Nearly 100 Die as Two Steamers Collide Off French Coast
Brest, May 21 Associated Press reports near total loss after the Peninsula and Oriental Line steamer Egypt sinks off Ushant following a collision with the French freighter Seine. Of 38 passengers and 290 crew aboard Egypt, at least 15 passengers and 80 crew are missing. Seine rescues 29 passengers, over 200 crew, and 20 bodies. Dense fog hampered rescue as vessels sank within 20 minutes. captains recount horror as survivors clung to debris and life boats searched the sea.
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Egypt
Seine
Ushant
Brest
France
Associated Press
Office Island
Armend
Eprut
Sial
Heypt
Barre
Lebarzic
Upper Bridge
Two American Women Passengers Missing
London may 21 two American women Mrs A K L Sibley and Mies V M Beyer were aboard the steamer Egypt when lost to sight in the Atlantic. More details unavailable due to continued report on page two.
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London
Associated Press
AK L. Sibley
Mies V. M. Beyer
Egypt
Salvage plans for Lusitania face skeptical experts
Landi of the As Salvate syndicate seeks to raise the Lusitania next month pending end of a national engineers strike. He claims bullion jewels and ship cargo justify the venture and will employ forty divers to depths of 480 feet. Critics including Captain Bestic call the operation commercially and technically impossible due to wreck conditions and prior torpedo damage.
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Robert J. Prew
London
Mayardi Landi
As Salvate Syndicate
Lusitania
National Engineers
Lord
Canada
Pacific
Wig Syndicate
Landi
Ex. Juusitania
Bestic
Birg
Enarmotte Impas
N J Fire Chief Nearly Blinded by Hold-Up Men
Asbury Park May 21 James Hoghes former Deal fire chief was taken to Long Branch hospital after an assault near West Wanamagsa last night. Two youths beat him with a club and robbed him of his watch and 217 dollars. Thirty seven stitches were required to close the wounds on his head.
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Asbury Park
James Hoghes
Deal
N. J
Long Branch Hospital
West Wanamagsa
Crowded Pleasure Beach ferry disabled at dock
A ferry named Huge net carrying between 1,200 and 4,500 passengers to Stratford Avenue dock encountered engine failure during rush hour last night. Special police directed evacuations back to the dock with no injuries reported as Pleasure Beach ferries assisted the stranded crowd. Officials note 18,000 visitors to the island that day, totaling over 29,600 across the first two days.
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Stratford Avenue
Pleasure Beach
Peterson
Hoat’shore Way
Ue Tock
Nots
Stratford Syeuus F
Benen Pier
Bese
Four Bridgeport Musicians Recall Sea Crash Tale
Four Bridgeport musicians aboard the Aeolus tell of a night collision with the English freighter Regina off Uruguay. The Aeolus was cut in half as the Regina struck twice in heavy fog at about 2:79 am, passengers slept, 27 crew saved by lifeboats, all aboard survived. The Aeolus then headed to Montevideo for repairs. ship will be replaced on its South American route by a new vessel.
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Blajeity
Joan
Fred Miles
Marion Street
Meola Maricona
Church Street
William Harrison
Stratford
Acotua
Munson Shipping Line
Ururuas
New York
Bridgeport
Ofanson
Montevideo
Uruguay
Aenlus
Rio de Janiero
Santos
Buenos Aires
South America
Zringq
San Francisco
Honoluu
Twrster World
STUDENTS INJURED WHEN AUTO HITS EMBANKMENT NEAR NEW HAVEN
Five persons were injured, two seriously, when an automobile left the road on a curve near Casey Borch East Haven early today and skidded into a rock embankment. The injured, listed as Hartshorn David of Youngstown Ohio Richards Carr Toledo Ohio Stanley Barnett Denver Cole Wallner F Smith Worpoxbury Mass and Miss Marion Flaerscm Plainfield NS, were treated at Grace hospital. Hartshorn and Barnett are Yale students. A student unknown and an unidentified woman were also injured. Barnett and Miss Floyrsch are in serious condition.
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Ted
Casey Borch
East Haven
Grace Hospital
David
Hartshorn
Youngstown
Ohin
Richards
Carr
Toedo
Chios Stanley
Barnett
Denver
Cole
Wallner F. Smith
Wer Poxbury
Mase
Marion Flaerscm
Plainfield
Ang
Misa Floyrsch
Burch Jury Still Out After 48 Hour Deliberations
In Los Angeles the jurors eight men and four women deliberated over the Archer W. murder case of J. Belton Tris. They resumed at 10 a.m. and by 3:06 p.m. had not reached a verdict. Judge Reeve ordered the jury held overnight and warned he would discharge them if no verdict by 8 a.m. tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Archer W
Howe
Burch
J. Belton Tris
Jude Sidney N. Reeve
Tyne
Xétain Gm
Trbdoelick
Reeve
Ji Olock
American role in Hague talks hinges on political bar
Washington officials forecast U S participation in European economic councils if political questions are barred from Hague discussions on world recovery. They see joint efforts to balance budgets, deflate currencies, and cut armaments as key to restoring confidence and encouraging American investments abroad. Experts favor de facto gold standard as a stabilizing step and stress bankers can aid Europe once productivity improves.
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Hague
Washington
United States
Europe
Europa
President Harding Urges Railroads to Cut Freight Rates
Washington dispatch notes Harding asked leading railroad executives to voluntarily lower transportation charges to aid prosperity. A committee will study actions, following a Hoover plan to reduce coal, steel, farm products, and other key raw materials while leaving finished goods priced near current levels. The move aims to lower overall consumer prices without reducing rate structures across the board.
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Washington
Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoover
White House
Abr Barding
Coal producers call Washington conference on price control
Coal operators nationwide were summoned to Washington on May 31 to shape a plan for preventing profiteering during the miners strike. Government officials urged operators not to exceed Garfield price levels with fair adjustments, seeking cooperation with the public and to hear consumer complaints. Operators and wholesalers generally support curbing rapid price increases, stressing responsibility to public interest. William Ordy, a cashier at 772 Washington Terrace, collapsed at work and was taken to Emergency Hospital after fainting yesterday morning.
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Washington
Hoover
Vile Particu
William Ordy
Washington Terrace
Palrfield Avenu
Shemuels Lunch Stors
A. GB. Wareniis
Eve asserts herself even in reformatory
In Bedford State Reform, sixteen rules discipline inmates on personal appearance. Supt. Taker explains these changes require inmates to relinquish cosmetics and fashionable dress, likening dress standards to Fifth Avenue parades. The article notes restrictions on lipstick, powder, eyebrows, and necklines.
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Eve
Bedford
Lin Bedford
Miles
Bulgarian Socialist Uprising Reported Amid Bulgarian King’s Flight
May 21 dispatches from Vienna and Belgrade conflict over Bulgaria. Reports say King Boris fled to Varna while Premier Stamboulsky proclaimed a republic, sparking talk of civil war and expulsions of Wrangel’s officers. Other wires claim Sofia quiet as propping factions negotiate. Paris dispatch denies any revolution or royal flight, citing calm and national gratitude.
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Varna
Associated Press
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Agraii
Sofia
Alexandrov
Tehltchertn
Como
London
Buletaria
Communtate
Barry
Paris
Sofa
Bulgaria
Chang Tsolin Declared Rebel by Peking Rule
The cabinet denounces Chang Tsolin as a rebel for declaring Manchuria independent. It states Manchuria Jehol Har and Inner Mongolia remain Chinese, that Chang Tsolin is charged with rebellion, stripped of honors, and under sentence awaiting punishment. Southern forces under Sun YSen drive north, with Li Mingfang capturing Lungnam and Kiesnan and advancing toward Sinfeng near Canton.
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Chang Tsolin
Peking
Pheing
Associated Press
Gan
Chang Tyn-Lin
Manchuria
Chang Tsa-Lin
Chang Teo-lin
China
Jehol
Chang Tan-Lin
Hong Kong
Sun Yi Sen
Imvingsl
Chen Kuang-Kuan
Liming-Fang
Lungnam
Kiesnan
Kiangsi
Sinfeng
Tao Kiang
Canton
Albert Lea blaze injures two in million-dollar fire
A huge Albert Lea Minnesota fire damaged a business district, valued at about 720000 to 1060000 dollars. Two women were hurt by falling glass as tenants above shops narrowly escaped harm in the early-morning blaze.
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Albert Lea, Minn
Albertalia
Minn
Vito Chat
T Verth
Albert Gara
Allied powers order Wrangel troops disarmed in Bulgaria
In Sofia on May 21 the ambassadors council ordered Bulgaria to disarm Wrangel troops and dissolve their military organization. The move aims to expel these forces amid alleged plotting with bourgeois parties to topple Premier Stamboulsky. A peasant party convention of about 50,007 delegates was summoned for May 25 to back anti bourgeois policy. Police mobilization was arranged to prevent clashes.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Presa
Ambassadors’ Council
Tas
Kovermmmat
Wrangel
Bourseois Paries
Stim~houlsky
Peasant Party
Ofgwhlen
Special Police Guard Homes of Rich Chicagoans
Chicago May 21 More than 206 wealthy residents have armed special officers guarding their houses. The guards protect against burglaries after Henry Blair, president of Tel Chiesge Surface Innes, reported threats and described his security. Blair said police are stretched thin and cannot cover all risks.
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Chicago
Mr. Blair
Senate keeps night sessions to speed tariff passage
Washington May 21 Night sessions of the Senate will continue to hasten action on the tariff bill. Republican leaders said a review showed most first schedule amendments not disposed of and major fights lie ahead on items such as wool, sugar, hides, and lumber. Senator Witt of Ohio blamed importers and international bankers for the delay, accusing them of profiteering.
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Washington
Senate
Witts
Ohio
Thirteen Reported Killed In Belfast Week End Riots
Belfast reports indicate a violent weekend with shootings bombings and arson. Police faced attacks on officers firemen and civilians with several casualties and a suspected death toll rising toward thirteen as patients are treated in hospitals.
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Belfast
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