Pershing Urges U S to Aid Less Fortunate Nations
Memorial Day address by General John J. Pershing at Arlington National Cemetery urges the United States to fulfill obligations to oppressed peoples and warns against letting personal ambition or political expediency steer policy. He pleads for preparedness and honors Allied dead, with services across cemeteries and a Wilkes memorial unveiling.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Arlington ‘National Cemetery
France
Navy
Lusitania
Aqueduct Bridge
Maine
Charles Wilkes
Antarctic
Rdébert E. Peary
North Pole
Arlington Cemetery
Admiral Wilkes
Explorers’ Club
Admiral Peary
Waltered Hospital
Battle Ground Cemetery
Ses
Arlington
Lady Geddes
Land Geddes
Bri
Sir Auck
2000 Flowers Cover Roosevelt Grave in Oyster Bay
Reverent tribute marked Roosevelt's grave as hundreds gather in Oyster Bay New York led by Quentin Roosevelt Post American Legion and war veterans. The mound of floral offerings grew from visitors the day before with an estimated 2000 people contributing.
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New York
Grand Army of the Republic
Manhattan
St. Mihiel
Argonne
United States Army
New York Guard
Nelson A. Miles
U.S. A
Riverside Drive
Hylan
Horace Porter
J. H. Non
C. D. Sigsbee
Grant
Hudson
Richard Yates
Illinois
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt
American Legion
Motorcyclist Dies After Fainting Spell at Curb
Henry Feldwisher a 56 year old stone mason from 1908 Linn street fainted while resting his motorcycle at 1647 Kemper lane. He died moments later with the engine still running. County Coroner Dr A C Bauer ruled death from heart disease. Feldwisher’s wife said he had recent heart pains but appeared well that morning.
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Henry Feldwisher
Linn Street
Kemper Lane
Louis Feldt
A. C. Bauer
Old Mountaineer Sees His First Movie Here Just To Be Ornery
Ephriam Hollingsworth a 76 year old from Long Beach West Virginia enjoyed his first film and car ride yesterday in Cincinnati He exclaimed Will swan and I'll be dinged during the silent screen ceremony His daughter Mrs James Williamson accompanied him on the trip and he joked about returning home to raise his social standing among locals
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Ephriam Hollingsworth
Long Beach
W. Vacharaconi
Bimeianeteate
Mountaineer
Hollingworth
James Williamson
Friendly
W. Va
Queen City
Drunken man fires at wife hits stray dog in riot
Edward Sweitzer of College Hill was charged in Municipal Court with drunkenness, disorderly conduct and discharging firearms in the city. His wife and brother faced related charges. Edward was fined $5 on the firearms count with costs, and costs on drunkenness. The wife paid costs. Henry was dismissed.
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Edward Sweitzer
North Bend Road
College Hill
Henry Sweitzer
Henry
Edward Sweitzzer
Senate Expected To Decline Mandate For Armenia Today
The Senate will vote on a resolution to decline authorizing a mandate over Armenia. Leaders expect adoption by a substantial majority. Debate will focus on an amendment by Senator Hitchcock proposing a joint commission to study economic aid for Armenia.
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Senate
Armenia
Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
One Way Street Beat Aims To Relieve Congestion
Public hearings will discuss a tentative city ordinance to ease downtown congestion. Councilman Cliff Martin says one way streets and berthing for streetcars cut delays, with Philadelphia Pittsburg and Boston cited as models and July or August as target for effects.
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Cliff
Martin
Seni
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Pittsburg
Washington
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Peebles Corner
Sixth
Main Streets
Winton Place
Madison Road
Madisonville
Oakley
Evanston
Next American President Predicted by Hungarian Seeress
In Budapest on May 31 Mme Sybilline Bel lah, a Hungarian prophetess, forecast a blond slightly bald glasses wearing man surrounded by fine children as the next U.S. president. She described him as popular, in demand, and recent assassination attempts within two years. She predicted America would yield to popular sentiment and move against prohibition.
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Budapest
America
Mme. Sybilline
Bellaugh
Thwarted at Church Café by Pastor Wit
Rev J J Volker assistant at St Pauls Twelfth and Spring streets surprised a thief at the church safe. Maurice Delantous alias Frank Taylor 38 of New York was captured after Volker alerted police Lieutenant Juegling and Officer Lemmert. The robber surrendered when confronted.
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J. J. Volker
St. Paul's Church
Twelfth
Spring Streets
Maurice Delantous
Frank Taylor
Pie York
Volker
I Parish
Mr. Volker
H. J. Pohlschneider
Juegling
Lammert
Republicans Begin National Committee Deliberations in Open Session
The Republican National Committee met in Chicago and seated Alabama and Arkansas delegates while delaying the Florida contest and DC decision. Chairman Hays warned progress would be slow and none of today’s rulings would affect the convention’s candidates. The Florida case was sent to a three-member subcommittee overnight for recommendation.
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Chicago
Republican ‘National Committee
Hays
Arkansan
Alabama
District of Columbia
Florida
Arkansas
Lowden
Wood
Johnson
Warren
Sftehigan
Igan
du Pont
Delaware
New York
Lowdon
Georgia
Seven Guatemalans sentenced to death for April revolution
In Guatemala City May 31 seven prominent participants in the April revolution were sentenced to death by firing squad after a public court martial. Named were J Claro and Jose Reyes plus Miguel Larrave Manuel Leon Arriaga Carlos Leon Regily Galon L Felipe Marquez and Gilberto Mancilla. The court granted appeals to the Superior Court and potential retrial before the Supreme Court. The April uprising lasted from the 8th to the 14th, ending with President Estrada Cabrera's capitulation.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
J. Claro
Chagon
Jose Reyes
Miguel Larrave
Manuel Leon Arriaga
Carlos
Leon Regily Galon
L. Felipe Marquez
Gilberto Mancilla
Estrada Cabrera
Carlos Herrera
Cabrera
Onofre Avele
Collective Farm Marketing Bill Passes House for Senate Hurdle
The House approved by 233 to 58 a measure authorizing farmers to form collectives for marketing their products, substituting the Capper Heisman approach. It limits dividends to 8 percent, guarantees one vote per member, and places oversight in the Secretary of Agriculture with enforcement via Federal Courts.
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House
Senate
Washington
Volstead
Judiciary Committee
Clents of
Secretary of Agriculture
Church Alone Spared as Forest Fires Ravage St. Quentin
In St. Quentin New Brunswick forest fires over three days left only the Roman Catholic church and the pastor's home standing. About a thousand residents evacuated to camps and settlements. Property losses estimated at 400000 to 500000 dollars. The Rev. E Martin was injured. Government aid began for the homeless as fires burned across the province.
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ST. John
N.B
St. Quentin
E. Martin
Senate to Continue Preconvention Campaign Fund Probe
Senate investigators will press preconvention financing queries after Chicago and before San Francisco conventions. About twenty witnesses are slated for tomorrow with hearings targeting the Plumb Plan League and potentially other groups tied to presidential contenders. Additional witnesses include H A Baker and figures connected to the Wood and HooverJohnson campaigns.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Chicago
San Francisco
Tomorow
Kenyon
Neville
Plumb Plan League
Rand
H. A. Baker
Westerville
Anti-Saloon League of America
Fred A. Alger
Wood
Michigan
William Loeb
New York
Wood Campaign Fund
Lowden
Missouri
California
Herbert Hoover
Hiram Johnson
Antoinette Funk
W. G. McAdoo
Two Trains Collide Head-On Killing Eight
Tulsa reports say at least five killed and a score injured in a head on collision of two St Louis and San Francisco passenger trains near White Oak. The wreck on a sharp curve at about forty mph left both engineers dead and multiple Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma victims.
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Tulsa
St. Louis
San Francisco
White Oak
Here
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Five Die in Canton Car Crash Near Akron
Five persons are reported killed when a Canton car collided with another vehicle near Akron Ohio. One woman Katherine Rafferty cousin of Albert Rafferty sustained leg injuries. The crash occurred at Hook Over Stop Orchard.
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Akron
Ohio
Canton Sern
Hook Over Stop
East
Katherine Rafferty
Albert Rafferty
Oas
Senate panel urges revision of Mexican constitution
The Foreign Relations Sub-Committee urged revising Mexico’s 1917 constitution to protect American interests, including allowing Americans to interact with the government, non enforcement of Article 27 against Americans, and permits for American religious and educational rights. It also proposed a Claims Commission to settle American damages and possible U S police intervention if Mexico fails to cooperate, followed by possible U S financing.
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Washington
Mexico
Senate
Foeign Relations
United States
Republic of Mexico
Fall
New Mexico
Brandegee
Connecticut
Smith
Arizona
Mexico Toll Talks and Sympathy Note From US Inquiry
A New York inquiry reports vast suffering in Mexico since 1911, urging De La Huerta to prove stability before recognition. It cites 461 Americans killed in Mexico and 126 on the U.S. side, with losses exceeding 505 million dollars, railways hit hard, and mass displacement reducing Mexico’s population by about one third since 1910.
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Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Wilson
Indianapolis
United States of America
General de la Huerta
Ain Part
Ment
New York
National
México
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