One Hundred Chinese Youth Forge Signatures at Shanghai Legation
Paris dispatch reports 100 Chinese youths gained entry to the Chinese Legation in Shanghai and forced Minister Tcheng Loh to sign four documents. They held staff, blocked police contact, and the leader, 24, was arrested for unlawful entrance and disorderly conduct. documents pledged support against foreigners and imperial policies.
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Paris
Legation
Tcheng- Loh
Shanghai
China
France
Strikers Attack British Soldier on Patrol
In Shanghai on June 21 the British machine gun unit member Joseph Moalem was attacked from behind on the Pingliang road. A Chinese assailant swung a chopper but Moalem survived his helmet saved him though he suffered a shoulder wound. The violence targets foreigners and wealthy Chinese aiding settlement of strikes as unions and radicals press shop closures amid a nationwide shipping dispute.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Joseph Moalem
Pingliang Road
Moalem
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Hong Kong Strikes Spread Amid Canton Exodus
British and foreign women and children evacuated from Shameen to Hong Kong as volunteers mobilize. Pickets patrol business areas while a Chinese exodus to Canton accelerates. Chinese crews abandon British steamers. tramway workers strike and domestic servants join hotel staff in Kowloon.
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Hongkong
Shameen
Canton
Victoria City
Kowloon
Radio ads drive sales for Adams aerial business
Charles C. Adams of Concord Street advertises aerial installation and repair in the Commercial Tribune Classified Ads. He says his ad brings more calls than any other medium and busy year round, reflecting strong results Cincinnati readers see via Canal 6300.
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Commercial Tribune
Bank Wrecker Returns to Face Federal Charge in 1913 Case
John Wesley De Kay, pursued twelve years, arrived in Providence in U S Secret Service custody from London to face arraignment for involvement in the Atlantic National Bank failure of 1913. The case linked to $200,000 misappropriated funds and multiple co defendants.
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America
Associated Press
Providence
R. I
John Wesley de Kay
Atlantic National Bank
United States Secret Service
London
Henry M. de Kay
Rhode Island State Prison
Edward P. Metcalf
Federal
Atlanta
Metcalf
Henry E
John W. de Kay
James F. Allen
Orion B. Farrar
Henry E. de Kay
Yonkers
N. Y
Callowes & Son
Miss Elliott
Sarah Earnhardt
de Kay
Judas
London Coliseum
Inmate 108 Dances at New Home For Aged Festivities
New York World News Service reports the Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel celebrated a $50,000 addition with music and speeches. An inmate aged 108, Chaim Weiss, danced with younger residents while noting friend Charles Gurelnick age 109 was unwell. Also present were inmates Monnie Unterman 102 and Selda Shor 91.
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New York World News Service
New York
Sons and Daughters of Israel Today
Chaim, Weiss
Weiss
Charles Gurelnick
Monnie Unterman
Selda Shor
Tribute Paid to La Follette in Capitol in State Funeral Scene
Madison Wisconsin paid tribute as Bob La Follette lay in state under the Capitol dome. People from all walks of life filed past the bier in long two by two lines, enduring sun and heat with patience. The scene featured lilies roses and gladiolas at the head and a Calles wreath from Mexico at the foot while the body waited for tomorrow's funeral services.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Bob” la Follette
Capitol
State House
Capitol Square
Chicago
Teachers’ Federation
Calles
Mexico
Freight Conductor Routan Killed in Chicago North Western Wreck
G W Routan a Kentucky born freight conductor was killed in a wreck on the Chicago and North Western Railway near Lake Forest Illinois about thirty miles north of Chicago. Routan's home address could not be learned.
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Associated Press
Chicago
G. W. Routan
Kentucky
Chicago & Northwestern
Lake Forest
Ill
Routan
Gangsters Slay Escaped Convict at Rockaway Beach
The body of Joseph Mooney an escaped Sing Sing convict was found at Rockaway Beach after three men killed him following an argument. Police later arrested seven Manhattan gangsters who said Mooney was slain during a dispute with the trio before his body was disposed of in the ocean. Mooney had a long record of burglary and robbery and escaped Sing Sing on July 1 1924.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph Mooney
Rockaway Beach
Mooney
Manhattan
Elmira
Sing Sing
Slayer of Guard Driven to Swamp By Mob in Georgia
After an all day hunt with about a thousand people, Rufus Hicks an escaped convict from Tuscogee County was believed surrounded in a swamp near Harris Meriwether County Georgia. He was sighted several times and 30 to 40 shots were fired. Hicks killed a convict guard at Columbus a few days earlier.
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Georgia
Rufus Hicks
Harris
Meriweather County
Tuscogee County
Hicks
Columbus
MacMillan Sails North Bids Farewell to Maine
Lieutenant Commander Donald MacMillan and crew aboard the 115 ton Bowdoin depart Monhegan Island for the Arctic. The voyage, aiming toward Axel Heiberg Island, includes a send off by Minneapolis Civitan members who tossed fish aboard for the voyage. The Bowdoin plans to join the Peary at Sydney, Nova Scotia after Boothbay stop and water supply.
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Macmillan
Maine
Associated Press
Monhegan Island
Donald MacMillan
Bowdoin
United States
Arctic
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Axel Heiberg Island
Polar Sea
Civitan Club of
Minneapolis
Monhegan
Sydney
N. S
Peary
Booth Bay
Marshal Joffre Believed Seriously Ill at Louveciennes
Paris reports Marshal Joffre, the French war hero aged 73, is seriously ill after a chill. He is at Louveciennes near Versailles with quinsy and a mild fever, doctors saying the condition is not alarming despite age and prior poor health.
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Marshal Joffre
Paris
Louveciennes
Versailles
House panel aims to push new tax law before holidays
Chairman Green of the Ways and Means Committee outlined plans to speed action on a new revenue bill. He asked the Treasury Secretary for changes to expedite Internal Revenue work and expects a report to the House by December 7 with hearings likely over two weeks. The Chamber of Commerce and major groups push to end or repeal inheritance taxes and better coordinate national state taxation.
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Green
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress
New York World News Service
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Ways and Means
Treasury
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Coolidge
National Tax Association
Trust Division
American Bankers’ Association
Fred I. Kent
Bankers’ Trust Company
New York
Arthur Anderson
School of Commerce
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
A Rees Carpenter
Shelvin, Carpenter & Clark Company
Minneapolis
Fred R
Irving ,Bank-Columbus Trust Company
John J. Raskob
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
Wilmington
Del
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
$250000 In Liquors Seized Off Watch Hill Vessel
Six men were aboard the two masted schooner Morris and Cliff when Coast Guard Patrol Boat 2305 boarded near Watch Hill Rhode Island. Choice bootleg liquor valued at about $250,000 was seized, and the boat and crew were taken to the New London coast guard base.
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Associated Press
Watch Hill R.I
Morris
Coast Guard
New London Coast Guard
Slayer of Dry Raider Sought After Eluding Cordon of Officers
In Hamilton Ohio on June 21 Sheriff Epperson and Mayor Shuler seek Milton Henson for fatally shooting Constable Wilber Jacobs during a coke Otto raid. Henson, 30, formerly of Coke Otto, is at large. ten men are jailed on gambling and liquor charges. Jacobs, longtime raid participant, died instantly. Funeral arrangements set.
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Hamilton
Luther Epperson
Wesley Walron
Charles Morton
Wilber F. Jacobs
Morris Y. Shuler
Seven Mile
Coke Otto
Here
Milton Henson
Market Street
Henson
Jacobs
Sereh Mile
Shuler
Wurzen
Sailt
Skinner
Seven Mile Pike
Tewart
Bolser
Ayor Shuler
Mayor Shuler
Epperson
Walron
Legg
Holden
Joseph Steele
Thomas Rodgers
Alvin Owler
Fred Leveline
Taylor
Lakes House
Grathwohl
McIntosh
Las Vegas
N. M
Helen Jane
Wilber, Jr
Detroit
War debts dominate Brussels chamber session
At the International Chamber of Commerce congress in Brussels King Albert attended as Maurice Desprit and Albert Janssen linked war debts to reparations. The debate touched on Dawes plan aims and the U.S. stance, with 250 Americans present as the discussion focused on economic reconstruction and debt settlement.
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New York World News Service
Brussels
International Chamber of Commerce
Maurice Desprit
Albert
Albert Janssen
United States
America
Independence Belge
Baron Cartier de Marchienne
Belgium
Washington
William E. Booth
International Chamber
Desprit
Janssen
Palais Des Academies
Booth
Chamber
Committee On
Germany
King of Happiness Donates Candy Profits to Poor
John Doukas, Greek-born confectioner, begins his annual charity plan giving profits from 10,000 boxes of candy to 25 charities. He will distribute toys, flowers, clothing, and cash, with Avenue B lit by flags and electric lights as the event starts tomorrow.
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New York World News Service
New York
Doukas
Greece
Transfer Plan Hints at Wealth Shift Across Nations
Janssen argued the congress must solve the transfer of wealth between countries without disturbing economic balance. He linked ongoing German reparations under the Dawes plan to resolving this transfer problem. American delegates debated Brussels as a venue for expressing policy and reacted divided after speeches.
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Janssen
Congress
Germany
Brussels
Slayer of Policeman Convicted at Marietta
A jury convicted W. W. Young of Ashland Kentucky of first degree murder for killing Patrolman Harrison L. Boydon in Marietta Ohio on January 11. Co defendant Robert Cornette, also from Ashland, was convicted earlier on a second degree count and confessed to the shooting. Sentencing date not yet set and appeals not announced.
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Associated Press
Marietta
W. W. Young
Ashland
Harrison L. Boydon
Washington County
Young
Robert Cornette
West Virginia
Thomas
Alien Property Custodian to centralize funds in government securities
Frederick C. Hicks announced moving alien property funds from 250 banks to Federal Reserve Banks for securities depositories. The plan aims to collect income directly for the Treasury, saving at least 50 000 dollars annually and simplifying administration amid ongoing asset Liquidation.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Frederick C. Hicks
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Hicks
Reserve Banks
Midland National Bank of
Washington Court House
Mal Daugherty
Henry S. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
Department of Justice
Brookhardt Committee
Senate
Miller
Jess W. Smith
Harry S. Daugherty
Ironton
Adna R. Johnson, Jr
Treasury Department
Man Drinks One, Roams Woods Then Retrieves Clothes
Carsten Swenson drank one time Saturday night and wandered to a swamp near Springfield. He undressed, slept in a covered wagon, and woke to find ragged overalls and a gunny sack which he used as a shirt. Police dogs and officers fell into a mud hole chasing clues before Swenson walked home and vowed never to drink again.
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New York World News Service
New York
Carsten Swenson
Springfield
WN. C
Reardon
Purhagen
Swenson
Senator Ladds Condition Unchanged At Hospital
Senator Ladd of North Dakota remains in an Baltimore hospital with kidney trouble described as unchanged. Doctors report he is in light sleep most of the time and mentally active when spoken to, with improvement hoped if he shows more interest and fight, no drastic treatment needed yet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Ladd
North Dakota
Baltimore
Rome Beatifies Eight Jesuit Priests
Rome ceremony at St. Peter's honors eight Jesuit martyrs of the Seventeenth Century for gospel work in North America. Names include De Brebeuf Lalemant Daniel Garnier Chabanel Jogues Goupil De La Lande. Canadians and Pope Pius attended as relics were presented.
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Rome
United States
Father Garnier
Polidir
St. Peter's
E. J. Devine
Pope Pius
Monsignor Deschamps
Montreuil
Father Jagues
Buffalo Bill Memorial Film Project Announced
New York reports a motion picture to perpetuate the memory of Colonel William F. Cody Buffalo Bill. Major General Hugh L. Scott announced the project with Lt General Nelson Miles initiating the effort after West Point class of 76 anniversary. Catherine Curtiss will produce from The Last of the Great Scouts with involvement from several retired officers.
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New York World News Service
New York
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Hugh L. Scott
Princeton
N. J
Nelson A. Miles
Scott
Indian Commission of
One Hundred
West Point
Cody
Catherine Curtiss
Mary Allen Jester
H. R. Lemly
E.S. Godfred
R. Brown
Sherman Miles
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Concord Street
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the Commercial Tribune
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Lausanne
Samuel Untermyer
Will H. Hays
Southampton
Hamburg
Northampton
LA Follette
Kentuckian
Foundation Land
del Gum
King OF
George Beckman
Covington
George
Bud
Beckman
East Twenty-fourth Street
Ralph Lohre
Catalpa Avenue
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Lohre
George Strotman
Strotman
Pope
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