Atlas Presents Sweet Blanche Sweet Today
Blanche Sweet headlines at the Atlas theater for two days in A Woman of Pleasure a lavish adaptation of James Willard’s melodrama. The story follows a money driven marriage that turns to romance with a mine danger Zulu uprising shifts the action to Africa. A balloon rescue and a heroic sacrifice conclude the melodrama.
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Blanche Sweet
Atlas Theater
James Willard
Adelphi Theater
London
Jesse D. Hampton
England
British South Africa
Unbalanced man found in old valve box after disappearance
Officials report a man with recurring irrational lapses is arrested after living in an old valve box three feet by nine feet. He had vanished from Union Pacific shops, and authorities say he is to be held in the county jail with meals and clothing while officials decide on next steps.
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Roedel
Sehannel
Union Pacific
Ife
Schunnel
Wolf Family Tragedy Details from Farm House Killings
The report outlines a brutal massacre at the Wolf residence where Layer allegedly killed Mrs Wolf and a youth then shot and killed three daughters, a chore boy, and a infant, with two girls dying in the cellar and others in the barn. A hatchet was used on several victims and a shotgun found nearby is cited as the only tangible weapon.
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Wolk
Jook Place
Layer
Wolf
Williams
Mina
Jake Wafer
Ioady
a_ slough
Wolf Residence
Offininis
Memoirs Offer for Clemenceau Rejected by Publisher
A French claim notes that about 1 million francs or 200000 dollars was offered to an American publisher for Georges Clemenceau memoirs. The tiger of France reportedly refused, rumor suggests a demand near 2 million dollars.
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PAIS
Georges Clemenceau
Nos ‘Hean
The
Bluebeard Watson Led Officers to Desert Grave
James P. Watson nicknamed Bluebeard, convicted for Nina Lee Delaney’s murder, confessed to eight more killings. He guided officers to a desert site in Imperial County California where Delaney’s body was buried beneath three rocks, nude and on its back.
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James P. Watson
Bluebeard
San Quentin Prison
Nina Lee Delaney
Watson
Imperial County
California
Nina Delaney
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Pe. Watson
Nina Bee Delaney
President faces Republican opposition over appropriations bill
Senate and House Republicans challenge the president on the general principle and the specie case cited. Senator Sntoot of Utah and Representative Good of Iowa accuse him of being misinformed and insist there is a mistake. The bill totals 104 million dollars for salaries and miscellaneous expenses across departments and must be approved or funds lapse by month end. The president cites other measures as evidence of executive overreach.
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Senate
House
Sntoot
Utah
Joint Committee
Representative Good
Iowa
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Red Russia on LST LE86 Sins American Agent
Washington May 13 The Russian bolshevik government is a social adventure become a ghastly failure says Colonel Edward W Ryan Red Cross commissioner for North Russia and the Baltic states He recently returned from a secret trip into Russia with the Esthonian peace delegation In a report to the state department he says Russia cannot hold out six months without foreign aid.
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Washington
Associated Press
Edward W. Ryan
Red Cross
North Russia
Baltic States
Ryan
Russia
State Department
Ardmore flood claims eight lives in South Dakota
Eight people drowned in Ardmore as a cloudburst caused devastating damage across the region. Reports say an earth fill on the Burlington line was washed out, requiring a five span bridge to reconnect, with Niobrara bridges out for 50 miles. The storm also hit Hemmingford and Belmond areas with wind hail and building damage.
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Wrmningford
Neb
Ardmore
South Dakota
Burlington Railroad
Niobrara
Belmont
Pine Ridge
Hemmingford
Twelve Pounds of Gold in One Lump
A London report dated May 13 notes a lump of pure gold weighing just over 412 pounds being found or weighed. No further details accompany the discovery.
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London
Giant nugget found in Kilo State Mines for sale by Belgian government
One of Africa's largest nuggets was discovered in the Kilo State Mines in the north eastern district of the Belgian Congo. The nugget is now held by the London Branch of the Banque du Congo Belge and will be sold on behalf of the Belgian government.
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Kilo
London
Banque du Congo Belge
Sugar Dealers Face Lever Act Probe in Chicago
Chicago sugar merchants were entertained by U S District Attorney Charles F. Clyne who showed photos of idle carloads and profiteering under the Lever act. Officials announced that retail sugar prices would soon fall to about 2 to 3 cents a pound and hold there.
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Chicago
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Daylight Saving Plan Abandoned by Cheyenne Business Group
Cheyenne will keep standard time after a business coalition withdraws a petition for daylight saving. Union Pacific officials opposed the plan and local officials, including Mayor Taylor, expressed reluctance to diverge from railroad and business time. The Grocers and Butchers association led the effort but did not push the proposal after weak support emerged.
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Cheyenne
Union Pacifice
Taylor
Grocers’ and Butchers’ Association
Gloveless League Becomes Paris Fashion Protest
In Paris on May 13 a gloveless league formed by fashionables to protest revealed glove shortages and profiteering. The movement, sparked by recent revelations of deliberate shortages, draws socialites and media attention.
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Paris
Gloves Price Drop Helps Build Winter Stock
The initiative cut wrendy gloves from ten dollars to eight, making older stock wear out a tactic to require three or four new pairs per season, and the plan has succeeded early.
Daniels denies forged cable signed as his by Admiral Sims
Secretary Daniels told the senate naval investigating committee he did not sign a cablegram read by Rear Admiral Sims. He said the original lacked his signature and his name was forged on the copy. The message claimed Daniels supported independent convoy safety with armed American vessels.
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Washington
Daniels
Senate Naval Investigating Committee Today
Sims
Admiral Sims
I. Carter
Princess Mary Mixes With Common Folio
Princess Mary, daughter of the British royal family, was photographed engaging with common people during a public event in London. The scene highlights the princess’s approachable conduct and her efforts to connect with ordinary citizens.
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London
Mary
Princess Secret Opera Outing In Veiled Attendance
A princess visited the theater secretly on Tuesday night with only her maid for company. She queued with shop girls at Convent Garden, paid 50 cents for an opera ticket, was heavily veiled and unrecognized during the performance, but the secret emerged on Wednesday.
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Convent Garden
Revolutionary Agents See Capture of Diguez as Key Break in Jalisco
Obregon's report states Diguez is held under De La Huerta's orders, a move revolutionary agents deem crucial. The seizure is viewed as more significant than the Tampico entries of Manuel Palez and Arnulfo Gomez, which were noted in official dispatches.
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Obregon
Diguez
de la Huerta
Jalisco
Manuel Palez
Arnulfo Gomez
Tampico
Rebels Claim Monterey Taken as Bell Ringing Flares
Reports from Laredo say revolutionary forces under Gonzales occupied Monterey after a telegram arrived in Nuevo Laredo. The message origin is unconfirmed and Carranza troops supposedly retreated before dawn with no combat.
Empire of Wild Offered State to One Birds
New Orleans May 13 The Louisiana legislature may accept a bill to add a vast wildlife domain along the Gulf coast. The proposed reserve includes Marsh Island with 78 000 acres donated by Mrs Russell Sage and 85 000 acres in Vermilion and Cameron parishes from the Rockefeller Foundation, plus 60 000 acres held by Mellhenny interests and an 85 000 acre Grand Ghenier tract. The area would cover about 500 square miles and be patrolled by the Conservation Commission to protect and propagate game. Edward A McIlenny has contributed land and funds to aid the project.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
State Conservation Department
Marsh Island
Russell Sage
Vermillion
Cameron Parishes
Rockefeller Foundation
Mellhenny
Rockefeller
Grand Ghenier
Conservative Commission
Edward A. McIlenny
Irish Rioters Fire 50 Police Stations Raid Reports
Dublin officials say only police barracks were destroyed during raids Wednesday night. Twenty income tax offices were raided and records burned with no loss of life reported.
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Dublin
Vnly
Dublin Castle
Union Pacific Chief Carl E. Gray Visited Cheyenne
Carl E. Gray, head of the Union Pacific system, including the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line, and Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation, passed through Cheyenne early today with a party of officials en route to undisclosed engagements.
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Carl E. Gray
Union Pacific System
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Cheyenne
Not enough data to name event
The text notes travel in President Gray's private car attached to Number 20 and a brief stay in Cheyenne lasting only as long as the train's visit. Additional context about location date or person roles is unavailable in the fragment.
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President Gray
Mr. Gray
Cheyenne
Hewat Swift Exchange with Governor Al len at Kansas conf
Dr Charles M Sheldon told how he urged Alexander Hewat president of the Kansas miners to love Governor Allen. Hewat replied Jesus would first clean up the state house, then pondered the idea and was told to return to Topeka to tell the governor to love him.
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Tophka
Charles M. Sheldon
Kansas Congregational Conference
Alexander Hewat
Kansas Miners
Governor Allen
Jesus
Dr. Sheldon
State House
Tlowat
Topeka
Allen
Movie Films Brought to City by Automobile
W G Ricord arrived from Los Angeles with the first reels of The Whirlwind a serial thriller opening at the Atlas today. He drove a Ford roadster via Albuquerque and Denver to deliver the films as non paid advertising while star Charles Hutchinson could not make the trip due to an injury.
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W. G. Ricord
Atlas
Los Angeles
Charles Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Riccord
Albuquerque
Denver
Lo Casper
Man Confesses Killing After Alley Push Claim
George Goldbach 28, once a mental hospital inmate, confessed in Los Angeles that he killed H. J. Robbins, a retired banker from Shelton Nebraska, on May 8 after Robbins allegedly pushed him off the sidewalk.
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Los Angeles
George Goldbach
H. J. Robbins
Shelton
Nebraska
Nobbins
Moewe Surrendered by German Naval Authorities
The German raider Moewe, famed for sinking numerous Allied ships, has arrived at Firth of Forth Scotland and is surrendered to naval authorities.
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FMTH
Forth
Scotland
McNary and Kenyon Endorse Hiram Johnson Candidacy
Senator McNary of Oregon urged Oregon voters to back Senator Johnson in the Republican presidential primary. Senator Kenyon of Iowa also issued a statement supporting Johnson on behalf of the California senator.
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McNary and
Kenyon Inderse
Hiram Johnson
Washington
McNary
Oregon
Johnson
California
Kenyon
Towa
French governess plan eyed by Chicago bureau
Miss Helen Bennett of the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations received a letter from a federation of thirty nine French employment agencies proposing cooperation to place young French professional women in American jobs and send American co eds to France. The plan awaits bureau directors action.
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Frech.maide
Milady
Chicago
Collegiate Bureau of Occupations
Bordeaux
Havre
Helen Bennett
Bureau
France
Sam
Miss Bennett
Europe
South America
Accused grain man exonerated by federal investigation
Federal inquiry found no sustained charges against Maxi Mouser, second vice president of United States Grain Corp., for using his office to manipulate grain prices for profit. Attorney General Palmer announced. The Spokane grand jury had issued public accusations but returned no indictment.
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Washington
Maxi Mouser
United States Grain Corporation
Palmer
Mr. Houser
Spokane
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