Stillman to Drop Divorce and Live in Paris
Stillman plans to drop the suit against Anne Urquhart and sail for Paris after an implied settlement. Referee Gleason postponed hearings. sources say the case may be dropped with Stillman paying living expenses and legal costs, while guarding a large trust for his children.
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Stillman
James
Séliman
National City Bank
Anne Urquhart
Dotter Stillman
Paria
Poughkeepsie
Daniel J. Gleason
Tribune
Yeaturday
Pough Feeptle
John E. Mack
Guardian
Abel I. Smith
the Tribune
James A. Stillman Jr
Iid Alexander
Mack
Guy
James A. Stillman Sr
Boy in Knickerbockers Held as Master Thief
Accused pickpocket Harry Goldstein, described as the most detained overnight, is said to be a boy about six years old wearing a schoolboy cap. Detective James Stanley watched him for three nights and arrested him after catching him with seven handbags at Theatre Crowds. Goldstein offered a $300 bribe to be released, while at the station he provided five fictitious addresses and claimed to be 16. The 6 Society will take charge of the boy today.
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Harry Goldstein
Pofeadquarters
Goldstein
Oul
Mel Thester
Bowery
Gatton Street
James Stanley
Thomashefaky
Houston Street
Second Avenue
Stahel
Stanley
W Ma Theater
6 Society
Hero of Hindenburg Line Named in New Slacker List
A War Department draft evaders list of ten local boards in Manhattan Brooklyn and Long Island City includes 208 names with many fictitious addresses. Edward John Mueller of 418 East Eighty eighth Street New York contested his listing after enlisting as a farrier in the veterinary corps and serving overseas from May 1918, with battles on the Hindenburg Line and campaigns from Cambrai to the Oise before discharge in 1919. Charles H Hahn of 176 Norman Street Ridgewood is serving in the Navy and is said to have won the Medal of Honor for rescuing wounded from the sinking transport President Lincoln on June 1 1918. Edward Bertram Johnson of Long Island City is also named in Local Board 171. Further details continue on page four.
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France
Belgium
Navy
Torpedond
Lincoln
War Department
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Edward John Mueller
Muller
East Eighty-eighth Street
Veterinary Corps
Draft Board
Mueller
Poperinghe
Dickebusch
Vierstatt
St. Quentin
Hindenburg
Cambrai-Aisne-Oise
Camp Upton
Charles H. Hahn
Norman Street
Ridgewood
Hahn
President Lincoln
Twelfth Street
Edwin Bertram Johnson
Loess Board
Air Mail Deaths Charged to Negligence in Testimony
Lieutenant C C Eversole testifies before a federal committee that thirteen air mail pilots were killed due to gross mismanagement and criminal negligence. He cites incidents at Elizabethtown Newark Morris Town La Crosse Minneapolis and Goshen and accuses field officials of pressuring pilots and concealing ship deficiencies. He also blames drunken crew misconduct at Checkerboard field and questions the purchase of eight all metal Junker planes at high cost.
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Chicago
C. C. Eversole
Eversole
J. P. Christensen
Cleveland
Eversoles
Carl Smith
Elizabethtown
N. J
Stoner
Goshen
Thd
Bryan’ McMullin
Bai
Sherlock
Newark
Max “Miller
Pierton
Morristown
N.J
Stevens and
Thomas
Ohio
Rowe and Carrol
Hill
la Crosee
Wis
Stewart
Minneapolis
Air Mail Pilots’ Association
Christensen
Pilots’ Association
Charles Clarahan
Washington
Fyersole
Carroll
Rowe
Robert Hill
Checkerboard Field
Air Mail
Junker
Germany
Bullets Sweep Towns During Mine Battle
Williamson West Virginia May 13 The cattle s one of the Williamson con dhs friect was shrouded tonight in darkness lit only by rifle flashes as the second day of fighting closed. Refugees flee to hills or out of the district amid a hail of lead. A truce offer was rejected until firing on the Kentucky side ceased. Death toll likely from six to fifteen, with two known killed at McCarr and Matewan one to two. Non union miners trapped near Howard mines. Identified dead: Dan Whitt, water carrier, and a miner named D.W. Smith. Continuous fighting reported in Rawl Merrimac Sprige Matewan McCarr Gates and Howard area. Continued on page three.
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Williamson
W. Va
Kentucky
West Virginia
McCarr
Matewan
Merrimac
Rawl
Sprigg
Tug River
Pierce
Sprige
Gates
Howard Goal Company
Howard
Dan Whitt
Smith
D.W
Williamson Coal Operators’ Associa
N Y Line Faces Benson Court Battle Over Ship Tie Up
The port braces for possible complete shipping shutdown as unions press refusals to handle what are deemed unfair ships during the national strike. Admiral Benson moves to seize six United States Transport vessels, prompting pending federal lawsuits and likely further court action by R O White of United States Transport. Three American steamers sailed, while 257 ships remain tied up with crews absent.
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Thomas B. Healey
Harbor Marine Engineers
Davis and
Hoover
Washington
Benson
William S Benson
United States Shipping Board
United Transport Company
Shipping Board
R. O. White
Josiah Macy
Tampico
Nora
Port
Lobos
Mohawk
Charleston
Bert L. Todd
Marine Engineers' Association
Admiral Benson
Charles W. Morse
United States Transport Company
Virginia Shipbuilding Company
Thiss Company
United States
United States Transport Company, Inc
United States District Court of Virginia
Mr. White
F. A. Morse
New London
Gonna
Anna Morae
San Franncisco
Colin H. Livingston
Vancouver
Swann to Wed Next Saturday And End Bachelorhood at 60
District Attorney Edward Swann, age sixty, will marry Margaret W. Geisinger of Salisbury Missouri next Saturday. The ceremony will be at the Connecticut home of Mr and Mrs Frederic Blackall with only immediate family and intimate friends present. Swann has been a longtime politician and real estate owner in Manhattan and his wedding is a quiet union with strong family ties.
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Edward Swann
Margaret W. Geisinger
Swilabury
Commodore Geisinger
Mr. Swann
Swann
Supreme Court
Manhattan
Caurney
Frederic
Wilmette
Charles Gordon Carroll
Baltimore
Frederick Lamb
Circuit Court of Missouri
Isouas
Kate
Most Power Ever Given U S Officer
General Pershing was named chief of staff of the army and will assume July 1. He will also head the general headquarters of war staff and command the American combat forces in war, with Major General Harbord as executive assistant handling routine duties.
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Tribune
Washington
Pershing
Army
General Headquarters of War Staff
Weeks
James G. Harbord
Peyton ©. March
General Harbord
William M. Wright
General Pershing
National Guard
Wesks
Stat
War Department
Staf
United States
Secretary of War
Army of the
Regular Army
National Sword
Harbord
Chief of Staff
Chief of
War Staff
Silesia Rebel Leaders Seek Poland Aid in Insurrection
German reports say Adalbert Korfanty and Polish leaders including General Haller sent an ultimatum to Warsaw demanding solidarity with the Silesian rebels. If denied, Upper Silesia could be declared an independent republic. The Berlin Foreign Office cautions against sending troops while warning a counterattack could spark civil war. General Lerand warns occupation forces may need to stay neutral to avoid disrupting Europe. Britain and Italy blamed for lack of troops. French forces bear the brunt.
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Specrat
The
Tribune
New York ‘Tribune Ing
Berlin
Adalbert Korfanty
Haller
Warsaw
Upper Silesia
West, Prussia
Posen
Korfanty
Tropps
Upper Silesian
Oder
Oppeln
Silesia
Associated Press
Eneral Lerond
Inter-Allied Commission
Europe
Oder Rive
Kattowitz
Britain
Italy
Lerand
Entente
Great Britain
Great
Berlin Debates Plan to Cancel Allied Penalties
Berlin reports an Allied discussion on canceling penalties including Rhine customs barrier and Ruhr ports occupation as Germany accepts terms. Britain favors cancellation according to dispatches.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Rhine
Ruhr
Germany
Great Britain
Can't Pay if We Lose Silesia Says Dr Wirth
Chancellor Wirth warned in the Reichstag that Germany’s ability to meet reparations hinges on resolving the Upper Silesian question. He called for fair play in Silesia and warned against political sabotage, noting potential internal strain if the reparations plan is obstructed. The Reichstag reconvenes June 1 to unveil the cabinet program amid uncertain political alignments.
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Silesia
Dr. Wirth
Wireleas
Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
Berle
Wirth
Reichstag
Germany
Europe
Korfanty
Upper Silesia
Upper Sile
Democrats
German People's Party
Gantiaueé
Volunteers Rush To Jobs Of Aquitania Strikers
London May 13 Volunteers offered for stewards and other jobs on the Aquitania as Cunard prepares to sail from Southampton despite a crew strike. Kitchen service is filled by Cunard aides. A duplicate crew is being sent to the dock to prevent work stoppages. Seamen's Union injunction against sympathy strikes noted. Six killed and seven injured in a Texas rail wreck near Eagle Flat on the Texas and Pacific Railway.
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Southampton
the Tribune
Burone
New York Tribune Inc
London
Aquitania
Cunard Line
Sir Percy Bates
Seamen's Union
Aquitenia
British Rail and Transport Men Aid Miners by Boycott on Coal
The Tribune reports London May 13 that railway and transport workers move to block import of foreign coal to aid striking miners. Union leaders pledge tighter embargo as government weighs volunteer labor, Lloyd George warns of revolutionary schemes, unemployment tops five million.
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British Rail and
Transport
Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
London
Uin
Labor
Triple Alliance
Cancals
Todny
Atme
Lloyd George
the Union of Engineers and Firemen
Lloyd George Urges Allies to Enforce Versailles Pact in Upper Silesia
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that Britain must insist on the Treaty of Versailles being honored as Poles in Upper Silesia revolt. He warned that allowing Germany to suppress the insurgents would erode Allied integrity and threaten European peace. He urged stern, fair action and criticized Poland for defying the pact. The Premier stressed that the treaty binds all, including Britain and its Allies, and warned of dire consequences if trust is broken.
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the Tribune
New York Tribune
Ene
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Upper Silesia
Germany
Poland
Great Britain
Real
Britain
Adslbert Korfanty
Upper
Silesia
Lithuania
Europe
Pation
Versailles
Italy
France
Doyd George
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Hindenburg Line
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Ail Parte
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Border
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N. Y. Line
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Army Chief of Staff
U. S
Republic
Aquitania Strikers
Mallow
Ireland
National Union of Railwaymen
Transport Workers’ Federation
Tam
International Transport Federation
Geneva
England
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