China Japan tensions mount in Peking and Tientsin reports
Reports from Shanghai and other cities describe Mar shall Chang Tso Lin departing Peking by armored train and reaching Tientsin, with Chinese forces preparing Shanhaikwan defences as telegraph links falter. Three Japanese infantry companies from Tsinan sail toward Tientsin. Montreal editor dismisses Chinese odds against Japanese troops and notes British neutrality. Ho Yao Tsu blamed for violations in Tsiwan clashes. Ottawa says Canada has not received official info to act amid League of Nations tensions between Japan and China.
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Shanghai
Marshall Chang- Tso-Lin
Peking
Tientsin
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
North China
Mukden
Manchuria
Tsintao
China
Tsinan
H. G. W. Woodhead
China Year Book
Pekin and
Tsientsin Times
England
Canadian Pacific
S. S Montcalm
Montreal
Japan
Third Army
Ho Yao-Tsu
Chiang Ka‘ Shek
Tsiwan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai Shek
Ottawa
J. S. Woodsworth
Labor
Winnipeg North Centre
Commons
Canada
League of Nations
King
League
Mont
British Commonwealth of Nations
Lfe
Rage
Shantung
Taiwan
Krakatoa Erupted Freely Over Short Span
Batavia May 15 Krakatoa has been extremely active in the last two hours erupting seven thousand times. Eruptions sent plumes up to one thousand feet with a rain of ash. The volcanic activity subsided today and Krakatoa remains a historically destructive island between Sumatra and Java.
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Batavia
Java
Krakatoa
Sumatra
Berlin Foreign Minister Dr Gustav Stresmann Confined Ill
Berlin reports Foreign Minister Dr Gustav Stresmann is seriously ill and confined to bed. Physicians diagnose a feverish paratyphoid like illness with abdominal symptoms and kidney infection, after canceling his election speeches.
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Berlin
Gustav Stresmann
Stresmann
Stregmann
Clyde Gilmour Speaks on Canada's Future at Rotary
Clyde Gilmour, Digital Champion of the Southeastern, delivered an oration on Canada’s Future at a Rotary Club gathering. The event featured two cornet solos by Charles Bell and a report by A B Marshall on the Regina Conference, with G. Fred McNally named District Governor.
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Clyde Gilmour
Prt
Albert
Chnade
Rotary Club
Charles Bell
A. B. Marshall
Regina
Rotary Clubs
G. Fred McNally
Edmonton
Rotary
Fathers of Confederation
Parliament Diary Highlights May 15 Ottawa Session
The Senate will sit today while the Commons debates the anti-dumping tariff and moves to committee on three government bills. Yesterday the Senate reviewed amendments to the Customs and the St. Lawrence Waterways with progress and debate across sessions.
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Ottawa
Can
Senate
St. Lawrence
Commons
Rebels mistreat American wife on Nicaragua plantation
A rebel band in Managua on May 15 attacked the wife of an American named Miller at his river plantation near the east coast. They took valuables, wrecked the property, and left Miller away from home, stirring anger in the lower river district. It is unclear if Mrs. Miller holds U.S. citizenship.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Miller
Lower River District
United States
Earthquake Shakes Denver and Fordham Region
Denver reports a very strong earthquake sensed at Regis College with tremors over two hours and a maximum at 3 35 pm as researchers traced a possible North American origin. Fordham University in New York confirmed a violent quake felt at 6 23 p m reaching a peak around 6 59 p m with an estimated distance of about 2555 miles south of New York off Colombia’s coast.
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Denver
Colo
Regis College
York
Fordham University
New York
Colombia
South America
Public warned no authority for Modi Lie Hat hockey fund
The Modi Lie Hat Amateur Hockey Association warns the public that no person or group is authorized to collect money for the club. The notice urges donations only through official channels and cautions against impostors.
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Modilie Hat Amateur Hockey Association
Pontiac Flight Battle Ends With Aerial Escape
A story from Pontiac Michigan details a midair assault during an aerial exhibition. Pilot Harry Anderson of Roseville and Clarence Frechett of Detroit fought in the cockpit before a crash near the State Hospital for the Insane. Anderson, badly injured, said Frechett attacked him with a hammer as the plane plunged nearly 1800 feet. both men survived amid hospital treatment and investigation.
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Pontiac
Mich
Harry Anderson
Roseville
Clarence Freehett
Detroit
State Hospital
Inxane
Anderson
Hoechett
Frechett
Teddler
W R Babbington Dies After Porter's Hill Accident
W R Babbington died at the hospital after an auto accident on Porter's Hill. He and a towed car rolled down the slope, leaving him severely injured with several broken ribs and a scalp wound. Police said two strangers in another car helped, but an inquest was deemed unnecessary by the coroner.
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W. R. Babbington
Porter’s Hill
Porter's Hill
Antés
Forn Schlag
Hatton
Truch
Porter
McAfier
W. Gray
Wheat inspection totals in Winnipeg May report
Winnipeg wheat inspections on May 15 show total cars 1074 up from 400 last year. Contract grades recorded 400 compared with 57 in the prior year.
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Winnipeg
Surveying Med. Hat Redcliff Highway Plan Adjustments
Mr. Cummings from the Dept. of Public Works and three assistants surveyed the Medicine Hat to Redcliff highway yesterday and today. A southward shift is proposed to reduce winter snow drift and improve the grade up Redelisgill while plans and cost estimates for alternate routes are prepared.
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Mr. Cummings
Dept. of Public Works
Edmonton
Medicine 1
Redcliff
Nolso
Cummings
Lethbridge
Beatty predicts prosperity for Canada tied to agriculture and resources
E. W. Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, touring Alberta with D. C. Coleman, says Canada's period of prosperity will hinge on agriculture, mineral and forest wealth, and immigration. He plans Banff Springs Hotel visit and discusses coal shipments and Northern Alberta Railway talks.
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Calgary
Canada
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
D. C. Coleman
Western Lines
Great Transportation System
Banff
Banff Springs
J. M. Cameron
Alberta
Beatty
Fred E. Osborne
Brockington
J. H. Woods
Great Britain
Europe
Alberta-Ontario
Canadian Pacific
Northern Alberta
Vermilion Fire Ravages School of Agriculture Barn
A severe blaze at the School of Agriculture in Vermilion Alberta destroyed a horse barn and machinery shed. Flames consumed 20 tons of hay and steel remnants of tractors. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars. a guard protected nearby structures while the cause remained unknown, suspected to have originated in the loft.
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Vermilion
Alta
School of Agriculture
Bucharest Oil Field Fire Hits Ploesti Wells
A second disastrous blaze swept the Reamantan oil fields near Bucharest after a first fire continued. Five people died when an extinguisher ignited an oil well at Ploesti and the flames spread to five other wells, keeping firefighters at bay due to extreme heat.
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Bucharest
Reamantan
Ploesti
Here
Wheat Prices Jump In Winnipeg Market Report
Wheat prices rose in Winnipeg as Chicago strength and Liverpool demand pushed values 13 4 to 17 8 above Monday's close. Seaboard traders bought modestly while offerings remained light. Coarse grains followed with gains in oats, barley, rye and flax. prices edged up across the board.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Liverpool
Italia Second Flight Start Amid Sunshine Over Greenland
Reports from multiple ports on May 15 describe the Italia’s second attempt taking off at 1:20 pm in clear, windless conditions with a westward drift toward Greenland. Bremen crew member Vollert arrives in New York aboard the Hamburg, while other aviators and ships make repositions and diversions along the transatlantic routes.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Italia
Greenland
New York
Bremen
Europe
Johannes Vollert
Germany
Hamburg
Vollert
Tha
Arthur Spind
Ireland
Koehl
James Fitzmaurige
Spindler
St. Louis
Bremen Fliers
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Milwaukee
Forest Park Field
Forest Park
Pictou
N.S
United States Army
Shuhendéadis River
Maitland
Middleton
Strait of Belle Isle
Bremert
Charles A. Lindbergh
Thomas J. Lanphier
Selfridge Field
Mich
P. V. Meems
Navy Department
Lindbergh
Venice
Italy
Wah Lear Black
Baltimore
England
San ‘Nicolo di Lido
Athens
J J Linnin Jumps to Death from Hotel Window
New York May 15 6 J J Linnin former owner of the Boston Red Sox and later owner of Roosevelt Flying Field and other Long Island properties leaped from the ninth floor of a Brooklyn hotel to commit suicide.
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New York
J. J. Linnin
Boston Red Sox
Roosevelt Flying Field
Long Island
A. Brooly
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