East Fifth Street Widening and Viaduct Plan Faces Bond Vote
Cincinnati considers a 5 to 7 million dollar bond issue to widen East Fifth Street from Main to Pike and to build a viaduct over four blocks. The plan includes razing several semi skyscrapers and is backed by Safety Director Tudor and Service Director Hornberger who say property assessments will help fund the project.
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John Yan Range Company
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Harding Commutes War Fraud Prison Sentences
President Harding commuted the prison sentences of Paul and Fred Wolf of Quincy NL for war frauds to one-half their original lengths. The commutations depend on payment of fines, with Fred Wolf’s term ending July 17 and Paul Wolf’s ending October 17 after fines of 10000 and 5000 were paid.
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Harding
White House
Largest Derby Field Faces Barrier In Kentucky Classic
Churchill Downs hosts the forty-eighth Kentucky Derby with an anticipated crowd near 75 000 as a record field of twenty competes for the historic roses. Notable runners include Vigil Enchantment Chickvale Picketer Zev Rialto and West contenders Bo McMillan Nassau In Memoriam Prince K. and more.
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Lincoln Plaut
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Kentucky Jockey Club
West
Thomas J. Pendergast
Bo McMillan
Frederick Johnson
Nassau
Carl Wiedmann
L. F. Marshall
Prince K
Derby Facts from Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky
Derby at Churchill Downs Louisville covers one and a quarter miles. Track record at this distance is 2 03 1 5 set by Woodtrap in May 1921. Derby record 2 03 2 5 by Old Rosebud in 1913. Purse 50 000 added with twenty four entries. Start time 4 45 p m standard time 5 45 p m Cincinnati time. Favorite H P Whitney entry Enchantment Chickvale and Picketer.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville
Woodtrap
Old Rosebud
Cincinnati
H. P. Whitney
Enchantment
Chickvale
Picketer
Bandits Shoot Five Chinese Captives In Shantung Hold
AP dispatch from Tientsin reports Suchow brigands killed five Chinese captives and threaten to shoot foreigners if demands for troop withdrawal are not met. Captives describe harsh marches, injuries, and dire prospects as bands push for government concessions and release.
Cincinnati Urged to Transfer Dog Control to County Society
Richard Craven of the American Humane Association accuses the Hamilton County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of being incompetent and calls for the county to surrender dog control and licensing fees. He cites 1000 stray dogs in Price Hill and Weswood and 59 dog bites this year as evidence of failures requiring a larger staff and county funding. Willging defends the local society, blaming the sheriff for stray-dog handling and noting current funding sources. Craven plans further meetings to push county surrender and expansion of the society’s authority.
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Richard €. Craven
American Humane Association
Albany
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Hamilton County Society
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Ninth District
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Weswood
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Willging
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Boston
City Heath Department
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Cincinnati Board of Education
New York
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Hamilton County
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City Health Department
We Are Doomed Says Captive Under Powers Act
A letter from Leon Friedman, held in the Paotzuku brigand stronghold, warns that captives face dire conditions and calls on foreign powers to force the Chinese government to meet demands. The China Press plans a Sunday mass meeting to urge Washington action and guarantees by Beijing to keep promises to the brigands.
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England
America
Washington
London
China
William Lenfers
Lincheng
Associated Press
Shantung
Shanghai
Leon Friedman
Friedman
China Press
Paotzuku
Tragic Cleveland school disaster recounts by survivor
C C Bruce, 19, described the Cleve land school commencement fire in Camden South Carolina. An oil lamp fell during the play igniting the stage and narrow exit stairway. About 300 people attended and more than seventy were burned to death.
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Stoney Campbell
Miss Stephens
Zulu Presser
Esta Garvin
Ima Arrants
Ola Phillips
Bertie Hendrix
Jack Rush
Otis Arrants
Kate Dixon
Parker Davis
Cleveland
Willard Barred by New York Commission Over Age
The New York State Athletic Commission bans the Willard Firpo title bout on grounds Willard exceeds the legal age limit. Tex Rickard plans to move the match to New Jersey likely at Boyle’s Thirty Acres with a June 30 date eyed in Jersey City. Chairman Muldoon notes Willard must prove under 38 to box in New York.
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New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Jess Willard
Luis Angel Firpo
Willard
Tex Rickard
New Jersey
Boyle
Thirty Acres
Rickard
Jersey City
William Muldoon
Man Found Slain in Rochester After Shelter Visit
Felice Celli of Clarendon, Pennsylvania, arrived in Rochester with two men seeking shelter at his brother’s home claiming fear of being slain. He was found today with his throat slashed, his body between the sleeping companions. Police anticipate arrests soon.
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Rochester
N. Y
Felice Celli
Clarendon
Harvey to resign as ambassador to Britain predicteds successor named
Washington report notes evidence that George Harvey will leave his post in London. Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Belgium, is identified as a likely successor with strong ties to Secretary of State and significant diplomatic experience. The piece discusses friction rumors and shifts in U S foreign policy stance under Harding toward the World Court and League of Nations.
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George Harvey
Great Britain
White House
London
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Belgium
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Chile
Hughes
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Roy Riders
Wilson
Mexico
Carranza
Harding
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Harvey
World Court
League of Nations
Mr. Harvey
Europe
League
America
Elihu Root
Marion
Mr. Harding
Des Moines
Root
Hays
Hague
Conference of Powers
Mr. Root
Hague Tribunal
Court of St. James
Harding Denies Rumor of Harvey Resignation
Washington May 18 The White House rejected persistent reports that George Harvey the American Ambassador to Great Britain on leave intends to resign President Harding said he had luncheon and dinner daily with Harvey and several conferences since his arrival and no sign of disagreement on administration policies including the World Court proposal. Harvey believes Harding is keeping the faith.
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Washington
George Harvey
Great Britain
United States
White House
Harding
Harvey
Borah Opposes U S Joining World Court and League
In St Louis on May 18 Senator William Borah argued the United States cannot join the World Court without binding the nation to the League of Nations. He warned that serving as adviser to the League would make the U S morally and legally bound to its actions, condemning both bodies as inseparable in policy. He cited recent European conflicts to claim wars persist despite the League and urged outlawing war as a crime.
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ST. Louis
United States
International Court
League of Nations
W. E. Borah
Idaho
World Court
Borah
Geneva
League
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Mammon
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Asia Minor
Poland
Vilna
Lithuania
Galicia
France
Ruhr
Germany
Tragic school fire devastates Camden area at Stoney Brook
A stage fire at the Cleveland School in Stoney Brook near Camden, South Carolina, killed forty-one children and thirty adults, with others injured. The disaster followed an overturned lamp triggering a blaze as 300 mourners attended a graduation play. Funeral rites plan for all victims.
Thompson named to Shipping Board by White House
May 18 report from Washington indicates Frederick I. Thompson of Mobile Alabama will be reappointed as a member of the Shipping Board. Thompson's current term expires June 30.
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Thompson
Shipping Board
Washington
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
Ala
White House
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