Peking Envoy Urges Intervention as Bandits Hold Foreigners
U.S. officials report that Chinese authorities fail to secure release of captives held by Shantung bandits. Troops in three brigades unpaid for months are suspected of selling ammunition to bandits, risking defection and delaying rescue efforts. Diplomatic corps consider foreign guarantees or intermediaries to pressure authorities and secure prisoners.
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Washington
Shantung
Peking
State Department
Schurman
Shanitung
Shantung Province
Lincheng
Suen Mei Yao
Suen
Berube
Davis
Philoon
Paotzeku
Tsao Kun
Slayer Leaves Prison After Ten Years Freed
Grover C. Baker, 38, released from the Ohio penitentiary after ten years of a life sentence for killing his father in law in Butler County on October 31 1912. Commuted to fifteen years by Governor Donahey, time off for good behavior reduced to ten. Conditions include return to Butler County and abstaining from alcohol. Baker will reside in Kentucky where his family lives. He was a trusted inmate and is described as a capable painter and paper hanger. The case drew clemency recommendations from former parole boards to Cox and Kerner.
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Olumbus, O
Grover C. Baker
Butler County
Donahey
Kentucky
Baker
Boards of Pardon
Cox
Ker
Og Penitentiary
Wife of Cincinnati man killed in North Middletown crash
Special Dispatch reports Mrs. Samuel Wells of Cincinnati was killed when the car she rode in was rear ended by a pursuing speeding vehicle on the Mt Ster line pike near North Middletown Kentucky. Wells and two young children were en route to Salt Lick.
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Samuel Wells
Sterling Pike
The
Commercial Tribune
Paris
Cincinnati
Crane Lumber Company
Mt. Sterline Pike
North Middletown
Wells
Mt. Sterling Hospital
Mt. Sterling
Sterling
Chapwell Gullet
Clyde Smith
Ernest Poston
Acie Swim
German Guard Reported onl by Ruhr Patrol
Berlin dispatches describe an orgy of street shooting by the French in Mannheim last night with as many as 150 shots fired and two Germans seriously wounded. A German policeman, Karl Traub, was fatally wounded after being captured during a patrol incident linked to stone throwing at a railway station.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Mannheim
Friedrichs Bridge
Karl Traub
Traub
Adrenaline Revives Newborn at Baltimore Hospital
In Baltimore Franklin Square Hospital doctors revived a baby dead fifteen minutes after birth last Monday. Adrenalin injected near the heart restored life within minutes, and today the child is healthy and expected to continue thriving. The infant is the daughter of Mrs William J Jacelin of Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Franklin Square Hospital
William J. Jacelin
French Start Seizures for Failure to Pay Fines
May 19. French troops began seizing German household goods for unpaid fines set by the occupation authorities. The targets include the homes of Fritz Thysserin and Dr Jupp von Bohlen. Three directors of the Badenese Aniline and Soda Works were arrested at Ludwigshaven. Germans say they were held as hostages but do not know the reason.
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Essen
Fritz Thysserin
Jupp von Bohlen
Badenese Aniline and Soda Works
Ludwigshaven
Ruhr Army to be Increased by 15 000 to 20 000 Men
Paris dispatch reports Le Matin says the occupation army in the Ruhr will be reinforced by 15 000 to 20 000 men. The plan aims to intensify exploitation of the occupied territory and tightly guard railroads to prevent coke and coal escapes. The move is framed to show Allied resolve and the durability of French occupation amid potential new convocations.
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Ruhr
Paris
le Matin
German Syndicate Invites British Inspectors to Ruhr
Unconfirmed reports say the German Iron and Steel Syndicate based in Duesseldorf invited British political leaders to Ruhr to study the reparations issue with German industrialists.
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Duesseldorf
Two Flyers Die As Plane Crashes Near Brooks Field
In San Antonio on May 19, Flying Cadet Robert E B McAdams of Montgomery Alabama aged 24 and Private James Hall aged 22 of 602 Wallace Avenue Bowling Green Kentucky were killed when their aircraft crashed about five miles from Brooks Field and burned. The cause is not yet known.
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San Antonio
Robert EB. McAdams
Montgomery
Ala
James 8. Hall
Wallace Avenue
Bowling Green
Brooks Field
German marks hit new low in New York exchange
The German mark fell to a new low in New York on May 19, trading at 0.0019875 cent per mark. The market recorded a fourth consecutive all time low for the currency, after previously hitting 0.002026 cent earlier this year.
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New York
Texas killer’s wife Clara Phillips identified in Honduras
Deputy Sheriff Walter J. Hunter confirms Clara Phillips, the California “hammer murderess,” is being held in Tegucigalpa and will be sent back to Los Angeles. She breaks down, pleads innocence, and accuses Alberta Meadows of murder, claiming her husband and Peggy Coffee caused her conviction while alleging coercion by Jess Carson in Tegucigalpa.
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Associated Press
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Clara Phillips
California
Walter J. Hunter
Los Angeles
Colombia
Amapala
Phillips
Alberta Meadows
Peggy Coffee
Peggy
Mexico
Jess Carson
Farmer slays wife after threat and wounds self in Michigan
Adolph Musil, a Summit County farmer, killed his wife Frances on a hilltop after she allegedly squealed on him about non support. He stabbed her throat with a razor and then cut his own throat with a knife. A coroner's jury ruled the death murder by the husband and prosecutors filed first degree murder charges while Musil lies in a hospital under guard. Ten children aged 2 to 19 lose their mother.
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Ludington
Mich
Adolph Musil
Summit County
Frances
Musil
Tiger Refuses Offer of Senate Seat
Paris May 19 Ex Premier Clemenceaux has refused a Senate seat offered by party representatives as the common choice to succeed the late Senator Leroux. The Tiger, from his birthplace in La Vendee, says he will not reenter Parliament and would not accept the seat if elected.
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Paris
Clemenceaux
Leroux
la Vendee
Clemenceau
Great Powers Blamed For Part In Affair
In Lausanne on May 19 the Soviet Foreign Minister Tchitcherin protests the assassination of Vorovsky and warns of conference failure while Russia reserves rights to communicate with the conference and major powers. The Near East Conference settles foreign school status in Turkey and discusses Ismet Pasha letters.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
M. Tchitcherin
Vorovsky
Greece
Turkey
Russia
Switzerland
United States
Ismet Pasha
Ismet
Josep Co. Grew
Ister
Mohammed VI
Angora
Asia Minor
Damn Rotten Show! Briton sails home after broken engagement
Lieutenant Frederick Wiseman Clarke of the Royal Navy abandons the Olympic to sail home on the Orduna claiming lasting affection for Washington society belle Nancy Michael Hoyt. He cited family controversy and the broken wedding set for May 16 as the cause, denying any involvement in Hoyt's past elopement.
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New York
Olympic
Frederick Wiseman Clarke
R. N
Orduna
Nancy Michael Hoyt
Washington Society
F. W. Clarke
Clarke
Miss Hoyt
Ieute
Zev Gallops Home in Kentucky Derby Crowd Record
Zev wins the Kentucky Derby at 20 to 1 as the largest crowd in racing history packs Churchill Downs. Sinclair's colt leads the 20-horse field from start to finish amid pre race excitement and a sea of spectators in Louisville.
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Zev
Sinclair
Churchill Downs
Grand Stand
Derby Opening Draws 75,000 as Zev Set for Crowning
The Downs filled before the first race with an estimated 75 000 in attendance. Pari mutuel machines buzzed as bets ranged from 2 to 100 dollars, signaling a record wagering day as Zev prepared for the Derby crown amid a vibrant, cheering crowd.
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Downs
Zev
Maude Adams Returns to Stage in Peter Pan Revival
New York May 19 Maude Adams the famed actress who left the stage in 1918 due to illness will return in autumn for a revival of Peter Pan and three other Barrie plays. Barrie encouraged her comeback after visiting England where she met Kipling and Rostand heirs and discussed film adaptations of Rostand and Kipling works. The lineup includes Peter Pan What Every Woman The Little Minister and a new Barrie project not yet named.
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New York
Maude Adams
Peter Pan
Barrie
James Barrie
Evening Mail
Miss Adams
England
Rudyard Kipling
Edmond Rostand
Rostand
Kipling
Ford for President Boom Spooks Both Parties in Washington
Shadow of Henry Ford looms over national capital as old parties fear his possible 1924 nomination or third party bid. Senators Harrison and McAdoo stir talk while Ford declines politics, fueling Southern farmers and Michigan backers who see him as friend to workers and power projects.
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Washington
Henry Ford
National Capital
White House
Harding
William BE
Idaho
Pat Harrison
Lhe Young Lochinvar
Henry
Pat
Detroit Croesus
Ford
Harrison
William Gibbs McAdoo
Treasury Department
Turkey
Wall Street
United States
Muscle Shoals
South
Michigan
St. Paul
Minn
Virginia
Old Dominion
347 Scotch Immigrants Land at Halifax Before Quota Ends
HALIFAX May 19. 347 Scottish migrants were landed by the Cameronia to beat the UK immigration quota before the fiscal year ends. They will travel by rail to New York tonight under a special Washington permit. The ship then proceeded to New York with 150 remaining passengers. Halifax was chosen to avoid a rush of arrivals reaching Boston or New York ahead of schedule.
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America
Halifax
United States
United Kingdom
New York
Cameronia
Washington
Canada
Boston
Immigration official grants cross border entry for emigrants
Immigration Commissioner General Husband authorized entry into the United States from Halifax for 347 emigrants aboard the Camer onia. He stated that Britain’s quota had not been exhausted, despite ship line announcements of bookings abroad.
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Washington
United States
Halifax
United Kingdom
Cameronia
General Husband
Husband
Great Britain
Bonar Law’s Secret Illness Fuels Cabinet Worries
London May 19 Great secrecy surrounds Prime Minister Bonar Law’s health. He returned from Paris amid fatigue and was placed under medical care by Sir Thomas Horder. Friends fear for his condition as he rests at a private London house after a monthlong health voyage.
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London
Bonar Law
Paris
Thomas Horder
Theremier
Zev Clinches Derby in Record Churchill Downs Crowd
Zev the Brown colt trained by The Finn Miss Kearney wins the 49th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs before a record crowd of 75,000. He leads from the start under Earl Sande to beat Martingale by a length and a half with Vigil third. Nassau, Chittagong, Enchantment, and Rialto follow. Purses total $53,625 to Sinclair. Vigil earns $3,000, Nassau $1,000. The race runs 1 1/4 miles in 2:05 2-5 on a fast track.
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Louisville
Zev
Harry F. Sinclair
Racing Hall of Fame
America
Martingale
J. S. Cosden
Walter J. Salmon
Rialto
Harry Payne Whitney
Sinclair
Toney
Vigil
Nass
Clufney
Nassau
William S. Hamilton
Earl Sande
Sande
Garnér
Sander
Miniature Diesel Engine Runs Car Fifty Miles on 23 Cents
Bethlehem Shipbuilding engineers reveal a small automotive diesel engine propelling a fifty mile run on 20 cents worth of light oil used in submarines. The unit, installed in a standard car at their plant, eliminates gear shifts and promises higher heat efficiency and durability.
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San Francisco
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Joseph J. Tynan
Tynan
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Raintuck
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Darby
Small
Detroit
Robert T. Small
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