the Ruhr crisis and events in Russia and vowed to continue to alleviate world suffering.
Meagre reports from China describe a shrinking captive group and hints of negotiations. The Pekin diplomatic corps plans an international commission to Tsonchwang to investigate the release talks with bandits, with no direct government power implied.
In New York on May 24, thirteen people including producer Harry Weinberger and cast members of the play God of Vengeance were found guilty by a jury after a brief deliberation. Lead actor Thudelph Schuldkraut and others were absent at verdict. The case, arising under state penal law, may carry up to three years in prison or a fine. defense argued the play imparted a moral lesson. This conviction is said to be the first of its kind in thirty years.
The City Commission debated closing or razing the existing viaduct and opening Coal Avenue as a through crossing. A conference with railroad officials was proposed after Swope authorized wiring Mr. Wells to seek a joint solution and study ten year upkeep costs.
A partial OCR weather log from the university records notes yesterday’s 6 p.m. readings with a high around 50s to 60s and low in the mid forties. It lists humidity near 45 percent at 6 a.m. and 45 percent at 6 p.m. The entry also mentions wind direction from the northwest and references precipitation and velocity data in unclear terms.
In Mesreall Lower California a fire destroyed a block and a half of Mexicali’s business district. Forty seven buildings burned. 1000 Chinese displaced. damage pegged just under 2 million dollars with about half covered by insurance. Pedro Gonzales survived the theater fire blaming a faulty electrical connection. Soldiers moved ammunition from the nearby fort as flames neared.
A dozen local residents led by J A Mesman and H Heyman Jr pressed the district judge and sheriff for a speedy trial of Steve Peteoff. They fear for his health and push a special grand jury while noting the case remains in district court hands. Peteoff, serving as a suspect, appeared pale and weak, claiming miner's consumption, as officials warn against possible deterioration.
A slow moving southwestern tornado threatened North Texans and Southwest Oklahomans as warnings spread from Loveland. Farmers and motorists avoided loss of life with timely alerts and travel routes kept open despite the towering wind current.
An American named A. Wilson shot and killed a six foot four inch bear near Terrazas station, about 14 miles from Chihuahua City, Mexico, on May 23. Local authorities reported the event as a notable incident in the region.
Former Governor A. Larrazolo of the United States Good Roads Association told Kiwanis club that the 1924 convention here should include heads of all Washington road departments and seek federal aid. He urged inviting President Harding, Obregon, Mexican governors, and many state chiefs to attend, aiming to foster U S Mexico road ties and secure federal support.
May 22 report states the allies paused formal talks to resolve Turkish Greek reparations issues. Greece may cede territory to Turkey in exchange for renunciation of an indemnity. The British delegation released a long review noting progress is limited and urging patience with discussions under a new Turkish government.
New York May 23 Col T L Huston who sold his half interest in the New York Yankees to Col Jacob Ruppert will not be able to acquire an interest in the Brooklyn Nationals this season Col Huston’s retirement from the Yankees ownership prompted reports he might buy the Brooklyn club Dodgers president Charles Ebbetta and partners Ed and Stephen McKeever denied their interests were for sale
Chicago May 23 A veteran patrolman William K B McAvoy the smallest man on the force five feet tall and slight built led a dramatic arrest of seven bad men four armed McAvoy dove from a moving auto onto the running board drew his weapon disarmed the group and lined them up before marching them to the police station returning a notable example that size matters little in police work
Eugene V Debs of Indiana was chosen as national chairman by the Socialist party at a meeting of the executive committee in New York on May 23. He will lead the party in its national activities and campaigns.
London May 23 AP report says Premier Baldwin is consulting with colleagues and leaders to form a new ministry. Four appointments are sure: Curzon foreign secretary Derby air secretary Hoare and Wilson chief whip. Horne may become chancellor but denies it. Austen Chamberlain and Lord Robert Cecil may join to strengthen the ministry.
Mrs. Lealah Crandall, wounded herself after shooting W. E. Remington, was arraigned on murder charges in a Phoenix hospital. Bail set at 5900 with a June 5 preliminary hearing. Coroners verdict ruled Remington's death a weapon wound inflicted by Crandall. Witnesses noted prior close association and a remark after the shooting that she had to kill him.
Pred Starek, acting head of the War Finance Corporation, after talks with President Harding, reported no cause for gloom and predicted Congress may add relief for southwest cattle interests. He toured the south and west by air, noting broad business strength despite drought and postwar deflation, with optimism prevailing overall.
Three Columbus figures F M Schoenborn Palmer K Winslow and Dr Robert B Drury announced they have bought the Boston American League club and will take control after the season ending in October. Sale occurred yesterday in Chicago with speculation the price exceeded 1 million dollars.
Montreal May 23 women won the right to representation on executive committees of the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church by a 140 to 49 vote.
Mexico City May 23 The United States and Mexican delegations at the pre recognition conference would be bound by any agreement reached here Hannon Ross Sener Gonzalez Roa Charlies B Warren and John Barton Payne act as personal representatives of Obregon and Harding and would bind both governments to observe the outcome The conference also weighs whether the agreement could replace the proposed treaty of amity and commerce and notes Mexico’s petroleum bill revisions amid senate inaction on related legislation The talks focus on foreign debt payments indemnification for expropriated lands and petroleum dispute clarifications from last year Washington and Mexico City discussions continue with the goal of normalizing relations.
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