China Rejects Part of Japan Demands in Note to Powers
China replies to Japan with a partial acceptance and a firm rejection of Group V and other core demands. Foreign Minister Lu Cheng-hsian states these are China’s maximum concessions while indicating more talks may follow if Japan presses an ultimatum or advances into further territory in China.
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China
Japan
M. Nioki
Lis
Lu Cheng-Hsians
Tsing-tao
Chintan
Shantung
Manchuria
Mongolia
Che Ag
Hang Ehping
May Lead to Compromises in Far East Talks
Washington reports China rejects the general group of Japanese demands on Group V issues vital to China's sovereignty. While railway and mining concessions were seen as negotiable, China refuses to discuss Group V items at all. Observers say a crisis is unlikely but expect possible compromises as each side states its extremes.
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Washington
China
Japan
Poisoning Suspected In Brooklyn Dinner Guests
Miss Emma Skoog and Lawrence Pierson visited 1821 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn to dine with Charles Holmquist. They found Holmquist his wife Christina and grandson Arthur Nelson unconscious from suspected ptomaine poisoning after a late supper. Mrs Holmquist prepared the meal and invited Mrs Dollstrom to join.
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Emma Skoog
Lawrence Pierson
Albany Avenue
Charles Holmquist
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Holmquist
John Dollstrom
Pierson
Christina
Arthur Nelson
Donlstrom
Ilmquist
Mccurdy and
Walsh
Seventh Branch Bureau
Uibeon
Industrial Utopia planned near Walden Colorado
Special to The New York Times reports a proposed Industrial City in North Park near Walden Colorado. Plans include 3500 acres plotted for building lots a coal mine employing seven men a 3000 acre Sedgwick County ranch and a summer resort and school at Crystola. Notable supporters listed include Carl S Vrooman Benjamin Flower John Baund David Rosenheim George Washburn Louisa Borhmer James Young Charles Boring and Arthur E Harris among others.
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Denver
Colo
Walden
North Park
Colorado
Hiram Vrooman
New York
Sedgwick County
Crystola
Pikes Peak
Carl 8. Vrooman
Benjamin Oo. Flower
Boston
The
Arena
John Baund
Industrial
David Rosenheim
Chicago
George F. Washburn
Boston Finaneler
Louisa Borhmer
St. Louis
James Young
Charles ©. Boring
Arthur E. Harris
Bryan Denies Muller Visit Aimed at Alliance
Secretary Bryan said reports of Brazilian Foreign Minister Muller's proposed visits to Argentina and Chile to form an anti US bloc are unfounded. He noted the State Department has heard only of friendly relations and no moves toward uniting Latin American nations against the United States.
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Lisits
Jauro Muller
Argentina
Chile
United States
Bryan
State Department
Brazil
Runaway Truck Kills Man at New Chelsea Park
Peter Larkin of Ju East drives a heavy truck that crashes into a wall at a park site on Tenth Avenue and Eighteenth Street. Longshoreman John McNally, 35, of 24 West Twenty-first Street dies. fellow worker Danbrick, 16, of 416 West Twenty-first Street, suffers a broken leg and chest injuries. Wall and park were part of Chelsea Improvement Association property. Opening ceremony postponed to next Saturday.
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Eighteenth Street
Jotn McNally
West Twenty-first Street
Wwerm Danbrick
McNally
Bellevue Hospital
Chelsea Improvement Association
Larkin
Fellman
Westwentieth Street
Huddleson
Hudson Street Hospital
Rae Tanner Swears James W Osborne is Oliver
Rae Tanzer claims that James W Osborne and Oliver Osborne are the same man after days in court. Dora Tanzer corroborates, asserting the identification during defense of Franklin D. Safford facing perjury charges. The sisters' conflicting statements span October to December with multiple sworn notes on record.
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Oliver Osborne
Rae ‘Tanzer
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Wood
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Oliver Ty
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Miss Tanster
Brooklyn
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Hiaiffield
N. J
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Twa
Imy
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Oliver Gasborne
Miss Tanzer
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Oliver
Benjamin Slade
Rae Tanzer
Houghton
Dora Tanzer
Rae
Tanner
Rae Tanger
Dewan Safford
Colon Fire Rips City as 14 Die in Panic and Looters
Fire in Colon devastates 460 buildings across twenty two blocks with losses over 5.5 million dollars. Ex-Governor Bermudez and others named as major losers amid looting and military patrols. Ten dead by night. one more found. Panamanian police among the deceased. US Army provides aid while the Canal Zone emergency grows.
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NEW York Times
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GOW
Bermudez
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Zannivesso
Wilcox
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Coast Artillery
Adelbert Cronkhite
Panama L Banking Company
International Parking Corporation
New Yors City
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Canal Zone
Seventh
Bolivar Streets
Cristobal
Enamite
Seventh Street
Twentieth Street
Front Street
Bolivar Street
Fortune
Thct
Tax Receiver Reports $8.1 Million in Manhattan Taxes Paid
The Manhattan Tax Receiver opened his books and took in $8,121,674 on the first day of collection out of $198,000,000 due for real estate personal and franchise taxes. The day saw many taxpayers paying in full to secure a 4 percent rebate, including large sums from the Melie atte Railway Company $1,200,000 William Waldorf Astor $40,000 George Ehret $250,000 John D Rockefeller Jr $231,000 and the estate of Robert Coca et $258,000.
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Manhattan
Melieatte ‘Railway Company
Willian Waldorf Astor
George Ehret
John LD. Rockefeller, Jr
Robert Goclet
Germany Embassy Warning Ad Spurs Passenger Safety Message
Special to The New York Times reports that the Germany Embassy issued a newspaper ad in New York urging Americans to avoid certain passages. Officials gave no formal explanation of the ad’s purpose beyond noting it as a friendly act.
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New York
Washington
Germany
German Bomb Attacks American Tanker Cushing
The German aeroplane attack on the American steamship Cushing in the North Sea last Wednesday is described as unwarranted by Captain Lars Herland. The ship showed its American flag as bombs exploded near the rail and ensign, and the plane fled toward the British coast.
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Hague
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Cushing
North Sea
L.arz Herland
Iain Herland
William Allen
Rotterdam
New York
Herland
North Hinder
Germany
Provernment War Risk Bureau
427 Aboard the St Louis Steamer to New York
The St Louis sailed from London to New York with 427 passengers the largest list in five months. Among them were Hon Mrs O Brett nee Heckscher and Mrs Gordon Selfridge with her daughters and son bound for the San Francisco Exposition.
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New York Times
London
St. Louis
New York
O. Brett
Heckscher
Gordon Selfridge
San Francisco Exposition
Urging a New Haven Suit Against Rail Directors
Circulars signed by Asa P. French and fourteen minority stockholders urge 24,000 NYNH&H stockholders to file suit in New York to recover 100,000,000 alleged to have been improperly spent by former directors. Samuel Untermyer of New York would direct the suit if stockholders back it. a similar pending suit in New York is in the Supreme Court.
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Boston
Asa P. French
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
The
Road
New York
Samuel Untermyer
Submarines Sink Two More Vessels Off Irish Coast
German submarines reappear on western approaches to Ireland and England, sinking the British steamer Edale off the Scilly Islands and the Russian steamer Svorone off the Blasket Islands. Twenty four Edale crew rescued. Edale crew landed at Scilly. Patrol boat delivering Edale crew reportedly struck by a shell from the submarine.
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North Sea
West
England
Admiralty
Scilly Islands
River Plate
South America
Manchester
Germans Routed in Southwest Africa in Key UK Press
A British-Stated report describes General McKenzie’s mounted force cutting off retreating German troops in German Southwest Africa near Gibeon after Keetmanshop evacuation. Union forces destroyed rail lines north of Gibeon, blowing a railway train, taking transport wagons, livestock, field guns, and 200 prisoners. remaining Germans eluded pursuit through rough terrain.
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London
South Africa
McKenzie
Keetmanshop
Sy Strolg
Fears for a Belgian bishop arrested by Germans
Paris dispatch reports Bishop Heylen of Namur was arrested by German forces in March as Belgian officials deny priests incited peasants or joined francs-tireurs. He protested to General von Bissing and accused Germans of stealing robes from a Dinant abbey to fuel rumors.
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Cardiff Girls Donate Skin For Wounded Airman
Two Cardiff sisters named Brockington offered part of their skin for grafts to aid a wounded Army airman’s recovery. The girls, aged twelve and fourteen, know the pain of surgery from a prior incident aiding an injured brother.
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New York
London
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Brockington
French Warship Languedoc Strands at Bordeaux
A French battleship, the Languedoc, ran aground at Bordeaux during launch, killing three people aboard a lighter. The super dreadnought weighs 24,530 tons, carries twelve 13.4 inch guns, twenty four 65 inch tins, and six torpedo tubes. It is 874 feet long and cost 212,000.
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Bordeaux
Languedoc
Languedor
Mohammed the Victorious at St Sophia Mosque
The Sultan of Turkey marked his first selamlik as Mohammed the Victorious with a grand procession to the Mosque of St Sophia in Constantinople today. Six years earlier he celebrated his initial selamlik at the same mosque amid far humbler preparations. Previously, the only Mohammed the Victorious known in Turkish history was the ruler who captured Byzantium and toppled the Eastern Empire.
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London
Mohammed
Turkey
St Sophia
Mohammed the
Byzantium
Mine owners and workers fail to resolve London deadlock
Confused reports from London indicate talks between mine owners and labor representatives have closed without a settlement. A panel led by Premier Asquith acted as arbiter to end the dispute, with ongoing conferences in the capital.
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London
Asquith
Dunkirk Bombardment by German Big Guns Reported
Paris and Berlin bulletins confirm renewed shelling of Dunkirk by large 15 inch guns. Reports describe casualties, refugees, and localized destruction as Allied aviators target the German batteries while French and British forces hold their lines.
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Dunkirk
Folkestone
Paris
Berlin
Nieuport
England
War Office
German ships reach Belgian coast admits in Dunkirk bombardment debate
In Bordeaux on May 1 Victor Augagneur, French Minister of Marine, states the English blockade remains firm and warns against attempting to force it while discussing reports of German bombardment of Dunkirk. He asserts the issue is not open to question and stresses danger of breaking the blockade.
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Victor Augusneur
Dunkirk
France de Bordeaux Et du Sud Ouest
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