Memorial Day Honors Civil War Dead in Cincinnati Parade
Thousands joined a downtown parade and cemetery services in Cincinnati as J W Keifer the sole surviving Civil War major general presided at Spring Grove Cemetery. Veterans and G A R members led formations while city officials and spectators paid reverent tribute to the nation’s fallen and living heroes.
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Cincinnati
Boys In Blue
United States
United
Grand Army of the Republic
Usodil
Frank Jones
George Thayer
Herman Belmer
Isaac d'Isay
John A. Jones
William E. Kuhn
A. A. Robison
Frank Hamilton
Theodore McMillen
George Baker
Joseph Anderson
John Thompson
Charles Eck
George Dean
James M. Hughes
John W. Shorten
Lewis Butler
Jacob Secrist
Richard C. von Berniwitz
Charles T. Weaver
Frank Kaiser
Edward Faulkner
Robert Wallis
John Fehrenbatch
Charles Blodgett
Blanchester
J. Warren Keifer
Springfield
Spring Grove
Keifer
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Washington, D.C
Berlenbach Wins Light-Heavy Title by Referee Decision
Paul Berlenbach defeats Mike McTigue in a fifteen round Yankee Stadium bout to win the light heavyweight title by decision. The crowd denounced the decision as close and controversial while Berlenbach fought aggressively and earned the crown amid mixed acclaim.
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Berlenbach
McTigue
New York
Paul Berlenbach
Yankee Stadium
Mike McTigue
Mike
Paul
Ma@ke
Jack Delaney
Tony Marullo
Jimmy Slattery
Classified ad offer for low cost contact with employers
Brief notice from The Commercial Tribune offering low cost ad space to place employment wanted notices. Readers are invited to leave a situation wanted ad at the Tribune office for potential employer contact.
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Commercial Tribune
Redlegs Sweep Memorial Day Doubleheader Over Cubs
Reds erase Cubs 7 1 in game one and 4 2 in game two before about 15000 fans. Pete Donohue hurled a near shutout and Hank Brey or Brett tied up, while Eppa Rixey stopped the Cubs in the nightcap as Cincinnati capitalized on timely hitting and fielding.
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Reds
Despond
Redlegs
Cubs
Queen City
Peter Donohue
Texas Collegian
Pete
Bruins
Lone Star
Petie
Jamesy Brett
Galley West
Jacobs
Brett
Cincinnati
Donohue
Sam Bohne
Griffith
Bruggy
Freigau
Bohne
Cruz
Adams
Braggy
Smith
Dressen
Grimm
Roush
Bressler
Nonce
Hendricks
Walker
Bree
Bigt Braggy
Crutz
Cub
Aliens
Hartnett
Friberg
Eppa Rixey
Eppa
Chain Watchman Locked In As McAlpin Safe Is Blown
Night watchman John W. Putterbaugh was tied to an elevator and eight masked men blew the fourth floor safe at the McAlpin Company department store on West Fourth Street. The theft, discovered when the watchman cried out, ended with the robbers slipping away through a basement passage. Putterbaugh, freed by police, reported being forced to trigger clocks and locked in the elevator.
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McAlpin Company
Fourth Street
John W. Putterbaugh
Donahue Street
D. H. Jones
van Wert, O
Ohio Messenger and Telegraph Company
Messenger Company
Putterbaugh
Eugene Weatherly
Fearful Vigil Of Dog For Missing Master At Lake Glacier
A dog has kept watch by the dam at Mill Creek Park near Youngstown since Tuesday amid fear its owner drowned in Lake Glacier. Park workers tried to move the dog away last night, but he returned to his vigil, and searches dragged the lake without success.
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Youngstown, CO
Mill Creek Park
Lumber Fire Threatens Plants in Hammond Industrial Area
Fire at Paxton Lumber Company spread to Hammond Brass works and endangered several nearby plants. Officials estimated the total loss at about $2,000,000.
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Associated Press
Hammond
Ind
Paxton Lumber Company
Hammond Brass Works
DePaolo Breaks All Records in 500 Mile Indy Win
Peter DePaolo wins the Indianapolis 500 in a record 4 56 39 47 set at 101.13 mph average. He defeats Benny Hill by about a mile with Hartz and Shafer in podium positions. prize money totals near $38,000 including $20,000 for the winner and $7,800 in lap prizes.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Peter DePaolo
Ralph DePalma
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
DePaolo
Earl Cooper
Benny Hill
Dave Lewis
Harry Hartz
Phil Shafer
de Paolo
Lewis
Hill
Flying de Paolo
Shafer
Confidence man William J Field dies in jail suicide
William J Field age 48 a noted confidence man and former Cincinnati chemist hanged himself in his First District Police Station cell at 8 05 pm after recent arrests for impersonating Railway Employees Benefit Association representatives. Field previously faced charges in 1922 for posing as Senator Theodore Burton and stealing two loving cups, plus a later sentence for soliciting funds for the blind. He was found by station staff hanging with a handkerchief and belt.
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William J. Field
Cincinnati
First District
Field
Harry J. Howard
Grand Hotel
New York City
Northside
Railway Employees’ Benefit Association
William J. Seaton
Hannaford Avenue
Norwood
Downing
Theodore Burton
United States
Ohio
Fifth Street
Taft
Hamilton County
John Weld Peck
Woester
Henry Crowley
Richard Dunby
Bullard Reopens Bitter War Behind the Lines Controversy
Major General Robert Lee Bullard, retired former commander of the First Division, discusses in the New York Herald-Tribune how the Twenty-sixth Division and General Clarence R. Edwards criticized his men after the 1918 relief on the Alsace front. Bullard says the deluge of reports hindered unity as both sides fought the war.
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New York World News Service
New York
Robert Lee
Bullard
New York Herald-Tribune
New England National Guard
Clarence R. Edwards
Alsace-Lorraine
World News Service
Edward
Hotel Wellington
Ft. Totten
Shoes of His Baby Tied to Car in Race Win
Pete De Paolo won the 500 mile race in Indianapolis while baby shoes hung from his front axle. He said the shoes of his nine month old son Tommy brought luck and helped him stay careful during the turbulent run.
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DE Paolo
Indianapolis
Pete de Paolo
Tommy
Plot to Kidnap Mary Pickford Uncovered in Los Angeles
Police in Los Angeles arrest three men in a plot to abduct film star Mary Pickford Fairbanks from her Hollywood studio to her Beverley Hills home. The plan included disguises with Shrine colors and demands for 100000 dollars. other figures considered were Pola Negri Buster Keaton and an oilman’s grandson.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford-Fairbanks
George K. Home
Charles Z. Stevens
Billy Woods
Claude
Fat) Holcombe
Pola Negri
Buster Keaton
E.L. Doneny
Mary
Pickford Fairbanks
Hollywood
Beverley Hills
Pickford
Captain Home
Johm& G. Mott
Riot in Shanghai Leaves Six Dead Amid Student Protests
Six students were killed and eight more wounded as a 3,000 strong strike protest in Shanghai turned violent. Police fired volleys at the crowd near the Souza sub-station, drawing in foreign defense units and heavy patrols through the central district.
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Shanghat
Associated Press
Shanghai
Souza Police
Domalco
Nanking Road
Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Souza
British Accept Franco British Rhineland Pact Terms
Paris reports Britain accepts the French planned Rhineland security pact terms. Briand's note aims to limit frontier obligations while keeping Eastern ally support open, with Britain not bound to defend France over Eastern-war actions. Allied Ambassadors will deliver a separate note to Dr Stresemann in Berlin on Tuesday.
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Arno Dosch Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
France
Rhineland
Great Britain
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stresemannis
London
Britain
Berlin
Lord Crewe
Briand
Quai D’orsay
World News Service
Germany
Stresemann
League of Nations
League
Belgium
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
N. Y
Associated Press
Military Control Commission
Cologne
Coolidge at Cincinnati club outing poses for group photo
President Coolidge visited the Congressional Country Club as guest of the Cincinnati Commercial Club, greeting fifty members and posing for a photo. At luncheon the club presented Chief Justice Taft a silver bowl.
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Coolidge
Taft
Nashington
Congressional Country Club
Cincinnati
O.) Commercial Club
Sanders
Dawes Uses Crutches to Review Boy Scouts on Memorial Day
Vice President Charles G. Dawes reviewed 500 Boy Scouts from an automobile after spraining his ankle at his Evanston home. He awarded medals to William O Keefe and David for saving lives. President Coolidge led Memorial Day ceremonies in Washington at Arlington and other cemeteries, urging stronger local government and law enforcement.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Evanston
William O'Keefe
David
Washington
National Capital
Coolidge
Arlington Cemetery
U. S. &. Grampus
Admiral Dewey
Potomac River
Sylph
Secretary of the Navy
Arlington
America
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