Brigand Bandits Hold Mountain Stronghold In China
AP reports 8000 Chinese brigands defend a mountain retreat near Tientsin as U S troops siege. Captive Major Roland Pinger urges troops withdraw and com ply with bandit demands. Negotiations with a Kiangsu General proceed while bandits demand water access and restoration of former army status.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
China
Roland Pinger
Kiangsu
Chang Ching Yao
Hunan
W. A. Reimert
Chang
Shanghai
American heiress Lucy Aldrich released after Suchow raid
Miss Lucy Aldrich sister in law of John D. Rockefeller Jr was marched off with other passengers by bandits during the Suchow train raid. After hours of cold and hunger she slept in a dog kennel outside a Chinese village and later received aid from local villagers before reaching Tsinanfu.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Associated Press
Shanghai
Lucy Aldrich
Jacob G. Schurman
China
R. Schurman
Miss Aldrich
Manfu
Gwe
Tsinanfu
Joint Inquiry Planned Into Chinese Banditry
Washington May 11. A joint inquiry by foreign governments into the Lin Cheng train outrages in Shantung is agreed by the Chinese Government. The investigation will be directed by the Council of Ministers to determine responsibility for bandit operations and possible collusion with authorities. The United States will be represented on the investigating body.
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Washington
Peking
Shantung
Council of Ministers
Schurman
State Department
United States
Peking Legation
China
Department
John K. Davis
Lin Cheng
Martha Gibson Price Hill Pioneer Dies at 91
Mrs. Martha Gibson 804 Considine Avenue dies at age 91 after twelve years invalid. Widow of Stephen G. Gibson she helped develop Price Hill land, co founded Episcopal Church of the Nativity, and leaves three children five grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2:30 at the residence with interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Price Hill
Westerday
Martha Gibson
Considine Avenue
Gibson
Stephen G. Gibson
Robert Gibson
Gibson Art Company
William Gibson
Stephen
Stephen Gibson
Arthur F
Harvey Comes Home to Go Fishing Amid Resignation Rumors
American Ambassador George Harvey arrived in New York aboard the George Washington on leave from Britain. He dodged questions about resigning to pursue Harding’s 1924 campaign, saying only he would go fishing and planned a rest in Peacham Vermont before reporting to Secretary Hughes in Washington.
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Harvey
New York
George Harvey
Great Britain
George Washington
Harding
Peacham
Vermont
Massachusetts
Washington
Hughes
Baby Found on Covington Doorstep Could Be Adopted
A fourteen day old infant was found on a Covington doorstep by T. B. Cobb of 1919 Scott Street. A note asked for care and love as the couple considered adoption. The baby was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital for temporary care. A nearby witness found a new willow basket with a baby pillow nearby.
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Covington
T. B. Cobb
Scott Street
Mr. Cobb
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pittsburgh Carmen Agree to Arbitrate
Three thousand motormen and conductors in Pittsburgh accepted an arbitration offer from the Pittsburgh Railway Company receivers after rejecting a six cent an hour advance. The workers, earning sixty cents hourly, sought eighty cents.
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Pittsburgh
Carmen
Pittsburgh Railway Company
Fire Blast Hits Hill & Griffith Plant Damages $100000
A fire at the Hill & Griffith Company foundry on Evans Street caused about $100000 in damage. Firefighters battled dust explosions and roof collapse as Captain Harry Stuhleyer and two others were injured. Rail and streetcar service were halted for over two hours amid dense smoke and crowds.
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Hill & Griffith Company
Evans Street
John Hill
Joseph LaMoth
Elberon Avenue
Ansonia Gopper Products Company
Hill & Griffith
Harry Stuhleyer
Salvage Corps
Stubbeyer
Ansonia Copper
Obermayer Foundry Supply Company
Ansonia
Barney Houston
Charles Tudor
William Copelaw
Michael Ryan
Houston
William Hilsinger
Second District
Charles Ferguson
First
Henry Meyer
Third
Baltimore & Ohio
Eighth Street
Elberon
Sedamsville
Warsaw
Millcreek Valley
State Avenue
Poison pen scheme implicates Maxwell and social elites
New York May 11 District Attorney Banton disclosed a vicious poison pen ring targeting wealthy social figures. Indicted is George Maxwell president of the ASCAP, with letters sent to Mrs. Gallatin Mrs. Caruso and others. Extradition steps underway as witnesses flee abroad.
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New York
Banton
George Maxwell
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Maxwell
Bermudas
Mr. Banton
Allan A. Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Mrs
Albert Gallatin
Enrico Caruso
Thomas M. Grrdler
John B. Stetson
L. R. Page
Philadelphia
Europe
AP Reporter A. Fernandez Concha Found Dead in Washington
A. Fernandez Concha, AP staffer in Washington and Lima, was found dead from bullet wounds in his apartment in Washington. He had been ill. A coroner ruled death by his own actions.
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Lipe
Washington
A.fernandez Concha
Associated Press
Lima
Soviet Russia Rejects British Ultimatum Call
Moscow dispatch reports Deputy Foreign Minister Ganetsky saying the Soviet government rejects the ultimatum in Curzon's note while seeking dialogue with Britain. A meeting backed a resolution denouncing the note and warning that Russia will defend its independence, ready to confront any nation attempting domination.
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Moscow
Great Britain
Lord Curzon
M. Ganetsky
Russia
England
Ganetsky
Ruhr
Giant bombing planes arrive to fight rum runners at coast
Three Martin bombers arrive at Sewall's Point Cape May from Langley Field to join a two hundred strong combat squadron. War Department planes form main force to attack liquor landing parties along the New Jersey coast with possible naval air support from a dirigible. Army officers inspect the site for possible government purchase and the patrol will extend to Sandy Hook.
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Cape May
N. J
New Jersey
Sewall’s Point
Langley Field
War Department
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Army Air Service
Sandy Hook
Dry Officers Mobbed In Philadelphia Liquor Raid
Two prohibition agents were mobbed by about 2000 people near central Philadelphia while raiding a truck. A truck carrying 100 cases of liquor was seized. agent John M. Barton was injured after firing three shots and using his pistol butt to disperse the crowd.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Prohibition
John M. Barton
Actress Leslie Carter Named Plaintiff in Libel Suit
Caroline Carter Payne sues The Toledo Times Publishing Company for 500000 in the Circuit Court. The complaint ties Mrs Leslie Carter the actress to alleged slander and libel over an article published about three weeks ago. Attorney Julian C. Ryer filed the suit. Ryer noted in his office he is in New York and offered no further details.
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Chicago
Caroline Carter Payne
Toledo Times Publishing Company
Julian C. Ryer
Ryer
Leslie Carter
New York
Kentucky girl runs away to seek stage life in Cincinnati
Edith Sipple, 15, daughter of Kentucky oil operator C J Sipple, left London to seek motion picture work in Cincinnati after a quarrel with a teacher. She traveled via Winchester and was traced by Burns detectives. Her father found her in Cincinnati and planned to bring her home to London.
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Edith Sipple
London, Ky
London
C. J. Sipple
Cincinnati
Fifth and Vine Streets
W. J. Burns Detective Agency
Miss Sipple
Winchester
Kentucky
Havlin
Helen Smith
West Sixteenth Street
Covington
West Seventh Street
Miss. Sipple
New York
Burns Agency
Lightning Strikes Downtown Offices Causing Damage
A thunderstorm in the downtown area caused over 300 in damage when a bolt struck the Federal Building near the Marshal's office. Deputies Stolz McHugh and Beamer were knocked over while Adele O'Brien and Ida Powell were affected. fires started at the Walnut Theater sign and a 10 West Court Street building were put out quickly by firefighters. The City Hall fire alarm system also flashed but sustained no damage.
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Federal
Val Stolz
Billy McHugh
Harry Beamer
Adele O'Brien
Walnut Hotel
Walnut Theater
Ida Powell
City Hall
West Court Street
Skipper of English Trawler Released by Bolsheviks
Hull England May 1911 The owners of the trawler James Johnson say the skipper Neilsen has telegraphed from Bolsheviks that he has deserted and is at a Norwegian post awaiting to sail homeward. The seizure had prompted a protest from Great Britain to the Russian Soviet Government.
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Hull
England
James Johnson
Great Britain
Neilsen
Score Held at Bay By N Y Robbers in Payroll Heist
Three armed bandits robbed Ostermoor & Co. mattress makers of 1500 dollars from the payroll. They held twenty employees at bay as they escaped in an automobile after passing police headquarters. Most workers were girls. The car waited two blocks from the police station.
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New York
Ostermoor & Co
Rail bridge dynamited in Germany amid court martial verdict
May 11 Essen reports sabotage gangs blew up a main line bridge between Waltrop and Lunen in retaliation for a French court martial sentencing Albert Schlegetter and six others. Burgomasters of Waltrop and Lunen arrested. expected fines. City shut down 11 am to 4 pm in protests against Krupp officials.
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Essen
Dusseldorf
Albert Schlegetter
Waltrop
Lunen
Dortmund
Baron Krupp von Bo
Kruppers
Missing Cleveland Officer Griffin Reported Murder Suspect Sighted
May 11 in Cleveland police search for Dennis Griffin of Collinwood Station grows as witnesses report a car seen east of the city with the alleged kidnapper and officer aboard. An all day hunt by 100 officers, aided by Chief Grant, yields no breakthrough and authorities conclude Griffin was likely slain.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Dennis Griffin
Collinwood
Grant
East End
Griffin
East Cleveland
George A. Dixon
Carl Gilbert
Dixon
Gilbert
Goodbyo
Parkwood Drive
St. Clair Avenue
Graules
Sterling
Toledo Police Sweep for Kidnapped Officer Near Cleveland
Toledo police sent every available officer by car and motorcycle to search county roads for the Cleveland police officer Dennis Griffin who was kidnapped near Cleveland after arresting a suspect in a $3,500 robbery. No trace of Griffin or the suspect was found as authorities extended the search toward Toledo.
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Toledo
Cleveland
Haas
Dennis Griffin
Pam
Griffin
Four Truck Drivers Fined for Blocking Street Cars
A police campaign to stop trucks from driving on tracks to block streetcars produced its first court action. Arch Teeney, Lesley Porter, George Seibert, and George Meier were fined $5 and costs each after being arrested on Colerain Avenue.
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Arch Teeney
Mt. Hope Road
Lesley Porter
Morrow
George Seibert
Mulberry Street
George Meier
West Lighth Street
Colerain Avenue
Senator Edge Endorses Harding Court Plan in Atlantic City
Senator Edge of New Jersey endorsed President Hardings World Court membership plan at a New Jersey Women's Republican Clubs meeting in Atlantic City on May 11. He contrasted the World Court with the League of Nations noting the court handles political questions while the league addresses justiciable legal issues.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Harding
World Court
Edge
Rep
New Jersey
bin Lee
League of Nations
League
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