Major Pinger urges ransom to free Chinese captives
The article reports Major Ireland Pinger, an American officer held by Chinese bandits, urging ransom or concessions as the only feasible path to free captives. It notes the captives include J B Powell, Shangerd, Leon Friedman, Shans hai, Solomon, Major Robert Allen, and Major Roland Einler, with surrounding troops and potential release if troops withdraw.
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Major Pinger
Shantung Hills
Associated Press
Vietain
Sbhentung Hills
Ireland Pinger
Washington
State Department
Pekine
Shantuzge
Tdren
Ares J.B. Powell
Weekly Review
Shangerd
Leon Friedman
Chinese Motors Corporation
Shanshai
Fee Solomon
Shanghai
Rober Allen
Roland Ein Ler
United States Army
Russia Aroused by British Note Demonstration
Moscow workers and officials joined a large peaceful demonstration against the British vote. All factories and government institutions closed to permit participation as crowds filled the streets in a show of mass support.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Statehouse Postpones Final Action on Department Bill
May 12 Austin Texas Associated Press reports both houses pressed work on the departmental appropriation bill valued over 6 million dollars for the next two years. Delays lingered as amendments on county tax collection duties and a blue sky law were debated and a conference on the chemosynary appropriation was reached with limited changes.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House
Pope
Board of Control
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Mining Board
Senate
House Conference Committee
Brave act saves drowning boy at pond near Tatum
Longview Texas May 12 a negro brakeman Jeulous Banks dived from a passing train to rescue Albert Brown 10 from drowning in a pond by the track near Tatum. The boy is in critical condition. Banks returned to work after the rescue.
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Associated Press
Longview
Texas
Albert Brown
Tatum
Jeulous Banks
Banks
Keeling Urged to Stop Action on Textbook Contracts
Austin May 12 Attorney General Keeling writes to the speaker of the house and the lieutenant governor warning the legislature not to defend state officials who refuse to recognize contracts set by the textbook commission. He says he cannot sue to block the contracts, noting potential breach damages to the state. The letter responds to a resolution directing officials not to recognize the contracts, a controversy ongoing since the regular session.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Keeling
Tieutenous
Textbook Commission
Constitution Institute
KeeHng
Silate
Legislative Committees
O Hodges
Kevin O Higgins pledges to return Art O Brien and other deportees to Ireland upon demand He cites habeas corpus actions as part of the agreement on prisoner transfers and notes a writ recently secured in England for O Brien.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Kevin O'Higgins
Texas double murder shocks small community
A man and his daughter killed themselves in Chidress Texas after a dispute with their family that also involved his son. The incident followed allegedly strained relations and a broader family crisis as investigators pored over evidence and court records.
Bodies Recovered From Texas Oil Well Fire
In Corsicana Texas on May 12 a worker in an asbestos suit recovered another body near the Hughes MekcKie oil well fire 21 miles southwest of town. The death toll reaches eight with six identified. Firefighters prepare to use steam from boilers to extinguish the blaze, possibly Monday before steam is applied.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Texas
Hughes-MekcKie
Indies
Here
Ben
Geath Vist
Covey Retains World Pro Court Tennis Championship
London May 12 George S Covey of Engeland retained the worlds professional court tennis championship after a match with Walter A Kinsella of New York Cobey won seven sets to Kinsellas three in the just concluded contest
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London
George S. Covey
Engeland
Walter A. Kinsella
New York
Covey
Kinsella
Bathing Girl Revue Mobilizes Southern Attendances
In Galveston Texas on May 12 more than 60 entrants from Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana prepare for the fourth bathing girl revue. Special trains will bring thousands of spectators from the South to the event opening tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Exas
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
South
Rain or Shine Boxing Carnival Set in New York
Promoter Pex Rickard announced the heavyweight boxing carnival for the milk fund would be staged as planned despite threatening rain. The lineup features four top contenders Jess Willard Lloyd Johnson Luis Firpo and Jack McAuliffe as they ascend the heavyweight ladder in pursuit of the Dempsey crown.
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Associated Press
New York
Pex Rickard
Milk Fund
Jess Willard
Lloyd Johnson
Luis Firpo
Jack McAuliffe
Anl
Jack Dempsey
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Sam W. K Brown
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Grold Natives
L Optical
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