Public groups plan to challenge railroad valuations in Chicago
A Chicago conference led by Senator LaFollette plans to mobilize public interests to contest the Interstate Commerce Commission rail valuation. Attendees include railroad union leaders eight governors and NY Mayor Hylan. Richberg claims current valuations could raise annual rates by 550 million and burden farmers and the public.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
United States
Hylan
New York
William L. Dever
Mra Richberg
Mr. Richberg
Richberg
One Killed Five Hurt In Chicago Chemical Blast
May 24 Chicago Bauer and Black plant lab explosion fatally injures Miss Jeanette Lasky and injures five others as 2 000 workers depart. Roofs and walls damaged. fire quickly put out. Officials suspect rubber dissolving chemical or rubber mass contacting a live wire.
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Chicago
Jeanette Lasky
Bauer & Black
Miss Laskey
Blind baggage passengers killed in Texas rail wreck
At least six died in a collision between Texas and Pacific passenger trains near Putnam Texas. A negro porter and five men described as riding blind baggage were among the dead. An engineman was fatally injured and two or three others hurt. Westbound No 15 struck eastbound No 16 on a siding at Dothan six miles east of Putnam. Switch status and possible tampering discussed by railroad officials. Three baggage cars burned.
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Abilene
Tex
Texas & Pacific
Cisco
Putnam
Dothan
Baird
Fugitive Whitfield Sightings Sweep Wisconsin toward Canada
Madison detectives pursue John L. Whitfield, a 45 year old mulatto wanted for the Cleveland police slaying of Dennis Griffin. Reports place him in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley and near Theresa headed for Green Bay with a car stolen in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
John JL. Whitfield
Dennis Griffin
Cleveland
Fox River Valley
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Oakee
Columbia County
Whitfield
Herbert Quann
North Bristol
Green Bay
Theresa
Sir Auckland Geddes Confined by Eye Injury
The British Ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes has been confined to a dark room by his physician due to an eye infection stemming from a World War gas attack. His eyes have suffered from strain while studying the British war debt refinancing, but the debt settlement is nearly complete and his signature will conclude it. Dr W Holland Wilmer, treating him, said the condition will keep him bedridden for several weeks.
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Washington
Sir Auckland Geddes
W. Holland Wilmer
Realty Men Confer On Taft Bill At Chamber Meeting
A citizens committee representing major local business and professional groups meets with Cincinnati Real Estate Board members at the Chamber of Commerce to decide action on the Taft bill. The event follows an earlier mayoral briefing and aims to secure a referendum to defeat the measure and protect city finances.
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Chamber of Commerce
a_ citizens’ committee
Cincinnati Real Estate Board
Ohio State Real Estate Board
Citizens’ Committee
Carrel
George Puchta
Lima
William M.perin
Automobile Club
Warren E. Richards
Real Estate Board
Gasoline tax bill signed in Massachusetts
Governor Cox signed a bill imposing a two cent per gallon gasoline tax for motor vehicles. The tax becomes law in ninety days unless a referendum petition with fifteen thousand signatures is filed in time.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Cox
Spanish Royal Mail Line Ends American Sailings
OPANTOH HU NEW YORK May 24 The Spanish Royal Mail Steamship Line has ordered discontinuance of all American sailings. The Prince de Satrasteguil will sail Cadiz May 30 and arrive New York June 11 as the last from the line. Ships will be diverted to Havana and Vera Cruz after that date due to conflicts between U S and Spanish laws.
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New York
Royal Mail Steamship Line
Barcelona
Luis Llanso
Supreme Court
Prince de Sarrastegui
Cadiz
Lianso
Havana
Vera Cruz
Llanso
Prince de Satrastegui
Liquor Rules for Ships Near Completion in Treasury
Officials said new ship liquor regulations linked to a Supreme Court decision are ready in tentative form at the Treasury for Mellon’s review. The plan aims to avoid clashes with foreign laws by using medicinal exemptions, with a June 10 effective date and possible protests from several powers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Treasury
Mellon
United States
State Department
Long Battle With Fire Saves British Freighter
The British freighter Cornish City was saved after a several hour fireboat battle. A fire started in No 4 hold as she anchored off Stapleton Staten Island after arrival from Liverpool via Philadelphia. The ship, 400 feet long and 5269 gross tons, is owned by St Just Steamship Co Ltd of Bideford England.
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New York
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Stapleton
Staten Island
St. Just Steamship Company, Ltd., of
Bidesford
England
Four Die in Cottage Fire in Mountain Lake Park
Mrs Mary OConnor 94 and her three daughters died when burning leaves ignited gas in their cottage. Daughters Kate OConnor Jett Grannon and Mary Rooney died trying to rescue their mother. Gold worth $3000 was found in a chimney and turned to authorities. Several nearby cottages were destroyed.
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Mountain Lake Park
Mad
Mary O'Connor
O’connor
Clarksburg
W. Va
Kate O'Connor
Jett Grannon
Fairmont
West Virginia
Mary E. Rooney
Morris Resigns as American Agent on Claims Body
Robert C. Morris of New York resigns as American agent before the German American Mixed Claims Committee at the White House says he leaves the post "at the insistent call of his personal and professional affairs." The move comes after a week with a second resignation from the panel and follows William R. Day's departure as umpire. Edwin P. Parker of Houston is named as Morris's successor.
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Washington
Robert Co. Morris
New York
Mixed Claims Committee
Harding
White House
Morris
William R. Day
The
Supreme Court
Edwin P. Parker
Houston
Tex
Germany
Parker
New York Jury Awards Dr. Austin 21092.50 in Suit
A Supreme Court jury in Manville New York awarded Dr. Alonzo E. Austin 21092.50 including interest in a suit against asbestos maker Charles B. Manville. Manville’s counter claim of 20000 over allegedly induced oil investment was denied. The jury deliberated two hours forty five minutes. Manville plans to appeal.
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New York
Supreme Court
Alonzo E. Austin
Charles B. Manville
Dr. Austin
Manville
Alloy Corporation Indicted for Invading Coal Priority Order
The United Alloy Steel Corporation of Canton and Charles Marotta of Cleveland are among 52 open indictments by the Federal Grand Jury. The alloy firm faces ten counts for evading the coal priority order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, a first government criminal action against coal consumers. Marotta faces five counts for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act and related charges.
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Cleveland, O
United Alloy Steel Corporation
Canton
Charles Marotta
Cleveland
Federal
United Alloy Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Marotta
Posone and
Gale
Battle in German Ruhr town as Chinese troops aid bandits
In Gelsenkirchen fighting between Communists and the defense force left seven men and one child dead and 70 to 80 wounded. The Communists seized police HQ, destroyed parts of the building, and set it on fire. Talks with the Burgomaster aim to form a four member commission to police the city.
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Ruhr
Associated —Press
Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Riots Follow Price Demands in Gelsenkirchen
In Gelsenkirchen eight people were killed and up to eighty wounded as protests erupted after a Communist Commission of Control urged merchants to halve food prices. Housewives swept stores, crowds clashed with firemen and a Self-Defense League, and French troops were deployed to guard posts without engaging demonstrators.
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Bessen
Gilsenkirchen
Communist ‘Commission of Control
Civilan Self-Defense League
Self-Defense League
Gelsenkirchen
Essen
Bochum
Governor’s Warning Ends Student Protest at Stillwater
Governor J C Walton halted a protest at Oklahoma City over George Wilson’s appointment as president of Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater. He warned demonstrators about tar and feather threats and challenged Stillwater citizens over college ownership. The delegation was led by State Senator Harry Jones. Wilson’s appointment drew opposition from the American Legion over a past remark about the Legion.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
George Wilson
Farmer-Labor League
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
State Capitol
Harry Jones
Wilson
State Board of Agriculture
American Legion
Salina
Kan
Good Will tour to draw Cincinnati capital to Upper South
Cincinnati businessmen may invest substantial capital in Kentucky and nearby states as the Good Will trip continues. William C. Culkins, vice president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, said the mission has exposed Upper South resources and will yield data for investors. The party visited Harlan and Clinton and LaFollette, with receptions and a strawberries gift, and will finish the tour back in Cincinnati.
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Upper South
Cincinnati
Culkins
Pineville
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
William C. Culkins
Chamber of Commerce
Corbin
South
Good Will
Good Will Party
Harlan, Ky
F. D. Perkins
J. W. Roland
J. R. Wilder
P. B. Cole
Harlan State Bank
W. W. Lewis
First State Bank
Harlan Opera House
Clinton, Tenny
George W. Breiel
Childrens
Clinton
T. T. Crawley
LaFollette
Tenn
Big Creek Gap
Little City
J. Will Taylor
la Follette
L. D
F. Kincaid
Taylor
Poincare Ministerial Resignations Rejected in Paris
Premier Poincare and his cabinet offered their resignations to President Millerand but the Senate vote on Communist trial matters led Millerand to retain the ministry. The Senate ruled the court competent only on procedural questions, sending the case against Marcel Cachin and others to a competent body.
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Poincare
Millerand
Associated Press
Paris
Senate
Marcel Cachin
M. Poincare
Council of Ministers
Elysee Palace
High Court
M. Cachin
Boulanger
Caillaux
Malvy
Cachin
Rum Row dupe sinks counterfeit bills off Jersey coast
Michael J. Sullivan once Salem boxing promoter now a self described manager of the Canadian Shipping Co faces suspicion after tossing 150 counterfeit ten dollar notes into the Atlantic. The bills bore National Bank of Ozone Park and First National Bank of Amityville marks. Sullivan claimed they were counterfeit and revealed by secret service agents. Izzy Jacobs of New York was detained for tipping a steward with the bills though he did not benefit.
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M. J. Sullivan
Atlantic Thinking Bank
Nova Scotia
Scotland
New York
Jersey
Atlantic Ocean
Michael J. Sullivan
Salem
Mass
Sullivan
Homeric
Glasgow
Americ@a
National Bank of
Ozone Park
Long Island
First National Bank
Amityville
Sulivan
Secret Service
Izzy” Jacobs
Evans Sues Simmons Over Klan Defamation $100000
Dr. Hiram W. Evans Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan sues William J. Simmons Emperor of the order in Pulaski Circuit Court for defamation. The suit stems from a telegram Simmons sent from Atlanta to Arkansas papers rebutting a Comer statement about the Kamelia society.
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Dr. Evans
J. A. Comer
Little Rock
Mr. Simmons
Mr. Comer
Cyclops
Kamelia
Comer
Perio
Simmons
Paotzuku bandits under attack as Shanghai plucks hostages crisis
Chinese troops tightened a Paotzuku cordon to sever bandit lines of communication after a May 6 kidnapping of foreigners on the Shanghai Peking Express. Negotiations with Peking officials resume as brigands fear capture, while local gentry urge surrender to avert harvest ruin.
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Shanghai
Peking
Paotsuku
Tsao-Chwang
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchurian
Pekin
Tso-Lin
Chang Ching-Yao
Hunan
General to Lead Delegation to Investigate Bandits
Brigadier General William D. Comnor will head an international military commission to Tsao Chwang to examine the bandit situation near Paotzu-ku Mountain. The group includes foreign detachments and attaches, with Japan invited to name a representative. Berube recounts using a ten dollar watch to win release from the Suchow bandits.
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Associated Press
Peking
William D. Comnor
Tientsin
International Commission
Tsao- Chwang
China
Paotzuku
M. O. Berube
Berube
Beruba
Tsaochwang
Fight Like a Tiger Advice in Stillman Divorce Case
Mrs Florence Leeds urged to fight hard to win banker James A Stillman’s support for her son Jay Leeds. Mrs James A Stillman proposed to adopt the boy and raise him as a half brother to her own children. She claimed a new infatuation by the banker caused Leeds to lose favor and warned of further reversals.
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New York
Florence Leeds
James A. Stillman
Jay Leeds
New York Times
Grande Anse
Quebec
Stillman
Leeds
Beauvais
Fowler McCormick
Harold McCormick
Fahey Named Publisher Of New York Evening Post
The New York Evening Post reports John H. Fahey will become publisher on June 4. He currently runs The Worcester Evening Post and The Manchester Mirror and previously published The Boston Traveler.
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New York
The
New York Evening Post
John H. Fahey
Mr. Fahey
Worcester
Mass
Evening Post
Manchester
N. H
Mirror
Way
Boston (Mass
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Taft Bill
Royal Mail Line
Morrig
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Alloy Corporation
Commission of Control
Farmer-Labor College
Oklahoma
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