U S Marine Killed at Five Points Amid China Tensions
Reports from Shantung border indicate bandits seized the Shanghai Peking Express, taking 150 travelers including Americans. British subject Rothman killed. captives include Robert Scripps publisher Major Pinger and officers Roland Allen Henley Lee Solemn and Levy. U.S. Minister Schurman warns of seriously menacing relations with Peking. call for vigorous action to secure release. U S forces and a marine detachment available, with nine hundred troops at Tientsin to police and keep the railway open.
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Associated Press
Shantung
Lincheng
Rothman
Robert Scripps
Pinger
Roland
Allen
Henley
Lee
Solemn
Levy
Washington
United States
China
Schurman
State Department
Tientsin
World affairs split over Senate plan and open door deals
In continuing debate Charles P. Stewart weighs how Senate divisions may shape President Harang's world court plan ahead of the 1924 campaign. He notes party splits, the Progressives as kingmakers, and potential shifts on the league issue while also surveying talks on the Turkish open door and Chester concession amid Anglo French American interests.
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Senate
Harang
Congress
Dhat
League of Nations
League
Court
Lus- Ang
Josephgc. Grew
United States
Chester Syndicate
Washington
Edward J. Bing
United Press European
Turkey
Chester
Bing
Chester Group
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Standard Oil
Sinclair and Gulf
Prance
Fle
David L. Stone
Rhine- Jana Commission
Ohio
Cleveland
France
Germany
Government Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Colonel Stone
Latin America
Far East
Europe
Mayn
London
Ruhr
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
de Valera
Mosquito Prevention Order Tightens Cemetery Water
Dr J A Prince and city health official Dr J W Chambliss order Americus cemetery urns emptied weekly on Wednesday. Water must be removed from all vases and receptacles to curb breeding and malaria risk. flowers may be placed after Wednesday.
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Americus
J. A. Prince
J. W. Chambliss
Dr. Chambliss
Body Found in Alapaha River in Berrien County
Valdosta May 7 report says Katherine Thomas, a black woman, was found floating on the Alapaha River. A fishermen’s group found the body. her grown daughter is linked to the death. Coroner’s jury returns verdict that death resulted from unknown causes.
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Alapaha
Valdosta
Katherine Thomas
Alapaha River
Berrien County
Southern Delegates Protest Vegetable Oil Tariff Change
A Southern state agricultural delegation and peanut growers pressed President Harding and the tariff commission in Washington against any change in the tariff on vegetable oils. They cited refiners seeking to remove or reduce duties on imports from the Orient and other foreign countries as the motive, with Georgia figures Governor-elect Clifford M. Walker and J. J. Brown of the Georgia Department of Agriculture among the participants.
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Washington
Harding
Tariff Commission
Orient
Clifford M. Walker
Georgia
J. J. Brown
Department of Agriculture
Georgians Inc Plan Aims at Attracting Georgia Mills
Georgians Incorporated will meet in Macon on Tuesday May 8 to adopt a program for a vigorous campaign to bring manufacturing enterprises to Georgia with a focus on attracting textile mills. Senator Walter F George and W T Anderson are named attendees as statewide delegations gather to discuss methods to lure industry to the state.
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Macon
Georgia
J. E. Poole
Hardwick
Lovelace Eve
The
Americas Chamber of Commerce
Pla
Walter F. George
W. T. Anderson
Macone Telegraph
Capital City Club
Atlanta
George Towns
Keister bungalow sold to Dr Thomas Merritt
Americus real estate news notes the sale of the Keister bungalow on West Church Street to Dr Thomas M Merritt. Price reportedly averaged 8500 dollars. Merritt plans to keep it as an investment and continue an apartment house with J M Gary occupying one unit. Dr Keister to arrive from Washington DC late May with Mrs Keister and Miss Helen Keister. R C Wilson returns home from Savannah after visit to I E Wilson on Forrest Street. First English stamp was black.
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Americus
Keister Bunglow
West Church Street
T. M. Merritt
Dr. Merritt
J. M. Gary
Churchwell
J. B. Hudson
B. C. Keister
Nine and Eleven Grandparents Reported in Texas
In Fannin county a five month old child reportedly has nine grandparents, while in Sherman a two month old boy is said to have eleven grandparents, prompting astonishment as readers note the unusual family shows.
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Sherman
Tex
Fannin County
Tanya
How The Clubs Stand In Yesterday's American League
Major league results show Chicago defeated Detroit 4 to 3 while Cleveland fell to St. Louis 5 to 4. Washington beat Boston 5 to 1 and New York lost to Philadelphia 5 to 1.
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Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Digipoi Aees
Cleveland Angeneaten Sees
Oaanse Eweset
Boston Escanans
Washington Cancent Eesueses
Se Ouis Hee
Chicago Scenes
Mapeasabanets
Detroit at Chicago Today in Major League Action
Detroit visits Chicago in a scheduled game while St. Louis heads to Cleveland for another contest. The doubleheader setup features two storied clubs seeking wins as the season progresses.
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Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
National League Scores From St Louis and Cincinnati
In St Louis the Cubs were routed by the Cardinals 16 to 4 while at Cincinnati the Pirates edged the Phillies 8 to 7. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 7 to 4 as the only three games on the slate.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Brooklyn at Boston New York at Philadelphia
Brooklyn faces Boston while New York meets Philadelphia and St Louis plays at Pittsburgh in a trio of late season showdowns featuring regional rivals and key standings implications.
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Brooklyn
Boston
New York
Phildelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Southern League Yesterday's Results
Baseball scores from Mobile Birmingham 0 1 Memphis Chattanooga 5 Nashville 10 Little Rock 6 New Orleans 14 Atlanta 9. A Bohemian glass polisher has finished a clock which, with the exception of the springs, is entirely of glass. Carp have been known to live 200 years.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Memphis
Chattanooga
Nashville
Little Rock
New Orleans
Atlanta
Memphis Rosaccenve
Mobile Oecnses
wBeree Ee Eeee
Austria Close to Turning Point as League Plans Aid
Vienna reports next months will decide Austria's fate as the League of Nations weighs in on stability and security amid looming chaos. A diplomatic mission from Paris London and Rome seeks funds, with guarantees from Austria’s tobacco monopoly and customs. Retrenchment measures rise, fares drop, and government waste shrinks as deposits grow and a new Austrian Bank of Issue limits money printing.
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NEA
Times-Recorder
Vienna
Austria
League of Nations
League
London
G Franckenstein
M. Bark
Nixon
America
Brussels
Rome
Hague
United States
Paris
Amsterdem
Christiana
Aarsern
Bank of Issue
Zimmerman
Europe
Mills 1921 Freshman Arrested in Mount Case After Skeleton Found
Northwestern University freshman J Allen Mills who vanished after a class fight with Leighton Mount in 1921 has been located by Akron police, with a skeleton partly identified as Mount found a week earlier. Authorities had pursued Mills since Mount disappeared following the incident.
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Chicago
J. Allen Mills
Northwestern University
Leighton Mount
Mount
Akron
Ohio
Autopsy Planned for Tabert Witness Body in Martin-Abert Case
In Tallahassee Representative Davis from Leon says he will submit a concurrent resolution this afternoon calling for an autopsy on the body of Jerry Popell, star witness in the Martin abert death inquiry, who died suddenly in Quincy Saturday night.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Davis
Leon
Jerry Popell
Martin Abert
Quincy
Britain to reject German reparations proposal in note
London to send formal protest to Germany within 36 hours urging a more practical liberal solution. Berlin remains hopeful despite sharp French reply and stern note, with Berlin not viewing as closing path to negotiations.
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London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
Berlin
Foreign Office
Track and Field Meet Set for Montgomery May 18 19
Athletes from sixteen Dixie colleges will compete at Crampton Bowl in Montgomery for the Southern Intercollegiate Track and Field meet on May 18 and 19. Competing schools include Alabama Auburn LSU Florida Georgia Tech Ole Miss Vanderbilt Tennessee Kentucky and others. Gold silver and bronze medals will be awarded for top finishes with the Crarp ton trophy to the mile relay winner and the Georgia Tech competitive trophy on the line. Louisiana State and others vie for the awards as Louisiana Tech is not participating this year.
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Dixie Colleges
Crampton Bowl
South
Alabama
Auburn
Mississippi A. & M
Louisiana State University
Tulane
University of Mississippi
Louisiena
Hospital Ambulance Hits Pedestrian in Atlanta Fatality
In Atlanta on May 7 H D Bush deputy US marshal from Covington died at Grady Hospital after a Grady ambulance struck him in the downtown retail district. Bush was struck by the right fender and run over by the front and rear wheels suffering skull and leg fractures and internal injuries. He died on the operating table without regaining consciousness.
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Atlanta
H. D. Bush
United States
Covington
Grady Hospital
Bush
Macon Centennial to Open Wednesday
Macon prepares for its centennial celebration May 9 to 11 with more than fifty thousand expected visitors from Georgia and the south. Final rehearsals for 5,000 participants have been held, a large grandstand at Central City Park is ready, and downtown shops are decorated. Creations band from Atlantic City will give six concerts. The festival opens Wednesday morning with a flowers festival and a pageant under a large, unified program.
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Macon
Georgia
South
Central City Park
United States
Union
Creature’s Band
Atlantic City
Hutchinson’s Condition Worsens as Illness Deepens
R S Hutchinson, grievously ill for a week, sinks slowly. He remains largely unconscious, stirred only briefly day and night. His sisters and brothers, plus Mrs M B Smith of Ellijay and Mrs J D Johnson Jr of Turin Ga, have rushed to his bedside.
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R. S. Hutchinson
M. B. Smith
Ellijay
J. D. Johnson, Jr
Turin
Hutchinson
New York Governor to address Georgia solons
Atlanta May 7 Governor Smith of New York is to appear before the Georgia legislature in an address. The Municipal League of Georgia, via Gordon Saussy Savannah president, says the date will likely be fixed for July 4 or July 10, as information received here indicates.
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Atlanta
Smith
New York
Municipal League of
Gordon Saussy
Savannah
John D. Mathis Post to Hold Evening Legion Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of John D. Mathis Post American Legion will be held this evening at 7 50 in Legion headquarters. All members are urged to be present.
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John D. Mathis Post
American Legion
Legion
Leslie B Y P U Entertained At Denise Home
The Junior B Y P U of the Leslie Baptist church was entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs K A Denise on Friday evening. The parlor and reception areas were decorated with cut flowers and ferns. A fine program kept about thirty guests enjoying the event as punch and a salad course were served.
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Leslie B. Y. P. U
Leslie
B. Y. PU
Leslie Baptist Church
K. A. Denise
Hadl
San
Spain to present model of Santa Maria to England
Spain plans to present England with a model of the Santa Maria, one of Columbus voyages ships on the voyage to America. The gesture underscores historical ties and maritime heritage showcased to English audiences.
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England
Columbus Sa
America
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