Cantonese Army Threat Looms Over Shanghai Battle
Reports from Hankow and Washington detail Sun Fo leading Cantonese opposition to Kellogg’s Shanghai neutrality plan. British defense moves and Sun Chuan Fang’s forces push Cantonese from Chuchow toward Kiangsi, with Shanghai observers noting northern troops gaining ground and danger to foreigners easing for now.
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Shanghai
Hankow
United States
Peking
Frank B. Kelloge
Sun Fo
Sun Yat-Sen
Forre
Fugene Chen
Marcal Sun Chuan Fang
Washington
China
Kellogg
Shanghai International Settlement
State Department
Nae
Chang Tso-Lin
Chiang Kai Shek
Sun Chuang Fang
Shangai
London
Sun Chuan Fang
Chuchow
Chekiang Province
Chekiang Front
Hong Kong
Owen O'Melley
Eugene Chen
Chen
Io Chekiang Province
Kiangsi
Sun
Gingersnaps Key to Nancy Bakers Rich Life in Grant's Hometown
Nancy Baker died at 101 in Galena after a life linked to her famous gingersnaps. Her treats won affection of three U.S. presidents: Grant, McKinley, and Roosevelt, with McKinley visiting in 1893 and Roosevelt in 1915. Baker had lived in Grant's old hometown since 1852.
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Galena
Nancy Baker
United States
U. S. Grant
McKinley
Roosevelt
Baker
William McKinley
Grant
Milwaukee Wedding Unites Dr Elsa Berger and Jan Edelman
Dr Elsa R Berger daughter of Wisconsin Congressman Victor L Berger wed Jan Edelman a former Hague resident and local manufacturer in Milwaukee. Berger recently completed medical studies in Vienna and the couple celebrated their union blending two continents.
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Milwaukee
Elsa R. Berger
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Jan Edelman
The
Hague
Dr. Berger
Vienna
Edelman
Public Buildings Ordered Erected
Washington reports the house approved a $125 million追加 fund for new federal buildings. Of this, $100 million targets projects nationwide and $25 million for the District of Columbia, in addition to $165 million already authorized last year. The plan, requiring a two thirds vote, now proceeds to the senate.
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Washington
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Secretary of Treasury
McKeown
Oklahoma
Congress
Treasury and Post Office Department
Minority stockholders deny reports on C and O sale talks
Richmond Va February 7 minority stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad deny ever offering their stock to the majority holders or negotiating with the Van Sweringen brothers. George Kemp chairman of the minority stockholders committee says there is no truth to reports of a deadlock over a $210 per share price.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
George
Kemp
van Sweringen
Fruit Men's Problems Subject of Field Meet
West Virginia University extension division experts on fruit growing opened a three day field school in Inwood to address production challenges. Classes run at the state apple packing plant with practical work in nearby orchards under Professors Knowlton Sherwood Crane and Dill. The school will close to allow participation in the annual two day session of the West Virginia Horticulture Society at Martinsburg.
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Inwood
W. Va
West Virginia University Extension Division
Knowlton, Sherwood, Crane and Dill
West Virginia Horticulture Staty
Martinsburg
Church Receives Man Who Stole Lodge Money
James E. Keeley, former prominent member of Settle Memorial Methodist Church in Owensboro Kentucky, admitted a seven thousand dollar shortage from the Masonic Temple company. He was readmitted to church membership after asking forgiveness and a pledge to repay. No court action has been taken as friends and fraternity brothers offered to help repay the funds.
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Owensboro
James E. Keeley
Masonic Temple Company
Settle Memorial Methodist Church
Keeley
Jury completes Daugherty Miller case on first trial day
In New York the jury is seated for the second trial of former attorney general Harry M. Daugherty and ex alien property custodian Thomas W. Miller. They face charges of defrauding the U.S. through the transfer of seven million dollars of seized American Metals assets to German agent Richard Merton.
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New York
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
United States
Miller
Daugherty
Richard Merton
Societe Pour Valeurs de Metaux
Ameri
Can Metals Company
Liberty
Merton
John T. King
Republican National
New Methods for Organizing Mines in West Virginia
Percy Tetlow of United Mine Workers District 17 announces a shift from violent tactics to educational organizing in southern West Virginia. He plans wage-scale talks in Miami to influence WV policy, foresees no strike this year but possible contract difficulties, and notes 5,000 southern miners who are open-shop workers with limited union contact.
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Charleston
W. Va
Elf
Miners’ Union
West Virginia
Percy Tetlow
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
Tetlow
Indianapolis
Miami
Fla
Mr. Tetlow
International Organization
Farm Relief Advocates Start Fight for Vote
Washington feb 7 farm relief debate began in the senate as McNary Haugen sponsors push for a vote while house leaders defer action. A civil promise to defer the cotton equalization fee for two years and adopt the Bledsoe cotton insurance plan brightens passage prospects. Senator Fess predicts a veto if the bill permits farm organizations to nominate to the farm board. Sponsors plan to force a senate vote by week end using the rule to limit debate.
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Washington
Senate
House
President Coolidge
Fess
Ohio
TWO KILLED MANY HURT IN GEORGIA TRAIN WRECK
Cornelia Georgia February 7 two persons were killed and several injured two seriously when the Talleulah Falls passenger train from Franklin North Carolina to Cornelia Georgia wrecked at Hazlewood Creek trestle near Demorest The engine became coach and one passenger car went through the trestle which is forty feet high
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Cornelia
Tallulah Falls
Franklin
N. C
Hazlewood Creek
Demorest
Wheeling Stock Passes to Nickel Plate and Partners
Major eastern rail firms Rockefeller interests, New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, and Nickel Plate acquire about one sixth each of Wheeling stock. Baltimore and Ohio lifts Western Maryland to 35 percent, signaling practical control. Purchases blunt Loree plan for a fifth eastern trunk line and trigger a stock market squeeze in Wheeling and Lake Erie shares.
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New York
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Rockefeller
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Tts
Maryland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wall Street
L. F. Loree
Loree
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Interstate Commerces
Ohio Publicities Commission
Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
University co ed on insanity bid after bank burglary
Miss Marion Meyers a 19 year old University of South Dakota co ed confessed attempting to burglarize the First National bank for 24 dollars to pay tuition. The county insanity board ruled she insane and held her under 1500 dollar bond pending March court appearance. The prosecutor urged a 1000 dollar bond before transfer to the state hospital for the insane.
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Vermilion
Marion Myers
University of South Dakota Co
First National Bank
Meyers
Justice of the Peace
State Hospital For
H. O. Perkins
Federation of Churches joins drive to clean Broadway plays
New York February 7 The Federation of Churches backed efforts to clean up the city stage. District Attorney Banton said there will be no raids on current Broadway plays, noting four alleged indecent shows had already been closed before his review.
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New York
Banton
Trooper Joins Bandits To Solve Big Robbery
A Pennsylvania state trooper infiltrated a gang tied to a $10,000 diamond heist and an ensuing bank robbery. Two gang members were arrested, with $8,000 seized from the cash drawers in Knox. three Newcastle suspects, including Mark Mockman and William Matteson, were held on suspicion.
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Trooper
Pennsylvania
Clarion
Clarion County
Newcastle
Vincent Aeeane
New Castle
A “Smith
Knox Bank
Sam Baril
el Gul
Smith
Knox
Ema
Parce
Butler State
Mark Mockman
William Matteson
Marry Coburn
Trockman
Chicago
C and O Directors Seek Erie and Pere Marquette Stock
Cleveland Feb 7 President W J Harahan said the Chesapeake and Ohio board directed filing of petitions with the interstate commerce commission for permission to acquire stock control of the Erie and Pere Marquette railroads and to sell 59 502 400 of stock at par.
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Cleveland
W. J. Harahan
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie Railroad
Pere Marquette Railway
Cupcake and
Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio Company
Erie
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Chesapeake and Ohio
Harahan
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
John J. Bennet
van Sweringens
Chesapeake and Ohio Board of Directors
John Stewart Bryan
George Cole Scott
Richmond
Otto Miller
Frank H. Ginn
van Sweringen
Hocking Valley
Hockin Valley
Shouting Match Grips Senate During Farm Bill Debate
In Washington on February 7 the Senate erupted into a loud shouting match between Fess of Ohio and Gooding of Idaho during farm bill debate. The brawl drew laughter from galleries as Vice President Dawes sought order and senators traded jibes over tariff protections and the Fordney McCumber era.
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Washington
Senate
Fess
Ohio
Gooding
Idaho
Voles
Dasso Idahoan
Dawes
Bruce
Maryland
Fees
Hhis
Neely
West Virginia
Fordney
Jury selection possible in Rudner murder trial
Canton Ohio February 7. At close of the first day of the Rudner trial the selection of a jury by tomorrow evening or Wednesday morning was seen as possible. Rudner, indicted with Patrick McDermott and Louis Mazer for the Don R. Mellett slaying, with McDermott already convicted, saw the panel filled twice and reduced to eleven by peremptory challenges, likely exhausting the challenges before a final juror is seated.
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Canton
Ohio
Ben Rudner
Don R. Mellett
Rudner
Patrick McDermott
Louis Mazer
McDermott
Tongue Split Victim Found Sacked By Street
A unidentified man was found dead on Mast Eighth Street with a split tongue and two coffee sacks sewn around him. Police say the mutilation reflects underworld punishment for talking, and the victim was beaten and tied with a sash cord before being strangled. Evidence suggests he came from the Midwest.
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New York
Mast Eighth Street
Emperor Buriel Ceremony as Japan Mourns Emperors Death
Thousands mourn in Tokyo as Emperor Buriel is laid to rest after a nightlong funeral procession. The burial precedes the building of Yoshihito's tumulus with sanctified workers sworn to secrecy and guarded by imperial regiments.
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Emperor Buriel
Japan
Tokyo
Youhihito
Shinjuku Gardens
Asakwa
Yoshihito
Defendants in Suit Shortened by One Name
Los Angeles Feb 7 The superior court upheld demurrers in the divorce suit of Lita Grey Chaplin against Charles Chaplin. Lloyd Wright was dismissed after the complaint was attacked for not proving the couple were married when filed. Chaplin Studios Inc. had its demurrer upheld over property interests not being reported by specific value. Ten days to amend.
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Los Angeles
Lita Grey Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Lloyd Wright
Chaplin
Chaplin Studios, Inc
Wright
Cobb Offered 50,000 by Browns For Ty Cobb
St Louis Feb 7 Ty Cobb has been offered a 50 000 salary by manager Dan Howley of the St. Louis Browns. Howley, in New York attempting to sign Cobb, sent a telegram stating Cobb would decide tomorrow.
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St. Louis
Ty Cobb
Dan Howley
St. Louis Browns
Howley
New York
Cobb
Ford tax hearing resumes as House passes veterans bonus loan
The Day in Washington reports the Ford tax hearing resumed while the House passed the veterans' bonus loan bill. The Senate refused to return the radio bill to conference and the House approved a $125000 addition for public buildings. Local names and scattered references appear in the telegraphed notes.
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Senate
Ohio
Iola Neff
Hath -Texas
Faeenon Teen Diation Hoard
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