Egypt Liner Sinks After Seine Collision Off Brest
In foggy seas off Brest France the Peninsular and Oriental liner Egypt sank after a collision with the French freighter Seine. Captain Barzic defended his backing of the Seine as rescuers recovered 22 bodies and 98 deaths were confirmed among crew and passengers including two American missionaries reported missing. Survivors described frantic scenes as crews searched in darkness.
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Brest
France
Barzic
Seine
Egypt
Barzie
Saint Patris
Cape Lizard
Bombay
London
Peninsular and Oriental Line
W. M. Boyer
M. L. Sibley
Robert S. Bevan
Mr. Bevan
Baltimore
Pressman Killed in Ironton Motorcycle Crash
Leo Happy Keating 17, assistant pressman for the Daily Register, died instantly in Ironton Ohio Sunday morning when his motorcycle collided with an automobile driven by Flournoy Stevenson of Urbana.
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Ironton
Leo “Happy” Keating
Daily Register
Flournoy Stevenson
Urbana
Harding backs state park movement in letter
President Harding approves the push for establishing state parks in a letter to John Barton Jayne chairing the national conference committee of the press on state parks.
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Harding
Washington
John Barton Jayne
Pris
National Conference On State
Bloody weekend in Belfast marked by blasts and fires
May 22 Belfast reports a violent weekend with at least 14 killed and many wounded. Bombs and gunfire raged through streets while two large fires burned. A demobilized RIC head constable was shot in Raphoe and a potential catastrophe was stopped when police found and extinguished an explosive device in a city cable box.
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Belfast
Royal Irish Constabulary
Newcastle steel plant to hit full capacity soon
Newcastle Pa May 22 By tomorrow night the big Newcastle plant of the American Sheet and Tinplate company will be operating 100 per cent capacity. Two more hot mills were started last midnight and the last idle mill starts tomorrow night putting the 20 mills in full operation. The Shenango plant will operate 75 per cent capacity. The capacity average of the two plants in this city will be 83 per cent, the highest in two years. General business conditions in this city are much improved.
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Newcastle
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
Ting
Shenango
Athens County Atting Down Her Bond Debt
Ohio auditors report shows state debt rising 19 percent while wealth grows 10.6 percent. Athens and Vinton counties are among the 20 with debt declines across all subdivisions. Athens total drop $162,636 and Vinton $5,255, with gains and losses spread across other counties.
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Athens County
Ohio
Joseph T. Tracy
Athens
Vinton
State
Vinton—county
Gallia
Jackson
Monroe
Perry
Washington
Bulgarians Reported In Revolt Not Confirmed
London reports that by noon the foreign office had no confirmation of a Bulgarian revolution and that King Boris had fled. Bulgarian officers in continental Europe denied the revolutionary reports.
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London
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
Boris
Europe
Industry Shows General Increase
The Department of Labor reported seven of twelve leading industries expanded employment in April while five declined. Notable gains were 34.9 percent in hosiery and underwear and 27.9 percent in leather manufacturing, with cotton manufacturing down 25.7 percent and cotton finishing off 11.9 percent.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Train derailment kills two in Parsons Kansas
A. Harsfield an engineer and L Doughty were killed when Missouri Kansas Texas limited train No 3 was ditched in Parsons Kansas early today.
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Parsons, Kas
A. Harsfield
L. Doughty
Senators Clash in Senate Corridor Near Washington
May 22 report from Washington describes a heated exchange between Senator Phipps of Colorado and Senator Watson of Georgia that nearly became a physical fight. Mutual friends restrained the pair as they rushed from the floor toward the corridor, preventing blows.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Phipps
Colorado
Watson
Georgia
Bride of Valentino Drops From Sight Amid Bigamy Charge
Winifred De Wolf Hudnut Valentino, Rudolph Valentino's second wife, is in Los Angeles on a bigamy charge and vanished from the press within 24 hours. She arrived with a new wedding ring, aimed to slip away at Newark, but reporters tailed her. Her father, a perfume maker, now lives in France.
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New York
Winifred de Wolf Hudnut Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
Los Angeles
Miss Hudnut
Valentino
Newark
N. J
France
Willis assails importers over tariff delay and world debts
Senator Willis of Ohio argues the tariff would pass soon if not for conscienceless opposition by importers and international bankers profiting from cheap imports. He warns that allied nations may not repay debts if the tariff bill passes, urging payment in goods to protect American workers and industry.
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Washington
United States
Eee
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Chao Itic
Willis
Poison Trage Alleged in Exhumed Body in Indiana Trial
Shelbyville Indiana May 22. Clara Gibson Carl former Cleveland writer and Ohio native faces trial for the alleged arsenic murder of her second husband Frank Carl and his father Alonzo Carl. Prosecutors plan to offer evidence on the death of her first husband Robert Gibson and a post mortem report from an exhumed body. She pleads not guilty.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Clara Green Carl
Cleveland
Hocking County
Ohio
Bluebeard
Carl
Frank Carl
Indiana
Clara Gibson
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Hancock County
Alonzo Carl
Frank
Waldo Ging
Denver
Colo
Robert Gibson
Nelsonville
O. Gibson
Soviets Expect U S Involvement At Hague Meeting
Soviet officials said the United States would likely join the Hague meeting next month to form a commission to investigate the Russian question and report recommendations. They cited American business interests seeking oil concessions from Russia as the basis for their belief.
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Moscow
United States
Hague
Russia
Will Hold The Land For Aeds
Washington May 22 Wrangel Island off Siberia long claimed for Canada is deemed Russian property by the United States after a state department inquiry. Several American vessels visited the island in fifty years but US title by discovery remains unclear. The island will be held in trust for the Russian people until Russia has a stable government.
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Harry L. Rogers
Washington
Wrangel Island
Siberia
Canada
Stefanasen
Russia
United States
State Department
Weather forecast period ending May 27
Weather outlook for the Ohio valley and Tennessee predicts generally fair conditions with occasional local showers. Moderate temperatures prevail through May 27, with winds light and variable in most areas.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Labor Shortage Ends Hard Times As Jobs Booms Across Midwest
Labor agents report the heaviest call for men in years as farmers, mills, railroads, and resorts recruit workers. Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma offer 2.50 to 4.00 dollars daily with board, while Wisconsin and Michigan lumber and harvests hunger for staff. Immigration patterns also push demand higher.
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Alfred
A. Johnson
Street
Middle West
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Johnson
Terror Attacks Hit Chicago Building Site
On May 22 in Chicago Policeman James Mullen was pushed from a third floor bridge by two men suspected of planning to bomb the new South Side building. He lies gravely injured as a general building trades strike failed to start, tied to the murder case of two policemen linked to the terrorist conflict.
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Chicago
James Mullen
Landis
Mullen
Fred Madera
Building Trades Council
Jury to be discharged in Kennedy murder retrial
Los Angeles jury hearing the retrial of Arthur C. Burch after more than two days of deliberation failed to reach a verdict and was expected to be discharged this morning. The case concerns the alleged murder of J Belton Kennedy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Survivor of Balaklava Hero Sees War Fame In Memoir
Ellis Cutting of Chicago, once an Eleventh Hussars veteran of Balaklava, rode with the famed 600 in the Valley of Death. He later served the Rock Island railroad and believes he is the brigade's sole survivor. He is now retired.
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Anto Valley OF Death
Valley of Death
Hell
Six Hundred
Ellis Cutting
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
Cutting
Hussars
Queen Victoria
Balakalava
Tennyson
Nelsonville Sees Coal Ban Order Hit Water Light Ice
Mayor McCune says Ohio UMWA order forbidding union miners to mine coal now affects city utilities. Water light and ice plants depended on coal from union miners and faced potential shutdowns. Chamber of Commerce condemned the order and supported the modification.
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Nelsonville
State Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
EB 8 i\McCune
Lee Hall
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Charmber of Commerce of
Starvation Threat Deepens in Kuban and Crimea
American relief workers report famine and resilience collapse in the Kuban and Crimea as seed grain arrives too late. Locust plagues worsen the distress among the affected population across the regions.
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Moscow
Kuban
Crimean
Russia
American Relief Administration
Crimea
Government figure looms over Muscle Shoals lease talks
Army engineer Hugh L. Cooper told the Senate agricultural committee that the government would lose about 1.275 to 1.436 billion dollars if the Muscle Shoals water power project were leased to Henry Ford under his current offer.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
Hugh L. Cooper
Senate Agricultural Committee
Armed Clash Reported Between Italian Troops and Arabs in Tripoli
Malta dispatch says violent fighting erupted in Tripoli as Italian troops clashed with Arab rebels. The report, received this afternoon, notes heavy activity and ongoing confrontations in the city.
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Malta
Tripoli
Storm Damage Hits Dallas In Severe Storm
Damage estimated at 170000 dollars resulted from a fire during a severe electrical and rainstorm in Dallas overnight and today. The blaze caused extensive destruction across the area.
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Dallas
Tex
Partisan tariff clash sparks call for nonpartisan measure
Senator Norris of Nebraska leads a push for a nonpartisan tariff bill as Republicans accuse Democrats of filibuster and special interests. He argues partisanship corrupts tariff drafting and cites Senate traditions as a casualty if leaders adopt his approach.
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William K. Swutchinson Wasthington
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Ccontrol
Hest
Legion funds to finance county building plan in Athens county
Judge Clevenger explains for the American Legion in Athens county that the remaining War Chest funds will fund building needs. He proposes a central building with five trustees including three Legionnaires to control the money after one year. Trustees may allocate funds as a lump sum or split among four posts. Arbor Day in Indianapolis sees students plant saplings and trees.
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American Legion
Athens County
Clevenger
Wilmington
Alfred Bettman
Cincinnati
G. R. Robinson
Nelsonville
F E. & McCune
Bettman
Legionaires
Blizzard treason trial enters fourth week with key witnesses
In Charles Town West Virginia Brigadier General Bandholtz of the US Army is expected to testify in the treason trial of William Blizzard the young union mine official accused of leading an armed insurrection. Phillip Murray of the United Mine Workers may follow to corroborate Blizzard as a peacemaker.
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Warren W. Wheaton
Charles Town
W. Va
William Blizzard
State of
West Virginia
Bandholtz
United States Army
Phillip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Murray
Greek cabinet appoints Proto Papadakis premier again
Athens dispatch reports Proto Papadakis, former Greek finance minister, named premier of Greece. This marks Greece's third ministry within a week, indicating political turnover and instability in Athens.
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London
M. Protopapadakis
Greece
Athens
Businesses Close In New Marshfield Thursday Afternoons
The town of New Marshfield will close business houses on Thursday afternoons starting May 25, planning a regional shift in operating hours. The measure, indicated as 22 8t, affects local merchants and may influence weekly commerce and service access.
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New Marshfield
Fire Dangers Highlighted by Instructional Booklet
The article urges children to learn fire safety to protect their community. It notes a fire starts somewhere in the U S every minute and that ignorance or carelessness is to blame. The National Board of Fire Underwriters prepared an illustrated booklet for child instruction and offers a free copy via mail with two cents for return postage.
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United States
National Board of Five Underwriters
Washington Information Bureau
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