Dedication of Veterans Clubhouse Honors Judge Marx
Thousands attend the dedication of the new Disabled American Veterans clubhouse at 2840 Melrose Avenue. Col Peter Traub presented the Distinguished Service Cross to Judge Robert Marx for valor in France. The ceremony included a flag-raising, an opening prayer, musical performances, and a speech by Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines. The event also announced the planned closure of nineteen Veterans Bureau sub-district stations to save funds.
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Robert ©. Marx
France
Melrose Avenue
107Th Cavalry
United States National Guarda
Samuel Richmond
Marx
Avondale
Peter E. Traub
United States Army
Harding
Michael Aaronsohn
Nationalees
Ohio Military Institute
Peter Traub
United States
Judge Marx
Traub
Richard Crane
Hinds
Sherwood Faison
Margaret Chaplin
Elizabeth Venable
Elizabeth Holman
Zita Fallon
Ruth Ignatius
Audrey Listeman
Gayle Dymar Helwig
Veterans’ Bureau
Hines
Frank T. Hines
United States Veterans’ Bureau
DPD
A. V
Ba.u. Re
Cincinnati
Canton
Mrnes
Cleveland
W. M. Coffin
Nauvool
Copeland Warns Americans Live in Fool's Paradise
Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York told an International Commission at North Carolina State College that Americans are living in a fool's paradise and prosperity may be transient. He urged a comprehensive business and economic conference to unite laws and exclude political differences, and criticized reliance on a World Court as insufficient to end global distress.
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Raleigh
N. C
Royal S. Copeland
New York
International Commission
North Carolina States College
United States
Copeland
Harding
Confederate Veteran Participates in Memorial Day Observance
In Attleboro Massachusetts Captain Carter R Bishop a veteran of the Confederate Army from Petersburg Virginia joined William A Streeter Post Grand Army of the Republic as an assistant member. He will march with 26 blue coated veterans to Woodlawn Cemetery to place flags on over 250 Union graves. Bishop a civil engineer located Captain John Smith's fort in Virginia and was selected to symbolize Southern participation in the Memorial Day events.
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Attleboro
Mass
William A. Streeter
Grand Army of the Republic
Carter R. Bishop
Petersburg
Woodlawn
South
Massachusetts
Bishop
Virginia City
John Smith
Virginia
High Wind Fanners Forest Fires in North Woods
North woods report a growing fire crisis as wind fans more than a hundred blazes across wet swampy grounds. Moose Lake fires around Red Top deemed worst in memory. new blaze at Kramer near Cross River with seventy five firefighters deployed. Emergency aid sent to Tower for Vermillion Lake cottages. Caribou Lake blaze threatens farms and cabins north of Duluth.
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ST. Paul
North Woods
W. T. Cox
Kramer
Cross River
Tower
Vermillion Lake
Caribou Lake
Duluth
Wisconsin Fires Under Control as Wind Remains Calm
Superior Wisconsin May 29 state fire warden P A MacDonald in Solen Springs says Douglas County forest fires are under control unless a strong wind arises. Fires in neighboring counties of Northwestern Wisconsin are believed to be no longer dangerous.
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Wisconsin
Superior
Wis
Douglas County
P. A. MacDonald
Solen Springs
Forest Fire Moves Toward Sonora From Nogales
A forest fire burning in Sonora south of Nogales Mexico is gaining headway toward this city. Smoke plumes rise over Cibuta twenty five miles south of the border and the southern sky glows at night as the blaze advances.
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Sonora
Mexico
Nogales
Ariz
Cibuta
Kilborn Wall Street Banker Dead in New York
Horace M. Kilborn retired senior vice president of National City Bank died at his home in New York City of heart disease. He led bank loan operations for fifteen years and helped coordinate relief during the 1917 financial panic. He reportedly raised 10 million dollars in a 36 hour Liberty loan drive and served as director of Tennessee Copper and Chemical, Southern Agricultural Chemical, and Federal Insurance. He had been ill for two years and leaves a widow, a son, and two brothers.
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New York
Horace M. Kilborn
National City Bank
Wall Street
Kilborn
J. Kilborn
Tennessee Copper and Chemical Company
Southern Agricultural Chemical Corporation
Federal Insurance Company
City Hall Stormed in Rosario Riot
Twenty people were wounded when rival factions stormed Rosario City Hall in Buenos Aires province during a heated session over municipal regulations. Firearms were fired and missiles thrown. police restored order and the meeting was postponed.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Rosario
Glasses Hide Clara Phillips In Los Angeles Visits
Clara Phillips the Los Angeles murderess returned from Honduras says she met no communication with her husband Armour Phillips during freedom. She used shell rim glasses to disguise herself while frequenting Los Angeles business district for five weeks after escaping jail with companion Jesse Carson. She claims innocence and that Peggy Caffee killed Mrs Meadows, and asserts new evidence would acquit her.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Clara Phillips
Los Angeles
Bhammer
United States
Honduras
Armour L. Phillips
Phillips
Jesse Carson
St. Louis
Jesse Carsen
Carsen
Carson
Man Arrested in Bootlegging to Fund Wedding Plans
John Kauff, 25, of 452 Dixmuth Avenue, was arrested by federal prohibition agents after authorities found a 100 gallon still, seven barrels of mash, and eighteen gallons of finished liquor at his home. He admitted bootlegging to finance marriage despite being out of work, saying he planned to sell about twelve gallons daily and hoped to start married life. He was released on a $1,000 bond posted by his fiancée’s father pending a hearing on June 11.
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John Kauff
Dixmuth Avenue
Frank T. Hight
Kauff
Kauf
Thomas M. Gregory
United States
Adams Defends GOP Stand on Paris Talks Withdrawal
Chairman Adams of the Republican National Committee comments on withdrawing a criticized article about British and French roles in Paris talks. He says the party supports its 1920 foreign policy and notes anti League positions by 16,000,000 voters in that campaign.
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America First
Republican National Committee
Adams
Washington
Paris
Hughes
Democratic National Committee
Cordell Hull
Republican Party
Publicity Bureau
Republican’ National Organization
Committee
United States
League of Nations
Europe
Republican National Organization
Poincare Wins Confidence Vote and Ruhr Funding
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies backed Premier Poincare by a 438 to support his government and approve funds for Ruhr policy. The debate featured sharp critics like M. Tardieu, while most opponents abstained or joined the majority. Poincare pledged no policy changes or reinforcements to occupying troops.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Ruhr
M. Tardieu
M. Poincare
Perraterio
C Cs
Bodyguard of President Wilson Cleared in Extortion Case
Gabriel De Laurent former secret service agent who served in France as one of Woodrow Wilson's bodyguards had a charge of extortion dismissed in New York. Magistrate Oberwager ruled a man trusted by the president would not have questionable character and noted De Laurent’s service.
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New York
Gabriel de Laurent
Secret Service
France
Wilson
Oberwager
Josephine Lynch
Detectives Probe Hyde Park Diamond Robbery
Detectives linked to a diamond robbery at Leon Freidlander 3638 Burch avenue Hyde Park with losses exceeding 5000 dollars and a second theft at Mrs Ella Johnson 3427 Burch avenue totaling 614 dollars. Entry is believed through unlocked windows as jewelry including multiple diamond rings and a lavalliere vanished.
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Leon Freidlander
Burch Avenue
Hyde Park
Ella Johnson
Freidlander
Lavalliere
Johnson
Billie Buskle Arrested Again for Shoplifting in Cincinnati
Billie Buskle 23 was arrested in Cincinnati by private detectives for shoplifting in a downtown department store. Officers found women’s garments on her person and in a bag. she admitted the theft and faced narcotics-related questions though none were found. She claimed a four month sentence, had earlier served time, and has ties to West Sixth street storekeepers.
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Cincinnati
Billie Buskle
Crim Ryan
Traction Building
Charles Ryan
Miss Buskle
Ryan
West Sixth Street
Cleveland, O
West Front Street
Crane accident spurs mob at Sharon Steel plant
In Youngstown Ohio on May 29 Asa Hodges aged 48 East Youngstown died when a crane hoist collapsed at Sharon Steel Hoop Company. Workmates threatened to mob John Evkovich the crane operator who was rescued by plant police and held for investigation amid alleged negligence.
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Youngstown
Asa Hodges
East Youngstown
John Bvkovich
Hodges
Sharon Steel Hoop Company
Evkovich
Earthquake in Persia Kills 1000 at Turbat i Haidari
Advices to Pioneer from Tehran report Turbat i Haidari earthquake killing about 1000 people. Shocks lasted hours, villages devastated in Turbat i Haidari in Khorassan near Meshed, Iran.
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Persia
Allahabad
British India
Pioneer
Teheran State
Turbat-i-Haidari
Al Smith and the Mullan Gage law shape Democratic fate
Special Correspondent reports Governor Smith faces a pivotal Friday hearing on the Mullan Gage law and the national 1924 presidential contest. The core question is whether Smith remains “wet” or shifts to dry, with implications for New York and the Democratic ticket.
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New York
Albany
al Smith
New York State
Empire State
New “York
Union
Harding
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Smith
Warren Harding
East
Solid South
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
United States
Solid
Is Ared
Fess
Ohio
Tammany
Actress Stella Larrimore Threats After Farrar Case Ends
New York May 29 Louis B Brodsky counsel for Miss Stella Larrimore said she has received four death threat letters after being exonerated in her divorce suit against Lou Tellegen related to Geraldine Farrar. The threats warn of death if she does not withdraw from the case. Larrimore plans a million dollar suit against Farrar and may press charges against those who testified.
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New York
Louis B. Brodsky
Council
Stella Larrimore
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Supreme Court
Yesterlding
Farrar
Brodsky
Hudson River
New York Building Crafts Delay Strike Until June 8
In New York on May 29 negotiations yield satisfactory progress for a $1 daily wage increase for 22 of 34 crafts in the old Building Trades Council. The general strike affecting about 80,000 workers is deferred from June 1 to June 8 to allow more talks and avoid employer claims of hasty action. Thomas B. Clark, council president, said the delay aims to finish negotiations and give unions time.
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New York
Old Building Trades Council
Thomas B. Clark
Fire Destroys North Hampton Public School in Ohio
A lightning strike during an electrical storm destroyed the North Hampton Public School in Springfield Ohio. The one story four room building suffered an estimated loss of 10000 to 12000 dollars.
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Ohio School
Springfield
North Hampton
Four Score Sent to Death Before Kidnaping of Foreigners
Shanghai report cites Father William Lenfers describing bandits in Paotzuku killing eighty Chinese prisoners by hurling them from a cliff after binding their feet and labeling them. A woman and child were among the victims. families retrieved bodies with identification tags.
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Express
Associated Press
Shanghai
Paotzuku
Shanghai-Peking Express
William Lenfers
Father Lenfers
Lincheng
Lenfers
Leafers
Suchow
Terms for Bandit Release Demands Detailed from Peking
Washington May 29 The State Department received cable from Minister Schurman in Peking outlining five demands of Chinese bandits for releasing Americans and other foreigners. They call for withdrawal of soldiers central government food and clothing for bandits four mixed brigades arms and ammunition six months' advance pay arrears six months total and a signed agreement with a diplomatic corps guarantor.
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Washington
State Department
Schurman
Peking
Chinese Negotiate Direct for Release of Prisoners
Chinese military authorities and Shantung bandit representatives hold direct talks for freeing foreigners abducted from the Shanghai Peking Express on May 6. The International Military Commission’s visit to Tsao Chwang is postponed to Thursday as negotiations proceed.
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Peking
Shantung
Shanghai
W. D. Connor
Tientsen
Fighter with Custer home after 50 years
Lee Dixon, once with the wagon train at the Little Bighorn massacre, returned to York after fifty years and surprised his sister Mary J. Reider. The reunion followed Dixon confirming details of their childhood, ending with a joyous welcome. Dixon is 72.
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York
Lee Dixon
Big Horn River
George A. Custer
Mary J. Reider
Tical
Dixon
Noted French Ace Deullin Killed in Test Flight
Former Captain Deullin a top World War French aviator dies in a Villacoublay test flight crash. He secured twenty four German victories and earned a 1918 Aero Club of America medal.
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Paris
Deullin
France
Villacoublay
Aero Club of America
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Iranian Desert
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