Americans Held by Shantung Bandits Threaten Sino U.S. Ties
Washington reports a serious situation as bandits derail a Shanghai to Peking train near Lincheng Shantung. One Briton killed. several Americans including publisher Robert Scripps are captive while others are released or at risk. Immediate U.S. action and potential use of troops discussed.
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Peking
Robert Scripps
U.S
Associated Press
Washington
China
Sherman
State Department
Shantung
Shurman
Tsinan Fu
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Shanghai
Linchen
Powell
The
Weekly Review
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Schurman
Prisnn Sera
Charles Coltman
Lincheng
Lucy Aldrich
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Miss MacFadden
Miss Coralli
Miss Aldrich
Nan
Tientsin- Pukow
Rothsman
Pinger
Roland
Allen
Phillipine
Henley
Lee
Solomon
Levy
J. B. Powell
Shantung Province
Hughes
Davis
War Department
Council of Foreign Ambassadors
Peking Council
Minister Schurman
Edwin S. Cunningham
Larry Lehbas
L. C. Solomon
Leon Friedman
J. A. Henley
Lucey Aldrich
Major
Mr. Levy
Miss Sconborg
Allen Child
Investigation Into Mount Death Opens Grand Jury Probe
Chicago May 7 The grand jury in Evanston begins probing the death of Northwestern freshman Leighton Mount whose skeleton was found near a Lakefront pier about eighteen months after his disappearance during a class rush. One hundred subpoenas issue to students and university officials to testify.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Northwestern University
Evanston
Leighton Mount
Northwestern
Robert E. Crowe
Leggett
Crowe
John A. Strom
Mount
Strom
A. M. Devoursney
W. J. Burns International Detective Agency
Devorusney
Burns
Cotton falls on arrival reports and weather boosts supply
New York May 7 cotton prices declined as arrivals increased and southern weather improved. May cotton dropped from 26.90 to 25.60 on the New York Exchange, down eight dollars from intraday highs and five dollars from Saturday's close amid flood of orders allegedly backed by worthless checks from several Pennsylvania banks.
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New York
New York Exchange
South
New York Stock Exchange
Pennsylvania
Barbot Wins Matin Prize in Channel Crossing
French aviator Georges Barbot crossed from St Ingievert to Lympne and back to win Matin's 25 000-franc prize for the first airplane meeting the fuel and engine limits. He completed the round trip in about 1 hour 43 minutes with a small motor and minimal petroleum, covering a little over fifty miles.
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St. Ingievert
France
Georges Barbot
Lympne
Matin
Barbot
England
Ouachita Parish Faces Two Key Elections on Bond Issue and School Tax
Ouachita parish voters face two elections Tuesday May to decide a 400000 bond for a new courthouse and jail and whether to levy a 112 mill tax to aid public schools. The bond would replace the long condemned courthouse and jail with financing via reduced parish tax, a 58 mill courthouse tax, and adjusted local rates in Monroe and West Monroe.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Ouachita Police Jury
West Monroe
Seamen Hunger Strike at Mobile Jail Reaches Fifth Day
Signs of weakness appeared as four seamen held at the Mobile County jail entered the fifth day of a hunger strike started last Wednesday. Jail authorities report one man has stopped sleeping in his bunk due to weakness from lack of food.
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Associated S’rese Mobile
Ala
Louisiana legislators back June extraordinary session for Charity Hospital relief
Monroe leaders A G Cook T L Hood T T Webb and Robert Prophit endorse calling a June session to fund Charity Hospital New Orleans. They offer to pay own expenses and urge detailed audits of hospital finances to curb unnecessary spending while supporting relief efforts.
Charity Hospital aid eyed via ten day Louisiana session
Jd M Hamley of Lake Providence urges a paidless ten day extraordinary session opening June 18 to fund the New Orleans Charity Hospital. He says a majority favorable reply will be sent to Governor Parker for call. Hamley and J S Douglas back the plan as needed to support the hospital. The measure would require minimal staff beyond the house clerk and senate secretary. The idea appears on page eight.
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Monroe
Senate
Nestor
Louisiana
State Capitol
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Mr. Cook
T. L. Hood
T. T. Webb
Robert Prophit
Parker
J. Martian Hamley
West Carroll Parish
Jd. M. Hamley
Lake Providence
House
East Carroll
House Committee On Education
Hamley
J. S. Douglas
Caddo
State House
J. Martin Hamley
The
News-Star
Louisiana Legislatue
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Monroe Carbon Firms Back Half Of Hotel Finance
At an Ouachita Hotel Company stockholders meeting in the Chamber of Commerce, Monroe carbon firms tentatively agreed to provide fifty percent of the capital for a new hotel. The Chamber will restart planning with Mann and Stern architects to refine costs, aiming to build a modern hotel opposite the post office with a projected price of 500000 to 600000 dollars.
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Ouachita Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Territory
Monroe
J. M. Cobb
Mann and
Jennie May MacLeroy Sets World Dance Record in Texas
In Wichita Falls, Texas, 19 year old Jennie May MacLeroy of Dallas rested after dancing 132 hours 38 minutes claiming a world record for long distance dancing. She stopped at 12 07 Sunday morning after nonstop hours since noon Monday, aiming for 150 hours but slept during a brief rest in a moving car.
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Wichita, Falls
Texas
Jennie May MacLeroy
Dallas
Britain to send note opposing German reparations plan
London reports that within thirty six hours Great Britain will dispatch a note to Germany voicing disapproval of the latest German reparations proposals. London urges Germany to present a more practicable and liberal solution to the problem.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Germany
Federal Reserve Board Deliberates Cuban Agency Application
The Federal Reserve Board spent hours hearing supporters and opponents of the Boston Reserve Bank's bid to open an agency in Havana. Atlanta bankers opposed it as unfair competition and currency drain, while Boston and New York figures argued the move would aid exchange handling of exports. The board took the matter under advisement.
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Federal Reserve Board
Boston Reserve Bank
Havana
Cuba
Atlanta
Boston
Harding
Boston Bank
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
New York
Federal Reserve Banks
J. H. Case
New York Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Mitchell
Treasury plans refunding of last Victory note series
The Treasury announced a new offering of 400 million dollars in four and three quarter percent notes maturing March 15, 1927, to complete the refinancing of wartime debt. Secretary Mellon said remaining short term debt could be retaxed from surplus revenues before 1928, aiming to reduce gross public debt to about 22.4 billion by year end and a predicted 165 million dollar surplus.
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Associated Press
W Ciliate
Victory
Treasury
Mellon
Klansmen Celebrate Stone Mountain Anniversary in Quiet Plea
In Atlanta on May 7 a several thousand Ku Klux Klan members visited Stone Mountain to mark the seventh anniversary of the order. No parade due to Sunday, a large fiery cross crowned the summit as an American flag rose nearby. Imperial officers led prayers after a soft chorus of America, noting settlements delayed the full program planned for the landmark ceremony.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Stone Mountain
America
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