Communists Loot Essen and Ruhr City Strife Grows
Reports from Essen on May 1 describe bands of Communists raiding warehouses and closing stores as the Ruhr strike expands. About 50,000 miners and thousands of iron and steel workers have joined the stoppage, with Remscheid steel workers requesting a 50 percent wage rise. The police HQ at Gelsenkirchen remains under Communist control as talks continue with Burgomasters and French authorities over a local police force. The German government is alarmed and seeks permission to deploy police from occupied areas to Essen and Gelsenkirchen.
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Associated Press
Essen
Ruhr
Remscheid
Elberfeld
Gelsenkirchen
Communist Commission of Control
Rhine-Herne
Ruhrort
Rhine
Duisburg
Ond
London
Berlin
Will of American Captive Sent To Bandits In China
Leon Friedman held by Shantung bandits drew up a legal will witnessed by fellow captives J P Pope l and G D Musso. The will bequeaths all to his brother Max Friedman of Shanghai and Powell the American publisher carries the document to the camp for the brigands final terms. Powell plans to return within 24 hours as three brigades of Chinese troops tighten the cordon around the outlaws.
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Associated Press
Tsaochwang
Leon Friedman
Friedman
J. P. Po Opel American
Shanghai
S &@ messenger
Max Friedman
Powell
G. D. Musso
Ruhr strike limited to Gelsenkirchen district report
Berlin dispatches earlier suggested a Ruhr wide walkout in support of Dortmund strikers but later reports said the strike movement was confined to the Gelsenkirchen district in the Ruhr.
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Gelsenkirchen
Berlin
Associated Press
Ruhr
Dortmund
Klansmen Reported To Have Helped Raid Steubenville Haunt
State agents and men said to be Ku Klux Klan members under Deputy Commissioner F S Evans arrested 11 people in Steubenville Ohio. A 14 year old girl and a 16 year old boy were among those jailed for selling and illegal possession of liquor. Mele Meleonovich, recently paroled for murder, was among the detainees. The raid followed a city wide cleanup demand by Klansmen. The prisoners awaited a Pleas Court appearance before Judge C H Smith.
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Steubenville
Ku Klux Klan
F.S. Evans
Columbus
Mele Meleonevich
Ohio Penitentiary
Evans
Payroll bandits escape in auto with $4950
In Philadelphia on May 25 three armed bandits stopped a motor car carrying the payroll of J. B. Thorn & Co. They forced the drivers to surrender $4,950 at the sheet metal plant location. Shots were exchanged but no injuries occurred.
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Philadelphia
Mjor
J. 8 S. Thorn & Co
William C. Steigers Dies at St. Louis
William C. Steigers, 77, Second Vice President of the Pulitzer Publishing Company, owner of The Post-Dispatch, died at his home in St Louis. He was widely known in journalism circles.
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ST. Louis
William C. Steigers
Pulitzer Publishing Company
The
Post-Dispatch
Sale of Nine Cargo Ships By Shipping Board Announced
The Shipping Board announced the sale of nine cargo ships but kept contract prices undisclosed. Charles W. Cook of San Francisco bought five vessels about 3,800 tons each. Weyerhauser Timber Co of Oma WA purchased two ships of 1,400 tons. Richmond-Newark Steamship Co of Richmond VA bought one ship of 1,800 tons. Saska Steamship Co of New City bought one ship of 400 tons.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Charles W. Cook
San Francisco
Weyerhauser Timber Company
Oma
Richmond-Newark Steamship Company
Richnd
Saska Steamship Company
New City
Highway Tat Mixed in Fraud Charges in Ohio
Investigators allege millions in surplus war material handled by the Ohio State Highway Department were mismanaged and stolen. The Bliss report cites a conspiracy with a Columbus junk dealer, listing unpaid sums and improper deals. It accuses past and present highway officials of gross negligence and improper disposal of property.
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Bliss
Columbus
State Highway Department
State Bureau of Accounting
John A. Bliss
Donahey
Executive Department
State Fair Grounds
Bass
Highway Department
Mr. Bliss
Harry and
Max Silberstein
Fair Grounds
R. H. Shaffer & Co
L. C. Herrick
Topper & Rosenthal
State Highway "Department
Major and Civilian Killed In Plane Crash Near Bolling Field
Washington residents Major Thomas Duncan of the army air service and civilian Irving H. Krouppy were killed today when their plane crashed near Bolling Field. The aircraft burst into flames on impact and both men were burned to death before extraction from the wreckage.
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Washington
Thomas Duncan
Army Air Service
Irving H. Krouppy
Bolling Field
Here
Baldwin's New Cabinet Formed After Bonar Law Resigns
London May 25 The Baldwin administration completes its cabinet changes with Lord Robert Cecil as Lord Privy Seal and John C C Davidson named Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The list elevates several officials while seeking a stronger government and firmer Conservative unity amid scrutiny of foreign policy under the new prime minister.
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London
Lord Robert Cecil
Andrew Bonar Law
Bonar Law
John CC. C. Davidson
Duchy of Lancaster
Stanley Baldwin
Treasury
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
L. S. Amery
Board of Trade
Philip Lloyd Greame
Board of Health
Neville Chamberlain
Board of Agriculture
Robert A. Sanders
Scotland
Viscount Novar
Board of Education
E. F. L. Wood
Montague Barlow
the Treasury
William Joynson-Hicks
G. C. Tryon
John Colin Campbell Davidson
John Baird
Struglas Hogg
T. W. H. Inskip
Archibald Boyd Carpenter
William Watson
F. O. Thomson
David Lloyd George
Sir Robert Horne
Austen Chamberlain
Robert
Lord Birkenhead
Baldwin
France
Germany
Russia
Turkey
Great Britain
League of Nations
Lord Curzon
Bonar’ Law
Mr. Baldwin
Suspect in Denver Mint Robbery Held in Canada
Montreal detectives say they arrested a man on the street believed to be part of the gang behind the Denver Mint robbery several months ago. The suspect is being held for identification by authorities.
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Montreal
Hela
Good Will Trade Party Back After South Campaign
The Good Will party, tired but elated, returned to Pennsylvania Station at 11 p.m. after a five day trip to promote local industries in the South. Plans for another October tour through Blue Grass cities including Maysville and Paris are being formed with the Chamber of Commerce gathering data. Mayor Perkins of Harlan urged terminals to better connect Cincinnati with Southern states to speed coal and goods to the North.
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Good Will Trade Party
Good Will
Pennsylvania Station
G Will Venture
Blue Grass
Maysville
Paris
Chamber of Commerce
Queen City
Perkins
Harlan
Cincinnati
Michigan
North
Southern
Chamber of Comerce
Fifteen Princes Executed in Georgian Counter Revolt Plot
Moscow dispatch reports fifteen oriental princes generals and noblemen executed in Georgia after discovery of a counter revolutionary plot. Believed leaders include General Zudz and Prince Andronikieff, with cooperation from ex Premier Gordani and Kerensky-era figures.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Republic of
Georgia
Tifflis
Provd
M. Gordani
M. Tseretelli
Kerensky
Seopee
Odessa
Plea for Christianity in Business at Steel Institute
Elbert Gary of U S Steel urged Christian principles in business and politics during the American Iron and Steel Institute meeting in New York. The institute voted against eliminating the twelve hour day while Prince Caetani defended Fascism and drew parallels to Roosevelt.
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Gary
Associated Press
New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Elbert Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gelasio Caetani
United States
Steelmakere
Charles M. Schwab
Institute
Institution
Harding
Prince Caetani
Mussolini
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Russia
Caetani
Italy
America
England
Fire Devours Oil Plant As City Rattled In Rochester
Five hundred thousand gallons of oil at the F. B. Rae Oil Company plant in Rochester caught fire after two early explosions. The blaze engulfed 25 tanks containing oil products valued at 250 000 dollars, with total losses expected around 350 000 dollars. Firefighters labored to prevent spread to a 30 000 gallon turpentine shed. no serious casualties reported though some firefighters were burned. The cause remains undetermined.
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City of
Rochester
N. Y
F. B. Rae Oil Company
Jaynes
Madison chase narrows on fugitive John Whitfield near lakes
NEA Madison Wis May 25 a Cleveland patrol man slaying suspect John L Whitfield is cornered in hills near Lake Regonza about 12 miles from the city. A posse led by Cleveland officers tightens around the marshy MacFarland area hoping he emerges for gasoline and arms. Witness Mrs Sprague identified Whitfield after he asked for $2 to buy fuel and sped away. The trail remains unclear but officials believe he moved on foot toward Lake Kegonza or Lake Waubesa and that escape is unlikely.
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Madison
Wis
Lake Regonza
John L. Whitfield
Dennis Griffin
Cleveland
MacFarland
Whitfield
Edwin Sprague
Sprague Farm
Lake Kegonza
Lake Waubesa
Geyser of Flame Spouts From Pocket of Gas
Hundreds watched a flaming geyser rise up to twenty feet for four hours after laborers struck a gas pocket fifty feet underground near the Eighth street viaduct. Fire officials said the gases came from surrounding dumps. City Engineer Joseph H. Huegle noted the sight and ruled out a main break.
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Eighth Street
Price Hill
Joseph H. Huegle
City Engineering Department
Fire Department
U S Allies Sign Rhine Occupation Costs Agreement
The United States and allied powers sign a plan to repay about 250 million dollars for occupation costs in the Rhine region in twelve equal annual installments with priority for four years. The accord allows the US to abrogate if arrears threaten full payment, and includes deductions for German dyestuffs if procured through the Reparation Commission.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
Rhineland
Eliot Wadsworth
Germany
Army of Occupation
Arrest Chicago Man With Pistol Believed To Be Whitfield’s
Chicago police seized Dewey Biggs owner of an auto repair shop in connection with the search for John L. Whitfield sought for the slaying of Dennis Griffin. A pistol believed to be Whitfield’s was found with Biggs and tied to an auto driven by a man matching Whitfield. Mrs Whitfield reportedly traveled to consult detectives on Whitfield’s flight.
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Chicago
Whitfield
Lake Michigan
John L. Whitfield
Dennis Griffin
Cleveland
Dewey Biggs
Biggs
Quart of Vinegar Reward at Policeman's Home
Montgomery city agents raided the Cincinnati policeman Sylvester Brockman at 2143 Turner street seeking liquids with over 1 percent alcohol. They found only a quart of vinegar and also searched Miss Anna Wherle and Tony Ritterholz without locating vinegar.
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Montgomery City
Cincinnati
Lipps and Reynolds
Montgomery
Sylvester Brockman
Turner Street
Anna Wherle
Tony Ritterholtz
Civic groups urge real estate board to skip referendum on Taft bill
Cincinnati civic and business leaders met at the Chamber of Commerce to ask the Real Estate Board to withhold plans for a referendum on the Taft taxation bill. The gathering featured Robert Taft and Walter Schmidt presenting opposing views and was led by George F. Dieterle.
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Cincinnati
Real Estate Board
Afl
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati Real Estate Board
Robert Taft
Uthor
Walters. Schmidt
Caste Board
George F. Dieterle
A. Julius Freiberg
Mr. Dieterle
Dieterle
Baby Drowns in Bucket on Porch
In Wooster Ohio 13 month old Helen Kauffman wandered to a porch where her mother talked with a guest. Five minutes later the mother found the child’s feet protruding from a bucket five inches deep and she had drowned.
Attorney Sentenced to 30 Days in House of David Case
Detroit attorney Walter M. Nelson was jailed for thirty days by Judge Dingeman after testifying before the state one man grand jury investigating the House of David colony in St Joseph Michigan. Nelson said as he was taken away that he had told all he knew.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Walter M. Nelson
Detroit
Dingeman
Nelson
House of David Colony
Bridgman
British Protest Over Volstead Law Strains International Maritime Law
Britain's embassy to the United States challenges the application of the Volstead Act to foreign ships in American waters. The note argues U S port authorities lack jurisdiction over liquor on ships regaining rations and seeks diplomatic negotiations while citing potential treaty exemptions. Spanish concerns as a related issue are noted.
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Washington
Great Britain
State Department
United States
Supreme Court
Treasury Department
Treasury
van Karnebeek
Hughes
Sir Auckland Gedtes
Royal Spanish Steamship Line
Spain
New York
Royal Spanish Steamship Service
Four Motor Boats Patrol Detroit River for Smugglers
Detroit authorities announce four motor boats are patrolling the Detroit River to hunt liquor smugglers. J R Davis says this is double last summer and more boats are expected to arrive soon to aid federal prohibition efforts.
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Detroit River
Detroit
J. R. Davis
Prohibition
Michigan
Davis
Bushel of Baseball Pool Tickets Seized in Ohio Town
In New Philadelphia Ohio on May 25 a bushel basket of baseball pool tickets and books were seized from five businesses. Proprietors pleaded guilty and were fined. Governor Donahey ordered the crackdown after his son admitted buying pools in town.
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New Philadelphia
A. V. Donahey
Donahey
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