Hot Springs Flood and Fire Devastate Arkansas Town
Hot Springs Arkansas endured a powerful flood and fire that destroyed the Marquette Hotel and about a dozen stores, leaving an estimated loss well over a million dollars. One serious injury reported as Mrs Kate Christianson suffered a crushed skull when swept into Central Avenue during the flood. Authorities noted no confirmed deaths and limited injuries, with National Guards patrolling the wrecked business district.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Kate Christianson
Central Avenue
Marquette
Marquette Hotel
Arkansas National Guards
Grand Rapids Furniture
Oliver-Finnpey Grocery
American Express
Rosenthal Shoe Store
Dixie Cafe
Wind Tornado Wrecks Byesville Homes Near Cambridge
A near tornado hit Byesville Ohio five miles south of Cambridge killing one man likely and injuring over twenty others. One house demolished twenty damaged with four injured in Charles Griffiths home where he is fatally crushed. His wife son Earl and Anna Reed sustain bruises. Trees toppled and lines down in widespread damage.
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Cambridge, CO
Byesville
Here
Charles Griffith
Griffith
Earl
Anna Reed
Woman threatens to get man in $60,000 race swindle case
Mrs. Simon Tuch of Newark identifies F. C. Paul of Detroit as a swindler in a fake race horse scheme that drained her and her husband of $60,000. Paul and Harry White alias Miller face Florida indictments. Paul’s bond was reduced to $10,000 and he waived examination. Woodward of Baltimore faces separate charges for stock and horse racing swindles.
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Simon Tuch
Newark
N. J
Federal Building
Thomas M. Gregory
United States
Detroit
Frank Paulson
Fred Williams
Hall
South
Paul
William Woodward
Baltimore
Samuel Deckelbaum
Cleveland
Tuch
Miami
Fla
Woodward
Tarpon Springs
Post Office
Graham
New York
Gregory
Edward M. Hurley
Edward Morrisey
Florida
Harry White
Miller
Edward Lewis
George H. Watson
White
New Jersey
Boy Kills Self After Teased by Schoolmates
In Greenville Pennsylvania on May 15 a ten year old boy Raymond Baker shot himself after being teased by schoolmates. The father had reprimanded him for not attending school and the boy said the practical jokes among his fellows were the reason. He went home early and shot himself in his bedroom.
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Greenville
Raymond Baker
Tod
Ultimatum Extended Ten Days Sidesteps Bloc Split
Opposition contends the ten day limit was stretched due to missteps in recognizing Soviet and Lloyd George policy. Pleased reactions from Lloyd George suggest a cautious path forward amid tense political maneuvering and calls for clarity.
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Lloyd George
Diplomatic Commission to Protect Chinese Railways
Washington reports that a commission of foreign military officers will investigate measures on the Tientsin Pukow and Peking Hankow railways to prevent outrages like Lincheng. The diplomatic corps demands immediate steps to reinforce troops and police for rail safety and protection of nationals.
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Peking
Lincheng
Washington
Tientsin-Pukow
Peking-Hankow
State Department
Tientsin- PuKow
Ministry of Communications
Commission of Foreign Offices
Britain and Russia in Talks After Debated Break Delay
In London on May 15 the House of Commons debated the Russia question. Foreign Secretary Curzon offered talks with M. Krassin to extend the time limit for Moscow communication, while demanding full compliance. Lloyd George praised the move as wise and MacDonald urged documentary proof, with McNeill noting only fishing rights remained unsettled.
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London
House of Commons
England
Russia
Leonid Krassin
Ronald McNeill
Curzon
M. Krassin
Moscow
Lloyd George
J. Ramsay MacDonald
McNeill
M. Tchitcherin
Smallpox and Measles Epidemic Strikes Cleves Village
An outbreak of smallpox spreads through Cleves with seven known cases and six quarantined families. Dr. Neal links the origin to James Brown delaying a physician call. Vaccination will cover 250 pupils and Hoover Horseshoe & Iron Works workers. Measles cases exceed fifty amid vaccination efforts and carnival shutdown looms.
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Cleves
C. A. Neal
James Brown
Neal
Dr. Neal
Hoover Horseshoe & Iron Works
George Waltney
O. J. Woods
W. N. Gracely
C. F. Culley
Gwaltney
Culley
Ntine
Elmer Nugent
Edward Bingle
George Shields
Louis Rudkill
Oliver Miller
Brown
Rudkill
Bingle
McGill
Shields
Nugent
National Credit Men Urge Banks to Join Federal Reserve
The National Association of Credit Men issued a resolution urging every eligible U S bank to join the Federal Reserve system. The recommendation came from the association's Administrative Committee during its May 15 briefing in New York.
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Federal Reserve
New York
National Association of Credit Men
United States
Federal Reserve System
Commons suspend communist member in tense House
In London on May 15 the House of Commons suspended communist member John T. W. Newbold by a 300 to 88 vote after he spoke disrespectfully of Chairman Captain Edward Fitz Roy. The incident sparked furious exchanges between Laborites and the Chair before Newbold withdrew amid speaker guidance and protests.
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London
House of Commons
John T. W. Newbold
Newbold
Edward Algernon Fitzroy
Northamptonshire
Fitzroy
TheLaborites
Labor Party
Leonid Krassin
Commerce and Trade
MacDonald
Foreign Office
Soldiers and ex-bandits demand $150000 to leave Hankow camp
About 1,000 soldiers and ex-bandits from Henan, now an army unit, camped seven miles from Hankow demand tribute of 150000 dollars and ammunition to depart. Authorities refuse. Peking Hankow rail lines run with guards and machine guns in place.
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Hankow
China
Henan
Peking
West Covington Man Ends Life With Revolver Shot
Paul Koeppel aged 31 was found dead in his West Covington home by his father Erman Koeppel. A revolver lay beside the body and Coroner Stephens ruled suicide. Koeppel had a long mental disorder with a period in the Lakeland Asylum in 1918 and is survived by his father a brother Albert and a sister Clara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Koeppel
Erman Koeppel
Forest Avenue
West Covington
Stephens
Koeppel
Lakeland Asylum
Albert
Clara
Break With England Means War Says Soviet Leaders
In Moscow on May 15 the Russian Soviet Government awaits Britain's response to the Litvinoff note with intense interest. Bolshevik leaders say a break with England would bring war sooner or later, though they do not expect a direct British attack. Maintaining the British agreement, they claim, checks warlike aims by Poland, Romania, and other border states.
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England
Associated Press
Moscow
Great Britain
Litvinoff
Poland
Rumania
Another Cold Snap Due Here Tonight Preceded by Storm
The Weather Bureau reports a cold snap moving east of the Mississippi by tomorrow night, following a storm centered over Illinois tonight. Expect clear skies but considerably colder weather to prevail after the system passes.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Tomorow
Illinois
Champion Accused of Murder in Two Cities
Ausley F. Champion awaiting trial in Cleveland for Edward O Connell's murder is wanted in Los Angeles on a murder charge and will be turned over to police there, officials said today.
Fowler Named First Deputy Controller of the Currency
Willis J. Fowler, who began government service in 1886 as a $900 a year clerk from Fort Wayne Indiana, was appointed first deputy Controller of the Currency. Joseph W. McIntosh, ex Chicago, now Director of Finance for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, was named Deputy Controller in charge of agricultural credit corporations.
Do Not Believe Me Soft Says Rand Chief Warns Missionary
The Young Rand chief warns a missionary that he will carry out threats if foreign diplomats do not secure government guarantees to satisfy bandit demands in Shantung Hills. The report from Father William Lenfers to the American Consul details the ultimatum and the leader Wang’s insistence on soldiers restored status and no reprisals.
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Rand
Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Shantung Hills
William Lenfers
Lincheng
Lenfers
Wang
Peking
Atlaws
Riots in Shasi Province China Kill and Injure Dozens
Several killed and many injured in anti-Japan riots at Shasi on the Yangtse River. A Japanese armored gunboat from Hankow rushed to the scene after demonstrators boarded the Taigen Maru and Chinese tensions flared amid the twenty one demands dispute.
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China
Associated Press
Shanghai
Shasi
Hapehe
Hankow
Yangtse
Central
West
Japan
Tokyo
Fushimi
Thug Believed Hiding in Price Hill After Attacks
Police intensified searches in Price Hill for a suspect described as about 30 years old, 5 feet 8 inches, 175 pounds with a broad nose and dark complexion. Witnesses reported sightings near Grand Avenue and Hawthorne and attacks on two girls near Warsaw Avenue and Mt. Echo Park prompting schooloffs and mothers to guard children.
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Price Hill
Price Hil
George C. Rewner
Grand Avenue
Rewwer
Mr. Rewner
Rewner
Hawthorne Avenue
Hall
Feveldad Con
Gennora Olkmeyer
Warsaw Avenue
Patdec Es
Mt. Echo Park
Virginia McNair
High Ridge Avenue
Judge Geoghegan in Critical Condition From Heart Disease
Judge William A. Geoghegan a former Common Pleas Court judge is critically ill at his home 853 Beecher Street Walnut Hills after a heart attack on May 13. His condition worsened last night but showed slight improvement this morning. A Cincinnati lawyer since 1903 he has been active in the Democratic Party and remains associated with the Freiberg and Geoghegan firm and with St Xavier’s professional and educational ties.
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William A. Geoghegan
Common Pleas Court
Beecher Street
Walnnut Hills
Geoghegan
Cincinnati
Democratic Party
Freiberg and Geoghegan
St. Xavier's College
McDonald Educational Institute
St. Xavier’s College
Diplomatic Leaders Demand Swift Action Over Shanghai Bandit Raid
Lincheng reports three Chinese captives slain by Suchow train bandits near their mountain stronghold to force a quick end to hostage negotiations with Shanghai and Peking Express attackers. The unconfirmed dispatch comes as talks continue in a tense atmosphere.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Lincheng
Shanghai Bandits Move Foreign Captives Deeper Into Mountains
Reports from Shanghai and Peking indicate the Su chao brigands have shifted their foreign captives ten miles into the mountains behind Lincheng. The move is seen as a strategic pressure ahead of talks on releasing the prisoners. Dr Merterns has been denied permission to visit the captives.
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Shanghai
Suchaw
Lincheng
Peking
Dr. Merterns
American troops to guard railways in Tangshan area
American forces based at Tientsin were called to guard railway lines after reports of a mutiny and looting by Chinese troops at Tangshan, fifty miles west of the capital. The bandit action ended when police and troops repelled the mutineers, and troops returned to barracks but remained on standby in case of further trouble.
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Tientsin
Tangshan
Here
Peking
Mukden
United States
Boy Struck by Bandit While Lagging Behind
May 15. The son of Major Roland Pinger of the American army, captured with his father by Suchow bandits and later released, narrowly escaped death after lagging behind a hostage column. A bandit struck him and aimed at his head, but a French captive, Derube, intervened and carried him through the night. Roy Anderson reports bandits are educated, distrust Chinese promises, and control communications in the foothills.
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Associated Press
Teintsin
Roland Pinger
Lincheng
Young Pinger
Derube
Roy Anderson
Anderson
Lee Solomon
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