Wealthy Silk Man Shot at Fancy City Home
John H. Reid a wealthy manufacturer was mortally wounded by five revolver shots at a two story private house near New York University. He and Mrs. Warner, Frank Boylan, Lils Jag, and George Kuriger were at the University Avenue residence when a masked man appeared and fired. Reid was taken to Fordham Hospital where doctors feared he would die.
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Yordifim Hospital
Hazel D. Warser
University Avenue
New York University
Fordham Hospital
Reid
Holland Apartments
West
University Avenue House
Warner
Frank Boylan
Lils Jag
Kuriger
Boylan
Lila Wiley
Ariger Saga
Kuriff
Iter
Fordham Wepital
James McGrath
Ohio Man Claims Ownership of All Lower Manhattan
A Ohio man, hn L Bush of Lawndale, seeks to learn how to prove a deed to 1000 acres centering at Wall Street and Broadway in New York City where his great grandfather Swan Cox reportedly leased land for 99 years. He asks how to obtain a legally recorded deed as the lease has expired and heirs may claim the estate. The Westchester County Clerk received his letter in White Plains.
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Broadway
Wall St
Westchester County
White Plains
Aterday
Hn L. Bush
Lawndale
Ohio
Wall Street
Swan Cox
New York City
Hungry Rescuer Fends Off $500 Murder Offer at Hudson Rescue
Massion Baton, a Broadway restaurant coat checker, jumped into the Hudson from the Erie docks to end his life. Harry Green, a rescuer, fought to save him after Baron offered $500 to let him drown. Baron carried $750 in money and claimed losses from Prohibition era patronage. Baron was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Green received food after the ordeal.
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Broadway
Hudson River
Erie
Duane Street
Harry Green
Third Avenue
Green
Baron
Calty
Beach Street
O'Connor
Greon
Haiken
Volunteer Hospital
Baron Ws
Bellevue Hospital
Young Edison Flanks on His Father's Test
Theodore Miller Edison, a MIT sophomore, faced his father's questions and admitted failing on geography while performing well on science problems. He joked about his dad answering them and calculated a safe wheel speed of 20 000 rpm for a wheel twelve inches by two inches, noting 24 000 rpm would be unsafe.
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Opecud Mapatch
Tribune
Boston
Theodore Miller Edison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
la Paz
Idaho
Pittsburgh
Grange
N. J
Girl Loses Her Native Tongue in Canary Isles
Mercedes Nesol, sixteen, sailed from New York eight years ago to the Canary Islands and returned unable to speak any language but Spanish. She attended Brooklyn public school and was greeted by her mother Mrs. R. Kereminski, who spoke through sign language. In Teneriffe she visited relatives, planned to come to the U S in 1921, and Mrs. Nesol later remarried.
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New York
Meredes Nesol
Brooklyn
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Canaries
Antonio Lopes
R. Kereminski
Adama Street
Teneriffe
Senora de Palaciano
U. S
Ban
Sai
Engine Trouble on Liner Delayed North State by Strikers
Passengers aboard the Old North State report a three day delay to London caused by tampering with the ship's machinery by marine strikers. Engines failed twice on May 8 and for five days the voyage proceeded at half speed, with lights out and freshwater supply threatened by oil seepage. good weather offset the delay.
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European Bureau
New York Tribune Inc
London
Old North State
New York
Girl in 199 Aerial Loops Sets Record
Miss Laura Bromwell, 23, of the New York Aerial Police Department, flew 199 consecutive loops setting a new world record at Curtiss Field. She also set a women's speed record at 124 miles per hour on an Ansaldo S. V. A. plane during the first Curtiss Field anniversary celebration attended by 10,000 spectators.
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L. I
Laura Bromwell
New York
Ansaldo S. V. A
Curtiss Field
Bramwell
Aerolab
Bromwell
Bill” Kopia
C. 8. Jones
R. J. de Jpew
W. E. Gilmour
Jones
Vance
Newfoundland Jobless Threaten Food Seizure
Unemployed in Newfoundland threaten to close the Legislative Assembly and seize stored food from Tamilica to feed the hungry. A relief plan aims to employ 1,000 men on public works and seek bank loans to expand aid over the weekend. Clergymen and magistrates urge government aid for fishermen unable to buy gear for the cod fishery.
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John's
Legislative Assembly
First Silver in Four Years Cheers Convict Made San e by Knife
OSSINING N Y May 15 Dr Amos C Squire head physician of Sing Sing Prison today gave Roman Leondowski the formerly insane prisoner upon whom an operation was performed to remove an encysted bullet five weeks ago what he called the first piece of real money he has possessed in four years He has had only forty eight cents to spend and no coin larger than a ten cent piece since entering Sing Sing He still kept pennies and when given a quarter by the doctor he said it made him feel less like an outcast to have money in his pocket He had no relatives or friends outside the prison and once borrowed ten pennies to last overnight.
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N. Y
Amos C. Squire
Sing Sing Puison
Roman Leondowski
Leondowski
Sing Sing
Squires
Leondowskis
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Sterday
France
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Upper Silesia
Germany
Genere
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Russia
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Haron Hardinge
Quai d'Orsay
Supreme Council
Silesia
Italy
Belgium
Japan
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England
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Sunday Times
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Sinn Féin raids terrorize London and Ireland
Sinn Féin raiders attacked London homes linked to the Royal Irish Constabulary, burning houses with oil and seizing a headquarters. In Belfast, Cork, and Tipperary, shootings, ambushes, and attacks on barracks killed and wounded police and soldiers as violence widens across Ireland and London.
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New York Tribune Inc
London
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The
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Tooting
Catford
West Kensington
Sinn Féin Sery
Belfast
Cne
Associated Press
Liverpal
Royal Irish Constabulary
Sinn Féin
Irish Self-Determination League
Bandon
Dunmanway
County Cork
Cork
Clonakilty
Archduke Rainer Flees As Palace Is Stoned
Archduke Rainer of Hapsburg faced a mob at the Hertenstein palace near Vienna. Stones were hurled through windows and demand for his expulsion grew. He escaped in disguise as a workman amid the unrest.
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Hapsburg
Vienna
Archduke Rainer
Hertenstein
Archduke
Allies Renew Ultimatum On Disarming
Berlin May 15 Allied powers in a note to the Foreign Office demand immediate disarmament steps by Germany to satisfy the May 6 ultimatum and avert the Ruhr invasion. General Nollet says Germany has until July 1 to complete disarmament and more talks will outline methods with the Allied commission.
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Tribune
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al- Hed Disarmament Commission
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Ministry of Juries
Berlin Denies Inspiring Rebellion in Silesia
Paris report says the German government sent a note to Premier Briand stating the Upper Silesia uprising followed material from the Upper Silesian Newspaper, Adelbert Korfanty’s official organ, not German papers, and that there has been no improvement in the situation as Korfanty continues operations.
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Briand
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesian
Adelbert Korfanty
Korfanty
Mexican Reds Storm Capitol in Mexico City
Obregon leaders in the Chamber of Deputies demand immediate dismissal of General Celestine Gasca and Colonel Ropgadas for allowing Reds to invade the chamber and raise the red flag. They press prosecutions of Antonio Diaz Soto y Gama and Felipe Carrillo for inciting demonstrations and planning a soviet regime. clashes in Morelia leave four dead and forty injured. federal troops patrolling Morelia.
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Mexico City
Obregon
Chamber of Deputies
Celestine Gasca
Dstrict
Ropgadas
Chamber
Reds
Morelia
Michoacan
Obregonistas
Antonio Diaz
Soto Y Gama
Felipe Carrillo
Mexico
Taage Artisga
National Congress
Arviaga
Estrada
José Tnocente Lugo
Interior
Eat
Non-Union Dirge at Funeral Sparks Chicago Clash
At Martha Vavroch funeral in Chicago union chauffeurs clashed with a non union eight piece band hired for the cortege. Police intervened after two hours of wrangling as the casket waited in the hearse and mourners urged dignity. O Hara of the musicians union was taken into custody and later released.
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Tribune
Chicago
Martha Vavroch
Louis Vavroch
South Kildare Avenue
Bohemian National Cemetery
Relph O'Hare
Musicians’ Union
Borides O'Hara
Timothy Neary
J. N. Nendres
O'Hara
First Regiment Leaves Rhine to Quell Revolt
British troops dispatched from the Rhine to Upper Silesia to quell Polish insurrection. Allied forces to clear the plebiscite area. London reports expect June council talk on Silesia while Franco-British tensions rise. Poland’s stance draws sharp French criticism amid broader Allied maneuvering.
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Rhine
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Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Oppeln
Silesian
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