Sun Yat-Sen Flees Canton Aboard Gunboat In China Crisis
Sun Yat-sen escapes Canton amid Gen Chen Chiung-min’s seizure of the city. Sun is believed aboard a gunboat near Whampoa on the Canton river. Chen proclaims support for an all-Chinese parliament as unity prospects rise. Sun’s southern army faces Wei troops at Nachang. Chang Tso-lin’s fate remains unsettled amidst regional power moves.
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TEKING
Associated Press
Chen Chiung-ming
Canton
South China republic
Sun Yat-sen
Sun
Whampoa
Yehehui
old China
Yeheimi
Chen
China
Chang Tso-lin
tne
South China
Chen Chiung-min
Chinton
Hough
bt Yuan-hung
Water-fuo
Dr. Sun
Wats
Nachang
Kianggsi
Con
Cen Chang Tso-lin
Chinwangto
California track team wins second national collegiate meet
California captured the team title at the second national collegiate track and field meet in Chicago on June 17, scoring twenty eight and a half points. Penn State was second with nineteen and a half, Notre Dame third with sixteen and seven tenths, and Illinois fifth with eleven and thirty four forty fifths. Nine records fell as stars from California and elsewhere competed across fifteen events. Johnny Merchant won the shot put for California at forty four feet six and one half inches, with McDonald and Witter adding runner up and third places, respectively. Brick Muller set a running broad jump record before Legendre of Georgetown topped it with twenty four feet eight inches. California led after thirteen of fifteen events with twenty two and five ninths points. Penn State followed with nineteen and one half, Notre Dame with sixteen, and Illinois with twelve and a half.
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CHICAGO
California
Penn State
Notre Dame
Winers
Iown
Johnny Merchant
Golden State
nile
McDonald
Slinchcomb
Ohio State
Pennsylvania State
Tilmots
Army personnel set at 125000 in next twelve months
Washington June 17 conferees on the army appropriation bill reached a compromise to fix an army of 125000 enlisted men for the next twelve months. The agreement reduces the senate total by 5000 and raises the house’s figure by 10000.
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WASHINGTON
House
senate
Powdered cargo detains two after raid on Delaware crossing
In Philadelphia on June 17 authorities report Patrick Kane crossing the Delaware from Campden with a keg labeled powder. A smoking pipe went out and a match scratched on a gunpowder sign led sleuths to a concealed keg containing hootch. Two alleged partners were arrested as authorities cautioned over the attempted smuggling operation.
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PHILADELPHIA
Patrick Kane
Delaware
Campden
Independence on Philippine islands debated by Congress
President Harding heard a Philippine parliamentary mission press for immediate independence for the Filipino people. He promised a detailed executive view next Thursday, noting ultimate autonomy lies with Congress. Manuel L Quezon and the mission urged Congress to grant national existence and cited Wilson’s 1920 call for independence.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
Phillippine
Manuel L. Quezon
Philippine senate
congress
Quezon
Mr Harding
Manuel L. Queson
Wilson
Philippines
Aviators Killed in Air Circus At Louisville Benefit
A First Lieut. Robert O. Hanley and Sergeant Arthur Opperman of the Seventh photographic section, Eighty-eighth squadron, were burned to death when their airplane crashed near spectators at a benefit air circus in Louisville. Both were stationed at Camp Knox.
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LOUISVILLE
army air service
Robert O. Hanley
Arthur Opperman
Camp Henry _ ixnox
ity
Morvich Loses For First Time At Aqueduct
Morvich, hailed as America's unbeaten three year old, lost to Whiskaway by eight lengths in the Cartton Brakes at Aqueduct. Whiskaway won the $7000 mile in 1 38 2 5 with 108 pounds, Snob II third, Morvich second with 188 pounds, Morvich limited by defeat will ship to Latonia, Ky. for a rematch on June 24 at even weights.
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Morvich
America
Whiskaway
Snob II
Morologe
Tyne Grass
William A
Tre
Johnson
Latonia
Connecticut Masons Warned Against K. K. K.
Bridgeport reports Grand Master Frank L. Wilder of Connecticut Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. has cautioned district deputies to keep Masons from any relations with the Ku Klux Klan. Senator Crow is reported very ill at his summer home near Uniontown, according to a physician bulletin.
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BRIDGEPORT
Conn
Frank L. Wilder
Connecticut grand lodge
Ku Knnx Ilan
Boulder Canyon Dam Hearing Set on Swing Bill Fate Hangs
Washington June 17 Arrangements were completed for a hearing next Wednesday by the house irrigation commission. Southern California delegates including Mayor Barton Bacon of San Diego and Ralph Criswell of Los Angeles attend to back federal action on the Boulder Canyon dam and lower Colorado development at a cost of 70 million dollars. The delegation believes Swing bill or an effective measure will pass.
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WASHINGTON
house irrigation commission
Colorado river
Uacon
San Diego
Ralph Criswell
Los Angeles
Boulder Canyon Dam
Boulder canlyen
Colorado basin
Southern
California
congress
Fair
Kin
irrigation committee
Harding
Hoover
Arizona
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Mexico
TRailts
Mexsico
Jaime
damase
Yuma Project
Fall
Iowa railroad tax case settled by executive council
Settlement of the 160 million railroad tax case for all Iowa railroads was announced by the state executive council. It provides for returning to the 1920 taxation basis and rescinding this year’s railroad property valuations.
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DES MOINES
Associated Press
Iowa
state executive council
California Vocational Law constitutional ruling upheld by court
California Supreme Court upheld the vocational education provision of the Veterans' Welfare Act, issuing a writ to force State Controller Ray L. Riley to honor warrants for eligible educational assistance. In Indianapolis, Rev. Frederick Bey Taylor, a Modernist leader, was elected president of the Northern Baptist Convention at its annual meeting.
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SAN FRANCISCO
veterans’ welfare act of
California
state supreme court
Ray L. Riley
Riley
BAPTISTS
INDIANAPOLIS
Frederick BEy Tylor
Northern Baptist convention
Abducted Wife Returns After Foam Abduction Case
Mrs Clara Marshall arrived in Cincinnati with her brother and attorney after escaping four men during a golf club abduction in Magnesia Springs Indiana. She identified one kidnapper as her husband Albert Marshall whom she has separated from and sued for divorce. She was able to call her father William Schawe to report she was safe. No motive was given.
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CINCINNATI
Clara Marshall
Magnesia Springs
Ind
Kity Vaalts
Indiana
M Marshall
William B. Schawe
Albert Marshall
Coal Miners and Railway Men Agree to Meet for Strike
Cincinnati dispatch reports chiefs of miners and railroad unions agreeing to a Tuesday night meeting to discuss possible joint strike action. Strike ballots were to be mailed after the railroad labor board cut wages, with announcements by leaders including President Lewis and B M Jewell.
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CINCINNATI
railroad labor board
ose
Lewis
United Maine Workers of America
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
United States railroad labor board
Pitzgerald
brotherhood
labor board
Laber
CHICAGO
Associated Press
Russia
Troops to Withdraw From Upper Silesia by Next Week
Allied forces in Upper Silesia will depart by the end of next week. The Germano Polish treaty commissions will then assume administration of the region, under Geneva accords. In Brussels, officials denied reports that Emile Vandervelde, former justice minister, was assassinated in Moscow while serving as a consul for the social revolutionists on trial.
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PARIS
Associated Press
Upper Silesia
Geneva
BRUSSELS
Jime
ministry of foreign affairs
Emile Vandervelde
Moscow
Baseball scores show Detroit 9 14 Lt Bush Shawkey and others
In Detroit, New York defeated Detroit 9 to 14 with pitchers Bush Shawkey Jones Hoffman Oldham Ehmke and Basser. In Chicago, Philadelphia defeated Chicago 8 to 1 as Hasty Perkins Robertson and Schalk teamed for the win.
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DETROIT
n. H. HL
New York
Bush
Shawkey
Jones
Hoffman
Oldham
Ehmke
Basser
CHICAGO
R. H. BE
Philadelphia
Hasty
Perkins
Robertson
Schalk
Democrats Oppose Bill Schedule in Senate Clash Over Tariff
Washington June 17 Democrats warn against rushing the soldiers bonus bill in the Senate next Monday despite Republican talks to hold off until after tariff action. Senator Ashurst Arizona cites a gentleman’s agreement by McCumber to bring up the bill early, predicting adjournment after tariff passage and voicing opposition to a ship subsidy measure. He accuses the administration of insisting on action before adjournment while seeking time for lawmakers to study the tariff bill.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Ashurat
Democratic
Arizona
Ashuret
Ashurst
Trarding
McCumber
finanee committee
genteman
congress
United States
house
Uhirman Campbell
Repubican
ffarding
Campbell
Wiite House
Farm Hands Fight Ends in Killings and Injuries
Cherokee, Pkla June 17 One man was killed and three others injured in a confrontation among about sixty harvest hands gathered in the city park just outside the city limits. Authorities believe the riot was incited by T. W. W. The victim was Paul Bernarecek, about forty, of Ardmore.
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Pkla
Paul Bernarecek
Ardmore
Denby Arrives in Honolulu With Navy Party
Henderson transport carrying Edwin Denby secretary of the navy and Annapolis class of 1881 to a reunion at Wokio reaches Honolulu. Governor Farrington Mayo John H. Wilson and Admiral Simpson greet the party at the dock. They will proceed to Pearl Harbor for an official inspection.
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HONOLULU
Associated Press
United States navy
Henderson
Edwin Denby
navy
Annapolis
Pearl Harbor
Denby
Pasadena Burglar in Daylight Ransacks Home
A burglar in Pasadena's fashionable district locked Mrs. Katherine Baynes in a closet and ransacked her home. Walter A. Barnes, her husband, found her hysterical and notified police. Jewelry was stolen.
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PASADENA
Cal
Katherine Baynes
Walter A. Barnes
No Troubles Come Singly Ex Harvester Head
Harold F. McCormick former head of International Harvester was reported to be recovering well after a minor operation at Vesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He is 51 and expected to go home within a few days. Hospital attaches said the procedure was performed there.
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CHICAGO
Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester company
Vesley Memorial Hospital
McCormick
Victor O. Lespihasen
Kidraper Shot While Dashing to Safety Near Cheyenne
Cheyenne Wyoming June 17 Fred Grown sought through three states since his alleged kidnapping of two women in Omaha Nebraska was captured after a brief dash toward Sherry. Deputies and a Union Pacific agent cornered him north of Medicine Bow and fired as he attempted to flee. He was wounded above the heart, taken to Medicine Bow for treatment, then placed on a freight train to Rawlins.
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CHEYENNE
Wyo
Fred Grown
Omahe
Neh
Micheine Bay
Frown
Orwagin
McClement
Union Pacific
u A. S. Saunders
Carbon
Shenry Cooper
Brown
Medicine Bow
mnu
Medicine Low
hus marrhine
Rawlins
Wiyo
Sailors Rescued From Burned Boat At Los Angeles Harbor
Capt William B. Miller commandant of the naval submarine base and four seamen were rescued when their navy launch caught fire and burned to the water’s edge in the outer harbor. E. R. Stevens was seriously burned as fire was spotted by warship officers and a motor boat rushed to the scene. Flames, believed to originate from engine backfire igniting gasoline, caused a sight explosion and rapid spreading fire.
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LOS ANGELES
William 8. Miller
naval submarine base
navy
E. R. Stevens
Honolulu Bank Cashier Acquitted of Embezzlement Charges
Herbert Truslow former cashier of the Peoples Bank Hawaii was acquitted today on two additional embezzlement charges tied to the bank's failure. He had been acquitted earlier on the first embezzlement charge.
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HONOLULU
Herbert Truslow
defamct Peoples Bank
Hila
T. HL
Truslow
Chain gangs escape to Mexico border ends in capture
In Calexico California three Imperial county chain gang prisoners stole a guard’s gun and forced a county truck driver to drive toward the Mexican border. Believing they were in Mexico they robbed the driver and fled two miles south before officers arrested them, realizing they were still about a mile inside the United States.
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CALEXICO
Cal
United States
Mexico
Imperial county
Mex
ican
Republic Party Losses Reported in Ireland Returns
Clashes in the north resume as South Ireland partial returns suggest republican setbacks. At Dublin University voting papers were seized by raiders led by Rory Coannon. Inland results show Maj Ada Marlish among treaty opponents faring poorly. independent candidate Thomas H McHugh and anti treaty Dr Patrick McCarvill gain varied support. British destroyer Vancouver arrives at Derry as warships patrol the Foyle.
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Maj
Ada Mralish
bret
Bareann
McGannis
nowes
Monaghan
Murphy Wins Again at Uniontown Speedway Race
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on July 17 a dramatic 225 mile auto race saw M My Murphy seize the lead toward the end after Tommy Miltons crash at the 70th lap. Murphy finished in 2:12:16:138 at an average 102.2 mph, with Ralph Multerd second and Jerry Wonderlied third as other drivers trailed in.
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UNIONTOWN
Bhonnea arett
Jimmy Marshy
Universitron
mitomobile pice
Tommy Milton
x uuard itil
Stilton
Malton
Sturtz
Jerry Wonderlied
f P. Motterman
Ora FF
Griffith Named Highway Director
Sacramento June 11 the annual convention of the Park to Park Highway Association lists state directors including Nevada State Senator E W Griffith Las Vegas California A la Conrad and Red Blatt The new board to elect officers and plan activity for the coming tour also weighs a proposed nationwide reorganization by S P Owens of Los Angeles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SACRAMENTO
trong
Nevada
E. W. Griffith
loss Vegas
California
A. la Conrad
Red Blatt
S. P. Qwens
Los Angeles
Lassen Attorney Named State Water Rights Official
June 17 The appointment of Spencer Burroughs attorney of Susanville Lassen county as attorney for the division of water rights of the state department of public works was announced by Austin B. Pletcher director. Burroughs son of Superior Judge H D Burroughs Lassen county, succeeds Lewis D Bohnett of San Jose who resigned about six months ago.
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BACKAMENTO
Spencer Burroughs
Susanville
Lassen county
state department of public works
Austin B. Pletcher
Turroughs
H. D. Burroughs
Lewis D. Bohnett
San Jose
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